This is the level of the water that we found in our newly planted field this morning after last night’s deluge
“To not go forward is to go backward”.
Last evening I had no more than hit the “publish” button on the blog when the rains began again. Torrential rains fell all throughout the night and when Javier and I rolled up our pant legs and slogged barefooted through the muck this morning we found total devastation to a large section of the field that we have been struggling so hard to salvage.
We would appreciate your prayers. Farming is fickle at best, and in the tropics it is an absolute balancing act.
We are placing it all aside for a couple of days so that things can dry out a little. There is no point in struggling as long as the continued rains keep washing away every forward step that we make – non progredi est regredi.
The devastation that we found this morning. Notice the seed cane piled up along the sides of the furrows which have now become streams
If you want to take a peak at some recent shots of this year’s attempted planting click onto the large red “New Photos” button at the top of the page. I will post them into a file called “Planting 2014”
Thanks for your prayers through a rather discouraging phase of the journey.
With our love,
Steven and Theresa
