I am often asked about by very well-intentioned people how they can help MAF missionaries who are returning from the field. Coming home is one of the hardest things a missionary faces. Yet this may be the single most misunderstood stage in a missionary’s journey.
People typically think the initial departure—leaving friends, family, and all […]
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 […]
Here’s a look back at 2013 through the lens—with images captured by MAF pilots around the world.
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Tim, Liz, Jacob, and Benjamin Schandorff serving with MAF in Haiti.
I adore the holiday season in the United States. In October, I love drinking hot cider and taking the kids trick-or-treating. In November, I look forward to eating my sister’s sausage and cornbread dressing and my mother-in-law’s pie on Thanksgiving Day. In December, […]
There were so many questions that needed answering when we first moved to Port-au-Prince. Where do we live? What do we eat? Where should my children go to school? With help from veteran missionaries, answers to the above questions came quickly.
Others took more thought: Should we employ house help, and if so, what […]
I decided to make pancakes for the kids for breakfast recently. I grabbed my homemade baking mix from its shelf (Bisquick is available here but extremely expensive), to which I just needed to add milk and eggs. Easy-peasy. But wait, the mixture had a couple of bugs in it!I debated whipping up another batch, but […]