Tailwheel Pilot!

I thank the Lord for answers to prayer as I was able to go through my tailwheel training this Thursday and Friday. The weather was nasty (wind, clouds, storms) when we arrived and was forecast to remain that way. Thursday we trained in clear skys but with strong winds with the storms passing by the airport. The airplane is very light and we were bounced around quite a bit making for quite the workout of mind and body. The training started on the grass strips and progressed to the less forgiving asphalt. We practiced landing the plane on all three wheels at once as well as the front two wheels first. We also did a bit of cross wind takeoff and landing practice. The last of 5 training sessions was absolutely beautiful as we flew until sunset in calm winds. Abby and Elena came to watch the last few landings in which I was able to put the plane down on the runway without too much excitement. This training will allow me to fly the Glastar in Cameroon, but I'll be flying as much as possible here in the states before flying in Africa.

On a side note, we thank the Lord for a very large gift given to help us purchase the Glastar in Cameroon. So far since January about $21,400 has been given toward the $50,000 purchase price.

Wisconsin travels

June has been a busy month with getting some final preparations for going to Cameroon in a few weeks. We are also looking forward to Jim's wedding in only a week!

We stayed at a small lake house in Oshkosh for a few days before heading up North for tailwheel flight training. I passed the checkout and am now a tailwheel pilot! Praise the Lord!

We will be heading into the U.P. for a few days at a meeting before heading back down to Chicago for Jim's wedding.

Elena is crawling all over the place and loves to sing, conduct music, clap when you say "yeah!" and give kisses when she feels like. She talks all the time and is generally on the move. It is a rare moment when she wants you to hold her on your lap and just sit there.

Abby is doing well and generally staying busy keeping up with Elena. She is doing a good job training Elena in her manners and obedience.

End of May

The end of May we spent some time in Ann Arbor before traveling down to York, Pennsylvania. We had a great meeting in PA and visited Hershey and some Amish and Mennonite country. It was good to see the Callahans and Adams families. We thank the Lord for safety in travel, for meeting some new friends at Calvary Baptist in York, and for the good meetings we had this month.