Kompiam Health Patrols

Since a few years, MAF supports Kompiam Hospital with flights for their regular health patrols. Whereas before, these had to be done on foot, with up to 2 days of walking, the same areas can now be reached with 20-min flights. In addition, the area of operation could be increase, serving villages that could not be reached before. See below a short (or longer) video of one of these Clinic Patrols.

Short Version Video

Full Version Video

70th Anniversary: MAF Papua New Guinea

On 7 May MAF celebrates its 70th anniversary of operating in the country of Papua New Guinea. This makes it the longest continues air service in this nation.

Mission Aviation Fellowship, 75-Year Anniversary

This year MAF International celebrates its 75-year anniversary. For this occasion a video clip was produced. Most scenes were filmed in Lapalama, a village close to Mt Hagen, headquarter in MAF Papua New Guinea.

If you would like to read more about how MAF came to be, here is a short history:

A Special Family Adventure

"Being the wife or children of a MAF pilot means that you usually only get to hear the stories of his day-to-day flying and occasionally see some pictures. It’s really something special if the whole family can board a flight to see first hand how their husband’s or dad’s flying job impacts and enables the work of missionaries for years and finally leads to a big celebration weekend for a whole tribe.
Enjoy our little family adventure!"

Here the full story as written by Madeleine and released by MAF PNG:

Click here to read the story as PDF

Madeleine receiving a flower garland

Following a short video of the occasion:

Sunday Service in Rumginae

Sunday Service at the Rumginae ECPNG church.
(Here the translation of the German text: waiting, singing, giving, listening, baptizing)

Lucien's Birthday

And in the blink of an eye our youngest turns two. Sorry, it's in Swiss German, but enjoy anyway.

A Little Bit of Rain

A Short Film from Niklas

Recently, our eldest got interested in computers. Now everything is done with this machine: from books to cards, from pictures to films. The following example was done during a date with his dad. Enjoy!

A flight to Mt Hagen

First Steps

Our first term with MAF in PNG