WE GOT OUR HOME BACK!!!!

We finally got our home back.  We have a new frig and nearly everything is working so we are ready to journey which God has given us.  We plan to leave for Aurora this Thursday and spend a few days with the kids and grand kids then on to Phoenix Unified Christian Schools for November and December.  Thank all of you who have prayed for us as we sat here disabled.  We are grateful to God for this opportunity to continue on our Sower Ministry journey.

Here we are on our farm pad.  We have a few things to finish here but are basically ready to go.

 



One of the projects which was accomplished was to overhaul the sprayer tractor.  We removed the head and had the valves ground.  That part is done but the last thing to do is to rebuild the carburetor which we will probably complete today or tomorrow.  We don't look forward to playing in gasoline when the temperature in the barn is under 40 F. 

Another project was to rebuild the carburetor on the 4 wheeler.  That was only part of the reason why it wouldn't run.  Somehow the key on the flywheel had sheared and rotated about 100 degrees.  It was easy to see why it was backfiring.   But, it is up and running again.

The other morning we had a ribbon of fog running down the creek bed like it wanted to get to the river just like the water.

Then Saturday morning we had the pleasure of entertaining Mrs. Deer and fawn.  They came up to the house, grazed a while on the tiger lilies and moved on toward the timber to spend the day in the shade.  It was warm then.

 

Well, that's all for now.  If God wills we will soon be on the road again doing what we love to do.

 

Down on the farm again.

We arrived at the farm on September 20, spent a couple of nights and took our home back to Columbia for a bit more repair.  We hope to be able to get it soon but for now we are in the house.  Of course there are a few things to be done to spruce up the place while we wait.

Here is the sunrise that greeted us the first morning we awoke.  God is STILL in charge.

The walk in door to the garage was rotting at the bottom as well as the framing.  After cutting a couple inches off the bottom and several inches off of the framing, replacing the removed pieces and applying a fresh coat of paint it looks like a new one.

 

The basement door wasn't in as bad a shape but it did need scraping and a fresh coat of paint.

 

Of course, the lawn was 4 to 7 inches tall and needed a clip.  This little piece shown here is less than 1/4 of the overall lawn and we have mowed it twice since getting here.

A highlight of the past couple of weeks was being here at the right time for the Bunck reunion. Mother was a Bunck and they hold a reunion every year, we just usually are on project during October.  The couple seated is mother's brother and his wife.

 

For a short time one morning we had several thousand grackles in the yard.  They were on their way south, like we usually are at this time, to their winter home. 

The turkey vultures are still here for a while but they too will be heading to the Andes for the winter.  We don't want to go that far.  Our next project, if God approves, will be in Phoenix.  God bless you all and don't forget to leave a note.