Go and Bear Fruit

Two years ago teams of people went into the lower Himalayas armed with apricot trees from Pakistan with the hope to provide a rural mountain community with some much needed vitamins,a potential new source of income, and a different perspective on the future. The teams planted more than 400 seedlings in about 10 different villages. A few weeks ago Aaron and I had the privilege to join the teams that would hike back to these villages, prune the trees, and start discussing with the villagers the idea of bearing much fruit.

James and Laura are friends that we recently made when we met in the U.S. and found out we were both going to be living on the same side of the world for a while. The two of them plus us made up our 4 person team, as we went and pruned around 100 of these trees. We spent a week in the mountains, walking from home to home, eating potatoes with the locals, and sleeping wherever anyone invited us to stay.

James put together a really great video of our trip that he put on his blog. I'm putting it up here, but encourage you to check out James and Laura's blog at http://jamesrosenberg.blogspot.com.

Enjoy!