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Gulliver leading in the flock
This weekend has been a lovely combination of fellowship and chores.  We brought in the flock and tagged, vaccinated and docked the lambs.  We had 14 new additions to the flock and all are looking happy and healthy.  After everyone had left I noticed that another ewe had a black lamb, so a total of 15 as of today.  We will attend to the next batch of lambs during August's working bee.  A major priority on our to-do list is to install yards so that handling the sheep is safer and more efficient.

Neal and a new addition
Working together on these working bee weekends provide opportunities for developing relationships and honing our personal characters so that Yehovah's Name is held high in us and amongst us.  Community is an ideal that most people would hold to and it's also a term that is bandied around freely.  Online community, suburban community or church community, we've all heard it or said it, but to live it is a challenging but very rewarding lifestyle.  As we become inter-dependent upon one another the fruits of the Ruach HaKodesh are given an opportunity to blossom and benefit the whole. 

A simple chore of relocating a trampoline is easy with all hands on deck  
We also celebrated Riley's 3rd birthday.  He's such a delight and loves coming up to Hebron.  May Yehovah, your good shepherd, bless and lead you Riley. 

Happy 3rd birthday Riley!
After the cars had pulled out there was a beautiful rainbow reaching from the the top of the hill down to the front of the house.  It was a beautiful reminder that our Father's eye is on us.  An interesting number fact for Dad is that the rainbow is 42 degrees from the direction opposite the sun.



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  1. Sharkey 2July 30, 2012 at 12:08 PM

    Nice photos there Netty. Gotta love the rainbow! Was a great weekend, good working in teams and all that. And fellowshipping around music, song, the Word, and of course food. Thanks for taking the time to provide Shabbat meal for us all. How is your finger?? Has it stopped bleeding yet? shalom, Shark2

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  2. UnknownJuly 30, 2012 at 4:23 PM

    Hi Annette, Thanks for this - I love the photo of the rainbow/fences/road. Great composition! Getting into my imagination a bit here but it makes me think of a 'road to possibilities' and your vision for Hebron. Seems I missed out on a great weekend - heard there was MUCH laughter! Lovely to see the photo of your grandson and daughter too.
    Yehovah bless you in the work you're doing at Hebron. The community you've all built is amazing - building the farm and forging loving relationships - all glory to Him. Looking forward to next Sabbath with everyone - 'You guys rock' as the kids would say. Wendy xx

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  3. nettypikeJuly 30, 2012 at 5:47 PM

    It was a lovely rainbow wasn't it Christine and Wendy. I love photos of tracks and gates, so 'road to possibilities' sounds great to me too :)

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