Hello Misty!

 

Thanks for your welcome note on behalf of your husband Jeremiah. I too am looking forward to meeting Christian friends who are into farming, hopefully, organic and natural farming through this group.

 

I am John Stanley Gunalan Thangaraj from southern part of India. Ours is a small Christian pocket in south eastern part of India and my parents were born and brought up, and even married when the British were still the rulers. Their influence is seen in the names I was given. John being Biblical Christian, Stanley English, and Gunalan our mother tongue Tamil. Thangaraj is my Surname. You have the freedom to choose either either of the three names to address me.

 

As a theologically trained person, I have been a serving the church and church related organisations for over thirty years in different capacities.  My particular interest during the past twenty years have been to serve the poor and the downtrodden in our land. It was during the course of my involvement in this cause, I realised the importance of addressing the problem of food security for the poor, which in turn lead me to farming.

Farming, which not only seeks to sustain human life but also the very soil itself.

 

Since three years I have been developing a five acre plot of semi arid waste land into a bio diverse farm. I hope that this farm activity will soon evolve into a ministry of caring for earth and caring for people.

 

Unlike in America and Europe, we don't have organised Christian farm intiatives with this or similar perspective. Hence I had to look for such intiatives outside. That's how I came across this group "Christian Agrarianism". I am looking forward to inteact with members, learning from their experiences and experiencing solidarity support for our small initiative in India.

 

With this fond hope, I look forward to greater participation in the group activities.

 

With warm regards to you and Jeremiah,

 

Towards  Earth and People Care,

Gunalan

 

 

On 28/06/07, Misty <peeps_ladybug777@...> wrote:

I just wanted to say hello those who have just joined. I'm Misty my
husband Jeremiah started this group. It's been kind of slow here but
hopefully things will pick up soon. I look forward to getting to know you!

Welcome!
Misty :)