We’re Growing

Things are moving and shaking here at Mountain Hollow Farm. We just installed a bus parking lot so we are better equipped to handle large groups. It required 108 tons of stone, that’s 216,000 pounds!

Two weeks ago I called Goins Hollow Quarry to find out what kind of rock would be best to use for a bus parking lot. I thought we just had to dump a bunch of rock and level it out. Fortunately, the lady on the other end of the phone was a little wiser. She explained that to build a good parking lot, you have to scrape the vegetation away, compact the soil if it is soft, lay the rock, spread the rock, compact the rock, and deal with possible drainage issues. Oh my! I had no idea that there was so much work involved with creating a stone parking lot.

I was in a jam because I had just pulled out the paperwork for a grant that we had qualified for to cover part of the cost of this project, thinking that we had until May 31st to finish it. I was wrong. The deadline was May 1st.

Fortunately the quarry not only sells stone, they also build parking lots. Dan came to our rescue and finished this parking lot with a couple days to spare.

I believe that God was watching out for us. He knew what was going on even before we did and arranged things so that Goins Hollow Quarry would have the time to do a small last minute project.

I know some of you think that sounds crazy. There was a time when I did, too. But now I have comfort in knowing that amidst all our chaos, there is a God who is in control.