Category Archives: Ministry

Fruit trees at local nursery schools

Posted on March 1, 2018 by danforth

Today our Back 2 Eden crew visited 8 preschools that serve low-income families. Roy and Zweli had held a seminar for these preschool teachers and staff earlier this week, helping them to understand how the Lord provides and exactly how …

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Happenings at the Back 2 Eden farm

Posted on March 1, 2018 by danforth

We invested in a post hole borer digger thingamabob – I’m sure there’s a lovely technical name for it, but boy was that a great decision. Roy and Zweli must’ve dug at least 300 holes between them, for trees, fence …

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Avril, fruit tree enthusiast

Posted on March 1, 2018 by danforth

Roy met Avril, on the right, at an orchid show last year, and they chatted for at least an hour about orchids, bromeliads, and tropical fruit trees. They’ve been exchanging plants and ideas ever since. This year Roy traded jakfruit …

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Fruit trees to Zimele Wethu

Posted on March 1, 2018 by danforth

We have long been encouraged by Zimele Wethu and their self help groups. These ladies pictured are just one group of many with community and helping each other at the heart of their meetings. Roy and Zweli (farm manager/B2E* main …

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2 Timothy 2:2 right before our eyes!

Posted on February 16, 2018 by danforth

And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable persons who will also be qualified to teach others. 2 Timothy 2:2

Zweli, the farm manager, is thrilled to hear bible lessons from …

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Back 2 Eden

Posted on February 15, 2018 by danforth

We’ve had some requests to hear more about Back 2 Eden or B2E, so I thought I’d use our daughter-in-law’s wonderful description which follows:

We’re pretty excited about what God is doing through Roy and Aleta through B2E. Genesis …

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Nursery tunnel – done! Yay!

Posted on February 8, 2018 by danforth

Earlier last year, the tunnel went up, the soon to be home of many baby fruit trees. The bars and straps and most of the shade cloth went up,

and the original plan was for the last portion of it …

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Gifts of skills

Posted on January 18, 2018 by danforth

When we were first married, Roy worked on a construction/maintenance crew with the L.A. Flood Control District. I was in nursing school and he was taking college courses at night, working like a dog full time during the day. His …

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Getting water to the nursery

Posted on December 23, 2017 by danforth

Wow, how amazing it is to be able to rent earth moving equipment to get a dam built so we can pump water up to the nursery that Roy is setting up. It still flabbergasts us to think that we’re …

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