Our printed literature has finally arrived and we are in the process of scheduling folks to come out and help us to canvass the area with our promotional material for our Grand Opening day. We praise the Lord that there are willing folks from our supporting churches who will help us in the great task of distributing the materials!
On the home front, a lot has been happening as well!
The girls have always wanted a horse and we told them that we would try to help them get their horse after we had purchased our foreclosed home on 5 acres. However, the money that we borrowed was quickly used up in the renovations to the house. We told the girls that we would have to save up some more money before we could put up a fenced paddock and a horse stall and then eventually get a horse.
After much collaboration, the girls asked us if they could use some of the money that they have in their stock funds...money that we put aside for them when their great grandmother passed away. After some thought and prayer, we decided that this was a great idea and the work eagerly began!
We decided that the old sheds covered in plastic would make a great place for our chicken coop and horse stall.
We love how it turned out! And the kids love gathering the eggs from the chickens every day!
(don't mind the horse in the stall, I'll get to that later in the post!)
Then there was the putting up of the fencing. Our whole family pitched in and we had it completed in short order!
And finally, it was the horse. We searched and searched for a horse. Every day we would search through the Craigslist ads looking for that perfect horse in a very small budget. Then she appeared with the listing title, "Dead Broke Mare"!!!
Our whole family fell in love with this gentle girl. Sugar Rose is her name and she is fully trained for riding and loves the kids.
She is so gently around the little ones always making sure not to step on them. It is neat to see her bend her head down to have her nose rubbed by the little ones! The girls had a saddle given to them but it is needing some repairs. It is at a saddle shop now but we aren't quite sure if it is even repairable. A child's saddle was also given to us which means that Silas, Callie and Micah will have plenty of riding in before their older sisters!
