Kapiti Aero Club

As mentioned earlier, the bulk of my flying since I got back into it in 2016 has been through the Kapiti Aero Club. On Thursday 19 July I gave a talk for a 'pilots night' presentation about MAF, how I got there, what I'll be doing in the future, and how people can support me. I really enjoyed it - it was a great turnout and everyone seemed to be completely engaged all the way through. The feedback was awesome and I'm glad that I had the opportunity to share what I'm doing and why!

Transition Training

For most of the last two weeks I've been in Melbourne for Transition Training. This is a ten-day residential course run by Missions Interlink Australia, with the aim being to help missionaries make an effective transition to a new culture - not just surviving, but thriving. I was expecting to be pushed outside my comfort zone, and I was. Many of the topics gave me things to mull over and pray about, and suggestions to look into in order to be able to prepare myself further for going out to the field. Overall, the word I would use to describe it is 'intense'. But don't get me wrong; it was highly beneficial and I definitely got a lot out of it.

It was a relatively small cohort - 11 adults and 5 kids (who had their own programme). Between us we are heading out to 5 continents (Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and Australia). It was great getting to know each person and to be encouraged by their stories.

(I apologise for the vagueness of this post - we have been asked not to post any details about the programme online, so that those who will do the course in the future will get maximum benefit. We have also been asked not to put any photos of participants online, to protect those who may be serving in sensitive countries in the future.)