These are Carob pods, and they are very valuable. For a sevice project yesterday we helped our District Mission President harvest some of his Carob. Right in the middle of Loule is about 30 acres that you don't even see from the city. He has about 400 Carob trees in this area. Well he actually helps the aged owner to harvest these and they share in the profit. We took 3 sets of missionaries and ourselves and worked about 6 hours scooting on our butts and bending over to pick these things up by hand. We finished about 7 or 8 trees. They harvest from May until November. This is backbreaking work. Today I can feel every muscle in my body. They use the fiber and the seeds. You might remember a certain lady in Carey who didn't use chocolate and only used Carob. The whole time I was doing this I kept thinking of better ways to do this. Not sure any of them would work but if I had to do this for more than 1 day I would certainly be trying. Presidente Corrales taught the missionaries gospel precepts while we were doing this. It was good for them. He has a wonderful conversion story. I hope to get a picture of him and his wife and include his story.
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