October 30. Chilly and damp all day today. Daddy let the fire go out late morning, but had to get it going again late afternoon. After breakfast and Bible reading, praying and crocheting, I got busy proofreading the next three outreach lessons, translating just a couple verses for one of the lessons, then printing them, getting the pictures ready for printing and printing those also. That took most of the morning in between going back and forth to the entry room to give any needed advice to the men who were working in there. We are thankful that they got the frame up for the wall for the new schoolroom. Wan did more patching up on the roof too. The ladies and children worked outside, doing more weeding and making the yard look nice. The children were excited to have earned their lollipops today. This afternoon, I finished up the Revelation lesson I’d been working on. Praise the Lord for His help with that! “For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.” II Corinthians 1:20 Not one of God’s promises has ever failed, or will ever fail. What a comfort to know that we can rest wholly upon His word. October 31. Praise God for a non-rainy day. And we continue to pray for good weather for the weekend for the outreach team in Kairaba. All three families left today to sleep there for the night and preach the word tomorrow. Sunny came again and washed clothes and swept floors. After Bible reading time, I made a smoothie for part of my breakfast. Then I had prayer time and crocheted. After that, I cooked some oatmeal for the rest of my breakfast. Then Daddy and I went outside for a while. Afterward, I changed my desktop and lock screen picture and got up the Revelation file so I could proofread the next lesson that the class will be needing and have it ready to print out. Later I started another new lesson. Went out and brought most of the clothes in before dinner, and Daddy got the rest in after dinner. This afternoon I cut Daddy’s hair. Tonka came just before I finished so I asked him to wait a few minutes. He brought some shelled peanuts and wanted cooking oil and salt, and a couple lollies for the two children. I also gave him the story card about the Bible—whose word it is and how it came to us. He started reading it right away. Oh, that he might understand the Word and be saved! This evening, Ephraim Sakias brought his phone to be charged, and we were able to talk with him for a while. It was good to see him. Hadn’t seen him for a long time. He had been in Moresby for the past five years, but got really sick and was sent up to Goroka. He went to Kudjip where he got good treatment, and he also got herbs medicine from Wenera. He is doing much better now. He said he will go back to Moresby for a few months to take care of some business and get his severance pay. Then he’ll come back to be with his family and help take care of his father. “The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.” Zephaniah 3:17 November 1. A new month. A chilly morning but soon to warm up. Clear blue skies, the warmth of the sunshine, and a refreshing breeze made for a pleasant walk mid-morning. After making our pancake breakfast and reading my Bible, I was thankful for time to sit down and pray and crochet. Only eight more rows to go on the afghan and that one will be finished. I usually take time for two rows a day. Am thankful for the Lord’s help with that project. It will be a graduation gift for one mission student family. Will try to make one for each family and perhaps one, or something else, for Judy. It was a blessing to find encouragement this morning in reading II Corinthians chapter 4. Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not. (verse 1) God has given us a ministry and mercy to be faithful to the ministry and not faint. Some days it is hard not to faint. There are some who oppose God’s work who continue to come and try different ways to get us to give in to their demands. They give no rest. 7) But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. 8) We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair. (verses 7 and 8) Praise God the power is not of us, but of God. We have no power of ourselves, but we have this treasure in earthen vessels. Therefore when we are troubled, we are not distressed; when we are perplexed, we are not in despair. 15) For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. 16) For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. 17) For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 18) While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. (verses 15-18) The ministry we have been given and the mercy and power to fulfill that ministry are for the sake of those to whom we minister, as well as for Christ’s sake. His abundant grace results in thanksgiving and an abundant glory to God. Therefore we don’t faint because our inward man is renewed each day. We can count our short time of affliction to be a light thing and to result in even greater glory. We must keep our sights on eternal things and not on the temporal. After our walk, and we took quite a long walk today, I worked on a Revelation lesson. Then Daddy and I had our worship time together. It was so uplifting to sing the old hymns, share things from the word, and pray together. Then it was time for dinner—leftover soup to warm up and enjoy. Then nap time, followed by washing hair, and then working more on the Revelation lesson. I get so caught up in the lessons that I don’t realize how quickly the time is going by. Next things I knew, it was supper time.
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