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Rejoice! For Our Visas Were Lost But Have Been Found Again
An unlikely series of events and a needle-in-a-haystack search helps us find our visas and passports.
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“It Won’t Take Long”
Traveling is getting easier with each generation, thus losing its ability to shape our character. Maybe this is why our nation is in a moral decline.
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December 2022 Newsletter
We come home from Alaska, go to MTI, and get an updated move date. Plus, I get to work on Samaritan Aviation’s floatplane!
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Cement Blocks in My Emotional Dryer
If it bounces around too long, your emotional dryer will fly to pieces and you’ll become a psychopath or something.
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VIDEO: Memorial Day Weekend at Dundee Falls and Honey Run State Park
We visited two local waterfalls over Memorial Day weekend and I made a short video about it because that’s what I consider a fun Sunday afternoon.
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Life Isn’t About You! An Inspirational Speech
The first step to giving a baccalaureate speech is finding out what baccalaureate means.
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Medical Procedures, Feather Pillows, Allergic Reactions, & Wailing!
That time when Adi had an allergic reaction, Janice had gallbladder issues, and I got some cysts removed.
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VIDEO: Fixing A Swing
The swing disintegrated. “Should we buy a new one?” Janice asked. Forget that! We’re here for only one more summer. Time to dig out the Duck tape.
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We’re Moving to Papua New Guinea! Oliver Gets Covid & More | March 2022 Newsletter
If it wasn’t for Samaritan Aviation, critically ill patients would have to travel by canoe for 2-3 days down a river full of crocodiles and malaria infested mosquitoes to reach the…
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Close, But No Baby.
Janice recovers from COVID and almost has a baby. I work on a Porter and get some help changing a tire on a King Air.
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Lest by Her Continual Coming She Wearies Me
There’s a real possibility that by six years of age my kids will realize they’re smarter than me and will move out on their own.
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Exploding Stroller Tires and Maintaining Mission Lifelines | September 2021 Newsletter
You don’t need airplanes to be a missionary. But when you do, it’s a lifeline for your ministry!
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VIDEO: Amphibious 206 Update
This Cessna 206 in our hangar is destined to serve in the Amazon.
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We Bought A Bunny
I’m not sure if the bunny has been dropped too often and it’s braindead or if it’s just playing dead so that these predators will stop toying with it.
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Two Weeks at MMS Aviation (in Pictures)
I thought it would be beneficial to share the pictures from the last two weeks on a blog post so everyone out there can see what’s going on in the…
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Hiking North Fork Mountain Trail (Again)
It’s a scientific fact that when you put weight on your shoulders, your spirit deflates at an inversely proportional rate. This explains how a child can weigh as much as…
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Slugs, Haunted Houses, & Indecisive Children
It’s bad enough having tenants that don’t pay rent, it’s even worse if they’re the evil, metaphysical kind.
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Vision Oriented and Budget Limited
A budget minded person would tell my wife to suck it up – new appliances are expensive!
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June 2020 Newsletter
Sometimes I just shrug my shoulders and decide that I really don’t have to understand my children, just love them.
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Gutter Gardens
Not that I’m opposed to gardening. Why just the other Saturday I was weeding my gutters. It’s hard to argue with your wife about the need to clean the gutters…
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Tools of the Trade
I never owned a proper tool box before two years ago. I would just go out in the shop and forage for tools like a gazelle grazing on the savannah.
