Moldova Farm Irrigation Project Phase 2

We are very happy that we can now share with you the much anticipated Moldova Farm BAM (Business as Mission) Report for 2009, prepared by Stepan Staucean, Director of International Interns’ Turk World Ministries and BAM Projects.

We praise God that the 2009 Farm Year was successfully completed with a modest, but significant profit! This harvest’s profit was used to invest in additional land next to the well for the storage tank, irrigation system and a small guard house. In addition, winter wheat and barley seeds were purchased for new crops.

It is very rewarding to see that God has blessed our brothers and sisters in Moldova in the development of this means of supporting their families and their churches, training pastors and Church Planters, and sending out their own missionaries.

The crop producing the greatest profit was the table grapes. The profit from the grape crop represents almost 50% of the total Farm profit. It is believed that this significant profit is the direct result of drilling the well, which provided the water to make possible the irrigation of the grapes. Stepan Staucean has asked that we again thank all of you whose love gifts made possible the drilling of the well.

Additional profit from the well was made possible through some of the water being sold to neighboring farmers who had no other source of water for much needed irrigation.

WE ARE NOW READY FOR PHASE 2!

Stepan Staucean now reports,

“We are now ready for Phase 2, which will complete the Farm Irrigation Project. We will need to dig a trench and install the pipe line. We will put the second water tank at the top of the hill. We will pump water to the tank on the top of hill and then we can irrigate using gravitation flow of water.”

THE BENEFITS OF COMPLETING THE IRRIGATION PROJECT

1. Increased capacity for storing water in the likelihood of future draughts.
2. Additional water will be available to sell to other farms.
3. Reduction of labor costs presently necessary to “hand water” the grape vineyard.