August 2005

Back in 1979, Hank and I began to develop the ABWE International Airbase. We scrimped and saved to buy sixty-six acres (We had to buy it all or none.) on which Hank and volunteers built the ABWE hangar and our home nearby Concord, GA.  From a swamp surrounded by wild woodland, Hank developed a 7-acre lake to use as a floatplane base to train missionary pilots. After retirement, Hank envisioned a camp ministry for children, young people, and families on the 25 acres across the lake from our home. Filling in for a missionary pilot in Amazonas, Brazil, Hank died unexpectedly in 2003 and was buried in the jungle town where he served 25 years of  the 45 years he spent in missionary aviation. The Lord burdened me to help Hank’s vision come to fruition.

All of the legal procedures and documents are complete now. I have donated that acreage to Berean Baptist Church to be developed into a Christian camp center. Our church faces hard work in clearing the property before actual construction can begin, but I believe that God is able to provide what we need and laborers to help do the work.  Georgia has mild winters. If God should prompt any of you “northerners” to come south to give a helping hand, please let me know.  I’ve several unused bedrooms in my house and it’s good fishing after work hours!

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