January 15. A gentle rain is falling this evening here in Owena. It didn’t rain much in Goroka, but it has rained here. We are thankful for the refreshing rain. We arose early this morning and hurried to eat breakfast and finish packing up. It was after 7:00 before we headed over to the hangar. We were scheduled for the first flight; but since they had gotten word that there was a hard rain in Owena last night, our flight was postponed to later in the morning. So Daddy and I went uptown to Papindo to get something to eat. I tried a brownie, but it was more like chocolate cake, which I don’t care for. So then I went and got a chicken empanada. It was pretty good, except for too much fried bread around the filling. I ate all the filling, but not all the bread. Daddy had a brownie and a cup of coffee. Since we had a couple hours to kill, we walked around the store just to get exercise. Stopped and looked at a few things. Daddy looked at some umbrellas on the end of an aisle; and I said, “Didn’t you bring an umbrella to town?” “Umbrella. I must have left it hanging on the hook at the flat.” So after leaving Papindo, we drove by CRMF, and Daddy inquired as to whether the house cleaner had found an umbrella in the apartment. Yes, they had set it in another room as they were getting the flat cleaned for someone else to move into for a few days. Praise the Lord for the reminder about the umbrella as it is the only one we own. It was 10:00 when we got back to the hangar and about 10:45 before Glenys arrived back from her first flight. The workers quickly fueled up and loaded up the plane for the flight to Owena and Simogu. It was about 11:30 when we arrived home to Owena. The weather was pleasant and good for landing. As we circled, we could see people cutting grass on the airstrip. Glenys circled twice because the workers didn’t move off the strip the first time. But we were very thankful to see them cutting the grass. The strip was a bit rough and was wet in the middle section. I came right down to the house so I could get ready for carriers. I had just barely gotten here, when they started arriving. So thankful for the help of Sunny and Nendisa in handling the cargo and giving out the chocolates. After everyone left, Sunny also filled up the washing machine so she can wash clothes in the morning. I got busy putting away the freezer and fridge food as everything had been sitting out in the sun for a couple hours. Then I mixed up some tuna and mayonnaise for sandwiches and cut up a tomato. After nap, we put all the rest of the food away. Then I needed to sit down a while before getting supper. Started organizing the smaller tracts into sets of 100 and putting them in sandwich bags. They will be easier for people to carry to other villages if they are packaged up. I was going to start about 4:30 cutting up the pumpkins to cook for supper, but then people came to the door. Mata brought bananas. I helped take care of her needs and then started on the pumpkin. Then Tonka came with greens and cucumbers. Other people came to get cargo they had ordered from town. It was about 5:30 when we finally sat down to supper. Then other people came with food to sell or to get things they had ordered from town. Was busy with several ladies up until bath time. After bath, I got all the yarn sorted and put away. Also finished sorting tracts until there were ten packs of a hundred each. There are a few extras left in the box. Then wrote in my journal until the dish water was hot. January 16. The day started out with blue sky, some white puffy clouds, and sunshine. Soon the fog came up and the sun ran away and hid behind the fog. When the fog lifted, the clouds had turned to gray, and the blue sky was gone. We wondered if we were going to have a rainy day. Sunny came after lotu and washed and hung out the clothes. We wondered if the sun were going to shine again or not, and if we would have to bring the clothes in later and hang them inside. So Daddy put some more ropes up in the spare room. Before Sunny came, I started sorting the flag tracts and putting them into plastic bags—only sets of 50 for those as they are double the pages. Took some of them that didn’t have all the white trimmed off and trimmed them with the paper cutter. Worked on that project for a bit while Sunny was working too. Also sorted and washed a small bunch of greens for Sunny to cut up later. The bunch was very small so I asked Sunny if she had any greens close buy. She has some kavia growing by her house so when she was done with laundry and sweeping the floor, she went off to her house to get some greens to add to the pot. Later in the morning, I proofread outreach lessons and fixed the pictures that go with them so they would be ready to print later. Also deleted answers and put blanks in the Revelation lesson so I could print student copies later. Before I knew it, it was 12:00. Where had the morning gone? Added salt to the pot of greens (had put water and bouillon cubes in earlier) and put that on to cook. Then got out the leftover pumpkin and rice for us to warm up for today’s dinner. This afternoon, I printed the outreach lessons and pictures and also the Revelation lessons; and this evening, I punched holes in the lessons and added them to the students’ notebooks. “1) And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken. 2) For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.” Genesis 21:1,2 The Lord always does exactly what He says He will do. He always performs as he has spoken. He keeps all His promises, and He is always on time. We can trust Him completely to keep His word. He is faithful, and His word cannot fail. Amen! January 17. The Lord gave us a lovely day. It was so nice and warm in the house that we were surprised to find a cool north wind blowing when we went out for a walk mid-morning. We usually get the cool breezes from the south, and that is the side of the house we open up early because we get the most sunshine from there. But the house stayed warm all day, and it even felt quite hot this afternoon, and is still warm this evening. The day started with tea, pancakes, Bible reading, and prayer. Trimmed some more of the flag tracts and packed two more bags of 50 each. Worked on the December progress report and finished that before nap time. I added it to an e-mail to go to Pastor Ogle. Was busy in the kitchen for the last hour and a half of the morning, preparing a meal for today and a couple days to come—chicken pot pie. It tasted good and was worth the effort. Since the stainless steel skillet has a stainless steel handle, I figured I could use it in the oven and wouldn’t have to dirty another dish. I knew the handle would be very hot and thought when I took the pan out that I had the pot holder wrapped well around the handle. Apparently I missed a spot, and one little touch of the handle with my thumb and a painful blister burst into view. Praise the Lord for honey which took the pain away quickly and kept the blister from getting too bad. This evening, I finished writing the last music lesson for the missions course. Praise the Lord for His help with that! There are so many important truths that these students need to get hold of and make a part of their lives so they can teach others. There are just four more lessons to teach.
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