Good Friday in the Garden

As a group of MadCAAP Volunteers, Clients and Staff labored to prepare a garden plot for the planting of sweet potatoes, complete the pavilion and tend the newly sprouted plants, there was a spirit of shared vision.   The garden was filled with laughter, strained muscles and a shared desire to make a difference in the lives & diets of the poor in Madison County. This physical labor on Good Friday seemed to be our way of putting hearts, hands and feet to Jesus' command to "Love One Another", though no one made that connection out loud.  

There numerous opportunities to serve God and make a difference...you and I simply need to be aware and willing.

GARDENERS OF ALL AGES

What a great day of service with these families and friends from Highlands Presbyterian Church. Some planted tomato & pepper plants while others planted squash seeds and still others worked on the irrigation system...and EvErYoNe tromped through the mud! 

   

    

 

"At the end of the day in Spring, you should smell of dirt!"

....and we did!

THANKS HIGHLANDS!

A Quick Glance At Our New Garden

It's 9:00 p.m. on Saturday evening and I am beat!

Harold, Johnny and I spent a great afternoon in the garden with two hard-working groups of garden volunteers and a father and son irrigation team from Highlands Presbyterian Church.  The first to arrive was a group of Sophomore SGA volunteers from Madison Central High School and shortly after that the Leadership Madison volunteers appeared on the scene.  Over 300 tomato plants were tucked neatly into raised beds and mulched; then it was on to putting down landscape fabric fand mulch between the beds.  This crew worked about 2 1/2 hours with amazing success and great camaraderie.  Now we wait and allow Mother Nature to work her magic as seeds sprout, plants grow and eventually hungry people are fed.

Team Work and Laughter Filled the Afternoon.

 Madison Central Sophomore SGA Volunteers

 Leadership Madison County Volunteers

WHAT A PRODUCTIVE DAY IN THE GARDEN!

THANK YOU!