Yesterday, we received word from Danny's dad and brother that 10 three-month old calves had gotten loose and were missing. They searched for about six hours for them. So, after chores, Danny and I headed down to his dad's farm to help look for the missing babies.
On a side note, we conveniently got there in time for supper (grin). Always a blessing in any circumstance. You just have to be looking for it. :)
Danny's brother and his wife also came over to help look for the calves. His brother, being the avid hunter that he is, found them after searching for them for about forty minutes. Unfortunately, there were TEN missing and the group that he found only consisted of EIGHT calves. With a bucket of grain, Danny, his dad, his brother, and his brother's wife got the group of eight back to their pen and shut them in. (The calves had gotten out in the first place because they were training them to the fence and someone started the lawn mower right behind their pen, which scared them and they took off through the fence. The person who started the lawn mower, obviously, didn't hear any of this, which is why they didn't see them get out, nor did they see which direction they went.)
So, after securing the eight calves in the pen, off we all went back to the woods (which there is at least 60 or 80 acres of woods) to search for the still missing two. We searched and called and searched and called from about 6 PM to 8:30 PM and found nothing.
Today, Danny went back to search for the two missing ones and joy upon joy, he found them! This is the video I received:
We are thankful to God that the calves are ok, just a little hungry, and we are praying that it won't be too difficult to get them back to where the others safely in their pen.
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