New Life Skills

Yippee! My husband is teaching our son new skills – skills that he will need when my husband has the much-needed operation on his knee. My son is learning how to milk our goats – Delilah, Jemimah, Ruth, Cleo, Deborah, Esther, Aquila and Priscilla. Praise God that we have the most patient goats, and they have been extremely tolerant of a novice milking them.

Some of our goats have tiny little teats and are difficult to milk, while others like Deborah, Aquila and Priscilla have wonderful teats for milking.  Priscilla is one of the most patient goats ever, and she has LOTS of milk. My daughter has also expressed a desire to learn how to milk, and her small hands would definitely be an advantage in milking some of our goats.

Today my husband and son went out to cut firewood, and they came back with a HUGE amount of firewood in the shortest time ever. What does my husband think of his new chainsaw? He ♥♥♥ it, as it makes the job of cutting wood so much easier, and my son loaded the trailer for him while he used the chainsaw.

My husband was going to show our son how to use the chainsaw, but we have a slight problem. The chainsaw is too heavy, and when you rev it up, it kicks back- maybe next year??? I love homeschooling, as there is so much to learn – new life skills everyday!

Wordless Wednesday

Be Careful What You Pray For…

…as the very thing that you pray for might well be what God gives you.

My husband was on the sawbench, sawing firewood, and after about ten tonnes of wood, decided that he would like a break. He said, “Lord, I could sure do with a holiday – even a break would be good.”

Three hours later, he received his break – a broken finger – not exactly the sort of break that he wanted. However, he is getting a ‘break‘ from sawing firewood.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.