A violent civil war swept across Mozambique in the 1980s, with fighting spreading to even the most remote corners of this vast country. Many of the Mwinika villages were forced to relocate to other areas. One night, the Mwinika people—who adhered to a mix of the area’s dominant religion and animism—came together and cried out […]
MAF’s return to this eastern DRC base revives a region scarred by war
The MAF Cessna Caravan 9Q-CAU at Nyankunde. Photo by Stig Jacobsson.
The last radio communication MAF pilot Dave Jacobsson received from his wife on the morning of September 5, 2002, was, “They’re at the door!” Then, nothing. Just agonizing silence […]
When Eric Fagerland started thinking about what he would do when he retired from the Air Force, his thoughts did not wander to a life of cruising, or settling down near Hole 18 somewhere along the Florida panhandle. Instead, he imagined flying off into a different wild blue yonder … with Mission Aviation Fellowship.
A fan […]
How local workers are making a big difference in MAF programs around the world
Rethabile stopped working. The man leading a donkey past the Kuebunyane health clinic had caught his attention. Rethabile and Maila, another Basotho MAF worker, put down the bricks they were unloading from the airplane and approached the man—a more pressing task was […]
MAF partners with missionaries to reach a small tribe that has been overlooked
Missionary Andrew Claussen lay on the floor of a village hut for the third day in a row, hallucinating. The buzz of his table saw had stopped, and his family’s unfinished house frame was left unattended—all work now at a standstill.
Bamboo […]
As dusk approached in Yolo Sud, a suburb of Kinshasa in western Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cecile*, a “woman of the night” wandered the streets, aimlessly. She couldn’t help but notice a large crowd forming and went to investigate. People were gathering in a field where a large, white screen was set up.
Cecile was […]