July 15. It has been a slow, relaxing day, another “winter” day in PNG. Cloudy and cool the whole day through. We even wore our jackets when we went uptown to buy a handful of groceries. We arose early this morning so we could do laundry before the house worker came to work. We knew she would have lots of laundry to do today since the men left the other flat on Saturday. And it takes over an hour just to wash one small load of clothes in the little washing machine that is here. That is the way the machine is set, and every wash load takes the same amount of time. We had two small loads to do today so that took well over two hours. In the meantime, I worked on the July update so we can get that out as soon as possible. Daddy made phone calls—the Cairns Eye and Laser Clinic have no openings before August 8. Same for The Eye Specialists in Cairns. They hadn’t answered our e-mail because they just reopened after their two-week annual holiday and are booked in advance. So looks like we will go back home, for now anyway. Later in the morning, we went out to the stores. When we came back to the flat, it was 12:30. Warmed up leftovers for dinner and then had nap. After nap, Daddy tried to call Dr. Tom to ask him what we should do now. Dr. Tom was busy with a patient and would call us back. It was quite a while later before he called, but he did encourage us to definitely go ahead and make an appointment for August. However, if there should be a worsening of my condition before that time, we should let him know; and he himself will work on getting things rolling. Daddy and I also checked over Hebrews chapter 8 before supper. Praise the Lord for His help with the task. This evening, I finished the Bible lesson I had been working on and also did the dishes. July 16. The month is passing quickly away. Today has been another tropical winter day although there was a wee bit of sunshine in the middle of the day. The water got warmed up just enough to wash my hair. Daddy had a pretty rough night last night. In the middle of yesterday evening, he thought he was getting a migraine and went and lay down a while. Then he realized he was either having a reaction to something, or something he ate made him sick to his stomach. He was up for a while in the night trying to get stuff out of his system, and he slept most of this morning. When he finally got up, he felt better and was hungry enough to eat a piece of toast although he still felt weak. He ate some rice and carrots for dinner and felt better by mid-afternoon—well enough to go out and pick up the generator and bring it back here to CRMF. I wrote several e-mails this morning, wrote down notes on eye exercises and did the exercises, made corrections in the computer for Hebrews 8 and set it up in the print file, prepared a pot of rice and some carrots for dinner. We still had leftover meat sauce, and I had some of that over my rice. Daddy had to eat his rather bland. After nap, I washed my hair. Daddy made a call to the eye clinic in Cairns to follow up the e-mail I had written this morning. The receptionist said they don’t have an opening until the end of August, but she would see if they can work something out to fit me in before that and would send me an e-mail before the end of the day. Before the afternoon, was over, we received the e-mail which stated that the doctor there had reviewed my report again and that they are too busy to see me. Also if I need further treatment, he would not be able to do that so recommended that we go straight to Brisbane where I could get any treatment I might need. As Daddy looked at the websites, however, and we saw what treatments are like and the possible dangers involved, it is too scary to even think about. All we’re really looking for at this point is a diagnosis so we can know what we are treating and how to treat it naturally. Now we are back to the question, is it really worth it spending all that money and going all that distance just to get a diagnosis? How we need a clear answer from the Lord that we might act wisely and not foolishly! After Daddy made the call, he went out to pick up the generator at Brian Bell. I proofread the Bible lesson and later got the student copy made. This evening, I made up the quiz to go with the lesson. “1To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. 2He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.” Psalm 62:1,2 Thank you, Lord, that we can wait upon You, for we don’t know what to do; but we know that our salvation comes from You, and that You are our Rock, our Salvation, and our Defence so that we need not be greatly shaken or carried off course. “They who wait for God, and God alone, cannot wait in vain.” (F.B.Meyer)
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