Today at the hangar I spent most of the day running the radio. What that really means is I was tracking all of our flights into their various sites as well as their ETA's, problems encountered, weather reports from various sites within the jungle, ect. It is really pretty easy, but it still makes me nervous trying to think all these thoughts and things in Spanish. It helped pass the time quickly though, because otherwise I wouldn't have had much to do, since we are still in the licensing process. I figure tommorow will much of the same, which is fine.
Our assistant manager has the meeting tommorow with the DAC. Continue joining with us in prayer that breakthroughs will take place tommorow, and the DAC will allow me to get licensed as a pilot here in Ecuador very soon.
We also got word that our shipment is really getting close to being released out of customs. It may arrive in Shell as soon as mañana, but we won't put any hope into that. It is best to not have any expectations with these kind of things, that way when it really happens, you aren't dissapointed.
Tonite we had an MAF couple from HQ in California over for dinner. They have been with MAF for over 30 years, most of that spent flying in Africa, and the remainder as an instructor at HQ. Larry is his name, and he and his wife are here for about another week. The purpose of their visit is to fly with our pilots to confirm that all that training and those MAF standards are being upheld and adheared to. I was a joy to hear their wisdom and experience being in MAF. This is their last "tour of duty," as Larry is retiring from MAF at the end of July.
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