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What Is A Missionary

Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”
Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment.”

I stood before about 30 Kindergarteners and remembered the many brown faces I had left behind in […]

Healer

It’s always inspiring to observe believers from another culture and how they live and view their life in relation to their Creator.

Since moving to Indonesia three months ago there has been one thing that has stood out among the native believers here…..they have a deep-rooted faith in God as a Healer. A man with a […]

A Change Of Heart In Africa : Part 4 of 4

soccer

Continued from a previous post….

That same night, Emily and I went with Mr. Harrell to watch him coach some young boys in soccer—a ministry he and his wife Megan had started themselves.

Coach Rich Harrell with the team.

We watched these boys play on a dirt field, with holes and glass everywhere. And yet, […]

Head on the Ground – Feet in the Clouds

My name is Chris and I am new to MAF. I’m not a pilot. I’m not a mechanic. The only things I know about aviation, I learned from Top Gun. (I still have trouble working out in my head how a heavy thing made out of metal can get off the ground.) And while I’ve […]

Future Pilots?

A couple of potential future pilots visited our hanger this week. They were eager to learn about airplanes and pilots. The students were from an international school called TASOK (The American School of Kinshasa), located here in DR Congo. MAF was happy to host the group, and I had the privilege of guiding them through […]

A Change Of Heart In Africa : Part 3 of 4

Continued from a previous post…

The next morning we went to the MAF base and talked and prayed with the staff. Afterwards, we cleaned and prepared the home of the Danforths, a family that was arriving later that week. Then it was on to the Beautiful Gate, a Christian-run orphanage for children who have lost […]