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End Of The Weekend

It's the end of another Sunday. We stayed around the house all day and had a relaxing day. Actually, we all slept in until 8:30 AM, even the dog, who sleeps under our bed. Breakfast wasn't until 10 AM, and by the time we were done with church, we didn't even feel like eating lunch. Dustin and I spend a lot of time working on his model airplane. We're making some good progress, and are almost done with the six-foot long wing. We started the fuselage today. I watched some TV with the boys in the afternoon, and then later Taylor and I went for a two-mile bike ride. I would have liked to go farther, but that was enough for him. I haven't been riding since before I was sick last week.

They didn't put any new windows in on Saturday like they said they would, but this is Ecuador, so we weren't really expect they would anyway. I know they are working on them though, because they called to ask what kind of screen we want. Maybe tomorrow. maÒana Ron did get the skylight fixed in the hangar last week. The one that blew off in the storm. Steve Dunbar and Curtis Kelley helped him with that. The tin on the roof is quite thin, so the guys work on wooden 'skis' to spread their weight. (In case you're wondering about the 'Alas de Socorro' on the hangar wall, that means 'Wings of Help' and is the name for Mission Aviation Fellowship here in Ecuador.)

Steve Dunbar is our new pilot mechanic. Only he hasn't started flying yet. He arrived back in January, and has spend the past couple months getting his house ready to live in. He had help from a couple work teams, and a lot of help from Ron. They moved in a little over a week ago. Steve is still waiting for his Ecuadorian pilot's license so he can get started flying. Curtis just arrived last Thursday. He's the new mechanic specialist for our Ecuador program.