March 2013
Greetings
and blessings to our partners in God’s work,
What’s happening at Trinity?:
Lots of maintenance is happening
at Trinity. We are working to rebuild an airplane that sat in a barn for a long
time and we are working to assemble an engine that will go into our Cessna
177RG. The weather finally cooperated so that we were able to bring home the
Cessna 182 that God had provided for the school. It was stuck in northern Idaho for three
months.
Update on the Swinefords:
I started a job at Safety In
Motion Flight Center. I am their mechanic and they plan to allow me to be a
flight instructor as well. It is full time, but will be good experience. They
are willing to work with me so that I can still help at Trinity and also complete
my instrument instructor rating. We are waiting, at least a few months, to list
our house. We decided that it was a bit much to try to sell our house with a
new baby, my two jobs, and my class.
Answered prayers!:
My new job will definitely help us
as we gain more support partners. It decreases the financial stress and we are
very appreciative of it, but it is the same amount I was making eleven years
ago—so there is still a gap. In December we received $250 in support. Thank
you! In February we received $330! And praise God as of March 15th we have
already received $355!! We know that God will provide for all our needs. And
God has blessed us and helped provide for us with a large income tax refund. We
will use this pay off medical expenses. It is a great deal more than we
expected to get back and we are very excited to see God work in this way!
Prayer requests:
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Direction
for the school as we continue to make important decisions.
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Diligence
for me as I seek to get my Instrument Instructor rating.
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God’s
continued provisions and additional partners for us and the other missionaries
at Trinity.
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That
I would be able to work full-time at Trinity Aviation Academy. I feel a strong call to this ministry and my
heart is in it.
We still
hope to send out prayer cards with our support letters in the future. If people
would like to meet with us in person we would love to do so. Feel free to call
or email me if you would like to chat more about our ministry. More information
is available on my internet blog at http://andyruthy.blogspot.com/.
You can e-mail me at andrew_swineford@hotmail.com or call me at 253-951-4118. If
you can support us financially please sends checks to: Original Design
Ministries P.O. box 367 Eatonville, WA 98328 with my name in the memo line.
Thank
you and May God bless you,
Andy, Ruthy, Esther, and Isaac
