So, this is a new style of writing for me but I truly enjoyed the effort.  WARNING: while this post is based on a true story, I assure you all my marbles are securely stowed!

She was stunning.  I have seen beautiful women in my time but none as striking as she was.  And that is all I knew about her.  I couldn’t tell you what made her so attractive. I saw her only for a millisecond before she disappeared down the airport escalator.  After two failed attempts at the computerized kiosks I was standing in line with the rest of the technologically delayed passengers when I spotted her.  I may not have seen her at all except I couldn’t take my eyes off of the family of 4 who battled with the luggage of a family of twenty.  I was envisioning the scene my own family would make when departing for Africa when I was mysteriously distracted by the fleeting presence of this phantom beauty.  I can tell you she had raven black hair and dark blood red stiletto heels.  As to her face, what she wore or what she carried I can’t recall.  Not that it mattered much as I would become increasingly familiar with her over the following 48 hours.

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I don’t know why it didn’t occur to us sooner!  Each and every day Brian and I imagine what life will be like.  Sometimes our imaginations run away and we find ourselves riding zebras like an African Cowboy or dancing in the desert like Indian Jones in a paradise mirage.  But most of the time, we are equally as marveled by the reality of what we know will be true for our lives.  The stories we’ve heard from veterans and colleagues weave an, admittedly distorted, but more accurate tapestry of how we plan to make ourselves available to the Lord through the ministry of AIM Air and the On Field Media team.  Unfortunately, in the middle of our dreaming, we left you behind.  Many of you have indicated the desire to know…to see, feel, hear…what we will be doing in Africa.  One day, I’ll write such accounts here for you to experience in real time as we do.  But for now, I wanted to invite you into the world Brian and I live and dream of every day.  Please take a few minutes to discover the wonder of being a Missions Pilot – or in this case, a hero to some tiny tattered bodies with gigantic whole spirits.  Enjoy this story by our colleague (both a pilot AND a writer AND a photographer), Mike DeLorenzo.  I will get Mike’s permission later, but for now I encourage you to visualize Brian as the servant of the story because, one day soon, it will be all of our realities!

“WHOLE” by Mike DeLorenzo