It’s been almost 6 months since Meghan and I have been married! We had the amazing opportunity to travel to Switzerland for our honeymoon with a couple day trips to France, Germany and Austria. We both thoroughly enjoyed the scenery and culture we were able to experience while there. The beauty and vastness of God’s creation there was breathtaking! We were in Switzerland for a little over 2 weeks and spent our time exploring the cities and countryside, visiting some historical Anabaptist caves and prisons, hiking in the Alps and were able to spend a couple days with two of my helicopter students families I had taught, who are locals to the area. Raoul, being one of them, offered the use of his car for the two weeks we were there, which was such a blessing to have! We were served Raclette by the families that hosted us, which is a traditional Swiss meal that consists of potatoes and melted cheese with many vegetable and seasoning topping options to choose from. It was delicious and their hospitality to us blessed our hearts.

Wedding Day!
Wedding Day!
Lake Brienzersee, Switzerland
7 hour hike to a view overlooking Interlaken, Switzerland
Trachselwald Castle (Anabaptist Prison)
Training into Austria

I discontinued my job at Heli Aviation mid March of 2019 and moved in April to Tampico, Illinois for the summer to work for Norman Headings doing annual inspections on three of his helicopters and then crop dusting in July and August. The season was a little shorter this year than average, but I had a great summer working with friends and was glad I had the opportunity to be there and build more helicopter flight time and experience. I then moved back home the end of August, and through a friends recommendation I started a job in Wauchula, Fl. It’s a family business, and my work consists of three parts. Agriculture spraying, maintenance on the helicopters and teaching a commercial student who passed his Commercial Rotorcraft-Helicopter Pilots test beginning of December. I really enjoy my job there!

I attained 1000 hours of helicopter flight time in November, which was a big milestone since that was a JAARS requirement of flight hours before starting the application process with them. We are currently planning to begin an assessment with JAARS in the next months and then officially applying this coming fall. We are expecting the training process to go through at least until the end of June of 2021. We would appreciate prayers as we prepare ourselves for this next big step in our lives. Below is an image of the JAARS timeline of the preparation and training process steps we expect.

JAARS timeline

Currently we are living in Myakka City in an apartment on Meghan’s parents property. It is small living quarters but we are very comfortable and it fits us perfectly at this stage of life.

We’re so grateful for the many people, friends and family that have invested, shared and supported us along the way. There are so many times we feel undeserving of all the Lord has blessed us with and we hope and pray that in return we can give all glory to Him who is the giver of all good things.

  • Prayer Requests
    • Pray with us that God would lead and direct us as we continue to pursue to apply with JAARS / Wycliffe this fall (2020)
    • Safety for Kenneth as he sprays for the agricultural business
  • Praise
    • For the season of life we are currently in, building our marriage relationship and preparing ourselves for the future
    • For a wonderful helicopter job close to home