RevvyAiny 0 #1 September 16, 2011 Hi, everyone. I am a brand new skydiving student (just did my first training tandem last week). A United Methodist minister currently assigned to a supervisory ministry, I am enthralled about the way the disciplines in skydiving relate to a life of Christian discipleship. I don't consider myself a thrill seeker; all I know is that the last time I was this in love I got married. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymama 35 #2 September 19, 2011 Welcome to the forums! She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RevvyAiny 0 #3 June 16, 2012 Can't sleep. Thought I'd check in with an update. Did my first jump course on March 31st. Lots of frustrations with the weather and some travel for work slowed me down a bit, but I managed to graduate AFP by the middle/end of May. Working on my A now. Still experiencing weather frustrations; but I hear it comes with the territory. Learned to pack a few weeks ago. So now, if I can't jump, I pack and unpack and pack and unpack. Deadly dull, but necessary. In 15 jumps I have landed on my feet exactly once. Also have had three pretty hard landings. But I learned something (or some things) from each one, so there's that. Glad to be part of this community. Terrific journey. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Sapphire 0 #4 June 16, 2012 Awesome! So glad to hear of your progression, as I know how excited you were to start after the first tandem! I still hope to make it out to SDLI and get current one of these days. Maybe by then you'll be licensed and we can make a jump together! "One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar" ~ Helen Keller Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RevvyAiny 0 #5 June 16, 2012 Thanks! Still really excited, but trying to temper it to find some balance. Very into skydiving as an expression of my spiritual self. (Except I am on a renewal leave until the end of the summer. My plans? Nothing but skydiving! So much for balance...) I hope you do make it out to SDLI. For my part, I keep asking women I don't know if they are "Sapphire." It would be nice to be correct one of these days! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymama 35 #6 June 16, 2012 Sorry to hear you are having poor landings. If there is an opportunity for you to take a canopy control class, I urge you to sign up for it.She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RevvyAiny 0 #7 June 16, 2012 Thanks, its on my list to get accomplished ASAP. Its a requirement now for the B, but I figured, given my challenges, sooner is better than later. I think my issue, though, is perception and timing. Skydiving is the first and only sport in which I have ever participated. No frame of reference for skills others probably take for granted. I will jump more and land more and conquer it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skyjump11 0 #8 June 19, 2012 greetings young methodist preacher.... I have always believed that Isaiah 40:31, was telling us all to skydive..."they will soar on wings like eagles...." however, my preacher responds with a sweeping hand gesture at his knees and says, "Jesus said, "and lo, I am with you always." I always find myself closer to God as I climb out that door into His 'Breath', than on my knees to pray. (my favorite hymn from your songbook is #261) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RevvyAiny 0 #9 June 20, 2012 I completely agree with you: that moment of exit into the air -- God's breath -- is a time of intensely intimate communion. On my knees in prayer, I invariably wind up expressing my wants and needs to God. In the air, I can do nothing but listen for the divine voice and lay in the everlasting arms and rejoice in the changes that this all makes in me. Every time I return to earth I am a little more changed. This is a spiritual journey for me unlike any other. Thank you for your words. They have encouraged me to say more broadly what a deeply transformative experience this is for me. Peace to you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RevvyAiny 0 #10 July 13, 2012 Quick update: Got my A license on Wednesday! Almost started crying after my check out jump. Beer helped. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Sapphire 0 #11 July 14, 2012 Congrats! "One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar" ~ Helen Keller Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. 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skymama 35 #2 September 19, 2011 Welcome to the forums! She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevvyAiny 0 #3 June 16, 2012 Can't sleep. Thought I'd check in with an update. Did my first jump course on March 31st. Lots of frustrations with the weather and some travel for work slowed me down a bit, but I managed to graduate AFP by the middle/end of May. Working on my A now. Still experiencing weather frustrations; but I hear it comes with the territory. Learned to pack a few weeks ago. So now, if I can't jump, I pack and unpack and pack and unpack. Deadly dull, but necessary. In 15 jumps I have landed on my feet exactly once. Also have had three pretty hard landings. But I learned something (or some things) from each one, so there's that. Glad to be part of this community. Terrific journey. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sapphire 0 #4 June 16, 2012 Awesome! So glad to hear of your progression, as I know how excited you were to start after the first tandem! I still hope to make it out to SDLI and get current one of these days. Maybe by then you'll be licensed and we can make a jump together! "One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar" ~ Helen Keller Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevvyAiny 0 #5 June 16, 2012 Thanks! Still really excited, but trying to temper it to find some balance. Very into skydiving as an expression of my spiritual self. (Except I am on a renewal leave until the end of the summer. My plans? Nothing but skydiving! So much for balance...) I hope you do make it out to SDLI. For my part, I keep asking women I don't know if they are "Sapphire." It would be nice to be correct one of these days! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 35 #6 June 16, 2012 Sorry to hear you are having poor landings. If there is an opportunity for you to take a canopy control class, I urge you to sign up for it.She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevvyAiny 0 #7 June 16, 2012 Thanks, its on my list to get accomplished ASAP. Its a requirement now for the B, but I figured, given my challenges, sooner is better than later. I think my issue, though, is perception and timing. Skydiving is the first and only sport in which I have ever participated. No frame of reference for skills others probably take for granted. I will jump more and land more and conquer it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyjump11 0 #8 June 19, 2012 greetings young methodist preacher.... I have always believed that Isaiah 40:31, was telling us all to skydive..."they will soar on wings like eagles...." however, my preacher responds with a sweeping hand gesture at his knees and says, "Jesus said, "and lo, I am with you always." I always find myself closer to God as I climb out that door into His 'Breath', than on my knees to pray. (my favorite hymn from your songbook is #261) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevvyAiny 0 #9 June 20, 2012 I completely agree with you: that moment of exit into the air -- God's breath -- is a time of intensely intimate communion. On my knees in prayer, I invariably wind up expressing my wants and needs to God. In the air, I can do nothing but listen for the divine voice and lay in the everlasting arms and rejoice in the changes that this all makes in me. Every time I return to earth I am a little more changed. This is a spiritual journey for me unlike any other. Thank you for your words. They have encouraged me to say more broadly what a deeply transformative experience this is for me. Peace to you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevvyAiny 0 #10 July 13, 2012 Quick update: Got my A license on Wednesday! Almost started crying after my check out jump. Beer helped. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sapphire 0 #11 July 14, 2012 Congrats! "One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar" ~ Helen Keller Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
