After working diligently for 10 years to build an airstrip, the people of Tibul in Papua, Indonesia, welcomed the first MAF airplane to land at their village. The new airstrip means that Tibul and 15 to 20 surrounding villages will now have access to education, medical care, and discipleship.
Until now the nearest airstrip was three […]
“Amy, I have a very important job for you. I need you to find me some coconut cake in Colorado Springs.”
I was talking to my sister in Colorado, who I’ll see in a year on furlough, about how I was having a craving. An Overseas Craving. If you’ve spent more than three minutes outside of […]
So much of my life here centers around food – the procuring of it, the preparing of it, the cleaning up after it. It’s practically a full-time job. It never stops, and usually I’m a hot and sweaty mess by supper time.
But over the years I have found joy in cooking. I’m no Master Chef, […]
After a full day of flying, MAF Pilot Brian Marx had to get medicine to a village—without landing!
Brian Marx is an MAF pilot in Papua, Indonesia. Like most MAF pilots, many of his days are filled with flights that range from taking missionaries into remote jungles, to transporting critically-injured patients, to flying supplies and personnel […]
In this river village all the houses (and library) are on stilts. All photos by Rebecca Hopkins.
If you came to visit me, I daresay you’d be impressed with several things we get to enjoy here in Indonesia. We have coconut trees in our yard that we use for fresh coconut water in our […]
April 2012 was a month that changed our family’s lives. It was then that we heard God wooing us back to the overseas mission field. I still remember my husband looking at me and saying, “I think our time here is done.” We had a home, Chris had a great job, we loved our church […]