Our 1,000 White Corn Farmer families project is finally finished. What a relief, and what a blessing. We were fortunate enough to visit some of the people who went through the first session at the end of June and they are so proud of their vegetables and fruit gardens. They are also happy with their corn that is now almost a meter high. There were actually 1,057 farmers who went through the program, and when you consider their families that is more than 5,000 that benefited. We have witnessed the power of the Lord paving the way and making things happen. When asked some of the farmers, “What has this project meant to you?”, the responses were heartwarming. One man said, “Now I can sleep at night know there will be food for my children” another said, “Selling the excess vegetables and fruit will allow my children supplies so they can go to school”. We were so incredibly impressed with the caliber of our volunteers who worked tirelessly to make this happen for their community members. Brother Hector, the original farmer we talked to and I wrote about in a blog on 3/29/10 was a key player in this process.
1) Bags filled with corn seed that was for about 200 farmers
2) Farmers heading home with no room for people except for the roof
3) A group of farmers that stopped to post for a group picture
4) Individual family heading home
5) Volunteers helping farmers fill out their paperwork. Many can't read or write
6) Donna helping fill the LDS Charities bags with corn seed
7) Transportation provided by one community for a group of farmers
8) A women who was overheard telling her neighbors that her vegetable garden was a gift from the heart of the Mormon Church
1) Bags filled with corn seed that was for about 200 farmers
2) Farmers heading home with no room for people except for the roof
3) A group of farmers that stopped to post for a group picture
4) Individual family heading home
5) Volunteers helping farmers fill out their paperwork. Many can't read or write
6) Donna helping fill the LDS Charities bags with corn seed
7) Transportation provided by one community for a group of farmers
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Marshmallow: I love reading your blog, and do so with even more interest today - you are about to be joined be another Forks marshmallow... Miss Pamela will be joining you as Sister Schostak! She received her mission call to serve in the Quezon City Mission, she reports Nov 17 to the Provo MTC. She has already made an appt to see the wife of a friend of Ken's who is Filipino, and begin to learn the language and customs.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if your paths will cross, it seems like they would at some point, though of course not often. Any advice you have for her would be greatly appreciated, I know.
It is interesting, the Lord's plan to send so many Forks people to this particular corner of the vineyard. All our love and thanks for your good work, Diane