Fellowship of Christian Farmers, International

Have you ever been walking around Husker

Harvest Days and noticed that everyone you

walk by is hauling around a walking stick?

I remember the first HHD I went to. A friend

and I wanted one so bad. We asked probably

five people where to find them.

They can be found at the tent of the Fellowship

of Christian Farmers, International.  When I

was visiting the tent this year, I found out 

that the group has built churches and does 

outreach programs in Russia, Albania, 

Jamaica and other various countries. The group 

helped storm victims in the Midwest 

this summer and it goes around to farm shows

like HHD to spread its word. 

To get a wordless walking stick, wordless 

hiking stick, wordless yardstick or wordless

braided rope, you have to sit down with one of 

the men in the tent. You receive your stick with a

string of beads on it, or just the string of beads to be

put on your rope and a pamphlet on what the beads 

mean and how to incorporate them into your life.

The man you are sitting with will then explain the

meaning of the beads. I was told that the beads 

are basically the bible explained in color. The 

colors are:

     -Gold = Heaven

     -Dark (Black) = Sin

     -Red = Christ's Blood

     -White = Snow

     -Green = Growing in Christ

It's a very interesting speech to listen to, and it only

takes about five minutes. If you choose the rope to

take home, then you get a ticket and go pick your 

colors to make a rope. The colors are then put onto

this rope spinning contraption that the group has and 

they'll twist or braid your colors together to make a 

rope. In true Husker fashion I picked the colors red,

white and black. I'm going to tape it to the wall in my

dorm room to add some color to the plain white walls.

Visiting this tent is definitely a must when attending

 HHD.