March 20. Up just before daylight this morning—5:45. Daddy started the generator a little after 6:00, and Judy came to wash clothes. She had time to hang them out, too, before people arrived for lotu. It looked like it was going to be a nice day, but when Daddy came back in from turning off the generator, he looked at the sky and said, “It’s going to rain.” And sure enough, it started raining right after he got into the house. By the time lotu was over, however, the sky was starting to get bright; and the Lord sent us sunshine until around 2:00. And this evening, He sent us a raging downpour. Matthew did the preaching again in lotu this morning, using I John 1:3-7 as his text and talking more on fellowship with one another and with the Father and the Son. Most of my computer time today was spent working on the music sheets for the Aleluya song book. Esther came by this morning and wanted a couple papers photocopied for the Marivo ladies’ prayer group, and we visited a bit with her before she left. Before dinner, I got a pumpkin and onion cut up and put in the pressure cooker and added lentils and other ingredients for soup. Then we had dinner, after which, while I cleaned up the kitchen, Daddy went out and brought in the bedsheet and pillow cases that had been washed this morning. Then we made the bed and had our nap. Daddy got up from nap before I did and brought the clothes in just before the rain started. Nevertheless, it was a hot afternoon, and I waited again until after supper to practice keyboard. When I got up from nap, I started the soup cooking and cut up the other popo as it was starting to get over-ripe. Worked at the computer until supper time. Mixed up some tuna and cut up a cucumber for our supper sandwiches. After supper, I practiced keyboard. When I was done playing the keyboard, Daddy turned on the generator for the evening. I got everything together for blending the soup and bottling it up, and took blender and soup into the schoolroom since there is no electrical outlet in the kitchen. Got the soup all blended and bottled up and took everything back into the kitchen. When I finished that, I put water on to heat and got ready to do dishes. There were lots of dishes this evening, and it took about an hour to get everything washed up. There was a little bit of soup that only filled half of a small jar so I decided to have that for evening snack. Tasted so good! The first real homemade soup I’ve had since we left the States. March 21. The Lord sent us quite an abundance of rain during the night and a little bit of sunshine this morning. There was a little rain early afternoon, but when I got up from nap, the clouds had passed away, and the sun was shining brightly. The rest of the day and evening has been dry. The students had their Bible quiz this morning, after which we started a lesson on church service—”learning to do.” Hope to finish that lesson tomorrow as Daddy hopes to be preaching on related material on Sunday. In music class, we drilled flash cards, practiced “Aleluya” (“Sing Hosana”), and started learning the parts to “Heven I Gutpela Ples.” (Heaven is a Good Place) After school, the students ate bananas, and we stood around and talked for a while. Then I got busy at the keyboard until lunch time, perfecting the new Bible lesson to start teaching on Monday. After nap, I worked on Pidgin lessons through the afternoon until supper time. After supper, I strained the boiled water, cleaned the keyboard (it was in dire need), and then practiced for a while until it got too dark. Then someone came to the door. Erisa had come to visit for a while. Enjoyed talking with her, even though there were three interruptions to answer the door. Daddy was out back with Tomas where they were checking the water pipes where the water enters the house because all the joins along the way seem to be working. The water ran through fine outside the house so they figured there apparently was dirt or something blocking the pipeline coming up into the house. After working on that a bit more, dirt was forced through the line and the water has been running much better this evening. Praise the Lord that we don’t have to waste a lot of time trying to get water that would only come in a little trickle. At the same time, we are just grateful to have a supply for running water in the house. After doing dishes, I spent the rest of the evening working on the translation of the story of Adoniram Judson. Also enjoyed a nice shiver-free bath on this warm evening. “….but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not…. Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness…. ….thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies. ….yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies…. Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God. Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us…. Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly.” Nehemiah 9:17,19,27,28,31,32,33 The mercies of God! what a theme for my song, Oh, I never could number them o’er, They’re more than the stars in the heavenly dome Or the sands on the wave-beaten shore. For mercies so great what return can I make? For mercies so constant and sure? I’ll love Him, I’ll serve Him with all that I have As long as my life shall endure. ~Thomas O. Chisolm
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