Pumpkin Planting Day

Wednesday June 15, 2022

Yes, apparently June 15th is Pumpkin Planting Day – but not for us. Keep reading.

Last week, we were back in Alabama, taking care of estate items, and other business. It was a busy week and we still haven’t had an estate sale. We are making progress but sometimes it seems very slow. Monday, we spent on laundry and packing, etc., and yesterday morning pointed Fred north fruitlessly looking for some cooler temperatures. (Actually we headed north for our annual Constructors for Christ project.) We stopped at Christian Way Farm and Mini Golf for the night – a Harvest Hosts site. This was a wonderful choice! We met two of the nicest people, Janie and Milt who own this beautiful farm. Their largest event each year is the Pumpkin Patch. They raise over 10,000 pumpkins each year and have many more visitors than that. This is in a small rural area of KY. They also have precious goats, cows and other farm animals. They do school tours, educating the kids on where their food comes from etc. What makes this place so very special though is that they share the gospel with all their visitors in such a special way, with a pumpkin seed. We suspect that for some it may be only time they hear about the love of Jesus. Special, special place. If you are ever in the area of Hopkinsville, KY, it’s well worth the drive off your route for a visit.

“Sowing Seeds for Tomorrow’s Harvest” is the true mission of the farm. They incorporate sharing the gospel in everything they do at the farm.

The mini-golf course was all farm-themed and looks like a lot of fun, but it was just too hot yesterday.

It was also too hot to try out the tricycle race course.

The farm has the largest Scrabble board we have ever seen. Might be a good place for a tournament.

These Fruitful Plates were some of our favorite items in the farm’s store. We particularly like the one in the lower left for self-control.

Janie cooked us some great bacon cheeseburgers in the Christian Way Cafe. We really enjoyed hearing her share the history and mission of the farm.

We enjoyed watching these baby goats out our front window this morning. They are small enough to climb through the fence, but stay close enough that if they feel threatened they can quickly climb back through to safety. In fact, we watched them climb through then go around to where the feed troughs were up against the fence, stick their heads back through and eat. That was easier than trying to work their way to the trough through the bigger goats on the inside.

Milt and Janie always plant tens of thousands of pumpkin seed on June 15th so they will be ready just in time for their fall pumpkin patch. It is their busiest time of the year. Milt has modified an old tobacco planter for the task. They started at 6am to avoid the heat, but it still took 6 hours to plant the 44 rows.

We will begin working in Bremen, KY this beginning this weekend. We will be building a church with Constructors for Christ and are really looking forward to seeing people we haven’t seen since last year. As with NOMADS, we have made some special friends in Constructors. We were hoping for cooler temperatures but the forecast looks only hotter, 95-100 degrees every day. Please remember our Constructor friends in your prayers, that we all work smart and stay hydrated, while serving the people of Bethlehem Baptist Church.

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