Dear Family and Friends, If there is one word to describe the Pathfinder Airplane (N81708), it would have to be “Teamwork”! At Oshkosh in 1999, the Pathfinders helped to raise money, and helped work to get the yellow plane ready for its first service in the jungle of Guyana, South America... Click to read [...]
When it rains, it pours, but when the rains stop in the dry season, they STOP. We can go months and months and never see a drop of rain. Once-rushing streams dry up. Green grasses, so lush and full of life turn brown and crispy, inedible to livestock. The earth dries up, it is [...]
Training is key for survival in harsh conditions. That is why Linda and I take advantage of what training we can for living in this area. Recently, FEMA had a special training event for Disaster Mass Care operations. It was held in Palmer, Alaska, which is North East of Anchorage and is part of [...]
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 [...]
In Alaska, at these high latitudes, summer is short, beautiful, and intensive. In what is called “the interior” of the state at our base in Fairbanks Alaska, this summer has been exceedingly warm and sunny with high temperatures in the 70s, and a few days reaching into the low 80s. The significant downside has [...]
The sounds of carpentry drifted through the trees, mingling with Tagalog voices. The voices were sounds of men quickly working together to put the roof on the new church. The departure of Laura and the LaBore children was coming the following week, and we wanted very much to have the roof completed before they [...]
Greetings from the Espinosa family! We would like to a story from our AWA Philippines – Palawan Project! The people here on the island of Palawan form a tightly knit community. Their huts are arranged closely and many are not just neighbors, but related to one another. The children all play together and there [...]
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 [...]
