2024 September 27 The story of Elaine, a purebred dorper whose picture is on my Facebook banner, is pretty radical. Though she was tame, her independent streak was her downfall. Because sheep behavior is so linked to each individual that she had to be rehomed! Because she was jumping over my electric fences, she enticed…
2024 September 26 Every sheep, whether here in Kona or in Waimea, are a unique blend of: ones that trust me, ones that are extremely fearful, ones that don’t take much convincing to follow, and more. So when I let the flock onto the paved road next to the preschool, I have no idea of…
2024 September 24 Kona’s torrential rains caused the guinea grass to grow as high as 4 feet this month. So it was time to return the flock above the campus so they could eat it down. However, their current 40-acre jungle pasture is filled with haole “koa,” kiawe, aka mesquite trees, and a woody plant…
2024 September 23 How I view the Bible these days entered a different phase this year. It’s similar to what happens in our Word by Heart schools within YWAM. Students in that school enter the Bible story written down by asking how the writer felt, what the writer saw, where it took place, and what…
2024 September 22 This little guy got himself tangled because he was eating grass on the wrong side of this fence. All the other sheep went into their newly opened paddock, which offers my sheep choices like crisp young lettuce to salad lovers. He rejected what had been provided. Jesus suffered rejection. All his words…
“…Jesus of Nazareth get annihilated, and it’s totally unjust, and it’s corrupt, and like that’s the world we live in. And it’s the world where, it’s the world where people die tragically, where loss is what’s normal. It’s the world where someone is super healthy. All of a sudden their heart gives out, and you…
2024 September 20 Success! The Waimea sheep are still inside their paddock. I will know more later when I go up tomorrow. A couple of days ago, I was sweating out the possibility that they would escape anytime because I forgot to hook up the power to the fence. Since it is an hour away,…
2024 September 19 I couldn’t stand it when Dixie wouldn’t follow me. Why does she stop so often and is ready to run away? I did my utmost not to get angry and kept calling her to keep coming. She does this so often that I despair that she will ever follow me when times…
2024 September 18 Yesterday, the ranch caretaker texted me a picture of a bleeding lamb. So, I took off to Waimea to pick it up and check on the others. It turned out that the entire flock had once again escaped their electric fence. Apparently, this lamb cut itself when crossing the barbed wire. The…
2024 September 17 Do we have the attitude that God gave us a hard thing to do? The way we behave is a window into our character. The way my dog Dixie behaves reveals what she believes. She still looks at me as the bad or hard taskmaster. I’ve not given her a task that is…