Let Us Rejoice and be Glad

After watching our resident Bald Eagle return and carefully to watch our fields for her source of food. I began to entertain the idea of purchasing a guardian llama. My quest for obtaining a llama began. After the purchase of our first llama Annalia, I received a phone call from our 4-H county extension office saying, that they had a call about a llama that was being housed in a horse trailer. The next question followed, did I want to go rescue him? My first response was no. I was so proud of myself, because it was a firm no. I hung up the phone and all was well. That night, I tossed and turned and could not get a wink of sleep. I envisioned this llama enclosed in a horse trailer and could not bare the thought any more. When morning finally came, I asked my husband if we could go get this llama. In the back of my mind, I really believed his answer would not be positive. To my surprise, he gave me the go ahead and we were off to meet the young fellow. As we pulled up, I spotted the trailer and inside was a very frightened and undernourished llama. We were dealing with horse traders that made part of their living going to sale barns and purchasing animals and turning them for a profit. We listened to the usual story of how they were going to loose money on this deal. After exchanging some conversation, we were able to get them down another fifty dollars and the llama would be delivered to our farm. Under the mass of fluffy white fleece was a very bony, undernourished llama that had not seen any grain for quite some time. I needed to fatten him slowly or passers by would think, I was the one not feeding him. We named him Hava which means, let us rejoice and be glad in Hebrew. Truthfully, I think we were both rejoicing to our Lord. Hava was delighted to run in an open field and our hearts were filled, that we had rescued him from a life of despair. Hava certainly came with some issues of trust, as he had been man handled. We moved slowly and sang songs to him at night. To this day Hava hates his head being touched in any fashion, but he has returned the favor ten fold by being one of the best guard llamas that could ever be imagined. He watches his flock with the utmost of care and will react if he thinks, we are in harms way. It's certainly true, you get back what you give. We have treated Hava with love and respect and in return he has become the king of our fields. Let us rejoice and glad for this is the day that the Lord has made...
C.A. Bresin