I recently read an article on James Edson White (the son of one of the Adventist pioneers) on how he brought the gospel to African Americans in the South. Edson and a man named William O. Palmer had designed a paddle wheel steamboat called the Morning Star. It was going to be an education [...]
Until you spread your wings, you’ll have no idea how far you can fly.” — Napoleon Bonaparte - A few of you have written to congratulate us on our new positions. We want to reassure you that we are still a part of Canada. Our location has changed, but we will be back periodically to [...]
Another year begins, by God’s grace, renewing our call to serve and bring the gospel to every soul and home in the communities where we are living in Mabaruma, Guyana. We just returned to Mabaruma with a large wooden box full of donations, including clothes, children’s shoes, slippers, and evangelistic materials. Continue reading [...]
Dateline: Fairbanks, Alaska. Today was forecasted to achieve about 24 degrees Fahrenheit. This is a huge change over the last week when temps as low as -70 were reported in the area. This current temp is approximately 75 degrees warmer than we had just a week ago. Now that possible daylight has increased to [...]
We at AWA welcome Ronie Fiedacan to the team. We first met Sir Ronie on one of our many trips to visit the project. Christine Cayetano, the Philippines Project accountant for over 18 years, recommended he join AWA. Recently, on a business trip in the US, he took the time to travel to the AWA [...]
“Uhg! It’s so hot! It’s too hot to get anything done!” and so was the understanding while in the Philippines. The heat was quite stifling, and early morning work had to be done before the sun rose high into the sky. Any time from 5 am to about noon (1 pm was really pushing [...]
Ray and I met Erikca while visiting La Tronquera, Nicaragua. She lives in the Miskito community where the Nicaraguan Project is located. Erikca is a vibrant, young person who attended the local SDA community church. At a young age, she set her sights on higher education beyond the small community school she attended... Continue [...]
There is certainly a lot of tension with a potential Venezuelan invasion over the claimed territory of Guyana. However, the AWA goals for Mabaruma with mission work, saving souls, and redeeming the lost are the same. It’s been an amazing, remarkable year, and we couldn’t be more grateful for the numerous blessings we have [...]
As we leave the past year of 2023, we are excited to share that the plane in the Philippines has flown over 46 medevac flights from the airstrip in Sagpangan, under the direction of Jed and Sherylnn, since May 2023. Recently, a two-week trip was made by Kyle and Rebecca Stevenson, along with Steven [...]
After all that 2023 had to offer, changes, growth, additions to the fleet, and blossoming hopes of interesting avenues, there are many things we look forward to this new year. There are also plenty of things that will need our attention this year where aircraft maintenance is concerned. Planes in the field within US [...]
