October 20. Much warmer last night and this morning, and more clouds, but still a good amount of sunshine. It tried to rain this afternoon, but hardly enough fell to wet the ground, and then it was gone. Tried to thin out the pancakes more today so we could still have leftovers for Daddy’s morning snacks during the week while not having to use as much flour since we are running low on flour. The highlight of the morning was having the opportunity to talk with Christy and Connie. We heard school bells early this morning and thought that was very strange. Come to find out during lotu that school is in session today to make up for lost time. It is sad that these Christian parents go along with those things because their children’s education has such high priority in their thinking. People were here early for lotu, so lotu started on time. Sunny was here earlier to arrange flowers, but did not show up for the meeting. None of her family were there except for her mother. Daddy didn’t know if he was going to be able to preach this morning since his cold has started coming back. But he felt the Lord would have him go ahead, and we asked the Lord for strength for him to get through. The Lord graciously answered prayer. Daddy finished the teaching on reading and studying the word of God, and Matthew translated. After lotu, I read another chapter from my morning Bible reading to get my mind and heart off other things. Then Daddy and I sat and talked a while until I had a bit more peace of mind. Then I practiced keyboard, and afterward prepared our supper. This evening, I set up more journal notes to send to Connie. Had proofread about half of them when there was a knock on the door. Graham had come to visit us for the evening. What a blessing it was to visit with him, and to get to hear the rest of his testimony! He wasn’t able to finish in lotu this morning because he became overwhelmed with God’s goodness and the rest of the words were stuck in his throat. How good the Lord has been to him! He has truly been in a hard place with no other strong believers, the only other Owenian being Jonas who is a very weak Christian, if truly a Christian at all, and depended a lot on Graham’s spiritual strength to keep from going into temptations. Graham and Sosthenes and Phinehas call each other whenever they have a few toea (a little money) left on their phones and use that few minutes to encourage each other to stand strong. Please pray for these young men to continue to stand strong and to be good testimonies for the Lord. Pray for the Lord to bless and encourage them. Thanks! “I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah…. 8Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee…. 10Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.” Psalm 143:6,8,10
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