My Country Quest

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Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Milk & Honey

I often think of our sojourn here in this life as being stationed on a remote outpost. The Man in Charge sends the provision needed, though we don't know when or how or what we'll be getting. Sometimes we are granted a request, but more often the provision comes just when we need it, unexpectedly, without prior knowledge of it's status as "in-route". And often it is not what we were looking for at all. If I ever found myself in this position I'd be dreaming of chocolate and coffee. Headquarters would likely send oatmeal and canned meat! :-)
And so it is that we were granted a new ration of provisions last evening. We were hoping and praying for a goat to milk but didn't have much money so we weren't expecting to find anything already milking. When we did find the one "we wanted" the sale fell through because of some unexpected expenses we had come up. Then, out of nowhere it would seem, the Lord sent 2 goats. Or 2 Half-Goats as I call them.
Luke named them, and as of their first milking this morning, it looks like we'll be getting about a gallon a day total from the both of them. Just right. A bit more and we could make cheese but it looks like Headquarters doesn't think we need cheese at the moment. I'm so thankful for any we get - that makes it taste SO GOOD!
Luke named them. Here he is with Snowbell.
Here is Rosie with Abby.

They are both grade LaManchas (our breed of choice too!) meaning they are LaMancha with unknown ancestry and no registration. That's fine. They tested clean for all known illnesses. The only quirk abot them is that they both have only one milking "side" instead of 2. So it takes 2 goats to get what one normal one would give in terms of amount of milk. It works. And did I mention they are free for us to have until spring and if we want them them they are VERY cheap? We hope to have our registered LaMancha's by then but until then the milk is GOOD. Luke couldn't even wait for it to get cold before drinking his first glass, foam and all. :-)

God is good.

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