The Blessings of Remote Bible Schools

February and March of 2020 were filled with training a follow pilot of Telefomin on the Cessna Caravan. Though already familiar with the area and the airstrips, a new aircraft type poses its own challenges as procedures need to be adapted to accommodate differences in things like approach speed and general handling. But even though the flights we did mostly targeted training purposes they still had an impact on God's kingdom.

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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:

Visiting Munbil

New Tribes Mission (NTM) is an organisation planting churches in remote areas. The missionaries move to a certain village and live with the local people in order to learn language and culture. Having acquired this knowledge they will start translating strategic Bible passages into the local language in order to teach about our Christian faith.
Joelle had the opportunity to stay with an NTM-family in Yifki. Another two families live in Munbil, just 15 minutes flight to the North-West of Telefomin. We had the privilege to stay with them for a night as a family. It has been an encouraging experience for us all.

Joelle in Yifki

Wii-Super Mario is always fun

Hattons und Allens with some village kids

Lucien starts 1st Grade

End of October Lucien turned 6 years. So, he started 1st Grade on Monday, being the forth (and luckily last) Madeleine will home school.

31 October: Lucien turns six

18 November: After a short holiday in Mt Hagen
Lucien starts with Grade One