Tag Archives: MAF airplane

Gratitude Smiles Against the Odds

Ibu Deby inside MAF Hospital House

The woman is 32, with a daughter who will turn 4 a month after my own daughter does. Ibu Deby’s older kids are back in their village—they have to go to school. So, they can’t wait with her in town as she undergoes chemotherapy treatments at the hospital. […]

God’s Faithfulness

I smiled to myself as our MAF airplane passed over the now familiar and yet still ruggedly beautiful mountains of the renowned Baliem Valley. I praised God for its wild beauty and the privilege of living and working in this historic area of missions. And then, I praised God for his faithfulness, because a year […]

Homeward Bound

Waiting to board an MAF flight out of Bunia to Entebbe, on their way to the MAF program in Kinshasa, our resource team encountered this traveler who had a change of heart.

The young man stands in the shade of the wing of the MAF airplane. The airport ramp is hot and dusty. He waits in […]