Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Rich Flying JAARS helicopter in Waxhaw

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Reid's to Join Wycliffe?!!

Hello everybody,
we have decided to put our family news on our blog in addition to emails that we will be sending. As many of you know, we have been praying and pursuing God's will regarding our going to the mission field with Wycliffe Bible Translators. I have returned from Waxhaw, NC, where I completed a week long technical evaluation with JAARS (www.JAARS.org). I flew their helicopter and was evaluated by two of their full time aviation staff members. It was a great week and God really blessed us with perfect weather. I am pleased to say that I passed the evaluation, and we are now to the Wycliffe application phase. Please pray with us as we move closer to my departure from the Army on May 15th. Pray that God will provide a job until the application is complete, and and support for the mission field is raised should we be accepted. I am looking for any job, anywhere, but preferably in aviation, or IT; and preferably in N.C. Also pray that God will provide the money to pay for the flight time during the Technical evaluation (we didn't know we would be responsible for those charges before we went to Jaars :)
Thank you all for joining us in prayer for guidance in this matter! Rich (for Ruthe)