Monday, March 9

Marulaon Woman’s Daybook

Just for today, Monday, March 9

On my bookshelf…The Gospel Comes With a House Key by Rosaria Butterfield. So, so good.

From the learning rooms…Katherine has launched into the 1500s, so our book basket contains gems like The Discovery of the Americas by Betsy & Giulio Maestro, Columbus by Ingri & Edgar Parin d’Aulaire, Around the World in a Hundred Years by Jean Fritz, What Makes a Bruegel a Bruegel? by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Pieter Bruegel’s Tower of Babel: The Builder with the Red Hat by Nils Jockel; and The Fantastic Journey of Pieter Bruegel by Anders C. Shafer. She’s also tried a science experiment that was a dismal failure for us – blocking part of a leaf from sunshine for a couple of days, boiling the leaf, then soaking it in hot rubbing alcohol before immersing the leaf in iodine. We didn’t get the desired results, but the process was fun!

Olivia’s 20th Century World History studies are immersing her in the 1980’s (one of my personal favorite decades!), and she’s learning about kinetics in chemistry. We’re wrapping up our school year by Easter this year, and I’m so proud of my diligent students!

Creating in the kitchen…we enjoyed yogurt & granola with a huge papaya this morning for breakfast. Market on Saturday was slim, so I’m hoping for an abundant market on Wednesday. Lunch is a chicken & pasta casserole from More With Less cookbook (yay for white sauce to create instant casseroles!), and supper is leftovers.

Outside my window…girls are washing clothes underneath the house. I’m so thankful for their good attitudes and hard work.

A few plans for the rest of the week…Aaron will be attending a Lavukal Translation Committee Committee meeting in Karumalun Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday this week. He’ll also be preaching early on Wednesday morning. Please pray for the girls and me while we hold down the fort in his absence.

Pondering these words… “The hospitable meet people as strangers and invite them to become neighbors, and by God’s grace, many will go on to become part of the family of God. This transition from stranger to neighbor to family does not happen naturally but only with intent and grit and sacrifice and God’s blessing.” ~Rosaria Butterfield