January 10. Lewis got me up at 6:00 this morning. We ate breakfast, had quiet time, finished packing up, got all our cargo out by the door where it would be ready for pick up. Thought we were going to have time to relax a bit as the bus was scheduled to pick us up at 9:00 to take us to the hangar for a 10:00 flight. Brad called, however, to say that he would be early so Daddy had to call the hangar and see if the bus could pick us up earlier. The bus had a hand brake problem so it was in the shop, but they would pick us up in the Hilux. Hosea was thoughtful enough to bring a stool along, otherwise I never would have gotten up into that vehicle. Along the way, we picked up a “young” lady (maybe about 40) named Dawn, who is from Wisconsin and who works at aviation. And also picked up two of the men workers who had taken the bus to the shop. (The two men sat in the back of the pickup, but the back was enclosed.) Off we went over the uneven dirt road, weaving from right to left and back again dodging potholes and deep furrows until we reached the hangar. Got ourselves and our cargo weighed up. Then sat or wandered around and waited for MAF to arrive to take us to Goroka. It was a little after 10:00 when the plane headed down the runway and took off for the skies, flying low because of the clouds. Arrived at Goroka round 10:20, paid for our flight, waited a few minutes for the CRMF van to pick us up, loaded our cargo into the van, climbed in, and Cain transported us to CRMF. It was a joy to see Christie and give her a hug. She got the keys for us and helped us carry our belongings upstairs to the apartment. Bryan went and got the Aibai vehicle and brought it around so we can use it for shopping while we are here. We headed out to Papindo where we had lunch and then did a little shopping. After eating, we met up with Simeon Tuanke, and he walked around with us while we picked up a few items. After that, we made a pit stop at the apartment before doing a little shopping at the new Goroka Family Mart in West Goroka. By the time we were done there, we were both pretty tired so came back to the flat and had a nap. When I got up, Daddy had already gone out again to do a little more shopping. I unpacked my belongings and got everything put away somewhere. Daddy came back shortly, and soon it was supper time—tuna sandwiches—two for me, one with apple, one with cheese. After getting the supper table cleared up, I helped Daddy pour water from the giant jug into some smaller pitchers. Then we got our computers out and set them up. I wrote in my journal, and then Daddy tried to download Comodo for me, but no success. Then we thought he could try e-Sword; but it said it would take three hours, and there weren’t three hours left to our evening. When I came back to my computer, I decided to look into Outlook, and they let me set up our e-mail account in this computer. Praise the Lord! So then I got busy putting a few addresses in the address book. “The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.” (Isaiah 9:2) January 11. A busy day is coming to a close. The morning began around 6:00. There was laundry to do before going out shopping. Praise the Lord for a nice brand new automatic washer here now. That made the washing part quite easy. And hanging things out wasn’t too hard although it involved a lot of stretching exercises in order to reach all parts of the lines in the breezeway. Some time after 8:00, we were getting ready to go out shopping when the neighbors were heading out too. We made introductions with Ron, Iluya, and their daughter, Brielle. But then Ron kept on talking, and Daddy kept on talking too, until I-don’t-know-how-much time went by. My back was hurting from standing there on my feet so long so I suggested they come inside and sit down a while. No, they had to get going. So I excused myself because I was in too much discomfort to be standing so then they decided to come inside. So we chatted a while longer before they took off to run a couple errands. Ron and family are missionaries in Yagusa (AOG), but are getting somewhat discouraged because of lack of interest. Iluya is originally from that area, but lived in the US (PA) for quite a number of years as she was adopted by American missionaries as their first child. It was already 9:30 before we finally went out shopping—Seng Da, Bintangor, and Papindo. Didn’t get back until around 12:30. There was food to put away, and I needed to sit down a few minutes. While I was doing that, Daddy took Ron and family to the bank and then dropped them off at Seng Da. He got back when I was ready to get lunch on the table. We were both quite tired and ready for a nap after that. Then the rest of the afternoon, I was on my feet—washed dishes first; then washed my hair; then started preparing veggies for a tempting beef stew. Peeled the few potatoes we brought from the village, cut them into small pieces, and tossed them into the water in the dutch oven. Peeled a few carrots that Lavender had gotten for us at the SIL market before we left yesterday morning and sliced them small. Cut up half the broccoli we bought yesterday and added it to the pot, and also half the napa cabbage that we bought today. Added three chicken bouillon cubes (there are no beef cubes in town) and started the veggies cooking. Then I cut up a couple onions and browned those in a skillet along with half of the beef mince that we bought yesterday. Salted and peppered it and added it to the stew. It was about 5:30 when supper was done cooking, but it was worth the wait. Tasted so good. “6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 7Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.” (Isaiah 9:6-7)
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