Our baby boy is finally here! He was born on April 6th at 11:45 PM weighing in at 7 lbs, 2 oz! The baby and Sarah are both healthy and doing very well. It has been amazing getting to see him and hold him after we've been waiting for 9 months. Sarah is such a good mom and every day I've been reminded of how lucky I am to have such an amazing wife to raise our child with. His name is Tristan Paul.

Everything has been coming together for my King Air training. My class date is May 3rd so be praying for me in that respect.

Sarah is having surgery on her arm on April 27th so there is some anticipation for that. She broke her arm really bad a few years back and had some metal plates installed while it healed. It's time for those to come out. It should be an out-patient surgery with only a few weeks of recovery time but with a new baby that could prove challenging. Be praying that everything would go well with that situation.

Thanks to everyone who has been praying for us over the past few months! We definitely need it as we keep making preparations for the move.

Another Blessing!

Hello again,

I need to make a journal of everything that God has been doing for us over the past few months. It really is remarkable. We just got a call last night that the money for our plane tickets to Africa (about $2000) has just been provided! WOW!!! It is so exciting to see the provision for everything, above and beyond what we need.

Jeff

Blessings

God just keeps continuing to bless us! This is a cool story that happened to me (Jeff) just a few days ago:

When we fly we use headsets so that we can communicate with Air Traffic Control as well as our students. Anyway, I had 2 headsets that I had inherited from my dad. Needless to say they were rather "seasoned" and both of them decided that they were going to stop working. I sent them in to get fixed to the manufacturing company but the quote to fix them was way higher than I was expecting. We weren't going to be able to afford to fix either of the 2 headsets. I was a little bummed, to say the least but decided that it was going to be ok and the situation would end up working itself out. Just on Tuesday night it did!

The head of the School of Aeronautics had sent a letter to a headset manufacturer that gives free headsets out to flight school graduates headed to the mission field. I had no idea this opportunity even existed until I was presented with an amazing new headset last Tuesday night at our annual Missions Banquet at the Liberty School of Aeronautics!!! How amazing is that? I couldn't even believe it. Myself and a fellow flight instructor (who is also going over to Africa) both received these headsets. It is by far the nicest headset I've ever had and way nicer than I would have been able to afford. God knew I would need a headset and set this in motion before I even sent mine in to be repaired. He continues to show His goodness to Sarah and I even with the little things in our lives.

I just thought I'd share this experience. Thanks for your continued prayers!

Jeff

Hello all,

Well this is my first blog post ever. I know, that is probably weird but I honestly have never had a blog site before. Now that Sarah and I are moving to Africa, it does seem fitting though.

Now that we're on that subject, for those of you who didn't know, Sarah and I are moving to Africa with an organization called Flying Mission Services. FMS does air ambulance and med-evac flights in the country of Botswana (just above South Africa). It is an excellent opportunity for us and we are super excited about leaving. Our plan is to be gone by the first week of July, 2010.

We actually had a Skype conference with FMS in Botswana this morning. We got a lot of our questions answered and were able to figure out what more we need to get done before we leave. If any of you want, we can get you our Skype address. Just send an email with your interest.

Everything with the baby is going well. His name is Tristan Paul Burnham and he will be arriving hopefully March 30th, 2010. We are both really excited about getting to meet this little baby that we have already fallen in love with! He is going to be the first grandbaby on both sides of our family so he will probably get more attention than he needs from his grandparents, not to mention his aunts and uncles.

Please keep us in your prayers as we still have lots of things to get in order before we leave in a few months.