June 4. Praise the Lord for sunshine this morning for drying the clothes. So thankful for Sunny’s help with the laundry; putting up with waiting on water to refill all the buckets (water that comes sometimes not at all — just air, sometimes at a snail’s pace, occasionally with a nice flow, and other times at the speed of a rushing river); preparing a potful of pumpkin greens and spring onions to cook; and sweeping all the floors. After that she had coffee and bananas and then stayed and practiced keyboard. After my breakfast and quiet time, making the bed, and doing a couple other odd jobs, I wrote a short e-mail and did some Bible study in Exodus. Then it was off to the kitchen to prepare some things for dinner — kaukau, taters, onions, and chicken. All went into a baking pan and was put into the oven to bake for dinner. While dinner was baking, I worked on Luke. Praise the Lord for helping me to complete the setup of Luke in the print file. Also got ready to start setting up John next time I work on the print file. A little after 11:30, we heard a plane circling, and Daddy took off for the airstrip. MAF was unable to get into a couple places south of here because of cloud cover and rain so they came here and picked up a small load of coffee. Just before Daddy returned, I checked the stuff that was baking in the oven. Kaukau and taters were done, but not Charity (the chicken given to them by Dallas). I thought she would be tender and cook nicely because she seemed soft and flaky when I cleaned her up and put her away. She had cooked for an hour, but it was impossible to chew her. So, we had greens, potatoes, and kaukau for dinner; and I stuck Charity back in the oven for another half hour. She still didn’t get done so I put her away in the fridge for today. She has one more chance — I’ll cook her for a half hour in the pressure cooker tomorrow. If she’s still tough after that, there’s no hope left for her. Poor Charity! 😊 This afternoon, I washed my hair, got some journal notes ready to send to our daughters, cut Daddy’s hair, and started an e-mail to C&C. “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” (Hebrews 4:16) June 5. Heard heavy rain falling during the night, and there was lots of fog this morning. But above the fog, there was blue sky, and the sun peeked through here and there until the fog was gone. Then the sun peeked in and out of the cloud patches. By afternoon, the thick fog had returned and brought more rain with it. After breakfast and quiet time, I made the bed and folded yesterday’s laundry. Then I finished the e-mail that I had started yesterday to C&C. Also attached the journal notes to a separate e-mail, and put both those e-mails in the sent box. While I was still in the ACER, I went ahead and fixed the recent pictures that I took. After that, I had a snack and then took the trash out to be burned. The air felt much fresher and more refreshing than it did yesterday. Even though the sun was shining yesterday, I could feel the humidity in the air. After I came back in, I worked on a Bible study in Exodus. In the meantime, Wan had come; and I was summoned now and then to answer questions and give advice. He took down the wall between the storage room and old spare bathroom and put that wall in the door space between the spare room (which will be the schoolroom) and the old bathroom. The old bathroom will make extra storage space. Was thankful to get the May progress report done this afternoon and evening. June 6. After yesterday evening’s rain, and some rain during the first part of the night as well, we woke up to see thick fog in the valley. But there was some blue sky above, sunshine too, and a couple layers of fog rose and disappeared quickly. Therefore, our conclusion was that the fog would soon be gone and the day would be warm. But the last layer of fog just hung around and hung around and didn’t look like it was going to move for a while. The house was getting quite chilly and damp so Daddy started a fire in the wood stove after all. He had no sooner started the fire when the fog started to thin out, patches of mountainsides began to show through, brightened by sunlight from above. Ah, well. The fire did take the dampness and chill out of the house, and we soon let it out so the sunshine could finish warming us up. This morning, I wrote a couple e-mails and then enjoyed doing a Bible study in Exodus. After that, I happened to think that there weren't enough potatoes left for dinner so decided I’d better peel a few more small potatoes and cook them to add to our dinner. I was thankful for the Lord’s wisdom this afternoon in helping to get the monthly update written.
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