May the Lord be Glorified!

Another Box has been checked this past week! Praise the Lord!

                         Training

• Private Pilot’s License  (✔ Completed 3•19•15)

• Instrument Rating (✔Completed 3•23•16)

• Commercial Pilot’s License
  • Multi-Engine Rating (Beginning in April)
• Certified Flight Instructor(?)
• Air-frame & Power-plant Mechanic License (In Progress, began 8•3•15)

I passed the Practical Instrument Rating Oral and Flight Exams on Wednesday, the 23rd, and thus completed the required Instrument Rating! It was 2 of the 3 tests required in order to achieve the rating. I completed the 1st exam ,which was a written, a month prior to this.

Thank-you to all those who were lifting me up in prayer to our Heaven Father! However, the day did not go without a hiccup. First thing in the morning, I departed Wauchula with Harvest’s Cessna to pick up my flight instructor in Sebring. Once praying with my flight instructor, we taxied to the runway and began doing the routine engine check before takeoff. During the engine check of the dual magneto system, the left magnetos were not operating correctly and did not fall within the allowable tolerances. My instructor offered we could go taxi back and use his Cessna for the Flight Test. So in the end, we ended up arriving in Winter Haven at 9:20, 20 minutes late, to meet the FAA Pilot Examiner that gave the tests. It was a rough start, but by God’s wonderful grace the rest of the day and testing went exceptionally well considering the circumstances of using an unfamiliar aircraft.

My Flight Instructor, Mitch Pennington, and I just after completing the Instrument Exams.

My Flight Instructor, Mitch Pennington, has been an answer to prayer and a great blessing! He Volunteered at Harvest Aviation this winter as a flight instructor. He has invested many hours of instruction and sacrifice that has allowed me to complete this rating. Super thankful for him, he has been a God send!

One of the best motivators is seeing progress and achieving mile stones in one’s life! This step in progress undoubtedly holds true with the goals and dreams of becoming a missionary pilot/aircraft mechanic! Completing this step has given me renewed motivation and energy! Very thankful for this!