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Restore our Farm

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1 Thessalonians 5:15 “See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.”

This farm has become our home, our heart, and it is the outpouring of our blood, sweat, and tears that have been poured out into our animals and land for years through military separation, pregnancy, blistered and bruised bodies, and many hardships. I'm sure that is a run on sentence. I'm not sure how to put into words the heartache we feel. We had just found out we were pregnant and thought this was our last child, a surprise from the Lord. We were waiting to get the ultrasound before telling everyone and today the midwife called. As I answered the phone knowing she'd be asking how I was doing, I couldn't speak. I was shaking and trembling from all the heartache of the morning and the knowledge that we had lost our baby and almost all of what remained of our flock. I barely got out the words, "The baby died. Our sheep died...it's all dead", before she started praying over the phone with me and crying with me. 

All of this began back on Christmas day when we found 3 dead sheep and a dead goat. We took the 4th injured sheep to the vet and the vet stated it was a dog attack and that the dog must be removed from livestock and children. We knew our neighbor's dog had been killing our chickens, but did not realize it would go through electric fencing and kill our sheep. We had to say goodbye to our sweet Shep and gave him back to the rescue thinking it was him who had done the attacking. A few weeks later the neighbor's dog was at it again and we called Animal Control because the dogs were jumping on us, the kids, and nipping at the sheep through the electric fencing. We were forgiving and asked they keep their dogs better and did not press charges. Today we found their dogs in our fields, past the electric fencing, and killing our sheep. I tried to stop them but I could not. I'm thankful the children had not been outside playing and are not injured. Through my tears and shaking I drove to the neighbor's house to explain everything including that I had just began to miscarry and that I needed to return as soon as possible because of all of it. They stated they knew the dogs were running around and IF we found damage than we can TRY to claim it. Animal Control came and they surrendered the dogs over. We do not wish to press charges and do not have the funds to obtain a lawyer.

We are asking for you help in anyway to restore our farm. I told Doug I feel like Job and I know God is going to work this for His good and we pray the Lord will be glorified in this. It is easy to hide our struggles away and pretend we are strong. We are not strong though. In our weakness He is strong! We are broken. Over the past month we have lost many of our animals and our Shep. Today we lost our baby and the rest of our flock and I spent the day weeping while caring for lambs who were trying to nurse their dead mother's in the field, weeping while taking care of the chaos that surrounded us, and weeping while processing the idea that my own body ached in chasing the dogs and losing our baby. The stories in the Bible stand as testimonies of the way the Lord makes beauty from ashes and I pray that this too will be a story that glorifies our mighty God and all that He does.

Colossians 3:17 “ And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”
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Jennifer Gibbons
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Louisa, VA

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