On 2003-11-21 13:03:41 -0800, (Jim Buckridge) said:

I still don't understand how people who consider themselves true
followers of Christ rationalize spending money on frivolous flight.
Just getting the PPL costs over $5K. That money would have gone a
long long way to feeding hungry people, or paying the way for
missionaries to spread the word....

I know one guy who was getting flight training just so that he could go and fly for one of the missionary flight organizations - MAF, I think. I also work with a guy who took a year off from flying professionally to go fly for a missionary organization in Central America.