A Week In...

I am now a week into my job here at Aviation Sales, Inc.  I have 17 hours of flight training given, and did some ground instruction too.  Things are so different here.  I'm used to an environment where everybody knows everybody, and the students are expected to come in on a consistent schedule, the same thing every week.  This school has a bunch of students who are older, or are working full-time, or have other things going on.  So scheduling is going to take a little bit more work to get everything worked out.  I'm thinking I'll still try to get students on a consistent schedule as much as I can, so I pray that that will work out.

Things are somewhat scary but also very exciting.  I've gone from student to instructor in almost no time flat, and so it's going to take some deliberate planning on my part to make sure I am giving these students of mine the most for their money.  But I also need to figure out what they need to know, how I can teach them, and make sure that it sticks.  That's what I'll be working on fine-tuning over the next several weeks.

I'm realizing just how much I need to be relying on God in this environment as well.  It's not necessarily a "rough" atmosphere, but it's quite unlike the Adventist culture that I've been so used to throughout my life.  I just have to pray that God will use me to be a positive, calming influence when things get crazy, and live my life in a way that will give Him glory.

I went out into the "wilderness" (a local park where I got away from people and sat in the forest on my own) on Sabbath to rest and recharge.  It's amazing how peaceful just sitting and thinking about next-to-nothing can be.  It really had been a daunting week (Thursday I worked non-stop from 9-9), and I needed that time to unwind.  It's also been close to a week since I saw Sarah, and that's been tough for me.  At least I have been too busy to think about it during the day, and I talk to her every evening, so I've been holding up.

Oh yeah, by the way, we're now officially 4 weeks away from our wedding!  I just can't wait to start living my new life with my soon-to-be bride!  Life has been changing a lot recently, but I'm looking forward to her moving in and we can get a little bit of a routine going.  She visited last weekend, and it was the best weekend so far this entire year.  She brought me some cooking supplies so I don't have to live off microwave food, she prettified the apartment so it feels more like home rather than a dorm room now, we went to a wedding in Michigan, and she left me a ton of food so I don't have to cook much while I'm working my busy schedule (I'm trying to get in as many hours as I can now so that I can afford to pay rent for July and August when I'm going to be missing out on the 2+ weeks of work time).

More than anything else, though, I'm really working on improving my relationship with God, and continually asking Him to be the foundation and cornerstone of our home.  I know through experience that everything is perfect when He is in control, and when I forget Him, things start to go downhill fast.  I get moody and irritable, and I really know that I'm here at ASI for more than just to make myself some money.  How can I effectively witness to others if I'm not in a good position emotionally myself?

Pray for me, that I have strength and continue in God's way.  And pray for Sarah.  We're in the final countdown of pre-wedding planning, and I just know Satan and his minions are going to start doing all they can to damage, batter, and bruise us.  For those of you coming to the wedding, I can't wait to see you there!  For those who can't make it, I wish you could, but I guess I'll see you again at some point.  If you really, really, REALLY want to, you can send us a gift.  :P

David and Sarah Macomber (it will be soon enough, just let me have it, okay!!)
6114 Fireside Dr. Unit D
Centerville, OH 45459