OUR PLANS MULTIPLIED

In the beginning, JD adamantly only wanted two children. I thought that four would be perfect. Once we caught God's vision of putting orphans into families, our plan was multiplied by God. We are currently blessed with 12 children; five biological, six adopted and one more waiting in Ethiopia. Our first adoption was from the U.S., the next three were from Liberia, West Africa, and our last two were from Ethiopia. We are supporting our 12th child in Ethiopia after her adoption could not pass court.

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

New Goats and Kitty

I have rescued countess cats over the last 10 years and not kept any of them. I tried last summer to add two cats to the barn, but they bullied Kaden and Tally so badly that they had to move to another barn across the county. Kaden and Tally were dumped at the end of the driveway 12 years right after Elijah was born; they have happily run the mouse control department of the barn this whole time. They also enjoy their morning and evening pet sessions. 


We have had mice in the garage, however, and some making it into the house. The only reasonable option for controlling this naturally was adopting a garage cat. While I had only considered this option, a friend contacted me about "Buddy" the cat who was going to be put to sleep at one year of age due to the fact that he didn't get along with the old cat that was at his new home. He has been tossed around a good bit since being adopted from the SPCA. We brought Buddy home; he is shiny black, we have never had a black cat, so variety is fun. 


He hasn't met any of the dogs or other cats, but we are hoping for the best when he gets out of garage quarantine. He is super sweet, loves to be pet.


Within days of bringing Buddy home, Lady finally had her twin babies. They are darling girls, named Eiffel and Emerald. I'm thankful there were only two so we don't have bottle supplement; that becomes a lot of work on top of milking other goats. We won't be keeping these babies, but I hope to sell them together to ease their transition.



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