Rick and Noreen

Hello friends!      I (Rick), enjoyed volunteer work at Ethnos360 Aviation during January and February. My good SOWER friends, Joe & Kim serve at Ethnos during the winter months. Joe invited me to help with a new project...build a house. I jumped at the chance to hang out with Joe, and at the same time get some construction experience plus, serve the Lord with my time and talents (I have one or two).     Over the past several years, I've become quite familiar with Ethnos because of my friend's commitment. Ethnos primary mission is to provide timely and affordable air transportation to remote jungles for Christian missionaries whom serve indigenous tribes. Potential pilots and mechanics undergo a two-year training program in McNeal, Az. Ethnos is a top notch professional organization that houses multiple planes and helicopters on-site  along with several airstrips. The work these guys do is awesome! Helicopter mechanics have to be able to tear down and r...

      With the red rocks of Moab in the rearview mirror (A), we drove through familiar territory as we headed back into Colorado: through Monticello (B); Cortez (C); Durango (D); and Pagosa Springs (E).  We selected Santa Rosa, New Mexico for our overnight stay (F).  Our first destination was Millsap, Texas, where my son Joshua, and his family moved last Fall. Our 2nd day took us from Santa Rosa (A); through Lubbock (B); Abilene (C); and finally Millsap. We bit off some heavy traveling as we spent 16 hours on the road over two days. That was not fun, so we agreed to limit future (daily) traveling to 4-5 hours max.                                                                                                     ...