By Jaclyn Reierson, an MAF missionary in the DRC
“Wanna come flying with me tomorrow?” Brett asked me casually on Friday evening. “Nick and Jocelyn offered to watch the kids, and there’s room for an extra person on both legs of the flight to Vanga.”
I didn’t even have to think about my answer! After living in […]
MAF supporters and key partners make for great teamwork when it comes to helping people recover from deadly storms
The succession of storms that recently hit the Caribbean islands echo Hurricane Matthew’s assault on Haiti nearly one year ago.
MAF staff at the Haitian base waited anxiously as Irma passed by their recovering country earlier this month. […]
Missionary Physician Assistant Katherine Niles, with American Baptist International Ministries, serves as the coordinator for the Baptist health/medical work in western Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)—14 hospitals and 5 health zones, which carry out Jesus’s ministry of health and healing. Katherine kindly agreed to share her story with us about how God answered her […]
MAF pilot Matt Monson in Lesotho shares this story about an opportunity to tell others about Christ.
Airstrip workers at Semenanyane. Photo by Justin Honaker.
With some of our pilots out on furlough lately, the busy workload here can seem like crashing waves. Discouragement can set in if I focus on the waves that are […]
Story by Jeremiah Hartin, an MAF pilot in Papua, Indonesia.
Normally, you’ll find Jeremiah in his element–at the controls of a KODIAK airplane. But even when he’s not flying, God brings opportunities to minister.
What do you do when alone, miles outside of town in the jungle, and an angry looking fellow appears with a machete […]
Story by Brian Marx, an MAF pilot in Papua, Indonesia
One hundred miles east of us is an immense jungle area known as the Mamberamo. One weekend Yesaya was hunting for wild boar with his buddies. They were closing in on an animal down by the river when suddenly the hunters became the hunted. Waiting in […]