July 12. We had to be up bright and early this morning as the P2-Bus would be picking us up at 6:30. We were awake a little before 5:30. Got right up and dressed, packed everything up, went out and had a little breakfast. Then brought our luggage out by the door so we would be ready when the bus came. The linguistic team was also waiting for the bus and would go out before us. It was about 6:30 when the bus came for them, and we waited a half hour or so before it came back for us. I was thankful for that time so I could have a little quiet time before the day was too far gone. The linguistic team was still waiting at the hangar when we arrived there. They were waiting for the fog to clear, but took off shortly for Moresby. Our flight was scheduled to leave by 8:00, but there were maintenance problems, and they had to wait for someone to come and take care of things. It was around 8:45 when we finally boarded the plane. There were two pilots—Steve Geis as trainer, and Bryan as trainee. When we landed at the NTM hangar in Goroka, who should be there but the Cranes! Praise the Lord for bringing us across their paths again as we had not been able to find a vehicle to use while in Goroka, and they allowed us to use their mission’s vehicle as they were on their way back to Aibai. They also gave us a reference for a former missionary family in Cairns who has a nice house with a semi-private area for guests. Rebecca also recommended a Baptist Church which they attended when they were there. There was a young lady with the Cranes named Lonita, a co-worker who teaches school. She is from Alaska and it was a pleasure to get acquainted with her. After talking with Rebecca a while, I happened to look over at the trolley that had our cargo on it. I noticed that our suitcase was not on the trolley. It had ALL our clothes in it. Daddy was in the office so I went in and asked him where our suitcase was. Hopefully it had not been left at Aiyura. Daddy went out to the plane where the pilots and workers were loading up the Cranes’ cargo. He asked about our suitcase, and there it was on the bottom of the trolley of the Cranes’ cargo, about to be loaded back on the plane headed for Aibai. Praise the Lord, we discovered that before it headed out to Aibai. When they got to the bottom of the stack, pilot Steve brought the suitcase over to us, and then he stood and prayed with us before he went back to finish loading the plane. Bro. Matt and a couple NTM workers helped Daddy load the generator into the back of the vehicle we would be using. We loaded our other cargo into the back seat and then took off for CRMF. Daddy went into the office to get the key for the flat, and I stayed in the truck. But when he came out, he said Christie wanted to see me so I got out to go see her. She came outside just to say hello and give me a big hug. She is a sweet lady. So we went upstairs to the apartment. Poor Daddy had to carry all the cargo up by himself because there was nothing light enough for me to carry up that long flight of stairs. (He didn’t carry up the generator, of course. Left it in the truck and would take it back to the store shortly.) After getting into the apartment, I started unpacking and putting food away. Daddy went downstairs to get internet passes. While he was down there, he met a young man named Chase who is with Daniel Fried and the preaching team from the states. They are staying right next door to us in the other flat. We would get to see them after all. They were on their way to meetings when Daddy met Chase so didn’t get to see any of the other team members then. After getting the internet up and running, Daddy checked e-mails and found there was an answer back from the eye clinic in Cairns. They wanted us to let them know when would be a good time for fitting us into an appointment. Since they want us to give them a date, we wrote back and told them where we are now and that, as soon as we can get plane bookings and arrive in Cairns, we will contact them and let them know we are there so they can set us up. Then Daddy went out to Brian Bell to return the generator. They said they would work on it and get back to him. While he was gone, I cut up the two popo we had brought out with us. One had some bad spots and a smashed spot, but had a lot that was still salvageable. But they both needed to be cut up and used right away. Washed a few bananas to eat with the popo later. I also made myself a cup of reishi tea and started unpacking clothes and other things. When Daddy got back, we had lunch, and then I had a very welcome nap. It was 3:15 when I got up, and we needed to get to the store and get some things for supper. We went first to Goroka Food Mart because they close early on Friday. They were already getting ready to close when we got there. We picked up a few things and then headed uptown. After that, with the help of a security guard, we found the Air Niugini office upstairs in the Gouna Center, but it was already closed. We had hoped to get bookings made for Cairns. Security guards up there said the office will be open tomorrow, however. Last of all we went to Bintangor to get some fresh veggies, rice, and a few other little things. I was thankful to find some carrots, napa cabbage, and zucchini. We can’t find the Good Rice in town anymore, but they have a new brown jasmine rice now so we got a pack of that. As we were on our way out of Bintangor, a voice behind us asked if we were missionaries. We turned around and there stood a man who introduced himself as Steve Sconce. He used to be with NTM but is now with a group called Commission, I believe. We haven’t heard of it before, but we had heard of Steve Sconce somewhere. We talked with him just briefly as he had to hurry on his way. But before he left us, he asked if he could pray with us. So that was the second Steve that prayed with us today. While we were still uptown, Daddy received a call from Brian Bell saying that the generator was repaired and ready for pick-up. It was already going on 5:00 when we got back. I needed to get supper started right away. Put rice on to cook first. Then started preparing carrots and cabbage. Zucchini will be for another time. Around 5:45, we heard people leaving next door. The evangelistic team was headed out for an evening meeting. We went to the doorway of our flat in hopes of saying hello to Samuel Fried as he left. We not only got to say hello to him, but also got to meet all the members of the team. They didn’t have time to talk as they were on their way for meetings. They were quite excited about how the Lord has been working. They said they did preaching this morning and then sat and did teaching. There was a lady present who works in the national government and closely with the prime minister. She was driving by when the meetings were going on and stopped to listen. She then wanted to stay for the teaching afterward so called and cancelled all her other appointments so she could hear the teaching. Then she asked the team if it would be okay for her to ask the prime minister if they could come and preach in parliament. They would also be on TV so would be seen and heard throughout the nation. What an opportunity! This will be in April next year. Tomorrow morning, the team heads back to the states, but they plan to be back here next year. Lord willing, we will have a time of fellowship with them in the morning before they leave. Daddy asked them about coming and spending some time in Owena when they come back, and they said they would be happy to do that. What this country needs more than anything else is a great awakening to the true gospel! There is so much superficial Christianity and so much religious delusion because of so many missions preaching another gospel which is not the gospel. They all left, and we sat down for supper. Most of the evening after that was spent catching up on journal notes. Took a break in the middle of that to wash the dishes. Daddy brought up an online message by Adrian Rogers. We were only able to listen to part of it before it kept stopping too much. July 13. It has been a very cool and mostly cloudy day. It did not work out for us to have fellowship with the Hope of Israel team this morning. They were all very tired last night after a long day yesterday and so were needing some extra rest. Samuel did stop and talk to us for a short while as they were on their way out. And he prayed with us before taking off for the airport. After they left, we skyped C&C and enjoyed about an hour chatting with them. Then we went uptown to the AirNiugini ticket office. We hadn’t thought to take our passports so only got prices and dates for possible bookings. I really would like to get another check on blood pressure before we make further plans anyway. From the ticket office, we went to Papindo and got some sugar and a couple other things. Then we came back to the flat. There was hardly anyone around uptown this morning. I felt very over-tired this morning after the long, busy week with many early mornings so by the time we got back from uptown, I was ready for a nap. Was thankful for a before-dinner nap and felt much refreshed after that. After dinner, Daddy had his nap, and I worked on getting Monday’s and Tuesday’s journal notes into the computer. Had previously written them in a notebook since we hadn’t taken our computers to Aiyura. Before I quite finished typing the journal notes, I got a migraine. Daddy was just getting up from nap, and I went and lay down for a second nap until the “lights” went away. Ended up with a bad headache though. After second nap, we each had a bowl of fruit. Then I finished up the journal notes I had been working on. By then it was supper time. After supper, I started getting the past two weeks journal notes ready to send to Connie. Took a break to wash dishes and enjoy a cupful of hot moringa leaf broth. Then I got back to the journal notes.
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