It’s been a while since my last post due to a barrage of family events that occureed last week. My mom, dad, sister and brother-in-law ccame into town to witness the marriage of my cousin, Marvin Van Buren, Jr. to his beautiful bride, Cory. So, with the wedding, work at the church and time visiting family, I didn’t have any extra time to hammer out my normal quota of posts. Normally, I choose not to write about the movies that I watch, but what I saw last night has touched me so deeply, that I feel it’s worth sharing to you all.

Faith Like Potatoes was a movie that some friends gave to us, and to be honest with you, I was hesitant to even watch it. It looked like one of those Hallmark inspirational movies that only strive to lodge a softball-sized lump in your throat, or worse, a Christian movie. Some of you are going to hate that I said that, but I find few of the Christian and inspirational movies available to my liking. Most of them have weak stories, characters, writing or acting. However, I have been surprised lately by many of the new Christian titles, and Faith Like Potatoes has been one of them.

The movie tells the story of Angus Buchan, a Scots-African farmer from Zambia, who is forced to move and buy a new farm in South Africa Zulu land in order to protect his family from the violence of warring factions in Zambia. We watch as he and his family suffer and work hard together to start a new life causing the over-stressed Angus to sink into a deep depression that threatens to destroy the family.  It is at this point when God turns the farmer’s life upside down and begin a revival that has reached across the dark continent.

My wife and I couldn’t recommend this movie to you all more highly. You might want to use subtitles. The accents can be a bit hard to follow. Even so, it will have you gripped by the characters and situations from start to finish.