Missionary newsletters
Sabbath, July 10 marks a very happy new beginning for the mostly Athabaskan folks who live in the village of Birch Creek. The last ministry visit took place about two years ago pre-Covid.This Sabbath dawned bright and clear, with temperatures climbing into the comfortable mid-70s. On the 100 nautical mile flight north from Fairbanks, the [...]
Recently AWA had the opportunity to take in another plane donation and what a multi faceted blessing it turned out to be!Betty’s son, Steve, called the AWA office to share his mother’s desire to fulfill her late husband’s wish to donate his plane. Betty’s husband passed away in 2013. He loved to fly. His plane [...]
Covid19 restrictions have hit hard in Palawan. The government has imposed many harsh restrictions; including cutting off nearby villages from the town of Aborlan including our village of Sagpangan. The government has set up fences to limit access to and from the village. It has been mandated that anyone ages 17 and younger, and 60 [...]
At our last Pathfinder camping trip, we taught our group of children what they needed to know before we went camping. They ended up knowing their skills so well that the other campers could not tell that this was their first camping trip as Pathfinders! Shortly after the camping trip, our world was turned [...]
Chris Adams Flight Academy (CAFA) is a flight school that Adventist World Aviation (AWA) has partnered with to help with flight training. I had been scheduled with Fabien Couteaud, CAFA’s owner and flight instructor, to fly with him to get signed off so I could solo fly. Getting up early to fly ahead of [...]
We are extremely excited about how God is working in and through the Runne family as they progress closer to their missionary home in Guyana. Each missionary has unique experiences as they prepare for deployment to their respective missionary home abroad, but one thing is certain, it is a road less traveled, and the journey [...]
The body of Christ, or the people that are the whole of humanity, are a team. The body is not supported by one person, but by all of us. We are one, we are strongest working together in unity. Teamwork is the key to living life in harmony, so that we can do God’s [...]
It was Sunday at the Fix home in Kentucky. I had been sharpening chainsaws for tree work I was going to do the next day. I had cut my finger pretty deep while sharpening and was considering how difficult it would be to work the next day with this injury.As I was thinking about my [...]
Christ’s Method Alone Christ’s method alone will give true success in reaching the people. The Savior mingled with people as one who desired their good. He showed sympathy for them, ministered to their needs, and won their confidence.Then He invited them, “Follow Me.”—The Ministry of Healing, E.G. White, pg. 143.3Great portions of the river banks [...]
It was the first Sabbath of March 2021 when I received a call to conduct a weekly afternoon Sabbath program for children while adults carried out Bible Studies. My housemate, Charymie Gay Barnedo, and I agreed to take on the challenge. The first meeting was attended by two boys. The boys worked on the [...]
