Back on the Road

Elias is becoming a bit more mobile...or at least making his first attempts!
Elena brings her favorite toys on the road...animals, dolls, and her tea party set.

Sam and family after passing the checkride for the oral and flight test for the Commercial pilot's license!
Elena in daddy's planeAbby rode with Jack and I for part of the high performance endorsement. This qualifies me to fly planes over 200 horsepower. This Cessna 206 is a classic missionary airplane. Flying over New Bern, NC. We so enjoyed our time in North Carolina the last few weeks. We are in Virginia this morning on our way back to the frozen Midwest. We have a meeting in Indiana this Sunday. Here are some pictures of NC. We stayed next door to Jack and Jonnie Hunt at the Mission Aeroservices Airport called Canaan Airbase. They are such a blessing! Thanks bro. Jack for helping me earn my Commercial pilot's license and high performance endorsement! The Lord is good and his mercy endureth forever.

Meetings update

Visiting the tomb of Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois

Visiting with Jim, Jill, and Ethan as well as Joseph and Michelle and family in Memphis, TN

We stayed in a beautiful house with the Browns in Cleveland, TNWe are near Ashville, NC on our way to New Bern, NC

Our meetings on Sunday in Iowa and then on Wednesday in Tennessee went very well. We visited Abraham Lincoln's tomb, Jim and Jill, Joseph and Michelle (Sam's friends who now live near Jim. We ate lunch with some of Abby's friends in Tennessee on our way to our meeting on Wednesday. Then we ate lunch and spent some time with another one of Abby's friends from college in Tennessee today. We are thankful to see each of you as we travel on deputation. Thanks for praying for our safety as we travel many miles.

Happy New Year!

Wishing you all a happy New Year as you serve the Lord wherever you are! We leave tomorrow for meetings in Iowa this Sunday and then a meeting in Tennesse on Wednesday. We will then be in North Carolina for a few weeks as I finish my commercial license with Jack Hunt. We will be in Indiana for a meeting the end of the month.
Pray for us as we continue to make plans to leave for Cameroon in April. Things are steadily coming together. We got Elias' passport in the mail and our first quote for tickets. We are daily going through our belongings as we pack things for our container and get rid of things we won't be taking.
The ministry in Cameroon continues to see wide open doors for the gospel. More laborers are needed. The nationals are doing a wonderful job, and we are looking forward to working both with them and our fellow missionaries.