Another Milestone!

One of the requirements to apply to MAF as a pilot/mechanic is to have 400 hours logged flight time. Today, I officially passed that mark! Praise God!

Since passing my CFI checkride, I did get the job at the flight school where I trained. They are a bit slow right now and have not picked up any new students yet. However, a friend of mine who is also a pilot is trying to get his commercial certificate. He asked me to finish his training and we have flown twice together now, putting me past that mark.

It is very fun doing instructing and I do believe I am going to enjoy it. We are confident that God will provide just the right number of students for me in his perfect timing.

Maggy and kids are doing well. More pictures soon.

Finally, I passed my CFI checkride!

Praise God! After 5+ months of studying and preparation, I have passed my Certified Flight Instructor's practical exam. I could not have done it without God's help. There were many times I felt that I just couldn't comprehend the material and commit it to memory, but God gave me the ability after asking him.

I am able to start instructing right away. I have a couple of students who are ready to go now and hope to add to them for a full schedule soon. My new place of employment is CAMS Flight School.

I still have more training to do and will start that right away. In order to expand my customer base, I will add the Instrument rating to my Instructor's certificate to instruct instrument students as well as familiarize myself with more technically advanced aircraft as the school has several of those.

Thanks so much to those of you who have been praying for me!

Idaho Bound

We had been invited to the wedding of one of the Trempert kids, Craig and since David hadn't seen them in a very long time and Maggy and the kids had never met them, we decided to make the trip. Everything worked out well for the trip.

The flights were messed up, as usual and we were rerouted with less than a good chance of making it to Nampa, Idaho as planned on Friday. We wound up with standby tickets and full flights in Salt Lake City, Utah. We still had quite a bit of daylight left and the weather was gorgeous, so we cancelled that last leg of our flight and rented a car to get to Nampa and the wedding on time.

It was a gorgeous trip. See the photos in the album on the right.

The trip was great, other than that. We had a wonderful time with the Tremperts, a family that David grew up with in Venezuela and also stayed weekends with when he was in California in the Marines as they were stationed in nearby Redlands. MAF has since moved its headquarters to Nampa.

The wedding was beautiful and it was wonderful catching up with the Tremperts and meeting new people from MAF. We stayed with a very nice couple who have been with MAF in several different countries for many years.

We also discoverd an additional opportunity for us to proceed with our desire to join MAF when David finishes his school. MAF offers a paid mechanic internship to build aditional maintenance skills before going out to the field. Maggy will also have a chance to be exposed to missions and her role as missionary during that time. It will last a year if we are accepted and will much better prepare both of us for missions work.

We will be in prayer about that decision to see if that is God's leading. Please pray for us as we make that decision soon.

Picture of TamaTama, Venezuela

Here is a random picture of TamaTama, Venezuela where David grew up. I don't know when it was taken, but I copied it off of another MK (Missionary Kid)'s website. Thanks, Jonathan!