Month: November 2022

On September 28, 2022, Hurricane Ian made landfall in Southwest Florida as a category 4 hurricane, with sustained winds of 150 mph, causing a massive storm surge, inundating the coastal areas near Fort Meyers, Cape Coral, all the way up to Sarasota and beyond.

For God, who said, Let light shine out of darkness, made His light shine
in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God
in the face of Christ, (2Corinthians 4:6). Our inner light that refl ects
Jesus in our hearts should shine on our faces. We pray to be the light
of Christ in a dark world. 11/29-12/01 Greater Peoria Farm Show,
Peoria, IL, Dennis Schlagel

With the rise of self-driving vehicles, it’s only a matter of time before we get a country song where a guy’s truck leaves him too.

As I write this, my wife and I are in southwest Florida where Hurricane Ian struck in late September. They say it was the worst hurricane in Florida’s history. I guess I wouldn’t argue that much, except, how do they know?

The Fall Mecum Tractor Auction ran from Thursday, November 17 through Saturday, November 19, 2022, in East Moline, Illinois at the Bend Expo Center.  Two fully restored John Deere garden tractors converted to mini 4020s were donated to the Fellowship of Christian Farmers, International were auctioned last Saturday morning at 10:00.  RFD-TV broadcasted the event.  FCFI was blessed with the sale of these tractors, donated by Don Miske.  Don also donated a full size 4020 last year to benefit FCFI.

When my boss asked me who is the dumb one, me or him? I told him everyone knows he doesn’t hire dumb people.

My first paying job other than working on my parent’s farm was working on our neighbors’ farm. I was just a little guy, only about 10 or 11 years old at the time.  My brothers and I got the job of picking up rocks in the neighbor’s field for 50 cents an hour. That was real pay that we were real happy with. One of us would drive the tractor pulling the wagon between the young corn rows while the other two of us walked on either side of the wagon picking up stones within about a 20 foot swath.

Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday. There are several reasons, but one of the main ones is that growing up on the farm, Thanksgiving always was a celebration of the end of the work year. All those long days and nights in the field working, all the effort spent worrying about the weather and the crops and walking the fields. All the work it took to gather in the harvest – it was always a celebration when we got done.

RFD-TV Interviews Bill Brown at the Sunbelt Ag Expo

For the first time since covid hit, we were able to minister at the Northern Nation Navajo fair in Shiprock, New Mexico at the end of September and the beginning of October. Since the Navajos got hit hard with covid, I wasn’t sure how big the crowd would be at this fair. I believe this may have been the biggest crowd I have ever seen at the Navajo fair. Myself and several other people set up a booth inside the Fairgrounds in Shiprock where we passed out Wordless bracelets and walking and yard  sticks as well as Operators manuals and other Gospel tracts.