Please pray earnestly for all those who said that God worked in their hearts. Their names are given, so they can be prayed for by name. Thank you so much! September 23. It was going on 11:00 before we finally got to bed last night. It was about 7:20 before the meeting started yesterday evening. About a half hour was spent in congregational singing, and testimony time started around 7:50. There were nine great testimonies given, and it was about 10:10 before the meeting was closed. There was a good group there, and we praise the Lord that they were all able to hear the testimonies. Esau did come back as he said he was going to. He said afterward that he was sorry he had missed all the other meetings as there is a spark in his heart that needs to be rekindled as well. How I pray that he will continue to come back and hear the Word and will turn his back on the things of the world. The first testimony was from Max who was striving to obey the Lord in many things, but always had excuses for not getting ready to come to church on time because he does not like to mix with people. The Lord worked in his heart about not making excuses. Pastor Amos, speaking for himself and his family — they are ready to leave all and go wherever the Lord sends them. They have purposed in their hearts to start giving offerings, to pay off all their debts, to leave their coffee gardens (7+), their food gardens, their house and land, and the comforts of Owena to take the gospel to those who still need to hear — John 4:34; Matthew 4:10; Acts 20:24,33. Elisabeth was next but gave her testimony entirely in Owena and spoke very softly so I could not hear her. I asked her to come some time and tell me her testimony. Dallas, speaking for himself and his wife — God had kindled a fire in his heart in 2016-17 when Daddy was here and preached, and he had wanted to go out with the Gospel — John 6:5, Matthew 3:11. Now the fire has been rekindled, and they are ready to lose their lives for the sake of the gospel, to look unto Jesus, and be yielded to His will — Hebrews 12:2, Mark 14:36. Daniel — deeply stirred by the description of Christ’s sufferings and His blood that was shed for our sins and presented to God to satisfy the demands of a holy, righteous God. If you want Christ to be first in your life, what will you do? Hebrews 10:22 — draw near to God with a true heart in full assurance of faith. Mike, speaking for himself and his wife — also had been stirred up in 2016-17 when Daddy came and preached on missions from John 6. If I give what I have to God, God will bless it. Jesus gave His disciples the work of feeding the multitudes. I am one of His disciples, and I must take the gospel to those who are hungry. We are ready to lose our lives to go and serve the Lord. We cannot keep our affections on the things of this world. Benson — I have decided to follow Jesus and be His servant. Tomas — I thought I was okay, but saw that my faith was dying. Now the fire has been rekindled, and I am waiting on God to show me what to do — where to go or if to stay. Pastor Matthew — the desire to do God’s work was about to die in my life, but now the fire has been rekindled. I hear God calling me to go and take the good news to other places. The Lord gave us a dry season morning and a rainy season afternoon today. Slept in this morning until 6:30. I was thankful I had given the students the day off to rest or do whatever they needed to do. I had a lot to do as well. Trash was about to overflow, and there is a rat that is stealing trash to build her nest. So the trash had to be burned today. Daddy wanted cookies made too so I made oatmeal cookies with dried mixed fruit. While I was working at my jobs, Daddy was putting our double rocker together that we bought at Aldi. How nice it is to have a place to sit together now! Made the rest of the rice and fish into rice patties for our dinner so there would be enough for both of us. We finished up the leftover greens and leftover pumpkin too so will have to make a meal tomorrow. Before my nap had ended, the rains came. And they came down in torrents with a deafening roar on the roof. This afternoon, I washed my hair. Then perfected and proofread the monthly update and got the copies for mailing ready to send off to Christy. After that, I got out the sheet I had set aside for making curtains for the schoolroom, cut it in half, and started stitching up the hem on the half for the west window. (The old curtains that have been in here for years were getting rotten.) Finished stitching that hem after doing dishes this evening and got that curtain hung. How much nicer it looks! Lewis sent and received a couple e-mails while I was finishing the curtain. Then I got the notes ready to send to Christy for the monthly updates that she e-mails. Had a wee bath while Daddy tried sending and receiving. Praise the Lord everything went out, and e-mails came in! Had my evening snack, and now I am writing in my journal. “Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.” Psalm 112:1 September 24. The morning was sunny and warm again, but the rains came thundering across the mountains early in the afternoon, and the air turned chilly and damp. Back to school today. Sunny and Dallas were here at 7:30. Sunny had come up from the river, and Dallas from his house. I was thankful to have Sunny here early, and gave her the job of peeling and cutting up kaukau (white sweet potato) for our dinner. It didn’t take her long at all. Later in the morning, when the students were doing independent work, I cut up a small pumpkin to cook for our dinner as well. Judy came along about ten minutes later, and Mike after five minutes more. Since everyone was here early, we went ahead and started school early. That turned out to be a blessing as they were able to study for their Bible quiz and take the quiz too. Since we started class fifteen minutes early, I let them leave for home fifteen minutes early too. Judy, however, stayed to fill up the washing machine so it is ready for her to wash clothes early in the morning. After nap, I got lesson plans made and wrote some math and English exercises on the chalkboard. Before I finished, I hurried and got something to eat as I could see a migraine coming. I was thankful that I got only a very minor headache. After finishing the job I was working on, I started writing another English lesson in the computer. I want the students to get as much practice as they can with speaking proper English. After supper and dishes, I finished up and proofread the lesson and put both teacher and student copies on a flash drive to be printed. Also got a couple weeks’ worth of journal notes ready to go to Connie; and, after bath, I attached those to a short e-mail to go to our daughters. Then I printed the English lessons and also photocopied the sieve of Eratosthenes for the students to have fun with (hopefully) in math class tomorrow. Last of all, I wrote in my journal. Sosthenes called this evening and let us know that he had gotten saved at the youth meetings at Cornerstone. He was trying to reach his dad, but couldn’t get an answer. Praise the Lord for his salvation!
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