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Hadfield4WD
08-14-2010, 09:49 AM
Guys,

Some of you know his story. Cliff notes:

Always wanted to be a missionary pilot since we lived in Africa
At 34 quit his job and moved wife and 3 kids to Spokane WA for Moody's flight program
Finished and raised support.
Adopted a set of premee twins

So that's the quick version. That is about the last 6 years. Everything has fallen into place for them. To see God work has been cool. They are at 100% support. Finished their adoption last Thursday (just in time). Sold their house in 3 days. Now they are almost packed up.

They leave on Tuesday AM. My folks are out there helping. Basically my mom, and sister in law are taking flying with the 5 kids. There stuff is in shipping containers and will go into storage for about 6 months until they find a place to buy. My dad and brother are driving. He bought a trailer and put their suburban on it and are pulling it up with his F250.

Please pray for safety and no problems. It's 2700 miles and the highway apparently hasn't been maintained well. They are gonna try to do it in 3 days. Then when he gets there he will sell the trailer. It's already on craigslist in AK. He has 2 spares and a set of bearings just in case.

By the way the ministry is www.arcticbarnabas.org (http://www.arcticbarnabas.org). They are not on their website due to the adoption. The twins were in the foster care program and it's been and issue until the adoption was final.

Bowtielover
08-14-2010, 10:14 AM
WOW, Gods work indeed, will do,

rustyolred
08-14-2010, 11:57 AM
Always had a burden for Alska. So many people, so few gospel witnesses. We will be praying for him/them.


Rusty

tjrockcrawler
08-15-2010, 07:20 PM
Sure thing Matt.

barnee
08-16-2010, 11:36 PM
You got it!

Hadfield4WD
08-17-2010, 09:27 AM
Dad just called. They hit the road. Cool thing is he had the trailer for sale in AK before he left. Somebody already gave him a deposit for $1200 more than he spent for it. Apparently people do this all the time. This will make a dent in his gas budget for the trip. He figures between 1500 - 2000 for gas. He has gotten some alternate route info from some guys as well.

Mrs99NCXJ
08-18-2010, 09:09 AM
Isn't God great!

96 coutry cherokee
08-21-2010, 08:11 AM
any updates?

Hadfield4WD
08-21-2010, 09:04 AM
Yeah my dad called last night. They made it around 5 their time. Shredded a couple straps. At one point they did a 300 mile stretch that was all dirt road. A bunch of washboard. They ended up at another point max speed of 15mph for about 3 hours. These rough roads were hard on the straps. He had extras.

All in all it was a great trip with very little problems. 2700 miles. Can't ask for much more.

96 coutry cherokee
08-21-2010, 10:21 AM
wow glad to hear!!!

rustyolred
08-21-2010, 12:19 PM
Glad to hear that God gave them a safe trip.


Rusty

Hadfield4WD
08-21-2010, 11:11 PM
Forgot to add they had one blowout.

Hadfield4WD
08-31-2010, 08:11 AM
Picked up my parents from the raleigh airport sunday morning. They looked beat down. They need to sleep for about a week. Everybody is getting settled in. Their 2 oldest struggled with the move.