Elena meets Grandpa and Grandad for the first time!

Last week on Sunday, August 20, Elena was able to meet her Grandpa Burtt and Grandad Sanderlin for the first time all in one day! Here are some pictures of the day. We had a meeting in Rockford at Memorial Baptist Church that day where Abby's family was able to stop in. Then we drove home to the Quad Cities to visit with my family for a few days. We had a great time and always enjoy the Illinios steak on the grill and fresh sweet corn!! Nice goats Mom and Emily!!

Africa Update...Glastar Taildragger

Abby and I are currently on deputation raising support to help the Tom Needham family in Cameroon Africa. We have been praying for an airplane to use for planting churches in Africa. Well, there is a plane available, and now we need to raise the money to purchase the plane. The plane is the Glastar Taildragger that Tom Needham has been using since 2000 in Cameroon. He is going to build a newer and bigger plane called the Sportsman 2+2 from the same company. He would like to sell us the other plane, and so we would use them both in Cameroon. It has been said that a missionary with an airplane can do what three missionaries can do without an airplane. It is possible to do three times the work of the Lord with an airplane! Please consider what you may be able to do to help us purchase this plane. All Donations are tax deductible and may be made to
Wings as Eagles
3030 Witzel Ave.
Oshkosh, WI 54904
and designated for Sanderlin's Plane in Cameroon.

Africa update...Cameroon

We just wanted to thank the Lord for answered prayer in regards to our trip and long term plans for Africa. Recently the Lord has made it clear that we are to go to Cameroon to assist the Tom Needham family planting churches. He uses a variety of methods to reach people including medical evangelism, aviation, summer camp, training nationals, Scripture distribution, and much more. The picture here is of Tom with his plane out in the interior villages with the children. We are excited to have this clear focus of Cameroon and will take a survey to there next Spring. Please visit our website www.wyldewood.org/wae and click on my name for our latest newsletter.

Lots of Family Visitors

There have been many people who have come up to see us since Elena was born. Send us some pictures if you want them up on the site. Abby's mom and Mary along with Tina and Adam were up here the day after Elena was born. Abby's Mom and Mary stayed and helped Abby when I flew back to Texas to finish the missions trip...thank you! Jim came up with Emily (Juanita to Jim) and Jill. Jim is starting a new phase of life as he becomes music pastor at a church in Ohio. He will also be in charge of visitation and teaching music in the Christian school. We'll see you all soon!

Uncle Bill visits Elena

It was good to have Uncle Bill visit all the way from Texas! Actually, he was up in the area for a pathology meeting, but we were glad he decided to come up to Oshkosh for a visit. We went out to Kodiak Jack's for a big "Texas size" steak and then to church for the flight camp service on Wednesday evening. It was nice to see you. Come again soon when you're up this way :)

Grams, Anna, Emily, Tina, Tiz, and Mary visit Elena

It was good to see many of Elena's aunts (even Aunt Mary) and Grams, and cousin Emily a few weeks ago. They traveled from Michigan to Illinois for a family reunion before trekking up to Oshkosh. It was a whirlwind visit all packed into a Sunday afternoon and evening. It was great to see Grams all the way up here in Oshkosh! We saw Tina last weekend as well. She gets to see Elena more than the rest being only an hour away in Milwaukee. Thanks everyone for coming, and we'll see most of you in December.

Mom and Emily visit Elena

Grammy Sanderlin and Aunt Emily (aka Sweets, Tutz, Juanita) got to see a beautiful Sanderlin baby a few weeks ago. They came up to help Abby during the airshow week while Sam worked helping fuel the thousands of planes that flew in. We enjoyed the visit, and they enjoyed the special time bonding with Elena. We'll see you soon!

Rachel, Bethany, and Joanna visit Elena

It was good to see Abby's cousins Rachel and Bethany along with Elena's second cousin Joanna. We had a great time at the Wings hangar and at the Mexican restaurant. The girls went shopping and had some Burtt time. Come back and see us soon!