February 8. Amos’s two daughters Nendisa and Evelin came back this morning to do more yard work. This time the came with machetes, and they cut all the grass and also dug out more weeds. They plan to come back tomorrow and rake. After doing some Bible study, I made a fresh batch of kefir which I forgot to do yesterday evening. Then I got the last two weeks’ journal notes together in a file, getting them ready to send to C&C. In between proofreading the journal notes, I took an eye break and cut up a pumpkin for our dinner. It was a tough-skinned pumpkin so it took a while to get it cut up even after sharpening the knife. Finished proofreading the journal notes, put them on a flash drive, and attached them to a short e-mail for the girls. Also made a couple more e-mails with pictures. Daddy tried sending the e-mails, but just one went out. Back to the kitchen to prepare dinner (spaghetti today) and make muffins. First, I cut up some dates and set them on to boil to soften them. When the other ingredients were together for the muffins, I added the boiled dates. When all was mixed and in the muffin pans, ready to go into the oven, I started dinner cooking and lit the oven for baking the muffins. This afternoon, I proofread the file with the questions to go with the Sios I Gat Glori (Glorious Church) book, and made sure that and the book itself were ready for printing. This evening, I renamed all the SKMS files so they are more orderly, and also started work on a charter document for SKMS (Soldiers of Christ Missionary School). “And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.” (Genesis 29:20) Jacob loved Rachel so much that seven years of labor seemed like just a few days to him. A wonderful example of how our lives should be if we love the Lord as we ought to love Him. A lifetime of labor would seem like such a short time, but then we still have all eternity to continue to serve Him. February 9. Judy came promptly at 7:00 to wash clothes. Then she was going to go help her parents pick coffee. A little later, her sisters came to finish the yard work. Gideon and Cornelius were their helpers so when the girls got paid, the two boys were able to each get a chocolate. The girls were excited to be able to pick out some yarn for making bilums (string bags). I did a little crocheting, wrote an e-mail, and did some Bible study. After I had a cup of mocha and a snack, Lewis and I went for a walk part way up the airstrip. The weather was overcast, and there was a cool wind blowing. Since the Lord gave us a dry day and night, much of the water had dried up, and the strip wasn’t so squishy. But this evening, the Lord sent a heavy rain again, and now there is a steady rain so the strip is probably quite wet again. After we got back from our walk, we brought the dry clothes in as the skies looked a bit threatening. The rain didn’t come right away, though. Before dinner, I started looking for verses about the work of elders/bishops/pastors. And before our nap, we brought the rest of the clothes in. This afternoon, I cut up a ripe popo and then finished making a list of verses about the work of pastors. About 4:30, I got busy in the kitchen making tortillas as I used the last of the others for yesterday's supper. While bath water was heating, I made a new batch of kefir. It was a while before bath water was hot, though, as gas ran out and Daddy had to change to another tank. We praise the Lord that the tank lasted 3 1/2 months now that we have the use of the microwave, compared to about two months for each tank before we had the solar. This evening I started organizing the verses and writing the lesson on the pastor’s work.
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