The Power Of Your Story

Your story is 22 times more effective than just facts about you. A story is an interpretation that give facts meaning. The facts of this picture are brothers, Karl, Mike, and Kurt making pizzas.

The story happened yesterday at the Pella Christian Clay Target Team's invitational. It was Kurt and Karl's 36th birthday. Grandkids, John, Elijah, and Elliot joined myself in stopping by for lunch, and watching Adi and Natelie shoot. Thanks to Kasey and Matt covering our spraying responsibilities on a Saturday.

The story of the PC shooting team starts with kids in the 4th grade. The team consist of close to 100 kids. Thanks to the 27 coaches. Thanks to Loren for handling the ammo. Thanks to Kurt and Emily and their pizza trailer for being available for the meal.

We received a settling inch of rain on Easter Sunday. So one of our jobs this past week was to service the planters. We have just a couple of our own and a couple of custom fields left to plant. We did run sprayer some as soil conditions allowed.

We started planting both corn and soybeans in earnest April 9. Even with cooler soil temps early, emergence and uniformity were not a problem.

The two fields we have left to plant we saved in order to pattern tile them. We were able to get one of them finished late last week. We burned tree piles. We picked up rocks and sticks. And we plowed in 4 inch tile, 4 feet deep, 40 feet apart.

Late one evening this past week I received a call from Eileen. She mentioned a delivery semi had tried to take a wet mud road south of Given. And had ended up stuck next to a tile intake in our corn field. While waiting on Brett and crew to come pull him out with their skidloader and winch, I was able to get to know Robert, the semi driver. He lives in Miami, Florida with his wife and three girls. and only gets home every couple of months.

Friday evening Karl and Kristin's, Malaki, was Moses, and is talking to Pharaoh, in a musical play the pre-K through 4th grade performed. Kudos to everyone involved.

Also Friday evening was Junior/Senior Prom at Pella Christian High School. Thanks for the picture of Grandsons Elijah and Ezra, and their dates, Faith and Sidney.

We continue to live in uncertain times. However we don't have to live in uncertainty. Uncertainty is a mystery. That doesn't have to make it fearful. Uncertainty can lead to all kinds of possibilities and opportunities. That's where the power of your story comes in. You all are part of God's story. In His-story (history) an uncertain world should not affect us. We should affect an uncertain world. That happens through God's grace and connection. Blessings.