Mission Aviation study

Hello Everyone,

Here's what's been going on:

Yesterday I went to a seminar with a friend. It was the last night of an archaeological presentation on the Bible lands. They went over the seven churches in Asia mentioned in Revelations chapter 2 &3. It was very informative.

I have learned that God wants us to be servants, not because we expect to gain out of service to Him or others, but out of love for Him and others.

Daniel Adams is another mission pilot friend I have here. He has a website: www.adamsamigos.net
I talked with him quite a bit today about personality types while we changed the oil on David Gates' twin Comanche. He's working on his instrument rating and I am working on my private license, so we can't really work together too much but we get to compare notes and he has helped me study for my private exam.

My friend John has a ministry here for young men struggling with addiction. It is for helping men "cleanse their ways" like it mentions in Psalms 119:9. I have struggled with this addiction as well as I'm sure all males have. It's very strong in today's society. Hopefully we will all be able to keep ourselves accountable and help each other through addictions - sin is an addiction.

I have found that the most important thing for me to concentrate on in these next few months to be a mission pilot is to get an instrument rating, if possible. I do not know how this will happen but if it be God's will, I know I will have a choice to do it. So pray that I will have the courage, faith and hard-working ethic to stay on task and bring forth fruit on this. If I am to be ready by December 31 of this year I will need to fly almost non-stop to get this license. That is, unless I can count my military time. That will be up to the FAA and, possibly, the flight school I went to in Pensacola. I may be contacting them very shortly to get some kind of official statment besides my logbook for transferring that time over. Again, I do not want to be ungrateful for the money that taxpayers spent on me. I was trained for over a year in Pensacola before I applied for Conscientious Objection. I do not know how I can be of service to the nation as a whole, but I plan to be a witness for God whenever and wherever I feel the calling, with the Lord's guidance. If you or anyone you know is thinking of joining the Service and are a Christian, I highly suggest praying extensively about it first, for the reason that once you are in, the decision about whether or not you can kill someone becomes career-dependent. Not only that, but you may not get the chance to apply for Conscientious Objection before you find yourself in that situation. I highly suggest you pray about it and plan what you will do if asked, and share that with your recruiter before signing - it may be the difference between honorable service and disobeying a direct order - even desertion.

God be with you all and write me if you want - scott.a.sterling@gmail.com