Campesinos
Campesinos in Mexico are the rural farmers who work the land with their hands. We’re getting a lot of new experiences here at El Monte and yesterday we learned to plant corn the way it’s been done for centuries.
Our friends and co-workers, Ezekiel and Carolina and their boys asked us to help them plant this large field at El Monte. Adam Beasterfield recently cleared this area and in the future it is planned to be a second camping zone for 200 campers. ...but for now, it’s a corn field.
We were working late in the afternoon and I was surprised how hot the stick was that I had in my hands. It was a “green” stick that had been laying in the sun all day. It was so hot, it was burning my hands. I got 8 blisters on my right hand from making the holes in the ground.
First we made the holes and then we tossed 3-4 seeds in each and covered it with our feet as we walked along.
It was slow going and they had already been working 3 different afternoons, but with many hands the work goes faster.
James 5:7-8 says,
“Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains. You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near.”
Posted by on 06/24
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Says:
06/29 at 08:53 PM
Hard to believe corn would grow in all those rocks since I am an Iowa girl who grew up on a farm.
Hope you show us the mature crop.
Says:
06/24 at 03:11 PM
WOW you guys look really tired! I really wish I was there with you guys!