LETS Life Empowering Technology & Science

05/30/2024

This last lambing season, I ended up with four lambs that got rejected by their mom, or their mom died. Also, two additional rejected lambs showed up, and those were adopted by other mama ewes. Yet one of those adopted lambs fell behind, and it later revealed that the two-teat milk supply was on one side with abundant supply, with the other half barely producing. For just over one month, while the bottle lambs each received their daily five cups of milk replacer, I assumed this fifth one got enough from its adopted mom. But she wasn't. Normally a lamb like her will not switch to eating from a bottle, but she was showing interest at bottle feeding time. To my surprise, she did like the taste of the milk replacer.

PART ONE

To feed the mama ewe, I moved her to new grass away from my expensive feed reserved for the bottle lambs. So the adoptive family went to our food forest pasture just behind the bottle-feeding area. In between them and the bottle lambs was a wooden panel, with a hole to allow lambs in to eat, but block the mama ewe from entering.

Now that it was time to stop feeding milk, I wanted this struggling baby to get more high-protein grain that I could only buy when I was in Hilo, nearly two hours away. The thief was her huge adoptive brother and he bullied everybody. So in trying to get her to eat grain, I would bring her in, and leave her with the other bottle-fed lambs, only to see her disappear in search of her not helpful "mom." Try as she might, there was nearly no milk for her since her brother took the favored side each time. Each time I found and fixed her escape to the non-productive mom, she always pushed through somewhere else. First, it was holes created by the wild piglets, then she learned to push up the unfastened fence and go back. That was bad enough, but the most independent boy who got daily milk rations followed her actions. So both were not getting access to their grain rations.

05/24/2024

Thank you all for the birthday greetings. I love these gifts. I'm grateful for new resources, Switch on Your Brain by Dr Caroline Leaf, The Bible Project, and more. I'm fascinated by the Holy Spirit's work in my life, and seeking ONLY knowledge is being replaced by being STILL and KNOW that He is God. A Fascinating journey for sure.

05/21/2024

It still amazes me that the bottle-fed lambs never seem to be satisfied. They got fed five times a day with milk, given treats like grain or haole Koa branches I know they love. I keep an eye on their water, their safety, and make sure that they are given enough medication so internal parasites don't weaken or kill them.

In truth it is not just the bottle lambs that are this ungrateful. The flock in Waimea have it good. Fresh grassland offered up to twice a week. That means I am moving the fences, water, the cameras, the mineral and chasing any errant sheep back inside their selected area.

By no means am I able to keep pace with all their needs, and guilt sets in when I miss preventable health issues or feel so overwhelmed I start taking longer to get things done because I lack hope.

But these weaknesses as an imperfect Shepherd only highlights God's perfection. He consistently shows compassion. Rescues the wayward one. Makes sure "bread" is available whether it is to satisfy physical needs or spiritual or emotional needs. He is closer than the most wonderful mom, dad or friend. He's aware of what you are thinking and does not shrink back. He knows perfectly our needs and desires and listens. He SEES us.

God's shepherding is about seeing, always alert, and having full power. He knows at the end of the current broken chaotic world HE will right all wrongs, bring a home that does not fall into disrepair, our stomachs won't growl, our emotions healed.

He waited for Israelites to stop chasing after their own ideas and acknowledge true life. He waits for us to do the same. He never leaves or forsakes us and when our minds accept that fact by faith, we trample the enemy's power over us.

05/20/2022

Transformational Business School will be back running after the 2 years of Covid. Anyone interested in knowing more visit https://ywamkona.org/courses/transformational-business-school/?course_date=17554

11/01/2020

The book below is out of print but it is interesting that it is Joel Salatin’s favorite book. I ordered another book he has written but it won’t arrive until January. However his comments on this blog are encouraging to any endeavor you are pursuing.

Last evening I did a webinar for Justin Rhodes, guru of homesteading. His subscribers had sent in a list of questions and he pulled a handful to drive the webinar's conversation.

09/02/2019

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