Finding Hope Navigating an Obscure Path Learning to Trust God When You Can Barely Understand Him

Bruce Wolff, founder and executive director of Brigade Air, Inc. is the son of missionaries to Africa. After spending years in business, he became a commercial pilot, aircraft mechanic, and certified flight instructor, serving as a missionary pilot for six years in the southwest U.S. and Mexico. Bruce wrote the curriculum and established the Brigade Air youth aviation camp program in 2000. Former campers now serve in many places around the globe. Please visit www.brigadeair.org

Foreword Introduction Part One: Elegy (A look back at a rough start as a third culture kid, constantly moving) 1 The Big Six (US, England in the 60’ s) 2 The Big Pawpaw (Nigeria, surviving the Biafran War, evacuating to NY) 3 The Big Apple (Bowery, Manhattan 1967, crime, drugs, riots, violence… ) Part Two: Enigma (Growing pains, working through abuse by my missionary dad) 4 You Can’ t Not Know What You Know (Healing of memories) 5 Taking Out the Trash (Learning to forgive, yielding to God’ s ways) Part Three: Epiphany (Trusting God and His Word, discovering direction, purpose) 6 The Lighthouse (Key godly influencers along the path) 7 The Lamp (Hidden dynamics of Psalm 119:105, my stumbling steps) 8 Is This a Review? (Mistakes made, learning lessons, told with humor) 9 I’ ve Got Him Right Where He Wanted Me (Submitting to God’ s plan) Part Four: Enlistment (Results of following God’ s design for my life) 10 From Broken to Scattered (Broken, humbled and useful; God’ s specialty) 11 The Produce Aisle (God causing a harvest, in spite of me) Epilogue (Illustrations of ski flying, broken clay shards converted to Kintsugi) Notes