Hi, all! I'm sorry that these journal notes have been hit and miss lately. Here are some entries from September. September 18. Back to school today after a week’s holiday. Bonita came along to observe; and if she continues coming, I’ll give her some things to do to help. The boys did fine in their lessons today.
Wan, Amos, and Dallas came early and worked on the extension. Shortly after school was out, the men all left too. They need to get more poles to finish the job. The three young men who came to the meeting last night offered to get trees for the flooring. The skies were so smoky today that the smoke was about as thick as fog. I’ll be glad when people are done burning off the mountainsides. This afternoon, I did a little work on lesson plans, but am thankful that most of it had been done before the week began. I also had an early bath before the cool evening came on. Before Daddy finished washing up, someone had come to see us. Daniel Antoveri came with a national EBC missionary named Dalton who had heard about us and wanted to meet us. Dalton also had Daniel take a couple snapshots of himself with us. Daddy and I got the shopping list made after we had snack this evening. We have not heard anything yet about whether or not the container [of Bibles] arrived in Goroka. It was supposed to have arrived today. September 19. A very dry, clear day, although by noon, smoke had already started filling up the air. It wasn’t quite as bad as yesterday as most of the fires were on the other side of the ridge today. But all that smoke still causes my eyes severe irritation. While I taught the three boys their school lessons, five men worked on the extension. Bonita came to observe classes, but offered to go cook some food for the men. I was thankful Nuandauro brought kaukau yesterday. Daddy learned from Dallas that the “missionary” who came to see us yesterday was an SDA missionary holding meetings at the SDA church here. We had just assumed that, since he told us he was from To’okena, he was EBC; and he led us on to believe that it was so. It taught us a lesson that we must be very careful not to assume, but to ask questions and check things out thoroughly.* Praise the Lord for word from Bryan M that the container arrived this afternoon in Goroka and has been unloaded at its storage point. I praise the Lord for helping me this afternoon to get everything ready for Thursday’s classes. Lord willing, I should be able to get some e-mails written tomorrow. *Note: Dad and Mom didn’t mind talking with Dalton and getting a picture of themselves with him. They would have just appreciated if he had been honest in telling them who he really was and who he represented.
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