Ruminations

Serving the Creator, Not the Created
Serving the Creator, Not the Created

Introduction: To the traditional Navajo, the small ruminants, sheep and goats, were their most prized assets--- their bank accounts and their retirement funds. The outside world looks at the poverty in the Navajo Nation—the lack of jobs, the many people without...

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God I Pray to Know
God I Pray to Know

God, I pray your will to know. Oh, sovereign God bid me know. I pray for discernment, Holy One. Your will as it is to be done. Please, Lord, bid our efforts be one. Father, You of infinite love, Speak to me clearly from above. My finite mind it cannot grasp The will...

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The Spirit Sent Me to Bolivia Part III
The Spirit Sent Me to Bolivia Part III

So many amazing things had already been experienced by me on my first shuttle mission to Bolivia and I am only on my 4th day! This morning I traveled to a local dairy in Santa Cruz area, a nice farm.  Production here is 10-12 liters/cow vs. 3-4 lt. in Yappacani. ...

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The Spirit Sent Me to Bolivia Part II

All the preparations for my shuttle that I could do were completed. The remainder was in God’s capable hands, because this was the day that I was to leave.  My home church, St. Francis, had a commissioning ceremony for my shuttle.  I spoke of my desire to do God’s...

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Mobilizing others for Missions

The culture shock of my initial (solo) mission to Bolivia, South America was tremendous. I had seen so much poverty, exploitation, and darkness in the communities. The livestock work was slow, inefficient, and lacked the expected potential of a highly trained American...

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The Spirit Sent Me To Bolivia Part I
The Spirit Sent Me To Bolivia Part I

Food supply veterinary medicine can certainly lead to interesting and heartwarming backstories, and the following is one rather convoluted but fascinating example full of miraculous coincidences. It appears in my book, Moo Vet: One Veterinarian’s Role in Food Supply...

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Christian Veterinary Mission — Blessed to be a Blessing
Christian Veterinary Mission — Blessed to be a Blessing

As a strong supporter of the Christian Veterinary Mission and other amazing organizations, I can attest to the positivity that volunteering stirs in the soul. In fact, it brings to mind the saying, “Count your blessings every day.” Counting blessings is such a smart...

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Food Supply Agri-Science — Why It’s So Important
Food Supply Agri-Science — Why It’s So Important

Why am I blogging about food supply agri-science? Because feeding the human population matters! See the video below to better understand the urgency of teaching food production to a fast-growing human population. https://youtu.be/J169f0jNJYY Transcript: People will...

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