When Jerry first encountered FGW on a trip to Africa with me last year, he told me that we need to bring it home to the inner city where we live. So, in April 2017, we introduced FGW into New Kensington, a blighted rust belt town in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area.

Heaven’s Family is implementing FGW in five African countries - Zimbabwe, Malawi, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. We are training and mentoring about 3000 formerly-poor FGW farmers in those five countries.  

My dear wife of 50 years, Patti, was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. That has caused me to adjust my travel plans and level of ministry activity. So, in June I brought on board an assistant director for FGW, Jerry Jefferson.