Richard Update

We have written about our friend Richard several times this past year and asked for you to pray for his U.S. visa.  Well, after much prayer he received his visa and was able to travel to Nampa, Idaho for further training and check-out at MAF's headquarters.  I am happy to report that he "sailed through" his check-out, in spite of the fact that he had a quarter of the flight hours of most of the other trainees!  We are SO proud of him!  He has been our friend for many years and we have tried to help and encourage him through the years, so all of the guys at the hangar call Chad his "dad"....but I'm happy to say that we are not old enough to have a son that age!!  : )  Now, Chad and Richard are busy doing his field check-out here in Ecuador.

Checking the climb-out angle from the end of the runway.