Meet Andy and his parents

Last Saturday afternoon, I hosted our newest MAF-I apprentice, Andy from the UK. Pictured sitting between him is his Mum and Dad. Andy provided the food, Isobel the punch and I the cupcakes. When MMS personnel get together there is always food and lots of laughter and fun!
Tim tells me Andy is doing well at the hangar and a blessing. Welcome Andy!

Cupcakes galore!

Last week not only being LETU week, but it was time to bake cupcakes for the local Christian school, sorry no picture, but I did use gold foiled chocolate coins for decorations, heard back something about being "the B-E-S-T" from the senior high kids-). Because there are sometimes left over cupcakes, Sherry takes them up to the hangar, knowing that there would not be enough to go around, I baked 24 extra to be sure that our LETU guest would be sure to have one. The cupcakes pictured here are from Andy P. open house that I hosted last Saturday. All of us were invited from MMS not only to visit him, but to meet his Mum and Dad who just arrived from the UK for a visit. All total, I made 135 cupcakes and a 3 tiered wedding cake. The Lord allowed me to sharpen up my time management skills, will I be doing this on a regular basis, I think not.

A very special wedding

Weddings. A wonderful time of celebration and joy for two people and their families. This is a picture of a wedding cake that I did last week for a very special couple. Valerie has cancer and wanted to marry her sweetheart Mike. Within one week, they had a minister, reception place and a cake. At the time, I did not know either the bride or groom. We were introduced to them as Tim and I assembled the cake. All this took place because of my dear sweet sister in the Lord, Suzie who only knew of one person who might be able to do the cake, me! What a privilege and joy it was to have a part in the lives of these two very special people.

Finished Project

Tim completes the window, albeit with a modification to the window locks. We purchased the windows and door from a surplus business in PA, can't always trust what is marked on the merchandise, but it worked out well in the end!

Tim the Window Man

Here is a picture of Tim making ready the instalation of the downstairs window. Window instulation 60 years ago was not very exact, local building codes were not as strict as today's standards are.

Back at the "Ranch"

Back home on Vine Street, Tim has been replacing 60 year old windows in our garage. Last fall, strong winds blew out panes of class from the old windows. We purchased new windows and a "man" door last year while in PA for our sending church's missions conference. Tim replaced the upstairs window first, then the downstairs one and last weekend he installed the new man or utility door. I'm so amazed by Tim's talents and abilities!

Hands on Instruction

Chief Inspector Dennis Satterthwaite discusses the procedures for reparing the engine on a 1941 Taylorcraft while LETU students look on. While at MMS, students are given opportunity to work on different aircraft in our 3 hangars.