Sweet, Summer Rain

9/10/07 - 2nd Day - After Dinner. Much needed rain came today, and boy are we glad to have it. Always are. It started raining - jungle, monsoon rain, like they have in Central America. Our front catchwaters filled so fast that I recruited the whole family and we began the bucket brigade to the big catchwater tank in the back. We had been down below 500 gallons back there, so we kept at it and couldn't even keep up with how much water was overflowing the front catchwaters. It was fun, and very rewarding to see the whole family pulling together and having fun while we were getting drenched. As of 2pm here we were up over 1200 gallons in the back catchwater, along with another 200-300 gallons in other assorted containers. It is still raining (albeit slowly) right now, and more is expected. Oh, and the pond is full again, which is great, and so are most of the creeks for now. Which means we have another many thousands of gallons for animal watering. The garden is also very drenched, which is great for the prospects of a fall garden. As of right now we are nearing about 2 inches of rainfall today. Praise God!

The piglets are doing very well. Tracy and the family are still doctoring our little runt, and he is doing quite well considering. We went today and bought some colostrum and Tracy has been feeding him every hour or so. The children have named him Jethro - so y'all pray that ol' Jethro pulls through. We now have 8 cattle, 8 pigs, 2 goats, untold chickens, 3 rabbits, and I don't know what else - by way of animals on the farm. As always, we praise God for the increase and ask Him to protect and keep what He has entrusted to us.

Hope all is well out there,

Michael Bunker