On July 9th, 2026, an urgent message was sent from our contact in Negril, Jamaica, to the Adventist World Aviation (A.W.A) flight crew about the dire need for basic resources by a family that recently lost their home to a fire. Continue reading Visit Donate Page Visit Missionary [...]

I am writing this update not from an office, but from the perspective of a volunteer pilot serving here in Jamaica in the days following Hurricane Melissa. What we are seeing from the air is difficult to fully put into words. Entire stretches of coastline and inland communities have been heavily affected. Roofs gone. [...]

Some stories cannot be told solely through numbers, statistics, or mission reports. Some stories are told through tears, embraces, and answered prayers. Continue reading Visit Donate Page Visit Missionary Page

The work of Adventist World Aviation in Jamaica has entered a moment of deep urgency and real impact. In the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, many communities remain cut off—roads are damaged, infrastructure is fragile, and access to medical care and essential supplies is critically limited. For these families, help does not arrive by land. [...]

On October 28,2025, Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica, an island in the Caribbean. Melissa was a category 5 hurricane with winds up to 160 miles per hour that decimated Jamaica, Cuba and the Bahamas. When we heard about the hurricane's aftermath, we immediately got into action. We started planning a trip to take [...]

When I was sent to Montego Bay, there was only one goal in mind. The goal was to train several pilots in our Cessna 206 and prepare them to take over the operation of moving supplies and people throughout Jamaica. I didn't realize at the time that it would become so much more than [...]