October 18. A very cold, clear night again last night with morning temperatures the same as yesterday morning. Praise the Lord, it didn’t take long for the day to warm up. And I enjoyed going out in the sunshine for a few minutes during school recess. It was a busy school morning with lots of new lessons to teach and not much free time for the teacher today. I did take a little time out at lunch time to eat a little bit as I was getting quite hungry. Then I ate a little more when school was done. The afternoon hours were very warm, and it was hard to rest comfortably at nap time. After nap, I took care of a small popo that was getting soft and needed to be cut up and put away in the fridge. Then I worked on the monthly update for a while. Needed to finish preparing a panful of pumpkin and uxai to cook for our supper, and also make a little more spaghetti sauce to go on the rest of Daddy’s spaghetti. Did dishes right after supper. Finished up the monthly update. Had a bath. Wrote in journal. Worked on lessons on the book of John. “23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 24And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” Psalm 139:23,24 A prayer of my heart today. October 19. A couple degrees warmer this morning. Only 50º instead of 48º. The day was soon to warm up, however; and by late morning, we were feeling the heat. Before we ever got up, we heard the swishing and chopping sound of a seraph. Bonita was out there early cutting the grass. While we were getting breakfast, we saw a couple others come in the back gate. We couldn’t figure out who it was at first. Then it dawned on us that it was Graham and Emma. Graham was home from school. Gibson had charge of lotu this morning. There were only around eighteen in lotu plus five young children. It was good to see Graham and to talk with him after lotu. He had arrived home on Wednesday. He said his exam was easy, and he is quite sure he passed and will be able to go on to eleventh grade next year. He’ll have quite a long vacation as the new school year will not begin until the end of January. He was very grateful for all the prayers that had been made on his behalf while he was away at school. Said he is planning to give a testimony in lotu tomorrow. Sunny was not here this morning to do laundry. She had sent word up to Bonita to ask her if she would do it. Sunny is having trouble with swelling and pain in her arm again, a problem she had had some time ago. So Judy (Bonita) did the laundry and swept the floors. And just before she finished, somebody brought us a bunch of greens so I asked Judy if she would please prepare the greens. She did so very willingly. While she was working in the house, Mike and family and Dallas were busy in the yard, cutting the rest of the grass, raking, and weeding. Mike and Dallas also cut firewood. I got the bed made up and then got e-mails in and worked on the lessons from John until Judy left. After Judy left, Daddy and I went for a little walk to the airstrip. I still don’t have a lot of strength after being sick so did not go up to the top. But we looked at the work the community had done. The airstrip work has been divided out among the churches, and the government has promised to pay the individuals who work if it is completed within a certain time. After we came back, we brought the clothes in. It didn’t take long for them to dry on a hot, sunny day like today. Then I warmed up dinner; and right after dinner, we had nap. It was so nice to get an earlier nap today. This afternoon, I washed my hair, cut up more popo and made a popo crisp, boiled some eggs for our supper sandwiches, started writing lesson plans for Monday, and wrote in my journal. Most of my computer time in the evening was spent finishing up the lesson on the first twelve verses of John chapter 9.
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