Baptisms and New Calves

8/27/07 - 2nd Day - After Breakfast. We had a pretty good weekend here at the ranch. The temps have been warm but seasonal (low to mid 90's) and dry. We had a great and relaxing sabbath, then a good Q&A session that night. On the Lord's Day the singing was fun (and refreshing after I missed last week) and we had some great food for our fellowship that afternoon. Last night the whole community drove out to Lake Sealy nearby and we had 3 baptisms - which was great. I baptized Chris Woods and Kelly Sustaire, then Kelly baptized his wife. Then we let the children swim for a bit before we cruised by Dairy Queen in Santa Anna for an ice cream cone. Overall, a great weekend.

I have neglected to mention that I have had 2 more calves born in the last couple of weeks, bringing to 3 my current number of calves on the ground. Holga had her calf (looks like a young bull calf) and then a day or so later Maria had her calf (probably a heifer). A month or so ago Lucia had a young heifer, so, counting the fact that we bartered Holga away, I think I have 8 cattle on the ground right now. I should have 4 females ready to be put with a bull this fall (maybe next month). I tell Danielle all the time... we are cattle rich. Some day, if the Lord wills, we might be able to support ourselves with our Longhorn cattle operation.

This evening the men of the community are coming over and we are going to try to move Holga and her new calf down to our closer pasture so we can start to milk Holga. That should be an interesting operation and I'll report to you if it gets interesting.

Sermon tonight, so I have to get to work.

May the Lord bless you.

Michael Bunker