September 25. What a busy day! Started washing the clothes while my breakfast (oatmeal) was cooking. Did all the extra things today — linens, towel, etc. that Bryan used, my jacket, laundry bag, rags, hand towels that were left in the hamper, a few other little things. Judy came shortly and swept all the floors as they had not been swept after Bryan and the men finished the work of installing the solar. She finished sweeping the floors about the same time I finished washing clothes so she helped me hang them out. When that job was done, Judy sorted, washed, and cut up greens to be cooked for dinner, and I had a sit-down break. Then I showed her how to heat water in the microwave for a cup of coffee. She enjoyed her snack of coffee and ginger nut cookies before she and I set up the schoolroom, ready for back-to-school on Monday. Then I told her “one more job” and sent her out to burn the trash. In the meantime, I remembered that she still needed to refill the washing machine and the buckets, ready for washing clothes again tomorrow morning. So she did that job after burning the trash. After Judy left, I started dinner. Carrots to peel and cut up first. Then start the carrots and greens cooking. Put a pot of water on to boil for the spaghetti noodles. Cut up onion and browned it with the meat. Added the spaghetti sauce, and soon dinner was ready. After dinner, a welcome nap. And during nap, a storm came up like yesterday, but no thunder and lightning like yesterday. Strong winds, however. And the water supply got very dirty. But Daddy, with good foresight, had filled an extra bucket with clean water ahead of time. So all the buckets are full of clean water and ready for use when needed. After I got up from nap, Daddy and I put up a curtain between the kitchen and laundry room to try to keep some of the cold air out of the kitchen. Then I cleaned the whole refrigerator, according to instructions, washing with warm soapy water, rinsing with just warm water, and wiping it all dry. Just before I’d finished, Sunny came with part of a stalk of bananas. September 26. Praise the Lord for a lovely day. A storm came over about mid-afternoon, dropped a few drops of rain, and then passed on. I was delighted to be able to have a smoothie this morning, the first smoothie I’ve had since leaving the US last year January. After quiet time, I folded the clothes so the laundry basket would be free for Judy to use when doing laundry. Judy came after lotu and washed clothes. Before she finished hanging them out, her father came to help moved the fridge into place so we could start operating it. So I went out and helped her finish up hanging clothes. Daddy and I had already rolled the freezer off the piece of plywood. Then Amos and Judy moved the fridge out of the way so we could put the plywood in place for the fridge. Then they moved the fridge onto the plywood, and Daddy plugged it in. Amos also went up on the roof to check the roofing iron as it and the solar panel had been lifted up and down by the stormy winds the past couple days. He found that one piece of roofing iron had been loosened up and hadn’t been nailed back down. So he nailed that down, and things seemed much better when the strong winds blew this afternoon. Later in the morning, I worked on finding some Bible verses for culture class. Nuanda came right around noon to see Daddy for a bit. We had expected GBC men to come say they would be tearing down the meeting room today or soon, but they didn’t come. And Daddy only noticed three men at the meeting. There was no sign of Daniel and family. It really looked like Daniel’s salvation was real this time, but after only a year, he is already falling back into the world. Makes me think of the seed that fell among thorns, and was choked with the pleasures of this life and brought forth no fruit to perfection. Another sad thing is the spirit worship that took place on the other side of the river while we were gone. One of the men brought in a geologist to check for gold. Lots of people were called to come down and bring food for a party. Nuanda said they took a chicken and singed it in the fire. Then they cut off its head and waved the chicken all around, putting blood all over stones here and there and calling out for the spirits of the ancestors to watch over their ground and help them to find where the gold is. He said that there were professing believers among those who went. He is not sure who they were, but is preparing a message for tomorrow on following the ways of the heathen and worshipping spirits. After Nuanda left, we warmed up our dinner and ate. By then the fridge was cold enough for food so we unloaded the freezer and put everything in the fridge, plus the eggs and fresh produce that were in the cupboard. Then we rolled the freezer over to the wall behind the wood stove until Philemon is ready to finish buying it. He made a down payment yesterday. It is so nice not to have to try to remember to take non-freezer items out of the freezer, as we did part of the time the freezer was running, and also remember to put them back in before they are out too long. After nap, I washed my hair. Then I proofread the next culture lesson, printed a copy for myself, made blanks for the students to fill in, and printed copies for the students.
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