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Airplane Accident:  Please Pray!

8/8/2014

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     Thank you to those who pray for Mom and Dad.  Dad had a safe trip out to Goroka and back.  We are very thankful for that.


     However, there was an accident that occurred after Dad arrived home.  Thank the Lord no one was seriously hurt.  The accident occurred Thursday morning PNG time (Wednesday evening USA time).  The pilot was hurt, but not seriously as far as I know.  He was quite shaken up though.  Please pray for him.   No one was at fault.  It was just one of those unusual things that could not be helped.  Below is the account of the accident as Mom explained in her email.  Thank you so much for praying.  


     After the plane was unloaded and cargo was into the hands of people to bring to the house, Daddy came down too.  The pilot and people were busy loading up the plane with coffee to take out to town.  Daddy had just sat down to make his sandwich for lunch, when Erisapet came running in to say that the plane was broken and Daddy was needed at the airstrip.  


     To make a long story short, when the pilot was pushing down on the tail end of the plane, like they usually do to make sure the tail won’t hit bottom when they take off, apparently the emergency brake popped.  The plane started rolling, and Ray (the pilot) ran to try to get in and stop it, but couldn’t get the door open.  It was going too fast too, and the plane hurt his leg.  He wasn’t sure if the wheel ran over his foot or what.  But maybe it was good that he didn’t get in it, or he could have been killed.  Anyway the plane flipped over and ended up-side-down in the gully off the side of the turn around area.  It may be a total loss.  


     Poor Ray was really shaken up, especially as he began to stop and think that there were several things he could have done to prevent the accident.  It was a blessing that SIL (Wycliffe)  was here at the same time, and the SIL pilot was able to help comfort Ray and pray with him and offered to stay with him as long as needed.  Ray did need to come down to the house for a while just to sit down and not be looking at the ruined plane.  


     As soon as possible, NTM came in with another plane.  They had to go down into the gully to get some things out of the other plane.  We have plane seats and a box of other equipment sitting out in the meeting room for tonight.  The pilots wanted to get the radio and GPS out of the plane too.  They hope to come back tomorrow and said they can probably salvage some other parts from the plane.  


     Right after the other NTM plane arrived to help, the weather changed drastically and it started raining.  We had one of those bad rain storms with cold, strong winds, the kind where water leaks into our house in all kinds of places where it doesn’t leak other times.  I don’t think we’d had a rain storm like that since last year some time.  The temperature dropped about 20 degrees in just a few minutes – from about 75 to 55.  The poor pilots were out there working in the rain and cold and wind, trying to get things out of the plane.  Since the plane tipped over, fuel was leaking out of the wing tanks, and there was danger of fire.  The medical worker happened to be up there with a loud speaker, making some public announcements, so he was able to warn people to keep clear of the wreckage.  When the storm ended, the sun came back out, and both NTM and SIL were able to head home.  The remains of the wrecked plane will probably remain in Owena for a long time to come.


Next Day


     NTM came in with the helicopter this morning and brought four mechanics.  NTM met together yesterday to decide what to do, and they are going to try to salvage as many parts of the plane as possible.  (Otherwise it is a $200,000 loss.)  They will probably be here all day today and Monday andTuesday too.  They said that there was no fault on the pilot Ray’s part.  Even though he feels somewhat responsible, he did everything that he was supposed to do.  After they get a few more parts off the plane, they want to try to flip it back upright.  Mike (the helicopter pilot) said he has seen lots of accidents but never one of this kind.
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Thankful for the Weekend and for Rest

8/7/2014

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July 31.  9:00 p.m.  Raining.  The Lord gave us a nice morning again; but in the afternoon, He sent clouds and strong, cool winds.

            Started making a list this morning of projects I need to work on while Daddy is in town.  This afternoon, I had quite a bit of schoolwork to grade and things to prepare for school tomorrow.  Practiced keyboard a while so I’ll be ready for music class tomorrow.  Then I made a batch of low-sugar brownies - Judy’s own recipe.  Tasted pretty yummy to me, but not sweet enough for Daddy.  But he can eat them, with extra sugar if he wants, in his bowl of cookies and milk that he has in the evening.  Also made a pizza for supper.

            After supper, I wrote a couple e-mails.  Was surprised how quickly they went out this evening.  We even had 785KB of e-mails come in.  Started looking at the e-mails while the dish water was heating.  Then did the dishes, cut up an over-ripe popo and put it on to cook, and got my evening snack.

            No generator on this evening.  Not much left in the fridge. 

            “6And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost: 7So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.”  I Thessalonians 1:6,7


August 1.  A new month. 

            Not much new in the weather.  A mostly sunny morning after the fog lifted.  Then clouds and cool wind again late morning and in the afternoon.

            A new illness - my turn to get the flu now.  We figured these bad colds that are going around must be some kind of flu because it is obviously epidemic.  Even though I’ve been on antibiotic for the typhoid, it didn’t keep me from getting the flu.  We realized anyway, that it wasn’t a bacterial infection.  Others have had shots that didn’t help, and Tomas said that he and Rebeka tried taking some amoxicillin that Philemon had left for them, but it didn’t help.  Wenera came today and said that he had the flu and has been fighting the cold for four weeks now.  He said there is flu, measles, and typhoid going around the whole country.  He came for the bride-buying for his daughter Singinis. 

            I’m thankful that the weekend is here and that there is no school next week so I should be able to rest.  Daddy is still not feeling very strong so we are praying for strength for him for the week of shopping coming up.

            After school today, the boys left to go to town.  They will meet Daddy there on Monday.

            I had a long nap this afternoon, although I didn’t really sleep well. 

            Fixed a pot of rice and lentils with onions and tuna for our supper.  We had leftover pumpkin.

            Then this evening, we had to do laundry.  I didn’t really feel like doing laundry, but it had to be done.  Now we have to do dishes too.

            “ But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.”  I Thessalonians 2:4

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Feeling a Little Better and Making Plans with School Students

8/7/2014

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July 28.  Can you guess what the weather was like today?  Cold, foggy, rainy!  Almost all day long!  The sun peeked through a couple times for just a few minutes.

            I was happy to see Sunny back in school today.  She said that she is well now.  Graham was back too, but he still wasn’t feeling well, but I was happy to see him here anyway.

            It was late when we finished afternoon class and went for our nap.  I was tired since I’m still not feeling well so slept a good while (We were awaked once by a rooster crowing under the house).  Therefore there wasn’t time to do much in the afternoon.  Only had spelling lessons to correct, however, and then recorded other grades and wrote a few things on the chalkboard for tomorrow.  Daddy cut up the rest of the pumpkin for me and I peeled it and cut it up in small pieces to cook later.  Also got a pot of water ready to start heating for spaghetti.  Then I made corrections in the new Bible school lesson while supper was cooking.

            “ In whom (Christ) are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”  Colossians 2:3


July 29.  No rain today.  It was still pretty chilly, but the Lord gave us some sunshine, and we praise Him for His graciousness.

            Daddy has been really tired today as he is sick with a bad cold.  This is the first cold he has had in quite a while (since January).  I am still not feeling well with whatever, and Graham said he still is not feeling well either.

            The students are improving in their comprehension of working with fractions.  Even though it is slow, I am happy to see some progress.

            After school, Daddy spent some time with the students helping them decide what they should order from town this time for their sales.  Dallas and Sosthenes counted the money first.  Then the boys wanted to know if they could go to town next week and help Daddy get the supplies.  So we worked out a plan for them to do that, then have their final week of second term after they get back, but start right into third term the following week.

            This afternoon, after getting the math lessons graded and other grades recorded, I cut Lew’s hair.  It hadn’t been done for at least six weeks and was getting a bit too long.  For supper, we had the rest of the popo crisp I made the other day, with some whipped cream on top.  After supper, I had to make some changes in the math books for the lessons tomorrow and put a few things on the chalkboard.

            “1If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.  2Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.  3For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.”  Colossians 3:1-3

July 30.  The Lord gave us a lovely, sunshiny day all day today.  It was a bit warmer than it has been, although cool strong winds came up in the afternoon. 

            In lotu this morning, Amos preached on Acts 8:20-25 and finished the story of Simon the sorcerer.  School started early so we were able to get caught up on some phonics and reading. 

            Both Daddy and I were pretty tired today.  I am thankful, however, that I am starting to feel a little better - less nauseated and headache not so strong.  Daddy did take a little walk across the airstrip this morning, and I walked around the yard for about five minutes this afternoon. 

            “Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.”  Colossians 4:5 

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A "Lazy" Day

8/7/2014

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July 26.  It has been a lazy day.  Didn’t really accomplish much today since I wasn’t feeling well.  Did a lot of sleeping.  The Lord gave us a nice, sunny day too.  But I did not feel like going out for a walk.  Was really wiped out.  Slept until some time after 6:00.  Don’t remember exactly what time I got up.  Was still not feeling very well, but I wanted something to eat.  Took some more activated charcoal.  Fixed some hot rice cereal for my breakfast.  Ate and tried to have quiet time, but could hardly stay awake.  Dozed a little bit in the recliner, but I was too cold to be comfortable.  Finally got back into bed and thought I would get warm.  But after about an hour, I was still cold.  Got up and put my sweatshirt on under my jacket.  Fixed some more hot rice cereal to eat.  Worked on some lesson plans for next week of school.  Went back to bed for another nap.  This time I put more covers on, and I did feel a bit warmer when I got up so was able to take off my sweatshirt. 

            Daddy had to hang the clothes out himself this morning. 

            For dinner, I had more of the plain rice that I had fixed yesterday, as well as some pumpkin.  Then I finished up lesson plans while Daddy had his nap.  After that, I was ready for another nap.  Even though it was mid-afternoon and the weather was fairly warm, I was still cold so crawled under the covers again. 

            After nap, I washed my hair.  Then I got journal notes ready to send to Christy and Connie.

            Thankful to be feeling a fair bit better this afternoon and evening.  Stomach seems to be settling down, but I do still have a bad headache.  I hope Daddy doesn’t get sick, especially since it is almost time for him to go to town.

            After supper I got an e-mail written for C&C and then got things ready that needed to be printed as soon as the generator went on.  A handful of youth came to practice singing; but by 7:30 there were still only a handful so they went home.  Wilson is here now having his Bible school lesson.  He usually comes before the youth come to sing because he sings with them, but he couldn’t get into his house and get his books because his mother was gone with the key.

            “Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.”  Philippians 4:4

July 27.  Early this morning it looked like we might have another sunny day, but the sunshine didn’t stay around long.  The day turned out to be cloudy with strong, chilly, damp winds.  Once again Daddy kept the fire going all day.

            I was thankful to be feeling a good bit better today although not completely better.  As Daddy and I were talking over my symptoms today, I realized that I have about all the same symptoms I had when I had typhoid (?) a little less than two years ago.

            I was glad I felt well enough to make Daddy his pancakes this morning.  After breakfast and quiet time, I worked on the next school Bible lesson.  It should be the last one for this term. 

            Lotu started closer to scheduled time this morning, with just a couple handfuls of people.  Some people never showed up until 11:00 (an hour late) or later.  Quite a few people are sick.  Even some of those who came were not feeling well - Amos, Matthew, and others.  Matthew preached this morning on II Corinthians 11:1-4. 

            After dinner, I had a fairly long nap, but I only had one nap today.  This afternoon, I made a popo crisp which we had later for supper.  Made sure lessons were ready for tomorrow and wrote some practice work on the chalkboard.  Then I started an e-mail to C&C.  Finished that after supper.  Then played the keyboard for a while until time for soul-winning class to start.

            “9For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness….”  Colossians 1:9-11


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Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken

8/7/2014

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Hello, everyone! I do have some journal notes and will update very soon, 
Lord willing.  In the meantime, here is a missionary song to ponder.
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Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken

(1.)  Jesus I my cross have taken,
All to leave and follow Thee;
Destitute, despised, forsaken,
Thou from hence my all shalt be;
Perish every fond ambition,
All I’ve sought, and hoped, and known;
Yet how rich is my condition,
God and heaven are still my own!

(2.)  Let the world despise and leave me,
They have left my Savior too;
Human hearts and looks deceive me;
Thou art not, like man, untrue;
And, while Thou shalt smile upon me,
God of wisdom, love, and might;
Foes may hate and friends may shun me;
Show Thy face and all is bright.

(3.)  Man may trouble and distress me,
‘Twill but drive me to Thy breast;
Life with trials hard may press me,
Heav’n will bring me sweeter rest.
O ‘tis not in grief to harm me,
While Thy love is left to me;
O ‘twere not in joy to charm me,
Were that joy unmixed with Thee.


(4.)  Hasten on from grace to glory,
Armed by faith and winged by prayer;
Heav’ns eternal day’s before me,
God’s own hand shall guide me there.
Soon shall close my earthly mission,
Swift shall pass my pilgrim days,
Hope shall change to glad fruition,
Faith to sight, and prayer to praise.

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Words by Henry F. Lyte
Music:  Leavitt’s The Christian Lyre, 1831
Attribuited to Wolfgang A. Mozart.



"28Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee. 29And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,  30Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting." (Luke 18:28-30)


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