Droning About
Dec 01
One morning Gary called me to quickly come out on our back porch to see something. Upon looking up in the sky I saw a drone with flashing lights hovering over our village of Churchville. It remained for about a minute and then scampered off to the north. What was that all about? Was it gathering some kind of data? Was it taking photos of our village? If we were in the Ukraine or the Middle East these days, we might have thought it was carrying a bomb. Now that’s scary to think about.
In my recent research I have learned that some form of drones have been around for quite a long time. “In 1782, the Montgolfier brothers in France were the first to experiment with balloons using unmanned aerostats before going up themselves. UAVs were then used as a tactic of war starting on August 22, 1849, when the Austrians attacked the Italian city of Venice with unmanned balloons loaded with explosives.” In May 2015 these small vehicles were officially dubbed “drones.” Since then, drones have become quite useful for damage inspection, efficient data collection, mapping, security surveillance, environmental management, industrial spying, searching for disaster survivors etc. Who knows how valuable these little flying objects will become in our future?
The power of a drone reminds me of God’s eyes. Hebrews 4:13 records, “Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.” An account will be given to God by all the evil perpetrators he sees everywhere in the world. The horrific scenes coming out of Israel, Gaza and the Ukraine are hard to watch, wouldn’t you agree?
Myanmar has its own set of evilness inflicting suffering on its innocent citizens by a corrupt military regime. They have probably developed their own bomb-carrying drones. Our contact, Thomas and his family, do continue to determinedly hang in there and were very delighted with another $2200 (Cdn) our charity was able to raise recently for them. The orphans were extremely excited with Thomas’ purchase of warm blankets, thicker mattresses, jackets, and socks to help manage the colder days. Check out https://myanmarorphans.ca, photos and videos.
I wish we had a Hillside church drone to hover over our target town of Milton to impress upon our minds the desperate needs we could determine about its residents. As Christmas and a new year approaches, what can we do to grab their attention? God only knows; we are patiently waiting for his further direction. Next month hopefully I will be able to share with you some personal news about Scott Lockhart, our lead pastor. It would be great if that Hillside drone could reveal a bright future for him and his two young daughters.
Have you watched Gary’s latest weekly videos? Check out https://youtube.com/@churchvitality. Please pray that he will be an encouragement and be impactful for the good on those who do watch them along with all his writings. He never seems to have a lack of good ideas to share.
May each of you have an inspiring and motivating Christmas with your loved ones as God watches over you and understands your individual situations!
Wendy