Bruce and I have moved many times in our life. This time, it is different. How can we say goodbye to a community or a village we have been a part of for over four years? We have made this community in Guyana our home. The people have become our friends, our neighbors, and [...]
The last five weeks have been a whirlwind, but we know God is in control. Our original plan was to complete our AWA commitment which ends on May 31, 2020. Then on June 21, 2019, Ric Swaningson, AWA’s president, asked Bruce to take on the AWA Philippines Project, and Monique to remain as the [...]
Greetings from the Wilkerson family! We would like to share some stories about our travels and our AWA Guyana Project. Recently, we had the wonderful blessing to attend the 88th birthday celebration of Monique’s father in the Philippines. It has been over ten years since my last visit to the Philippines. I cherished the [...]
Monique teaching the VBS Class Greetings from the Wilkerson family! We would like to share what a day off work from the AWA Guyana Project looks like for us and how it helped open even more doors for Christ! Some people’s idea of rest and relaxation (R&R) is a little different from [...]
Greetings from the Wilkerson family! We would like to share the following story from our AWA Guyana Project. For four days, we hosted a series of special worship services commiserating the last days leading to the resurrection of Jesus from the tomb. Our desire was to draw our worship center family closer to Jesus, [...]
Greetings from the Wilkerson family! We would like to share some thoughts from our AWA Guyana Project. When Bruce and I first accepted the call to mission work with AWA, after the initial joy of fulfilling my childhood dream of being a missionary, it dawned on me—what will I do? I am not a [...]
Dear Family and Friends, We can hardly believe January 2019 has ended. It was a busy month! First, the annual inspections on our two Cessna aircraft began on January 15. Nik Nagy, who is AWA’s Director of Maintenance, and Tom Meighan, who is AWA’s Volunteer A&P, traveled to Mabaruma, Guyana for 10 days to [...]
Dear Family and Friends, We write this newsletter to you on Christmas Day, 2018, a day we could relax and smell the roses. December has been a busy month with several activities at our AWA Learning Center (Worship Center). First, we want to thank all of you that contributed to this year’s projects. We [...]
Dear Family and Friends, Thank you to all of you who have prayed for Bruce’s instrument rating completion. Although Bruce completed all instrument rating requirements, his educational benefits have been depleted. A blessing occurred however, when a local Tullahoma aviator was in the process of moving to Southern Kentucky and could not initially take his [...]
The result of over 10 years of effort and patience... exciting! It's amazing to see the progress made on the Guyana Hangar! A huge thank you to the volunteers, workers and supporters who are making the completion of the Hangar a reality! More pictures to come... Updated: June 2018 Visit [...]
