My flight instructor, Gene Arnold, and myself posing with N756MNAs of the first of this month I finally finished my checkride with the FAA and completed flight instructor certification. Praise God! I am in awe at how He gave me the funding to pursue this venture in the first place and then the strength to complete it. It excites me greatly to think of the ways in which I may now use this new certificate in the furtherance of missionary aviation and thus the furtherance of Christ's Kingdom! I can now train other aspiring missionary aviators as well as pursue training current missionary aviators in some of the advanced features of the cutting-edge new aircraft out there used in missionary aviation.
The day after I passed my checkride, I showed up to work on my first official day as instructor intern at Spokane Turbine Center (STC). I've been working on setting up my office, knocking out a bunch of "busy work" that's inherent in keeping a short-staffed organization like this operating, fixing the motion simulator, and boning up on an enormous amount of technical data I will very soon be responsible to teach. Praise God, He's faithfully brought me through the last challenge and on to the next great adventure! Who knows what may lie around the corner...
