We have been running an annual In Field Mentoring program in Uganda for many years and have have been running a mentoring program on a monthly basis in two different parts of Uganda. Because of this, we have been able to increase the number of Ugandan accredited Farming God's Way trainers from 2 to 10 in the last couple of years.

Because of this experience, Tom, an American missionary from Indiana and Grant, the creator of the Farming God’s Way materials, have requested me to travel to Senegal to help run a 5 day Farming God’s Way in-depth training to over 50 students from all over Western Africa including: Senegal, Chad, Cameroon, Mali and Democratic Republic of Congo. The goal of this trip is to help develop a mentoring development track to strategically implement Farming God’s Way throughout West Africa.

During this trip, we will be running a five day training to the 50+ students, mentoring trainers that are already on the accreditation track, running strategic planning sessions for how to develop the mentoring development program and helping to equip Tom on how to best manage and continue this program. We will also use this opportunity to plan how we can add an In Field Mentoring program in West Africa next year to help trainers go through the accreditation program. These In Field Mentoring programs are currently only offered in Uganda, South Africa and Zambia, so it is of strategic importance to give trainers in West Africa opportunities to become accredited without the challenges and expenses of international travel.

We plan to use this trip as a model for how we can expand into other areas of the world with Farming God's Way by investing in equipping and mentoring trainers. I'm excited to have the opportunity to be part of the extension of Farming God's Way throughout Western Africa!