July 29. First thing this morning, we washed clothes so everything will be clean to take back to Owena. Had to wash before the house worker came to work and would need the machine for washing bedding. Hung our clothes outside today. Then we had breakfast, followed by quiet time. Packed up a couple boxes because our flight will be first thing in the morning, and we have to be ready by 6:30 a.m. to leave the guest house. The P2-Bus will be here to pick us up. About 10:00, we walked down to the tech center to get a voucher number so we could skype C&C. At first, we couldn’t get a connection so Daddy walked back down to the tech center to see if they could help. One of their technicians came up with Daddy and did something on his phone. Whatever he did, when Daddy went back to check the computer and bring it out for the technician to look at, Daddy found it already working. Praise the Lord! So we enjoyed a nice chat with our two daughters. How much faster and clearer things are on the internet here than from Goroka! A little later, we walked down to the kai bar to get some lunch. After nap, we got the clothes in and did as much packing as we could. In the evening, we sat and talked quite a while after supper with various guests who were there. July 30. We were up before 5:30 this morning. Packed up last minute things. Ate breakfast. P2-Bus came a little after 6:30 to pick us up for our 8:00 flight. Around 8:00, we received an okay report from Owena about the weather and took off around 8:30. Not far out of Aiyura, we began to ascend above a sea of thick clouds. Jamie could see the Owena airstrip when we got into that vicinity, but could not get to it. He circled close to Wonenara and back, but couldn’t see Wonenara. He was to go there after Owena. He circled several times (20 minutes or more) around Owena area, and the clouds were moving and breaking up, but it would be a while before we could land. He finally headed back to Aiyura. As soon as we had gotten back and disembarked, Matthew gave Daddy a miss call. Daddy called him, and he said Owena was open. We still waited about an hour, and Daddy then called Matthew again. Owena was open so we climbed back into SIB and headed for home. There were still lots of clouds, but they were higher and visibility was fine. I was so thankful to the Lord for bringing us home once again. I came down to the house before Jamie took off. Let the carriers in and paid them (chocolate wafers). Bonita helped bring everything into the kitchen. After everyone else left, Bonita and I had big hugs. She asked me how I was doing, and I shared a bit of our story with her. (I want to share more details with all my students later.) After Bonita left, I started unpacking and putting things away. Then I saw the men coming to the gate with the generator. I grabbed up the camera to go out and get their picture, but just then Mata came in with the last item of cargo. We hugged, and she too wanted to know how I was doing. Both Bonita and Mata said that their family has been praying for me every day. After she left, I continued putting things away until Daddy came in. He was getting the generator set up, and started it too. It seems to run quieter than the other one, but it is not as powerful. (Praise the Lord, it is working so far.) I got all the freezer food loaded into the freezer. Then I warmed up the meat pies that we had brought home with us from the SIL store, and we ate our lunch. After nap, we emptied the last two boxes and our suitcase and got everything put away. I felt sad when I discovered that the little USB thing that works my wireless mouse and external keyboard was missing from my computer. Even though I can’t use the computer anymore, I still want to use the mouse and external keyboard. I wish I had noticed it was missing when Thompson gave the computer back. (Praise the Lord, when Lewis called Thompson a few days later, he said the little item was there on his desk and he would put it in the box with the new computer.) It wasn’t long before supper time—tuna sandwiches for supper. Had just about finished eating when Amos came. He too wanted to know how I was doing, and he also said that his family had been praying every day. They want us to be able to move ahead on Bible translation, which is our goal as well. (Please continue to pray about this. Mom’s eye is doing much better, but they have not been able to work as much as they would like on translation due to the problems they are having with their computers. Thank you!) This evening, I washed off the students’ desks and swept the schoolroom floor, the office and kitchen floors, and part of the bedroom floor. We discovered that the rat(s) had been having a hayday while we were gone. I could smell the awful rat smell as soon as I came into the house this morning. After that, I tried out the new adapter C&C had sent for the music keyboard. Praise the Lord, it works! Now the students will be able to start learning and practicing parts again for the songs we sing. When I put the flash drive in this old ACER, the publisher files were still publisher files, praise the Lord! I guess they only turned to internet files in Daddy’s computer.
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