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My husband, Tom, <\/strong>had come up with more than a few crazy ideas in our 29 years of marriage, but this one topped them all. \u201cWe are not buying a llama,\u201d I told him. \u201cNo way.\u201d We had just driven home after spending the afternoon at a huge llama exhibition and show on the Ohio State Fair grounds. We had gone there for the dog show<\/a>, where for five years we\u2019d shown our beloved boxer. Roxie was a beautiful champion show dog whom I\u2019d loved as if she were one of our children. She\u2019d drawn us into a life I could never have imagined. Roxie came into our lives<\/a> when she was a puppy and everything changed. Summer weekends were spent going to shows across the region. It became all-consuming.<\/p>\n

For months, we didn\u2019t even go to church. That was the one drawback about showing dogs. But I\u2019d so enjoyed it\u2014the competition, the people we met, the time bonding with Roxie. I was sure God understood. Then, at six years old, Roxie was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor and died. Nearly a year later I was still heartbroken. I\u2019d thought coming to the show would be a way to relive happy memories<\/a>, but all I felt was sadness. \u201cI can\u2019t do this,\u201d I\u2019d told Tom halfway through. We left the arena. Just outside the doors was a huge sign: \u201cCome see the llamas.\u201d \u201cLet’s check it out,\u201d <\/strong>Tom said. I thought he was joking. An hour later we were still walking past pen after pen of these leggy, furry animals. Tom was fascinated, peppering the farm owners with questions and getting their business cards.<\/p>\n

The whole three-hour drive back to our 32-acre hillside hobby farm, Tom was lost in thought. \u201cSometimes I feel like we should be doing something more with our lives,\u201d he said, as much to himself as me. At last we pulled into the driveway. Tom announced, \u201cI\u2019m going to buy a llama.\u201d He\u2019d always been like this, impulsive and full of ideas. Wanting to buy the farm when we were just starting out in our marriage, volunteering us to teach Sunday school and then to lead a youth group. Never mind that we had no experience\u2014he just leaped in and trusted God to figure out the details. I was more cautious and liked to weigh all the pros and cons. God gave us brains so we could think things through, right? And I couldn\u2019t see anything good about this. Why llamas, and what would we do with them?<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s good money to be made in breeding them,\u201d Tom said. \u201cThe breeders mentioned there\u2019s a huge demand, and it could supplement our retirement<\/a>.\u201d I was 50. Tom was 52. I was glad he was thinking about our future, but still, llamas? \u201cIt seems too risky,\u201d I said. We\u2019d raised a few horses and cattle, not that we\u2019d ever gotten rich off it. Tom let the subject drop. I noticed he kept all the llama farm business cards on his dresser, though. A couple of months later he called me at work. \u201cThere\u2019s a llama farm north of Columbus,\u201d he said. \u201cI want to go have a look this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n

More than 100 llamas ambled about the farm\u2019s rolling fields. Tom was like a kid in a candy store. Was this the future he envisioned for us? Llamas everywhere? We both worked full-time, Tom for a plastics manufacturer, me in the computer department of Marshall University\u2019s school of medicine. Solid, dependable jobs. One llama in particular, a spindly-legged fuzzy brown-and-white baby, took a liking to Tom. Her name was Emily. She followed him like a puppy. \u201cHow can we resist?\u201d Tom said. \u201cLet\u2019s just start with her.\u201d I still wasn\u2019t feeling it, but how much trouble could one little llama be? \u201cOkay,\u201d I said. \u201cYou\u2019ll need to get two,\u201d the breeder added, not so helpfully. \u201cThey\u2019re herd animals. They don\u2019t do well alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Six months later, when they were old enough to be weaned, we brought home Emily and a solid brown male baby named Fabian. We opened the back doors of the trailer and the llamas walked into our freshly mown field. Emily nosed the grass and began nibbling. Fabian sniffed the air around him. I can\u2019t explain it, but something took hold of me. There were just the two of them, surrounded by open field, their wool sun dappled. It seemed as if they were exactly where they belonged, as if God had reached down and placed them on our farm himself. Was he trying to tell me something? \u201cThey’re beautiful,\u201d <\/strong>I said. \u201cThey really are.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tom nodded, but he had that faraway look again. What now? <\/em>I thought. A few days later I found out. \u201cWe should take the llamas out to places where folks can meet them,\u201d he said. \u201cNursing homes, schools\u2014that kind of thing.\u201d I remembered the breeder stressing that it was important to get the word out, to have people interact with the llamas, in order to build a successful breeding operation. I hadn\u2019t thought we\u2019d start right away, though. \u201cI\u2019ve been praying for a way for us to get involved in some sort of ministry outside of church,\u201d Tom said. \u201cThe llamas could be the answer. They\u2019ll be a conversation starter for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

An animal ministry<\/a>? I thought about Roxie and all the places we\u2019d taken her. People constantly came up to us, wanting to pet her. But I\u2019d never seen it as a chance to talk about God. If anything, the dog show circuit had pulled me away from church, from practicing my faith. I\u2019d regretted that. Now it was as if God was giving us a chance for a do-over. With llamas, of all things. \u201cWe could call our farm Good News Llamas,\u201d Tom said, \u201cand we can share the good news of Jesus Christ where we go.\u201d A few days later I called a nursing home in our area. They were thrilled to have us visit. The residents\u2019 faces lit up when they saw Emily and Fabian.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never seen a llama in real life,\u201d one woman said. She couldn\u2019t stop petting Emily. The llamas were as gentle as could be. We didn\u2019t talk directly about God, and yet there was no doubt that he was there, working through us, bringing joy and laughter to people. Not long after that we visited a school. A boy came up to Fabian, a scowl on his face. He was dressed all in black. Everything about him said, \u201cLeave me alone.\u201d Yet he buried his head deep in Fabian\u2019s wool, holding the llama tight for nearly 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

Fabian never tried to pull away. He connected with this boy in a way I never could have imagined. At the end of our visit, a teacher told me, \u201cThat boy comes from a very difficult family situation. I\u2019ve never seen him show any kind of affection.\u201d I found myself spending more and more time with our llamas, and it wasn\u2019t just to learn how to keep them healthy and happy. Emily still followed Tom around like a puppy. Every night when he came home from work she was by the fence, waiting for him. When Emily and Fabian were nearly a year old, the breeder told us we needed to separate them so they wouldn\u2019t mate too young.<\/p>\n

Of course, that meant buying two more llamas so everyone could have a friend. When we finally began breeding them, the babies were so cute I couldn\u2019t bear to part with them. So much for our retirement income. Every year we welcomed two or three new llamas to the herd that became part of our family. I heard about all the uses for llama fiber, and from that came an entirely new ministry. Our daughter, Mitzi, started Wooly Mountain Ministries, speaking at churches and using llama wool and her spinning wheel to share the message of Jesus Christ<\/a>. I too learned how to spin the fiber into yarn, perfect for knitting and crocheting. I began teaching spinning, dyeing and felting.<\/p>\n

We went to more schools <\/strong>and nursing homes, festivals and parades, even the llama show on the Ohio State Fair grounds\u2014the place where it all began. Our schedules got so busy, we ultimately left our jobs to devote more time to the ministry. The llamas turned out to be a wonderful retirement plan after all! Today we have a herd of 18, including Emily. She\u2019s 23 now and still loves meeting people. People are drawn in by the llamas, but they also ask about the ministry\u2019s name. \u201cWhat do you mean by good news?\u201d they say. I tell them of God\u2019s love and how he wants the best for each of us, if only we allow ourselves to trust and go where he leads us.<\/p>\n

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