WEST CARROLL PARISH, La. (RFD-TV) — The day began in prayer before a convoy of combines rolled into the rice fields here in West Carroll Parish.
These farmers left their own work behind at the peak of harvest, not just to pray for Josh Ward, but also to show compassion and get his crop out of the field.
Ward was working on this disk two weeks earlier when a piece of metal flew into his left eye. Doctors are unsure if he’ll ever see out of that eye again. But as for now, he cannot drive or operate heavy machinery. It’s been tough on him having to sit home on the sidelines during this busy harvest season.
“I don’t know how anyone could get through this without faith,” Ward said. “It’s not about me, it’s about God showing people coming together. And it’s not about me right now.”
It was a fleet of combines, grain carts, and great friends who wanted to show Ward and his wife, Whitney, what a farming family looks like.
“Not a person out here that’s even going to make any money this year, the people that stepped out and the community,” said another local farmer, Rowdy Sanderson. “They always are amazing.”
Josh, who could not even come to the field and watch this faith in action, said he’ll never forget what they’ve done.
“Just to say thank you, but what I would want to hear…it means more than I could ever show,” Ward said.
In the end, it wasn’t just rice harvested in West Carroll Parish—it was proof of a faith-filled community, reaping love and compassion for one of their own.”
