As we have attempted to explain the essence of Floresta, we have begun talking about the Three E’s. These are the fundamental legs of the program: Economics, Environment and Evangelism. In Floresta’s work none of these stand alone, but are all intended to be part of an integrated whole.

In our complex world, problems are not one dimensional. Solutions can not be either. Nor can we be content only to react to disasters. We must address pro-actively, the roots of the problems that face us. Poverty does not stand by itself. Nor does deforestation, or spiritual oppression. Jesus ministered to us as whole people, and so we must go to others and minister to them as whole people. One may worry about saving souls, but the soul does not live outside the body. Feeding the poor may be our passion, but none of us are wholly isolated from the land we live on, and the rural poor feel this most keenly. Deforestation may concern us, but the trees do not exist apart from humankind, nor do we exist apart from God. We are all interconnected. And true solutions must take this into account.

At Floresta it is our goal to transform people and communities, as well as their relationship with each other, with the land, and with God. We do this by focusing on the Three E’s.

Recently we might have added two others to the Three E’s: Excitement and Expectation.  Like the farmers we talk to in Haiti and Mexico, we are beginning to have big expectations. We better know what we have always known: that we have something to offer which can make a huge difference in many more parts of the world.

Thank you for being a part of it!