Sheep shearing

How sweet is the face of this little lamb? (and my sheep shall know my voice)....
Well,
Its been busy on the farm. 2 days ago we had all of the sheep sheared.This gets done every Spring by hired hands. Quite the process of having them all in the pen and then one of the guys grabbing a sheep, "hog-tying it", and then one of the other 2 guys shearing it. The sheep looked sooo different afterwards!
I will attach some photos at the bottom. Notice the car that pulled the shearing machine..it was an old 1960 mercedes with a trailor.....not exactly the type of car I expected for farm work.

Please pray for rain for us here. The forecast is no rain until January which will hurt many of the crops of people without any means of irrigation (the majority). Also, we are giving praise that our pump for our irrigation finally got repaired, as our plants we are growing our huge garden were starting to die. The time frame for getting things repaired here is quite different than in the states.
Muchas abrasos to todos (many hugs to all of you)
Holly

out of the City and to the chakra (farm)

Well,
I am finished with the first 2 weeks of language school in Montevideo. I am back at the farm until the 28th of Nov. I will help on the farm, continue to study Spanish on my own, and meet some of the people around here they are "connected to". Had some great time with the sweet children at a Church in San Jose y-day...so precious!
The local family I lived with were extremely caring and it was a good experience for immersion. Below are a few pictures from my time there. The photo at the top was taken while on a walk in the City, the little boy I'm holding is Nahuel, the grandson, my host family, and a photo of the school. This family was wonderful and it was a great immersion experience.