| Acts 13:4-5 4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister. It’s hard not to think about Paul and his journeys as I venture through the islands in the planes. I get to meet God’s people, pray with His children, preach His word and be about His business! What a blessing. |
| The most recent trip to the islands was primarily to transport our instructors to the Bible institutes set up on Exuma and Long Island. I take them down, each quarter, where they instruct for 2 days, then I switch them from island to island and they instruct 2 more days. While they were busy teaching these nationals correct doctrine and biblical knowledge, I made the best of the extra time. I was able to fly our contractor friend, Kevin Mccoy, to assess properties in Long Island, Andros and Freeport. He will go back, as we pray about the projects, and begin to line up contractors and funding for the projects. These properties will be used as prophet chambers, meeting places for the Bible institutes, and other things for God’s purpose. We also looked at a school on Freeport where we hope to assist in finishing a Christian school addition. All of these projects will further the teaching and preaching of the gospel. |
We also ventured to Rum Cay, where I’ve done lot’s of ministering to the 70 people there. We have delivered years worth of educational material to the school, clothes and food, as well as bibles and hygiene supplies to the people, and best of all, the Lord allowed us to minister and preach to them as well. We also flew to Andros and spent time with a local man of God and friend of mine and followed up with a recent convert.
By the grace of God, we were able to raise the money to have the box truck repaired from the accident last fall, while delivering Christmas shoeboxes to kids in Kentucky. The box is done and the truck is in the shop now having a new windshield and a couple other items installed, as well as the A/C being repaired. Thanks to everyone who contributed.
Though you will see we had a flat tire in the next section, we are so proud to have this airplane in the Bahamas. The former owner, a missionary pilot-deceased, was afraid to fly this plane too far, due to it’s maintenance status. We have poured a lot of time and money into the plane and got it to the point it’s at today. With new paint, added avionics and many, many other maintenance items, it performed very well in the now 3rd trip to the islands. This trip included FAR more flight time than the previous ones. That being said, I had time to see that we are still in need of more avionics to be able to see engine performance and temps as well as more weather and approach equipment. Please pray about helping with those needs.
This was an unexpected event! As we taxied up to the line ON OUR WAY HOME the line guy said we had a tire going flat. Sure enough in about 30 seconds it was completely flat! Within 2 hours, this man came to the airport, with a tube, and had us ready to go home. I had the opportunity to have a great conversation with this man about his salvation and he thanked me for it. He later sent me this text….”Aj I am blessed by knowing you, it’s people like you that inspire others to be a better human being. THANK YOU SO MUCH” WOW, what a compliment. This day I THANKED God for that flat tire!
Meet and Greet!
Fly High Lexington, invited us to do and event at the airport. One of our volunteers, also our first licensed pilot in our flight school, Ian Barnes, planned and executed this event. We had a hot dog vending cart, airplanes on display and tents with tables to showcase the ministry, as well as the flight school, which helps to fund the ministry. We had lots of patrons pass through and were able to do several flights with teens as well.
What a blessing to be able to perform a wedding for my own mother! My mom Linda, a 5 year widow, asked me if I would perform the ceremony and I was much obliged to do so. Many prayers to her and her husband David.
Check out our new website! The website was donated by a great friend of the ministry who chose to remain anonymous. What a blessing this was! Please take a moment to check it out! www.emissionair.com
We have received blessings in ways of supporting churches! Thanks to those who have taken us on for support this quarter as well as those who have raised our support level. Most of our partnering churches and families have been with us for at least 5-10 years. It’s such a blessing to communicate with those folks and visit with the churches. I pray regularly over those checks as they come in the box. I ask God that he continue to give the increase to each one who writes those checks, no matter how big or how small! We just want to say thank you.
My family is so blessed to have had some time together, though I am and have been preaching by invitation, every 2-3 weeks at different churches and camps. Chloey is still a CNA and has also started back to school at Forsyth Tech, for radiology. Addy has passed her sophomore year of homeschooling through Liberty University and is being enrolled at Davidson Davie community or Forsyth Tech, to begin studying Dentistry. Her desire is to be an oral surgeon. Shana is approaching her 22nd year at her job and loves it more and more every year. We have, however, started that 10 year plan, anticipating a 62 year old early retirement for her, Lord willing. We have a few camping trips and a short vacation planned for later in the year.
Praises:
- Provisions for aircraft inspections
- Donations for the Caribbean Gospel Tour
- Donations for the truck repairs
- Parts received for the Cessna
- Our new donated website!!
Requests:
- Volunteers needed for bookkeeping and other clerical positions
- Avionics for the Aztec, for safety($11k)
- 2 headsets for our passengers ($700ea.)
- Several personal financial needs to cover fixing our pressure washer and replacing the airbag shocks on our camper. (We’ll be using it for another preaching event in July.) (press wash part $175)(RV parts $240.00)
Emission-Air is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides emergency transportation and disaster relief assistance using planes and trucks to spread the word of God through Bibles, evangelism, and personal discipleship.
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