Faith
Cuban Farmer Defies Insect Plagues Through Midnight Prayers Alone
Faith Facts
- Jorge Sánchez prays nightly over crops, trusting God for pest control amid shortages.
- Church farm feeds believers, orphans, and elderly with diverse produce like beans and tomatoes.
- Sánchez confidently awaits God’s solution to fuel scarcity, perhaps a solar-powered vehicle.
Christian farmer Jorge Sánchez manages a church-operated farm in Limonar, Cuba, during a humanitarian crisis triggered by oil shortages.
Unable to obtain insecticides, he turns to prayer in his fields.
“I do pest control at night,” he said. “What I do is, I come and pray in my fields, and God takes care of all of that stuff.”
Once living wildly with drinking and chasing women, Sánchez transformed after his parents’ baptism at Versalles Church of Christ.
“No turning back, no turning back,” he sang joyfully while working the land.
The farm yields maximum produce with minimal water through drip irrigation techniques taught by missionary Bill Orange.
“He taught me a very easy way to use the water,” Sánchez noted. “I’m a very simple man. I don’t like technology.”
Biblical faith empowers Sánchez to provide balanced meals, embodying Christian charity and stewardship.
Despite unpicked crops rotting from fuel lacks, he points heavenward in assurance.
“I know that God is going to find a way.”
“If this fuel problem is not going to get fixed, then I know that God is going to send us an electric car fueled by solar power, and that’s going to be our solution.”
May Jorge’s unwavering trust inspire American believers to deepen reliance on divine provision, safeguarding faith, family, and freedoms.