It's been a busy month. After my last post I flew to Dayton and spent Monday evening through Friday afternoon here, then went back to NC, worked a day, and went up to VA and visited my parents and grandparents, and Becky came down that weekend, too. I spent a little under 24 hours in VA then went back to NC, stayed with Sarah and worked a day, then resumed my usual schedule of working Friday-Monday.
When I started my weekend on Monday, July 2 I left work and drove up to West Virginia. I was able to sleep on the couch at some friends of Becky's, and was able to spend a lot of time with her that Monday evening through Thursday morning. We went to a few different state parks, went and saw fireworks, and just enjoyed some good time together. You can read more about that and see a few pictures on her blog. Thursday, July 5 I headed back to NC, where a couple of LeTourneau students, including my old roommate, David, were staying at the house where I live while they were doing some flying. I worked Friday and Saturday (the LeTourneau guys flew out while I was at work on Saturday), then Sunday was able to attend a small church in Waxhaw. I had Sunday off from work because I was scheduled to fly out to Dayton again on Sunday.
Unfortunately, I made a stupid mistake figuring times on Sunday, and I ended up running up to my gate for my flight out of Charlotte literally 1 minute or less after they gave up my seat on the flight, and all the remaining flights to Dayton were either booked full, or overbooked. I ended up finding a company retiree who was flying standby to Dayton, so he wasn't going to be able to make it, either, and we both switched and flew into Indianapolis, where we split the cost of a rental car and he dropped me off in Dayton on his way to Cincinnati. My trip was definitely not as planned, but I got to my hotel and checked in around midnight Sunday night, and was at the training center in time for class at 8:00 Monday morning. The first week of the two week training I am in Ohio for is now over, and a week from tonight I'll be flying back to NC, with plans to drive up to Virginia again when I land in Charlotte.
Let me know how I can be praying for you, and what's been going on in your life lately!
