Flash back

I thought I would take this post to catch you up on a few things that have happened recently that didn't make a post of their own.
The boys and I along with many families in Pack 403 went to Campagonza in Butler, PA. It was a weekend camping event in which over 10,000 scouts showed up and with the total number of people pushing 18,000. The boys made water rockets pictured above, biked, went out boating, shot sling shots, climbed a 30 ft climbing wall, ran obstacle courses, too preparedness classes, saw fireworks and a concert. We had a great time! I'll upload all the pictures to picassa for you to check out.

On the same weekend Coshocton had its airshow on one of the war birds sprung a lead. It is an A-10 and was hangared by us for a few days until the parts were available to fix.

Our last batch of chicks arrived also, this group contains 25 meat birds and 25 layers. We plan to butcher the meat birds right before Thanksgiving.

As for right now, as always we are busy in the hangar. The inspection phase of the King Air is almost done and we have began the correcting the discrepancies. Which include a leaking fuel tank, bad nose wheel bearing, a defective ELT, damaged compressor veins in the engine and on and on, near 40 conditions over all. We are working diligently to restore this aircraft back into is role in the service of the King.

Thanks for visiting, check back soon. Josh

MMS Open House

This weekend MMS had an open house to celebrate its 35th anniversary. We had about --- people come through. Guest toured the facility, learned how MMS operates and about the people and places we serve, played the flight simulator, and got to see a Cessna Grand Caravan flown down by Prefered Air Parts. People remarked to us that they came away with a greater understanding of how MMS works and how far-reaching the ministry is. On Saturday we also opened up our home and had about 25 people from Calvary Baptist Church in Bellefontaine visit. It was wonderful to have our long time family friends come and to understand more fully the work they support.

We also had a fun weekend as we watched the eggs in our incubator hatch. I have to admit that I almost enjoyed it more than the kids did. It was like Christmas waiting to see each chick hatch. We got eggs from 2 other people and we had many different varieties. We have black, gray, chocolate, tan, and yellow chicks. They are SO cute and fluffy. Too bad they don't stay that way for long. These chicks will be raised for eggs. It takes about 5 months before they start laying.

Kristi

Pig Plot

Life continues as usual here on the farm, spring planting is well under way. Just so you don't think I'm into child slave labor, I was pulling the "rake" also when I stopped to take this picture. We are trying an experiment this summer on a piece of our property. We are planting a food plot for a pig or two with the idea that seed is cheaper than feed. We're planting field corn, mangols, canola, pumpkins, sunflowers, sweet corn, squash and anything else we have left over from the seed packs. Come July or so we will turn the piglets onto the field slowly expanding their fence over the food plot as the grow.

Here you can see our meat chickens free ranging inside their move able pin. We move the pin every three days to give them fresh pasture. If you look closely you might see our turkeys as well.

And in closing Terry and I have been working on repairing the MMS forklift. Terry is our newest staff member. Her retired from his previous job and has decided to spend his retirement volunteering at MMS.
Josh