Urgent Prayer Request...

I have a prayer request for all you faithful followers...

Where we live in Colorado, we have lots of rattlesnakes. The bluff at the back {west} of our property {we have 35 acres} is the den for the snakes in the wintertime, & in the spring, they come down from the bluff, cross our property {and all of our neighbors’ properties}, and go east right across the road to where the prairie is – lots of prairie dogs, little things, etc. to eat out there. Right now is when they start coming out – my brother just came in the house 15 min ago, and he heard a snake. They’re around all summer, and then in about August/September they start heading back west, across our property again. We’ve shot at least 5-6 of them, and killed the rest with shovels, rakes, or by running over them with the truck. But, as you can see, it’s quite dangerous. We have to wear boots these days when we go outside. Our neighbor down the road got bit once – she was in the hospital for 3 days, even though it wasn’t that bad – and she’s an adult. It’s even worse for kids my siblings’ ages – 8,7, & 4. My little ‘baby’ brother David found the first one we saw when we moved in 2 yrs ago – he was 5 ft from the thing. Fortunately, he didn’t go and try to pet it… don’t ask me why he didn’t. It was God, plain and simple. I don’t even want to think about how bad it would’ve been if that snake got him – he was only 2. The baby snakes are the most dangerous – they don’t know when to stop pumping the venom in. Also, any snake is pretty hard to see, because out here we’ve got dirt roads, dust, etc., and they thrive on that because the hawks {and other predators} don’t see them. They camouflage right into the stuff. But, could you please pray for us? That nobody would get bit and that we would be kept safe? Also, the little kids don’t remember that much to watch where they’re walking and to swash around with a stick or something before they bend down and pick something up. So could you pray that they remember to do that? THANK YOU! The ‘snake season’, as we call it, is a pretty stressful time… 

Needless to say, I think about 1000 times a week, "Why do we have to live somewhere where we have RATTLESNAKES?" But God is in control - and He has placed me where He wants me, when He wants me. I have to trust - and obey. With His help alone... and plenty of shooting snakes. :-)

P.S. – the snake that my brother heard – my mom went out there to get it, left me to hold down the fort, and when she got there, there wasn’t anything there. But, it’s only a matter of time b4 we really start getting them…
Sorry if this, um, isn't to your liking - but this is it - 

ugh. 
God has made them too - for a reason. And I'm thinking it's so that we learn to trust Him more... no matter what. Snake or no snake. 


Thanking God for all you fabulous bloggy friends and your prayers,
Chare


*post on Cadia coming soon! and the Prov 31 Woman Series, of course.*