For Encouragement

February 2013 Greetings From Chris  Welcome Mr. Fluffypants! We live out in the middle of a big field.  Our closet neighbors are about 1/4 mile away. We do enjoy where we live, but don't get a whole lot of drop in company.  The make yourself at home company that we do quite often get is the 4 legged feline type.  This week was no different. Welcome Mr. Fluffypants!  (my wife Melissa named him). He just showed up.  I think he is courting some of our lady felines.  He enjoys our cat food and enjoys the barn he sleeps in.  He...

March 2013 Greetings From Chris  Sorry, I Stink  Unfortunately this is something that many people hear me say quite often. This is the harsh reality of being a pig farmer. I do my best to shower and change after chores or pig caring tasks, but if you catch me during the tasks, before the cleaning up, unfortunately you would agree that, yes, Chris you truly are stinky! I find it so interesting watching all the "you need to smell good" commercials on TV. Some say I need to guard my smellf...really? Others say that if I spray it on it...

April 2013 Greetings From Chris  Would you just get behind me...Please! Many times Jesus would use sheep as an example in his stories. I am sure it was because they were everywhere he went. God uses farm cats for me. I have told you before that they are always hungry and they come from the ends of the earth to our farm, but what I haven't told you is the way my farm cats frustrate me sometimes. Every time I am in a hurry to get out to the barn the cats think I am going to feed them and...

May 2013 Greetings From Chris  Remember... I woke up with a song I learned along time ago in Sunday school. "Oh be careful little eyes what you see, oh be careful little eyes what you see. Because our Father up above is looking down in love, so be careful little eyes what you see." It goes on with several verse of be careful little ears what you hear, little hands what you do, little feet where you go, little mind what you think, little mouth what you say, etc... It made me remember what my mom always used to say...

June 2013 Greetings From Chris  "Have I Graduated?" We caterer lots of open houses, have lots of graduates of friends we know and even have a couple nephews graduating with one's open house at our home, so it is easy to see why I am thinking about graduating. It is amazing to me to think back to when I graduated...I can't believe how stupid I was back then. Well, since we don't say that word around here a better term would be ignorant. Life and years have a grand way of teaching us many things. I remember I couldn't wait...