R66 Checkout

April 30, 2018

After spending 7 weeks in the USA for both flight and maintenance training with the Robinson R66 helicopter we are back in the Philippines working with our team to get the R66 up and running in our region. It is going really well so far and it is already clear that the extra payload and passenger capacity […]

MORE TRAINING NEXT WEEK

February 14, 2018

We just wanted to write a quick little update on our plans so that you’re not surprised if you see us in CA in the coming days/weeks. The five of us are hopping on a plane tomorrow evening, headed for the U.S.A! Brian is required to have about 4 weeks of training at our training […]

THANKS FOR CONTINUING TO PRAY FOR OUR VEHICLE SITUATION

May 15, 2016

We want to say a HUGE thank you for praying for our vehicle woes. Brian did some math yesterday and realized that our car has driven an average of about 24 hours/week for the past 6 weeks, and we’re still keeping that pace! When we asked you to pray about this, it seemed nothing could […]

A LOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR

May 15, 2016

As crazy as the past few months have been, I can’t even begin to describe how exciting it all has been at the same time. There have been some major ups and downs and, while it continues this way, progress is being made and some really cool things are happening! Here are just a couple […]

What It’s All About

April 27, 2016

In the midst of the excitement and work of getting the helicopter registered and airworthy, we’re also trying to support our missionaries who are in their mountain locations until the helicopter is online. Historically we have had a full-time missionary here who has handled the enormous job of compiling missionaries’ supply orders (usually via […]

Ready to Fly…Almost

April 22, 2016

We had a great week assembling the helicopter and it is now completely ready for it’s test flights. We assembled it and then performed an annual inspection which included running it on the ground and balancing the rotors. It’s running beautifully and is all ready to fly for the final balancing and testing. Our USA […]

It’s Finally Here!

April 16, 2016

Oh happy day! The helicopter is not only here in the Philippines, but now it is HERE – tucked away in the corner of a friend’s hangar as it waits for Josh and Brian to finish assembling it. It’s been a long week of waiting. We arrived in the city last Sunday to make sure […]

Keeping the Main thing the Main Thing

April 10, 2016

I don’t like writing updates like this. I like the updates where we get to tell you about the translation that’s happening in one of our villages or how a certain people group is hearing the Gospel for the very first time! Those things are fun to write about because that’s why we are here…and […]

The Helicopter Arrives This Week!

April 4, 2016

We returned to the Philippines on New Year’s Eve after being away from our regular ministry for a year of training. That was just three very short months ago. We have been getting things ready for the arrival of the new helicopter. This has been more challenging than we thought. Of the 90 days that […]

ONE YEAR AGO TODAY…

November 8, 2015

Today marks the one year anniversary of when Brian started his helicopter training in Arizona. We left the Philippines for a short, 4-month home assignment in March of 2014, and it has felt a lot like the 3-hour tour that Gilligan and friends left on! It has not been what we expected, but it has been […]