October 9. Friday. The fifth and last day for now for the men to work on the house. Matthew wanted again to do a lot of extra work, but Daddy told them just to put the other window in and finish the roof and that will be enough. It still needs a new veranda; and the rest of the old floor and foundation needs to be torn down; and the yard needs to be cleaned up. I was thankful to be feeling much better today and to be able to eat more. Still have somewhat of a headache, and the tummy isn’t sitting down too well yet. The weather today was mostly cloudy with frequent periods of rain, but some short periods of sunshine as well. It is raining quite steadily this evening and coming down harder and harder. We will see if the roof leaks again like it did last night. It may not now that the roof has been nailed down, but there are some holes in the old pieces of roofing iron, so again it may leak. Wrote a long e-mail to C&C this morning. Did some crocheting. Didn’t really feel much like working at the computer so didn’t accomplish much there. Cooked a small pot of rice and chicken noodles at noon so the men who were working could have something to eat. Didn’t have much else to give them.. SIL came in around noon with cargo for Philemon. Took out some of Danny’s coffee as well as the injured young man, Zachariah. SIL came back for a second round of coffee later. October 10. No water all night and all day. Amos went up the pipeline for us this morning to check things out. Met up with Tomas, and they discovered that one section of the line near the top of the airstrip is all blocked up with mud and needs to be taken apart and cleaned out. We did have enough water left in the buckets for Judy to do the laundry so were thankful for that. Her two sisters each carried a bucket of water this morning, and we thought that would be enough until they got the pipeline fixed. But neither Amos nor Tomas was able to fix it today so will work on it on Monday. It takes a lot more time to cook and clean up the kitchen when there is only water that needs to be dipped out of a bucket. Late this afternoon, Amos and Mata each carried another bucket of water for us. How thankful we are for all those who are such a help to us! Judy also swept the floors and burned the trash. Daddy put the new doorknob on the front door. After supper, I cut up two popo and made one into a popo crisp. Today I got the monthly update written and should be able to have it ready to send to Christy tomorrow. Lately I have really struggled with what to say, which causes me to depend that much more on the Lord’s leading. October 11. A pretty, sunny day after the fog lifted. We had just barely gotten up this morning when Judy and Evelin came to carry water for us. We are still without running water. Amos will try to work on it tomorrow. Don’t know how he will get the mud cleaned out of the pipe, but pray that he can. After breakfast and quiet time, I worked on the monthly updates and got the ones for mailing ready to go via e-mail to C&C. Then we went out for our Sunday walk, thankful for the exercise and fresh air. It was still a little cool and windy so we did take our jackets with us. We saw the airstrip needs a lot of work before the next plane comes in. The grass is getting very high, and we saw three fairly large places where people’s pigs had dug up the ground. After we got back, we had our lotu time together. GBC met at Matthew’s house so we didn’t have to think about working around their schedule. It was refreshing to sing, share the word, and pray together. Daddy shared his burden to start a Bible study with the young men of the village. This afternoon, I worked on a new music lesson. Judy and Evelin came along to carry water for us again, and they were so helpful in getting that roofing iron put under the house. Then they each took a bucket and went and filled it up with water for us. This evening, I enjoyed a pour over bath since we had a little more water in the buckets than last night. Also did the dishes and some other work in the kitchen. Now it is time for bed. Good-night.
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