Spring 2026 Prayer Letter

 

Fader’s Winter 2026 Update Minnesota, Spokane, and all the States in Between Yup, we’re married! As soon as Isaac passed his powerplant written test (woot!) in the beginning of December, he flew to Minnesota, joining in on the chaotic wedding prep that Leah’s family was hard at work at- which included collecting more than 25 free Christmas trees for the wedding! And that was just one of the many ways God provided for us during the wedding season. (If you’re unimpressed, please go look up how much an artificial 6-foot Christmas tree costs haha.) A week before the wedding, Isaac’s family arrived from Uganda to help out with some of the final details and heavy lifting (the Young’s saved all the tall-person jobs for them). We also had many, many friends and family who sacrificed a lot of their time and energy to help us whip our wedding into shape- we can’t emphasize enough how much it meant to have your help. And I’m happy to say that our candlelit wedding turned out beautifully, if not perfectly. Thank you to all of you who supported us through attending our wedding, sending gifts, giving hugs, setting up and tearing down, and praying for us. We truly love you guys, and our wedding wouldn’t have been the same without you. So, with all that said, on December 20th, 2025, we were married at Majestic Pines Community Church in Mahtomedi, Minnesota by Isaac’s dad and were announced as Isaac and Leah Fader for the very first time! (Here’s a YouTube link if you’d like to watch the ceremony: https://youtu.be/0-Va2fsicZA) After the wedding, we spent a few days up on the North Shore of Lake Superior at a cozy lodge before returning to the Christmas activities. We were able to spend Christmas with both of our families, which is a rare blessing, and it involved tubing, ice skating, sledding, and more than a few snowball fights.

On New Year’s Day, we packed up Lexi (Leah’s 2006 Lexus with a mere 320,000 miles on her) and set off for Spokane. We stopped at a couple neat places along the way, like the Devil’s Tower and an Airplane Museum, and stayed in some super unique Airbnb’s (ex. a train car and a tree house). We had been wary of bad weather, but God blessed us with good roads all the way to Spokane and no car troubles (Lexi’s a beast!). The day after getting back to Spokane, Isaac began his first day of flight training at Moody Aviation. Leah unpacked all of her stuff (which there was a lot of) and started working again. For those who might not know, Leah graduated from the University of Northwestern, St. Paul this past summer with her Associate’s and has been working remotely for a water purification company since. At school, Isaac is taking a class on Church History, as well as classes in aviation Meteorology, Navigation, Communication, and Law. For the more hands-on side of school, he has been working on memorizing checklists and practicing basic flight maneuvers in Moody’s airplane simulator. All these classes are in preparation to begin flying real airplanes this coming April. There is currently a poster up in our living room of the instrument panel of a Cessna 172R, so Isaac can practice when he’s not at school. With flight starting up, Isaac has stopped working to focus fully on his intensive schoolwork. Annnd maybe do some important brake work on Lexi ;) - yes that is a picture of her back brake rotor. We are so grateful for the time spent in MN, and we are looking forward to starting up our newly married lives here in Spokane. Goodbye long-distance (and I say good riddance)! As we settle into our new schedules, we would love prayer for finding a solid church where we can build community and grow in Christ, and that we’d continue to make Jesus the foundation of our relationship. You can also pray for Isaac as he’s learning how to fly, that he’d be able to absorb the information and commit it all to memory. The Lord has already been providing for us in so many ways, and we feel so blessed. Thank you for all your guys’ support! With all the joy and love, Isaac and Leah Fader Psalm 146:5-7 “Blessed is he whose help is in the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever; who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry.