I recently read through year-end reports about MAF’s work in 2012, and had to stop and praise God for all that He has accomplished in the past year. It is quite thrilling to see how the Lord is using the men and women of MAF, along with the many faithful servants we partner with around […]
We hadn’t flown in almost a week. The entire country of Lesotho was hit with a powerful snow storm that left most of our airstrips covered in deep snow, making landing (with wheels anyway!) impossible. Except for Manamaneng. Pamela, one of the nurses there, wanted to get out of the mountains and home to […]
Last year, we ran a series on how MAF handles preparing for disasters, interviewing MAF’s manager of security and disaster response John Woodberry. It was one of our most popular series, and since this month we are highlighting our disaster preparedness initiatives, we thought these might be worth sharing again in case you […]
The last in our series In Africa, this quest post was written by videographer Ron Wormser.
The young German man approached the plane holding up a blue-stained US $10 bill. “Can you change this for Congo francs?” he asked in heavily accented English. “The airport tax guys won’t accept this.”
The deteriorating paved airstrip adjacent to a […]
MAF pilot Justin Honaker retells the events of one particular afternoon and a flight where timing was everything.
2:45 p.m. I’m the only MAF pilot flying in Lesotho today, Friday, June 1. My passenger is not here yet, even though he insisted we make a special trip for him. I’m annoyed, but with the schedule otherwise […]
BUNIA, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) is using a new airstrip to bring desperately needed medical supplies to remote parts of Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) plagued by malaria.
“We made our first landing at the new Zobia airstrip on June 9, and on Tuesday we conducted four more flights […]