New Family Member

The last few days have been hectic and crazy. Our tiny granddaughter made her appearance on Oct. 31,7 weeks early, weighing 2 lbs 6 oz. and 15 inches long. Her name is Kiara (pronounced kee-ah-rah) Bell Jarboe. Our daughter in law is recovering from a c-section at Riverside Hospital in Columbus (OH).

Late on her second day, Kiara was rushed across Columbus to Children's hospital for emergency surgery very early Wednesday morning to repair a hole in her intestine. We've been back and forth between the two hospitals and stayed Wednesday night in Columbus rather than do the 80 mile drive back to Coshocton (OH) where we live.

Kiara is doing well and making good progress, but it will be a long time before she will be able to go home. We would all appreciate your prayers, especially Kiara and her Dad and Mom, Scott (our son) and Stephanie.

Newly born, weighing 2 lbs 6 oz and 15" long.

 

 

Proud Dad, Scott

Stephanie gets help changing the diaper

Day 4, the day after surgery. Taking her first peek at Grandma.

 

Kiara's eyes are covered because she is under a light to treat some jaundice while Grandma get's Kiara to stretch her legs.

Stephanie will be dismissed from the hospital today. Pray for them as they sort through their schedule. Stephanie will be unable to drive or return to work for 6-8 weeks.

Busy Sunday and Monday

Orange Friends Church in Lewis Center, OH, invited MMS to participate in their annual "Taste of Missions" Event Sunday evening. We were only too happy to represent MMS and share the ministry of missionary aviation.

Dwight talks to an inquirer at the MMS Aviation display table

The airplane for Gabon, Africa is just about done. Missionary pilot Steve Straw is here to do the return to service flights and take delivery of the plane. He and some members of his family took the project team and us out to eat at a local Mexican restaurant in appreciation for the work done.

Steve Straw presents a plaque to MMS Aviation in appreciation for the work done on his airplane. Representing MMS is Dwight and Dale Coates (project supervisor)

Below is a video of the final stages of completion of this airplane for ministry in Gabon, Africa

Double Celebration

Now that Dad Tarter lives close to us, we can celebrate his and Dwight's birthdays together. Their birthdays are just two days apart.

Getting candles on the cakes

1 2 3 blow!

 The yellow cake has #1 on each side of five candles in a row (151). Can you guess why the grandchildren did that? The answer is at the bottom of this page.

Being silly for the camera

151 combined years. Dwight 63 + Dad 88 = 151

September's Over Already??

The last weekend of August I was at a retreat for the board of directors of the International Association of Missionary Aviation.  A storm passed through Coshocton the first evening I was away and blew down part of one of our apple trees which was heavily-laden with fruit.  Co-workers came for the downed apples at Rena's invitation and I had a clean-up job waiting upon my return.

I took off the little branches with a pruning shear, then used a chain saw for the rest of the fallen tree.

Since mid-July I'd tried to schedule with a seaplane rated pilot with the right kind of experience to come do return-to-service flights for a Cessna 206 we've prepared for Asas de Socorro in Brazil.  Everything came together early this week as an AIMAIR pilot, Jim Streit, came to MMS Aviation to help us.  The only fly in the ointment was that the new engine's fuel pump wouldn't produce enough pressure for full power operation.  A new engine driven fuel pump was ordered and hopefully the flights will resume by the middle of next week.

After two short flights the plane taxied in and the fuel pressure troubleshooting began.

 

September flew by this year.  All month it seemed there was more things to do than there was time in which to do them.  I have an idea October might be like that too.  This morning I "pinch hit" for one of the MMS mechanics who is out of town.  The Boy Scouts in the Troop that meets at the church he attends are working on the aviation merit badge.  It was a lot of fun working with the boys, especially trying to teach them the aviation term "aileron".

 

A Day in the Life of a Mission Pilot | JAARS

Paul Westlund, a missionary pilot in Papua lost his life in a plane crash on September 22. While Dwight had met him once, we did not know him personally. The loss, however, is tremendous and the whole missionary aviation community feels the ripple effect. Please pray for his family and coworkers in Papua.  Below is a link written by Paul of a typical day in the life of a missionary pilot.

A Day in the Life of a Mission Pilot | JAARS

Gospel Carrier

Carrying the Gospel to the lost by airplane is the mission of Gospel Carrier International.We at MMS Aviation see to it that this ministry's airplanes are well maintained and ready to do the job. The GCI outreach to the Chinese population in the USA and Canada has Evangelistic teams that use their airplanes to transport them and ministry materials around the country. In addition, their discipleship follow up, includes a lot of travel. It is an exciting work and well worth your investigation.