Well here comes the cold weather! (Unless you’re in the Southern Hemisphere) ‘Tis also the season for prayer and praise! Praise that Christmas is almost here and that we get to celebrate Jesus’ birth! That God came into the world as a man.
Last week I met with Mark Hogg the director of EDGE Outreach. EDGE is an organization that works to install water purification systems as well as to teach the people in the villages how to build the systems, how to get clean drinking water and how to do basic sanitization. It was neat to see how easy their systems are. Tanks and PVC pipes are usually purchased in the country that the teams are in and the filtration systems are brought in from the US. The filtration system uses salt to sanitize the water. EDGE works primarily in Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and India and they send teams there for usually 2 weeks at a time to install the systems and to teach the people. They also send out individuals who will take the systems to other countries in which they themselves are missionaries or have contacts. They are a Christian organization, however, sharing the gospel is not their first priority, which is disappointing.
I went to speak with them to see if they worked with pilots in anyway. They had not specifically worked with pilots before but had heard about MAF and had previously tried to get involved with them. I am going to try to work out how I can incorporate EDGE with aviation. I will talk with MAF and see what they say and hopefully I could install the water purification system in Lesotho since I already have contacts there. Please pray that things will work out clearly, or if they are not meant to be that I will be able to see that door closed. One other problem that we would have to find the solution to would be temperature. In the winter (July-August) Lesotho is usually around freezing, and since these water systems have been only installed in warm countries we’ll have to figure out if the temperature is a major factor.
Pray that I will be able to trust in God to open doors and lead me in the right direction with this project. Also, pray that I will be able to work out more of my flying plans. I intend to get my instrument rating in the next year or so and I just need to work on when I will be able to spend the most time and effort on it.
So in summary here are the things I hope to be working with next year- Please pray for these:
~ EDGE- and water purification systems
~MAF in Lesotho and possibly installing the water system
~ Instrument rating- working on it over the summer or sooner
~ Summer- flying hours build up or mission trip or both if timing works out. I would love to spend a whole summer (winter) in Lesotho but that may not be possible.
I’m looking to God for guidance on where I should go and what I should do in the next couple of years.
Here are a couple videos that I think will be enjoyable for you.
Fly with Christ,
Helen
