Blessed...

Hello Friends!


Last week had blessing after blessing for us. Back in January we had to test a bull, one of our big herd bulls no less, for a double recessive gene called "Curly Calf". If both parents have it, the offspring will be born dead. We have sons of this bull selling in March at some bull sales, and then we have calves of his dropping on the ground now. So, last week we got the test results back and found out that he did not have the gene!


Once again, last week we were testing our yearling bulls. During the test they give the bull a shot in his tail to see if he has TB (tuberculosis). One bull ended up reacting to it. When you have TB in one of your cattle, you have to quarantine the whole herd and start over. Then, for 3 years after that, you have to test EACH cow/bull/calf for the TB at 10$ a head. Our vet had to contact the USDA to come and check the bull. They did a different test for the TB and found out that he was reacting to the Avian TB not bovine TB (we checked for the latter one). The man was saying that this is pretty common because we have chickens and birds eating out of their feed and all that. The blessing is that it is no big deal.

Then, last Saturday as we were getting up from lunch, we saw a vehicle pull up to our yard. We found some dear friends of ours unloading a dishwasher! Our dishwasher had died on us last year so we had been washing by hand, which had been no problem at all. However, here come our friends saying that they found a great deal on it and thought of us. It has just reminded us daily about the Fruit of the Spirit. :)



Now, I ended up not getting around to Mom's birthday post, so I will just say quickly that we were trying to get together with some friends, and Mom's birthday ended up being the date that we were both available. So, we made it a whole day affair and really enjoyed ourselves.

After dinner, all of us sat around the table and took turns telling what we liked about Mom (that is our family tradition). There were many wet eyes afterward as we mentioned the loving spirit of gentleness and diligence to do her best serving her Lord. :)


God Bless,
Sarah

Birthday fun!