August 21. I heard light rain falling most of the night so knew it was going to be a foggy morning. It certainly was. Nearly the whole world had disappeared. Daddy would be coming, but they had several other stops to make first so wouldn’t be here before 10:00 or 11:00. The fog should be lifted by then. I don’t know what time it was when I heard the plane fly over hear headed Goroka way. The other places had given them an okay weather report, but they couldn’t land at any of them so had to take everyone back to Goroka. Daddy called me after they got back and said the pilots would be doing some training landings in other places first and then come here, probably in afternoon. There were still low clouds on the mountain tops, but the fog had lifted and the approach was clear and there was no more fog down in the valley. A little after 11:00, we heard a plane circling to land here. I thought it was MAF so sent the students up to help Daddy. But it was NTM doing some training. The students came back and started studying for their history test. Just as I dismissed class, we heard another plane. This time it was MAF so the students all went back up to the airstrip to help Daddy. It was close to 12:30 when he came down to the house. I am so thankful that he is back home again. I had just cooked some pumpkin and got the rest of the yams ready to heat up for dinner when the plane came. So I waited until Daddy came down. He had already bought a meat pie in town and eaten that so he wasn’t very hungry. He did eat a bit of pumpkin. As we were getting ready for nap, we heard another plane. This time it was SIL doing some training. So Owena airstrip was a busy place today. After nap, we put away the food items that Daddy had brought home. Then I wrote a couple e-mails and afterward wrote some math exercises on the chalkboard. Itasoru and family came while we were eating supper. They had just brought the last of their contribution to our firewood supply and were waiting for Daddy to pay them. While Daddy was still eating, I answered the door. Javin was there and wanted help finding some verses. So I booted up the computer and searched for the verses he wanted. In the mean time, Daddy finished eating and went out to take care of Itasoru family. In the mean time, Javin had left, and I started filling up the washing machine. There were too many clothes to wait until Saturday. We hadn’t even caught up yet on the washing since the last time we were in town. I also put dish water on to heat while I was filling up the machine. While the load of clothes was washing, I washed up the few dishes and also the lemons that a Waisara boy had brought this morning. After the load of wash was extracted and the machine emptied, Daddy filled up the machine with clean water for rinsing. When the rinsing was done and clothes extracted, I hung the hang-up clothes on hangars in the spare bathroom and the other clothes on the lines in the main bathroom. While I was washing and hanging clothes, Daddy was trying to get e-mails in. Praise the Lord that the two e-mails sent, although the connection didn’t last long enough to receive any. After he sent the e-mails, I wrote in my journal. Then I had a bath. Practiced keyboard. “1Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. 2For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens…. 5And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints…. 8O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?” Psalm 89:1,2,5,8 August 22. The fog wasn’t quite as thick this morning, and it wasn’t long before the fog was gone and the sun was shining. Around noon, clouds and chilly winds came up, and it looked like the afternoon was going to be cool like it has been. By the time I got up from nap, however, the sun had come back out, and the afternoon turned out to be very warm. All the students were late for class this morning so I had them go later in Bible class, and we had a little bit less time for music. We were thankful that Dallas’s eye was better. Wonder if a bug or some other foreign object had gotten into it yesterday. I was thankful for a good amount of free time this morning while the students did independent work as I needed to prepare a meal for Daddy and me. Cooked a pot of rice, diced up a nice piece of filleted chicken and cooked it with some onions, and then made a gravy to go with it. There was leftover pumpkin from yesterday. Daniel came late morning and worked through most of the afternoon, making an extension on my computer desk in the office. Consequently, Daddy didn’t get a nap. After my nap, I helped them figure out how to cut the plywood for the top of the desk. Then I cut up a popo and had a little piece for snack. Worked on tomorrow’s lesson plans. Washed up a big batch of greens—pumpkin greens and apika. Then I needed to sit down again for a while so started writing in my journal until supper time. After supper, I cut up the greens with some onions, putting all in the pressure cooker. Then I put that on to cook and also put dish water on to heat. After washing dishes, I turned on the Lenovo to see what work can be done on it. Determined that it is pretty much useless. It will not open any publisher files. Most of the programs that were in it are no longer there. Neither of my Bible programs are there. I transferred all my pictures to a flash drive as I hadn’t done that before. Some different Bible program had been installed, but it didn’t have the helpful features that I am used to. So after a while I shut it down and said good-bye to the Lenovo. Praise the Lord, Daddy was able to get in all the e-mails this evening. So after looking at the Lenovo, I went and read the e-mails. Now I need to get the newsletter sent off to Christy. “28Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 I’m so thankful that God’s word is filled with verses of comfort and encouragement.
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