February 23. Dallas and Mike and several of the teenage boys, cut firewood. Benson cut the grass. Praise the Lord for giving us another lovely, dry day. Daddy cut a piece of plywood to put under the freezer, and there is a small piece of it left just the right size for a printer shelf. Matthew came and worked on the roof, replacing several pieces of roofing iron with new ones. It was past noon when he finished, and I’m sure it was quite hot up there on the roof. So we are very thankful for his work; and, Lord willing, we won’t have to cover the section of the floor underneath that with rags every time it rains. There is one more little spot in another section that needs to be done, and something also needs to be done around the chimney because water leaks down the chimney quite badly. But he will work on that another day. And we’ll need to get more hydroseal for the chimney. While Judy (Bonita) was washing clothes, I hemmed up a dress that was too long. There were three loads of wash today as we hadn’t washed since last Saturday. When Judy was ready to hang clothes out, I helped her hang up the large bedsheet. Talked briefly with Mata regarding a concern that she had. Helped Daddy get the freezer set up on the piece of plywood. Made oatmeal raisin cookie bars. Strained the boiled water and put it into its jug. Warmed up leftovers for dinner. Ate dinner, made the bed, and had a nap. This afternoon, Daddy and I brought the clothes in and hung up shirts, etc. in the closet. Then Daddy went out to try to send e-mails, but was only successful in bringing some in. While he was out, I put eggs on to boil for our supper sandwiches for the next few days, and cut up a small popo and fixed a fruit snack. Daddy had his snack after he came back in. After snack, I practiced keyboard a while and can’t remember what else I did before getting supper. This evening, I did the dishes, got the shopping list made up and ready to print, started writing in journal, talked a bit with Apekio who came to get yarn and soap, got memory verse cards ready to print for the next four ladies’ meetings, transferred photos to the computer and edited them. This evening it is raining so that will be a good test of how well the new sheets of roofing iron will keep the roof from leaking. February 24. Today marks one month since we arrived in Owena although it seems much longer than that. Praise the Lord for His goodness! The Lord sent us only a little bit of rain yesterday evening and none through the night. There was fog this morning, but it lifted quickly, and the Lord blessed us with a warm, sunshiney day.. Then the Lord blessed us with a somewhat heavy rain this evening. Praise the Lord, no rain leaked in under the areas where Matthew worked on the roof. After making pancakes, eating breakfast, and having quiet time this morning, I worked until lotu time on some ideas for teaching the ladies to read and write Pidgin. It was a good day in the house of the Lord. After the singing led by Tomas, there was confession of sin by the three pastors and Dallas. Then Daddy preached, mainly on being likeminded and of one mind, including having the same mind as Christ Jesus and humbling oneself and being a servant, esteeming others better than ourselves, and loving one another. He didn’t finish his message in the first meeting and did not give an invitation. He continued and completed his message in the second meeting, and then gave an invitation. It brought tears to my eyes to see many respond, and several expressed to Daddy afterward how much the message helped them. We thank the Lord for each one who allowed the Lord to work in their hearts and for the good number in attendance today who were able to hear the message. Quite a few came from the village of Marivo today. After the meeting, I spent quite a bit of time with Mata, answering questions, giving counsel, and seeking to encourage her heart. It is a blessing to see that she has a hungry, teachable heart. It was already 4:15 when she left and time to start supper. We had had sandwiches at noon because there wasn’t time to cook a main meal. Although cooked vegetables were in the pressure cooker, there was no grain so I cooked a pot of rice and added spices and tuna. The leftover pumpkin had only a little pumpkin and lot of broth in it so I made that into soup. We ate the soup first, and then Daddy had some rice. I was too full to eat rice so ate what was left of the soup (most of what was left, that is—I was too full to eat it all). Cleaned out the pressure cooker that the pumpkin was in and put the rest of the rice dinner in a small dish in that pressure cooker and brought it up to pressure. There is cooked pumpkin greens and onions in the other pressure cooker, and I brought that up to pressure too. I’m very grateful that we have two pressure cookers—one we brought with us in a suitcase and one that we left here three years ago. When we first came back, the pressure regulator to the old one was missing. Then one day it appeared on the kitchen shelf. We have no idea where it came from, but we thank the Lord that it came. After supper, I cleaned up the kitchen, played keyboard until the dish water was hot, washed the dishes, then played keyboard some more.
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