October 16. We continue to pray for rain to water the earth, as well as for many to drink the water of life which is always available for whosoever will. After preparing pancakes and eggs for Daddy’s breakfast, warming up leftover pancakes and eating them for my breakfast, cleaning up the kitchen, making the bed, and having quiet time, Daddy and I enjoyed a special time talking with Christy and Connie for not quite an hour. Afterward, we went outside for a stretch. Then I was blessed and challenged by a Bible study in I Chronicles chapter 13. This afternoon, the cold winds howled and blew fiercely, the storm clouds grew dark, and the lightning flashed and thunder roared; but the Lord did not send any rain. I looked through the supplements I can’t use right now to see what I have and prepared an e-mail for C&C with a list of those for Connie and a list of what Christy can send via FedEx. Afterward, I prepared and printed more Bible verse cards to give out at the door; printed a black and white copy of a picture to paint, and finally started doing some sewing on the PNG material Daddy bought me a couple years or so ago at the SIL store. Was happy to get the skirt finished after supper. That was pretty easy, but I think the meri blouse is going to be somewhat hard, especially since I don’t have a pattern. This evening, we had sharing time for our devotions. Daddy shared some good thoughts on Luke 18:5-10 about our faith being increased through obedience. I shared what I had been studying in I Chronicles. October 17. The sun comes up well before 6:00 these days, and we were up and around this morning before 6:00 came around. People started coming to the door early to get phones that were charged yesterday or to bring phones to charge today. Enok, son of Antuma, came to charge his tablet and also ask Daddy about getting him an inverter at CRMF. He said he has been working on Bible translation with the tablet and inverter given to him by SIL, but the inverter isn’t working well. He told Daddy he appreciated the Bible verses we give him because they help him with translating. Perhaps through translating the Scripture, he will get saved. “The Word of God is quick and powerful….” “The gospel is the power of God unto salvation….” Anna Jean came to get some batteries for Junias with her work money. While she was here, she filled the washing machine. Behind her came Maro’s mother who wanted a box, and then Apekio who brought bananas and wanted to know what we need at market. After Anna Jean left, I gathered up the trash and took it out to be burned. Wandered around a while and looked at the flowers. I had just started a little Bible study in I Chronicles 15 when Matusa and Nandawioxa and their littlest child Teénah came by. The little girl wanted to look at the picture books, but we don’t have them anymore. They had been handled so much, and many people had helped themselves to photos, so the books were in pretty bad shape. But we gave her one of the Scripture picture books that Connie had made on the fruit of the Spirit. Then they wanted us to take a snapshot of them and send it to their son in Moresby, but Daddy’s little phone doesn’t handle that. Then they wanted a picture of the two of them when they were younger with no children. We had taken a snapshot back in 2003 before they had children. I may be able to find that, and we can get a photo printed in town. After they left, I finished the Bible study and started writing in my journal. Then Daddy wanted to go for a walk over to the other side of the airstrip. It was already late morning, and was getting very humid out. We thank the Lord for a cool breeze after we got to the airstrip. I looked through picture files on flash drives and CD’s, for a while before dinner and again a while after nap, but didn’t find one of Matusa and his wife. Looked through the photo album that I thought I had gotten rid of too. Didn’t sleep much at nap time because the wild winds blew through every open space in the house and whipped roofing iron up and down with a rattle rattle bang bang, and flapped and slapped loose pieces of silver paper against itself or the roofing iron. After the winds calmed down someone kept knocking on the door. Later in the afternoon and also this evening, I pinned and cut the pieces for a meri blouse. I want to baste them together before stitching them to make sure everything is going to look right. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: Link above is NOT an affiliate link. I put the link so that you can see what a meri blouse is. This is a traditional Papua New Guinea meri blouse. Mom would make the neck line a little higher on hers. This type of blouse is loose fitting and very comfortable. It's also very pretty.
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