A few years back we did a story about the Korowai people of Danowage [FlightWatch Winter 2012] and how the MAF floatplane was serving them, and how they had begun clearing an area for a land strip. Your prayers and gifts have helped MAF serve this area for several years as the Korowai have grown […]
A funeral procession passing by the Holsten’s house.
It happens almost every day. Dozens of blaring motorcycle horns signal that another funeral procession is making its way up our hill on its way to the local cemetery.
My house helper E shakes her head as she watches the procession and declares, “Orang Papua […]
There it was in bright red letters across my forehead…FAILURE. It was written in the same bright red ink that the teachers use each day to correct my attempts at writing in my new language.
Of course, no one else could see the letters written there, but I felt the weight of them on me each […]
I became a pilot for MAF about two months ago. During my first solo flight, I was so nervous. My hands were shaking. My heart was thumping in my chest. “Here we go,” I thought, and pulled back on the control stick. I knew immediately something was wrong. My aircraft pitched to the side, toppling […]
This story comes to us from MAF pilot John Dalton. John flies a Cessna Caravan floatplane and is based out of Merauke in Papua, Indonesia.
“Soap and towels… don’t forget to buy the soap and towels,” Dr. Mia told me. I half-heartedly told her, “Ok,” but in my mind I was thinking how those things aren’t […]
The Gospel flourishes among the Wano people
“God’s Word showed me I couldn’t live good enough. I had a huge sin debt. The one way is through Jesus alone,” said Liku, a man from the Wano tribe of Indonesia.
Liku shared this revelation with a Mission Aviation Fellowship pilot on the day an MAF KODIAK first landed […]