{"id":985,"date":"2015-12-16T07:07:36","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T13:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/?p=985"},"modified":"2017-07-18T07:38:26","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T13:38:26","slug":"the-miracle-growing-garden-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/?p=985","title":{"rendered":"The Miracle Growing Garden: Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had been elected judge of the village mostly because I was the only one that could read the labels on the stuff that washed up on the beach.\u00a0 I also preached at the local Moravian church on a regular basis.\u00a0 I took great joy in explaining what vegetables were and how the principle of the seed worked.\u00a0 As an act of faith, I had Malachi\u00a03:10\u00a0posted on each box.\u00a0 In the thin soil, abundant rain, and blazing sun the seeds sprouted and began to grow\u2014like crazy!\u00a0 Everyone was excited watching the new plants grow.\u00a0 Until, in one fell swoop, the doomsday prophecy came true.\u00a0 As soon as the plants started to flower, like the plague, the bugs, worms and aphids came in.\u00a0 It was a massive swarm!\u00a0 The giant 8-foot tomato plants were wilting along with everything else in the garden.\u00a0 I felt so embarrassed.\u00a0 I had let God down and misled the people.\u00a0 I was embarrassed and my faith put to shame.<\/p>\n

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The garden begins to grow 1990<\/em><\/h5>\n

 <\/p>\n

In the jungle one goes to bed very early.\u00a0 The mosquitos and vampires are just too much.\u00a0 The only refuge is under a mosquito net.\u00a0 Early to bed means early to rise.\u00a0 Early the following morning I heard something I had never heard before\u2014chirping birds.\u00a0 I ran outside to see what had happened and discovered, the birds were eating the bugs in the garden.<\/p>\n

The birds were about the size of a finch.\u00a0 Thousands of ladybugs had eaten the aphids and iguanas had eaten everything too big for the little birds.\u00a0 It was awesome.\u00a0 Not only did the miracle come, it came with a song.\u00a0 The kicker is, the little birds built their nests around the garden and kept the bugs at bay from then on.\u00a0 It was the first of many a bumper harvest!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The garden in bloom 1990<\/em><\/h5>\n

 <\/p>\n

My wife Joske and the other Dutch nurses started teaching the women how to cook vegetables and sure enough the infant mortality rate declined.\u00a0 One of the nurses took it upon herself to chronicle the story in a book, How to Grow a Garden in the Jungle<\/em>.\u00a0 The book was used as a text for 126 schools in the region to teach children how to grow vegetables.\u00a0 Most of the schools started gardens to give the students first hand experience.\u00a0 The little yellow birds made nests in their gardens as well.\u00a0 The program was an outrageous success.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Joske 1990<\/em><\/h5>\n

 <\/p>\n

Here is the funny part.\u00a0 When news started to get out that there was successful gardening program in the rainforest people from different places stated to radio in to confirm and ask questions.\u00a0 One such call came in from Germany.\u00a0 The botanist asked, \u201cI heard you used Malachi 310. What kind of chemical is that?\u201d\u00a0 I told him it is not a chemical, it\u2019s a Bible verse.\u00a0 Dead silence on the other end for a few seconds.<\/p>\n

Here is the miracle part.\u00a0 The Miskito Indians were barely out of the stone age and completely in tune with nature.\u00a0 They knew every plant and bird in their environment.\u00a0 But not one of them had ever seen or heard of the little yellow birds with a nice song.\u00a0 The wind was blowing strong the night before.\u00a0 Some thought maybe they blew in.<\/p>\n

\u201cBring all the tithes into the storehouse,<\/em><\/p>\n

That there may be food in My house,<\/em><\/p>\n

And try Me now in this,\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Says the Lord of hosts,<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIf I will not open for you the windows of heaven<\/em><\/p>\n

And pour out for you such blessing<\/em><\/p>\n

That there will not be room enough to receive it.<\/em><\/p>\n

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