March 8. We didn’t hurry to get up this morning because we didn’t think we would have a car to use today. However, Michelle sent Daddy a text saying that we could use the Land Rover until 11:30. During and after breakfast, we had the opportunity to talk with Martha a while on Skype. The connection was not really good, the picture was a bit blurry and the sound a little distorted, and the connection kept going in and out at the end. But we were still able to see one another and enjoy a little chat. Right after that, Daddy walked over to MAF to pick up the car. We went to SengDa Hardware first. Couldn’t find hydroseal, but found sealing tape for the roof. Couldn’t find the kind of axe that the people like to use for cutting our firewood. (We have been borrowing Amos’s axe and wanted to get one of our own.) Then we went next door to the SengDa department store and got a SIM card for our internet modem, some flex cards, and batteries upstairs. Downstairs we bought just a couple small items, including eggs. I was hoping to get more apples, but they didn’t have any left. Then we headed to Papindo central where we got some halibut and fresh peas and a couple other little items. We really wanted some good chicken, but nobody sells chicken breasts or nice meaty chicken anymore. They cater to the PNG people who like the wings and legs and any parts with lots of fat and bones. Next was Bintangor where we picked up some fresh napa cabbage and tomatoes. Then to Didiman Hardware to look for an axe, but they didn’t have the right kind either. On the way to Didiman, we stopped at a roadside market and bought a few bananas and a popo. We hadn’t had any bananas since coming to town so I was very thankful to have bananas again. From there we headed back to the house. After a snack, Daddy took the car back over to MAF. I divided the fish into several portions and put some in the freezer. Also divided the ground beef that Daddy had bought yesterday into several portions and put those in the freezer. Cooked one portion of the fish for our dinner and part of the peas that we had bought and enjoyed those together with kaukau and the carrots I had cooked yesterday. After nap, we took a walk over to Emmanuel Lodge. The office worker showed us one of the self-contained flats, and we made arrangements to stay there on Monday and Tuesday. From the Lodge, we walked on up to the pharmacy out on west highway, and Daddy bought some amoxicillin. He has gotten a chest cold, and his cough does not sound good at all. A few little drops of rain fell on us while we were walking, but thankfully most of the rain went around to the east of us. What was left of the afternoon, I worked on the February progress report, and this evening was able to get that sent off to Pastor Ogle. Afterward, I washed the dishes. March 9. Saturday. The Lord sent us rain during the night and rain this morning. He sent us a little sunshine this afternoon and more rain this evening. Right after I got up and dressed, I put the first load of clothes in to wash. I only had enough laundry detergent for one load so at 8:00, as soon as the corner Papindo was open, Daddy walked up to the store and bought another little packet of detergent. I was busy hanging out the first load of clothes when he returned. Got the second load started and then finished hanging up the first. Shirts and blouses were hung on hangers in the house, and other things were hung in the breezeway so we didn’t have to worry about the rain. No rain comes in there. Daddy just barely made it back from the store. About the time he got there, he started having a reaction to the amoxicillin he started taking yesterday for his bad chest cold. After he got in, he lay down for a while. Apart from a nap after dinner, he has been up the rest of the day, but has felt rather weak. I got the last of the February journal notes ready for Connie this morning and sent them off with an e-mail to the girls. Wrote several other e-mails throughout the day. I had forgotten that there wasn’t much left of the cooked veggies to go with dinner so I let Daddy have as much as he wanted, and I would cook some more later. There was still plenty of fish and kaukau. After nap, I cut up a popo to have for snacks. Brought in the clothes and folded them. And before supper, I prepared napa cabbage, carrots, peas, and onions, and put them into a Dutch oven to cook. I didn’t eat any for supper, but had some for evening snack.
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