February 25. Although the Lord sent us rain yesterday afternoon, the sky was full of bright stars by bedtime and through part of the night. Fog came down early morning, but lifted soon after the sun was up. Another rain shower this afternoon. School started a little late this morning as the students came with their new desks, and Daniel came along with them. They had asked Daniel to make school desks for them, which he did for a price. He used nice lumber and plywood that he had bought so it was right for him to charge for his supplies and labor. Took a picture of Daniel standing behind the students as they sat at their desks. (Sorry, I don’t have a copy of this picture) Since we got a late start, we didn’t sing an extra song. I did have the students copy John 6:37 in Owena, and we started learning that together. Then we went ahead with the new lesson and finished a little over half of that. So we should be able to finish up tomorrow, and they will come Wednesday after lotu for the quiz. After a short break, they sang “Aleluya” and “Sing Hosanna.” The rest of music class was spent learning the parts to “Papa God I Stap.” They did a great job getting their parts down and then putting it all together to sing the whole song with and without accompaniment. We even got a little start on the English “Happy I Am His.” After school, they practiced more on their own, and then ate punkas (a type of bananas). I started up the computer to do some work. First I transferred the three pictures I had taken and showed them to the students. Daddy got word that MAF is coming Wednesday so he called them to see what was up. Learned that they have changed our flight back one day to Thursday. not Wednesday. Then we stood around and talked for a while with the students before they left. I went back to the computer to start doing some work, and Nuka came to the door. This was our first time to see her since we came back so we sat down and talked for quite a while. I was encouraged to hear of her quiet trust in the Lord through all the trials she has endured. It was already going on 12:00 when she left so only had a few minutes to make a couple notes in the computer before warming up dinner. Must have been tired as I had an extra long nap. After nap, I cut up a popo and we had some for snack. Practiced keyboard after that. Then came to the computer, got files ready that need to be printed this evening, and then started writing in my journal. After supper, there were dishes to wash as usual. Did a little walking while the dish water was heating. When dishes were done, I set to work doing the printing—Bible verses for Mata for the ladies’ class, a song to write tenor and bass notes on, Bible quizzes for Wednesday, and the shopping list to take to town. Took the song to the keyboard and planned out the tenor and bass notes. Came back to the computer and added all the new notes, lines, etc. to the song. Took a break in the middle of that and had a snack. Right back to the computer again to finish the song before my bath and lights out (generator off). “Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed….” Acts 4:4a Faith comes through hearing the word of God. February 26. Another hot, sunny day. SIL came in several times today to get coffee. The people were hard at work cutting grass on the airstrip. It is a good thing they were, as the pilot said he would have closed the airstrip. That would have prevented us from getting out to town on Thursday. We finished up the Bible lesson in school today, and they will have their quiz tomorrow after lotu. We took time to review the flash cards in music class and had plenty of time to sing too. They know the two songs pretty well and are hoping to sing them as specials in church. Will try to sing one the Sunday after we get back from town. After school, they each cut up a sheet of Bible verses for Mata to use in the ladies’ meetings. Anna Jean stayed and filled the washing machine with water so it is ready for tomorrow morning. The second half of the morning, I put a list together of things to take to town and started gathering some of those items. We cleaned up an old box to use for carrying food. After dusting it off well, I sprayed it inside and out with disinfectant spray. Around noon, we discovered that the water supply was cut off. Did somebody cut one of the pipes when they were cutting grass on the airstrip? Thankfully, water was running again in about an hour. I zonked right out at nap time and slept soundly for about an hour. This afternoon, I did a little more packing, practiced keyboard, and hemmed up another dress that was a bit too long. There was one raw egg left in the fridge so I hard-boiled it to take to town. After supper, however, a boy brought four more eggs so I put them on to boil, too, and now we have five boiled eggs to take to town. Cleaned up the kitchen and washed the dishes (only a few this evening) and then it was time to sit down and get busy at the computer. While I was doing dishes, Mandah came by to see us. It was nice to see her, and she seemed happy to see us too. She brought us a small pumpkin and three cucumbers. Just before supper, I had been thinking how nice it would be to have some cucumbers again; and then the Lord granted that desire. Thank you, Lord. This evening, I did some printing and also copied e-mails out of the ACER so I can answer them when we are in town.
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