When It Doesn’t FEEL Like Christmas

December 25, 2017

Over the past few weeks, as we have been getting ready for Christmas, several times I have thought and my kids have said, “It doesn’t feel like Christmas.” And it got me thinking- what is it that makes it FEEL like Christmas? I asked my kids this and we all talked about it and this […]

Hidden Blessings

November 16, 2017

Our faithful God is so merciful to lavish upon us blessings through difficult times. Most often, these blessings are hidden and may not even be recognized for months or years. Nevertheless, they are there. James 1 tells us to count it all joy when we meet trials. Why? Because that testing will produce a steadfastness […]

Flights and Friends

October 19, 2017

Hey, Arizona friends! Do you want to go on a helicopter flight? You can soon! Details at the bottom of this blog. 🙂 Since we saw you last… We had Toby was retested for the nut allergy he had as a toddler and we are thrilled to say that Toby outgrew his nut allergy!! Now we […]

Night Vision and No Vision!

April 30, 2017

Frank’s report of recent helicopter training events: Night Vision One of the requirements I need to meet for my commercial helicopter license is five hours of flying solo at night. I landed on Tuscon’s main runway just before and after two airliners landed, saw a shootingstar, avoided all the mountains, flew through some turbulence but […]

A Cause for Celebration!

March 14, 2017

As we shared in our last blog post, Frank has been training to become a helicopter pilot. This has been a shift in our original plans based on the request of NTM Aviation to meet a specific need in the Asia-Pacific region. For about the last month, Frank has spent each morning in the helicopter. […]

An Unexpected Turn of Events!

February 9, 2017

This week marked the beginning of a new and exciting chapter in our life – Frank has begun flight training to become a helicopter pilot! Now you’re probably thinking, “wait – isn’t Frank an airplane pilot?” Let us explain: NTM Aviation uses both airplanes and helicopters around the world to support tribal church planting. Each […]

Life in Arizona

November 16, 2016

We made it to Arizona! But since we still haven’t made it out to the official sign at the entrance to take a family picture and show you, we haven’t created a blog post to tell you we are here. Logical right?? I know, not really. Since we don’t have a picture by the “NTM […]

Filling a Supply Order Ends with a Surprise

August 9, 2016

After a Monday morning that started at 3:45 AM, I thought we would have a couple low-key days. When I opened my email, everything changed.

How NTM Aviation Helped Us

July 14, 2016

I would like to express our heartfelt gratitude for our NTM pilots who were willing to risk their lives for us in the years we worked with possible threats of kidnapping from the enemies of the Gospel here in Colombia. We knew that all it would take was a radio call to ask for our […]

Travel in PNG

July 5, 2016

As with all of us, the simple things that goes on day to day as we live life often gets overlooked. One thing we have often said is we wished so many of you could see the life we lived just so you could experience it for a day. So we wanted to write about […]