Garry's still up in the air... he's been to a location down south and is now up north. Days like today can get a little long with multiple loads and different passengers to organize things with, but he sounds like he's having fun. Actually, Garry seems to be doing amazingly well this week!

Yesterday we ended up enjoying an iced coffee with friends at the hangar... or at least half of one each, since about half ended up on the floor of the truck when I stopped rather suddenly! It's been good to see different people who are coming back from field conference and to hear what a blessing that time was for them.

Good afternoon! It's getting quite warm here in the office and I'm fighting the accompanying sleepiness. We've been listening to the radio cackle since early this morning and the sound is making me sleepy!

This is just a random picture of Kevin enjoying a pizza in Manila. While it is one of the foods we've missed since cutting out wheat, we did find a great recipe with an alternate crust!

Garry is just finishing up a couple of flights down south and will soon be home. When he gets back to the hangar he'll add some fuel, give the plane a quick bath, and then hopefully get things together for tomorrow's flights. We are so thankful for his improved health these days and God's many answers to prayer!

This weekend we went to the local dairy farm to get some milk. They were sold out, so we asked if we could reserve for Monday. They took our information and sent us on our way. However, when we returned on Monday there was no milk to be had. We ended up talking to the manager who explained that production is a bit low right now, "We're only milking one cow now, ma'am, and she only gives 5 liters a day"! Wow, no wonder they run out!

Good morning! Yesterday turned out somewhat differently than we had anticipated... Garry spent the night at one of our tribal locations! He spent hours waiting for weather, but we thought he'd get home. Then it began to pour when he landed at one of the stations at 4:30 pm, so there wasn't time for him to get home. He tied down the airplane and spent a cozy evening with friends in this house.

The boys and I had a relaxing evening reading together and listening to "Adventures in Odyssey". I also had a nice talk with my mom while the boys took showers.

This morning the weather looks great and Garry is leaving for home now! We plan to go to the airport to help him wash the airplane then all come home and have a weekend! The boys are busy on their fort in the yard and I'm trying to get a few things done in the office.

It is good to be back in a more "normal" routine, even with the bumps. God is good.

Friday already! Schoolwork for the week has been happily checked off and my helpers are getting things ready for the weekend. It's a rather nice feeling to be nearing the end of another week!

Garry is flying today! We are so thankful that he was able to sleep last night, knowing that was a gracious answer to prayer. He sat at one of our stations for several hours waiting for the weather to clear, but he's now back in the air. He has a couple of hours of daylight left and is hoping to complete his planned flying for the day.

Yesterday I had coffee with a good friend and we were talking about the Body. What an incredible thing that God has done to make us His body-- inter-dependent and inter-connected! How encouraging it is to realize that what God is doing in each of our lives is good for the whole of the Body, that the pain one suffers benefits all and the joys we each have belong to all of us. What a blessing to know that God is building His Church through each one of us and the gates of hell cannot prevail against it!

Good afternoon! Garry and the boys are at the hangar this afternoon so I'm trying to get caught up on a few things. I realize I haven't been here very often... partially it's just been crazy of late, but mostly our internet provider has been having problems. We're hoping they are fixed now, but we aren't counting on it just yet-- since just before Christmas our connection has been poor.

I thought you might enjoy this picture of the painting Kaleb is working on. It's a family portrait for his art class, a project that is taking him a LONG time to finish.

We are scheduled to start flying again on Friday! Garry has had a couple of really rough days, so we are asking God what He has in mind. We know He is up to something here, not only for us but also for those we serve. We trust and pray that Garry is able to fly, knowing that whatever happens God is firmly seated on the throne!

We started school again this week and have enjoyed being back in a semi-normal routine. The boys are doing amazingly well at their work! Kevin is still doing some badminton training several days a week. He's also enjoying watching a new crop of lettuce coming up. Kaleb is currently interested in building himself a train powered by compressed air. Amazingly enough, we didn't find instructions for that on the internet!

Happy New Year! We were blessed with rain on New Year's Eve, so things were relatively quiet here. These people LOVE fireworks, but most of them are just noisy, not pretty, so we don't enjoy them quite so much:)!

Garry's back at the hangar today and I've been doing some school planning. Kevin is at his badminton lesson, enjoying a workout and some practice. Kaleb is busy building an alka-seltzer-powered rocket.

Such is life at our home today. Enjoyable. Quiet. And now on to making some supper!

Good afternoon! We trust you had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends. We enjoyed a quiet day at home and some badminton. We feel so blessed to have this time to do projects at home and catch up on some of the things that are pending after the past couple of months.

The men have been building a table in preparation for moving the washing machine out to our shop. The washer is really loud, so we'd like to move the noise! That invovles getting some kind of table to fold clothes on, so that is what the guys are doing. They've been enjoying the process, from all appearances.

This afternoon the boys have badminton training, so Garry and I are working on some office stuff. I'm attacking my inbox... and hoping to empty it out!

These days we've been thinking about God's blessings, how all of them are gifts. We never deserve God's love and care. We can never earn His approval. But he approves of us because we are in Christ and He blesses us because we are His children. Amazing! We pray you are enjoying His blessings today!

Hello from Palawan! We are incredibly thankful that the annual inspection is finished and the paperwork was delivered to the appropriate office in Manila this morning! It's a huge answer to prayer to have that finished... not that an annual inspection is usually a big deal, but just now it has been a lot to think about:).

This week we baked many dozens of cookies, and this morning Garry and Kevin took them to our friends around town-- the security guys that watch out for our hangar, the airport manager, the hardware store that we a lot of our business with, the man who delivers our bottled water, and so on. It is fun to be part of this tradition of blessing those who bless us all year long!

The boys enjoy being home again and able to work in their shop. Kevin has been secretly making Garry a Christmas gift and Kaleb is trying to perfect a rocket he drew "blueprints" for at the beginning of the week. In between the important things of their lives we've also been doing reading, writing, and math!

Garry is still on a gluten-free diet and seems to feel better for it. In fact, we recently learned (thanks, Anita!) that children with allergy-induced asthma often have problems with wheat or gluten, so Kevin is joining Garry on his diet. I'm scratching my head about what to cook, but overall it's gone quite well. I was thankful to talk to a friend in Manila whose husband is also a celiac and she gave me some good pointers about cooking and local food. I'll be calling her again soon!