Ever since I was little, our family has been adamant about setting aside Sundays as a day of rest. It goes hand-in-hand with our beliefs. I'm not saying that we don't work at all on Sundays, but for instance, during the height of wheat harvest we are one of the families that don't harvest. We have always devoted our Sunday mornings to God. He has greatly blessed our family, and we try to devote our lives to Him by going to church on Sunday morning, among other things.
So, we didn't work today during church, but it was a very productive afternoon...and included a little bit of fun along the way.
This morning my boyfriend got a deer bow hunting. So after church and eating lunch, our first order of business was to harvest the meat off of it. I like that I say "we." I really just watched and held the ziploc bags ;-)
The first order of business was to use a tractor to hang the deer up so it was easier to handle. Then it needed to be skinned. After it was skinned we rinsed it off as well as we could.
The final result was several bags of meat in the freezer to be used later for some wonderfully, scrumptious deer jerky!
After discarding of the bones and remaining carcass, it was time to dial in a new rifle. We both hit the target...but let's just say that his shots were MUCH closer to the bulls-eye than mine. Then it was getting dark but we still needed to change the oil in my Jeep. It adds some challenges to a simple oil change when it is starting to get dark outside.
Apparently my Walmart socket just can't match the strength of my boyfriend ;-) That's ok. It served its purpose for many years.
By the end of daylight, we had accomplished a lot. We finished a fulfilling Sunday with a little bit of NFL football. Hope you all had a "restful" Sunday as well and at least set aside a bit of time to be thankful to the Lord above for all He has blessed you with.
