Living in a rural setting brings with it all sorts of new experiences, and one of those has been through all the varieties creatures that God created. It’s much easier to delight in God’s creation when viewing baby ducks, kittens, puppies, azaleas & rhododendron in full bloom and the incredible colors of the sun as it rises and sets. Easier, I suppose, than finding delight in flying ants, centipedes that are 3 inches long, hoards of turkey vultures, and hundreds of tiny ants carrying their load off to some unseen nest….or….yesterday’s discovery of a tarantula on the wall by the stairs leading up to Holly & Maggie’s room!!!! Needless to say, the tarantula generated great alarm from Maggie (who refused to go down the stairs) and great surprise from the group of mission travelers as they arrived for our 6:30 AM breakfast. The misison travelers were quite happy to view it AFTER John had captured it in a small trashcan!
We’ve also enjoyed waking to find assorted animals in our front yard (which doubles as a soccer field and entryway to the Bible School). We may awake to find horses grazing just feet from our front porch, 20-30 turkey vultures resting along the soccer goalposts, or mist hanging across the mountain view like a luxurious canopy. Our travels include getting to see lots of varieties of pigs (some with hair as long as a dog), chickens, turkeys, cows, donkeys, peacocks, tucans and more. We’re grateful for the ubiquitous geckos that eat bugs and never bother us, and we continue to marvel at all of God’s creatures great and small.
All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small;
All things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all. *
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