September 18. The morning was very foggy. Tomas did the preaching in lotu, teaching about the judgment seat of Christ. In spite of the fact that many people are off in their distant garden plots digging for planting peanuts, there was a good number in lotu. After lotu, Bonita washed clothes, peeled and cut up a pumpkin, and swept the meeting room floor and took out the dead flowers. I did some computer work — started making up the history test the students will be taking after they come back to school. Did some more organizing. Practiced keyboard. SIL came in today to get coffee. Praise the Lord that Matthew was able to get back in time for the special meetings which start tomorrow. Before we finished eating our dinner, we heard a few little raindrops on the roof. We hurried outside to get the clothes in. The rain was not wasting any time building up into a downpour. We hurried as fast as we could. Praise the Lord, only a few clothes got a little extra wet before we got them all inside. We put things on hangers and hung a few things in the schoolroom. It didn’t take them long to finish drying at all. This afternoon, I spent more time preparing the history test. Right after supper, I washed up a small bunch of greens that someone had brought today. Set them aside to dry off while I did the dishes. Then got them cut up with some onion and ready to be cooked. Praise the Lord for seven who got together to pray again this evening! Afterward three of the students came to practice music. Don’t know where Sunny was. September 19. Praise the Lord for answered prayer today. He gave us dry weather most of the day. There were a couple little periods of rain. After breakfast and quiet time, I had a little time to finish up the history test before the first meeting started. There was not a large number of people here for the first of the special meetings, but most everyone who was here arrived pretty much on time. The first hour was spent singing, hearing announcements, and hearing special music and testimonies. The second hour was the preaching hour. Daddy talked about revival and the need for revival among the members of GIBC. Matthew translated into Owena. Daddy was very gentle in his presentation, but very pointed. At the invitation, people flocked to the altar. There were more adults at the altar than in their seats, but there were also youth and even Matthew’s young son. What a joy to see Dinah there praying. She has been away from the Lord for a long time. But this is only a beginning. How we desire to see lasting fruit of revival, not just temporary emotional decisions! As I thanked the Lord at lunch time for His work in hearts, my heart was so full that I wept. After I prayed, Daddy went ahead and ate while I practiced the afternoon special with the students. I also wrote a note to send down to Esau, urging him to come to the meetings. My heart has been very burdened for him. I gave the note to Jaydine after the second meeting so she could give it to him. Then I sat down for lunch. They had already rung the bell for the afternoon meeting — a very short break in between. Just about everyone who was there for the first meeting stayed for the second. In the afternoon meeting, Daddy began teaching on “Who Jesus Is” and why he deserves to be first in our lives. He did not finish this section and did not give an invitation this afternoon. Nuanda had come to both meetings and was busy taking notes. After the meeting, the students and I practiced tomorrow’s music, and some music for later that needed to be practiced too. I was very tired by the time they left, but also hungry as I had only had a small breakfast and a small lunch. I warmed up a pancake and a little bit of popo for a topping and sat down to eat that. That need satisfied, I then lay down for a nap. After nap, I proofread the history test and put it on a flash drive. Also found music for “Wonderful Bible” and “At Calvary” and got those set up and put on a flash drive. Time to get supper on, but I had cramps in my stomach so lay down a short while with a hot water bottle to soothe the stomach. Then I made the rest of the mashed potatoes into potato patties and warmed up the greens and some pumpkin for our supper. Enjoyed a nice bath right after supper. Then printed out “At Calvary” so I could practice that before the youth came for their meeting. After that, I put dish water on to heat and printed out the history tests while it was heating. Washed the dishes — quite a large amount of them again — and then came to write in my journal.
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