February 17. Rainy, foggy, drizzly, damp, cool. No sunshine this morning. Finished up the second afghan hexagon and started on the third. Made the bed. Spent about an hour cleaning in the kitchen – dusted off the tops of the tall cupboard, the refrigerator, and the cupboard above the sink counter area. (Dusting was not a good idea for me—sneeze, sneeze, sneeze, sneeze, sneeze; get all congested, itchy eyes.) After dusting them, I sprayed things down with disinfectant and gave them a good cleaning. Then I tackled the storage buckets — six of them — plus the footlocker and a large tote. Food is stored in each one of these. I’m thankful to have these clean; but next time, someone else will have to do the dusting first. After that I had some hot chocolate, a refreshing, warm drink for a cool day. Read e-mails. Did Bible study. Wrote in journal. By then it was just about dinner time. For afternoon’s work on elder-deacon lessons, I printed out Daddy’s copy of the next two elder-deacon lessons. Then I set up a student file for them so I can have one file with answers and one with blanks. This evening, I printed the teacher’s copy of the question booklet that goes with Sios I Gat Glori (Glorious Church). Also printed the next two elder/deacon lessons for the students. “5) I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing…. 8) Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples…. 16) Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.” (John 15:5,8,16) February 18. It was a busy morning in the kitchen, and by dinner time, I was quite weary. Praise the Lord for His promise in Isaiah 40:29-31, "29) He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. 30) Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 31) But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." Besides starting the day with a lemon drink and Bible reading, I found a button and sewed it onto one of Daddy’s shirts. I worked hard to find a button to match the one I was comparing with on the shirt, only to discover after sewing it on that there were already three or four slightly different kinds of buttons on the shirt. 😊 I had just started making a little smoothie with my last apple when Mata and Mequ both came with bananas. We bought a few from Mata since hers weren’t ripe yet, and a few more from Mequ since some of hers were ready to eat. After greeting them and paying for the bananas, I took the popo out that I had cut part of yesterday to make pancake syrup. I would cut the rest of that up in a bit, but took it out to make room for the bananas. Made some pancake syrup for Daddy so he would have some for his pancake snack this morning. Then I finished making my smoothie, adding a couple bananas to the apple. Thank you, Lord, for bananas. Sat down to drink the smoothie and pray. After that I made the bed, collated the elder-deacon lessons I had printed yesterday evening and added them to the students’ notebooks, and swept up the spider webs and dead cockroaches that were behind our bedroom door. Then back to the kitchen where I cut up and peeled the popo and put it in the fridge. Washed the two pumpkins that were in the cupboard. Sorted and washed some rather wilted pumpkin greens that Nuandauro had brought yesterday evening, and set them aside to drain and gain some crispiness. Sat down for about a half hour to relax, crochet, and pray some more. Then back to the kitchen to cut up onion and the pumpkin greens into the large pressure cooker. Filled it almost to the top — eight quarts of freshly cut pumpkin greens. Seasoned them and put them on the stove to cook. Next, I got out the cutting board and cut up, seeded, peeled, and cut up into smaller pieces the two pumpkins. Added water, salt, and a bit of sugar and put the pumpkin on to cook. Cleaned the cutting board and then started making the main dish — tuna patties. While I was working on that, Kaipo and Sonkenda came. They talked with Daddy for a while and ordered some things from town. Before they left, I went out to the entry room and greeted them and talked for a short spell. Then back to the kitchen to finish making the tuna patties and cook them. It was a little before 12:30 when the work was done, and I was thankful to sit down and enjoy some of the pumpkin and fish patties. Tomorrow, I’ll open the pressure cooker, and we’ll have greens. Cleaned up after dinner and relaxed for a while before nap. After nap, I wrote in journal and did a little Bible study. Then it was time for school. I was only with the class for opening and prayer time, and for culture class. The rest of the time, I ate supper, did dishes, had a bath, and made a students’ file for Sios I Gat Glori question book, changing all the answers to blanks.
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