It is amazing how God provides even through circumstances that don't initially seem very pleasant. Last night was an excellent example. We went out to check on an old Jersey cow last night (because we suspected she was going to calve). Well, she got the feet out and Danny was outside for an hour waiting on her to have this calf. He told me later that he fell asleep in a pile of hay out in the pasture while waiting on her!
We ended up pulling the calf. The calf was not that big and it was not that hard to pull the calf out (for those of you who don't know what this means--we encircle each of the calf's feet with chains that have handles attached to them and as the cow has a contraction, we physically pull on the handles (and thus the calf) as she is pushing to help her get the calf out). She is an older cow and just a bit weak. Her being a Jersey doesn't help matters (the Jersey breed tends to give up quicker and think that they have actually died when all they did was fall down...maybe they are related to the oppossum somewhere....).
So we got a live bull calf and as I was rubbing the bull calf dry (because the mama couldn't get up right away) Danny went and picked up another calf that another cow had just had. As he was picking up that calf, he noticed ANOTHER cow calving. By this time it was about 11:30 PM. We were going to leave the third calf in the field if it was a bull and we would just deal with it in the morning...it was a heifer.
After Danny got the third calf in he went up to bed and I stayed to feed the last calf. By the time I finally got up to the house it was 1 AM. Danny let me sleep in until 7:45 when he needed my help feeding some of the calves.
So, we were able to get all of those calves in before they had a chance to drink off of their mamas. That was a huge blessing. Once the calves drink off of their mamas it is a royal PAIN to get them to drink a bottle. It is just amazing to see how God blesses us amidst what seems like a sour circumstance. :)
Sorry, there are no pics of any of this. It was dark and late.
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