How Basketball, Haiti Bible Mission, and MAF are changing lives in Jeremie, Haiti
When the Los Angeles Lakers wrapped up their 2009 draft roster, one name was not on the list—Dwayne Jackson. After a summer practicing with the NBA champions, the college star had not made the cut. This painful moment would prove to be […]
A violent civil war swept across Mozambique in the 1980s, with fighting spreading to even the most remote corners of this vast country. Many of the Mwinika villages were forced to relocate to other areas. One night, the Mwinika people—who adhered to a mix of the area’s dominant religion and animism—came together and cried out […]
MAF’s return to this eastern DRC base revives a region scarred by war
The MAF Cessna Caravan 9Q-CAU at Nyankunde. Photo by Stig Jacobsson.
The last radio communication MAF pilot Dave Jacobsson received from his wife on the morning of September 5, 2002, was, “They’re at the door!” Then, nothing. Just agonizing silence […]
MAF partners with missionaries to reach a small tribe that has been overlooked
Missionary Andrew Claussen lay on the floor of a village hut for the third day in a row, hallucinating. The buzz of his table saw had stopped, and his family’s unfinished house frame was left unattended—all work now at a standstill.
Bamboo […]
How MAF partners with the indigenous Church
A recent study* on global Christianity revealed that the 20th century saw the greatest shift in Christianity the world had ever seen.
In 1910, roughly 80 percent of all Christians lived in the United States and Europe—a century later over half of the world’s Christians live in Africa, South America, […]
Roping in a safe landing
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) trains pilots to be “thinking” pilots—equipped to make decisions in situations when they might not have all the information or technology available. One technique every MAF pilot must become skilled in is called the three pass Wind LASSO. Used when encountering a new or unknown runway, the […]