GroundCrew Issue - December 1998 - Page Two

Expansion

Over $80,000.00 has been given toward expansion of our hangar facility.

Another $25,000.00 has been conditionally committed.

Expansion blueprints have been State approved.

Contractors have submitted bids to begin Phase 1.

Thank you for the many generous gifts given over the past four months. Your donations have helped us move closer to expanding our hangar facility, improving our ability to meet mission aviation needs, and increasing our ability to prepare people and planes for worldwide mission service.

Lord willing, by the time you read this, we will have broken ground on Phase 1 of the plan, the 20’ X 80’ extension of our existing hangar.

Funds are still needed to complete Phase 2, the 50’X 80’ hangar; and Phase 3, the taxi-way from front hangar to back storage building.

If you have yet to participate in this expansion, or would like to make an additional contribution toward project completion, feel free to use the enclosed envelope. Please make your check payable to MMS and designate toward Building Fund.

As Winter arrives and unpacks its bags here on top of the hill, we look to our God knowing His will is ...good, acceptable, and perfect.

Chris Jutte Graduates MMS

Chris Jutte accepts his certificate of graduation
from General Director, Dwight Jarboe.

On Wednesday, August 26th, Chris Jutte completed his MMS apprenticeship and received his letter of authorization allowing him to take his FAA exams.

Chris passed all exams and qualified as an airplane mechanic soon after. Chris, Angie, and their three children are now in the process of evaluation for service with JAARS, the support and logistics arm of Wycliffe Bible Translators.

Chuck Egbert Graduates MMS

Chuck Egbert completed his thirty months as an apprentice on Thursday, October 16. As this issue goes to press, Chuck has passed all three FAA written exams and is scheduled for the oral and practical exam required to receive the FAA mechanic certificate.

Chuck, Cathy, and their two children seek the Lord’s guidance in with which mission aviation program they should serve.

Chuck Egbert accepts his certificate of graduation
from General Director, Dwight Jarboe.

Hoffners and Langfords Arrive

The last week of May marked the arrival of two new MMS families:

Michael and Clare Hoffner arrived from Seattle, WA, with their two children, Benjamin (4) and Ellie (1). Michael is a former Marine helicopter pilot who plans to serve missions as a pilot/mechanic. Clare is from China and is a credentialed K-12 school teacher. The Hoffners have settled in the nearby village of Warsaw, Ohio.

David and Patty Langford arrived from Cincinnati, Ohio, and also have two children, Daniel (8) and Paul (7). David worked as a manufacturing engineer before being called to missions. David plans to serve missions as a maintenance specialist. Patty has served as a missionary to Uruguay. The Langfords live outside the Amish town of Baltic, Ohio.

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