January 25. When we finally crawled into bed last night, our legs and feet hurt, and we were super tired. Daddy went right to sleep, I guess, but I had a giant headache which prevented sleep from coming. I finally got up and fixed myself a small bowlful of Weetbix and oat bran with honey and milk. Also took an ibuprofen, and it wasn’t long before I felt relaxed enough to drift off to sleep. Rains continued into the night sometime. Slept quite well after that, I guess, but was chilly when I woke up and had to hunt around for another blanket. I had no idea what time it was, but Daddy said he was awake, and it was somewhere around 4:30. By 6:00 this morning, the sun was up, and it was time to get up and greet the day. Breakfast. Quiet time. And then more work to do. There were still things to be unpacked, things to put away, and many cleaning projects to be done. Daddy tried to get a fire going in the wood stove so we could heat water for cleaning, but wasn’t having much success. He finally called for Amos to help. Amos came, and voila! A nice fire. After a while Bonita came by to see if there was work she could do. There was—dishes to be washed; food to prepare (peel and cut up potatoes, carrots, and onions; husk corn, brought by Beni’s wife); clothesline to wash off. We had started getting ready to wash clothes. Had the machine filled with water and a load of clothes already in it. When Daddy went down to fill the generator with diesel before starting it, however, the pump hose jumped out of the tank and spilled fuel on the engine. It wouldn’t due to start the generator with fuel spilled on the engine. It had to be wiped off and then left for a while to evaporate off completely. So, Lord willing, clothes will be washed tomorrow. By the time Bonita had finished everything else, I let her go for the day. It was now nearly lunch time, and we were hungry. I warmed up the leftover rice and tuna, and we had that for our dinner. Later, I cooked the veggies and the corn and had some of that for supper. Daddy had sandwiches – one tomato and cheese, and one peanut butter and honey. Most of the day, I was busy cleaning. Even though the youth had cleaned, there was (and still is) lots of cleaning to do. I had to disinfect the plastic table cover three times before it was clean. Washed off the office desks so we could set up our computers. Cleaned the kitchen countertops and a shelf unit in the bathroom that hadn’t been done. Also did more unpacking and finding a place for everything. Daddy turned on the ACER computer which hadn’t been used for two years. We thought the battery would be dead, but it was actually on 51% charge. We were quite surprised. Philemon brought back the modem we had given him. He hadn’t used it because it wasn’t compatible with his computer. There was no SIM card in it so we will have to get a new one. In the meantime, Daddy used the SIM card from his phone to see if he could get in e-mails, but he couldn’t get a good connection. The day was already quite cloudy, however, so that may have been hindering reception. By evening, I was ready to relax. Tried catching up on journal notes with just a short break to do dishes. Rain again this evening. January 26. Rains continued on into the night. We were up again around 6:00 this morning, Lotu (church service) would be at 7:00 (PNG time). Had time for some breakfast and a start of quiet time before the crowd started gathering for lotu. There were about 40 in attendance, perhaps half of them young people. The time was spent singing a few songs, taking prayer requests, and praying. After lotu there was some time to fellowship before getting busy with work. We did do the laundry this morning. Bonita came and helped, and I started teaching her how to use the washing machine. After she had hung out the clothes, I had her sweep the floors and burn the trash. Daddy tried to get e-mails in again this morning, but still couldn’t get a good connection. Matthew said that he gets good reception at his house, so Daddy took the ACER and went to Matthew’s house. Success! Praise the Lord! Now we need to start writing e-mails and keeping in touch with the other side of the world. Looks like we’ll be doing our e-mails on the ACER. I was more tired today, and my legs and feet were hurting quite a bit, so I didn’t do as much cleaning. I did make sure the last few items we brought in were removed from their boxes and put away somewhere. Put away extra vitamins and a few other things in a box and organized the bedroom better so it looks a lot neater. Transferred pictures to the computer and started editing them. Philemon took a lot of pictures so I have quite a few to go yet. (Sorry, I don’t have pictures to post yet. Mom and Dad probably won’t be able to send them until they go out to town again as internet connection in the village is too slow.) For dinner I browned a chunk of ground beef, made a broth for it, and added the potatoes, carrots, and onions that had been cooked yesterday. Voila! Nourishing stew for dinner. I was really wiped out at nap time and took a long nap. After nap, I folded and put away the clothes that Daddy brought in while I was sleeping. Later this afternoon, Amos came by to let us know that he was going to go and preach to some men that were playing cards nearby. Apparently some have started playing (gambling) out here a short ways from the church house. We were so thankful to hear that he is concerned about their souls. Daddy and I took time to pray for him after he headed out. Later he came back with a report that he went through the whole plan of salvation, and they all listened attentively. They thanked him for teaching them some things that they did not know and asked if he had more to teach them. We trust this will be an open door for him to give them more of God’s Word and win some (all would be wonderful) to Christ. Amos had no sooner come back from preaching to the card players and had started the generator when he heard crying up on the hill. He knew that his father, Putaso, was at the point of death, but he let the family know that he was going to fulfill his obligations to the Lord first. He had earlier questioned his father about his salvation and felt confident that his father clearly understood and was at peace with God through the Lord Jesus Christ. Daddy and I had just sat down and started eating supper when a handful of the SDA followers came by for a visit—Paqo and Nandana, Kaipo, Mishek, and Magaret (Danny’s wife). So we pulled up a bench, and they all sat on the floor while we chatted with them. They were just leaving when Salome came along, as well as Singinis and her three little children. They didn’t stay, but came in for just a couple minutes to say hello. After they all left, we went back and finished our supper. This evening, Asenat came by to see me and asked if I could give some time to teach her some things about knowing the will of God regarding marriage. I told her I would be delighted to do that, and we decided on Monday afternoon to get together and talk. After Asenat left, I took everything off the paper storage shelves about the right end of the office desk area, swept them off, and washed them with disinfectant. I wanted to get that clean before we set up the printers underneath so I wouldn’t be getting dirt on the printers later. Then I put water on to heat for dishes. Worked a while on journal notes while I was waiting for the water to get hot. When dishes were done, I fixed a snack. Then did more picture editing until bedtime.
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