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One Week to Go

One Week to Go

It is hard to believe that one week from today, we’ll be heading back to the Philippines for another term. We are certainly excited to get back to the field but it is different this time. This time we know what we’re getting into so the excitement of the adventure that we had the first […]
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Nothing Left to Buy

Nothing Left to Buy

It’s was amazing for us to see God provide for our one time needs in order for us to return to working in our ministry. God provided for everything with just enough time to get it all purchased and packed for our return. Thank you so much to all of you who have given to support […]
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Counting Down to August

Counting Down to August

We realized this week that it’s time to shift gears again and start focussing on our return to the Philippines. As of now our plan is to return during the last week of August, and we need to be packed up in the first week of August. We have a lot to accomplish to do […]
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I Love Going to Work

I Love Going to Work

It all started after a phone call with one of my best friends from college, Matt Keller (owner and operator of Blue Ice Aviation). I called to pick his brain about why he likes flying their Cessna 185 on big tires. The phone call ended with an invite to visit him in Alaska to come and […]
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Santa Barbara Zoo

Santa Barbara Zoo

We took the kids to the zoo this week and they had a great time. Maycie got to feed the giraffe and she just loved it! Some friends of ours gave us family passes to the zoo so we will be heading back for another round soon. It is a lot less stressful to bring […]
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Flying the Kodiak

Flying the Kodiak

I had a great surprise opportunity during a trip to our Arizona home office for meetings. While we were there the NTMA Kodiak was getting a final inspection by it’s destination country’s government officials. It was cleared to head overseas and part of that process was helping our International Chief Pilot get some practice instructing […]
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Scared into Reading

Scared into Reading

I recently returned from a week of meetings at our home office in Arizona. It was a very humbling experience and one that I wouldn’t fully process until I got home and starting thinking through everything. It was the first step in our transition into leadership and Garry’s transition out of the Philippine program. Those […]
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Announcing Cole Brennan Pruett

Announcing Cole Brennan Pruett

Five LONG days after his due date, Cole Brennan Pruett decided to show up. He was born at 6:45am on Saturday, April 14th. He weighed 8 lbs. 5 oz. and was 19.5″ long. It was a great experience to be near family for the whole process and we had amazing care at the hospital. We […]
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Just How Stressed are Missionaries (and what can we do about it)?

Just How Stressed are Missionaries (and what can we do about it)?

Shortly after we arrived in the States, some of our friends (both missionaries on their first term) started having somewhat mysterious major health issues that have brought them home to the US to get checked out. Doctors are mostly baffled by the ailments because there is no clear cause. It’s truly puzzling. Then I came […]
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A Little More Responsible

A Little More Responsible

A couple of weeks ago our team met in the Philippines to discus the future direction of our flight program. Brian was able to attend a couple of the meetings via Skype and it was a very profitable time. One of the things on the agenda was to assign and define job descriptions for all […]
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