US Missionaries
Deyvid Batista Deyvid Batista is our President. Deyvid is an ordained Seventh-day Adventist Minister who has served the church in the South England Conference within the British Union Conference from 2010 prior to joining Adventist World Aviation in November 2022. He has served a number of churches in the United Kingdom. Pastor Batista is [...]
Pilot/Mechanic and Mission Family The Fix family joined AWA in January 2015 as missionary trainees. Yosiday and Josh were a young couple with no children, no aviation certifications, but with a desire to serve God. They had met at Wildwood College of Health Evangelism and through their time there a desire was grown to [...]
Thomas Hinrichs Thomas Hinrichs Comptroller — Wilson, NC Joined AWA: 2016 Thomas Hinrichs serves as AWA’s Comptroller, managing the organization’s financial operations and ensuring that every dollar entrusted to AWA is used effectively to support the mission. Thomas first became connected with AWA in 2016 while working at a Florida CPA firm owned [...]
Jarrett Moss Jarrett Moss Chief Pilot — Headquarters, Wilson, NCJoined AWA: November 2024 Jarrett Moss serves as Chief Pilot for Adventist World Aviation at our headquarters in Wilson, North Carolina. He joined AWA in November 2024, inspired by the organization’s mission and deeply moved by the life-changing work being done around the world through [...]
Damion Countrymen Damion Countryman is a missionary pilot and aircraft mechanic in training, headquartered in Wilson, North Carolina. From a young age, Damion has felt a strong calling to serve as a missionary pilot, combining his passion for aviation with his desire to serve God. He is a commercial, instrument-rated single-engine aircraft pilot [...]
Angelwings Flights David visiting his aging father after 2 years of separation due to covid and other health challenges. Melanie is a cancer survivor due to our flights Butch is a veteran we relocated to live with his daughter, just before he unexpectedly died [...]
Mayfield Kentucky Tornado 2021 W4H
