Category Archives: Press Release

600 Attend MAF’s 70th Anniversary Celebration

NAMPA, Idaho – Mission Aviation Fellowship celebrated its 70th anniversary Saturday at the organization’s headquarters at the Nampa airport. Some 600 guests attended the open house and enjoyed airplane rides, games, face painting and a breakfast fundraiser.

Grace and Faith Olenik of Nampa enjoy a ride on Petey the Plane during MAF’s 70th anniversary […]

MAF Assessing Disaster Response Needs in Nepal

April 27, 2015 – Mission Aviation Fellowship Disaster Response personnel have arrived in Nepal and are assessing how the ministry can best help in the country following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck the nation on Saturday.

“Our hearts are hurting for the people of Nepal in the wake of this tragedy,” said John […]

DRC Missionary Maud Kells Shot, MAF Provides Assistance

NYANKUNDE, DRC — On Monday, Mission Aviation Fellowship evacuated missionary Maud Kells from Mulita to Nyankunde, Democratic Republic of the Congo, after she received a gunshot wound during a robbery attempt. Maud, age 75, is a WEC International missionary who has served in the DRC since 1968.

Maud Kells is carried to the waiting […]

After the Tsunami

Ten years later, Mission Aviation Fellowship Reflects on the Crisis in Aceh

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — On December 26, 2004, the ground shook and the ocean rose, engulfing the western coast of the Aceh region of Indonesia. An estimated 170,000 people died, 550,000 were displaced, and communities were forever changed.

Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) was one of […]

#GivingTuesday Celebrates Those Who Do Good

Are you ready to “Do More in 24”?
Boys greet the MAF airplane in when it lands in Sefoidi, a village in Papua, Indonesia. Photo by Mark Hewes.

NAMPA, Idaho — On Tuesday, December 2, non-profits around the U.S. are joining the #GivingTuesday movement and challenging individuals, families, churches, and businesses to give and give back.

“Black Friday […]

MAF Couple Honored for 50 Years of Marriage and 43 Years of Missionary Service

Nampa Mayor Proclaims Friday, Sept. 26 to be John and Cora Lou Miller Day
Top: John and Cora Lou on their wedding day. Center: The Millers and their two sons in Irian Jaya. Bottom: The Millers with Nampa Mayor Bob Henry.

NAMPA, Idaho — In a special ceremony Wednesday at Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) headquarters, Nampa Mayor […]