As the story continues with Manassah, he finds himself with 2 farms. The Nyhuses helped him acquire one 2-acre farm to grow food for his family. They he was offered 2 more acres to farm by someone who only wanted 2 bags of corn in return. His first crop was groundnuts (we call them peanuts but they DO come from the ground). Due to lack of rain, they did not produce well.
He then planted corn and millet. He did have someone plow the land up for him with a tractor, but everything else has been Manassah and God. He tells of being out in the field weeding -- all alone with a hoe. He said he would get so tired that he would just cry. But he kept going. But God was faithful. You can stand at the line that divides Manassah's land with the farm next to it. Manassah's corn is taller than him. The other farmer's corn is not even recognizable. It looks like a field that was not even planted. Can God's hand of blessed provision be any more evident? To see a line drawn in the sand and on one side is God's blessing -- the other, NOT God's blessing. The evidence of God's favor is staggering.
Evan and I went to help him on harvest day. He had other workers who were much more experienced but we helped nonetheless. For those of you who may have raised corn before, you may notice that this corn looks dead. Well, it pretty much is. Since most people don't have refrigerators and freezers, they wait until the corn has finished producing then harvest all the ears at once. Then they allow it to dry before taking some to the grinding mill to have it ground into flour and bagging the rest to last until next year's harvest.
It was a hot day, but he got all his 4 acres harvested. And once again, God showed his handiwork AND his faithfulness. Stay tuned to the next chapter!!
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