Spring Chicks!

Sammy ordered a batch of chicks which arrived at our post office Monday. Some of them we are keeping in our wood box by the wood stove.

Below, the children are carefully lifting each chick out of the box they were shipped in. 

Sammy intends to raise the chicks and sell them within the next few weeks. It's such a fun project for the children. 

Yesterday was a terribly blustery day! We received a severe weather alert saying not to go out on the roads due to a dust storm in our area. I was dreading having to go pick up a soils report and a plan for an addition for Jonathan's work from an engineer in Black Forest and then going to town to submit it to regional--in this weather. I was so thankful God worked it out that the papers weren't ready till late afternoon so I didn't have to go till today when the weather was safer to drive in  There were times that you could hardly see for the dust and sleet blowing like a blizzard. The children went out to the pasture to rescue a tarp--and played with it like a sail for a while.

 Here they are trying to get that tarp through our fence into the back yard.

 The girls made two fruit pizzas over Sunday and Monday. They are so fun to make.

 Crystal and I drove clear to Denver one day last week on a business errand for Jonathan--and for driving practice for Crystal, who successfully passed her driver's test and has her license now! On the way back, we stopped a couple places to snap pictures of western scenes with Crystal--for her graduation announcements. Here is one we took just for fun!

Meanwhile, Jonathan is gone this week to Florida--working with the Mission Helps team that is setting the trusses and doing the roof for the Spanish church that we laid block for last month. Below is a picture he sent us yesterday--this is the second day of work.

Jonathan said there must have been thirty-five guys helping yesterday--about 15 with Mission Helps and perhaps 20 Spanish guys. And more guys wanted to come help, but they had enough help already! They were praising God that the trusses were finished without anyone getting hurt! Now the roofing plywood has also been nailed on, and today they were getting that inspected before they could move on to roofing.

A glitch that happened was that the contractor in charge of the project found out that he could not pull the permit for the metal roof! He can pull permits for various other kinds of roofs, but not a metal roof for this kind of building. So the team may not be able to finish the metal roofing as hoped. 

However, they can change gears and frame inside walls and platform. 

Please pray that God will work out this glitch and that someone will be able to pull the necessary permit so the roof can be finished. Perhaps I will be able to post another picture today after Jonathan sends one.

He's thinking of starting a Facebook account so he can keep friends and acquaintances posted on progress on these projects.

Today, they were