some pictures (winnipeg, medicine hat and home)

typical view (from Thunder Bay to Winnipeg)
lori's good friend Melodie and daughter Sayla
our good friend Al Enns saying goodbye in Winnipeg
the "coulee" in Med. Hat
by Lethbridge, AB (30 min after taking off from Med. Hat)
alberta/b.c. border somewhere
one last flight
okanagen lake
mount baker
the fraser valley (home!!)
home stretch into Abbotsford airport
one last pose by the plane
wilkommen kommittee (welcome committee)
locking up the plane one last time in the hangar
home again with dad's best friend, blackie

we're home!!!!!!!!!!! (wir sind zu hause!!!!)

Endlich mal! Wir sind zu Hause, Gott sei dank! We are home! We took off this morning from Medicine Hat and flew 3 hours to Abbotsford. From before Penticton you could already see Mount Baker, that's how clear it was (and that's how big the mountain is). From there Dad didn't need the GPS anymore, he knew where to go. We landed in Abbotsford around 12 pm and were welcomed by family and friends, it was great! Even roll kuchen and wasser melon were waiting for us, how nice, thanks mom.

It's good to be back home! Thank you to all who prayed for us while we were gone, it is so much appreciated, we needed it so much. Prayers do get answered, that's for sure. Even when we thought there was no way we would be able to achieve this trip of a lifetime, we were encouraged when we thought of all the people thinking about us, thanks. We hope we can do the same in return.

And thank you to all the people who let us in their homes! Your hospitality was amazing! Thanks for doing our laundry and feeding us and giving us a bed, we couldn't have done it without you...again, if any of you are in our area, just look us up, we're glad to have you too.

Danke fuer alles unser Brasilien familie! Alles gute!

We will get some pictures up soon, just wanted to let you know that we're home safe and sound, with our families, friends and our pets!

Check back soon for some pics....

still delayed

Dad called the weather people this morning and the weather is no good, especially over Lethbridge and on. We are staying another night here in the desert, it's better to be safe. No point in rushing our last leg (of over 30 legs). We will likely take off tomorrow.

Thanks for all the thoughts and your patience, we will come home eventually, no rush.

Later...

Here are a few statistics:

-flights (legs): 34 so far
-customs: 13 for dad and 14 for Doris and Lori
-beds: 27 different beds
-hours flying: 105 so far

hangin out in medicine hat, alberta

We took off this morning from Winnipeg around 8:45 am and flew exactly 4 hours to Medicine Hat, Alberta. It was a super clear flight up until Med. Hat, where it got quite cloudy. We landed and decided to stay the night at our dad's brother's place here (Helmuth and Hildy...thank you so much by the way :) and see if the weather will be better to fly on to Abbotsford tomorrow; too much rain over the mountains and at home.

Thanks to our Winnipeg hosts, (Enns' and Muellers'), we always have a good time in Winnipeg. It was good to see old friends again.

We hope to fly home tomorrow, it's only another 4 hour flight, we're so close to home!!

See you tomorrow...

grounded for today...

We have decided to stay an extra day here in Winnipeg, the weather might be better towards home by tomorrow. The weather is rainy here today too, so hopefully by tomorrow we can get all the way home.

SEE YOU SOON!! :)

red river in winnipeg

winnipeg!

We have arrived! We took off this morning from wine country (Virgil Ont.)...thanks to our hosts Jake and Marg Janzen and also to Harry and Lucy Huebert (and thanks for the bag lunch Lucy, it was great!)We felt very at home in Ontario, it was gorgeous there.

Anyway, we took off this morning early and flew 4 hours to Thunder Bay Ont, and hung out at the airport for a few hours to let the weather clear up a bit, we even took naps, we're so tired! Then we took off through the clouds and flew another 2 and a half hours to Winnipeg. They were both very good flights, a little bumpy at times, but nothing we can't handle. We're used to it now.

Now we're at our good friends' place, Al and Sue Enns (our former pastor from King Road) and we're just going to relax tonight, we're going to go hot tubbing, which will be fabulous. We will stay here in Winnipeg until Saturday when we will fly home to Abbotsford. Doris and Lori are going to visit some Bible School friends here as well.

Thanks for your prayers, they were well received and we appreciate them so much, more than you know!

'Til Saturday....

ontario update

We've been here 3 days visiting with friends and family. Yesterday Doris and Lori went to Toronto to meet some friends and saw a few sights. This morning the plane was checked out and they couldn't find anything wrong with it. We decided to change the oil and when they opened the hood of the plane they found a huge bird nest! Good thing we checked...

Tomorrow we are going to fly to Winnipeg via Thunder Bay...

the glass floor at the CN Tower