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This past February, Peter’sparents (Paul and Chris Herr)experienced a devastating fire. It started in their office

trailer and burned through to the steelbuilding behind it,consuming all theirrecords and most of

the inventory for their

pool building company of 30years. Since the fire spread to

the barn, it also destroyed tools, equipment, supplies,personal items, keepsakesand most everything stored

there. Anyone who has experi-enced a fire knows how suchan experience can impactyour life. Mom felt it morekeenly than anyone...Where,how, what do you do from

there?...records gone, poolbuilding season coming, cus-

tomers contact info lost, nooffice. We felt very much pain

on their account and moved tohelp however possible. So, inMarch, Dad flew down andpicked up Bridget and the kidsand took them to Washington tohelp. We stayed there for sev-eral weeks, setting up the of-fice, cleaning up rubble, managing the office while Dad sentMom to Germany to see Darcy and to get away and recover a bit.God has been so good and provided some very nice and God-fearing neighbors from the Ukraine that have helped, along withother of Dad’s friends this year.As of this newsletter, they areworking on putting up themetal siding on the new build-

ing. They hope to be out of the temporary office trailer some- time at the beginning of thenew year.We felt very honored tohave been allowed to share

this experience with them in asmall way, and experience God’swisdom and direction, provision andcomfort, moment by moment.

Fire! Herr Enterprises Loses Everything

Volume 1, Issue 1

December 2010

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Herr Ranch

January February

March

AFTER

BEFORE

Family “After Christmas” Christmas— Melissa and Tonya and their familiesat Bridget’s parents’ house

Kimberly’s TinySnowman—must have been at least 6 inches tall!

All Raw Diet—my momand I tried an all rawdiet for a while. Did youknow you can make anall raw chocolate cake?

Beautiful!

Kidding Time!

Saying farewell to our snow-man—it’s a littletoo warm for him

Abigail &

Big Boy

Little Big Girl—Katherine helps clean Grandpa’s shop



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April

May

June

Dad lost several saddles in the fire, but Katherine still enjoyed them.

Kimberly finally getsher rabbits

Jessica gives her sisters rides on one of thehorses she helps care for.

A seventh birthdayis really special at

Herr Ranch. That’swhen you get toinvite anyone youwish to your partyand play lots of

games. This year was Danielle’s

special year. Sheenjoyed many kidsto play with, a coinhunt in the sand box, a “castle” sheand her friendscould decorate with

finger paints, a picnic on the grass,and swimming inthe creek

Charlesand his Big

Fish

Headed West for the Cherry Harvest— It takes two airplanes to haul all of usnow. It was a fun experience for Dad and Peter to cross country together.

Dad arranged a family outing for all of us (Grandpa and Grandpa and their

sons’ (Peter and Paul), families). We had ice cream and played board games at aneat little, family -friendly restaurant .

Jessica—13 years old, loves horses

Charles—11 years old, loves air-

planes

Kimberly—10 years old, loves rab-bits

Danielle—7 years old, loves todance

Abigail—6 years old, full of lifeand lovin’ it

Katherine—3 years old, takes careof Mama, sharp as a tack

Amanda—1 year old, lots of ex-pression...but I can’t understand aword she says...what a personality!

Our Jewels



God is Faithful

• Bridget learned to walk , run, climb...again

• God has abundantly provided for all of our needs

• Katherine has come through some very trying times with a breathing difficulty, healthy and whole

• God has protected us during our many travels

• God has given us strength and made us more than overcomers through circumstances that could have overwhelmed both us and our extended family

• Peter’s parents were not hurt, nor did they lose their home in the fire

• Bridget’s dad was spared his life or more serious injury after being mauled by a cow

Merry Christmas

Our firstborn, Jessica, turned thirteen thisyear. She is a beautiful young lady with somuch potential. She works harder than

many young men her age.Three hoursevery day, fivedays a week,she cleansstables andgroomshorses. Some-day, shehopes to workat an ArabianNationalChampion

Stable.We think she iswonderful. Wepray that the Lordwill use her andshe will be com-pletely yielded toHis will for her lifewherever Heleads. She isdefinitely growing up way

too fast.

Yep...that’s my boy ridin’ thatthar cow!

Our First Teenager

The children worked hard this year with their animals. We wouldn’t have dared try this any previous year, but this year thechildren were so prepared...we walked allof our fair entries in the parade...well one

rode his entry. Yes, Charles trained Clara to let him ride her. He was sure sore by the end though...something about a bonyback. We were very proud of him and all

the children. He got plenty of attentionfrom the crowd and the local newspaper,

too. Way to go gang!

July

August

September

-Jessica Renee

Amanda TurnsOne

Dancing with Papa

Cake Face

Good-lookin’ Cowboy!

Dare us not to ride the spinning thing! -Can’t you just see it in their grins as they

stand in line?

Well earned celebration at the carnival after aweek long fair

Danielle—Princess on a pony



December

Merry Christmas!Dear Family and Friends,

We are asking the Lord to very richly bless eachand every one of you and supply you with abun-dant grace to meet every circumstance of your life.

“ ‘Grace’ ...my contract to lead and protect…”Zechariah 11:10

“Here is your part: Tell the truth. Be fair. Live atpeace with everyone. Don’t plot harm to others;don’t swear that something is true when it isn’t!...”

Zechariah 8:16, 17“The good man does not escape all troubles—he hasthem too. But the Lord helps him in each and everyone.”

Psalm 34:19“Oh, put God to the test and see how kind He is! Seefor yourself the way his mercies shower down on allwho trust in Him.”

Psalm 34:8“Let all who are discouraged take heart. Let uspraise the Lord together…”

Psalm 34:2, 3Love,Peter, Bridget, Jessica, Charles, Kimberly,Danielle, Abigail, Katherine, and Amanda

Verses taken from The Living Bible

Mad Mama Mauls Man

Bridget’s Dad was seriously injured by a mama cow inreturn for trying to help her. She birthed her calf in the

woods. Dad was concerned for the calf’s safety, out alone with the wild coyotes and bear, so he tried to bring her home. The first time, he had their

cow dog, Corrie, with him, but that just seemed to irritate the situation. So, he went out later

without the dog to try to gently urge her home, never suspecting her intentions. She intended to

remain right there and boldly went right to him, knocked him down and proceeded to mash, paw,

or otherwise bury him into the ground. Thankfully, he had told Mom, who had taken him out onthe 4-wheeler, to wait to make sure he had found her and got her headed home. She heard him

yell, and had to help him out of the woods to the 4-wheeler, and then another 1/4 mile or so to

the main road, where she left him to go for help. The next few hours were very , very hard for eve-

ryone...Dad trying to get comfortable and breathe and those of us who watched and tried to

minister with ice packs, oils, etc. His pastor anointed and prayed for him and so many friendsand family called and prayed and showed such love and concern. We are so thankful for our

great big family in the Lord, and for the mercy and peace and grace that He gives.

Dad is continuing to recover. We are so grateful to the Lord for preserving him from more serious

injury. Many thought the cow should be disposed of, but Dad’s spirit was so sweet. He felt she was only doing what a protective mother would, under the circumstances.

She and her calf came home on their own a couple of days later. The calf

seemed a little awkward and slow. Maybe she sensed that it needed extra

special care. I appreciate the mercy and understanding my Dad

showed...seems like a Christ-like attitude to me.

Snapping Turtle—or as the children call it “Dinosaur Turtle” or “Alligator Turtle”

Kimberly and her cousin Shannon found this snapping turtle in our pond. Makes youreally not want to take a dip in the pond,

Abigail is our Thanksgiving baby. Sheturned six this year. What would we dowithout her life and enthusiasm?

Amanda de-cides to helpherself to the

spaghetti.

Merry Christmas

Charles the Hunter—After the squirrel was dressed and

cooked, he insisted weall take a bite. It tasteslike rabbit. November

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