Joanna Paradizo lives in Nashville, TN, with her pilot/mechanic husband. They are pre-fielders with MAF assigned to serve in Ecuador. Joanna enjoys meeting new people and building partnerships as a pre-fielder, and looks forward to serving the community in Ecuador through mentorship, music, and arts ministries.
It was the end of a long day of flying over the deep jungles of Ecuador. MAF pilot Chad Irwin was headed home toward Shell when an emergency call blared through the radio. A woman in a remote village was struggling in childbirth. She needed to get out of the jungle fast. But the village […]
“Wait … do I see two babies?” my husband asked the ultrasound tech. I blinked hard to make sure my eyes weren’t playing tricks on me. Then I got lightheaded. Sure enough, there were two little bodies showing up on the ultrasound monitor. We were going to be parents for the first time—twice! The trouble […]