The Farmer Who Planted Through Drought
In the spring of 1988, outside Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Dale Hendricks stood at the edge of his wheat field and watched the dust lift off cracked...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Malachi 3:10.
In the spring of 1988, outside Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Dale Hendricks stood at the edge of his wheat field and watched the dust lift off cracked soil. Three months without rain. His neighbor Roy had already decided not to plant — why waste seed on ground that couldn't give anything back? Dale's wife, Carol, found him on the porch that evening, staring at the seed bags stacked in the barn.…
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