It's been a long blog-cation! And after 7 years writing here almost weekly, it turned out to be really nice to have a break. I'm not sure yet how often I'll be blogging going forward, but I thought I'd take a little time to catch up about what's new in a few posts. To start off, here's what going on in our base:
- Looks like our base will wrap up the year flying close to 800 hours! That's a lot of hours in the air to bring missionaries and supplies to villages! But for each hour in the air, there are many more on the ground in maintenance, loading cargo, refueling, paperwork, communication via radio, and more.
- Our team of five families (pictured above) are all really dedicated and passionate about the ministry here. We have our differences in personality, but are committed to being united and focused. It's a joy to serve alongside these other four families.
- We are all feeling a bit stretched thin with all of the work there is to keep the flight program running. This is especially true of our pilots/mechanics (above) who often are gone for looong days on flights and even overnights or weeklong trips to villages. We are looking forward to the possibility of another family joining us here next year.
- We recently had two of the "big cheeses" from Anapolis make their annual trip to our base. It was great to be able to hear from them in person and get to share with them our mission's experiences, questions, etc.
- Those of us who can make it are looking forward to a mission-wide retreat near the mission headquarters in March. We're really looking forward to seeing friends who serve at other bases, some of whom we haven't seen since the last retreat 3 years ago! Should be fun and refreshing!
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