Here are the two short videos I promised last week.
I haven't been able to get a lot of footage yet but I was able to put together a couple basic videos with the footage I do have. The first on is some shots while in float plane mode landings and take-offs on the water. The second one is what it's like when operating the plane on land. I think if you click on "vimeo" in the lower RH corner, it will take you to our vimeo site where the videos are available in HD. Not sure if the embedded version on our blog are in HD or not.
Playing On The Water from Greg on Vimeo.
The Flying Shopping Cart from Greg on Vimeo.
Hope some of you enjoy seeing life from the float's perspective :).
Blessings
The Dole Clan
Monday, May 30, 2016
Monday, May 23, 2016
Goodbyes, Pineapples & Birthday Parties.
Hello again from the tropical town of Merauke, where you'll find the sun almost always shinning and almost always hot ;-). These past couple weeks our family has been busy with a oodles of different activities.
Shortly after we celebrated my (Greg) first Amphibian Caravan Solo flight, we jump on a jet plane to Sentani where we spent sometime with friends of ours that are being called back to their passport country. It was a wonderful/sad weekend of visits and memories made for all of us especially the kids. It's been a bit different this go around as in the past it's usually us doing the going as we said goodbye but this time, we are the stayers. Which I'm learning has a its own set of emotions and feelings to navigate as we again say goodbye to friends.
During our visit to Sentani we also acquired some pineapples, which we ate then planted. Well we ate the good stuff and planted the top, just encase that needed clarification. So far a after almost 2 weeks the first of the plants seem to still be alive. This morning I planted the last of our pineapple top supply. Hopefully in a year or so we will have nice pineapple hedge out front that will treat us to a fresh pineapple now and then. Not sure if a mango tree or papaya tree will be next on our "to plant list", maybe even a banana tree.
This weekend we also celebrated Jaclynn's 10th birthday. Wow no more single digits in the family. Sunday evening we had a small gathering to celebrate. Julie whipped up some home-made pizza pockets that seemed to be a hit.
Shortly after we celebrated my (Greg) first Amphibian Caravan Solo flight, we jump on a jet plane to Sentani where we spent sometime with friends of ours that are being called back to their passport country. It was a wonderful/sad weekend of visits and memories made for all of us especially the kids. It's been a bit different this go around as in the past it's usually us doing the going as we said goodbye but this time, we are the stayers. Which I'm learning has a its own set of emotions and feelings to navigate as we again say goodbye to friends. 
During our visit to Sentani we also acquired some pineapples, which we ate then planted. Well we ate the good stuff and planted the top, just encase that needed clarification. So far a after almost 2 weeks the first of the plants seem to still be alive. This morning I planted the last of our pineapple top supply. Hopefully in a year or so we will have nice pineapple hedge out front that will treat us to a fresh pineapple now and then. Not sure if a mango tree or papaya tree will be next on our "to plant list", maybe even a banana tree. 
In the next blog post I hope to have a couple short video montages of some recent flights.
Blessings The Dole Clan
Blessings The Dole Clan
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
New Milestone of God's Faithfulness in Our Family
It has now been over twenty years since I (Julie) first felt the Lord calling me to missions. I remember feeling so excited about doing this one moment and then the next becoming totally terrified the next. For I new God called me but I never felt a clear call to doing translation work, medical work, or teaching at the time which was about all I had ever heard about women missionaries doing. It was just that simple call to go that began to take me down a path that has been so amazing that words can not describe it.
This path led me straight into meeting my husband over 18 years ago and opening my eyes to a new world of missions that I never really knew that much about. In fact my first plane ride only happened three weeks before I met my husband. Even though the world of mission aviation was new to me there was a draw from the very beginning. I enjoyed going up in the smaller planes and I loved seeing the passion in Greg as he went through his flight training. Little did I know or understand how much flight training or years of experience that it would take for him to reach where we are today.
Which is why I find it to be such a blessing that Greg passed his flight test this week giving him permission to fly the float plane by himself. And yesterday our small team here in Merauke had the privilege of watching him complete his first solo flight. It was a cooler day here but the kids and staff enjoyed soaking him never the less.
As I watched my husband climb out of that plane I could still see that same kind of passion that I saw inside of him when he was in college. He just loves to fly and he loves to share his love for flying while reaching out to the people here in Papua.
Here are a few pictures of his special day here at our Merauke hanger.
This path led me straight into meeting my husband over 18 years ago and opening my eyes to a new world of missions that I never really knew that much about. In fact my first plane ride only happened three weeks before I met my husband. Even though the world of mission aviation was new to me there was a draw from the very beginning. I enjoyed going up in the smaller planes and I loved seeing the passion in Greg as he went through his flight training. Little did I know or understand how much flight training or years of experience that it would take for him to reach where we are today.
Which is why I find it to be such a blessing that Greg passed his flight test this week giving him permission to fly the float plane by himself. And yesterday our small team here in Merauke had the privilege of watching him complete his first solo flight. It was a cooler day here but the kids and staff enjoyed soaking him never the less.
As I watched my husband climb out of that plane I could still see that same kind of passion that I saw inside of him when he was in college. He just loves to fly and he loves to share his love for flying while reaching out to the people here in Papua.
Here are a few pictures of his special day here at our Merauke hanger.
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