My How Plans change!
This has been a very eventful Christmas Season. We drove to
Tennessee to spend time with Laura’s side of the family and to visit several
churches. We saw many friends we hadn’t seen in a while. While out here we
thought it would be good to touch bases with the folks at GMI. We met the Anderson
family and discuss details of packing for Guyana and looked over the Plane that
Todd Anderson has been working on getting ready to go. Wednesday Dec 30 I
(Edwin) was working in the hanger with Todd. He was complaining about his lower
right abdomen hurting. After discussing his symptoms he decided to go to an
urgent care clinic to be looked at. The urgent care sent him to Erlanger. It turns
out that he has a grapefruit sized sarcoma; obviously this changes most of their
plans regarding Guyana in the near future. We are praying for a miracle on his
behalf.
While Todd was heading to the ER I was left at
the hanger with instructions regarding the plane that I could do. While I was there David Gates
arrived with a “new” 1959 Cessna 182 that had been donated. It is a very well
kept plane. We got the plane rolled into the hanger with the help of a large
group that came to welcome him back. He departed in a car for a meeting. Later that
afternoon he came back to the hanger to talk with me about my progress on my
instrument rating. When I told him that progress had halted due to problems
with the plane, he offered for me to use the plane he had just brought. I am so
close to being done with my rating. I have flown Mon, Tues, and Wed this week.
Most of the time has been spent getting used to a much bigger, heavier plane. Even
though it doesn’t look much different, it flies quite a bit differently then
what I am used to. Wednesday evening I got signed off to take the written exam.
I have scheduled the Exam for Monday, Jan-11. Laura is going to spend next week
with her Sister and family while I work really hard. Hopefully I will be ready
for my check ride next week.
We praise the Lord for opening a door we didn’t even know
was there! God is good all the time! Please continue to keep us in your
prayers.
