Just because it’s cold or cloudy outside doesn’t mean the work stops on AWA planes. During a rare sunny day this winter, Ray and I drove the 8 hour return trip from Kelowna to Lillooet with the goal for Ray to fly the Cessna 172 to Oliver. Because it is parked outside all year round, [...]
And when you tell me that the wise men offered their gifts and bowed low, make certain that you invite me to “fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water... Click to continue reading [...]
An amphibious aircraft or amphibian is an aircraft that can take off on both land and water. This type of aircraft is equipped with retractable wheels. After takeoff from a hard surface the pilot retracts the wheels to get a bit more speed. An occasional problem with amphibians is with ensuring the wheels are in [...]
Ontario Conference Dedicates Long-awaited Cessna 185 for Mission to Northwestern Ontario This Thanksgiving, Ontario Conference has a lot to be thankful for despite a challenging 2020. One of our biggest blessings is that the Cessna 185 aircraft we obtained in 2017, in collaboration with Adventist World Aviation (AWA), is now ready for use. [...]
We have always been told that the trip across the Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba prairie provinces is a long path to drive. It is! God has created an amazing country for us to visually enjoy and we were blessed every kilometer (mile) of the drive. On the first part of the journey we met Brian [...]
A Missionaries Plea I watch them each day with their deep set eyes Looking to me for answers... Not understanding what is gnawing from within. I want to tell them, this is not how life should be, But they wouldn’t understand, they know no other way. They accept... I want to give them comfort, warmth, [...]
During my stay at the base in Aborlan Palawan in the Philippines, we walked into the community daily to distribute clothing and hand out the publication of “Our Little Friends”** to the community children. The joy on each unique face on being given a magazine with pictures to look at and activity lessons to [...]
Would you jump out of a perfectly good airplane? I did! After receiving my private and commercial pilots licenses in Salmon Arm, British Columbia, my desire was to serve in mission aviation. I needed more flying experience so I took a flying job with the local skydiving club. Along with that decision came the need [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
