Honiara Woman's Daybook

 

 

Just for today...Tuesday, April 8

 

Outside my window...lots of sheets and mattress pads on the line.  Trying to maximize the sunshine since it is still interspersed with bands of clouds and rain.

 

On my bookshelf...hoping to get started on "Holy Habits" this week, but my reading time has been super scarce.

 

Around the house...it's been so damp lately.  I discovered these lovely specimens growing on the end of our kitchen cabinet.  But at least I have a kitchen.  I talked to someone at market whose house was still standing, but she had lost her outside kitchen.

 

Pondering these words..."How does God enable us to be content?  He infuses contentment into us through His Word.  As it seeps into our minds, it transforms us.  Just as a cup of tea gets stronger when we give it time to steep, so w become more content when we spend time in God's Word and allow it to seep into our lives, transforming us to be like Him.  ~Linda Dillow

 

From the learning rooms...Sarah finishes Geometry this week with much rejoicing, we've come through the Roaring 20's with fun books like "The House in the Mail" by Rosemary & Tom Wells and "America's Champion Swimmer:  Gerturde Ederle" by David A. Adler, and now we're enjoying reading through the 1930's with books like "Franklin and Eleanor" by Cheryl Harness, "Saving Strawberry Farm" by Deborah Hopkinson, "Dust for Dinner" by Ann Turner, "When Marian Sang" and "Amelia & Eleanor Go for a Ride" both by Pam Munoz Ryan, and "Lou Gehrig:  The Luckiest Man" by David A. Adler

 

A few plans for the rest of the week...last week we hosted this sweet family for their "last meal" before they went to the village.  The cyclone changed their plans.

 

So we get to host them again this week!  We're also looking forward to spending time celebrating a colleague's birthday tonight (a rare treat when you usually live on different sides of the Pacific Ocean), meeting the Wycliffe Associates team that is arriving today (I just heard their plane fly overhead), taking friends to the wharf on Thursday and camping out with them all day because of the bad traffic caused by the damaged bridge, and picking up a returning team at the airport on Friday.

 

Noticing that...Benjamin has finally passed Sarah in height.  People have often asked if there were twins since Benjamin was toddling around.  It's a milestone, folks!  All three of Sarah's younger siblings will probably pass her in height.

 

A peek into my corner of the world...

 

After Henk finished building the sound studio, the SITAG kids were called into action to test its "soundproof-ness".  Much enthusiasm infused the process as the decibels were registered each time the air horns sounded in a different location.  Great science lesson!