Welcome! We are the Pruetts and we are so glad you’re here! Let us introduce ourselves…
This is us…Brian and Bailey. We met in California where we, as little kids, attended the same church. Eventually, Brian grew up and left home for Moody Aviation in order to become a missionary pilot. Likewise, Bailey left home for Columbia International University, also with the goal of becoming a missionary one day.
As God would have it, He brought us together and we are so thankful He did! He has given us three beautiful children, Maycie, Dylan and Cole, to walk together with through this crazy life.
In short, we want to go wherever He takes us!
In 2008, upon finishing our training, that “wherever” was the Philippines. Oh, how we loved our life there! Nothing beats watching God change the lives of those who are hearing the name of Jesus for the first time! We spent twelve beautiful years helping Ethnos360’s most remote church planting efforts using airplanes and helicopters. We were part of the team that enabled missionaries to continue with teaching, translating, and discipling of new believers.
Twelve years later, the next “wherever” was McNeal, Arizona. In 2020 we were asked to fill a need at Ethnos360 Aviation’s home office. The need was for an International Chief Helicopter Pilot and Instructor. Brian would train all of our pilots preparing to go overseas and provide leadership for our helicopter programs around the World. We saw this as an opportunity to use the gifts and experiences God had given us overseas to train the next generation of missionary pilot families.
We’ve been here for almost 5 years now and there’s a lot going on!
We will try to post stories here of our comings and goings and how you can be praying for us and our fellow missionaries. Until we get some new stories up, go back and check out what our ministry was like in the Philippines! Or read about what happened when the helicopter finally made it to our region!