Amid ice, snow, and power outages . . .

Snow fell Tuesday of this week and in the afternoon it turned to sleet. By nightfall it was raining and Wednesday morning our world was coated with ice. By 8:30 AM, the airport lost electricity and those who braved the elements to get to work went home. The power stayed off most of the day, coming on to stay about 10:15 PM.




A week earlier, on the 21st, Ray and Carol Williams came to MMS Aviation to pick up their Bellanca Viking airplane. MMS mechanics performed an annual inspection of the plane and finished it that day. Ray is president of I CARE Inc. The primary mission of I CARE, Inc. has been that of establishing new congregations, training and educating Christian leaders, and caring for the health needs of people in the areas where those works are established.

Many Christian organizations, like I CARE, operate one or two planes in support of their ministry. We are happy to help them by providing top quality aircraft maintenance while stretching their maintenance dollars.

David Mozombite, Gertian Kamphorst and Ian Hengst facilitate the departure as the Williams head home to Yuma, Arizona.

Mary The Bargain Hunter

Last week at MMS was a little frustrating as we (Karen and Me -Rena) dealt with a computer printer that was dying and finally did not print the receipts. It was determined that we needed to either purchase and install new print heads or buy a new printer.

Mary our office manager and financial guru was up to the challenge to find us a suitable printer at a great price. Just wait till you read how she did it! Click on this link below

http://missionariesplanesnhorses.blogspot.com

You Know It Is Winter When.........

......your hubby and son-in-law are chopping and unloading firewood
......a car (across the road) is in need of a tow truck
......the thermometer shows you how cold it really is (actually it warmed up five degrees while I was trying to get the sliding door unfrozen!)


......the view from your front window looks like this

......it's warm and cozy inside

Rena

Workday's Over

It's time to head home and this is what my trusty vehicle looks like. It's been snowing most of the day and it looks like it will continue snowing for a while.

Can't you just feel the cold dry snow falling into your coat sleeve as you brush the snow off the windshield with your hand?

So You Think You Can Fly

Just for the fun of it, watch this video of an indoor radio controlled airplane competition. Really cool!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXqEY5GASoQ

No Ordinary Day

This past Monday was the first work day of the year for MMS. After a 10 day holiday break we eagerly jumped back in to things at the hangar. All personnel on the hangar floor were busy sorting and counting - the dreaded annual inventory!

Upstairs, Karen and I sorted through the backlog of mail that had accumulated in the post office box while MMS was closed for the holidays. By noon we thought we were done with the sorting when Chuck walked in with a postal mail bin that the mail carrier had dropped off ! We thought we were done! Evidently the mail that could not fit into the post office box had been saved by our mail carrier for delivery. In all we were ready to start processing after about 4 hours of sorting. It is always so humbling to see how God uses his people to support the MMS ministry and all the individual MMS families. We feel so blessed and encouraged.