february's flying–photos

The whole of the new year had been turned upside down for us. With Kenya's political crisis, and the medical crisis at home with my dad, we were on a strange schedule up to the time we left for New Jersey. But the flights I did in February were a reprieve... back to my sanctuary in the sky. I carried the camera on a few of them. These are pictures from flights to Sudan and Kenya. Bringing medical supplies in, carrying missionaries out. It was a good sampler month of what this ministry is about. Folks who I served for a decade chatting with me up in the cockpit on a long leg home. A boisterous crowd on a short strip in Sudan. Smiling, curious kids. A muddy landing far too close to a thunderstorm darkened sky in Kenya. Lots of handshakes and thank-yous for the pilot. And that familiar mix of privilege and exhaustion that has marked my work as a missionary pilot. Photos Here