July 29. The day was cold and cloudy with some rain. There was no sunshine except for a few peeks. It was a super busy day, too. First order of business was to get and delete files off Anna Jean’s computer before she took it home. In the mean time, Anna Jean did laundry, cut up pumpkin, and swept floors. It was after mid-morning before the men (Wan, Mike, and Dallas) came to work on the expansion of the meeting room and the moving of the office. After reconsideration, they decided it would be easier after all to try to find trees not too far away and do the extension. So they are going to find others who can help them get trees. Because of rain, we had to bring clothes in before they finished drying and hang about half of them inside. We were thankful that about half the laundry did get dry before the rain came. I also did a lot of work preparing worksheets and flash cards for classes, and revising lesson plans a bit for Bible class. Still need to get the Bible lessons printed out. Found more verses for the Bible verse witness cards, too, and printed the verse cards and the worksheets and flash cards. July 30. The Lord gave us a beautiful morning and sent us dark clouds and rain again in the afternoon. It rained steadily all evening. It took a while to get pancakes made this morning as there were more little moth nests to remove from the flour bag and little weevils to remove from the flour. After breakfast and quiet time, I got busy cutting up the Bible verse witness cards and the flash cards and a couple other things for school. The morning moved along all too quickly, and soon Daddy had made contact with C&C. Even though the reception was not as good today and we lost connection a couple times, it was still a joy to spend a little time with them. This afternoon, I washed my hair and had my bath before the weather got too cold as the temperature was quickly dropping. This evening, the other families who have been coming to fellowship with us had other business to take care of so Daddy and I listened to the second in the series of sermons on Malachi by Dr. Spencer.
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July 27. Praise the Lord for a little bit of warmth and sunshine today. I was happy to get outside for a few minutes although, even though the sun was shining, the rain kept spitting at me. There was still a good bit of clouds and several periods of light rain. It was a joy to see bright stars shining in the dark sky for a time during the night. Even though we have had periods of rain, there has not been enough rain to make the ground wet. I thank the Lord for His strength and guidance throughout the day. July 28. The Lord gave us a cold, foggy, rainy morning. The afternoon was still cloudy and cool, but the skies were a bit brighter. The children had to stay inside for recess (because of the weather). How nice it would be to have a teacher’s helper in the classroom! I miss having Anna Jean there. I am amazed at the children’s progress in learning Psalm 23, especially Gideon. The memorization of the Psalm was not assigned, and I hadn’t intended for them to learn it, but I would not squelch their desire to learn the Scripture for anything. And the fact that they are memorizing it in English and are excited about doing so when they don’t even speak English yet except for a few monologues and dialogues, that makes it even more remarkable. This afternoon, I got a good start on lesson plans for next Monday and next week, and had high hopes of getting lesson plans done before the day was through. But once again, the Lord did not allow that to happen. It seems like the same thing happens every weekend — I get a good start on lesson plans and then somebody comes to visit and talk. This afternoon Rex and his wife, Judy, and little girl Priscilla came to visit before they go back to Bible school this coming week. We enjoyed a good visit with them. It was nearly 5:00 when they left, and Daddy needed to heat water and wash up yet so we had a late supper. I was thankful to have been able to finish all of Monday’s lesson plans in the early evening, except for making and printing worksheets and proofreading and printing Bible lessons for the week. July 24. A very cold, overcast day. Wore both sweater and jacket all day, and still it took a loooong time for the bones to get warm. They didn’t get warm until after we had crawled in under all the blankets at nap time and had a good sleep. Didn’t finish lesson plans until almost 8:00 this evening as after nap there were two popo that needed to be cut up and one was made into popo crisp. Then pizza had to be made for supper. After supper, I took a quick sponge bath and then did the dishes, working a little bit on lesson plans in between times, while the water was heating. July 25. Praise the Lord for a bit more sunshine today and a bit warmer day. Still lots of clouds. Anna Jean washed and hung out the clothes, and they all got dry outside. July 26. Back to cold and overcast. The sun only peeked through a couple times. What a busy day it was! I was so thankful I had asked Anna Jean to come and help me today. Before she came, I got out carrots and potatoes and washed them. I also started cleaning things out of the kitchen cupboards. I certainly wish there was something we could do to get rid of the cockroaches. They make such a mess. When Anna Jean came, she peeled and cut up the carrots and potatoes. Then I had her clean all the cockroaches and their droppings out of the cupboards and give the cupboards a washing. While she was working, I got the bed made, and folded and put away yesterday’s laundry. After those jobs were done, we all had a hot drink and a snack and relaxed a bit. I didn’t put things away in the cupboards until afternoon as I wanted to retire some items that I don’t use, put some things that I rarely use in the wooden box, and reorganize everything else in the cupboards. Besides, by the time all the other work was done and Anna Jean had left, it was time to start dinner. It was meal-making day — mashed potatoes (which turned out to be potato soup — I didn’t pour off enough water), carrots, and chicken with gravy. Everything tasted fine together like soup in a bowl. It was a little late before dinner was ready; and after we ate, there was clean-up to do. Besides putting things away that we had cleaned out of the cupboard, I also made yogurt this afternoon. Mata came with more bananas which was a blessing as we were just about out. There was still the rest of the lesson plans for tomorrow that needed attention after that. And this evening, there was a huge stack of dishes to be washed. Whew! What a busy day! Thank you, Lord, for the strength that you gave. |
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