On The Farm

We arrived on the farm for our second WWOOF experience, which is located 45 minutes outside of Nelson. This time on an organic sheep farm with an adventure business on the side (Wild Tracks - www.wildtracks.co.nz)

There were two other girls here helping out when we arrived, from Seattle believe it or not! The farm is located on a beautiful property with mountains/hills in the near distance. The weather has been hot and the sunsets have been beautiful. Our time on this farm has involved many different tasks; Kevin has been doing some computer tutoring with the older son, helped fix the irrigation system, sheep mustering, and many other odd jobs and I have been doing more domestic tasks such as washing (aka laundry), dishes, ironing, and also feeding the lambs and chickens and collecting the eggs. We can't forget about Arthur! Arthur is the littlest orphaned lamb (3 weeks) who stays in his own pen by the house. He gets fed a bottle 4 times a day and he is darling. He is about the size of a cat, but taller. The night before the other girls departed on their way we had a picnic dinner outside - I love summer! The family is a christian family and the parents are very warm, welcoming, and patient. They are very down-to-earth people and it has been great to how they interact with their 2 boys who are homeschooled and run the business. At times we feel busy here but at the same time we feel relaxed and are enjoying the rural lifestyle.

Ethan loves seeing the animals, especially Arthur, and playing on the grass. He continued to wake up mulitple times in the night because of his sore gums. His tooth cut through though and last night we were only up once - praise the Lord!!! I feel so much better to have had a long stretch of sleep :)