May 10. This morning, I finished another wee bilum as I decided last night to make a couple of a different style to give to Amos’s two older girls. As I was working on that, MAF came to get coffee so Daddy went up to the airstrip to see the pilot. It was Tim. I had that bilum finished when Daddy returned, and I was getting out ribbon to put in the casing for tying the bilum closed.
As soon as I finished that, I had a snack and then started a short e-mail. Was just about done writing the e-mail when Mike and Amos come. We spent a good while talking with them and making plans for the school closing which, they decided, will be tomorrow. Mike said that Dallas says he is well enough to come. I certainly hope so. Before they left, we had them help us move all the tables out of the schoolroom and into the spare room so there will be enough room for the students and their children tomorrow. They also moved the pulpit so Daddy can use it tomorrow when he gives his challenge to the students. After they left, I happened to think about the front of the pulpit with the GBC logo and name on it. That won’t be right, I thought. I knew I had some long paper so got out a couple sheets, and they are just the right length for the pulpit. Two side-by-side are needed for the width. Started drawing letters on it with “Glori Long God” at the top, then two verses– Ephesians 6:11 and II Timothy 2:3, and then a sword, a shield, and a Bible at the bottom. I wrote part of Psalm 129:8 on the Bible, in Pidgin of course “The blessing of the LORD be upon you.” After nap, I “painted” it with markers. Then I erased all the pencil marks and taped it to the front of the pulpit. Much more appropriate. The rest of the afternoon and part of the evening was used to make the other little bilum so now they are all done and tomorrow morning I’ll fill them with candies for the children. “I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.” (Psalm 119:30) May 11. A special day for our first daughter, Christy. Her 49th birthday. Wow! Have that many years really gone by since our first baby girl was born? Woke up to a damp, chilly, overcast, foggy morning. Judy came and did laundry. It wasn’t raining, although the skies looked a bit threatening, so we hung the clothes outside. The spare room is going to be used for setting out the food so we didn't want to hang the clothes in there. After breakfast and quiet time, I got busy getting things ready for the closing program for SCMS. The students were all busy preparing food for a big feast together after the program. Hung up the streamer that I made last night by folding over and over the roll of crepe paper. Blew up four balloons and hung them up too. After that, I didn’t have enough strength left to blow up more so the four youngest children may have the four blown-up balloons, and the two older young children can blow up their own. Filled up the wee bilums with candies and hung the bilums up on the walls to give out at the end of the program. Put all the gifts and the certificates inside the pulpit. When that was done, there was time to do some Bible study in Exodus. Then we had an early lunch. Went out and brought in the clothes. Worked a bit more on the Exodus Bible study. Had a nap. Two o’clock came and went, and the students still weren’t here ready to start the program. It was going on 4:00 before they finally started coming. They brought all the food they had cooked and put it on the table in the spare room. We got out the six school chairs for the six younger children. Gideon was late coming, and Amos’s two older girls were late coming. It was good to see Dallas who is still having to use a stick for support when walking. Daddy started the program with a welcome and then had Mike pray. Then we heard testimonies from Mike, Dallas, and Amos, and short testimonies from Mata and Judy. All the testimonies were a blessing to our hearts. Took a little break to give them some time to stand up and stretch. During the break time, I gave out the wee bilums to the children. Then Daddy gave a challenge to the students based on I Corinthians 15:58. That was followed by the giving of certificates and giving of gifts (the afghans I had made) to the students. It was such a joy to be able to give them something special. They in turn each gave us a small monetary gift, a sacrifice for them. Dallas also set aside a chicken for us. (He has raised a brood of chickens and is now selling them.) Daddy then closed the get-together in prayer, they let us get our small plateful of food (brown rice, greens, and taters), and then they started dividing up the rest among themselves. (There were sausages, too, but not the kind that Daddy and I can eat.) While they were dishing up the food, I took pictures of the families and gave the balloons to the little ones. Then we ate; and I washed up our day’s dishes while the others were eating. When they finished eating, they cleaned up the food room and swept the floor in the meeting room. It was going on 8:00 by the time everyone left. Daddy and I were both exhausted. We aren’t used to that much activity and that many children around. But we did have fun with the children and a great time with the adults. When the house was quiet again, we sat and relaxed. Washed the day’s sweat and germs off our bodies. Had our quiet time together before heading off to bed. “Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.” (Galatians 6:2)
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