Please note: I share this part of the journal notes so that people can be prayed for and so that those who read can see that trials and temptations and difficulties are the same on the other side of the world as they are here. We all need a close relationship with Jesus to help us keep us pure and right. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 18. Didn’t get much sleep last night. The first rat that has been around in weeks (praise the Lord for a lengthy break from those persistent creatures) made constant noise chewing on something — chew, chew, chew, chew, chew. I got up several times, but couldn’t pinpoint where it was. Strangely, it didn’t run away. It just kept on chewing. Then Daddy got up several times; and, after the second time when he moved something around in the storage closet, we didn’t hear it anymore. A while after that, I finally was able to get some sleep. Matthew preached in lotu this morning on the role of the father in the home, seeking to encourage fathers to better rule their homes as there are so many problems among the youth these days. Interestingly, he asked his children where they thought the problem lies, and they said “with the fathers.” He also hit the nail on the head when he said, “Since we’ve been sending our children to town to school, they have been bringing back a lot of evil things.” We had told them several years ago that these things would happen, but education is such a priority in their thinking, that they are willing to let spiritual things suffer. Also the teachers of the community school here introduce all kinds of vices and wrong thinking and actions into the lives of these children. They didn’t want to pay for their children to go to Christian school when they had the opportunity so now they are paying in the spiritual and moral depravity of the young people. It is very sad. We praise the Lord for the few youth who have taken a stand and seek to live for Christ in the midst of a heathen world. They need much prayer to continue to stand and let their light shine before men. After lotu, we met with Philemon and Lynn who are planning a New Year’s Eve event for the youth. And after snack, the Lord helped Daddy and me to check Revelation chapter 3. Several of the church men were hear later this morning replacing the rest of the rotten foundation posts on the front side of the house. We are very thankful for their work and to know that is done. I was also very thankful to get a good sleep at nap time after not getting much sleep last night. This afternoon, Daddy and I checked Revelation chapters 4 and 5. Praise the Lord for His help in completing that. This evening, I spent time finding verses to go with the next ladies’ meeting lesson I am working on and worked a while on the lesson. “20He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; 21And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. 22And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.” Romans 4:20-22 December 19. Right after breakfast this morning, we started the laundry. It looked like it was going to be a rainy day, but we still hung the clothes outside. It was a long time before the fog lifted, but we were thankful that it didn’t rain. And even though there wasn’t much sunshine, all the clothes were dry by nap time. This afternoon, the sun came out a bit, but there were still a lot of clouds. But no rain. Rain would be welcome as the weather is quite dry again. After hanging out the clothes, I worked on the monthly update for a while. Daddy shelled peas again, and later in the morning, I husked uxai and cut up some onion, putting both in the pan with the peas to cook for dinner. David had come early this morning and was busy clearing the trail across to the airstrip. It hadn’t been done for a long time, and the grass was tall and tough so it took him all morning. (He still needs to make a bridge so I can get across the ditch.) When he was done, we invited him to have dinner with us. We had plenty of leftover potatoes and yams and there was plenty of the uxai veggie medley. After nap, I finished up the December update. Then Daddy remembered that we needed to boil eggs for egg salad sandwiches so I picked out five eggs and set them on to boil. Then we sat down to work on checking Revelation. Now don’t forget, in five minutes I need to take the eggs off the fire. We got busy checking Revelation, and five minutes went buy. Ten minutes went by. Fifteen minutes. Twenty, twenty-five, thirty, thirty-five. Sniff, sniff. What’s that smell. Oh, no! The eggs. All the water had evaporated out of the pan, and the eggs were about to pop. Hurry and turn them off. Dump them into the dish drainer to cool. Next time, wait five more minutes before starting to work on another project. :-) Went back and made corrections in the Revelation file. Then washed, peeled, and cut up a cucumber for supper before peeling the eggs and making them into egg salad. Enjoyed our supper, washed the dishes, wrote a couple e-mails, had a sponge bath, and then wrote in journal. After snack, I printed out a copy of the update so we could proofread it, and finished setting up the file with letters to be mailed. “As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.” Song of Solomon 2:3
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