At MMS we begin each day in prayer. It's an opportunity to pray for the projects in the hangar, personal needs, requests that come our way, safety and wisdom in the hangar (or administrative offices as the case may be). Once prayer time is over, the teams gather at their respective projects to begin the day. One of the current projects in Hangar C is a Phase Inspection on Gospel Carrier's (GCI) King Air (seen in the background). A question arose about a "stop bolt" - what is it, what is it's purpose in the structure of the landing gear? To help the apprentices visualize the bolt, Dennis brought out the Parts Manual and the Service Manual for the King Air and a valuable discussion and learning session began. What a privilege to be working on "live" missionary aircraft, returning them to service in the process. This King Air 200 is used by a Chinese evangelist (and evanglism team) who brings the gospel (through crusades, home meetings, etc) to Chinese living in the United States. Doing the routine maintenance and inspections on this plane (at no charge for our labor) is one of the ways we can be part of GCI's ministry.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
GOING BY THE BOOK
At MMS we begin each day in prayer. It's an opportunity to pray for the projects in the hangar, personal needs, requests that come our way, safety and wisdom in the hangar (or administrative offices as the case may be). Once prayer time is over, the teams gather at their respective projects to begin the day. One of the current projects in Hangar C is a Phase Inspection on Gospel Carrier's (GCI) King Air (seen in the background). A question arose about a "stop bolt" - what is it, what is it's purpose in the structure of the landing gear? To help the apprentices visualize the bolt, Dennis brought out the Parts Manual and the Service Manual for the King Air and a valuable discussion and learning session began. What a privilege to be working on "live" missionary aircraft, returning them to service in the process. This King Air 200 is used by a Chinese evangelist (and evanglism team) who brings the gospel (through crusades, home meetings, etc) to Chinese living in the United States. Doing the routine maintenance and inspections on this plane (at no charge for our labor) is one of the ways we can be part of GCI's ministry.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
LESSONS IN THE ROUND PEN
Thursday, September 18, 2008
GOD'S SPECIAL TOUCHES
As for Dennis - during a routine wing inspection, he found a broken rib (airplane rib that is) and corrosion in the Hondoros Cessna 206. This meant the wing needed to be disassembled (a process involving the removal of lots and lots of rivets - I'd count them for you but I've already spent the last 5 hours processing inventory and I am "numbered out" for the day :-), the rest of the ribs inspected, corrosion taken care of, and new parts made. In this photo, Dennis is working on the top
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
FAMILY FUN AND POWER OUTAGES
Our week got off to a great start as we enjoyed having all our family together, in one place, again. Hiking Old Man's Cave in Logan, OH brought back lots of great memories of trips to the Caves from my early years growing up in Athens, OH. Just as we finished the last "leg" of the journey, the winds picked up, a tree branch fell right where a couple of the grandkids had been standing just moments before, and it looked like time to "evacuate the park". Who would have suspected that was the beginning of our 4 days (and still counting) without electricity. So far, no electrical service has been restored on our road. I am so thankful for the gas generator Dennis had the foresight to buy a few years ago. It generates enough electricity to power our water pump, refrigerator, and some lights. Many have had (and still have) it much worse. Even MMS was without power for 2 days. I sorted mail by the light of the open window, others stripped paint and continued installing wing tanks by the light of the open hangar doors. Alas, the computers refused to work - slowing down many functions we would have normally done on those days. It did cause me to reflect on, not only those who deal with hurricane damage on a regular basis, but those we serve through MMS in countries that do not have the facilities we have available here. May God bless each of them in a special way today.
Friday, September 12, 2008
PRAISE GOD FOR A GOOD MRI REPORT

Tuesday, September 9, 2008
MECHANICS IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES

Wednesday, September 3, 2008
PAINTING AND MUCKING

Yes, I know "mucking" is not an aviation term, but it sure is a part of horse ministry. Building fences, painting fences (so they last a long time), cleaning water troughs, caring for equipment, putting up hay, mucking (cleaning out) stalls, all these are necessary if you are going to work with horses. Yesterday I had a rider wanting to muck out a stall to see what it was like. Wouldn't you know it, there was nothing to "muck". Tonight was a very different story, those horses must have been having a party in one particular stall last night. While Dennis was painting, I was "mucking". God blessed me indeed with an understanding, hard working, loving husband to enable me to share my horses with others. Tonight's painting was done after a day inspecting airplanes, cataloging and sending tools out for calibration, doing the research and paperwork necessary to put the King Air in MMS' Repair Station manual, working with an apprentice on a Condition and Correction statement (detailing the work that had been done on that airplanes). Dennis, you are the best!
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