April 8. A chilly damp day. Rains arrived in the afternoon. My ears and throat are quite troubled by this long spell of cool, damp days. The church men came early this morning to cut the grass and cut down the trees behind our house so that the helicopter could land there if he would. We praise the Lord that the clouds were high enough and the fog thinned out quickly this morning for the helicopter to bring in our fuel. It was SIL’s helicopter that came, and they arrived not long after 8:00. They are helping NTM with some of their work as NTM is behind in flying, probably due to the illness of one of their pilots, and maybe the weather too, I don’t know for sure. But we are very thankful for their bringing our fuel. This weather is really affecting our sending e-mails too. Some of them may have sent, but we cannot tell. Three out of four disappeared from the outbox list, but the number 4 is still by the outbox name. And none of the three are listed under sent items. So where did they go???? It’s crazy. We had just barely started school this morning, when we heard the helicopter coming. I could see by the anxious look on the students’ faces that they wanted to go out and see the helicopter, but they didn’t say anything. I finally asked them; and of course, they were ready to head out as soon as I asked. The helicopter landed on the level area just above the back of our house as we had hoped. That made it so much easier to roll the drum of fuel down the hill and into the generator shed. Our Bible class was shortened a bit. We did start learning a new Bible verse and also finished a lesson, except for the discussion questions. They did much better in math today and then had their first English lesson which was on nouns. I dismissed the students and went to warm up dinner. But the students stayed and finished today’s math lesson. We had already finished dinner when they finished their lesson. Afterward they put firewood under the house that Wenke had brought this morning and they cut down the fern plants that had been planted in the ditch out front. Then they went home. After nap, I finished writing lesson plans which I had started in the morning while the students were doing independent work. Then I wrote journal notes and worked on the next Bible lesson until supper time. Washed the dishes right after supper. Finished up the next Bible lesson. Made up another math sheet and printed out copies. Then tried to practice keyboard, but the connection where the cord attaches to the keyboard seems to be shot so it would not work. Daddy put batteries in, but the cheap AA batteries only worked for about five minutes. So we’ll have to find another way to learn the parts. April 9. Rain, rain, rain—rain during the night, rain this afternoon, and rain this evening. We continue to pray for sunshine and drier weather, yet we know that God knows best how to answer our prayers. Cold (or perhaps flu) germs have come along with the weather, and I’ve been dosing myself with all kinds of supplements. Rats, rats, rats. So noisy at night. This (or these) rat(s) is (are) the most foul smelling things I’ve ever smelled. And it’s hiding place is right behind the kitchen cupboard. I’m so glad to get away from the kitchen after doing dishes in the evening. We just hope the critter doesn’t die back there. Didn’t quite finish the discussion questions in Bible class today so will finish them Thursday morning and then let the students use the rest of the time to study for a quiz the next morning. In music class, I had a hard time teaching the singing parts without the keyboard. I did remember the tenor and bass, but hadn’t gone over the alto yet with the keyboard so had a hard time getting it right. Anna Jean remembered it pretty well, however, and that is her part. Dallas has a bad cold as well. His cold must have affected his thinking as he didn’t do nearly as well in math today. While the students were working independently on their lessons, I cleaned the bathroom sink and Daddy’s basin. After nap I washed my hair, cut up a popo, and worked on Sunday school lessons. After supper, I did dishes, took a bath before the house got too cold, and printed a picture to go with the next Sunday school lesson. From then on, I could not do anything else in the Lenovo. Microsoft says that the program is not licensed so they won’t let me work in them. A few minutes later, Microsoft locked up Daddy’s computer too. Seems like there is one trial after another; Satan seems to be fighting hard against any work we are trying to do here. We believe he does not want to see things change in the church. As long as the people have just been playing church, not dealing with sin, and not actively serving the Lord in sincerity, he has not been bothered. Therefore we will keep pressing on, counting the trials all joy. “2My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.” James 1:2-4 Daddy suggested trying to put my files into the ACER and using the ACER, Worth a try. Backed up all files from Lenovo with no problem. Amazingly I am able to take these files that are from the windows 10 computer and use them in this old ACER XP. Before the evening ended, I had time to check through the first ten verses of Hebrews 12 and sew the hem back in the legs of a pair of Daddy’s trousers.
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