HeliExpo in Anaheim CA

A couple weeks ago we got to fly to Anaheim CA as a family.  I (Matt) was manning a booth for Helimission along with Ben Dodzweit and Simon Tanner.  This Expo is the largest helicopter get together in the US!  Inside the building they had 60 different types of helicopters! It was amazing. We were there for three full days and in those three days we saw amazing things happen!  Just for us to be there was such a blessing from

God.  The expo gifted us a 10x10 booth with everything we needed to set up!  That was a very generous gift!  It was amazing to see how many people in the helicopter industry love God and want to bless Helimission! We got to talk with many potential pilots and  mechanics that are interested in using aviation to extend God's kingdom!  We will continue to pray that God raises up many more hands because the harvest is ripe but the laborours are few!  When people walked by our booth they would slow down to check out our "shocking" photos of the Indonesian people and try to figure

out just what we were "selling".  This usually led to amazing and bold conversations about Jesus and helicopters!  While we were there Ben led two people to Christ!  Amazing!  In the middle of an aviation convention and we get to preach Christ!  One night after a long day of talking and standing we all went out to dinner.  Ben had been there the night before and found the owner to be a Christian.  So, we got to chat with the owner for quite some time and hear how he is trying to plant a church in his home town and that there is so much political things holding them back.  We got our food and I went to wash my

hands and ran into the owner and his cousin.  They told me I had to meet "Paul" so I did.  We ended up talking for over 30 minutes about Jesus and how Paul wants to bless missionaries.  He gave all of us a gift that he has put his life into.  An entire library of books, music, movies and classes all downloaded onto an external hard drive.  It is amazing the people God brings into our lives and how they are faithful in what God calls them too! 

On the last day of the convention Amanda, Grace, and my Grandparents got to join for the day!  It was so neat to have my grandparents there to see the overwhelming sights and to meet with the leaders of Helimission!  The very first time I ever met with Simon Tanner (the president of Helimission) was in my grandpa's living room, and now almost 10 years later when we are so close to accomplishing what we talked about in that living room we all met again!  It was such a joy to be there with Simon and Ben and to create a better friendship!  It will be cool to see what doors God opens through our time at the expo!  Pray for many good contacts and opportunities to arise through our time in Anaheim!