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| What's Daniel Up To?
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| After Hurricane
Katrina hit the Gulf states so destructively, Daniel accompanied a relief team, which
traveled for three days from Maine to their operations base at Bass Memorial Academy near
Lumberton, Mississippi. Daniel's on the left side, fourth seat back. His
cousin Krista Medina, from Camden, Maine sits across the aisle from him. |
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| Among many places the
group visited, Waveland was among the worst. Destructions was caused not only fierce
winds, but waves hurling large rolls of printing paper and bundles of lumber from nearby
barges acted like battering rams, splintering everything in their path. |
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| Large, expensive homes
were left with nothing but the front steps. |
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| Train tracks were
rendered useless. |
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| Daniel assisted with
food and supply distribution, sawing trees, cleaning debris, demolition and repair of
buildings and much more. The group from Maine stayed only four days. That
wasn't nearly enough, so he stayed for nearly three weeks, returning to Maine in
mid-October. He spent a good amount of time doing repairs at Bass Memorial Academy,
where he had many people with whom to socialize - and a bunch of girls to fend off as
well! |
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| Now Daniel is happily continuing his
flight training in Maine, and hopes to get his private pilot's license in the near future. Next
he plans to find a good job somewhere and save up for his goal of volunteering in South
America, beginning in early 2006. He's also hoping he will be able to attend the
General
Youth Conference (GYC) in Chatanooga, Tennessee from December 28 to January 1. |
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| After that, if God
opens the doors, Daniel plans to go to Venezuela. Mission Pilot Bob Norton
has invited Daniel to assist with a variety of projects there - construction, maintenance,
and serving wherever needed. |
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| This experience will
give Daniel a better idea of what he wants to do in the future, what further training he
needs, and how he can be best prepared to serve. |
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| He also hopes to sit
in on the hands-on portions of Union College's
International Rescue & Relief program, headed by Dr. Mike
Duehrssen (left, with stethescope). Among other things, he will learn Jungle Rescue
& Survival skills, Tropical & Travel Medicine, Disaster Management, Public Health,
Humanitarian Relief, and much more. |
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| And of course,
Daniel's greatest goal is to reach out to others sharing the love of God by meeting their
needs wherever possible. |
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| Being fluent in
Spanish and feeling at home in Latin-American culture, Daniel looks forward to
initially serving for six months to a year in South America. |
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| When there's space
available, he hopes to fly with Bob Norton to remote village airstrips to get a true feel
for the life of a mission pilot. |
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| Ever since Daniel can
remember, his lifelong dream was to fly. He highly admires David
Gates, a friend we knew as a mission pilot years ago in Mexico. Through
unbelievable miracles, God has used David in many ways to pioneer a wide variety of
projects throughout South America, including schools, Christian TV networks, aviation
projects, and a lot more. And all his support comes from freewill donations. |
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| After spending some
time in South America, Daniel will be in a position to make further decisions about his
future, as God opens or closes doors of opportunity. Back in the U.S., he will need
to take further flight training, learn airplane mechanics, get in many more flight hours,
and look into further education in other areas. |
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| We thank each one
of you who have expressed words of encouragement & caution, sent financial gifts, and
gone out of your way to help Daniel reach his goals. Your prayers are much
appreciated as well. |
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| As we all work
together, using our time, talents and resources to bless others, we can experience a
fulfilling life now and look forward to a better future when Jesus returns to take His
children to an eternal home home where there will be no more pain, suffering or death. Respectfully,
Fred Adams
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