As I was going through boxes in one of the bedrooms I happened upon one of Hunter's drawing books. Our guy loves to doodle, and write stories too. I was setting it in his pile when a drawing caught my eye, and then there was a story. It was 3 journal entries he had written and I wanted to share them. I am going to type it exactly as he wrote it! He is in 4th grade.
Monday March 10,2014
Hi my name is Hunter. I am the part-owner of Heritage Kirk Farm LLC. I am also the first employee of the farm. My father is the owner of Heritage Kirk Farm, LLC. Right now we are starting the farm and making a fodder system and we should getting our chickens the thirteenth of March. We believe instead of chicken houses or hog houses with animals that never see the light of day should instead start the day with grass and bugs and end with grass and bugs. We do not want any seeds or grain that we feed our animals sprayed with chemicals. (This was accompanied with a picture of a man on a tractor spraying a field with an "x" through it.)
We have 5 acres which might sound like a little bit of land but their is farms with only an acre or two, so if you look at it the way I do then we have a lot of property. Right now we have 6 pigs and plants sprouting. My mother father and me have always wanted a farm and now we have a bigger chance for my father to get out of the military. My father loves working and building, especially with his family. I have four differently abled siblings, Gideon, Zechariah, Asher and Emma. They were adopted!!:) ( he actually drew that on his page)
Tuesday March 11, 2014
Dad,mom, me, Gideon, Zechariah, Asher and Emma are all members of Heritage Kirk Farm we sell eggs and broilers, and we should have the biggest organic sprout fed chicken farm in Camden,SC.
The last one I am not going to share but it was written the week our little world was shaken. One day we were working outside building our moveable hoop coop the next day we got an email that changed everything. That week we found some of our neighbors did not want a family farm here. Again I am not going to share the specifics but I will say that friendships and trust were broken beyond repair. Not only were people willing to go to great lengths to stop our farm, but people we shared our dreams with used those dreams against us. So we were leaving. Hunter was really saddened by this. He did not want to move again. We have moved so many times in his little life. This was where we were going to put down roots. But what are you supposed to do when people don't want you our your livelihood near them.
It has been about 3 months now since all this happened. My last post I shared we were moving to an awesome friends property. And to be honest that's what we wanted so badly. To just leave, never have to see these people again. But God, was not moving, we were trying so hard to get there, but nothing was happening. We were working so hard to get our house on the market, then we had to stop because we discovered at least 4 foxes were helping themselves to our hens daily and we went from 240 to 170. The pigs ate at least 6, because the girls just loved going into the pigs pen. So Tyler was working so hard to get their coop built at our friends and after spending the money to build it, we realize that it is just too big to be stable. So back to square on with that.
In the end, with lots of time and prayer we have decided to stay right here on our little 5 acres. When this came to us after weeks of ignoring it, I balled my eyes out. Sometimes God has things happen or has us somewhere we would rather not have happen to us or be. But God is good. He has weaved a beautiful tapestry and the only thing we can see is a mess of thread. We are putting our hope in God, that He will provide for all of our needs. We pray for healing for our little community. We are praying for Joy in a place at this moment we would rather be anywhere else. So that is where we are. Now we are picking up the pieces, rebuilding, with our vision of family farming as the motivation. With all the chaos and confusion, that has been the one thing we knew God has planned for our family. So we are pressing on, with a lot of work ahead!
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