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We have a big announcement to make!! There has been a HUGE change in Timothy’s future schooling plans for Missionary Aviation and we wanted to make you all aware of it. Let us explain…..<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Timothy’s first semester of college at Moody Aviation in Washington State – we were all filled with exciting dreams for Timothy’s future and his dream of flying to remote places to bring them the glorious Gospel. He did great in his first semester and worked EXTREMELY hard to pay his own way. When he paid his last installment (totally DEBT FREE) for that semester, he breathed a sigh of relief and expressed his joy to his college mates. It was then that one college mate in particular looked at him and fairly scoffed… “You may be able to do that the first year, but CERTAINLY not in future years!!” <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You see, the aviation \nschooling is a 5 year program and his classmate (his senior) explained \nthat the the prices continue to go DRASTICALLY up due to the type of \ntraining. For the 4th year of college there, Timothy would have to pay \nOVER $50,000 to cover college expenses, flight gas, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This news nearly knocked the wind out of Timothy’s sails. Most ministries that take missionary pilots (once they have finished college) won’t even consider taking you unless you are debt free. So, this would put Timothy into a tailspin of MOUNDS of financial debt……just what Timothy was trying to avoid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before entering Moody, Timothy had \nasked SEVERAL times for a “break down” of the costs of each year there. \n They ignored his request, so learning of this, was a shock. He knew it\n would be expensive, but over $50,000 for just ONE year?!! Let’s just \nsay, you are PAYING for the “name” of Moody when going to school there. \n Our entire time of dealing with Moody last year while trying to enroll\n Timothy, was nothing but a headache. They were impersonal and we \nstruggled getting answers from them to our most basic questions. \nHowever, we felt God leading to that end and had little to no other \noptions for this line of work\/ministry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was early December \nthat I remember talking with Timothy on the phone and he was \ndiscouraged. Not ONLY about the finances but also the spirit coming \nfrom one professor in particular at the college. He continually \ncriticized Timothy for using the KJV 1611 Bible (which we were told \nbefore he went there, that they did NOT care which Bible you used and \nNEVER “pushed” their preference on you.) We knew they were not “like \nminded” to us in Bible Version and some Bible Doctrine. However, we \nwere confident that Timothy’s upbringing and being grounded in a GREAT \nchurch there, would bolster Timothy’s faith to stand strong. Timothy \nDID stand strong, and hence it GREATLY discouraged him when he suffered \ndisdain and his professor looking him in the eye and telling him that he\n threw his King James Version of the Bible RIGHT into the trash! (If \nthat doesn’t prove that this version of the Bible is under attack, then \nwhat does??!!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Between these 2 things, we KNEW there had to be \nanother option for Timothy’s schooling. We began to pray. Nearly RIGHT\n away, God answered our prayers. We found the ministry- “Wings As \nEagles” in Oshkosh, Wisconsin – Brother Terry Rushing. They do not have\n an organized program for training, but work with some local, Christian \npilots to help young men with this specific calling. They also have a \nlocal tech college – Fox Valley Tech – where Timothy has already \nsuccessfully enrolled for this upcoming semester – August 2019. It is a\n FRACTION of the cost to learn airplane mechanics there as opposed to \nhow much it cost at Moody. Timothy will literally save TENS of \nTHOUSANDS of dollars! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are THRILLED that God has blessed \nTimothy’s desire to stand STRONG on the Word of God AND to stay as DEBT \nfree as possible!! Timothy stayed in Washington this past semester and \nsaved his money like CRAZY!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This June and July, he will be \nFLYING! Wings As Eagles ministry recommended a Christian pilot for \nTimothy to get his first installment of pilot training from. He gave \nTimothy a $ amount to come with to cover training and fuel expenses, and\n we are so proud of Timothy that he worked hard to save that!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nSo, with that said, Timothy continues on pursuing God’s call for his \nlife- just at a different college \/ ministry. He is excited about his \nfuture!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are honored by Timothy’s choices and can’t WAIT to \nsee pics \/ videos of him flying soon!! Timothy has “flown the nest” for\n good, because there is NO way he can give up his job every holiday \/ \nsummer to come home to see us. We miss him, but talk and text him a \nlot. We have NO greater JOY than to hear that our children walk in \ntruth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We trust and KNOW that Timothy’s steps have been ordered by the Lord and this brings us peace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Psalms 37:23 “The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thank you for your continued prayers for Timothy. We (and he) love you all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Christian Love, David, Jill & Timothy Rodrigues<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dearest Family and Friends, We have a big announcement to make!! There has been a HUGE change in Timothy’s future schooling plans for Missionary Aviation and we wanted to make you all aware of it. Let us explain….. In Timothy’s … Continue reading <\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"