Pros and Cons of Missionary Life

There are aspects of our lives as a missionary family that I absolutely love, and there are parts of it that are very hard and I do not love so much.  I love the fact that Macie and Colton have the unique opportunity to travel and see and experience places that most kids don't have the chance to see.  I love that they also get to meet a lot of different people and make new friends.  I do not love the fact that they also have to say good-bye.  A lot. 

It makes me smile to watch them make new friends so easily, and it is so fun to watch them laugh and play.  It breaks my heart at the same time though, knowing that they will have to say good-bye to their new friends in 3 weeks because their new friends parent's have a different assignment than we do and they are moving to serve in a different part of the world from us.  This is the hard part, knowing that in 3 weeks there are going to be tears and loss to deal with.  Of coarse new potential friends will be coming to MAF soon after the old friends leave, and we will start the whole process over again. 

I can't end this post on a sad note, so I will add a couple of pictures from this weekend.  Our family had the opportunity to fly on an MAF plane that was going to an event at a nearby airport.  It was actually a tractor pull/car show/air show (hey this is Idaho).  MAF had a booth set up to build up awareness in the community of what we do, and also try to ignite a passion for mission aviation in the next generation of kids interested in becoming pilots.

Macie was a little nervous to fly, it has been awhile since she has been on a small aircraft.

Colton pointing out all the different shapes of the fields we flew over.

Hanging out in Petey the Plane.

Train ride!

Bouncy House, we sure got our money worth out of this.  I think Colton jumped for 45 minutes straight!

"Mom, Dad, can we fly home now we are tired."

Nampa from the air, you can see the airport and our apartment in the distance.