Week's Re-Cap & Winter Storm Watch

The last week of January has come to a close, February is set to start, and another Winter Storm Watch has been issued.

The big news from the mission is I have a new role as part of my HR responsibilities. I'm now the "Administrator" of our Substance Abuse Program (otherwise known as random drug testing). While not typically a problem in a hangar situation like ours, it is a standard aviation industry practice for random drug testing to take place where commercial aircraft are maintained or operated. While we don't fall directly under that industry standard (as we don't work on aircraft that fall into the "commercial" category) the MMS Board felt it would be a good testimony to our customers and partners to voluntarily initiate such a program.

After working with a substance abuse consultant for nearly a year, Jon Speckman of ADATC, Inc., we finalized our specific policy with him in December. Karen and I had the privilege of hosting Jon in our home two nights when he arrived Wednesday evening to provide the required group and individual training on Thursday. There were three different training sessions which encompassed the entire day: one for the whole group, one for specific supervisors, and then a final session specifically focused on policy administration with an inspection of our local "collection point" at Coshocton County Hospital. I was part of every session as was Terry McClary, our production manager who is my Assistant Administrator. Jon did a great job leading the training. His 35 years of experience in the field provided depth of insight and information not many others could share. We greatly enjoyed having Jon in our home and I look forward to working with him as I grow in my new responsibilities.

Karen and I spent yesterday working in the basement. It must have something to do with the weather outside that drives us underground this time of year. With the basement cleaned and straightened we had worship this morning and then took the rest of the day off.

Speaking of taking Sunday off...here's a rather typical way we spend part of our Sundays:

Here I am surrounded by my books and covered in Cocker Spaniels. It won't be long until nap time.

Karen works a puzzle. According to the container, this puzzle is the smallest 1000 piece puzzle in the world.

Those are some tiny, tiny pieces and the sky pieces are all the same shape!
(Thanks for driving Karen crazy, Lynette!)

Sundays are restful days for us. We hope you are able to enjoy a day of rest on Sundays as well.

A winter storm watch has been issued for the region with rain and ice and snow predicted to start Monday night and to run through Wednesday. We'll see what we get and keep you posted.

Thanks for your prayers and gifts which enable us to serve! We'll be back at ministry tomorrow!