Thank you for your prayers regarding our evaluation of Ben & Caroline Fisher this week (See May 26 posting). The Lord was clear in revealing His will for the Fishers and for MMS.Consequently, I'm very pleased to introduce the two newest members of MMS Aviation: Ben &
Caroline Fisher. The Fishers were accepted for service after successfully completing the final stage of evaluation...a week under the microscope here at MMS. We initiated the orientation process immediately after their acceptance this afternoon.
We'll meet again tomorrow for an eight or nine hour session in order to complete the material before they return to Missouri on Sunday. Once back home they'll begin raising the support necessary to begin service. Ben is a pilot and Caroline is a teacher.
Here I am assembling a display board for them to use as they travel to different places and share about MMS in different settings. This board is a tool for them to help educate people about the ministry of MMS as well as their role as missionaries with us.
It's exciting to have a role in preparing God's servants for the harvest field. Thank you so much for your direct role in helping us do so. Through your gifts and your prayers, you're as much a part of preparing Ben & Caroline for service as we are.
And may we all give God the glory for it!
Here's the latest missionary aircraft project to fly-in to our facility.
It's a Piper Aztec operated by the Pfeifer Evangelical Association and is used to transport "The Pfiefers" (John Pfeifer, Candy Pfeifer, and Mary Jane Carter) across the United States and
Canada to perform Gospel Music. The Pfeifer family has an evangelistic heritage reaching back to their grandfathers 78 years ago. Here's the cover of their latest CD.
We originally worked on their Aztec earlier this year and it's back now for some follow-up maintenance. Thanks to your gifts and prayers, the Pfeifers will soon safely return to the sky to spread the Gospel through music.
They're based out of Ohio but maybe they'll be flying into an airport near you soon! If you'd like to learn more about the Pfeifers, their music, and/or their schedule click here.
Karen's safely in PA and I'm safely home from the shop. All is well on the Coshocton front. The weather has turned very spring-ish (sunny and warm as opposed to cold and wet) which is a nice change considering June starts next week.I thought I'd share our first roses of 2008. The yellow rose is on our little bush (which survived being frozen into an ice block two winters ago) and the red one is our "4th of July" climbing rose. They call it "4th of July" because the flowers look like fireworks going off in the sky. Our other climber has buds all over it but hasn't yet opened. I'll get a full shot of the trellis once a few more flowers bloom.
VertigoThanks for praying about my vertigo. I'm at the shop today without any symptoms beyond the lingering head cold. Karen's foot continues to heal but at a rate much slower than she'd prefer.
Pennsylvania
Karen's actually off to Pennsylvania tomorrow, first to Pittsburgh for an overnight visit with her aunt in the hospital and then on to Lancaster for a nephew's wedding on Saturday. 
She'll be back Monday or Tuesday of next week. Along the way she'll pick up an airplane engine case from Africa to put in the trunk of her Honda. No, she's not going to Africa, the engine case is already in PA with missionaries who were in Africa. Having Karen pick it up will save the mission the money it would have cost to ship the engine case to MMS.
Evaluation Meal
We had a nice dinner with Ben & Caroline and Tim & Michele last night. Ben's been down in the hangar assisting with the MAG 206 project today. Caroline is being toured around the Coshocton area by one of the MMS wives. Lord willing, by Friday we'll know whether or not we can approve them as candidates.
We appreciate your prayers as this process unfolds.
Caroline Fisher. The Fishers were accepted for service after successfully completing the final stage of evaluation...a week under the microscope here at MMS. We initiated the orientation process immediately after their acceptance this afternoon.
Here I am assembling a display board for them to use as they travel to different places and share about MMS in different settings. This board is a tool for them to help educate people about the ministry of MMS as well as their role as missionaries with us. 
