From the Logbook..."Billy Graham of the East"

(For those of you who read my blog...I'm still here.  Usually a lack of blogging means I am too busy to find the free time to dedicate to posting pictures of our ministry here.  That has been the case for the past few weeks as my teammate and his family suddenly went home to America due to a family emergency.  I've been "holding down the fort" by myself for the past few weeks which means lots of flying, and not much free time for blogging.  So, over the next few weeks, I have posted the last months worth of pictures.  Enjoy!)

One of my most recent flights had me transporting Stephen Tong and his entourage to a few large villages in Central Borneo.  According to Wikipedia, Stephen Tong is the "Billy Graham of the East" and it was a pleasure to fly him and his team over the course of 3 days to their evangelistic events.  His crew was top notch and very professional.  It was a joy to help in serving them as they shared the hope we have in Jesus with those I rub shoulders with every day.  His nightly events drew thousands of people culminating with his last event here in PalangkaRaya where we live.

Above I merged some pictures together of one of the places I took Reverend Tong and his team.  While to the untrained float pilot eye it may not look like much, let me just say that the docking and un-docking process of my airplane at this location was the hardest, most challenging docking I've had to this date.  As I retold the story to Becca around the dinner table that evening I was surprised to feel my heart begin to race again as I recounted the near misses of my wings almost hitting buildings, my floats being caught in reverse currents, and the people on the dock offering too much "help" and in the process almost leaving me in a pickle.  Thankfully, it all ended well, and the airplane is still unscathed although it's pilot grew a few more grew hairs!