Missionary newsletters
Changed Lives The awesome thing about our mission at AWA is that we don’t only save lives through our medevac flights in remote areas of the globe; we also save lives through the ministry of angel flights here in the United States. These flights aren’t solely physical in nature, whether overseas or at headquarters, [...]
Have you ever felt overwhelmed? I can almost hear a “yes, of course!” A few days ago I woke up with that uncomfortable feeling, and I knew I had to start the day. of course; but with heaviness in my heart. “Father, I thought, I just don’t know how I am going to navigate [...]
The Pew For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them. -Matthew 18:20, ESV As young people, both Ray and I sat in our comfy padded pews in church watching in wonder the presentation of "Mission Spotlight" with stories of missionaries in far away places. Now, years later [...]
The Great Need We are at home in Kentucky as I write this report. We’re fresh from our three month pre-deployment trip. When I first heard our family would be in Nicaragua for three months, I was somewhat surprised. I thought it was kind of long for a survey trip. But as I spent [...]
Rainbow Season I got to thinking that in Alaska we haven’t seen a rainbow for about 8 or 9 months. But now is the season for warm temperatures, sunny skies, and rain clouds with rainbows. Every spring from early April to early June Alaskan’s are on edge about flooding along rivers and in low [...]
Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. Every now and then someone comes to the AWA mission base that warms our hearts a little bit extra! Mr. Dennis (Pinel) Ortez is one such man... Click to continue reading Visit Donate [...]
The scheduled video conference call with the engineer soon happened and honestly, I didn’t expect much; but to our delight (Pastor Ric was on the call too), the engineer stumbled onto a simplistic answer that made everything come to light. The radio was not properly matched to the CDI readout, causing them to be so [...]
Our goal for more than ten years has been to reestablish an Adventist presence in the Inupiat Village of Ambler. The first Adventists to pioneer a work here were John and Naomi Topkok in the late 1960s. Their efforts there spanned more than 30 years. They had obtained two townsite house lots; one for their [...]
Do you ever feel like you can only see as far ahead as the day you are living in even though you know there is so much more to do than can be accomplished in many days? We have been feeling that way as we juggle home, school, church, work, and training responsibilities. I am [...]
We had a visit from an inspector that works for the aviation administration here in Nicaragua. It’s been a struggle to get traction with permission to fly the AWA plane here in Nicaragua. Some changes had taken place since the last time permission to fly had been sought. Mainly, renewal of this permission needs to [...]
