September 13. The Lord gave us a sunnier, warmer day today and a fair bit of blue sky. It was a welcome change from the cold, damp, cloudy, windy days we’d been having. We are really needing rain, however. In spite of all the clouds, there has been very little rain, and the ground is very dry and hard. People are very busy trying to dig the ground to plant gardens too. It is peanut planting time right now. Today was the last day of school for this term. This coming Monday is Independence Day, and that starts a week’s holiday. I will enjoy the break, as well as the students will. Special meetings are planned for the church from Thursday through Sunday, two meetings per day; and the students are planning to sing for most of those meetings. The students had a math test on English and metric measures today, and I was pleased with their grades as they had a hard time with that chapter. We also finished up a lesson in Bible and a lesson in history. They will need to study both of those when they come back to school and have a quiz on their Bible lesson and a test in history. At the end of school, we took some time to clean the meeting room, and Anna Jean filled up the washing machine for washing clothes tomorrow morning. Then we all had dinner together — rice with tuna, greens with onions and uxai, and cucumbers — to celebrate Mike’s and Bonita’s birthdays. Had a little gift bag for each to take home. Afterward, Mike and Dallas cut some firewood, and Daddy and I had our nap. This afternoon, I graded the English lessons the students finished today. Did a little more organizing. Took all the trash out and burned it. Had supper. Did dishes, and was all done with that job by 6:00 when Daddy turned on the generator. After dishes, I wrote in journal. Then pulled the old contact paper off one of the shelves of the bookshelf and covered that shelf with linoleum. Wrote an e-mail to Ellen. Then covered two more shelves. Had a snack and then a nice bath. “Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!” Psalm 107:15 September 14. The fog lifted quickly this morning, and the Lord gave us a very warm, dry season day. There weren’t very many in lotu this morning as many people are off digging peanut gardens at the river or in the kunai (tall grass). After lotu, Sunny did the laundry and swept the floors. I got the August progress report written and have that ready to send to Pastor Ogle. Not long after Sunny left, Daddy and I went for exercise in the warm sunshine and fresh air. It was so good to get out, and I seemed to have a lot of energy this morning so the exercise was even more enjoyable. When we got back to the house, I made some chocolate chip cookie bars (we haven’t found our cookie sheets yet), and Daddy put up a shelf in the office that we had taken down from another part of the office so we can set up our double rocking chair. After lunch, Daddy went out and brought clothes in while I cleaned up the kitchen. Then we made the bed and had a nap. Most of the afternoon was spent unpacking. I was thankful to find the CD with Bible Explorer and also Bible Collection Suite. The latter may be too old to use in the new computers, however. Am hoping that Daddy can download e-sword when he goes to town again. It is a lot like Bible Collection Suite. This evening, after washing dishes, I practiced keyboard as the students want to sing special music for most of the special meetings. Afterward I had a bath, proofread the progress report and put it in Word for e-mailing, wrote in journal. “21Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 22And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.” Psalm 107:21,22
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