January 6. Praise the Lord for a better night last night, for myself and for Daddy too. I did have to get up and take some ibuprofen as my neck and back were quite painful from lying down so much. Went to bed early again, and still slept in a bit this morning. We did have to cancel our flight to Aiyura today as I still am not strong enough to manage finishing packing and climbing the hill to the top of the airstrip. I was able to make a few pancakes this morning so Daddy will have something to eat today as his bread is all gone. This afternoon, we tried to finish up most of the packing that still needed to be done. There are a few last-minute things for later. January 7. Daddy’s spiritual birthday. Praise the Lord for His strength today, and that I was feeling a fair bit better though still have a ways to go to get on top of things physically. After a clear, starry night, thick fog came up early in the morning and was slow rising. After that, clouds hung around above the mountains. Praise the Lord that we had plenty of time to get all the last-minute things done, too, before the plane came. And the plane came unannounced so had to wait a while for us to lock up the house and get to the top of the airstrip. Daddy went on ahead to let the pilot know that I would be coming slowly since I had not been well. Amos and Gibson were walking with me just to make sure I would make it okay. About half way up, Neomi came along; and she grabbed hold of my hand and “took care of me” the rest of the way to the top. The plane was full with passengers from Marawaka. Just one seat at the back, which I was given, and a seat up front next to the pilot for Daddy. There were still lots of clouds, and the road was a bit rough. I think the pilot ran into some potholes up there in the sky, as we bounced around quite a bit through one area. 😊 Arrived safely at Aiyura in a short time, and the P2 Bus took us to the guest house. The guest house was bustling with workers who were doing “spring” cleaning after being closed for a month. They had just reopened yesterday. Rebecca was there, and it was good to see her. Lavender was there too. And later Lynette came by for just a few minutes. There is only one other family here besides ourselves — a young Korean couple, Tim and Sue, and their eldest son, Samuel, who have come on a vision trip from Sydney to see about the possibility of working in PNG. We all had lunch together here at the guest house. After lunch, I was good and ready for a nap. Daddy had a short nap and then went down to the store to look around. Brought back our two packages that had come via JAARS. Couldn’t get the other two because the invoice has not been processed yet. We were really hoping for the other two boxes as the computer batteries are in one of them. We were hoping for a little walk in the afternoon, but the rains came and washed away our plan. Sat in the lounge area and relaxed. Did some reading and crossword puzzles. Walked around the floor space a bit when legs needed a stretch. At supper time, the Korean family went out to eat, but Dr. Bud Morton came here to eat at the guest house so he and Daddy got to talk a bit. He is here for a week taking Dr. Tom’s place who is in Australia having emergency surgery for a ruptured tendon.
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