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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September 27. A couple days have been lost while I’ve recovered from sickness — possibly malaria and respiratory infection. At least that’s what I treated for. Last Friday morning, I started with a bad headache. That continued Saturday and Sunday, but no other symptoms until Sunday when my throat and ears became very painful. I was thankful that no young men came on Sunday evening because, by that time, I was beginning to feel very weak and ended up going to bed before 8:30. Started on amoxicillin for the sore throat and earaches, but didn’t know what to do about the headache. During the night, I thought it might be from being off the parasite medicine too long. But, no, it hadn’t been very long at all. Since I had chills too, I then thought of malaria so started on artemisinin. Slept most all day Monday and Monday night too. Didn’t even feel strong enough to talk with Daddy Monday evening. Went to bed early again Monday evening and slept a good part of the day Tuesday, I was too weak to do anything those two days. Never even turned on my computer. Started feeling a little bit better by Tuesday evening, but still went to bed early. Today I am feeling a bit stronger, but not strong enough to do much. Am thankful to be eating a bit more as I wasn’t able to eat at all on Monday and only a little bit yesterday. Could hardly even drink anything, although I did okay with tea and not too bad with a little cool water. Late yesterday afternoon, the water ran out. Marivo boys had cut the pipe. Dallas and Amos went up and found the cut and fixed it, but the water only came at a trickle. It was too dark by then to work on it more so Amos went up and worked on it this morning, and praise the Lord, now the water is running again. Had an early lunch and went for an early nap. Had part of supper when I first got up and the rest of supper at our normal supper time. Washed the dishes and then poured a large kettle full of boiling water down the kitchen drain followed by some bleach. The gnats had gotten unbearable again. Worked a while on answering e-mails. After supper, I lay down a bit for a while, but didn’t try to go to sleep because I knew Anna Jean and Judy would be coming to get their phones which they had brought earlier to charge. While they were here, Anna Jean filled the washing machine so she can wash clothes in the morning. After they left, I washed up and then it was time for Daddy to call. After five or six tries, we were finally able to get a somewhat good connection in order to talk for about 45 minutes although Daddy kept cutting out every so often and had to repeat a lot. Now MAF has canceled his flight altogether so he is trying to work something out with NTM. It won’t be until some time next week, however. After we said good-bye, I had a snack and am now good and ready for bed. September 28. Several hours passed before I could get to sleep last night. Was thankful for a good sleep after that. I did get to see the moon around 3:00 a.m.— almost full. What a lovely day the Lord gave us. Some clouds and patchy fog that quickly melted away leaving sunshine and blue sky. However, there was a cold wind that blew all day so I didn’t get to spend time outside as I would have liked. Whenever I went out to check on the clothes or bring clothes in, I needed my hooded jacket to keep the wind out of my ears. Anna Jean had come early and done the wash. Just one load plus my two fleecy blankets for the second load so it didn’t take her long to hang them out. She left right away afterward to go help finish putting the roof on Solomon’s house. It was pretty quiet here most of the day, but I did take a nap both in the morning and the afternoon. I was pretty tired after losing sleep last night. Took a bath after afternoon nap while the house was nice and warm. While I was making granola and getting my supper, Anna Jean came to get her phone. She also wanted some pain medicine because she has a bad boil. While she was here, Nuandauro came to see if I needed kaukau. Yes, I did. I’m thankful Anna Jean was here to help, and Helen was here also as the kaukau actually came from her and she wanted some yarn. In the mean time, I could smell the granola getting a bit over done. Got that out of the oven and finally got my supper a little after 6:00. Time passed quickly as I marker painted visuals for the Sunday evening lessons, and it was soon time to talk with Daddy. It was a blessing to have a good connection this evening for the whole time we talked together. Maybe the weather made a difference in the reception. The skies this afternoon and early evening were clear, clear blue and continued clear when nightfall came upon us. The temperatures dropped quickly so it may get cold tonight unless it turns cloudy; The only way Daddy will be able to get a flight with NTM is if people will be willing to cut the grass on the airstrip in the next few days. It’s getting late now, and I’m very tired so it’s off to bed. September 22. It was a foggy morning, but the Lord had lifted the fog sufficiently for the plane to come somewhat after mid-morning. Praise the Lord for making the way for Daddy to get out to town. Bonita, Dallas, and Wan carried cargo up to the airstrip. The two men had done a little finishing work from yesterday and then quit for the day. Bonita was observing in the classroom. This afternoon, I worked on lesson preparations for next week and oven fried some chicken for my supper. In the evening, there were dishes to do. Anna Jean came to get her phones. Apekio came with a couple pumpkins. And I was thankful to have somewhat of a conversation with Daddy in spite of the fact that my phone told me “no service” all day. Afterward, I had more supper since I hadn’t had much earlier with interruptions at the door. Then I worked on lessons again, mostly finding and making visuals for the Bible lessons. September 23. Most of the day was spent in the classroom — cleaning the chalkboard, writing some lessons on the chalkboard, planning phonics lessons for next week, math lessons too, doing scanning and printing. Anna Jean came early and did the laundry, cut up half a pumpkin for my meals, swept the floors. I enjoyed getting outside for a while in the fresh air and sunshine. Heated bath water while I was having supper, so I could get a bath right away and be ready in time for the meeting. It was 7:15 before anyone showed up. Eventually, there was Amos and family (except for Nendisa), Dallas and family (except for Dalista), Phinehas and Evelin. Dallas looked after the prayer time and singing, and Amos brought us a good lesson from Genesis 4:7. He brought out that Cain was the first to start a false religion (seeking to come to God according to his own thinking and not God’s) and the first murderer. He also brought out that we do not need to let sin boss us, but we can rule over sin. We can say “no” to sin or “yes” to sin. The choice is up to us. September 24. Today’s weather was a mixture of some sunshine with lots of clouds and some rain. Today’s work was planning reading lessons and doing printing of worksheets. No boys came on this rainy night for Bible study. September 20. Back to fog and cool this morning. Phinehas and Evelin came early and finished weeding the yard. Anna Jean came early and did the laundry and worked in the garden. Amos came early with another pole for the work of extending the meeting room; and a bit later, he and Phinehas went to work on the extension. Not too long afterward, Wan arrived. Erovi (one of the elderly men) also came early this morning so Daddy could pray with him, and I gave him a small goody bag. About mid-morning, I went outside for a while to see how Anna Jean was doing with the garden work. Gave her a few suggestions and did a little weed-pulling too. Used the machete to get down some huge spider webs that were between the generator shed and the tall tangets. Killed a big mama spider and destroyed a large cocoon full of her spider babies. Off and on, I worked on an e-mail to C&C. Didn’t finish that until early this evening. September 21. Praise the Lord that the men got the roof on the extension today. Next will be the floor, I think. Daddy has been busy getting ready to go to town (Goroka), and I kept busy with teaching and preparations for tomorrow. Also cooked some lentils and onions, added it to the leftover carrots, added seasonings and milk, and whipped it up for soup for our supper. Tomorrow, I will need to prepare something for the days to come. Hi, all! I'm sorry that these journal notes have been hit and miss lately. Here are some entries from September. September 18. Back to school today after a week’s holiday. Bonita came along to observe; and if she continues coming, I’ll give her some things to do to help. The boys did fine in their lessons today.
Wan, Amos, and Dallas came early and worked on the extension. Shortly after school was out, the men all left too. They need to get more poles to finish the job. The three young men who came to the meeting last night offered to get trees for the flooring. The skies were so smoky today that the smoke was about as thick as fog. I’ll be glad when people are done burning off the mountainsides. This afternoon, I did a little work on lesson plans, but am thankful that most of it had been done before the week began. I also had an early bath before the cool evening came on. Before Daddy finished washing up, someone had come to see us. Daniel Antoveri came with a national EBC missionary named Dalton who had heard about us and wanted to meet us. Dalton also had Daniel take a couple snapshots of himself with us. Daddy and I got the shopping list made after we had snack this evening. We have not heard anything yet about whether or not the container [of Bibles] arrived in Goroka. It was supposed to have arrived today. September 19. A very dry, clear day, although by noon, smoke had already started filling up the air. It wasn’t quite as bad as yesterday as most of the fires were on the other side of the ridge today. But all that smoke still causes my eyes severe irritation. While I taught the three boys their school lessons, five men worked on the extension. Bonita came to observe classes, but offered to go cook some food for the men. I was thankful Nuandauro brought kaukau yesterday. Daddy learned from Dallas that the “missionary” who came to see us yesterday was an SDA missionary holding meetings at the SDA church here. We had just assumed that, since he told us he was from To’okena, he was EBC; and he led us on to believe that it was so. It taught us a lesson that we must be very careful not to assume, but to ask questions and check things out thoroughly.* Praise the Lord for word from Bryan M that the container arrived this afternoon in Goroka and has been unloaded at its storage point. I praise the Lord for helping me this afternoon to get everything ready for Thursday’s classes. Lord willing, I should be able to get some e-mails written tomorrow. *Note: Dad and Mom didn’t mind talking with Dalton and getting a picture of themselves with him. They would have just appreciated if he had been honest in telling them who he really was and who he represented. |
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