Honiara Woman's Daybook

For Today...Monday, June 27

Outside my window...sun glinting off the ocean, basil dying on the porch

I am thinking...about living between the "mount and multitude" in this busy week ahead

From the learning rooms...Cleopatra and Mark Antony, Augustus Caesar; plant cell and animal cell review; Sarah - dissecting a poem, decimal review; Benjamin - finishing up his research paper on Texas, tessellations; Olivia - writing a book report; Katherine - letter R and making patterns

I am thankful for...friends who exhibit God's grace and forgiveness towards me and my family

From the kitchen...apple puff pancakes for breakfast, good ol' leftovers for lunch, and a new recipe, chillaquillas, from "The New Laurel's Kitchen" for supper.

I am reading..."Songs in the Key of Solomon" by Anita and John Renfroe, an early anniversary present from my mother.  Love it!

I am hoping...that Aaron's doctor's appointment this morning (for his yaws) goes well

I am creating...jars of food to take to the village.  Yep, it's that time again!  Carrots finished over the weekend, apples next. 

I am hearing...kids rummaging in the fridge to pull out leftovers

Around the house...a freshly mopped floor, things beginning to pile up as we begin our village preparation

One of my favorite things...feeding my family yummy, nutritious meals that look nice, too!  A feast for the eyes that nourishes the body and provides an opportunity to sit down and reconnect.

Pondering these words...
"Vessels, instruments of grace,
Pass we thus our happy days
'Twixt the mount and multitude,
Doing or receiving good:
Glad to pray, and labor on,
'Till our earthly course is run..."
-Charles Wesley

"Twixt the mount and multitude."  What a marvelous image!  We live out our lives as instruments of grace, in the continual movement between lofty spiritual awakenings and engagement with people - between moments in which we glimpse the glory of God and times in which we love and give and serve others for the glory of God."  --Paul Wesley Chilcote

 

A few plans for the rest of the week...picking up another translator's daughter and her friend at 2:30 a.m. in the morning to join the sister already here, helping the three of them find transportation and get out to the village as soon as possible, a big motu party on Thursday to officially open the new SITAG kitchen, Saturday morning breakfast for a group coming in from Australia to help with the Literacy Production workshop starting next week

Here is a picture thought I am sharing with you...a pair of sisters from Marulaon (Hiva and Daisy's girls) that we found at the wharf yesterday