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 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…
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…
Sept 15, 2024 Imagining the next world Jesus is creating helps center me in receiving His gifts. Imagine a place where no offenses occur because LOVE is perfect, not lacking anything. No person is forgotten, abandoned, or harmed in any way. By faith, this new creation in embryonic form is living in us now and…
Sept 14, 2024 Yesterday felt really good. Today, I realize why. It’s hard to put into words, but my view of life shifted and is shifting. I’m entering God’s story in a fresh way. Yesterday, I had to deal with these sheep that escaped yet again. And they escaped a field that would be the…
Sept 13, 2024 Home in Kona! Yesterday, I looked at the live camera from the airport and noticed their “pack mentality.” The whole flock was bunched up and walking the fence line. It made me nervous. Only a couple hours later, the phone rang, they were outside their field and walking on the road. So…
Sept 3, 2024 Sheep need each other and need direction. If all is well, they scatter about the pasture. They would move even farther apart unless there’s something that keeps them together. Even a two-week-old baby lamb starts wandering off. It comes back to its mother when she rings the dinner bell or if there’s…