Greetings from the Espinosa family! We would like to share exciting news from our AWA Philippines – Palawan Project! Christmas in July? A reality in the Philippines! It is hard to think of snow and Christmas bows while the smell of sunscreen and fresh-cut grass floats through the air. Yet, this is where Christmas [...]
Greetings from the Espinosa family! We would like to share stories about volunteers at our AWA Philippines – Palawan Project! Being short-term volunteers can be awesome! However, it takes a special person who can leave all the comforts of home to come and live in a hut. The Haddads and Gene Porter are some [...]
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 AWA Philippines Mission Base on the island of Palawan! I was just hanging out on the rack at the hardware store, along with some of my friends, when everything changed. Someone stood in front of us, trying to decide which one of us to choose. I was screaming “PICK ME! PICK [...]
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 [...]
Greetings from the Espinosa family! We would like to share exciting news from our AWA Philippines – Palawan Project! The mission base was suddenly alive with the sound of Canadian teenagers who had whipped out their travel hockey sticks and were hitting the ball around in the bumpy yard. The days had been long [...]
Greetings from the Espinosa family! We would like to share exciting news from our AWA Philippines – Palawan Project! Dust billowed up in the hot wind, and the ground trembled with the weight of the grader as it plowed its way through the grass and bush. The construction for the road had finally begun! We [...]
There's been a lot happening at the Palawan Mission Base with the progress on the new road! The geological engineer was there last week and they are starting to “mow” down the piles of rocks. They also had a controlled burn of the grass so that the diggers can see where to dig and [...]
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 [...]
A report from our AWA mission, He held his hand to his jaw, his face winced in pain. He had had a cavity for a while now, and the pain was getting worse. His cousin also had two severely decayed teeth and needed help. We decided, as a team, to take them to the [...]
