I have to say the last month has been such a flurry of activity: working hard on curriculum development and planting crops at the farm. I am excited to say that we are now finished with the outlines of our curriculum development. I was the one heading it up, so that meant many days working with individual staff at the college on the individual programs and late nights editing material when I wasn’t managing things on the farm.

Year 1                                                   Semester 1
Course Code	Course Name	LH	TH	PH	CH	CU
THE 1101	Bible Survey I	45	-	-	45	3
ICT 1101	Basic Computing	30	30	30	60	4
GEN 1101	Communication Skills	20	-	20	30	2
AGB 1101	Introduction to Soil and Plant Physiology	45	-	30	60	4
AGB 1102	Principles of Economics	45	-	-	45	3
AGB 1103	Financial Accounting	45	-	30	60	4
Total CU’s						20
Year 1                                                   Semester 2
Course Code	Course Name	LH	TH	PH	CH	CU
THE 1201	Bible Survey II	45	-	-	45	3
GEN 1201	Christian Worldviews	45	-	-	45	3
AGB 1201	Introduction to Livestock and Dairy Management	30	-	30	45	3
GEN 1202	Research Methods	45	-	-	45	3
AGB 1202	Principles of Agronomy	30	-	30	45	3
AGB 1203	Principles of Agribusiness	45	-	-	45	3
Total CU’s						18
AGB 1204	Internship	-	-	120	60	4
Year 2                                                   Semester 1
Course Code	Course Name	LH	TH	PH	CH	CU
GEN 2101	Christian Ethics	45	-	-	45	3
AGB 2101	Plant Pest Management	45	-	30	60	4
AGB 2102	Small Livestock Care	45	-	30	60	4
AGB 2103	Agricultural Economics	30	-	-	30	2
AGB 2104	Principles of Farm Management	30	-	30	45	3
AGB 2105	Agricultural Policy and Planning	45	-	-	45	3
Total CU’s						19
Year 2                                                  Semester 2
Course Code	Course Name	LH	TH	PH	CH		CU
AGB 2201	Principles of Cattle Management	45	-	30	60		4
AGB 2202	Principles of Crop Production	45	-	30	60		4
AGB 2203	Supply Chain Management	30	-	-	30		2
AGB 2204	Agricultural Marketing	45	-	-	45		3
AGB 2205	Principles of Management	45	-	-	45		3
AGB 2206	Local Economic Development	45	-	-	45		3
Total CU’s							19

This is a the courses we hope to offer in our Agribusiness program. We developed 5 programs: Agribusiness, IT, Child Development, Social Development, and Counseling. Each document was around 50 pages long.         

           At the farm we were very busy the last 6 weeks, as the rains began the end of March. We planted 3.5 acres of corn, intercropped with kidney beans. We planted another 2 acres of Eucalyptus trees and surrounded all of our 15 acres of land with Eucalyptus trees, 1700 trees in all. 

This is what our trees will hopefully look like in a couple of years.

            Some of the other crops we planted were: Napier grass to feed the cows, bananas, mangos, papayas, jackfruit, oranges, and avocados. Most of these fruits we only planted a few of so that we would have them to eat at the school. 

Napier Grass, one of the most common animal forages in Africa.

Maize (corn), intercropped with kidney beans. Both are staple foods in Uganda.

Jackfruit are quite large and hang on a tree in an interesting way.

After it rains, sometimes we get a fog or haze around the mountain.

            Most of you probably heard that I am coming back to the States for 2 months, before returning to Uganda in July. I am excited to see family and friends, be part of my friends’ wedding, and working on our farm. The last 7 months in Uganda have been very good, I praise God for ways He helped me grow spiritually and emotionally by the people and situations He put in my path.