Life

Life continues to be an interesting variety of events, especially over the past month or so. One of the highlights has been to visit some former staff in southern Minnesota. It was great to escape from the routine for a few days and reconnect. Along with that was volleyball, singing and guitar, and good eating. Upon returning home we found a flooded house. A water pipe had burst on the second floor while we were gone and thoroughly saturated a good part of the basement and first floor. So, we have been forced upon a remodel project. The rainbow after the storm has been that insurance will pay for the majority of the materials. We are praising the Lord for a relatively inexpensive remodel project that needed to be done anyhow.

We have completed the engine swap on the 172. I was privileged to ride along on the maiden flight to start the engine break in. We have also installed the newly overhauled propeller on the 206. An additional day was spent balancing it to the engine. It now purrs very smoothly.

The Lord continues to work in my heart and call me to a higher standard of living. I have been blessed and challenged by the preaching of the Word and time spent in prayer. We are going through our newly revised Basic Counseling Skills Workshop manual and DVDs for Bible study. Just in the two sessions we have gone through I have been greatly challenged to look into my own heart. Pray for me as I root out things that are hindering relationships and robbing my life of the Glory of God.