As we enter the hottest season, the once-fresh green grass turns brown and dry. Cutting and baling hay continues to be encouraged and is increasingly recognised and accepted as an essential food source that helps animals survive the driest months, when the land reaches its most arid state. The teachings shared at the monthly seminars often take on deeper significance when daily life becomes more challenging. With fewer options available, wise decision-making and careful management of existing resources become even more important.

During 2025, approximately eight tonnes of honey have been sent to Nairobi, with an additional tonne sold locally. A new bull calf has been purchased from a farm near Nairobi and, in time, will help improve the genetic quality of local livestock. The current bull, Kalulu—well-liked by herders across the wider Tuum area—will be moved to another village. The building team has grown more cohesive and skilled in constructing houses from soil-stabilised blocks that they manufacture themselves. The local soil has proven ideal in both texture and composition for this technique.

A team of SAA youth has just returned from a fourday outreach to Kalewsa, Namolog, and Seren. The initiative and organisation were very much their own. Samuel, the PCEA evangelist at Seren, and Elvis, one of our Focus staff, joined them. It was a tough few days but, in God’s timing, perhaps the beginning of a new fellowship in a very isolated area.