Christmas and Happy New Year!

It’s finally getting cooler here. Sometimes, we even consider it cold! We didn’t know if we would feel that here! Along with the cold has come a lot of foggy and hazy skies. As a result, Dominic’s flying days are few. Some weeks good with plenty of flights, some weeks bad with maybe one or two flights. However, in spite of the bad weather, Dominic has been able to do an excessive amount of studying to take and PASS his written commercial license exam! Congratulations Dominic!

We had a great Christmas and have been blessed beyond what we thought. Sofia enjoyed opening up presents and the excitement she had for all of her new stuff made her giggle and scream with joy! It was so wonderful! We spent an evening with friends eating and playing games too!

With the new year ahead we are anticipating hopefully visiting Michigan, Dominic completing his flight training and Sofia turning two! Wow!

Happy New Year!

Until next time, find the truth and stand on it:

John 1 v 16 says, “For out of His fullness (abundance) we have all received [all had a share and we were all supplied with] one grace after another and spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing and even favor upon favor and gift [heaped] upon gift.”

The adventure continues...

After our trip to Switerland we took a short time to get back in the swing of things. April started attending a Ladies Meeting one night during the week. She is benefiting greatly from this and is excited to see what God is going to do with her and through her! Dominic was back to flying and getting ready to take his Private Pilot check ride.

In October, April’s parents flew out from Michigan to visit us! We had such a great time! It was good to be with family again and show them where we live. They took a day trip into the Sierra Nevada’s and saw the Great Sequoia National Forest which is home to some of the largest trees on the planet! It was such a blessing to have them here...we even got to go on a date!

After their departure Dominic and Sofia fell sick with some colds and Dominic had to take a week off from flying to get well. Once he was back to it, he had a couple of days of study and flights and then took his check ride...and passed! Yay! Dominic is officially a private helicopter pilot! We are so excited for the first step being completed! Next step, commercial license.



Until next time, find the truth and stand on it...
I press on toward the goal for the price of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3v14

Saying good-bye!

Our last day in Switzerland we had a grill/pool party so that we could see all of the people we didn’t have time to see. It was a great time!


Until next time, find the truth and stand on it...
“Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.”
Galatians 4 v 7

Flims

Our third week was spent in the town of Flims. Dominic’s parents both have their 60th birthdays this fall and wanted to celebrate having the whole family together. This is the main reason we came to Switzerland...to celebrate! We stayed in apartments at a resort - it was really cool! We had a few days of hiking and touring, and a couple days of relaxing and swimming. Altogether we had a lot of fun with the whole family!

Italy

Departing from Trogen we met up with one of Dominic’s friends and his wife and son, and we drove to Luino, Italy. Dominic’s parents have a little cottage near a lake where we got to spend the week relaxing. One day we went to the lake and went swimming (the water was very cold). The guys also had fun with the rocks! Check it out!

Helimission

After that we were off to Trogen for Helimission’s Candidate Training Camp. We attended this to get a better idea of what Helimission does, where they are, their vision for the future, and if we would be a good fit with them. It was a successful trip! We learned a lot about the heart of Helimission and met so many wonderful people! At this point in time we haven’t heard God give us a clear ‘yes’ or ‘no’ in partnering with Helimission. However, we still strongly believe that God is going to use us to advance his kingdom using helicopter flying as a tool. Continue to pray with us that God would clearly guide us in the right direction and that the right doors would be opened to us and the wrong doors would be closed.

Switzerland or Bust!

During the middle of August we left for Switzerland for three and a half weeks! This trip had been planned for almost a year, I think, and it just snuck up on us. And now it’s already over! Well, here’s just a glimpse at what we did while we were there! Our first few days were spent recovering. Switzerland is nine hours ahead of us here in California. Our flights over were...let’s be honest...hard work. With a wiggly one year old on your lap for basically a whole day, it’s tough!