January 18. Praise the Lord for His help through another busy day! Both Daddy and I were extra tired today as we were each awake (at different times) a while in the night with trouble breathing. We finally thought that it might be from the bottled gas for the stove as we had been smelling a pretty strong gas odor the past couple days. We are thankful we still had some windows open at night. First thing this morning, after the offices opened, Daddy went downstairs to make some purchases and report the gas smell. After that, we went to Brian Bell to get coffee plastic. Met up with Korin at Brian Bell, and he went around with us and helped us carry things. Made a stop at Goroka Food Mart for a couple items we didn’t find, but we bought another bag of sultanas while they were available because we saw that most of the dried fruit was gone. Then we dropped the coffee plastic off at MAF before heading uptown. While we were in Brian Bell, we saw a young couple who also showed up at Goroka Food Mart when we were there. We were able to meet them and learned that their name is Haw and they are with ABWE. Have been in the country about four years. They are from Pennsylvania. Uptown we went first to YuYu and got roofing nails, 3” nails, and 4” nails, but they didn’t have any 1 or 2”. Also bought AA and D batteries, but they had no C’s, and a box of marking pens. Daddy and Korin each got a cold drink, but there was nothing there that appealed to me. Went to ChemCare Pharmacy and found rubbing alcohol and tea tree soap. Then Daddy parked at “the Bird” and I went in to use their facilities while Daddy and Korin walked across the street to Bintangor. The only thing they bought there, however, was two cookies. Last of all, we stopped at Hot Spot Electric, but that was an unprofitable stop. After that, we headed back to the flat for lunch. Our nap time was delayed as Lucas came up and tried to sniff out the gas leak, but unsuccessfully; although he did actually smell it a bit even though he doesn’t have a good sense of smell. We have been keeping the gas off today except when we needed to cook something. After he left, we had our naps. We were both pretty tired and had a hard time getting up. Daddy went back out this afternoon to try to get the few items that were left on the list. He did get me a phone for a decent price at one of the little stores in West Goroka so we’ll be able to communicate whenever he is in town and I’m not. The idea of getting a smart phone to use for internet is definitely out of the question. The cost is much to high. However, when he was setting up my phone for me, Digicel had an advertisement to set it up for internet for a fee of K130 for 30 days. We are going to try the old modem first (which Philemon is holding) if the old computer is working; but if not, maybe we can set my phone up for internet. Daddy also found eggs at Seng Da and got ground beef while he was there. Most of the stores in town do not have any eggs. Daddy did see eggs at Bintangor this morning (so maybe eggs have come back into town), but the eggs at Seng Da were cheaper. While Daddy was gone, I packed and labeled boxes. Did more packing after he came home. Thankful to have most of the packing done. When I went to fix tuna for supper, we discovered that I must have packed the can of tuna that I had left out. Since the box was all taped up and ready for travel, we decided that I would boil some eggs, and we could have egg salad sandwiches. While the eggs were boiling, Daddy took the car back to the Ventors. When he got back, the eggs were ready to peel and then mash with mayonnaise. Didn’t feel like doing a whole lot this evening. Wrote an e-mail, read some hymn stories and sang, had Bible reading and prayer time with Daddy. Maybe I’ll just go to bed early. January 19. Saturday. The Lord gave us a lovely, sunny morning. I did go to bed early last night; and I believe I went to sleep before Daddy ever finished his shower. Praise the Lord for a better sleep last night, even though I had one awake period when I was hearing noises outside. Sounded like it was on the front veranda, or it could have been down below the veranda, or even on the veranda roof. Must have been some kind of animal. An owl maybe? Anyway, I was glad when the noise finally stopped and I could go back to sleep. I think it was going on 7:00 before I finally got up. Daddy had already been up for about a half hour. After breakfast and quiet time, we washed clothes. Hung some of them out on the middle veranda, and Daddy took the rest down to the clothesline and hung them up. While the second load was washing, I peeled and cut up carrots and put them on to cook. Before and after lunch, and after nap too, I worked on the culture course revisions. After nap, I also got the clothes in, folded clothes and put them away or packed them away, measured and cut string rope and started weaving it through the bottom, sides, and handles of the market bilum so the bilum wouldn’t have so much stretch. That last job took quite a while, but I finally got it done, and it looks like it is going to help quite a bit. Had planned to do dishes after nap, but it was much too hot in here. In the late afternoon, stormy winds came up, with thunder, although the rain ran away somewhere else. The air cooled off nicely after that, though, so I did dishes around 5:00, before having supper. Worked more on the culture notes this evening. “17Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: 18That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: 19Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast….” Hebrews 6:17-19a Praise God for the immuntability of His counsel (His word) and His oath, and for a hope that is both sure (secure, certain) and stedfast (stable, firm).
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