In less than 2 months I'll graduate and my collegiate saga will come to an end. Finally! Not that it's been that bad, but it has taken a while. You can't learn to fly airplanes overnight I suppose. Not to mention figure out how to fix them after they break.
On April 21'st I will begin 4 days of testing so I can become a certified Airframe & Powerplant mechanic (A&P). If anything has ever stressed me out, this is it. 4 days of bending sheet metal and safety wiring. 4 days of remembering things that I learned 5 years ago. Everyone keeps telling me "it's not as bad as it seems" but as far as I'm concerned right now, it is. Thankfully I have some good friends who will be taking the same tests so we have spent a lot of time studying together, but still, can you ever really be prepared for something like this? Perhaps it's the overachiever in me that wants to do so well, but it seems like I could spend another 5 years preparing for this.
Here's the exciting part though, once I have my A&P we meet every requirement for MAF! All that's left is to get our debt low enough, pass our technical evaluations, and we're off!. The closer we get, the more excited we get.
Now please, hear me out on this. Airplanes are fun. But our desire to go overseas has nothing to do with airplanes or achievements or obligations. All we desire to do is share the love of Christ that has been shared with us through countless people in our lives. Airplanes are a great way to meet people's needs in a practical way. They can go where you can't go in cars or on boat. They can save people months and years of traveling by foot. But here's the most important thing; they can allow relationships to be built, and through those relationships the love and never-ending pursuit of Christ can be shared with people who God is madly in love with.
Thanks for your continued prayer and support. Our prayer for you is that you will see how God is pursuing you in real and tangible ways every single day.
Go meet someone's needs today.
