I started this mission about a year ago when I joined the Women on Mission group at church. I fell in with a group of very missions minded ladies, that would like to participate in missions but their physical ability does not allow for that any more. However, they want to do projects and participate as much as possible.We had a speaker at one meeting that brought with him the story of the Jatropha and the YJC Project. It was founded as a non-profit corporation dedicated to improving the quality of life for the residence of the village of Yrybucua in Paraguay South America.
. I was intrigued by what they were doing as well as what the plant (Jatropha) could do for the farmers and people of Quinta Lina, Yrybucua, Paraguay. I read up on the plant and had a goal to plant it in my own yard for use by the project, my small contribution to them, maybe a pound or so of seeds at maturity. Well, we had a fairly cold winter for the plants and my “supplier” lost all of his so there went my supply of starts. Then it came that a trip was being planned to Yrybucua for August, I dreamt of going. It's going to be individuals interested in helping with the project. I was touched to go, I let the President of the YJC Project know, also the team leader, and we were off – well, at a snails pace at first.
