"It's faith that built Noah's Ark and it's faith that keeps it going. It's not always my faith, though. We were coming in one evening last month and noticed turkey vultures circling over the pasture. Sometimes it's an indication that an animal is down and sometimes they're just soaring on the air waves over the farm. This time it was an animal. A momma sheep had given birth to two babies and it was apparent she was only going to keep one of them. She must have felt something was wrong with the other baby and decided to put all her efforts into the one that was strongest. She hadn't even tried to clean up the weaker one. Not wanting to upset the children should something unfortunate happen, Pop turned the truck around to leave so he could come back by himself to see what could be done. I didn't look like the baby would make it. She could barely stand and the mom kept pushing her away.
One of our childern - a faith-filled three-year-old boy - shouted, "No Pop, stop the truck! We've got to save the baby. We can't leave her. Pop, put the baby in the truck - I'll take care of her. We can't leave her." Still not wanting the children to be upset, Pop tried to tell then he'd come back to take care of the baby after we dropped them off. It sure didn't look like this baby had any chance for survival. But the three-year-old was persistent. "Please, Pop, please put her in the truck." Pop couldn't resist the child's faith in the Noah's Ark family to save the baby lamb. Pop picked up the baby (goo and all) and put her in the back of the truck. The child talked to the baby the rest of the way home, assuring her that she was going to make it.
We got her home, got her some colostrum and milk replacement and proceeded to get her cleaned up. What a job! It took three of us that many hours to get the job done with the little boy and the other children standing by praying for her. She did make it and cleaned up really well - all soft and white and fluffy. The child named thte little white lamb, Mary. I don't have to tell you who's taken over feeding Mary. What a beautiful sight to see - all because of the faith of a little child."
---Jonoah, Mary, and Juneau---
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