Goat breeding, Greenland missionary

Mama and I made the needed contacts to get our female goats to a Billy at the goat farm in Bowie. Since he has Grand Champion Billy goats on his farm and does not mind letting us get them to breed our nannies, it is a good chance for us to get top of the line Myotonic offspring.  We are taking all four of the females even though Mama thinks Kia is too small to successfully produce twins or triplets. Even if Mama is right, Kia can be sold as a bred female for more money than if she is not bred. And if she does not sell we will get at least one little kid out of her – possibly twins. That will put our farm herd down to the two boys and their sister – Yukie; who will have to spend the next few weeks all by herself. We are going to advertise Yukie for sale and hopefully the two boys as well, but Mama is dragging her feet on that. Rick told Mama that he has 29 newborns at his place right now. I am not sure why we are on a spring delivery program while he is on a fall delivery program, but that is something Mama insisted upon. The plan is to load up the girls Friday night and run them out to Rick’s. They should be there for about two months or so. If all goes as planned, we will have kids in March of next year.

Last night at church we had a missionary family that is headed to Greenland present their work. It was kind of neat to talk to the dad and mom about Greenland. I recently finished a novel that centered around the country of Greenland. At the very least I was familiar that the largest island in the world is loosely governed by the Kingdom of Denmark. Though the island supports a small  population of 56,000 people living in about 74 cities – all on the coasts of the country – it is a large landmass; two thirds of which are above the arctic circle. There are no roads connecting many of the towns even on the same coasts so almost all commuting between the local communities is by boat. Planes are also used but the expense makes that a prohibitive means to commute for most of the population.

Everything other than meat must be shipped in and the meat they eat is mostly fish (halibut), seal and whales and occasional other game. There is no farmland, no industry, not exports other than some types of processed fish. It does not sound like a fun place to live – much less minister. The temperatures in the winter can reach -85° F (actual ambient temperature, not the wind chill adjusted temperature). You cannot help but be amazed by the call and the willingness to answer that call. They have five kids – four of which will be assuming the ministry with their parents. I was touched by the commitment. They are studying at BBTI right now so I hope Mama and I will get to visit with them more. I am fascinated by the idea of ministering to an Inuit culture.

I am still having problems adjusting to the medications I have been prescribed. On the upside, I am definitely improving – dizziness and all.