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On Saturday I talked to the project manager for the dairy program at the seminary at Mbale. The purpose of the dairy farm at the seminary is to provide the students there with greater understanding of production systems of dairy, row crops, and forages. This knowledge can then be used as the pastors go out into the surrounding communities to increase the productivity of the farmers in those communities.

My responsibilities will be mostly with the crop production aspect of the farm. I will be doing some experimentation with different forage crops to see if we can increase the overall production and the nutrient value of the forage that is produced. One of the biggest struggles at this point is an overall lack of protein in the diets of the dairy cows. One of the other things I will be doing is taking some soybean seed with me to plant there to see how well they can be produced there.

This week is finals week here at ISU (my last as a cyclone). I am moving home tomorrow and packing for both Uganda and Dordt the next couple of days, because when I get back to the US on the 11th of August I will then be moving to Sioux Center to start football on the 12th. Then on Saturday the family is traveling to Indiana/Michigan for a week of relaxing. I will have orientation for my trip the 17th through the 19th of May. On May 20 at 1:45 PM I get on the plane for the first flight (all the way to Detroit).

The moral of that mindless ramble was that this is all coming right up. I ask that you continue to pray for me to be prepared to do all of this. For my financial support to come in, and that a place for me in Mbale would be prepared and that I will be effective when I get there.

Thank you!