Category Archives: Boarding Pass

Flight Path to Possibilities

How a lifelong relationship with MAF missionaries and God’s calling are bearing fruit in a young Haitian man’s life.

 

On a Sunday in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Zacharie François got a call from one of the MAF pilots at the hangar. The starter generator on the Cessna Caravan was smoking.

Zacharie, the first Haitian to graduate from the School […]

A MEMORABLE MISSION

How one MAF pilot’s first solo flight in the DRC could change the lives of a remote tribe forever

Story by Dominic Villeneuve, an MAF pilot serving in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

 

A pilot’s first solo flight is always an exciting and memorable event (mine was on March 14, 2014). The same applies […]

DOING GOOD ON THE SABBATH

God orchestrates life-saving flights through MAF and its partners

MAF Haiti usually doesn’t fly on Sunday unless it’s a life-threatening situation. This time, two lives hung in the balance: a woman in critical condition following a stroke, and a young boy with a high fever and shakes. HERO, a medical organization, called MAF’s after-hours phone number […]

Hope through Health Care and Evangelism

Story by Chad Dimon, an MAF pilot/mechanic who served with his family in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Last June, Chad transported a group of CECA-20 Church (Evangelical Community in Central Africa) pastors and Samaritan’s Purse leaders to the northern tip of the DRC, near the Sudanese border. He was able to […]

PRAISES IN THE MAMBERAMO

The mutual joy of evangelists from the highlands of Papua and the lowland villagers they serve.

Story by Daniel Bristol, an MAF pilot/mechanic serving with his family in Papua, Indonesia.

The Mamberamo is a large river that flows into the lowlands of Papua and makes its way to the Pacific Ocean. The Dani are a people […]

Walking a New Path

An introduction to an isolated tribe featured in the new documentary Ends of the Earth

 

The hamlet of Mokndoma sits high in the mountains of Papua, the western half of the island of New Guinea in Asia Pacific. With no roads and limited government exposure, there has been little influence from the outside world.

You won’t find […]