This quote above is wise counsel from a newly canonized saint to a dear friend of his

- Blessed Stanley Rother

Blessed Stanley Rother - is the first US priest and martyr. He gave up his life to stand with his people in the town he served in Santiago, Guatemala. And he is 100% correct - Each of us has a unique life experience. God uses ALL things for good, even the hardest parts of our stories. We need to stand in our stories, not run (or fly away), and use them all for good!

As an aviation family, we often think of aviation as a metaphor for many things in our life, and our faith and missionary work is not exempt from tendency.

When we set out years ago, “Our Plan” did not involve most of the “flight plans” that it has taken. Our life is a series of twists & turns, turbulence, elevation changes, and missed flights or even last minute changes in destination - not the smooth direct flight path that we planned.

And you know what…

It is far better than we ever dreamed. Each one of these diversions was purposeful, and allowed connections that only could be providential. God has woven so many connections in our life to allow this path that is is hard to remember them all, we are now just passengers along for the ride, wherever we end up landing!

One example of these connections is on the itinerary for tomorrow!

During the volcano eruption last year and our efforts to connect with other organizations to help, we ended up making contact with an organization called Caring Crew…

They describe themselves as:

Caring Crew is made up of employees from departments all over Delta Air Lines and others who want to join in fundraising and volunteering who have a heart for our mission.   We are also always looking for new members to work with us to further our cause and join in on the fun.

So here we go to join the FUN! Combining aviation contacts + a heart 4 missions = what could be better???

Tomorrow we are doing our very first delivery of medical supplies to Guatemala with the help of Caring Crew and with their help and generosity, we are bringing 175# of medical supplies to Guatemala for our upcoming medical mission trip

What does 175# of medical supplies look like???.

It looks like a lot of packing will take place tomorrow!

“Gears Up” on building an amazing relationship with Caring Crew who donated & helped us purchase medical supplies at a great discount from MedShare in order to provide supplies for our medical mission brigade with Hope WorldWide Guatemala this summer!