January 7. Lewis’s spiritual birthday. We went to bed a little bit later yesterday evening, but still were up early this morning, around 6:00. Daddy realized this morning that his bilum (string bag) to use around town is in the lost suitcase so I have started making him a bilum and hope to finish it before the day is over. It was time to start shopping today. We left the house around 8:15. Brad has a big old Land Rover that he is letting us use whenever Michelle doesn’t need it. She doesn’t need it most days until later in the afternoon, as she is home-schooling the children for the rest of this school year. We had to disturb Michelle this morning, however, to see if she had a little stool we could borrow. We were thankful she did as there was no way I was going to be able to get up into that truck without a step to help. We were out all morning shopping and didn’t get back to the house until around 1:00. Getting around town is something else. The roads are a mess, the worst we have ever seen. Huge potholes everywhere. We started first at Papindo West—didn’t buy anything, just looked around. Then on to Goroka Food Mart. They have shrunk that store and made half of it into a second hand store. They said they get more money from the second hand store. The mama runs the second hand store (Labels) and the children run the food store. We mostly just looked around there too. We were told that a container had just come in and the shelves would be newly stocked tomorrow. “Come back tomorrow and see what we have.” We bought just a box of tissues there. From there we went uptown. Made a pit stop at the Bird (Bird of Paradise Hotel). Then went across the street to Bintangor. Bought about a dozen items there. From there we hit the uptown Papindo. Bought a number of items there and also had lunch there. On our way out, we ran into John and Margaret and talked with them a little bit. It was nice to see them. Next we went to City Pharmacy looking for a specific item which they didn’t have. Went around to ChemCare pharmacy and were able to buy what we needed, but at quite a price. From there, we headed back to the house, exhausted. Unpacked the few groceries we had bought and lay down for a nap. After nap, I got caught up on journal notes. Then I worked on crocheting Daddy’s bilum the rest of the afternoon and evening, except to have supper, do dishes, read Bible and pray with Daddy, take time to stretch legs. “And they came with haste….” Luke 2:16 As soon as the shepherds knew that a Savior had been born, they came to Him with haste. Oh, that men and women today might come with haste when they hear the gospel story! January 8. I finished Daddy’s bilum just a few minutes after 10:00 yesterday evening. Daddy was already in bed. He was tired and went to bed early. The bilum was made from scraps of yarn which I “just happened” to have in my suitcase. It turned out well and is good and strong and actually looks nice too. So I’m grateful for the Lord’s help and that I was able to make something to give Daddy for his spiritual birthday. When I went to take my shower last night, I noticed there was a rash on both forearms. Wondered if I were allergic to one of the yarns with which I had been crocheting. Grateful for a pretty good sleep the first half of the night. After that, I started feeling cold, especially my legs and feet, so got up to try to find another blanket. Didn’t find one so put my bed socks on and put my sweater over my legs. But I never did get back to a restful sleep. After a while, my sinuses started filling up, and I was getting a sinus headache. The last couple hours of the morning, I watched for daylight. I was happy to get up and get some Clear Lungs and let my nose start draining out. After breakfast, I copied the shopping list from the computer since we had forgotten to print a copy before we left home. As I copied, I also reorganized it. Then we went out to CRMF to talk with Michael, Lucas, and Nick about purchasing a solar panel and supplies for setting it up. We also were able to get e-mails in while we were there. Brought the computer back to the house and Daddy called Hannah at Air Niugini in Moresby to see if there was any news about our lost luggage. She said she would check and call us back. So we went up to Goroka West for a while. Stopped first at Brian Bell to check on appliances and a few little things that we need. We found a blender that is a fairly decent price. They were all out of water filtration systems. Freezer prices were out of sight, but there were none the right size anyway. Didn’t see any stoves, but maybe they had some. We forgot to look specifically. Didn’t see any adapters, and there was no one at that counter to help us. While we were in Brian Bell, Hannah called back. Praise the Lord, our suitcase is found. It is still in Fiji.:😊 They are going to try to get it up here on the next flight. We pray that will work out. After Brian Bell, we checked the two little trade stores next door for power adapters so we can both plug our computers up to the power. We’d been taking turns using the one adapter that we had. When we were in the second store, we had a call from CRMF worker saying that he had a breakdown of the cost of the supplies we need and a total price ready. So we went back to CRMF to look that over and make a final decision about what to purchase. We didn’t make the decision yet, though, as Daddy wants to check and see if the battery that’s already in Owena is still working or if it is dead. He needs to try to get in touch with Amos or Tomas or someone to see whether it needs to be replaced or not. The cost of the battery is a large percentage of the total cost of supplies we talked about. We had planned to go do more shopping when we left CRMF, but by then I was not feeling well at all. So we went back to the house and had an early lunch and nap. I also took more Clear Lungs. I propped up for nap time and was able to get a good hour-and-a-half rest. Daddy, in the mean time, went back out. He looked around Goroka Food Mart, but said it doesn’t look like they have much more in stock than they did yesterday. Picked up some empty boxes plus more boxes of tissues, a bottle of mayonnaise, and a box of corn flakes. While Daddy was gone, I washed the dishes. Then sat and read my Bible for a while. Lay down around 5:00 for another hour’s nap. Afterward I had supper. Haven’t felt like doing much of anything. Daddy took a subsidy request form over to Brad this evening and returned their dishes in which Michelle had brought us the meal when we came. Found out that Michelle is sick with the same thing I have. “5Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth; 6And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.” Luke 3:5,6 Praise God for all the valleys He has filled, all the mountains and hills He has leveled, and all the paths He has straightened and smoothed! Why does God do that? Not for our sakes only, but that all flesh might see His salvation.
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