How do you peel a banana?
The answer is easy: Just start from the top. However, things get a little more complex when you start talking about which end really is the top. Here in the U.S., the top is the end with the stem. That is how bananas are displayed in grocery stores. That is […]
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 […]
This Wednesday MAF will observe its semi-annual Worldwide Day of Prayer. In April and October of each year, MAF staff from around the globe pause to pray.
We praise God for who He is … for His love, his mercy, his majesty. We give thanks for the life and death of Jesus Christ that washes […]
Nyankunde is just a little over 15 miles from Bunia, the site of MAF’s main base in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but in some ways it feels a lot farther removed. Bunia, while no metropolis, feels like a city; there is constant noise, people everywhere, and limited natural scenery. Nyankunde is much […]
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 […]
When I was preparing to move to Lesotho I sat down with some women who have all served overseas as missionaries. In our time of fellowship there was one thing every one of them told me would be most important for my longevity and success…
How true I have discovered this to be. While I love […]