MAF flights bring trainers to remote villages to teach culturally relevant Bible story-telling methods
“It doesn’t get much better than this.”
Brad Hopkins, our MAF pilot—and my husband—pointed at the clear blue sky out of the floatplane window. I glanced at my notes: Kuala Kurun—that’s the name of the jungle town to which we were headed.
“Just a […]
I recently went with my husband, Dave, to MAF’s Africa Region IT (information technology) conference in Kampala, Uganda. Situated on Lake Victoria, we were able to enjoy God’s creation while tinkering with technology.
Famous Crowned Crane of Uganda.
Though labeled an Africa Region conference, there were also folks from the United States, Europe, Indonesia, and […]
Stories about eating bugs have historically topped the charts of classic missionary tales to recite to friends and family back home. When we first moved to the Democratic Republic of Congo a year ago to serve as missionaries with Mission Aviation Fellowship, I knew we were likely to have a few run-ins with bugs in […]
It had been a very busy month, so part of me that morning was just wanting to retreat into my bedroom and hide from the world of need that so often comes knocking at our door. And then I heard a soft voice outside. I really don’t feel like dealing with any sellers right now, […]
Story by MAF pilot/mechanic Dave Petersen, who serves in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo with his wife, Ashley. It’s not just airplanes that need fixing, as Dave explains here.
If there is one thing that can be said about our life here in Nyankunde, it is that there is always something to be fixed. […]
Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their labor. – Ecclesiastes 4:9
This summer my aunt and uncle came to visit us. It was their first trip to Papua, and we wanted to make sure we packed in as much adventure as we could, so we planned a trip into the mountain town of […]