Jennifer Perry Wolf— “Jenn” —has been with Mission Aviation Fellowship since 2010, serving as a writer and resource coordinator in the Ministry Advancement department. She unearths stories from the field, writes for the ministry’s various publications—FlightWatch, Boarding Pass, and the web—and oversees the MAF blog contributors.
Jenn has been known to tweet as @whatignitesus and posts on Instagram as @thesparkthatignites.us. Feel free to follow her. And check out her new personal podcast at www.thesparkthatignites.us and her blog at www.callwhenyougetthere.com.
The Boogaard family. Photo by Kelly Hewes.
John and Kathryn Boogaard are no strangers to living overseas. He grew up as a missionary kid in Columbia, and she was an Army kid who was born and lived in Turkey during most of her school years.
So when the Boogaards arrived in Indonesia for their first […]
MAF’s newest KODIAK, an amphibious floatplane, ushers in a new season of ministry in Kalimantan
In June, Brad Hopkins was the last MAF pilot to fly Charlie Brown and Charlie Delta, two aged Cessna 185 floatplanes, on their final flights in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. This marked the end of a historic era for MAF. Each aircraft […]
As we were finalizing this story and getting it ready to post online, we were saddened to learn that Byron Clingerman had passed away in an auto accident last week and is now in the company of his Savior. Byron has been connected with MAF for 40-plus years—as a supporter, friend, MAF Advocate, and volunteer. […]
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Dennis and Rose Bergstrazer have been with MAF for 32 years—the last 14 of which have been at the MAF base in Timika, Papua, Indonesia. Currently, they are the only MAF family there—and the only missionaries in town!
“When we first opened the base [in 2003], we were also the only Westerners, so we […]
It seemed like the only “help” available for 12-year-old Masha’s painful infection on her shin was either an herbal remedy or a trip to the local witch doctor, neither of which would be considered a legitimate option outside of the developing world.
Masha with family members and American Baptist missionary Rita Chapman (left). Photo […]
Kayla Harder sensed God’s call on her life to be a missionary at the age of seven. But it wasn’t until she was 16 and “co-piloted” a small aircraft with a friend’s dad in Florida that she discovered a love of flying and the avenue by which she would serve as a missionary.
Kayla […]