Nev's News

Well ... here is a pic of the piece of paper that took 1 year and $15,000 to get!

 

It was great to have my folks fly out and share the day, or at least use my graduation as an excuse for a holiday.

We also had a special guest speaker ... wait for it ... Mr Steve Saint, son of the martyred pilot Nate Saint. What a great surprise, and his message was extremely challenging.

For those that don't know, Nate Saint was one of 5 men (Nate Saint, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot, Peter Fleming, and Roger Youderian) who mere killed while trying to reach the Auca tribe in Ecuador back in 1956. If you haven't read the book or seen the movie yet then you need to check it out, you can see the trailer of the movie at http://www.endofthespear.com/

Here is a pic of Steve speaking during graduation.

So now all that is left is my commercial flight rating. The resting period is over and its back to the grind. My days now consist of flying as much as possible practicing all the maneuvers, and then studying for the oral test when I'm not in the air. The pressure is on as my visa runs out at the end of September so that gives me about 5 weeks from today to get wrapped up. Normally that wouldn't be an issue but throw the Michigan weather into the equation and anything could happen. Today we even had a Tornado warning just north of Grand Rapids.

Keep praying for blue skies and calm winds!

 

 

Just a quick posting to let you all know that I PASSED the maintenance course . It's all over, no more tests, practicals, or exams - it's all done! (well at least from a maintenance point of view). I'll get a few pics of graduation posted in a few days, but for now I'm heading up to the cabin by the lake for a weekend of doing NOTHING ... NOT A THING! The word study is not even to be mentioned. Talk soon ... Nev

Well, yesterday consisted of 6 hours of testing made up of oral questions and then some practical tests ... and I'm pleased to tell you that I PASSED without any real problems ... praise God that He can take someone with no mechanical experience and enable me to learn how to work on airplanes .

Now it's just the final written exams and I'm finished, that will be a day to celebrate as a year of study draws to an end. Graduation is on Friday and my folks are already here and my uncle from California is flying in on Tuesday. After graduation we are all planning a nice relaxing trip up to a friends cabin in the woods beside the lake. There will not be a study book in sight! Until then however, it's head down and tail up for the final push of exams. The end is in sight!