Inspired Art
by - Janina L. Hobday
July 27, 2009
“What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe – as the Lord assigned to each his task. I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.” 1 Corinthians 3:9 (emphasis mine)
It always starts the same: “God made me timid, He didn’t give me a big voice. I’m so shy. I don’t do well with people so that is why I do art.” Every project I do always carries the same tone. I’ve realized though that I may be timid, but I do have a voice – a visual voice – that He expects me to use!
I do, however, feel like I will never talk a person through their salvation. Nobody talked me through mine. I grew up in a life knowing about Jesus so when the time came, I was alone with Him, I was looking at the crystal clear light around me, finally understanding that the same God who made every minute detail come to life that fall day, was the same one that loved me deeper than I could ever imagine. At that point, I turned my life over to Him because there was no other option. The detail He allowed me to see that day and the confused state I had reached made things black and white and crystal clear for my future.
So here it is, in black and white – the story of why each of us is standing here today and the part we play in God’s great mission. When I started this project, my parents reminded me that it was to honor the production of the Kodiak. The mostly yellow airplane that eternally bears “EXPERIMENTAL” that I had grown fond of was no longer one. My mind raced as I thought about what Quest’s past was and what its future held and I realized that Quest has a unique, important, and continuing story that needed to be preserved. Now, it is time for me to use my voice.
To honor the men and women who build the Kodiak, this is a reminder of how Quest came to actually produce airplanes. To thank you for doing your best and to encourage you to shine on. And, in my opinion, it turned out to be a little more than the scrap parts sculpture that was suggested in its infancy.
Panel 1
From a design and empty hangar to a full production line, Quest has come further than I could imagine. Do you remember when you could have played Red Rover in the hangar except that there would not have been enough employees to make two full rows? Do you remember when the open house events were to show off one and a half airplanes? And now, the hangar is a little more than cramped with twelve airplanes in the production line. What stands out to me the most though, is the people that are daily bucking the rivets, inspecting the parts, and shuffling the piles of paper. I didn’t have to look far to find the right person for this panel. He and I started about the same time and has been a dear friend and spiritual encourager to me since. The only modification I made to his silhouette was removing his characteristic, Harley-Davidson like beard.
Panel 2
It was hard for me to say goodbye to SN 100-0001. Though I was never involved in the actual production, just about every drawing for 100-0001 passed through my hands, much like the two people in this panel. They never rivet and hardly ever even touch airplane parts. They are the people behind the scenes who are never filmed or photographed. But within the complex system of approving aircraft, they are integral to the production of the Kodiak. And many of them feel the same way I did with 100-0001 when it is time for a Kodiak to leave the hangar. But we send them off with many prayers, knowing that these airplanes belong in wide open skies and rough terrain.
Panel 3
This panel is in honor of Nate Saint and his fellow missionaries and their work in reaching the Waodani natives of Ecuador in the 1950s. For inspiring so many young people to brave the missionary field and inspiring one of our founders to take the same route which eventually and inevitably evolved into designing the Kodiak to make the unreachables, reachable. The Waodani are living proof that mission aviation can change peoples’ lives as it did to their people, who were close to extinction by their own massacre.
Panel 4
There are so many people that need to be reached and cared for. While Quest is working their hardest to get airplanes out the door, the missionaries I know are on the front lines, working their hardest to help the many desperate people who need physical and spiritual salvation. This panel was inspired by one of my favorite (and local) missionary groups – The Luke Commission – a medical mission transforming lives in Swaziland. When I look at photos of what they are doing, I realize there is no glory work involved. But humbly, they bring their work to the foot of the cross and give it to God, allowing Him to use them in whatever way necessary.
The Verse
As usual, I came to a point where I did not want to keep flipping through random pages waiting for the right verse to pop out, intimating thoughts that God would not honor my request. Trying to ward off frustration, I turned to 1 Corinthians, to read my newest favorite verse. As I read beyond the verse, there it was, ready for its aluminum debut. This section speaks volumes to what Quest is doing as a whole and to how each person is contributing. We each have a job He has given us – all for the same goal of glorifying Him!
It was essential to me that these panels maintain a personal element – that they were drawn and designed by hand, digitized, and then cut by a local company. One important thing in my life has always been the mountains. I spent my first year of college in the Midwest and as soon as spring semester ended, I returned to my beloved rocky giants. Mountains provide a sense of security for me…like God’s loving grace…and can be found in each location represented in the panels.
As everyone knows (but noted for historical purposes) I am no longer a Quest employee due to a move back to my native Montana. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t wish I was there! But while we pine for Idaho and the life we were making there, my husband and I know that God had other plans in mind that we have to follow. On July 17, I came back to Quest for one day to finish this award. The plans I had immediately fell through, and answered prayer started to take control of the day as if God himself was taking over. The project was executed better than I could have imagined as it usually does when you give it up to Him.
I’m forever learning that He is trustworthy and faithful and once again, I get to say that He shined through me. I hope, that if you do know Him personally, you allow him to use the gifts he has given you to share your voice and if you don’t know Him, I am praying that just maybe, this will plant a seed. He is amazing when you let Him in.
Janina L. Hobday
July 27, 2009
The crew behind this monumental effort
Assembly assistance: Robert Gorino, Brian Hobday, Sherry Hobday, Fred Hall, Wayne Johnson
Drafting help & advice: Melissa Kahn & Robert Schultz
Financial support: Anonymous
Models: Larry Barsi, Lincoln Bevers, & Becky Mares
Paint: Dwayne Branham
Riveting: Chris Klynstra
Cut by Jet-Cut Manufacturing, Sandpoint Idaho
Thanks to John Thomas & Paul Branham for giving me this opportunity
Inspired Art
by - Janina L. Hobday
July 27, 2009
“What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe – as the Lord assigned to each his task. I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.” 1 Corinthians 3:9 (emphasis mine)
It always starts the same: “God made me timid, He didn’t give me a big voice. I’m so shy. I don’t do well with people so that is why I do art.” Every project I do always carries the same tone. I’ve realized though that I may be timid, but I do have a voice – a visual voice – that He expects me to use!
I do, however, feel like I will never talk a person through their salvation. Nobody talked me through mine. I grew up in a life knowing about Jesus so when the time came, I was alone with Him, I was looking at the crystal clear light around me, finally understanding that the same God who made every minute detail come to life that fall day, was the same one that loved me deeper than I could ever imagine. At that point, I turned my life over to Him because there was no other option. The detail He allowed me to see that day and the confused state I had reached made things black and white and crystal clear for my future.
So here it is, in black and white – the story of why each of us is standing here today and the part we play in God’s great mission. When I started this project, my parents reminded me that it was to honor the production of the Kodiak. The mostly yellow airplane that eternally bears “EXPERIMENTAL” that I had grown fond of was no longer one. My mind raced as I thought about what Quest’s past was and what its future held and I realized that Quest has a unique, important, and continuing story that needed to be preserved. Now, it is time for me to use my voice.
To honor the men and women who build the Kodiak, this is a reminder of how Quest came to actually produce airplanes. To thank you for doing your best and to encourage you to shine on. And, in my opinion, it turned out to be a little more than the scrap parts sculpture that was suggested in its infancy.
Panel 1
From a design and empty hangar to a full production line, Quest has come further than I could imagine. Do you remember when you could have played Red Rover in the hangar except that there would not have been enough employees to make two full rows? Do you remember when the open house events were to show off one and a half airplanes? And now, the hangar is a little more than cramped with twelve airplanes in the production line. What stands out to me the most though, is the people that are daily bucking the rivets, inspecting the parts, and shuffling the piles of paper. I didn’t have to look far to find the right person for this panel. He and I started about the same time and has been a dear friend and spiritual encourager to me since. The only modification I made to his silhouette was removing his characteristic, Harley-Davidson like beard.
Panel 2
It was hard for me to say goodbye to SN 100-0001. Though I was never involved in the actual production, just about every drawing for 100-0001 passed through my hands, much like the two people in this panel. They never rivet and hardly ever even touch airplane parts. They are the people behind the scenes who are never filmed or photographed. But within the complex system of approving aircraft, they are integral to the production of the Kodiak. And many of them feel the same way I did with 100-0001 when it is time for a Kodiak to leave the hangar. But we send them off with many prayers, knowing that these airplanes belong in wide open skies and rough terrain.
Panel 3
This panel is in honor of Nate Saint and his fellow missionaries and their work in reaching the Waodani natives of Ecuador in the 1950s. For inspiring so many young people to brave the missionary field and inspiring one of our founders to take the same route which eventually and inevitably evolved into designing the Kodiak to make the unreachables, reachable. The Waodani are living proof that mission aviation can change peoples’ lives as it did to their people, who were close to extinction by their own massacre.
Panel 4
There are so many people that need to be reached and cared for. While Quest is working their hardest to get airplanes out the door, the missionaries I know are on the front lines, working their hardest to help the many desperate people who need physical and spiritual salvation. This panel was inspired by one of my favorite (and local) missionary groups – The Luke Commission – a medical mission transforming lives in Swaziland. When I look at photos of what they are doing, I realize there is no glory work involved. But humbly, they bring their work to the foot of the cross and give it to God, allowing Him to use them in whatever way necessary.
The Verse
As usual, I came to a point where I did not want to keep flipping through random pages waiting for the right verse to pop out, intimating thoughts that God would not honor my request. Trying to ward off frustration, I turned to 1 Corinthians, to read my newest favorite verse. As I read beyond the verse, there it was, ready for its aluminum debut. This section speaks volumes to what Quest is doing as a whole and to how each person is contributing. We each have a job He has given us – all for the same goal of glorifying Him!
It was essential to me that these panels maintain a personal element – that they were drawn and designed by hand, digitized, and then cut by a local company. One important thing in my life has always been the mountains. I spent my first year of college in the Midwest and as soon as spring semester ended, I returned to my beloved rocky giants. Mountains provide a sense of security for me…like God’s loving grace…and can be found in each location represented in the panels.
As everyone knows (but noted for historical purposes) I am no longer a Quest employee due to a move back to my native Montana. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t wish I was there! But while we pine for Idaho and the life we were making there, my husband and I know that God had other plans in mind that we have to follow. On July 17, I came back to Quest for one day to finish this award. The plans I had immediately fell through, and answered prayer started to take control of the day as if God himself was taking over. The project was executed better than I could have imagined as it usually does when you give it up to Him.
I’m forever learning that He is trustworthy and faithful and once again, I get to say that He shined through me. I hope, that if you do know Him personally, you allow him to use the gifts he has given you to share your voice and if you don’t know Him, I am praying that just maybe, this will plant a seed. He is amazing when you let Him in.
Janina L. Hobday
July 27, 2009
The crew behind this monumental effort
Assembly assistance: Robert Gorino, Brian Hobday, Sherry Hobday, Fred Hall, Wayne Johnson
Drafting help & advice: Melissa Kahn & Robert Schultz
Financial support: Anonymous
Models: Larry Barsi, Lincoln Bevers, & Becky Mares
Paint: Dwayne Branham
Riveting: Chris Klynstra
Cut by Jet-Cut Manufacturing, Sandpoint Idaho
Thanks to John Thomas & Paul Branham for giving me this opportunity