A Rocha and the Roadtrippers

It's now the beginning of October and we have just had our second set of Road trippers. These are people from all over who come to check out Nieu Communities for a week. Their schedule resembles a condensed form of the weeks we spent in orientation. I really enjoy having these groups come for they add a great new twist to our community. 

Here, we are sitting at my house eating dinner together. 

One of the places we take them to, is an area called A Rocha. It is one of many locations world-wide that believes in showing God's love for creation. 

This includes environmental action through community-based conservation projects, scientific research, and education. It's a fascinating place, and after spending 

most of the morning in a discussion about God's Kingdom, we joined the staff and helped harvest vegetables (those are speckled beans I'm harvesting). Most of the food gets sold locally or donated to ministries. 

Coming from an urban background, I tend to be skeptical about people's ideas on "living close to one's food (as in growing your own)", "eating organically", and many other environmental beliefs. There's plenty of it I don't understand, so it was helpful to spend some time with the people at A Rocha and listen to what they had to say.