Being a missionary is a profession in which you should know a little bit of everything. We called it “a jack of all trades - master of none.” You know how to do many different things, but you’re not an expect in any one particular thing. I graduated with a Bachelor of Theology because I [...]
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 [...]
The village of Birch Creek is approximately 90 nautical miles north of Fairbanks and about 20 miles south of the Yukon River. It is a small village of just less than thirty inhabitants. For over 100 years it has been considered an Episcopal strong-hold. Until about ten years ago when, due to budget short-falls [...]
Mandy and Jewel, our youth at the Worship Center, have stepped up to the plate since the departure of the Wilkersons. They now serve as secretary and treasurer for the small congregation in Hobo Hill. Mandy and Jewel have assisted the AWA team in many outreach activities; visiting the sick in the local hospital, conducting [...]
The Sagpangan Church is attended by many children of various ages. The number attending Sabbath School and church service vary from 8 to 55. Many enjoy coming because of the wonderful arts and crafts, learning and reciting Bible memory verses, listening to Bible stories and the joyful singing. Children of all ages love attending Sabbath [...]
Overwhelming. We face massive obstacles with the conversion of our AWA land and airstrip in Palawan. There are a multitude of systemic issues brought about by the many layers of governmental rules and processes (aka red tape) as well as years of turnovers which meant the momentum and in some cases the knowledge to convert [...]
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 [...]
We were awakened by our dogs barking furiously and they kept barking all night! When we woke up the following morning, with bags under our eyes, we investigated the matter. Right behind our garden were the traces of the neighbor’s large sow pig. She had spent the night rooting near our cassava plants and [...]
Pictured is the open pit of the Fort Knox gold mine just 20 miles northeast of Fairbanks Alaska. This mine which operates 24/365 processes 45,000 tons of material per day in its mill. As of the fall of 2019, it had produced 8 million ounces of gold in the 20 years of its service life! [...]
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 [...]
