Happy New Year!

Today, at sundown, we will be entering into the new Biblical year. The Barley was found to be at the correct state of ripeness (Aviv) and the moon could not be seen last night due to it’s position in the sky in Israel, so the new moon has been differed to the 30th day after the past new moon.

In 14 days we will be celebrating Passover and then Unleavened Bread. We look forward to the Spring Feasts and remember the coming of our Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) to take the place of the lamb of Passover that was slain for our redemption.

We will be spring cleaning until Passover to remove the leaven from our home, our life, our heart. The most important thing is to look for sin in our heart and things in our life that may cause us to sin. This year the Father has put on my heart to be careful of mixing. This is a primary theme throughout the Word. When the people made the golden calf while Moses was on the mountain, they said that there was a Holy day and that they would worship the Creator G-d with the golden calf they built. G-d was furious! He does not want us to worship him the way that the pagans worship their gods. Over and over he reminds us not to mix or mingle. We will be cleaning out things that may be mixing in our home and our lifestyle.

There is controversy about which year it will be, but Michael Rood suggests that this is the year 6010. I think his info is accurate and important so check out his sight.

Happy New Year!

New Calf!

Well, Shemayim had her calf! It is a girl, she is beautiful, all brown. Since the barley was found aviv in the Land of Israel, we have decided to name her Aviva! Aviva means young grain or Springtime! So her name means Springtime! You can find her pics on my facebook here: Yiska’s Farm Pics 

Anyway, the potatoes are planted and the early peas are in… waiting for a bit more warmth to plant much else… next in will be the cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower. I love spring! (don’t really like the muck in the barn tho!)

It is amazing that for the past year we have had only girl babies on the farm. Yah has blessed us abundantly this year and we look forward to our new year with expectation and awe. As we prepare for Passover, cleaning the house, cleaning our lifestyle, cleaning our heart, we look back over the year and can only give thanks for all that we have been through and all that Yah has brought us through. Shelly’s tests and her surgery, the loss of animals and bees, and then the gift of more than we lost, the planting, the small harvest and the abundance of joy we have in our Messiah. May this new year be blessed and sweet as we spend another year praising the Creator.

Baby Lambs are busting out all over!

Leah had her lamb. A ewe lamb almost all black with a few white hairs on the top of her head. Rachaela is what we are calling her.

Today is Purim, 2/28/10

Posey had twin ewes! One is black and one white. We will call them Esther (black one) and Hadassah (white) in celebration of Purim!

Check out the pics at facebook -

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2028737&id=1460074900&l=4fb98ac00a

Yah brings new life to our farm and blesses us continually!

Co-op Order

Hello to all…
We will be putting in another co-op order. Please email or call by 9:00 PM Sunday, Feb 21st.

Once you send in your order, please send a check to me written toMike Arthur. Please leave the amount blank and I will inventory your order upon arrival and fill in the amount (It will not be more than $20 over order total unless you let me know otherwise.) DO NOT write the check to me. I need your check by the time the order arrives. It usually takes approximately a week to arrive but this varies according to Mike’s schedule and availability of products.

The price list is a little old, hoping to get a new one soon, but you can check it out at www.shekinah-farm.com under the link for co-op.

To subscribe to an email notification send an email to subscribe-co-op-milk@shekinah-farm.com.

Email me for the address!

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On the Farm...

Ok, so while we were gone to surgery, something attacked our sheep and goats again! This time while they were in the barn… well, it was my dad and brother’s dogs. We lost our second goat and one of the sheep is limping. Dad is going to find a home for his dog… she is really sweet and trained (but can’t live on a farm) if you know anyone who wants her. My brother said he isn’t getting rid of his dog and will keep him with him at all times (tonight he is at work and the dog is running around… I put him in their house.)

The shotgun is ready to pick up from the repair guy…

We just got some homing pigeons (they don’t have a home yet) and they are white… so beautiful! I love the sound they make… they are named Yonah and Zipporah. They are a mating pair so we will have babies that can home eventually.

Otherwise, all is well… we are expecting lambs and a calf in February. I’m trying to clean my house and working on my garden while Shelly is recuperating.

Busy times ahead!

Final Update on Shelly

Whew! I’m exhausted… But we are home! Yay! My own bed felt so comfortable after sleeping in chairs, hospital rooms and hotel beds!

So,  Tuesday morning ICU has Shelly up in the chair at 4 am and by 7 we’re headin’ to the MRI and then to the regular room. The Docs came in and said everything looked great and asked Shelly if she wanted to go home today! (I’m a little stressed by now and wonder if we can’t wait til Wednesday?) But, alas, the docs had different ideas! Shelly walked around the ward a couple times and took a couple catnaps, ate breakfast and lunch and sat in her chair until the Surgeon came by to take the central line out. 

They finished getting everything done and by 5pm we were heading to the Ronald McDonald house to clean up and load up. We ate dinner there and started for home about 6:30. We had to get some prescriptions filled on the way home and by the time we got to Huntsville we ended up going to 3 pharmacies to get them. Then we headed home.

Shelly’s night went well, she was up early this morning and came in to bed with me for a catnap. She has been up today helping a bit and ate a good breakfast. She is resting now and the swelling has gone down to just minimal. She gets cold easy, probably due to no hair, and tires out quick, but that will get better in a few days. She will have her staples out a week from Thursday!

Our Thanksgiving and prayers go first to the Heavenly Father who has His hand in all we do and has made miracles as we walked this difficult path. And second to each of you who have walked with us, holding us up in prayer as we have made tough decisions and faced fearful situations. 

Special thanks and blessings to those of you who have helped us through with encouragement and physical and financial aid, we could not have done this without your obedience to the Father. Our sincerest gratitude for your obedience.

We pray now for each of you that Yahweh bless and keep you, Yahweh make his face shine upon you and be gracious unto you, and Yahweh turn His face toward you and give you Shalom. Amen.

Yahweh is amazing!

Post Cards

If you have been praying for Shelly, we would love for you to send her a post card… she has people praying for her all over the world and we thought she would really enjoy getting a post card from each of you with your location on the picture. It would encourage her during the recovery time and give her something to look forward to. We want to make a collage for her room to reminder her how Yahweh uses His people to pray and stand in the gap. If you can send her just a simple post card with a word of encouragement we would appreciate it!

Send your postcard to:

Shelly Berry
PO Box 8391
Huntsville, AL 35808