Golf X-Ray Mike Foxtrot

This past Saturday I got to experience flying for the first time in my life! A friend of mine who is working on getting his pilot’s licence needed to get some flight hours in, so he invited a few of us to come along with him on his next adventure!

This is Aaron and I. For both of us it was our first time flying. We were pretty pumped and tried not to look like complete dorks…we didn’t fake it well. 

Here’s the plane we flew in! Believe it or not, FOUR people fit inside that thing. 

Needless to say, it was a pretty cozy ride but once we were in the air 

we were all glued to the windows and totally forgot about the squishiness.

Kara and I got to sit in the back seat while Aaron sat up front by Nate. 

Aaron got to radio in to St. Thomas traffic and talk in super cool pilot code; 

“St. Thomas traffic, this is Golf X-Ray Mike Foxtrot 

preparing for takeoff from runway 27.” 

I was a little jealous, not gonna lie. But if I did it, I probably would have thrown in a couple more cool words like, “OVER!” or “ROGER THAT!” You know, something really nifty and piloty! 

…maybe it’s a good thing I wasn't the one operating the radio…

It's the Church!

 Nathan took us flying over St. Thomas, Port Stanley, Sparta and a few other places. 

We saw the Church building, Aaron’s house and my parents place! 

It was such a cool perspective to see the world from 1000+ feet above sea level.  

Everything was so beautiful, and so small! It was quite humbling. 

The snow covered land and the icy blue water off of Port Stanley looked stunning! 

The houses seemed tiny, the cars looked like toys and the people were hardly noticeable.

Being up in the air and looking down on everything below made me realize how insignificant we are as humans—and that was only from 1000+ feet up! Imagine how small we are to God! It humbled me and made me stand in awe of the fact that God concerns Himself creatures as small as us. It reminded me of Psalm 8:4, “What is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?”

God teaches me things and shows Himself to me every day. On Saturday he taught me once again that we, as humans, really aren’t as significant as we usually think we are, and He showed me a glimpse of His beauty through His incredibly beautiful creation. If you guys ever get a chance to go up in a small plane and cruise around, don’t pass it up! You get a pretty sweet view from up there! :)

Before I sign off I wanna give a shout out to our Pilot who took off, flew around, and landed like a pro! After he landed he let out a sigh of relief…apparently his landings “ aren't always that smooth”. It’s a good thing he didn't admit to that before we took off. I may not have gotten into the plane as willingly as I did.

Until next time, this is K.E.Luit signing off from k-luit.blogspot.ca, 

OVER.