October 18, 2024
When moving sheep from Waimea to Kona or vice versa, those individuals eventually form new bonds. In August I took four lambs to Waimea from Kona. They were raised on a bottle, and even those tame ones started bleating when their friends disappeared among the 100 other sheep. Among those four, you could see their personalities; some were more independent, and some clearly took longer to adapt.
I don’t know for sure if this was an actual cause, but the most independent one was the first one to get sick. It might be a stretch to see this as an example, but God has said he places the lonely in families. Every time I went to Waimea, he was by himself. I wonder if this is a reason why he didn’t thrive.
(Photo of other lambs, not the bottle lambs)
