The kids, Tinker and Bell, were really cute.
Unfortunately, this was the first birthing for the mama goat
and mama just didn’t want anything to do with the kids!
Arturo and I actually held the mother down at one point and
we put the kids on her to nurse, but we did this as a last resort, and in the end
both babies died the day after they were born.
Then two days later another female goat gave birth to two
more kids!
These two the family decided to name “Mateo” and “Elena”
after US!
This mother was much more attentive to her babies.
Allowed them to milk and even ate corn off the cob from my
hand while nursing.
The funny thing is that in another place where another ministry is taking place with another Zell, children really do get named after the missionaries: http://midwifey.blogspot.com/
