Kindergarten Graduation

Today, grandson Javin, graduated from Warsaw Elementary Kindergarten.  The ceremony was held outdoors at the park - a beautiful setting and lots of fun. Afterwards, there were hot dogs and other yummy stuff for everyone!

The outdoor stage was loads of fun

Javin gets his certificate from Mrs. Fender, his teacher

Jason, Jen and Javin

Grandma and Javin

The happy graduate!

Following graduation, Jen and I (Rena) went in search of  HH Amish greenhouse to buy some really cheap flowers.

Memorial Day

The great thing about living in a small community is that you see familiar faces just about everywhere you go - including the local Memorial Day Parade!!  We went and looked for our daughter and grandchildren in the parade. Can you spot Jen and Chanelle? This parade was held in the small community of Warsaw, near Jen and family live and where the grandkids go to school.

MMS Aviation Open House video clip

Thank you Keith Dodson for putting together this video of the Open House.

MMS Aviation Open House

We are exhausted after a very full weekend.  MMS had an Open House all day Saturday and Sunday afternoon.  Dave Shelly did a great job organizing the events and everyone poured  a lot of effort in to making this event go well. Saturday was cool with some rain and Sunday was hot and humid, but the turnout was good inspite of the extremes in weather. A couple of highlights for us were special guests Jim and Marvienne Miller. Jim Miller was the founder of MMS 35 years ago. They had traveled from North Carolina to be here for their grandson's graduation and the Open House just happened to be on the same weekend.  Also a visit from Dwight's cousin, John Fenton, from Massilon, OH with two of his grandsons, was a special treat.

Jenny and Dana are making sure no one goes hungry

The map is a popular feature as Keith (r) explains the worldwide scope of the MMS ministry

Dwight (l) with cousin John Fenton (r) and two grandsons, Sam and Jacob

Dwight, Jim and Marvienne Miller, Rena

Jim was MMS's founder 35 years ago

In addition, Sunday morning, Dwight filled the pulpit for our pastor, who was away at the Moody pastor's conference in Chicago. If you would like to listen in, you can, at the church's web page. The title of the sermon is "TakeCare of the Little Things. http://www.fresnobiblechurch.com/

Soccer Days

Saturdays in Coshocton County you can see hundreds of school children playing soccer against each other in organized teams. Since our grandchildren are involved, we do the Grandparent thing and go to watch them. They are having a lot of fun and so are we.

Pieces and Parts

One thing we are able to do at MMS is fabricate a part when the item is no long available. This may be the case if the airplane is older or there just is not a market for the item needed.  Occasionally we can fabricate a part because the item is extremely expensive, thus saving the ministry we are serving the high replacement cost. (FAA regulations make allowances for this.)  The video below shows one item that was fabricated, saving a ministry $400.