September 29. The clear skies stayed with us throughout the night, and it was a joy to see God’s bright moon in the 3:00 a.m. sky. Still nice and clear when I got up in the morning with a temperature of 54º (58º in the house with the temperature warming up much faster outside than in), but it wasn’t too long before the clouds began to gather. How I longed to get out of the chilly house and into the warm sunshine! I did head that direction several times, but each time there was a knock at the front door. I could not open the door and stand in front of it without a blast of cold wind hitting me in the face, so I stood behind the door and talked to those who came. First was Amos with a request to explain to him a passage in Matthew 13 that they’ve been assigned to read for their reading class (or phonics class?). I also talked to him about repeating lesson 3 and 4 for the boys and showed him the visuals. And mentioned to him about having the boys come other nights for teaching, especially if they can’t come on Sunday because of rain. I mentioned that they can come any of the “free” nights, and he said Wednesday night is best. Daddy and I are ready to help the boys any and all out of four nights per week. Amos had barely left when Opo came to find out when Daddy will be coming. (I would like to find out too.) Shortly after that, Apekio came with a couple small popo. We talked a bit before she left. Last of all was Nehemiah. He stayed and talked a while, and I mentioned to him about the boys coming other nights and not having to wait for a Sunday night that is not rainy. He said the boys would like to do that so they can get more teaching and not have to stretch it out over a long period of time. By then the cold wind had come up quite strong, and I was not able to go out. I was quite tired out by then anyway so had a drink and went down for a nap. Had no sooner lay down then there was another knock on the door, but I did not get up to answer it. Slept about an hour and then got up and enjoyed a cup of hot chocolate before fixing my dinner. Spent some time trying to figure out what worksheets and practice pages I would need for reading and phonics. The new supply of books listed in the new catalog seems to be quite different from the old. About 2:30 I lay down for another hour’s nap. Again there was a knock on the door (just as I was about to lie down), but I did not answer it. After nap, I put water on to heat and started washing the past couple days’ dishes. Judy came to the door to charge her phone, and I chatted with her a bit before she left. After I finished dishes, someone else came to the door. He wanted to know when Daddy would be coming so his daughter can come on the same plane. I’d like to know when Daddy is coming too. Soon I had my supper and had a sponge bath. Wrote in my journal and waited for Daddy to call. Reception was not as good as last night, but better than other nights and we enjoyed a half hour of chatting together. Afterward, I starting looking through the outreach lessons to see what pictures had been added but not printed and colored. Got several printed and a couple colored and have a couple more to color yet. September 30. Praise the Lord for another nice day. More clouds today, but warmer and not as windy. A very quiet day. The only one who came around was Anna Jean who wanted to charge her phone and get some more pain medicine for her boil. She is in quite a bit of pain from a large and growing boil. I was thankful to be able to get out in the sunshine for a little while this morning. I had only gotten to the south end of the bird of paradise flowers when I smelled the roses. Oh, what an alluring scent! I hurried over to the rose bush and savored that wonderful smell for a while. Pulled twenty or so dead roses off the bush. Tried counting the blossoms that were left — not an easy count. There were at least 80, and still at least twenty buds that haven’t bloomed yet. I wondered what the rose of Sharon smells like. Is it a real rose or something similar? Maybe it smells even sweeter than these. After coming inside, I colored the other two pictures for the Bible lessons for the boys. Then I scrubbed kaukau to cook and cut that in large pieces along with the other half of the pumpkin and put all in the pressure cooker to cook for dinner. While that was cooking, I started sorting through pictures of fish, birds, animals. and people to see what might be good to show to the Bible study boys. After nap this afternoon, I finished that job. Then I heated water for bath and took a bath before supper.
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