The Sheepfold and the Voice of the Shepherd

Stone sheepfold John 10:22-30 Recently my boys have been spending a great deal of time outside in the area that will soon be transformed into our garden. They spend endless hours digging in the dirt for worms. They then promptly take those worms and throw them to the chickens. It amazes me how even chickens can learn to recognize sounds or voices. My oldest makes this funny high-pitched sound when he comes out of the house and heads toward the coop. The chickens practically fall over themselves running toward the fence or out of the coop when they hear him making his sound. They know there is food to follow! In Sunday's Gospel Jesus tells us that, "My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me." and "I am the gate for the sheep." Today, again, Jesus mentions that His sheep know His voice and follow Him.  In these few verses we learn that Jesus is both gate and shepherd for the sheep. In those days and even today in some places, a sheepfold w

The last days of summer vacation...

#4 sunbathing on the lawn

#'s 2 & 3 cooling off in the pool.

Our set up for processing corn. We put the husked corn in the boiling pot and then in the cooler full of ice water.


Out of the pot and into the ice water. The boys would then take it in to Nicole so she could cut it from the cob and put it in quart bags. We froze 18 dozen = 21 quarts. There is still plenty more to eat and share.

The boys launching old cobs out into the field.


#1 and his sunflowers. They are about 12-14 foot tall.

#1 and his pumpkin. We planted them a bit too early as you can see.


#1 was my main helper in shucking all of the corn.

Cooling off after a hard day of picking.

Black Spot the Kitten - the one we'll probably keep. We have two more kittens if anyone wants one.





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