Lahash Gardens

One of man's first tasks on earth was to tend the soil and care for the land. "The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it" (Genesis 2:15). Throughout the old and new testaments, we are called to be good stewards of God's magnificent creation.

This spring, we at Lahash are entering into a period of focus on sustainability and stewardship with the construction of several garden beds behind the Lahash office in Portland, OR. We are excited about the opportunity to gain a more intimate understanding of God's creation as well as to take on a more active role as caretakers of the land in an effort to better identify with the agrarian culture of our partners in East Africa.

Three major goals for this project:

1. To understand and appreciate God and his creation on a deeper level.

2. To reacquaint ourselves with the stewardship of the created world

3. To better understand the relationship of our role as stewards and our current society's use and abuse of resources in order to better foster sustainability and conservation.