28May

Rude Awakening

We recently bought matching rubber boots for all our farm staff and built a rack for the boots to hang upside down. They weren’t used to wearing boots and resembled kids by the joy on their face as they tramped through the mud with their new boots. Buying boots and building a rack all came about as the result of a rather interesting morning. Herdell woke up as usual earlier than the others to visit the nursery.  It was a cool and foggy morning.  With a quick stretch he pulled on the boots from under his bed and felt something in it.  Thinking it was a rock he shoot his foot. Something cold slithered around his foot. He flung off his boot and out came a shiny poisonous red snake! Frozen in fear, he watched as the snake slithered away. When the shock wore off, everyone at the farm was awakened by Herdells’ dancing and praising God that he was not bitten.