Another Milestone

Today was a "Red Letter Day" for us. Luke completed the program we used to teach him to read. I thought it would be fun to make this a big deal for him. So I got out the streamers and balloons, chocolate (of course), and some noise makers. We got everything ready and brought Luke in for the big surprise. It was so cute to see the smile on his face. He was really excited about the "reading certificate" I made for him, too. He read part of "Hop on Pop" to all of us. Homeschooling ROCKS! This is what it's all about!

Fall landscaping

We have never lived in a place where you being landscaping and planting flowers in fall. The weather has begun to cool down enough to make being outside enjoyable. We had a garage sale a few week back and we decided to spend the money on landscaping in front of Sierra's room. The sun hits her room all day long and it can get quite warm. We planted some palms and other shrubs that will hopefully grow up shade her room. Brian was bit only a couple times by fire ants during the whole project. Amazing.

Hangar Life

Each day working on our fleet of airplanes brings new challenges. You never know what you are going to get yourself into. Being stuck in the belly of the airplane has given me a new respect for Jonah as he was stuck in the belly of a whale for three days. Praise God I wasn't there for that length of time. Added flights to Haiti and the Bahamas flying hurricane relief has added more maintenance. As we work to get the planes out the door, I am amazed at the amount of donations that have poured in since the devastating storms in the Caribbean. Today we received over 1800 new tents which will be flown to Haiti. Clothes, food and medical supplies from all over the nation have been delivered. Please pray for MFI, the missionaries we fly for and those affected by the storms. The affects of these storms are still very real to the people in Haiti and surrounding Caribbean islands.

Back to Work

Well, after having 8 days off work with pretty severe pain from the kidney stones and surgery, I am back to work. I have been back for several days now. Work has been busy with all the hurricanes and tropical storms that have hit Haiti and other Caribbean Islands. One of our airplanes spend 2 1/2 weeks in the Turks and Caicos Islands which is just north of Haiti. They transported 81,000 lbs of relief supplies. The islands were devastated by hurricane Ike. In one week we made 7 other flights to Haiti with the other three airplanes. Donations from all over have been coming in to the hangar. Clothes, food, money for fuel and medical supplies. Walmart donated several pallets of food and approximately 15 tons of bottled water. Many churches have been getting involved. Medical Assistance Program (MAP) has donated over a half million dollars in medical supplies (www.map.org). Our problem now is keeping up with the maintenance so we can get all these supplies to relief workers and missionaries. Please pray for the safety of the flights and crew and especially those affected by these storms.