I am so uncomfortable right now.
It’s not that I’m physically uncomfortable, though I am. I’m sitting on a concrete floor with my bare feet tucked under me, trying not to elbow the woman to my left or knock over the open candle on the floor to my right.
But it’s not that.
I’m uncomfortable […]
Toward the end of April, the MAF Lesotho program participated in a “Letsema” for the first time. A Letsema is a partnership to complete a project for the good of the community. People come only expecting a meal in compensation for their labor. If you feed them—they will come. Such was the case for the […]
Linda (back right) with good friends from Wamena.
I was told when we began our MAF career that MAF really stood for “Move Again, Friend”! Because we are an organization that specializes in aviation and technology, moving can become a way of life. Our family has been with MAF for almost 17 years, and […]
Every once in a while, I like to get all technical. So for those of you who yawn when others start talking about widgets and how they work, you may want to jump ahead. For the rest of you, read on. I like to think of airplanes as having a Body, known as the airframe, […]
NAMPA, IDAHO—Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) will be participating in the second annual Idaho Gives on Thursday, May 1st. Idaho Gives is a one-day fundraising event to celebrate and support non-profit organizations across the state. This giving day raised $575,000 for over 500 Idaho non-profits last year. Supporters of MAF gave over $5,000 on Idaho Gives […]
I shouldn’t still be here in Indonesia.
It’s been eight years on the same narrow street on the same tiny island. And I just can’t believe it.
That’s twice as long as I’ve ever lived anywhere in my whole life.
As the daughter of an Army officer, I rarely lived anywhere longer than just a couple of […]