July 24. We woke up to a rainy morning, and the Lord sent us rain up until noon. Daddy called the hangar at 9:00 as he had been told to do to see about a flight back to Owena, only to be told that all the local flights for the rest of the week had been canceled. He didn’t understand why until he called and talked with Christopher. One of their flight operations managers had died during the night. We learned from Lynette later that he had had heart problems. The clinic and staff were up a good part of the night trying to keep him alive, but the Lord took Him to Himself. Most of the hangar workers. and others as well, were at the haus krai (house of mourning) this morning. Later they flew the body up to Goroka. Christopher told Daddy they would call him back this afternoon after they discuss flight plans. A good part of the day was spent reading and meeting new people and talking. Late morning, we walked down to the store to check on our cargo (not ready yet) and get something at the kai bar for lunch. After nap, I showered and washed my hair. At 4:00, Christopher hadn’t called back yet so Daddy called him as he had been advised to do. Then Daddy had to wait for Christopher to call him back. He said they cannot take us into Owena until next Tuesday. So we asked him if he could have the hangar bus bring our suitcase and a box of veggies up to the guest house for us. The veggies, and a few other things that were in the same box, needed to be refrigerated. And we will need to wash the dirty clothes that are the laundry bag in the suitcase, and get out more clothes to wear the next few days. So at the end of their work day, the P2-BUS brought those things up for us. We don’t understand how God works or why He keeps closing the door for us to get back to Owena. Or why He has us continually using up our savings on extra flights and lodging. But we are thankful for the peace and confidence He has given us that He is in control, and He makes no mistakes. He has put some books in our paths, written by other missionaries, with practical lessons they have learned in trusting the Lord, and taking up their cross to follow Him. In our own thinking, it could seem like the past couple weeks have been wasted, being away from what we see as “our work” and being unable to accomplish much, and even more so since my computer crashed. And yet, our ways are not God’s ways, and we trust this has not been wasted time in the lessons God has been teaching us. May we be more willing to lose our lives for Christ’s sake and to give ourselves more fully to walk as Jesus walked and love as Jesus loved. July 25. The Lord gave us a lovely sunshiny day. We enjoyed a couple walks in the fresh outdoors. As soon as we were up and dressed, we started a load of wash. Then we had breakfast and quiet time. Put the clothes in the dryer, only to find out after half an hour that that dryer didn’t work and the clothes were still wet. Moved them to the other dryer. Did some reading in between our walks. Had planned to get some lunch at the kai bar again, but the store was closed today so people could go vote. So we ended up having to buy lunch at the guest house. It was a good healthy meal—carrot and cucumber pieces, olives, tomatoes, lettuce, tuna, boiled eggs, a few other things for sandwiches. I just made mine into a salad and left the good-looking buns for others. Most of the guests left today, and the house worker/cook left early this afternoon. Looks like some new guests are on the list for tonight. In the afternoon, I spent some time taking notes from a book I had read, simply entitled THE GOSPEL. The new guests were Larry and Christy Doyle and their three boys. Christy is one of the three Christys who work as receptionists at the clinic. Her work there is done now, however, since they will be heading back to the states for furlough on Monday. They are staying at the guest house for the weekend so they can finish packing up their house.
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