 | | | | | Mary the Squirrel Update | March 2013 |
| | | | | | | Some of you were there and have asked about this, so here's a little recap of our squirrel story. The Saturday evening (cool & windy) before Christmas, a baby squirrel came up to Pastor Shelly, Paula Sample and me as we were out on the sidewalk under the bell tower before worship. I leaned over and picked her up, and she curled up in my hands. She had found her rescuers. I took her home after worship and Karen, the real squirrel whisperer, took over. (Over the years Karen has raised about 50 squirrels from various stages of babyhood.) (Picture attached of the recent little church squirrel shortly after we got her home). We made a little bed for her in a cage and Karen fed her by a bottle for a couple weeks. She ("Mary" the squirrel...named Mary because the Scripture readings for that weekend were about Mary) grew fast and did well. She found a home here with the Diehl's. (Picture attached of our grandkids, Olivia and Drew holding Mary). Soon she seemed ready to stretch her legs, so to speak. We put her cage on a ladder and tied it to the tree in our front yard. We'd leave the top to the cage open a little during the day so Mary could get out and run around in the tree. But every night, for about 2 weeks, she'd come "home" and sleep in the cage. (Picture attached.) Soon, she decided to sleep somewhere in the trees, so the cage came down. But in it's place we put a little "feeding platform" where we keep fresh water and meet Mary every morning and every evening (and sometimes in between) to play with her and give her some food. (Picture attached). So, as of this email, Mary is happy, healthy, enjoying life (and getting a little pudgy...we're going to have to wean her off some of the nuts), and we are enjoying this new little member of our family. (Picture attached of her at her own little restaurant.) One of God's precious little creatures. Pastor Jack 
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