MAF Kodiak passes through Spokane on its way to Nampa ID

A new Kodiak that was just delivered to Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) passed through Spokane on its way to the missions head quarters in Nampa ID.  It was neat to see yet another Kodiak ultimately going to end up somewhere in the world serving overseas as a tool for Jesus.  We had just finished a class of Spokane Turbine Center students and they were able to get a ride in this very new aircraft back to Nampa.  This past class was a lot of fun to get to know and find out more about where they were serving at and what kind of things they were doing in normal life overseas.  David Holsten was one of our students and guests in our house this month and he was from  Borneo Indonesia.  It was a great encouragement to talk and see pictures from where he is serving at, and to hear that life carries on in a somewhat normal way just like here in Spokane.  One thing that I may have taken away from our time with David is that we did not have a specific area in the world that we felt that God was nudging us to serve in.  Now that we know more about Indonesia we will see how that "seed" of interest will grow.

Thank you to all that are praying for us, we appreciate them very much in our day to day activities.  It is amazing looking back on certain events to see how God had protected us, like a near accident in a car, or provided a wonderful house and yard that we can grow our garden it!  God is good in times of plenty and in times of need, no matter what, the Schmidt family will choose to praise His Name.