Monthly Archives: October 2013

Today my assigned task was to work in the farms with farmers Joseph and Julius.  In the past three years, the farmers at Living Room have turned acres of land into a vast supply of vegetables to feed their patients and staff.  I worked the day clearing the dirt with a handmade hoe to prepare for a spinach-like vegetable called black nightshade.  It was muscle building, blister forming work, but it was God’s work.  Working with the famers, I quickly learned that they were interested in talking about two things.

Life…

(by Todd Pickerill)

I wanted to share my day with you, it started with me meeting Julius and Joseph.  They are both farmers that work for Living Room.  We started our day planting sweet potatoes; they would hoe the rows and I would come behind them planting sweet potato cuttings.  These men are hard workers.  I was out in the field by myself, when I was approached by Nobert.  Nobert is a 10 year old boy that looks five years old.

In the early hours of the morning, we gathered together at the Living Room for our first day of service.  We joined the hospice staff and sang songs of worship in Swahili.  The hospice staffers represent the great people from the community who have given their lives to serve the needs of their extended “family.”  These needs are those of men and women struggling with the pain of cancer attacking their bodies, adults and children who cannot walk from paralysis, and the families in the community hurting for their loved ones.