The Plant Diaries: Our First Letter

Have you heard the news?  All Peoples Church has started a new program.  It's called:  Porch Pots and Partner Plots.  This year, because of the Corona Virus Pandemic, gardening in big groups in the Darius Simmons All Peoples Community garden will not be happening in its usual way.  Naturally, when we had to explain the ramifications of the new safe-gardening protocols to the little sprouts in the Grow Room, they were sad.  They love hanging out with the Kids Working to Succeed children and folks from the neighborhood and friends from partner churches. 

Of course, we can't have sad sprouts! So, the All Peoples team came up with a plan.  Why not invite KWTS kids to grow potted plants on their porches?  Why not invite church families, neighbors and friends to plant a few All Peoples plants in their own gardens?  Why not ask partners with gardens or fields of their own to grow All Peoples Plots? 

Let's do it!  (All Peoples peeps say that a lot.)

This is how it came to pass that on a lovely Saturday morning, a very kind lady stopped by All Peoples Church to pick up a couple of plants.  Two little tomato plants were selected by Miss Susan, the All Peoples Garden Educator, as the first babies to go out from the All Peoples Grow Room into the wide, wide world.   Naturally, plants that travel love to take photos and write stories about their adventures.  Yesterday, we received a letter from the kind lady and the plants.  Here it is:

To our dear APC friends,

First thank you for giving us such a great start in life. We were so lucky to have the company of all those plants and people who cared for us since we were babies. We miss you all!

We haven’t yet met all our new friends at Kingo, other than the nice lady who welcomed us on Saturday. She drove us to our new home and let us spend a little time getting to know the area as she planted the neighbors we’ll be living next to. It was lovely, but a little overwhelming to be out in the big world. We were feeling tired after such an exciting morning, so the nice lady took us to her house. She said we would be staying with her a few days while she teaches us about how to live out on our own. To be honest, we’ve not big fans of the cold and rain, to say the least. Sometimes we find it hard to stay standing. But the nice lady assures us that when we finally settle into our new beds, we will be very happy that we put in the time to become acquainted with changing temperatures, sunshine, and rain.

That’s all we have to share for now. We pray that God will shine abundance on the APC gardens. Give our love to all our old friends and tell them that great adventure awaits them!

Peace and love to all,

Tom & Mat O.

Tom and Mat O visit their new home.

Tom and Mat O meet a few friends who are little younger
than they are.

It's hard to get used to the wind and rain, but luckily,
Tom and Mat O can hang out at their friend's house.