Our March SOWER project at Ethnos 360 Aviation (located outside of Douglas, AZ) was unique is so many ways! Here are  just ten –

1. 1. We got to help with and attend a wedding!
      It was a small celebration of two widowers who had found love for a second time and we were so honored to be able to share in their joy!
      2.  We did not have LIzzie (our RV) with us, and instead stayed in  housing on the base.
      We had plenty of room and were very comfortable, even though it was a little weird not having all our ‘stuff’ with us! And we also were a fair ways away from our fellow SOWERs.
      
      We made it work, though – and it did have us closer to where we were working and meeting!
      3. We ladies got to go to a “Ladies Tea”! What a blessing that was!
      
      4. There is a wildlife preserve nearby and we enjoyed the beauty we found there!
      (If you look really hard you can see the flock of Sandhill Cranes to the left of the trees. I mean REALLY hard!)
      4. We also got to do a little exploring with our friends Joe & Kim!
      
      We were looking for Camp Rucker (an Indian War-era encampment) that we never actually found, but we did find some Green. While it wasn’t Vermont-Green, it was still greener than where we had been! And water!!!
      
      And there were trees! Big trees!
      
      It was a fun adventure with good friends!
      
      5. I had my first helicopter ride!!
      
      
      
      Probably it will be my last one also – but it was good to check it off the list! (Of course, I had to add it first!)
      6. Lunch with the girls in Tombstone – the town too tough to die!
      
      Super fun to be a little touristy for the day!

      7.  We watched this older trailer (located just across the street from us) go from this –
      to this –
      
      to this –
      
      After they haul off the debris they’ll be preparing the spot for a new manufactured home for their trainees!
      8. Our work was varied! Along with helping with the wedding prep, we also did some cleaning (both pre-occupants and post occupants)
      
      some Mission Barrel (onsite thrift store!) sorting
      
      (my suitcase may or may not have been a bit fuller on our return trip!)
      and even a bit of sewing!
      
      (We were working on helicopter door covers. Who knew?)

The guys were also working on a variety of tasks – from plumbing

to welding-

to helping with that demolition!

(‘Cause everyone loves some good demo!)
9. After being part of the RV group “Escapees” for twenty years, we finally made it to one of their “Escapades” – a national rally of hundreds of RV’ers (I think there were over 600 units there!) filled with all things RV! We met up with SOWERs who were manning a SOWER informational booth and enjoyed the day connecting with friends and even making a few new ones!


It was a fun Tucson excursion to be sure!
10. And finally – those Arizona skies!


Fabulous.

It was a very special month. We worked with some our closest SOWER friends, and made many new friends along the way! We ventured into a part of the country that we hadn’t been in for many years, and most likely won’t get that way again.  We were able to be part of the support team of a global ministry which is striving to bring the Gospel to the multitude of unreached people.

How honored we are to serve in this way!

Thanks for stopping by (especially after such a long time of silence!)-

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