DAY 2 :)

This is a picture of Abu the camel. He is not enormous like the camel at the live nativity for those of you who saw it, but he is a good eight feet tall at the top of his head when in


<--------this position. We first saw Abu yesterday when we arrived, but we didn't really get a chance to actually meet him until afternoon chores today. This morning when we went to chores, Pastor Daven, Keith and I did not volunteer quick enough, and had to wait a long while until we could "feed" the rabbits, which basically involved Laurie giving them pellets, and me giving them hay while everyone else walked around and played with the sheep. Because of this, the three of us were given first pick of chores in the afternoon. Obviously, we chose working with the camel, among other things. Pastor Daven, Keith, Laurie, Susanna(our supervisor), and I went down to Abu's grazing pen, met him, and hooked a bridle to his collar in order to take him to the Sac. Pad. Along the way, we were forcibly stopped by Abu himself in order to let him try and eat all the grass along the way. After about twenty square feet of Abu's giant lips vaccuming up grass, we tugged him along and into the Sac. Pad. We said farewell and went on to other chores. All in all, today was a pretty great day. Love you mom and dad. Over and out,
Mike




Some of the cutest animals (in my opinion) are the baby guniea hogs. They're tiny and black and sometimes they escape from their pen to roam with the goats. We got to fed them as one of the chores this morning. It's been great here and although most of it hasn't made it to the blog yet, we really are learning alot about the world. Did you know that North America (minus mexico) accounts for 32% consumption but has only 5% of the world's population!
Miss you mom and dad!
Hannah
(PS they've got a pair of cute guniea pigs)

hi mom and dad, we drove down to the lake tonight and ate some interesting meals... so yeah I'm not writing a lot tonight but here is a message...bipolar....goodnight
~Jake


Hey mom and dad today we did chores for the first time and it was actually really fun! I fed the guinea hogs, they are a rare pig and one kept nogding my leg as I poured their food in the dish. Also one of the females had babies and they just figured out they can squeese through the bars so sometimes you find them running around the farm. The next chore we did was herding the sheep and the goats to the pasture....this one goat wouldn't stop eating along the way! I am having a good time see you soon, love you guys!
~Lauren~

Hello MOM, DAD, and JAKE :) today was the first day of doing our chores around the farm. It was really interesting because for the most part they asked for a number of volunteers and then if you raised your hand and were picked, then you did the surprise job that they had for you. Lauren, Alyssa, Hannah and I were picked to feed Guniea Hogs :) The adults are big and black and fun :) It was really cool when we had to feed the Guniea Hogs that were in the same area as the goats... and I had the food so all the goats came around me and cornered me! They had their heads in the food and I was really scared because these goats are about the same height as me... so you could imagine that I was pretty freaked out. Now Lauren and Alyssa keep making fun of me because goats creep me out =O We just listened to the Good Samaritan scripture and I really like it because it makes me think about our youth group sometimes because we kind of look out for each other. We just made a statement that all 13 of us are neighboors to each other. We worked side by side and learned side by side. Its a good feeling and I hope that we can become more like neighboors to each other and the others around the farm.. not only the workers ( who are also super friendly) but the others groups from other areas. Can't wait to be home and tell you all more in depth about our AWESOME experience :)
Love always, Kayla