The end is near

Yes I am almost done with school and I am starting to realize that in this industry you are never out of school. The amount of information concerning airplanes is so vast you are constantly learning something new because peoples lives are in your hands when you are flying or working on airplanes. Very intimidating and sobering. Well enough of the grim and serious. I have two jobs that I have sent resumes to: one in Ohio and the other in Wisconsin. Both are sheet metal modifications and would be very useful on the mission field. The Wisconsin job is more attractive because it is in Oshkosh (home of the worlds biggest airshow every year) and is sixty miles from Watertown. Dave and Steph go to school in Watertown. Plus the shop does DC-3's conversions. The old radials to turbines; the shop does all of the wing reconstruction for the conversion. Basically, a whole new wing. A DC-3 is a old plane that was used in the military for dropping cargo and para-troopers and in civilian life as a airliner. It is a great old plane with a ton of history. The other job is rebuilding Caravans; a plane that many mission agency's use but I don't know much more than that. I have heard of these jobs from individuals who are involved with the running of the school; so I have good references to get my foot in the door.



I my be going to the fair tomorrow to see my cousins 4-H projects and I will be hunting ground hogs all weekend. Its good practice for deer hunting: small targets at long distances. I may try the cannon this weekend, haven't decided yet.

Best bush plane ever!!!

ground hog hunting/ambushing/sniping

Testing Successful

I passed my airframe and general test yesterday after about nine hours of testing. I am an airframe mechanic. My folks arrived safely in Detroit last night around nine. They will be returning home some time today(Thursday). Thanks for praying for them and for me. I have a line on a job in Ohio so if y'all could pray about that as well I would be grateful. Oh and if anyone talks to grandma tell her that I shot a ground hog last Sunday. Thats a grand total of eight or nine killed on the farm this year and there are more. If your wondering I am not useing the cannon to kill a ground hog, that would be more like vaporizing a ground hog.

test tomorrow

I have my general and airframe test tomorrow starting at eight in the morning and should be about seven to eight hours before I finish. Four test in all, two oral and two practical, and I think I am ready. I will be studying a bit more this afternoon and evening. I would appreciate your prayers for me tomorrow. I will blog about the results later this week.

almost is never enough but it sure is encouraging

I passed my last written for my airframe licence today and I will take my oral and practicals on Monday the 23rd. After those test, of which there are four, I will be a licensed airframe mechanic. I am looking forward to having Monday behind me. Got to go to work and make the big bucks. I just found out that the company my company contracts to made 6 billion dollars last year. might be net might be gross but at that amount it is definitely disgusting.

We had a tour of the Alticor hanger today and it was most impressive. A grand total of twelve aircraft in three hangers: One four seater- $400,000, two helicopters- 35 million, twelve inter-continental jets,(Beijing China to Grand Rapids in fourteen hours kindof jets) some of the jets cost 12 million and the others 30 million. The others fall some were in between but who cares. There was also a Ferrari in one of the hangers. I can't imagine what 30 million is much less think about buying an airplane of that price.

The Family made it safely to Lithuania

Prison break in thrity d's

I have one month until I have a degree of freedom or shall we say a change in schedule. I know what I wont be doing but the trouble is I do not know what I will be doing. Guess I will wait and see what happens. I am speechifying at graduation but it will be a charge to those in a attendance to be faithful in the ministry. None of this going to miss you guys and I will never forget you all; those things are true but overused. (well there are a few I wont miss) I have a pretty good idea what I will be saying but nothing on paper yet.



I used to think, a long time ago, that election was important but wonder how it interacted with the every day ministry philosophy. I have come to believe the lack of election theology in our churches, the multiple versions in circulation, the introduction and use of rock bands, the over all "we need to win souls and get more people into church attitude," is the cause of not understanding the sovereignty of God and the Christians proper role as a saint. It is Gods responsibility to save souls we are merely the messengers. The modern church wants to see results of ministry; so they assume that when the biblical way is not working something must change. The result we see is the secularizing of the church. More of a business plan than a spiritual endeavor. No one will come right out and say this is what they are doing; they spiritualize it because if you are not having new people join or "souls being converted" you are not doing your job.
The churches job is to be faithful to God by following his word, period; no matter what the "success of the church" may look like it to those who have the twisted idea of how the church should run. This twisted idea is man thinking he is responsible for the growth of the church and if the church is "failing" he must improve his method of evangelism. Notice the modern methods practiced today revolve around men reaching other men not God reaching men through men.
The version issue: The new versions will reach more people.
Rocks bands: The church service will be more popular. i.e. more people will come.
The feel good gospel: Sell them salvation and just get them saved; never mind the warfare and
being separate from the world.

Someone put my name in to some Christian foundation and they sent me a one thousand dollar check; which I promptly put on my school bill. "The goodness of God leadeth me to repentance." Praise God for His provision and faithfulness!