“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.” ~Romans 8:29

God has gifted Anna with a driven pertinacious spirit; so even though May was already busy with both of us working full time, the kids finishing up school, me having to travel for work 2 weeks in a row and other ministry opportunities that sprang up, we still worked in several many support raising appointments and speaking opportunities. One of those opportunities connected some dots on a story God has been writing for over 10 years now.

11 years ago, Anna and I were married certain that we would be headed overseas in no time. Little did we know that God had a few things to take care of first. Meanwhile; in Nairobi, Kenya The AIM Air avionics shop was losing a member as he was transitioning back to the US. A group of women in Nairobi began to pray that his position would be filled.

After finishing Bible college and moving to attend tech school for aviation maintenance, a job opportunity arose. “Anna, do you want to live at the Grand Canyon?” We set out on an adventure to Arizona leaving family back in the Midwest. This forced us to reach out to the body of Christ for connection and we were grafted into the family that is “The Williams Neighborhood Group.” This family taught us so much about what it meant to live out life in service to Christ with those we were not biologically related to but will forever be indelibly tied.

In Arizona I gained experience at Grand Canyon Airlines that I would later learn directly correlated to mission aviation. I worked under an avionics guru who trained me in what would become my passion. This led to a transition to Grand Canyon Helicopters as the Avionics Manager where I would further refine my skills in avionics. During this time God was teaching Anna how powerful a connection motherhood is. She saw a need and helped start a mom’s group. It was amazing to her desire to connect with women and moms on the fringe and bring them into relationship with the body. This is a passion that she still seeks out today and I’m certain God will continue to use in Nairobi as children break down cultural barriers.

After 6 years in Arizona Anna and I came to the difficult decision to leave our AZ family and head back to MO. God put us in St. Joseph, Missouri. This was a difficult and painful transition on our family as we left a piece of ourselves with the Williams Neighborhood Group; but God had things to teach us in MO.

As you know we were accepted with AIM in March. This May we traveled to Abbyville, KS where a rodeo happens every year. This is always a great time of reconnecting with family and enjoying some Pit BBQ, which Anna’s family oversees. On that Sunday we spoke at Anna’s aunt’s church in Plevna, KS. When we said we would be serving in the avionics shop at AIM Air she replied, “oh we know AIM Air, we supported an avionics technician with them 10 years ago, he was our former pastors’ son.” And God’s story comes full circle.

We had been certain that it was our decisions or mistakes that “delayed” us getting to the field, and maybe that was part of it but God truly did work all things together for good according to His purposes, not our own. It is amazing to zoom out on the perspective of our lives and see how God has woven every detail into the tapestry of our story; each of the tiniest intricacies coming together to create beauty from the seemingly mundane.

What can you do?

Connect to God on our behalf and pray:

• Perseverance to continue working full time to pay off debt.
• To make the most of moments to invest in our children and find joy daily.
• Maintaining momentum in making, keeping and following up on support raising appointments.
• That we can bring awareness to the need for Christ around the world, even mobilizing others to join the work.
• To trust God for the full story, even the little details. So much we don’t know and must lean on His understanding.

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 Contact us with any questions you may have. We look forward to continuing a dialogue with each of you.

 Blessed to bless,
 Daniel & Anna Miller