National Day of Prayer -
PrayerFlight.org
05.07.2009 - Brevard County, Florida, USA
by Dick Blondin
On Thursday, May 7, 2009, PrayerFlight.org celebrated
the National Day of Prayer with flights through all the state capitals and
various other communities throughout the nation to ask for God's blessing on the
country, the government officials and God's direction for our collective
futures. Though we are not near a State Capital, 2 pilots and 4 high school
students from Merritt Island, FL flew Servant Air Ministries' Aztec over Brevard
county and prayed for the residents, travelers, county government that makes
decisions for our lives, and continued jobs for all the residence below us.
The
skies were really beautiful and it was a wonderful place to praise God.
Beginning at noon, Chris Tompkins, Dick Blondin and 4 students from KLD
Christian School; Cody, Malisa, Emily and Brandi flew from Merritt Island
Airport, out over the Atlantic by way of Port Canaveral and along the Beaches,
all the way down to Sebastian Inlet. We then turned inland and headed over the
communities of Palm Bay, Melbourne, Cocoa and Titusville, continuously blessing
those on the ground with our prayers with the words "Jesus Is Risen" painted on
the bottom of our plane. With the Kennedy Space Center in view we prayed for the
jobs we have now and the future of our jobs as budgets are determined by our
country's leaders and decision makers. Flying and praying over our community
began as a Prayer Flight initiative. But now, for many of us, has become a habit
each time we fly.
