We have settled into Woodstock and are enjoying the summer. We hardly miss being able to travel, but after all we did more than our share recently. One of the things Nora and I usually try to do in the summers is build up some muscles by biking. Nora is suffering from a bad back this year, so she hasn’t been on her bike. I, however, have managed to go about 25 km around the city.
You may know that we’ve done some fundraising for PWS&D in the Ride for Refuge bike-a-thon in past years. The picture above is from 2018. I’m up for it again this year (October 3), but it sounds like Nora will not. If you can support my bike ride, you can donate here. If you got a fundraising email from me earlier, you can donate twice. https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/FundraisingPage.aspx?registrationID=4759382&langPref=en-CA
Also, you might want to know how the money will be spent. PWS&D does food security work in several countries like Malawi, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. They’re hoping to raise $10,000 for this effort this year through the Ride for Refuge team. https://presbyterian.ca/pwsd/agriculture-and-livestock/
Climate Change, of course is a major problem for poorer countries and makes agriculture more difficult. There are ways to mitigate the effects, such as applying mulch to keep the moisture in the ground and wise plant distancing. One might call this plant-based social distancing. I was in Kenya a couple of years ago and some successful farmers who had used these mitigation techniques had corn stalks that grew 20 feet high.
There are many news items about the world crisis in food security. Like everythign else, it’s been made worse by the virus. Here’s one video I got from the Canadian Foodgrains Bank recently. The Presbyterian Church is a member of CFGB. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_QFGzP245A
Thank you in advance for your support.
In the Warm Heart of Africa 