A Good Harvest

On Tuesday we took a break from our project to help harvest peas in La Esperanza. These were some of the same peas we helped plant with the service team in January. The village planted several rounds of peas throughout the first few months of the year, and now they have been harvesting off and on since April. So far, La Esperanza has brought in 1,300 pounds of peas, and they estimate that they will double that before the season is over. The peas are a very important crop to the villagers since it earns them cash. Unlike corn and beans, peas are sold to outside markets (mostly the United States and Europe), earning the villagers money to pay back their land loans, buy cows or other animals and start up small businesses. Praise God for a good harvest!