pete

Lately, things here have been a little hectic, but are also progressing as I have appointments with people about my ministry and continue to build my team of partners. I passed the 20% mark last week, and I'm hoping to continue to see that trend over the next few months. At this rate, I should be done with my initial MPD by Christmas.

In other news... when I returned from Colorado, Grace had rescued a bunch of kittens and was in the process of finding them homes (and that means, of course, that the entire family got to help take care of said kittens). In this case, as in so many prior, the kittens were sick and needed to be medicated frequently, which is not a particularly pleasant experience, but really isn't all that bad for pros like us. ;)

One of the kits had the tragic experience of losing its eye: it had such a bad infection that (despite the medical treatment) its cornea ruptured, which in turn nearly caused its eyeball to rupture as well, and (therefore) the only logical and humane thing to do was to have its eye removed entirely. The emergency (vet) medical clinic Grace worked at over the summer was kind enough to do the procedure for free, provided the sweet little guy had a home to go to after the surgery, so...

I'VE GOT A NEW KITTEN!

This doesn't provide a terrible problem, but is a little tricky seeing how I don't have a home of my own yet. Still, he's been happy as anything to play out in the barn or on the porch with the other kittens, and is especially glad now that his eye has healed and his stitches have been removed. Until that point, my poor kitty had to wear a cone around his neck to prevent him from scratching. What a sight!

And, of course, he now has a name: Pete (not "Peat," like moss). Easy enough, and lots of fun nicknames can be had. I don't think I have any actual pics of him that are accessible, but I did take a few on my phone cam, so if you're exceptionally curious of how he looks, I can text it to you.