- Turned on the water pump so we could have running water
- Checked email and Facebook for news of friends and family
- Folded and put away laundry that had hung in our living room to dry
- Quick breakfast
- Family loaded up in 2 motorcycle trikes to government office for our weekly health clinic
- Tested patients' blood glucose after Thomas monitored their blood pressure while our girls sang Christmas music and presented each patient with a Christmas ornament we made the day before
- Went marketing
- Walked the distance of about a half mile home carrying about 5 kilos of groceries
- Washed the breakfast dishes while the girls played with the neighbor children in the courtyard
- Filled our water purifier
- Served Kool-Aid to our girls and their playmates
- Gathered up the trash from our apartment and carried it down 2 flights of stairs and around the rice terrace and up the stairs to the curb
- Went to visit a friend, Myla and her young daughter and infant son
- Visited with the neighbors answering some of their questions about homeschooling
- Comforted Annalise after a little boy that came over from a nearby construction site to join in the children's play punched her in the face
- Talked with her about needing to be forgiving and kind
- Warmed up leftover fried rice for lunch
- Washed a load of laundry and hung it up to dry
- Administered the last evaluations of term 1 of our homeschool
- Walked to the post office to see if the letter from Immigration we have been waiting for has arrived or any other mail
- Went marketing for some more groceries including 4 kilos of rice and powdered milk
- Visited with a few of our health clinic patients that I saw while in town
- Walked back to our apartment with about 8 kilos of groceries
- Did some planning for our next school term
- Searched online for clues to the foot pain Thomas is experiencing
- Skype call with my parents
- Celebrated the completion of the school term with a dinner of Thomas's homemade pizza and popcorn
- Swept and mopped the floors
Hopefully through a loving touch, a smile, conversation...I shared Jesus today.
Lisa
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