Wrapping up in Illinois

As I reflect over the past several months, I see the powerful hand of God at work that made many details fall into place that has been allowing this transition in Illinois go exceptionally well.

One of those details being, I have been super blessed to be able to do crop dusting the past several weeks for Norman Headings, it gave me the opportunity to build valuable helicopter flight time. As of today, I have 250 hours of helicopter flight time! Praise the Lord!

Landed on trailer where the helicopter gets refilled.

Before I can move back to Florida and get a job teaching in helicopters, I need to have a minimum of 280 hours. So as of now, I plan to remain in Illinois until the end of August to be able to acquire the remaining 30 hours. I am actively in contact with a flight school in Clearwater FL about getting a job there to teach, and continue to build my helicopter flight time to meet JAARS requirements. However, this flight school does not have a helicopter job position currently available. But, this Clearwater flight school is offering I can teach in airplanes until a helicopter position opens up allowing me that position. I am also attempting to make contact with another flight school at the Sarasota airport to see if there is an available helicopter job opportunity there.

It was a blessing to have Meghan visit me last week. On July 28th, Meghan and I flew a helicopter to Oshkosh, Wisconsin and was able to visit with JAARS and touch base with the recruiter that I have been in contact with over the past year. We were able to update him on the training progress and get more advice from them. It was a blessing and encouraging time to be able to spend a couple hours with them. The following morning, Sunday, we flew a helicopter to Arthur to be at the Pleasant View church service that Pablo Yoder was speaking at. It was great to see and spend our time with Matt and Julie while we were there! 

Prayer Praises

1. The crop dusting opportunity that allowed me to build helicopter flight time.
2. Safety while crop dusting.
3. The Lord’s clear leading hand.

Prayer Requests

1. The Lord would open and close doors of helicopter job opportunities and lead where He wants me.
2. Safety and alertness while crop dusting.