VIDALIA — When The Dart landed on Palm Drive in Vidalia on Saturday afternoon Michael Sanders was displaying his faith for all to see.

Mounted to the oak tree in his front yard is an enormous wooded cross Sanders fixed to the tree about two and a half years ago shortly before Christmas.

“I was saved about four years ago,” Sanders said. “And I really just felt called to put (the cross up) I don’t know why.”

But in all the time cross has been up, no one has ever stopped to talk to Sanders about it.

“I wish they would,” he said. “But I think people drive by and they know what it means, I hope they’re getting the message.”

Sanders’ wife Jennifer said while she supported her husband in putting up the cross, she had no idea it would be so big.

The cross stands approximately 10-feet-tall and five-feet across.

“But I like it now,” she said. “I like seeing it out there.”

Sanders said while no one has ever spoken to him about the cross, it also serves as a personal reminder of his faith.

“Sometimes when I get up in the morning, and I walk outside I take a look at it and I remember what it means,” he said. “It’s a good way to start the day.”

And Sanders and his wife have taken their faith beyond the front yard.

They also sponsor a youth program at their church, Ridgecrest Baptist, and minister to inmates in Concordia Parish.

“It’s just a way to serve,” Sanders said. “I think it’s what we’re all called to do.”