These little lambs innocently await their turn to get castrated and have their tails bobbed.

And because I believe this scripture with all my heart, I, along with 3 other team members from Fort Wayne flew from Fort Wayne to Albuquerque to do just that, bob tails and castrate lambs on a Navajo sheep ranch owned by a delightful Christian Navajo couple.  I have learned that if I am going to live out my faith like Jesus did, I must be willing to allow God to give me the strength to do that which He is calling me to do.  And, oh what strength He gave me and my team mates this day. 

Sue's lamb gets it's ear tagged.

My lamb prepares to lose it's tail.

Sage soaked in water soothes the pain.

When the day was done, we all wore the blood as our love gift to Jesus, and we all agreed that we could have worked longer and harder had it been necessary.  The next several hours spent sitting around the kitchen table enjoying some delicious traditional Navajo foods, pinion nuts, blue corn mush and some good old apple pie, was the best part of the day.  We listened as this family shared with us what life is like for a Navajo living on the reservation.  We had a culture lesson that few people will ever get to experience.  And, as I have found, we walked away from the day with a greater faith, having received more blessings than we gave.