DML Story: KenyaSasia Agric Enterprise, Pastor David
Meet David, a pastor with Graceway
Ministry, a DML Trainer and owner of Sasia Agric Enterprise. ‘Sasia’ is a Luyha
word meaning “multiplication’ and true to the name, Pastor David does just
that. This is one marketplace leader who started from very humble beginnings
and we share with joy where God has brought him to today.
Pastor David started out with
selling bread supplied from a local factory.
This small business endeavor allowed him to start a small plot of
horticultural farming. With the profit from that plot of land, Pastor David
ventured into a medicine-vending business where he was licensed by the Ministry
of Health to sell specific type of drugs. This business did well, earning him
enough to purchase a residential plot after some years. He managed to put up
several rooms; renting out five of them for a rent of ksh3500 per month ($35
USD). His family took up residence in some of the rooms and by living there, he
has managed to supervise the plot’s cleanliness, renovations and security. The
rental income then gave birth to the lease of an 8-acre piece of land at Bidii-
a farmland in the outskirts of Kitale town.
He plants maize,
beans and horticultural crops that have a shorter growing season. He does so
well that his plot has drawn attraction from the County Agricultural offices and
has often used his farm as a demonstration farm for the community.
He heard about DML and trained at
Faith Tabernacle Church in Kitale, a church that is passionate about the DML
ministry. So inspired was he by this ministry that he pursued to be trained as
a trainer. He now takes up training in other churches whenever called upon by
the DML office. Indeed, he is one of our
most active and available trainers. He trains with a passion as one who lives
out the very lesson of calling in the marketplace.
Pastor
David never ceases to pursue opportunities as he is currently handling a
Government tender to restore culverts in his community and in the county. This
he is doing in partnership with a constructor with whom they registered a firm
recently. Indeed, he has proved that the sky is not the limit; self is! With the use of irrigation canals he manages
to have a crop all year round.
KUDOS
Pastor David! You remain an encouragement to all marketplace leaders!
