This week in the Adelsberger household...

I woke up the other morning to the sound of one of our kids coming down the stairs.  I peeked at the clock, it was 6:30.  I snuck out to the living room to see what the mystery kid was doing, and there I found Luke, reading his bible and writing in his journal.  It thrilled me so, what a sight, he made me so proud!  We as parents and especially fathers have such a great responsibility, given by God (Deu 6:1&2), directed towards our children.  We the men will ultimately stand before God and give accountability of our and their actions.  Our family has been studying Hebrews 6:1&2.  He Paul outlines what the "milk" things are that we must know before we can move into the meat.  There is six milk things listed, how would your kids do on a milk test?  It is our job to know and to make sure they would pass, Don't let them down.  

Last weekend our family went camping with the scouts at MVSR our local camp ground.  It was a "Fun" campout with only a few small activities planned.  That left lots of time for fishing, hikes and games.

 Hannah caught this nice 1&3/4lb bass the biggest of the day.  Luke, Noah and Hannah must have caught at least 30 fish together and at least of those were bass, the rest blue gills.

Between our tips to the pond the scouts went to a local grave to honor the veterans by placing flags at there head stones.  When they were finished many kids remarked at the number of flags waving in such a small cemetery.  We put out over 80 flags.

I've been busy at the hangar helping different teams wrap up their projects.  Thanks for stopping in and checking on us.  Josh

People & Planes

Kristi's back continues to heal.  She has had her driving restrictions removed and is glad to have her freedom once again.  The Dr. said her back is looking fine and that she should start a stretching program aimed at restoring her back.  She is up and around and happy to be pain free, although she has still many months of healing ahead of her.  Thank you all for praying us thru this.  Thank you again for those of you who brought meals, called with words of encouragement and those of you who worked on our behalf raising the money we need to pay the bills. 

After completing the king air I have been helping Mike Dunkley on his project 210. The 210 was in for an annual and has needed some major repairs.  We have almost completed the work on it and the owner should be in next week to pick it up.

Some of the other projects in the hangar right now are Amazon Salt and Light's 185.  It is in for refurbishment, some mods and floats.  Right now wing tip extensions are being installed and STOL cuff on the leading edge.

The MAF 206 is well into it repairs. Right now the team is repairing the main landing gear box.  It had cracks and cracked landing gear is not such a good thing.

Thanks for checking in,  God bless, Josh

Free to a good home

These little guys are available for immediate adoption!

 And if your not ready for a kitten right now we'll have these others available later.

 Now back to work,  I've been working with Ethan trying to come up with a paint scheme for his Zenoth 801.  It is a kitplane he built himself for use in planting churches in Mexico.  I wish I could get the drawing we are working on loaded so you could see it but for now you will just have to try to understand my ramblings.  The plane will be red above the line and white below.  There will be a black strip that starts small in the white and will fan out and transition into the red.
   I also spent the majority of the day working on GCI's King air.  It should be finished on Monday.

Thanks for checking in, Josh

What happened to April?

         Mainly April was taken up with getting Kristi ready for her surgery, the surgery and her recovery.  Kristi had a herniated disk in her back and had a procedure to clean out all the extruded disk material.  The procedure only lasted about 2 hours but the check in and observation was two days.  The surgery was a complete success but Kristi is now in the recovery stage, on heavy restrictions for lifting, twisting and driving.  She is recovering but she still has pain associated with the incision and inflammation.  In time though I expect she will be back to 100%.
         I would like to than everyone who called with words of encouragement, brought meals, watched the kids, said prayers for or made donations towards our medical bills.  God has blessed us with such a great body of friends and family.  We have received gifts or pledges that cover about 70% of our medical bills so far and I have no doubt that God will continue to provide the rest.  I think that it has also been a great learning opportunity for the kids as they have seen Christ provide for us thru this difficult time.  Please continue to pray for Kristi,  she still has alot of recovery ahead of her and the pain and frustration that comes with that.  Pray that she will be patient and not try to do too much too fast.
         In the hangar I have been working on GCI's King Air 200, cutting inspection holes into the vertical stabilizer and under the horizontal.  Eleven holes in total.

 I'm also working with Ethan Sheilds come up with a paint scheme for his Zenoth 801.  He will be using this in Central Mexico to plant churches in remote and hard to reach areas.  Ethan is a 3rd generation missionary!

       Thanks again for your prayers, Please feel free to contact us with your questions and again please keep praying for Kristi.

       Your fellow laborer, Josh

MFI #2 engine run

The second engine run has not gone as smoothly as the first. The engine itself is fine but we've had problems with the fuel pump. So we sent the pump out for overhaul and will complete the engine runs next week.In the mean time we are making some small repairs and adjustments while the engine is down and finishing up paperwork.
We'll also be helping to strip a 206 for MAF. It will be my next paint job, but that wont be till later.
I'd ask that you would keep Kristi in your prayers as she is going to be having surgery on her back in the near future. Pray for her peace of mind and her safety. Could you pray also for the finances that will be necessary to come in to cover the surgery.

Thanks for visiting, praying and caring. Josh