Progress

For the most part harvest has been progressing smoothly.  The yields are still coming in better than anticipated in our area.  We had a flat tire on the tractor that pulls the auger wagon, but Midwest Repair was here in an hour.  It took a half hour to fix it, and the tractor was back in the field.  The weather has been cooperative and beautiful.  The majority of our corn is harvested, but we just got a good start on the soybeans.

The feed truck died on the way to the neighbors again.  I was close enough to coast into his yard.  After no luck trying to start it, my brother brought over the spare fuel pump we had just purchased after the last problem.  We borrowed the neighbor's tools, and with the new pump on, it started right up and I was able to unload the feed and head back home.  So we bought another pump to keep on hand.

We got our winter wheat sowed this past week, so that job is finished.  Because we no longer have a sow herd to bed down with straw in the winter, we did cut back a little on our wheat acres.

I gave my granddaughter her first combine ride this week.  I don't think she understood what was happening, but she enjoyed riding in a vehicle without being confined in a car seat.

Last weekend was Matt & Lena's Illinois reception.  It was good to see a lot of relatives and people that we don't get to see very often.  And the dessert was good.

I also gave a combine ride to a missionary and his son who are from Pretoria, South Africa.  They were visiting inlaws next door to the field where we were harvesting.  He shared about his job recruiting missionaries with Operation Mobilization, and we discussed the fact that South Africa does grow a lot of corn.  But it needs irrigation because of the dry climate.

Last night we were blessed to hear the testimonies of three souls who have repented of their sins, been converted, and found peace with God.  It was a good reason to quit harvesting early on a Saturday evening.

After a blessed day in church that included baptisms, we got to spent the evening with the Koch family at little Miss's first birthday party.

The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
Psalm 19:7