When opposites collide, fragments fly. Order degenerates to chaos. No wonder we fight to avoid crashes. Take, for instance, the contradiction between the two ways people process information—literate-style and oral-style. Neither intelligence nor education matters. Twenty percent of us in the world would rather read than listen, but 80% would rather listen than read. We […]
We’re all flat-landers stuck in two dimensions. Doesn’t matter if we live in the mountains. We’re glued to Earth’s undulating surface, meticulously following its ups and downs. That restraint does grant security. We need concern ourselves only with the challenges of moving left or right, forward or back. Vertical decisions fade to choosing stairs or […]
I bolted upright in bed—my heart racing.
Eerie chanting and wailing surrounded our home. I flung off the sheets and ran to the window. A few feet away a crowd of Haitians were singing, swaying, and banging drums. I crawled back to bed, admittedly a little shaken, and stuffed ear plugs in hopes of getting […]
This month’s FlightWatch highlights the ministry of Jack and Corky Hook, longtime missionaries to Kiwi, Papua, Indonesia. (If you’re not on our mailing list to receive this publication, you can read the story here, or sign up for future issues to be delivered to your home). Watch the video below to see the enthusiastic greeting […]
A picture is worth a thousand words. That’s only true if you know the story behind what you are seeing. A few days ago, while flying home from Mamit, an airstrip perched on a mountainside in the heart of Papua, I saw this young man reading his Bible. It’s not an incredibly remarkable picture in […]
This is a special guest post from Sylvia Rogers, who has returned to Suriname with her husband Dan for a two-month assignment at the MAF affiliate program there. Dan is completing a 1,000-hr. inspection and installation of a new engine for NAV (November Alpha Victor).
It was 6:15 a.m.; time for coffee! After breakfast, Dan left […]