In Field Mentoring 2023

Klint Ostermann • February 8, 2023

We Had a Wonderful Week at In Field Mentoring 2023!

What a week we had in Uganda last week! We hosted our annual In Field Mentoring training program and hosted 52 Farming God’s Way trainers from the US, Canada, South Africa, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burkina Faso, Senegal and the DRC. These trainers are working in the above countries, plus running trainings in Liberia, Cuba, India, Central Africa Republic, Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador, Namibia, Mexico, Haiti and Dominican Republic to name a few.

We had three main objectives for this training:

Train Farming God’s Way in three different communities in Uganda and minister to them.
Mentor Farming God’s Way trainers and help them move toward accreditation.

3. Model In Field Mentoring to others so they can replicate it in their countries.

At the end of the week, we had accomplished all three of our objectives! The first was training Farming God’s Way in three different communities and ministering to them. We trained in Bujagali (an area known for witchcraft), Kyando (an area known for ancestral worship) and Mbirabira (an area with an Islam influence). We averaged 30 farmers in each of these locations and by the end of the week, we had 14 farmers giving their lives to Christ! We ended the week with serving these farmers by assisting them in getting their fields laid out and began preparing for planting. We also prayed with and over these farmers. We also put plans in place to minister to the new believers by organizing bible studies with audio bible in the local language.

The second objective was also a success with the accrediting of five additional Farming God’s Way accredited trainers. We had mentors helping to mentor these trainers from the US, Canada, Uganda, South Africa and Kenya. Four of the new accredited trainers are Ugandans and one is from the US (working in Nicaragua, Liberia and Cuba). This is such a blessing, because previously, there were only two active Farming God’s Way trainers in Uganda (me and an Ugandan). Now we have five Ugandan accredited trainers in Uganda! We also worked with quite a few other mentees that are on the path to accreditation to move them closer to the goal. We are so excited for the impact for the Kingdom of God these new accredited trainers are going to have as they continue to extend Farming God’s Way and help to mentor other trainers!

The third objective was to model In Field Mentoring with the goal of replication. Currently there are only three annual In Field Mentoring events worldwide (Uganda, South Africa and Zambia). We are working to get a few more started (Kenya, West Africa and Central America) and had representatives from these three areas learning how to run an In Field Mentoring event from us.

It was a beautiful week of training, mentoring, serving, evangelism, prayer and fellowship! Lives were changed, souls were won and God received the glory!

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Healings and Salvations

By Klint Ostermann • April 16, 2025

Last week, during our West Africa In-Field Mentoring in Senegal, we witnessed God’s transformative power in remarkable ways. I’m excited to share this story with you. In-Field Mentoring involves coaching mentees as they deliver sessions for community training. As mentors, we guide them beforehand, evaluate their presentations, determine if they earn credit for the session, and provide constructive feedback for improvement. Occasionally, a mentee struggles, requiring us to step in to ensure the audience receives accurate information. This happened on the second day during a session titled “Consider Your Ways, for You Are the Temple of God.” This powerful session often leads to repentance and salvation, but the mentee struggled to convey its message. I stepped in to lead the session, and as I spoke, I felt the Holy Spirit moving in the room. In Senegal, where 97% of the population is Muslim, sharing the Gospel openly can be met with resistance, and attendees have left trainings after such presentations. Yet, I felt led to share the Gospel boldly. Praise God, six men raised their hands to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior! We guided them through a prayer of repentance and connected them with a local pastor for discipleship. During the break, a Muslim woman from a closed Northwest African country approached me. She had traveled to Senegal specifically for this training and shared that the Gospel message I presented needed to reach her homeland, where such teachings are unheard. She revealed that for years, she had suffered from a debilitating nerve condition in her leg, impairing her ability to walk. She had been praying for healing for years, yet she found no relief—until the first day of our training, when God miraculously healed her! Overwhelmed, she felt something stir in her heart during the Gospel presentation but didn’t fully understand what was happening in her. She even said she wanted to become a Farming God’s Way trainer. Her country is deeply hostile to Christianity. Apostasy can carry a death sentence, though no known cases of this has occurred in recent years. Converts face severe risks, including family rejection, loss of livelihood, or exile. Extremist groups further endanger those who leave Islam. We provided her with a Bible and connected her with missionaries working in her country. Through Farming God’s Way, someone from a closed nation, who might never have heard the Gospel, encountered God’s love. Additionally, two Peace Corps workers from Hawaii and California attended the training. Afterward, they approached our team with questions about Jesus. Missionaries shared the Gospel with them and gave them Bibles. God is moving mightily through Farming God’s Way, drawing people to Him in unexpected and beautiful ways. Thank you for supporting this work that is transforming lives!