The last two days we have been planting on a block that has a ton of piles of slash that need to be work around or dug through. I got the honor of having a really steep piece. So it was very frustrating. The expectations are really high and I'm still just learning [slowly] how to plant good trees, sometimes by replanting them, which is even more demoralizing. And not going nearly fast enough to make money. I figured I need to plant 1000 trees a day to make more than I would at TopLine, I did that once this week...
...and while I was digging and hacking through a slash pile I stabbed my shovel in and a stick came up and whacked me in the face. I yelled and sat down and pouted for awhile. It felt just like in the cartoons where the big dumb guy steps on a rack and hits himself in the face. I now have a really nice sized scratch above my right eye.
Treeplanting continues to be one of the hardest thing I've done. Romans 5:3,4 says if we "rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope." This hope is not a kind of a 'I really hope it rains tomorrow because I'm tired of getting sunburnt' hope, but a lasting steadfastness and confidence in Jesus that sustains.
~CHAD
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sorry, but i laughed OUT LOUD when i read the stick in the face part. keep on truckin', it'll get easier .. .and then the summer plant!
praying for you again for the next 60 seconds. - jason
Chad, keep up the good work. Darcy says it takes a month to get fast at tree planting. We're all rooting for you and know that you have enough determination to be successful. Hard things make great stories, awful things make awesome stories! Have fun and bring home some great memories.
hey chad i can't wait to see what new stories you come up
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