Sample Testimony - David S.

We put short testimonies of people like David on our weekly show. I thought I'd put something on this blog so you could get an idea of the work I do. Enjoy!

Obed and the "common" yet rare and endangered barn owl So, the story goes that a storm came through our area a few nights ago with winds in the 60 mph range, and though it hadn't come through on our walk to Steph's parent's home, boy did that wind pick up when we decided to walk home later that evening. As you can see by my hair, the wind was pretty strong....I'm suprised that at my age I still had some left after that walk. So....we're walking down the street, dust flying all around, beating against our skin....so what do we do? WE RUN! And what's faster than running? FLYING! And by the picture above, can you tell who was doing what that night? You guessed it....the owl was running, and my hair was flying! My hair was flying 'cause I haven't had a haircut in almost a month, and the owl was running because it couldn't handle the strong wind and ended up hitting a stop sign pole at the corner of the street. Then, when I approached the owl to catch it, it starting running away. I decided I'd walk behind it so it couldn't see me, and wrap my hands around it's wings. Little did I know that, according to many websites we looked at to find information on what type of owl this was, I did exactly what you're suppose to do when trying to catch one of these rare birds! After catching the owl, we walked back to our apartment and found a box to put him in. Unfortunately, I let the owl get too close to Steph and when it felt Steph's arm with it's tallons, it grabbed her arm leaving Steph with a couple of small scratches and some tiny but deep holes from it's claws. Steph is okay, but her arm was sore for a few days and is still healing. Like I said before, we looked on the web for information on what to do with such a bird. We were able to get a hold of the Wildlife Conservation Dept. of Missouri and we met someone from there at a nearby town. They were able to take the bird and have it shipped to Columbia, Missourri....which is about 2 hrs. away. I'm sure the Owl is okay.....but my hair isn't. I still haven't got my hair cut. Looking back.....I kinda wish I had that owl's hair (yes, I know....they are feathers)....it sure did look beautiful.

Garage Sales

Last week on Saturday there was a community wide garage sale at Heartland from 8am-1pm. My mum was out early that morning before 8! So when Obed and I left the house at 8 right across the street from us two ladies told us "Hey your mom was buying baby clothes this morning - that could start some rumors you know!" I bought some baby clothes too, b/c they were so cute . . . then I saw my sister, Cathy, and her husband and teased her that I was going to buy her some baby clothes too. She said, "What? I was gonna buy some for you!" She keeps saying she doesn't want to have kids, but just a year ago she said she'd never get married, but she just got married May 5th! In the afternoon, mum and I went to Kirksville to pick up Ethan and saw lots of signs for more garage sales. So of course, we ended up stopping at some more. And we found some more baby stuff . . .

Sunday Lunch

Today we're having the Powell clan over for lunch - I tried a new recipe, we'll see how it turns out. Hoki (fish) wrapped in bacon and baked in the oven, Obed's going to make home made french fries to go with it. He's such a good husband -he helps me cook and clean!

Moving

Yesterday the sugar gliders moved to my parents house. We had a misunderstanding when we moved into our apartment (in March). So . . . we found out that we weren't supposed to have them in the apartment at all. My little brother is going to take care of them for us until we get a house. Hopefully sooner than later! In the mean time we're going to decorate our spare room and make it a baby room . . . there's no baby yet, but there may be one coming soon. =)