Category Archives: Ministry Focus
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Opening doors for isolated pastors
The Church is growing in many places around the world—yet with that growth can come unexpected challenges, like how to prepare pastors who are leading these churches, for effective ministry. For many pastors, having access to biblical training and resources is next to impossible because of geographic, political, or religious barriers. […]
Collision Story
When opposites collide, fragments fly. Order degenerates to chaos. No wonder we fight to avoid crashes. Take, for instance, the contradiction between the two ways people process information—literate-style and oral-style. Neither intelligence nor education matters. Twenty percent of us in the world would rather read than listen, but 80% would rather listen than read. We […]
Moving Time
Just when I’m getting the hang of my role as MAF Lesotho’s interim country program manager (PM), I get a curve ball that’s got me reeling. The life of a PM is a big change for a pilot/mechanic who is used to not being tied to the hangar. Now I’ve got an office, a desk, […]
A Teen, a Dream, and a Plane
How one boy brought a community together to reach isolated people
A teacher inspired her class to imagine what they could do to impact their world. A 15-year-old student dreamed big, and his family wholeheartedly supported that dream. And the end result was a unique two-day event to raise funds for an MAF Kodiak—a “tool” that […]
Flight Training Beyond the Airstrip Name
Badly Airstrip
On the corner near the MAF headquarters, there’s a firehouse with a reader board out front that says, Plan your Fire Escape. It’s a good reminder to be ready for the unexpected. As MAF flight trainers, we train our pilots for the “expected” but to also plan for the “unexpected.” We train […]