Prayer, It Works

(Uno @ 3 months)

My son, Zebedee, claims Uno, and his twin brother, Zach, claims Annie. These two English females are approximately 9 months old. Uno is from OH but has adjusted well to the south. Her sire is really producing some nice houndogs. His name is GRNITECH Main Street Jack. Uno's Mama (Dam) is a real coondog too named GRNITECH GRCH Blue Swamp Diamond.

Presently, Uno will chase almost anything that will run: coons, cats, deer, and armadillos. We are just glad she isn't standing around our feet and acting lazy and disinterested. However, we are preparing to concentrate on her training and break her from some of these bad tendencies.

One thing about Uno is when you release her, she's gone. A month ago we lost her while we were hunting. I did not put a tracking collar on her because I didn't realize how far she would venture away from us. We finally had to leave her that night because she did not return and it was very late. All the kids were in the truck with me (seven of us in all) and it was crowded---sardines in a can. There were bodies lying in all directions, twisted and tangled. For the next three days we drove around calling for Uno, blasting away on the horn, stopping and questioning neighbors to find out if they had seen a dog matching her description. To no avail; the search had been futile. We even placed a shirt belonging to Zeb on a bush hoping she might return and remain there until we found her (we heard that this trick will work). The kids, my wife, Jessica, and I drove around that third day until we were dejected and ready to call off the search. Our last attempt was to gather around the truck near where we last saw Uno and pray. And pray we did: "Our Father, we love Uno and we ask You to bring her back to us..." James has taught us that faith without works is dead (James 2:17). So after praying we shouted, "UNO, UNO, UNO." Still, no Uno. We then gathered back in the pickup, nine of us this time because Jessica and the baby were with us, and started home. Just as we reached the end of the field one of the kids screamed, "there's Uno!" It was a joyful reunion. Once again the nine of us, well, make it ten with Uno, bowed our heads and thanked the Lord for returning Uno to us unharmed and healthy. Paul said to take all of our request to the Lord, which we did (Philippians 4:6). However, we should have prayed earlier, about three days earlier in fact.

(Uno @ 8 months)