The last brickmaker in America

Jeff and I just finished watching The last brick maker in America. It is a well made film you can enjoy watching. Excellent story line and my ears were delighted at the non offensive language.
The story is about a 13 year old boy whose parents are separated. He takes his anger out by breaking windows at the school he attends and spray painting on the bricks.
Sydney Poitier plays a recently widowed brick maker who comes upon the boy digging ditches as punishment for his vandalism. He strikes up a conversation with the somewhat snotty boy. He talks about making bricks and the dirt and the boy has a who cares attitude.
The boy ends up going to see Mr. Poitier as he is making bricks. He becomes interested in the process.
Great story line, happy ending. My kind of movie.

Movie review

The girls and I just finished watching Faith like potatoes. Its based on a true story. I like movies that are based on true stories.

Faith like potatoes is about a farmer named Angus who works 7 days a week and isn't getting anywhere let alone ahead. He moves his family from Zambia to Southern Africa where he begins to farm there.

He finds that the struggles are the same as they were in Zambia. Still hard work and no getting ahead. He has a temper and often yells at his help.

At one point his wife pleads with him to go to a mission service. They end up fighting about weather/whether or not he should wear a tie and he ends up almost not going. He does go and wears a tie only to find out that every other man there is tie-less. One man asks him to come to church the next day to hear a farmer like himself talk. He goes, tie-less this time only to discover that all the men have ties on this day. Its kind of a funny bit.

The farmer talks about how he was having a hard time in life and his trials and God really is speaking to Angus through the farmers testimony. The pastor tells the congregation that they too can have the peace that the farmer has and Angus gives his life to God.

It is beautiful watching Angus learn about God. How he grows. Angus in a man of amazing faith in God and the things God promises in the Bible Angus takes as gospel, as we all should. Tragedy strikes and I watched hoping that it wouldn't cause Angus to lose faith in God...

If you want to know if Angus continues to love God or falls away your will just have to watch Faith like potatoes.

Angus's favorite verse, at least the one he refers to a couple of times is the NIV version of this verse.
2 Chronicles 6:37 if they take thought in the land where they are taken captive, and repent and make supplication to You in the land of their captivity, saying, 'We have sinned, we have committed iniquity and have acted wickedly';