After two Lufthansa business class flights and an Amtrak train ride, Liam and I made it back safely to Germany and still in time before #3 arrives! Next week my parents will be here to visit our new boy and family in France...busy times!
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Devin & Becca Ferguson
The day after I returned from Poland, Liam and I were on a plane to the USA for my youngest brother Devin's wedding. Liam and I called it our "mancation" since the ladies had to stay home due to Lana's pregnancy. It was a great time bonding with my boy, spending time with my family, and celebrating Devin and Becca's wedding!
After two Lufthansa business class flights and an Amtrak train ride, Liam and I made it back safely to Germany and still in time before #3 arrives! Next week my parents will be here to visit our new boy and family in France...busy times!
After two Lufthansa business class flights and an Amtrak train ride, Liam and I made it back safely to Germany and still in time before #3 arrives! Next week my parents will be here to visit our new boy and family in France...busy times!
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Lask, Poland
Our squadron recently returned from a TDY to Lask, Poland where we were training with the Polish Air Force and taking advantage of their great airspace and range. This training exercise had been planned for many months and wasn't a result of the current situation in the Ukraine. There is a small detachment from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany that is permanently stationed there for the purpose of supporting these training opportunities. It was my second time to the base since being stationed here in Germany, the first being when the detachment was stood up at Lask.
On one of the weekends, a group of us had the opportunity to do some traveling so we decided to visit Krakow and Auschwitz. Krakow was a very cool city with great old town. Auschwitz on the other hand was good to see, but very heavy and sobering. Just to think of the destruction of human lives that took place there is unimaginable! The German phrase, "Arbeit macht frei" still displays above the main gate at the entrance and means, "Work makes you free". If they had only known what was on the other side of the gate! Scenes from the movie Schindler's List also came to mind while touring the area.
Thankfully while I was gone, our #3 didn't arrive! Lana is a few weeks away from delivering our second boy...just in time for July 4th!
On one of the weekends, a group of us had the opportunity to do some traveling so we decided to visit Krakow and Auschwitz. Krakow was a very cool city with great old town. Auschwitz on the other hand was good to see, but very heavy and sobering. Just to think of the destruction of human lives that took place there is unimaginable! The German phrase, "Arbeit macht frei" still displays above the main gate at the entrance and means, "Work makes you free". If they had only known what was on the other side of the gate! Scenes from the movie Schindler's List also came to mind while touring the area.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Devin's Air Force Commissioning
This past weekend I was able to attend my youngest brother Devin's graduation from Cedarville University and commissioning at the US Air Force Museum - Wright Patter AFB, OH. This worked out perfect as I was already on a work trip to the USA at Shaw AFB, SC to use the F-16 simulators. After the simulators were complete, I caught a flight north to surprise my family for the weekend...it had been 14 months since I was home.
A rare eye condition kept Devin from passing his flight class I physical to continue towards pilot training, but God has a bigger plan. He'll be making his way to Hill AFB, UT this fall to be a aircraft maintenance officer on F-16s. Proud of you Devin!
A rare eye condition kept Devin from passing his flight class I physical to continue towards pilot training, but God has a bigger plan. He'll be making his way to Hill AFB, UT this fall to be a aircraft maintenance officer on F-16s. Proud of you Devin!
Saturday, April 26, 2014
We Applied To PMA!
Last week, Lana and I took a step of faith and applied to Pacific Mission Aviation (PMA) to Lord willing become a pilot family and serve with them in the Pacific! It has been a long process (click here for some more specifics), but God has clearly lead us to leave the active duty Air Force and follow His direction.
Once our references return the requested data to PMA, our application will go before PMA's board for their decision. We hope to hear back within the next couple of months and we'll be sure to post more when that time comes! The timing is in God's hands, but if accepted we may be serving with PMA as early as late 2015 or early 2016. More to follow...
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Portugal
A few months ago Lana and I decided to plan a week-long trip to Portugal to enjoy another European country before she was too far along in her pregnancy to fly (she's just into her 7th month already!) and I start travel with the Air Force this summer. It was a great trip...one that's highly recommended for those who have the opportunity! Lana had been to Portugal previously, but it's been on my travel list since we were station at Aviano AB, Italy. We also invited some friends of ours who have two kids about the same ages as ours.
Lana did all the specific planning of the flight, train, and hotels so thanks to her for a job well done! It was an easy and relatively cheap flight from Luxembourg to Lisbon on EasyJet. The first two days were spent in Lisbon before we took a 2.5 hr train ride to the south coast near Albufeira. The skies were sunny the entire week with temps around 70° F during the day, which made for two straight weeks of sun after one in Germany the week prior...the first this spring. In Lisbon we stayed at the Lisbon Rooftops Guesthouse, a great location in the center of the old town with great views over the city and close walking distance to the sites.
Some of the sites we visited were the Santa Justa Lift, Castelo de S. Jorge, and the Rio Tejo. We were able to see most of these sites walking by foot, but took the historic yellow tram once...a hit with the kids! Breakfast consisted of Portuguese custard tarts fairly often as well.
In the south of Portugal we stayed at Alfagar II, located a short walk from the beach. The location and hotel were great even though the pools and ocean were still too cold to swim. Our time there consisted of sleeping in (as much as we could with the kids) and relaxing on the beach or near the pool. We were blessed to enjoy such a nice place and have the ability to do so!
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Portugal
Lana did all the specific planning of the flight, train, and hotels so thanks to her for a job well done! It was an easy and relatively cheap flight from Luxembourg to Lisbon on EasyJet. The first two days were spent in Lisbon before we took a 2.5 hr train ride to the south coast near Albufeira. The skies were sunny the entire week with temps around 70° F during the day, which made for two straight weeks of sun after one in Germany the week prior...the first this spring. In Lisbon we stayed at the Lisbon Rooftops Guesthouse, a great location in the center of the old town with great views over the city and close walking distance to the sites.
Some of the sites we visited were the Santa Justa Lift, Castelo de S. Jorge, and the Rio Tejo. We were able to see most of these sites walking by foot, but took the historic yellow tram once...a hit with the kids! Breakfast consisted of Portuguese custard tarts fairly often as well.
In the south of Portugal we stayed at Alfagar II, located a short walk from the beach. The location and hotel were great even though the pools and ocean were still too cold to swim. Our time there consisted of sleeping in (as much as we could with the kids) and relaxing on the beach or near the pool. We were blessed to enjoy such a nice place and have the ability to do so!
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Portugal
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