Milk, Hay, and Genesis

9/17/06 - Lord's Day - Before Breakfast. Well, after a week of trying to get the cows back milking regularly, we finally had a normal morning. The arrival of the pig a week ago really threw things off. The pig freaked out the cows and they would not come down to be milked for several days. Then only Holga would come down... Ami wouldn't. So we milked Holga for two days and on both days she threw a fit and wouldn't hold still. We did manage to get a single quart from Holga yesterday. So last evening we got them both down and into the corral on time, and this morning they both lined up and were patient while the milking process happened. It started to sprinkle toward the end, but it all went well enough.

We had a great sabbath. I have been reading and studying in Genesis and also reading the John Gill Commentary on Genesis in hardback. What a great book, and it is so prophetic too. Our neighbor Homer came by and said our hay field is looking really, really good, and if we can get some rain we should get another cutting in a month or so. He said hay is going for $75 a round bale, so this looks very good for us. We pray that God sends enough rain to make this another profitable round of hay cutting. It should (DV) also provide us with enough hay to get through the winter.

Depending on if we get any rain today, we will have to go to town. Money is very, very tight, but we are out of fuel for the generator and we have some supplies to get. They are calling for rain on and off today. We didn't get much this morning, just some sprinkles though.

We are excited about Ranchfest coming in a few weeks. It looks like we should have a pretty good showing, with several different families coming down to visit.

Gas prices are dropping prior to the election, just like I said they would. I am hoping that they go WAY down so we can stock up if we get the opportunity. Expect them to go back up after the election in November.

Your servant in Christ Jesus,

Michael Bunker