Missionary newsletters
We have waited SO many years for a plane, and we just took one giant step to being closer to that being a reality! A team of aircraft mechanics and pilots came from the States to assemble the plane that has waited so patiently in the container after being shipped over the ocean to our [...]
Taking Inventory. For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. —Philippians 2:13 Ray and I enjoy living in such a gorgeous lake region. Rocks and trees and water abound. The drive through the Okanagan Valley from the AWA Canada office in Kelowna to the [...]
Jennilyn works at our Aborlan bakery. She left behind her daughters of 8 and 2 years with her husband in Mindanao for work that provides a little means for living. Unbeknown to her when she left her distant island, the job at the bakery is practically non-stop 24 hours, 7 days a week. She [...]
Greetings from AWA Headquarters! Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17 What extraordinary times we will live in. What extraordinary opportunities we have to continue God’s work in new and creative ways. People are searching right [...]
The good news last week here was that the Cessna 172 XP repaired/overhauled engine is now back on the airplane. This airplane experienced a rather catastrophic alternator drive failure while on a training flight last August. Although the oil pump drive was sheared the engine did not seize, and the pilot landed at the Palmer, [...]
Grisela is a bright-eyed young girl about nine-years old. She is of the Warao tribe from Venezuela who crossed the river and migrated to Guyana. Monique and I met her during our visit to the Warao Camp in Khan’s Hill. Immediately, she stood out. She followed Monique everywhere she went. She learned the songs taught [...]
The times are changing and we evolve as well. I’m glad to know that our God remains the same in a changing world. The hope we have is in the Lord Jesus Christ and His soon coming. Plans we had here at the AWA mission have been postponed to times when normalcy can be felt [...]
Covid-19. It seems that is all you see on the news and hear in conversations. Even here, on our small island, we have been hugely affected. We have been quarantined to our property. This is a problem to get food. Usually, on Sundays, the farmers and fishermen come in from all over to sell their [...]
Hello everyone, I hope this letter finds everyone in good health and in good spirits. My... how the world can change in a month! We have seen the Covid-19 virus make our whole world put the brakes on life. Some places have been affected more than others, but it has affected just about everyone on [...]
The promise of restoration,“I will restore you to health and heal your wounds, declares the Lord,” Jeremiah 30:17, is a repeated theme throughout the Bible. It offers hope when all else seems to contradict it. All the stress and pain that Covid-19, social distancing and isolation has inflicted on the world, make these promises that [...]
