For more information and updates on Daylon Harrington, the other pilot, I thought I’d provide some link love:
Click here for the local Medford new story: KTVL News 10
Click here for: Tobin Shackleford’s Blog – a very close friend of Daylon’s. CLICK HERE for the link to his post about Daylon.
Keep praying.
People are incredible in crisis.
Scott & Holly’s friends have AMAZINGLY helped me fill the Resnick’s FIRST MONTHS worth of lunches and dinners AS WELL AS scheduled weekly “Household Needs” runs at Target within the first 24 hours. Saying “Thank you” doesn’t seem even close to being enough right now.
I realized in the chaos of this crisis, many of you are left wondering what really happened, how’s Holly, how’s the kids, etc. So, here’s the info/update.
*Scott Resnick was piloting the Lancair IV late Friday night on his way to his uncle’s funeral in the state of Arizona when something went terribly wrong and the plane went down. Scott had another pilot friend, **Daylon Harrington (age 25) on board. Both did not survive. Of course, Holly and the children are devastated. Holly’s best friend, Erin, is staying at her house and taking care of her EVERY need. Holly has barely left her room since she heard the news and time is standing still for her. She’s completely heart-broken but she is SO strong. She doesn’t even know how strong she is. Though she is not really responding to any messages, she IS reading everyone’s encouraging and loving emails and Facebook messages.
I know many of you want to help. Below, I am listing out different opportunities we can all get involved and who to contact for those opportunities.
1. HOUSEKEEPING - Many have offered to help clean and do laundry, but at this time, the less people coming in and out of Holly’s home, the better. Marni Renison has arranged for a house cleaner to come to her house on a weekly basis and will be taking a collection for her to have this done. Feel free to contribute what you feel most comfortable with, but we’re suggesting at least $25. You can also email Marni (mkrenison[at]yahoo[dot]com) for how to get your contribution to her.
2. HOUSEHOLD NEEDS - We have people running to pick up household needs and specific groceries for Holly once a week. However, that can get expensive. The solution??? Gift cards! You can contribute by getting gift cards from TARGET and ALBERTSONS. If you’re having a difficult time choosing which one to go to, there is a bigger need for Target since that’s where we’ll be getting most of our weekly household items. If this is your choice of contribution, please email me at jenni[at]jenniclayville[dot]com for my mailing address.
3. ”MAN LIST” JOBS - This is where we need some men. Landscaping, Electrical Work, Appliance Work, etc. William Efird is heading this up. You can contact William (william.efird[at]lennoxind[dot]com) to get on this calendar list.
4. THE KIDS (Kiel, Reilly, Ireland & Kelton) - Leslie Burton is making a book for each of Scott & Holly’s kids and needs your help. If you could all just write even one paragraph of a great memory that you have of Scott, this will be something they can cherish in the future. Please email this to Leslie (burtons11[at]juno[dot]com)and type the word “MEMORY” in the subject line.
5. WE NEED PICTURES & VIDEO - Janet Fraser is heading up this project for the Memorial Service. If you have pictures or video of Scott, please load them HERE. The login and password are: scottresnick
Holly is one of my very closest friends and watching her go through this is just about the most devastating thing I’ve ever experienced. Holly will NEVER be the same. I know you all want to see her, but she REALLY needs time and space right now. It’s gonna be a long road ahead, so I thank you in advance for your patience, support and giving her the flexibility that she will need. Our amazing God and the community He’s provided is carrying her through this. Holly will emerge stronger than ever through your love and prayers… I have NO doubt of this. In all of this: God is STILL good and God is STILL God.
Memorial service arrangements are currently being planned. It looks like it will be at least 2 weeks out. I will let you know when the time and date is set.
On a personal note… thank you also for the loving and encouraging notes you’ve sent to me. I’m sorry if I haven’t responded, but I have close to 150 emails pouring in about Holly per day, so I’m bound to miss a few. Please be patient with me as well.
Feel free to forward this post to anyone who may want to know. If anyone wants to be added to the email update/help list, please have them email me and I will gladly include them.
Thank you again for all of your love and prayers! Holly knows… and she’s grateful.
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* Scott’s parent’s, Rudi and Shelley, just returned home from Shelley’s brother’s funeral. Shelley not only lost a son, but her brother too all in one month. (Thanks, Chris, for reminding me to put this up)
** Daylon was single. Daylon’s parents, Gary and Val, live in the Medford area and attend Trail Church. His Memorial Service is set for next Saturday at 4pm. Gary and Val do NOT have email, but they are monitoring Daylon’s Facebook page.
Today has been an amazingly emotional teeter-totering day.
Most of me is still in shock about Scott, and though time feels like it’s standing still… it’s not and we have to continue moving… so we do.
As most of you know… the better part of this week has been mostly due to the Hodge Lodge and Crystal being here. Crystal was our speaker – her sermon title: “Women Don’t Look At Porn”. You can hear it HERE.
I also had Brent, Tammy and Kass help in leading worship with me. Best part of my weekend was worshiping with my good friends.
Our Sunday Setlist:
Brent and Kass sang “By Your Side” to wrap up Crystal’s talk… and it was so perfect!
The service went really well. We didn’t hide that we were all emotionally raw from this weekends devastating news. We were real about it… which is what made the service so great. It was obvious that all we wanted to do was worship in our hurt. God is good… even in times like these when we don’t understand what He’s doing behind the curtain.
My sister, Helen, wrote me an email this morning. Here’s a quote from it:
“When difficult, seemingly pointless things happen, we have the tendency to forget that God is there. Furthermore, we sometimes believe that Jesus is the enemy — responsible for the pain we are experiencing. I’m not saying this as a self-fulfilling prophecy, but these are particularly volatile times when Satan attempts to shake our faith and what we know. It’s always best to beware of that, and to constantly fill one another with Truth.”
So much wisdom from my baby sister.
Please keep covering the Resnick Family in prayer.
Today was one of the most devastating days I think I’ve ever experienced.
This is our good friend, Scott Resnick.
He died in a plane accident today. He was flying a small plane to Arizona for a funeral. He experienced some kind of mechanical failure and the wreckage was found a few hours later.
Scott is survived by his wife, Holly, one of my closest dearest friends, and her 4 children, Kiel, Reilly, Ireland & Kelton.
Here’s a photo of them from our annual family beach vacation we were on just a little under a month ago:
Here we are, racing down the beach together (well… Brian & Scott were racing. I was screaming and taking pictures):
I can’t even find the words to express my feelings right now. Words seem cheap. I wish you could read my heart.
My heart is heavy for my dear friend, Holly and her kids. Brian will miss Scott. Scott and Brian were JUST hanging out the other day working on our Volvo together. Holly’s life will never be the same.
Please pray. Where-ever you are in the world… PRAY fervently… passionately… constantly. Pray for peace to envelope Holly and her kids. Pray for all family and friends involved. Pray for God’s glory to shine… even in this.
One thing that is a little off with us is we usually celebrate “holidays” on days that are NOT holidays.
When you’re in ministry, the reality is you’ll be WORKING on holidays. Every Easter and Christmas… that’s for sure. That’s why the last few years, we’ve taken our annual group family vacations the weekend AFTER Easter. Most of our closest friends are also in ministry, so it all just ends up working out.
New Years is no different. We celebrated a late New Years with some of our closest friends last night at our house. In the following photos, you may or may not see: Jay & Allison McKenney (Macy & Ava), Scott & Holly Resnick (Kiel, Reilly, Ireland & Kelton), Mike & Janet Fraser, and Julie Reid (it was ALSO her birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!).
BTW… I’m posting a SCHLOAD of pictures mostly so the girls can steal them off this post [click on them to enlarge]:
Paxton getting some lovin’ from Ava. He likes older women, I guess.
Ava, happy before the screaming began, with Paxton & Auntie Holly.
Julie Reid, the birthday girl, snuggling with Paxton.
Jay & Ava racing an Audi A4 on my iPhone.
McKenney’s(Jay, Ava, Macy., Allison) & Resnick’s (Holly & Scott)
Mike & Janet with Baby Paxton.
The girls: Me, Janet, Julie, Holly & Allison
Julie, the birthday girl, won the game with: Perfect, Intelligent, Haunting and Sultry. Seems fitting 
How cute are they? Ireland Resnick & Macy McKenney.
Too sweet not to post. Look at how Paxton’s feet are hanging out.
Playing Legos: Kelton Resnick & Chance
The SB’s… and my fresh new haircut.
Believe it or not, this is what we do often. It’s just RARELY caught on film. Can you see Holly’s nose? LOL!
And these pictures are for Janet. Oh the cards we drew. Funny… but not all at the same time.
And… just for kicks – here’s a look into part of our Apples to Apples game. This is a game we ALWAYS play together because our rules (or Jay McKenney’s rules) allows us to make each other laugh till everything hurts:
Thank you, friends, for coming over and playing with us. We are SO grateful to have friends like you in our lives.
Countdown till Easter Group Family Vacation… the week after Easter… or whatever.
Oh… and BTW… I did my best at “JayMcKenney-proofing” my house. Two years ago, he turned my water and internet box in the garage off. He also hung some of my wall pictures sideways, upside down and crooked. Since then, I’ve followed him around my house the last two years (when we’d have him over) so he couldn’t get away with anything.
Well… I lost track of him for a few minutes yesterday. The bad news is: he DID leave his prankster mark. The good news is: IT WAS WEAK!!! He stuffed two of our pillows under the mattress of our bed.
You can’t leave him alone for two seconds.
Oh well… I still think I’ve got him out-pranked for a lifetime. It’s called “TIN FOIL”.
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