Philippians 4:19

Saturday I was making breakfast of pancakes and eggs and realized there were just four left for Sunday and Monday's meals--not enough.  I thought to myself, I should have bought an extra carton.  This was about 8:00 a.m.

Less than 10 minutes later my neighbor calls and asks, "Would you like some eggs?"  I said sure, thinking maybe she had an extra carton.  She brought over a box of 30 eggs her son got on a business trip to another island.   What a blessing.

 God answered the need before I even asked.  How cool is that?   Thank you, Lord for providing our daily needs.


Please pray for Mrs. Tsujigami (tsoo-gee-ga-me) and family to get saved.  In recent months I have taken Mrs. T to her doctor visits because her family is either at work or in school and can't take her.  She has given us oodles of fresh vegetables over the years, so it's like payback.  She always asks what I am making for dinner and I tell her and she asks if I could make some extra for her family.  Usually it's spaghetti or pasta because that's our usual Wednesday meal and her appointments are on Wednesday.  I figure it's an avenue of opening the hearts of the family to the gospel.

Philippians_4:19  But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Progress

The scaffold has grown to two levels and extends the length of the building, about 52 feet. Meanwhile, looking out the kitchen window one sees a beautiful sunset amid the boards and planks.

Support beams have been placed. That black stuff is mold on the gutters up there.  The entire side will get power washed first, then painted. 

Joshua helped by securing the support boards. 

Sara had to get up there and help Dad remove the lighted cross and the church sign.  I was out shopping.  Upon return, I also got up there with Sara and helped take down the sign.  NOT one of my favorite things--I do no like ladders. 

This sign is now 18 years old and could use some new paint itself.  It's long, but surprisingly lightweight.  

Sunset and light reflection out the dining room window. 

One huge moth

This critter was found near our trash pick-up station.  This moth must have been  over two
inches in size, about what is in the photo.  There appears to be a "face" right behind its head. 
More wonders of God's creation. 

Time for Cleaning the House

Henry has started a much-needed project of cleaning/painting the outside of the building.  The preliminary step is to make scaffolding.  Josh Durden came over to help put it together.

The truck delivering the 2x4-cut lumber (not common here in Japan). 

Getting the frame laid out.

The basic set-up being set up.  This will go the length of the building about 52 feet, then it has to be dismantled to do the other side and the front and back.  First the building gets power-washed, then it will be painted, so there's going to be lots of putting this up and taking it down in the weeks to come.   Please pray for safety.  

Latest Quilting Efforts

These are 6 of the over 40 Row by Row patterns I collected in 2015. The top one is from Somewhere Sewing in Millersburg, OH, UFO one is from Olde Forest Quilt Shop in Greensboro, NC;  third one is from Quilting Sew Easy in Gaffney, SC; the Waves one is from Weaver's Dry Goods in Lititz, PA, the bottom one is from Branums' in Martinez, Ga and the Fargo one is from Rae-Bon Sew and quilt shop in Fargo, ND.  Now, after I finish sewing the rest of nearly 40 patterns, I do not know exactly how/what I will do with them.  These patterns have lots of applique, some cut via laser which makes them very precise.  Very colorful and different patterns from what I usually do.

This is a quilt I gave to one of my English students.  I'm thinking I should have arranged the blocks differently, however, she really loves it, so it's fine. 

This is a simple quilt for a new baby girl.  This type goes together fast, of course.