On Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 my home phone rang. It was my Dad on the line. A minute passed my throat tightend. "What is wrong Pop?" I said with increasing desparation and bewilderment? What he said to me next changed my life forever. He said, "Vicky, Daylon Harrington has been killed in an airplane crash." 
^Summer 2008 - "The Dream He Lived"Daylon, otherwise known as "Day" was 25 years old. He loved the LORD with all his heart and sought to share the love and hope of Jesus Christ everywhere he went. Daylon was a wonderful pilot, who loved flying and dreaming of flying into remote areas to bring encrouagement and hope to the people. His love for the LORD was made visible through his love and thoughtfulness toward all those around him. He was always smiling and eager for spontaneous adventures. I admired him in so many ways, as a best friend, for the way he dreamed and lived, for his selfless leadership, for how he adored his family, and as man recklessly abandoned to truly live for Jesus Christ. The world will be a darker place without Daylon as Heaven just got a lot brighter. On the other hand we who have been touched by the Light of Christ that beamed, like a torch in the night, through Daylon's tender touch and ingiting encouragement will be spread all around this world. I know for a fact I will never be the same again -- my life is not the same. Daylon always told me, "It's the little things in life Vicky..." so "...don't worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, or what you will wear. For life is more than food and the body is more than clothing." (Luke 12:22-23) This is one thing I learned from him, to LIVE Life, to LOVE Family, and to Focus upon the upward calling of Christ Jesus no matter the cost.
^Sunriver - Springbreak 2009Daylon had a passion for serving others and for sharing, through word and deed, the Truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He knew for an absolute fact where was going after he died. The reality of Heaven is more real than the breath in our bodies and I whole heartily believe that Daylon is praising His Maker, His Pilot, the Lord who is sitting on the Throne in Heaven right this very minute. It was Daylon's goal (and mine too), to share the Hope of Eternal Life with those who have not heard. If you are reading this and do not know with absolute certainty where you will go after you die, just simply call upon the Name of the LORD and believe, by Faith, that Jesus is the SON of GOD who was Born of a virgin, Lived a perfect life, Died to save us from His wrath and from our sins, then Rose again on the third day, and is now Alive in Heaven sitting upon His Throne! This is the Truth of the Gospel.
Until the Day when we see Him again may we LIVE and FLY, as Daylon did, with reckless abandonment for Jesus Christ, the Risen Lord. To Him be the Glory forever.
"Aub & Day Best of Buds"
PBI Three Hills 2006 "Dancing at Prairie?!?"
Three Hills, AB. 2006 -"Let's Fly Day!" >
^Summer 2008 - "Determined to Win!"Daylon -- I love you.
"Lift up your eyes on high and see who had created these stars, the One who leads forth their host by number, He calls them all by name; Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power, Not one of them is missing...Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable. He gives strength to the weary, and to him who lacks might He increases power....Those who wait for the LORD will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary." Isaiah 40:26 & 28-31
