January 2006 is the 50th anniversary of the deaths of 5 missionaries led by Nate Saint and Jim Elliot in Ecuador. Every Tribe Entertainment has produced a documentary that is available through their site and a feature film to be released to theaters in January. The story covers the missionaries encounter with the Waodani tribe and the amazing story of forgiveness that followed. For more information and a trailer, visit the site HERE.

We enjoyed wonderful weather and beautiful scenery the whole weekend. It was so nice to have a weekend to be with friends, make new ones and just enjoy flying. It was also a blast to encourage the pilots and the many people from Idaho who have been diligently supporting them for over 30 years. For more pictures of our time in Idaho click HERE.

During my flight with the MAF pilot, Leslie captured our challenging landing in a stiff tailwind which we managed narrowly due to the great skill of the pilot. It was exciting.

Johnson Creek is a small airstrip nestled in a canyon near Yellow Pines Idaho. It was a lot of fun to gain some mountain flying experience and get some pointers from the MAF pilots. It was certainly an adventure.

We flew down with our friends Jake and Gina (eight months pregnant).

This weekend we had a wonderful oppourtunity to fly to Idaho for an MAF fly-in at Johnson Creek. We spent the weekend talking to Missionary Pilots and I was lucky enough to go for a flight with one of them in a Cessna 206.

1 Year down, 3 years to go. I wrapped up the first year of A&P school this week. It was a wonderful first year and I feel as though I have learned so much. I can't wait to get started again in the fall. Our class also voted for student counsel and I was elected to represent my class next year. It has been neat to see how our class has really grown close over the year. Many people in the class have big plans for the summer for travel, missions trips and time to be with family. Leslie and I hope to make it back to Seattle frequently this summer to be with family and friends.