Animal Rescuer!

You know of an animal rescuer already... Diego, right? Well, you are looking at (Wait, you are looking at a computer screen. Quick, look at a picture of me. There's one in the top right corner of the blog. Take a look.) one animal rescuing mommy. That's right, my father in law and I saved a few baby turtles. Well, he saved lots.

Let me explain:

Earlier this Summer, my father in law was preparing to have a large patio put in his back yard. He noticed a turtle laying eggs precisely where tons of cement and flagstone would be put. Once she was done, he dug up the eggs and reburied them down by the lake. If he had not done this they would have hatched underground and never made it through the flagstone.

Today, while working on framing, he noticed some little things crawling around on his patio and making their way into his big fountain--which is chlorinated. Upon closer examination....he apparently missed a few of the eggs. About 10 baby turtles had somehow made their way up and found the nearest water. Unfortunately, it was chemically treated water. We scooped out all of the babies and brought them down to the lake. The picture you see is of the babies sitting in a bowl about the size of a large mixing bowl. Not sure if all of them will make it, but we tried.

They were so tiny! Each one was about the size of a half dollar. A few weeks earlier he had watched some other eggs hatch and saw about 75-100 baby turtles crawl up out of the ground and slowly make their way to the lake. I got onto him for not taking pictures or calling me to come see it. Amazing. God is amazing.

By the way, here's the beautiful fountain we scooped them out of.