Rain, a gift of God

10/16/06 - Second Day - After Breakfast. The rains have come off and on since Sabbath afternoon. By yesterday evening we had received 1/2 an inch. By 8 this morning we had received an additional inch of rain. I slogged down to the pond and was delighted to see it filling up. There was already about a foot of water in the pond and the water was running in very steadily. We are nearing 1000 gallons in our catchwater tank as well. It looks like we should be clearing up here for a good while, but we'll see. Now we just deal with the mud for a few days.

Rain is much needed, and is the answer to many prayers. We pray that our hay crop shoots up good and that we get a big enough crop to get us through the winter without buying any hay.

It hardly seems like it should be drawing close to November. We are really enjoying the fall weather after the summer we just came through. But we praise God for all things, and dare not grumble too loud against the weather and God's sovereignty over it.

A 147 acre tract opened up near here if anyone is interested in checking it out. $1995/acre is what they are asking. Email me if you want some details.

Michael