Renewed Focus

July 30, 2013

I think too often I get caught up in being a good “pilot’s wife” – especially when it gets busy. I want to do my job well so I work hard at having a weather report ready for Brian when he calls over the radio and making sure the guesthouse knows when a flight didn’t […]

A Record Month

March 2, 2013

This is right in the middle of rainy season so flights are always a challenge. We wait many hours and sometimes days for weather to clear and this means that Bailey is on standby with the radio until the flight takes place. Brian always packs an overnight bag in case he isn’t able to return […]

Bushwheels

January 20, 2013

You may remember that last June Brian went to Alaska to test out big tires for the airplane. The testing went very well and Brian was able to get the tires approved by our leaders for a trial period on one of our Philippine aircraft. The tires arrived and Brian didn’t have any fun at […]

December: Projects, Projects, Projects

January 10, 2013

We started to feel crunched for time as we saw our partners’ home assignment coming closer and began to see how busy we would get when they left. We would be on our own and Brian would be flying, Bailey would take over the bookkeeping and also do the flight following. There were lots of […]

Super Typhoon Pablo

December 31, 2012

We live in the mountains and toward the center of a very large island. Consequently we don’t ever deal with typhoons because they are typically forced north or us or dissipate to almost nothing by the time they cross the east side of the island to get to us. You can imagine the shock we […]

License Reinstated after Three Months

December 28, 2012

When we left for our home assignment the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) refused to renew my pilot’s license early. Instead they asked me to turn it in to them for “safe keeping” until I returned. When we returned I went to the CAAP office straight away to retrieve my license. As I […]

Flying Tomorrow

October 24, 2012

After almost two months of wading through paper work, tests and trips to Manila I finally received my temporary pilots license today. This allows me to practice for my coming check ride with a Philippine flight instructor/examiner so that I can have my permanent license reissued. Through this process I learned that I can speak […]

Visiting the Helicopter Program

September 16, 2012

The main part of our ministry now is to oversee all our operations in the Philippines and to make sure our teams are functioning well and well equipped to serve our missionaries. We have spent all of our time in the southern part of the country and haven’t ventured to our northern operations where we are […]

Best Trip Ever

September 7, 2012

We arrived back in the Philippines last Saturday and had an amazing trip. We expressed to many of our prayer partners our dread for the flight and asked them to pray specifically for the trip. Here are a few of the highlights that just go to show how much God cares for us even on […]

Itching to Speak English

September 5, 2012

I woke up this morning with a simple plan for the day that involved getting my flight medical reissued and getting a test scheduled to prove I can speak English. As is usually the case, things didn’t go as planned. Now, I’m sitting waiting to take the English proficiency exam in a shirt I bought […]