Saturday, December 31, 2011

The Traveling Begins!

Hi friends & Merry Christmas!!

Our family just celebrated Christmas on December 30th. Everyone was home and we had a wonderful day of food, gifts and laughter:) I've played a lot of games in my day, but Balderdash with the my family has to be one of the best activities ever! There are usually tears with a smattering of wheezing; such deep laughter from the caverns of your being.

I wanted to let you all know that I'll be starting the tour of excitement, if you will. If you or people you know are interested in hearing more about how I will be involved with MAF, let me know and we can make a coffee/food date! I'm a snack 'n' chat kind of girl ;)

I'll be in Portland/Salem/Eugene area of Oregon from Jan. 24-Jan.26th and in the lower mainland BC from Jan. 27th - Feb. 6th.

Send me an email at april_lanigan@hotmail.com, comment below or facebook me!

I look forward to hearing from you!

April:)

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Another Christmas:)

It's been pretty quiet around the airport these days. Our 2nd year students are finishing up and the rest of us are preparing for the onslaught of new aviators that will arrive in a month. I have been creating training manuals for the instructors and students. It's been nice to do some administrative work after such a busy flying & training season. I am on my last 2 weeks of working at Prairie. Gosh, I love this place. I have great friends here and although people move along a lot - every 2 years usually - our friendships are deep and long lasting. I am really going to miss being a part of this community.

In two weeks, I'll head back home to Ontario for Christmas and then the busyness will start. I have been scheduled for Candidacy Training in Nampa on Jan.9-20th. I hope to visit a lot of you on the west coast of the US & Canada and then head back to Alberta early February.

Please continue to pray that all the preparations will come together quickly. Because I have been requested to go as soon as possible, MAF has slotted me into the training schedule in a much tighter timeline than usual. Where most pilots have a year or so for their team to come together, I will have 3 months (mid-January to mid-April) for my financial partners and prayer partners to be in place. Would you pray and ask the Lord if He would have you be a part of this team?

I would like to thank the individuals who have already come on board and I look forward to serving with you!

Merry almost Christmas:)