How God used one faithful family to bring thousands to Christ
Touching down in Ethiopia this past February, three generations of one family disembarked a Cessna Caravan and were greeted by several thousand people. Tears of joy flowed as old friends reconnected and memories were shared.
A banner greets Harvey and Lavina Hoekstra on their […]
A flight to help restore power to a major city leads to a conversation about the Highest Power
Story by Amy Embleton, an MAF missionary in Mozambique
On a Saturday at 6:00 a.m., my husband Kent received a call from a familiar client. It was the booking agent from the titanium mine that we fly for very […]
Over Christmas, my parents visited us here in Papua. Together we traveled by MAF to the interior mountain town of Wamena for a few days.
After we landed in Wamena and my parents gushed over the beautiful scenery of the Baliem Valley, they turned to our pilot, Luke Bryant, and thanked him for the flight.
“It’s a […]
Twenty years on the field. Three countries. Seven evacuations. Political unrest. Ailing parents back home. Brad and Kristian Westom encountered different struggles while serving as an MAF pilot/mechanic family. When these struggles arose, they sought out wise people who had experienced similar things.
“There were a few times along the way that we were looking for […]
What is it worth to see unreached people experience the love of Jesus?
“Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God.”
William Carey, the father of modern missions, closed his first sermon at a missionary society in London with this quote—and with it set the tone for the new wave of Protestant missions that would […]
You are helping MAF serve the physical needs of isolated people.
Jesus has striking words for guests at a party thrown by an important Pharisee.
“But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection […]