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My Amazing Wife

My Amazing Wife

It’s the night before a flight. A flight that involves me staying in the tribe for the day until the missionaries are ready to come home. I can see on the weather map that a stationary front is moving in over the Eastern Philippines which means rain and nasty weather – stress. Bailey and I […]
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Helicopter Lands in the Isnag Tribe

Helicopter Lands in the Isnag Tribe

When we first arrived here in the Philippines I hiked with a couple of other NTMA guys into the Isnag tribe to do some repairs on the solar panels and other odds and ends. It was a couple years ago but if I remember right we drove a car for 8 hours, rode a bus […]
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Maycie and Dylan’s First Flight

Maycie and Dylan’s First Flight

We finally found some spare time to all go out to the hangar and go for a short flight. I had to fly to get current before a cargo flight the next day, so we decided to make the most of it and all go for a ride. This was the first time that Bailey […]
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Mission Accomplished

Mission Accomplished

It is hard to believe that this coming summer marks three years since we first arrived here in the Philippines. Where does the time go? When we arrived the situation was a bit bleak. There was only one functional airplane (one of three) and one active pilot, Ben Hart. Our Chief pilot/program manager was leaving […]
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Dry Season is Here!

Dry Season is Here!

We haven’t lived here long enough to know the seasons, but if I didn’t know better I’d say dry season started yesterday. Dry season is a big deal here for many reasons. It marks the end of extreme mud and trades it in for normal mud. This allows the folks in the tribal areas to […]
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My Little Lady

My Little Lady

I just had to take a moment to brag about my little lady today. Today is a flight day which means I am on the radio and can pretty much pay NO attention to Maycie at all.  She knows that when the radio is on, she can’t be near me; but she is still a […]
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Time to Party!

Time to Party!

I know that I don’t write very often, but let’s just face it…Brian is the writer in the family and I just end up babbling my way through posts – which is probably what I’ll end up doing this time too. But, I was overwhelmed by something today and felt like maybe I should share […]
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USA and back again

USA and back again

It's crazy how fast time flies and how much change just a few weeks can bring. Just two weeks ago I would have been sitting on the couch watching tv next to my sisters in the good ol' USA and today, I'm back across the world, at home with Brian. It feels crazy that I was even there! But, as crazy as it feels, I WAS there and I had a truly wonderful time. It was a bit surreal to be back with my family, most of them I hadn't seen in 2 1/2 years.
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The Hardest Part of Flying

The Hardest Part of Flying

During an extremely busy flight schedule we received word that two patients were critically ill in the Banwaon tribe. This is the video of my flight to take one of the patients to the hospital. It’s a pretty typical flight during this time of year and without a doubt, I feel relief when I get […]
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Death May Bring Life

Death May Bring Life

On November 28th rainy season started here with a round of weather that made flying nearly impossible. We were also alerted by Chris and Lynne Strange and Albert Castelijn that they had an emergency medical situation in their tribal location. The most critical patient was a man whom they were not certain if he would […]
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