Dave Ketchum started his own mission organization many years ago right here in Columbus, Indiana. He calls it Mission Resource International and I am just getting to know him and the organization, so I am short on too many details yet.
MRI raises funds to send overseas - mostly to poor communities in Ghana currently - in order to supply micro loans to individuals who are seeking to create a livelihood for themselves and their families. The loans have been distributed for a number of years - with a pretty impressive repayment record.
On top of the loan ministry, recently the Lord has connected Dave to an entrepreneur in Kentucky who is developing a product which has the potential to rejuvenate depleted soil at a very low cost. Dave is thinking and dreaming big: God has given him a vision of spreading this innovative process all around the globe. (Including Haiti.)
Dave was in the cornfield yesterday because a local seed company had agreed to test out this new product on five acres of seed corn to see what impact it might have on the harvest. And I had contacted him just in time to witness the harvest at his side.
I had messaged Dave yesterday morning, wondering if he had any time to chat a bit over the course of my fall break this week. Even though we attend the same church, we had met only once prior to this, about ten weeks ago, when Dave had reached out to me because some mutual friends had given him my name.
You see, as he "nears retirement age", Dave is looking for some help with MRI, especially if this soil enhancement project takes off.
So we're talking and praying and seeking God's will together for the future.
Time will tell.
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| That's Dave on the right, shaking hands with his farmer friend, Trevor Glick. |
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