And we know that God works all things together for the good...

Can anything good really come from a snowstorm in late April? The answer is...yes, absolutely.

I have started doing my multi-engine instrument training, and although I tried making my bookings far ahead, it was uncertain how I would be able to get the right bookings (because the flight school was so busy). I needed to start this week in the simulator, and managed only a couple of bookings to start with. Well, wouldn't you know it, a winter storm came along and all but cancelled two days of bookings at the flying school. Suddenly I was able to pick up a couple of extra sessions in the simulator. As a result, I am now ready to get started in the airplane for the actual flight training. I continue to trust that the One who controls the weather will indeed work all things for the good.

God's Timing

We were accepted by Mission Aviation Fellowship as outgoing missionaries in May 2005. So what have we been doing since then? Well, we started gathering a team of prayer and financial supporters. Then, we went through some cross cultural training, had another child, went through a church split, a job change, and alot of confusion. As time went on, we weren't really sure how to proceed. At one point, almost had given up on MAF. As we prayed about it, God was strangely silent...or not so strangely. The fact that God wasn't saying anything new wasn't a bad thing. We realized during this time, that he hadn't changed His mind, and didn't feel like He had to repeat Himself. So we waited, knowing only that we were called to go somewhere, sometime, but not knowing when or where. So we waited...and carried on with "normal life". Kids, work, kids, kids, kids...

This past Feb., we came back from a restful family vacation to Edmonton...and found a very important e-mail waiting for us. We were asked to consider a two year posting with Mission Aviation Fellowship, loaned out to Flying Mission in Botswana (a common practice in mission circles). We prayed, and felt that this was the right opportunity for us. So, we accepted the position, and have been preparing to get over there.

What do we need to do to make the move overseas? Well, we are sharing the need, and have been gathering prayer and financial support already. We have started selling off and giving away un-needed items. We have begun getting vaccinations, and have started to cherish the last moments we have with each of you. We want to make the most of our time left here, realizing that thing will never be the same again. We will miss our falily and friends, but we know that this is what we are called to do. Yet before we go, we hope that our times together will make rich deposits in the lives of each other.