Sermon on the Mount
Sermon on the Mount with Lew Sterrett was a huge success, way beyond
our expectations! God gave us gorgeous weather both evenings. Two hundred
and twenty people from our community including almost all of our neighbors
came on Tuesday. Then over 250 people joined us on Wednesday.
On Tuesday Lew worked with a 3 year old stallion named Iceman who had
very little training and had never been ridden. He shared with Scripture how
the horse was natural, self reliant and only living for himself, unapproachable,
staying out on the rail of the round pen, keeping his back to Lew. By the
end of the evening, right before our eyes, Iceman chose a relationship of trust
with Lew, allowing him to saddle and ride him around the arena! I will never
forget the powerful impact of the Gospel illustrated in the relationship between
Iceman and Lew.
The second evening Lew used an older bay mare with bad habits and an
even worse attitude to contrast the relationship he has with his stallion,
Spotlight. It was a beautiful illustration of completely yielding our lives
to our Master.
Our local cable TV station videotaped both presentations and will air them
throughout our county over the next month. Lew and Bob and Michelle were
such an encouragement to the ministry of Harvest Home Farm and to our family
personally. We are grateful for the opportunity to partner in ministry with them.
County Fair
On Thursday we loaded up the trailer and headed off to the Trempealeau
County Fair. God gave us another opportunity to begin to build relationships
in the community. Over four days the kids showed baskets, photography,
dogs, cats, rabbits and sheep and had the chance to be evaluated on their
projects. We all enjoyed making some new friends in the process.
Both girls showed their dogs in showmanship, obedience and rally.
Saturday was the sheep show. Both girls sold their lambs at the market
auction that evening.
Supreme Champion kitten!
New Dogs
Harvest Home Farm spontaneously welcomed two new border collies to the farm this month! Megan has a new 10 week old puppy named Tess. She is SO smart and already walks up on sheep like a big dog. Pedro is on loan from Chaffin Border Collies. He is a 6 year old trained dog we are hoping to trial and use for exhibitions here at the farm.
Pedro is 100% working dog!
Egg Eater
This afternoon while we were doing chores, we discovered that a fox snake found the
duck’s nest and decided to help himself to a low cholesterol dinner. We
checked on him throughout the evening. It will be interesting to see if he
was able to swallow the entire egg.
He must love eggs - he is in a shape of a heart.
The cat thought he was fascinating, too.
7/3/08 This morning the snake and the egg were gone!
First Family Camp
On June 10-12 we hosted our first home school family camp. Three families
from the northwest suburbs of Chicago joined us for three days of classes,
games, crafts, and devotions. We really enjoyed our time with these families
and look forward to hosting more groups in the future.
The animals were very popular, especially the bottle lambs and kittens.
One of the classes was on the Wonders of Wool which included a felting project.
One evening we played some group initiative game.
Each mornning we had a session together led by Larry Guthrie.
Taking a swing!
Each day ended with a campfire. One evening we had S’mores and the other
homemade ice cream!