February 27. Up before 5:45 this morning. Daddy started the generator at 6:00, and Sunny came shortly to do the laundry. It took a long time for the fog to lift this morning, but we were thankful to see sunshine after that. SIL came in several times again and took out plane loads of coffee. Tomas led the singing in lotu, and Daddy preached a short three-point message from John 3:16 on three gifts of God—His love, His Son, and eternal life. After lotu, the students came and had their Bible quiz. We divided some leftover food among them that we wouldn’t need to cook here, but we don’t have room to carry to town, and it wouldn’t be any good by the time we got back. After everyone left, I made corrections in the new Bible lesson and then made the student copy so it is ready to print out. Started looking through school files that were saved on a flash drive and was happy to find files of music to many of the songs I had written before. I had looked and looked for those files and couldn’t find them anywhere, so I was quite excited to find them within the list of school files. The afternoon was spent packing. Finished as much of that as we could for now. This evening, I started revising some music lessons I had written a long time ago and writing them in English for the grade 9 students. Also printed out the list of things to take to town and the students’ copies of the new Bible lessons so they are ready when we get back from town. February 28. We woke up to a foggy world, but it didn’t take long for the fog to disappear. Then the Lord gave us a hot, sunny day. Didn’t get up until 6:15 this morning. No rush for anything in the morning, and the plane wasn’t due in until about 3:00 in the afternoon. Had breakfast and quiet time. Packed things that weren’t yet packed, except for a few food items that we would need for lunch and my computer which I would use during the morning. Computer time was spent finding and adding verses to the MTP course for missionary wives. Praise the Lord, I was able to complete that course before the morning ended. After lunch, we packed up the rest of the food, and I was starting to do dishes when we heard the twin otter coming. Why was it coming now? We weren’t ready to go, and there was nobody around to carry our cargo. Nobody had communicated with us about MAF’s schedule. I rushed to finish the dishes and do a couple other little things, pack my pillow, change my shoes. Lewis taped up the box of food and did a couple other little jobs. By then I was stressed out from rushing around. But nobody came to carry our cargo so we just waited. Finally somebody came by and said that MAF was taking a couple loads of coffee to SIL and then would come back to get us. Well, maybe we would have time for a little nap. So we started taking a nap when someone else came and said that MAF was only making one trip to SIL. Hmmm, that wouldn’t take long. Better get up and get ready. Got up and ready again, but I was too tired to just sit there so lay back down until we would hear the roar of the plane. I could hear my heart beating in my ear and head and knew I needed to relax. As I lay down, I prayed for the Lord to calm my heart, both the physical and the spiritual, and claimed His promise in Isaiah 40:31 that “they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” I thank the Lord for His giving me a little rest until the plane came back. Coffee had to be loaded on the plane so that gave us plenty of time to get up the hill. Several people came and carried cargo. The Lord sent a cloud to block the sun most of the way up the airstrip and also sent a welcome breeze. He also gave me extra strength to make it all the way to the top of the airstrip without having to stop and catch my breath. They were still loading coffee when we got there so we had a short wait. There were no coffee bags left for me to stand on to step onto the ladder and go up into the plane so two men gave their hands for my first step. I was very grateful for their help. They flew the plane low through the valleys on the way to Goroka so Glennis could have practice flying low in case of bad weather so she could get used to it when flying the caravan. Oh, how I wished I had brought my camera! Such clear, close views of so many villages! I don’t know what time we arrived in Goroka, but we had to wait a while there until a vehicle was available to take us to the MAF compound. Since we had to come out a day early, we had to find a place to stay for one night. MAF has a little apartment available with a very small kitchen area, a small bedroom, and a bathroom. We are thankful that it was available at short notice.
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