This past week we were blessed to host Troy Paul in our home. He's the gentleman in the red shirt. Troy is a "pre-candidate" with MMS. While he has expressed interest in mission aviation, he hasn't yet been led to apply for service. Troy, his wife Shannon, and their children drove up from Texas to visit MMS about a year and a half ago. Since then Troy bought an airplane and began earning the flight ratings necessary to serve in missions.
Troy flew the airplane solo up to our hangar on Monday and spent the rest of the week volunteering in the hangar. He assisted with an inspection on a Cessna 310 and helped fabricate a part for some amphibious floats needed in Canada. He also had the chance to talk with many of our mechanics and to gain a better understanding of the realities of mission aviation.
On the home front, Tucker and Tanner quickly accepted Troy, and Karen and I greatly enjoyed having him as part of our family for a week. Troy watched the radar closely the past few days as a weather front was predicted to move through the area this morning. Ultimately, the system fizzled-out over Ohio and I drove Troy up to MMS after a breakfast of Karen's famous home-ground whole wheat and oatmeal pancakes. Once at the hangar he made a final weather check, filed his flight plan, and taxied to Runway 22 about 10:30 to start the first leg of his eight hour flight home. As I type this he should be close to, or already on the ground in, Indiana where he'll re-fuel and then return to the sky for the second of three legs.
I'll keep you posted as they discover what the Lord has planned for them.
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