Back in the shop again, I took some vacation to give me a full week off over thanksgiving. The 206 is moving rapidly moving towards paint and we are trying to finish off the last of the odds and ends as we wait for the final pieces to arrive. My small part in this was to fabricate and install the radio mounts in the tail cone. Each mount took the majority of one day to make. They are made out of .040" aluminum and are riveted together and riveted into place. The green color comes from a special phosphate aluminum primer that is especially necessary on a float plane in the Amazon.

We got the good news that our car in Brazil sold this week! Thanks for you prayers in this matter.

We would also like to request your prayers as we anticipate the arrival of Luke's ER bill. For those of you that have not heard, he hit his head hard and started vomiting and would not stop. The CT scan gave him a clean bill of health and was allowed to go home as long as he took it easy. We thank God for protecting him and keeping him safe.

Again check out MMS's blog and see me making the radio mounts.

Josh

Noah's first Post

On Tuesday my Webelos den and I went Ace hardware and built birdhouses out of wood and got free paint to paint them with. Also the Bears Scouts are planning another camp out on the twelfth .

Noah

New additions to our farm

We had a very eventful day Friday. Our duck hatched her first babies. She apparently doesn't know what time of year it is. All formal schooling stopped at lunchtime when they were discovered. There were 6 to begin with, but 1 didn't make it through the night. They are so very cute and have provided much enjoyment.
Our hoophouse has been a successful experiment so far. I harvested all the green peppers this week because it was beginning to get too cold at night for them. I got 1 1/2 five gallon buckets full. Not bad for the week of Thanksgiving. I also have been harvesting broccoli and we are starting to eat salads.

Our boys had their first cubscout awards ceremony. They both earned their bobcat pins. They were both so very proud when Dad pinned them on. They also recognized Luke for being the youngest one there with his geocaching badge. It was quite an achievement for him since it was around a 3 mile hike to get it.

206 update

As you can see in the following pictures we are making good progress on the Asas 206. We have put the skin through a chemical process that provides corrosion protection and that is why the skin is the gold color that it is. I with the help of a partner have installed the windows and the missing tail and belly skins. We still need to fabricate and install some radio mounts before it will be ready for paint.

I would again highly recommend that you visit MMS's blog and get additional information about the 206 project, the other projects at MMS and an occasional picture of me at work.

A few things that you could pray for:
We have a vehicle that we need to sell
Travel safety over the next big holidays
Help in building relationships with the other scouting dads