February 11. It was a busy work morning around here. Sunny came early and washed clothes, prepared greens, swept floors, and cut and raked grass. Daddy and I continued work on the school cupboard. About mid-morning, Amos and Nuanda came along and worked on readjusting the desks and chairs so they weren’t so high. Mike came shortly afterward, and he helped with the cupboard. Around 11:00, Daddy and I went out and brought the clothes in because the weather was changing, and it was starting to sprinkle. Then Daddy went back to help Mike, and I hung the few damp clothes over the wood stove and in the bathroom and bedroom. I’m thankful that the bottom half of the cupboard is now finished except for putting a latch on the doors. Now we’ll have to figure out how to make the top half. It will be smaller, so maybe won’t be as hard a job (?!?). Nuanda had received a call today from Nehemiah saying that there were thirteen more souls saved yester-eve, making a total now of thirty-four. Praise the Lord, and keep on praying. They are going to continue the meetings as long as they see that the Holy Spirit is drawing men to Christ. From what we understand, there was an American missionary who started a church there. He left ten years ago and has not come back, and he did not train anyone to carry on the ministry. When Nehemiah and the others arrived in Kavieng on a Wednesday evening, they saw a sign board for the church, but no activity there. They started playing Christian music, and people started gathering. Then they preached to them, and that’s when the 21 people turned to Christ. There were only four people left in the church, and they only met together from time to time for prayer. The afternoon’s time (what was left after nap, that is) was given to Bible study and mulling over how to make the top part of the cupboard. This evening, I did a bit more work on English Primer #2. February 12. 51º this morning. Brrrr! We were thankful for sunshine and that the outdoors warmed up quickly, helping the indoors to warm up quickly too. Mike came early this morning to say that Wenera wants him to come up to Minj and bring teacher’s guides so they can start the school. They have students registered to start school in three weeks, I think Mike said, but they don’t have anything to teach so they want us to send teacher’s guides. After Mike left, I finished my breakfast. Worked for a while on the schoolroom. Put a piece of plywood in the corner by the cupboard where there was a big space for a rat to get in and die back there, which we believe one did not too long ago. Then I measured, and Daddy cut, pieces for the top and sides of the top part of the cupboard and found pieces for the frame. Daddy cut a couple frame pieces to put across the bottom front for the door stop; and since they already had screw holes, I glued and screwed them on.. After that, we went outside in the sunshine for a little while. Then I sat down to relax for a while before dinner, and used that time to finish the Bible study in Deuteronomy chapter 8. Enjoyed a little bit extra-long nap today. Then Apekio came with bananas which she had gotten for us at market. The afternoon and evening hours were spent mostly on the second English primer. Nehemiah called this evening after our supper to ask for our prayers. He said that one more had gotten saved, making a total of 35, and that he would be preaching again this evening. “And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.” (II Timothy 4:18) “The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished.” (II Peter 2:9) February 13. Was busy in the kitchen the first part of the morning — making pancakes; washing, peeling, and cutting up potatoes and a kaukau to make mashed “taters” for today’s dinner. Gave time to Bible-reading and prayer as well, and later another challenging study in Deuteronomy. Later in the morning, I cooked and mashed the “taters” and prepared a skillet full of chicken and gravy. We still had leftover pumpkin for veggie. Much of the rest of the day, I worked on the Revelation study for chapter 16 and completed that early this evening. Amos helped Daddy carry the chair and computer up to the top of the airstrip this afternoon; and, praise the Lord, He gave a good connection for sending the two pages of the quarterly newsletter. This evening, we listened to a sermon from Job by Pastor Surrett. It was entitled “Unshakeable Faith.” Then we sang a few hymns and prayed together.
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