Joel and Missy Davis Expanding the Reach of the Gospel in the Philippines Davis Photo Journal
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Joel had his check ride – and now has his official Philippines pilot’s license!!
Now he can start learning NTM’s tribal airstrips. In just a few weeks we will have taken over the flight program on Mindanao – doing all the flying, flight following, flight scheduling, and some bookkeeping.
My (Missy’s) job on the HF radio has been taken to new levels this week… normally I am only on there when the guys are flying. But now our missionaries’ internet satellite has floated off into outer space (literally), which means they have NO internet in their tribal areas anymore.
This has drastically changed communication with them- normally they can schedule flights and ask for supplies via email, but not anymore! It’s all through me on the radio. You can pray for me as I do this new job- that we will have CLEAR communication through the static 
and that I will keep all the messages and lists straight, passing them on to the right people.
Family update… we had an eventful few weeks. First, both of our girls got sick with some kind of flu/fever. Ryley’s went away after a few days, but Camryn’s fever continued on and on- for almost 2 weeks. Long story short… the Lord led us to a great doctor and it turned out that Camryn was fighting pneumonia and a UTI. Poor baby! Once we got the correct antibiotics, she improved quickly.
This picture was taken BEFORE the antibiotics kicked in… can you believe it? Does she look sick to you?? She had lots of times where she played and laughed and we would never have known she was sick if we didn’t feel her forehead!
On a recent weekend away, we got visit a zoo. I was definitely a little nervous about this crazy-eyed monkey….I think he was a few fries short of a Happy Meal. He kept this overly-enthusiastic grin the whole time we looked at him. I was glad for the glass between us!
Next family news… Ryley graduated from Kindergarten! Here she is in her construction paper graduation hat. We finished a bit late since we had a furlough in the middle of the school year (which I think included 6 pack & moves, but who’s counting??)… so now we’ll take a few weeks off before we tackle 1st grade. She also officially just lost her first tooth! Where did our baby go??
We are really excited to be helping out here on Mindanao with the aviation program. Please keep praying for our family as we keep settling in to our new home, and as we learn new aspects of our jobs here every day. We feel blessed to be here. Thank you for being on our team!
