March 17. Not quite as cold today as yesterday, but Daddy still kept the fire going all day. We were a little late getting up this morning, and a little later eating breakfast. Filtered water had to be poured into a jug, and the filter pitcher refilled. First I wanted to put a little water on the stove to heat so I could have warm water to drink. When I went to take up my little jug of salt water, I noticed blood on the counter in front of the jugs. Oh, no! A rat fight! Yuk! I cleaned up the blood spot and disinfected the shelf. Then I picked up the big jug to put the filtered water in, and there was more blood behind the jug. Yuk! More cleaning up to do. Finally got the filter pitcher emptied and refilled. Next I mixed some sugar and water in a small pan and set it on the wood stove to heat—sugar syrup for the pancakes. At last, I started making the pancakes. Went and got a couple bananas off the stalk on the back porch—one to mash and put in the pancakes, and one to mash and put on my pancake. When the batter was ready, I heated up the little fry pan and started cooking the pancakes. Got out a couple eggs and broke them into a cup. Added salt and pepper and they were ready to cook for Daddy after a few pancakes were ready. Read my Bible and did some praying while I was waiting for the pancakes to cook. Fried Daddy’s eggs after a bit, and he ate his breakfast. I continued making pancakes until the batter was all used up. It was a little after 8:00 before I sat down to eat my own breakfast. When I was done, I cleaned up the kitchen. At 8:30, Amos turned on the generator. When Daddy and I went to the office, what did we see on the office desk? More rat blood. Oh, no! More clean-up to do. We were thankful that it wasn’t on any of the computers or papers or anything else that was on the desk. Well, clean-up done and down to business. First of all, I did backups. Had a little time left before lotu to start going through leadership lessons and perfecting those. Didn’t know for sure if I would go out to the meeting room for the church service, but decided I would try. Yesterday, the wind blew on my head the whole time; and later in the morning, my throat started getting very sore. It seemed like the wind was coming from our house area, however, so when the wind blew on me this morning, I shut the door to the house. Daddy was inside, but it isn’t hard to hear in here even with the door closed. One can actually hear quite well, as all the other noises are pretty well shut out. I was able to sit through the whole meeting without the wind bothering me. I actually got quite hot in there and took my sweater off. My face was all flushed before the meeting was done. Matthew preached this morning since Daddy was sick and the deacons had preached the past three weeks and were not prepared for today. Matthew preached on our fellowship being with the Lord Jesus Christ and with the Father and with other believers. For dinner we had leftover greens, and rice to which I had added tuna as we finished the halibut yesterday. I lay down for nap as soon as I had cleaned up the kitchen and brushed my teeth. The bell rang for second lotu just a few minutes after I lay down, but I did not get up. I was too tired and slept quite a while. I understand, however, that Amos’s afternoon message was also on fellowship. After nap, I made honey/lemon syrup for Daddy’s cough, emptied the filter pitcher again and refilled it, washed my hair, ate a banana, made up the starter for water kefir, and played keyboard. By then it was almost 5:00. Daddy was already setting the table for supper. I guess he was hungry. He fixed a tuna sandwich, and I fried up the leftover kaukau to eat. Also cut up some cucumber into the rest of the tuna mix and ate that as well as one Vita-wheat cracker with peanut butter. After supper, I cleaned up the kitchen, strained the water that Daddy had boiled on the wood stove today, and poured it into its jug. Time to sit down for a while. Started up my computer, opened up my journal file, and started entering today’s events. Also opened up the February bank statement file and printed out a copy of the bank statement for Daddy. Then I spent more time organizing the notes for leadership meetings, washed the dishes, played a couple computer games, and had a little sponge bath, as mother used to call it. “And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?” Nehemiah 6:3 Lord, help us not to let anyone or anything sidetrack us from doing the great work that Thou hast given us to do. “How often Satan tries to call us off from our work for God! He cannot endure to see us engaged so eagerly on our Master’s business and therefore raises up all sorts of hindrances and hostilities. Amid all these we have but one duty to perform. We must lose ourselves in our work. Ours to reply, 'I am doing a great work, I cannot come down; why should the work cease?' If we will see to God’s business, He will see to our safety.” F.B.Myers
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