encouragement.

so this weekend I had the opportunity to go to Reno, NV for the annual Women in Aviation conference. It was wonderful to be able to reconnect with a few friends from Purdue that I hadn't seen in a long time, and very encouraging to hear about how they've each found their niche within the world of aviation. It was great to be affirmed in what I'm currently doing, and the goal I'm working towards. For those of you who don't know, I'm in school right now working on my A&P mechanic's license, so that I can be as effective as possible as an aviator in the mission field, by being able to work on my own airplane when it breaks in a third world country somewhere. The specific details of exactly how the aviation piece is going to fit with the mission piece is still a little fuzzy, but I'm trusting that God knows what He's doing. My heart is definitely in Haiti, and I would love to just move there as soon as I'm done with school in December. However, I know God has nothing less than His best in store for me, and I can't wait to see how the plan unfolds in the months to come.

so in the meantime, I'm very, very excited to be going back to Haiti in less than two weeks (even if it's only for a week). The latest update from Renee is that we'll be helping build more transitional shelters - just like the June trip - and also helping with the finishing touches on the choukoun (the big open-air pavilion at the beach property that we dug the foundation for last March). As always, things are subject to change, but that's the current plan. Everyone on the team has been awesome about gathering donations, so we should have a pretty good amount of donated things and supplies to take down with us as well.

that's the short version of everything going on right now... stay tuned for updates as the trip dates approach once again!

to Him be the Glory.