Today is Tuesday (riding lesson day). Time to pull out jeans, boots, cowboy hat and spend some time with the girls. Cherokee is my energetic, sometimes unpredictable, but fun-loving Paint gelding. Danielle is my oldest riding student (both in age and number of summers taking lessons). We have a great time together.
Danielle's grandfather is the founder of MMS Aviation (the ministry Dennis and I have been serving with for 21 years). That's not why I give Danielle riding lessons, but it is how I met her parents years ago. Danielle's grandfather (Jim) was a missionary airplane mechanic in Bolivia with JAARS (support arm of Wycliffe Bible Translators) when God gave him a desire to train other missionary airplane mechanics so they would have "hands on" experience before serving on an "overseas field". MMS is the "fruit" of Jim's vision, and the many hours of work it took to bring it to pass. In 1986, Dennis and I made a trip to N. Carolina to visit Jim (who had returned to service with JAARS at that time) and shared our desire to use our technical skills to serve the Lord. Jim's example and encouragement strengthened our commitment to pursue mission service. You can learn more about MMS and "meet" some of the people involved in this ministry by "clicking" the link on this blog site. God is faithful!
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Thanks for being so faithful for so long and investing so much of your hearts and lives into the planes and people of MMS and the families of Coshocton County. This blog is a great extension of your ministry.
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