October 11. It has been a busy day, and I am tired this evening. The morning was foggy with a few sprinkles of rain. Later the sun came out, and the day was pleasant. MAF came in a little after noon to pick up passengers. We went about fifteen minutes overtime in Bible class this morning so we could finish up a lesson. There were a lot of verses to look up. I let the students choose whatever they wanted to sing in music class. They chose all new songs so that meant I had to sing for and then with them. I was thankful that my voice held out. I do enjoy singing, but my voice gets hoarse quickly. But I enjoy just listening to the students sing too. Their voices blend nicely together. I’m thankful the Lord gave us one of each type—soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. While the students were doing their math lesson, I started preparing dinner. Got rice ready to cook. Put the pumpkin in a pan too, the pumpkin I had cut up yesterday. Cut up some onion to cook with the fish and got out some herbs to sprinkle on it. There were two good-sized chunks of fish that pilot Paul’s wife left for Daddy to bring home. Before we started English class, I started the pumpkin and rice cooking and put the fish in the oven to bake. Had to run and check on the students a couple times during class. For science class, the students made their observations and conclusions on the potato experiment. Then they read the next section in science (just a couple short pages) and wrote the definitions for the two bold italicized words. While they were doing that, I set the table for six and put dinner on the table. Yesterday was Sunny’s birthday so we celebrated today with a birthday dinner. After dinner, Sunny filled up the washing machine so she can do laundry tomorrow. So I had to wait until she was done running water before I could rinse and/or soak the dinner dishes and pots and pans. Nap time at last. In spite of ole mister rooster crowing under our house for a while, we both enjoyed a good sleep. After nap, I washed, peeled, and cored an apple, and Daddy and I shared the apple and enjoyed it with some banana and cream. Then I graded the students’ math lessons that they finished today. Just after 4:30, I remembered that my tortillas were all gone so hurried to the kitchen to make some more for my supper. More dishes to wash, but that’s better than going hungry. 😊 After I finished washing up the day’s dishes, Daddy helped me hang up the bananas that Mata had brought today. She said that Amos’s hand was not improving so this morning Kelly cut it open again to drain out the infection. This is the fourth time, and it was very painful. They had to give him an injection of strong anesthetic. It has been probably two months now since he injured his hand, and it still has not healed. He hasn’t been able to preach or do much of anything else. Please pray for Amos to be healed and to stay well so he can fulfill his ministries in the church. Thanks! After doing dishes, I wrote in my journal and then took pleasure in a warm bath. After bath, I got a couple more weeks’ worth of journal notes ready to send to Connie. “Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.” Psalm 132:9 October 12. Another sunny day, and a very warm afternoon. There was a good number of folks in prayer lotu this morning. Most people have finished making their new gardens now. Others are almost done. After lotu, AnnaJean washed clothes; sorted, washed, and cut up greens and put them in the large pressure cooker; and swept the floors. I ate breakfast because I hadn’t gotten time to eat before lotu, finished prayer time, wrote an e-mail to C&C. When the computer ran out of power, I put it on to charge, made up the bed, and got out another sewing project. (Just before bed last night, I finished the last of the stitching of the pieces added to the bedsheet. So now it is ready to use.) Then I got out a few small onions and cut them up to sauté with meat to go on the rice leftover from yesterday; got out the small pressure cooker and put a little oil and butter in the bottom; got out the beef pieces that the pilot’s wife had given Daddy; and started sautéing the onions and browning the meat. Added some water, seasonings, and frozen baby tomatoes. They had grown up under the house, and Daddy picked them, and they got frozen in the fridge. Covered that and put both it and the greens on to cook. When the meat was done, I made a little gravy and mixed it all with the leftover rice for our dinner. I really enjoyed the meat pieces even though they had a fair amount of fat that couldn’t be chewed. Daddy, on the other hand, doesn’t enjoy that kind of meat. He asked what we should do with the rest of the meat. I said, “I’m going to eat it.” After dinner, we went out and brought in the clothes. Then I cleaned up the kitchen, and we had a nap. After nap, I washed my hair and fixed a fruit snack. Then I proofread the e-mail I wrote to C&C and put it in the outbox. Wrote one other small e-mail. Wrote in journal. Practiced keyboard. Then Daddy and I went outside for a while to get a little sunshine; just walked around the yard. When we came back in, it was supper time. Cut up a tomato and a cucumber and sliced some cheese. Daddy wanted a tomato and cheese sandwich. I put my cheese and tomato on a tortilla, sprinkled it with some basil and oregano, and heated it a bit in the little skillet to melt the cheese. Washed the dishes shortly after supper. Then printed out song sheets, new Bible lessons, and science quizzes. Finished up the last Bible lesson on Galatians chapter 1. Sent and received e-mails too. After bath and snack, I worked on future Bible lessons. “Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.” Psalm 135:3
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