Jamin is on his way towards meeting another requirement prior to joining New Tribes Mission's aviation department.

He has started an intense time of flying and studying. In just the last three days, he has covered more than 500 nautical miles of flying to 11 different airports.

Although there were multiple set-backs and delays in the process of resuming this advanced flight training, we know God's timing to be perfect.

One of the delays was maintenance-related, and with a new propeller on the aircraft the guys at Compass double-checked that the plane was good-to-go.

Jamin then hit the training hard, with a two hour flight to re-familiarize myself with the aircraft and its systems.

The Cessna 182 RG is owned by Harvesters International Mission, and Compass has had a wonderful relationship with them over the years.

Although Compass owns multiple aircraft, it is more economical for Jamin to get this particular training in Harvesters' airplane, which gives one platform from which to get both 'high performance' and 'complex' experience.

Jamin's instructor, Pete Wing, is a veteran missionary pilot, who flew in western Africa and now continues to serve the Lord by training future missionary avaitors.

Although it would be possible to obtain commercial flight training from any number of instructors in the United States, it is impossible to put a price-value on his real-life experience of flying overseas.

To some it might only be one more step towards a great goal, but it can be a lot of fun, too!