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Brian Can Fly Again

February 28, 2010

A couple weeks ago I went to Luzon to get our Cessna 180 ready to sell. I flew with our chief pilot, Garry, to Manila and we took a taxi from the airport terminal straight to the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) headquarters with high hopes of getting a pile of paperwork processed […]

A Big Push. A Big Reward

February 28, 2010

We are finding that we are part of a life that comes in cycles. We go through slower times and then we go through crazy times. This is the tail end (we think) of one of the crazy times. Thanks for praying for us over these past two weeks. There was an 8 day stretch […]

Cessna for Sale

February 15, 2010

In January our first helicopter pilot arrived here in the Philippines to set up shop on Luzon and to get the helicopter program started. It was also last month that we learned that the SIL flight program on Luzon, which has been covering for us until we get a helicopter program started, will be leaving […]

Just a Side Bar

January 14, 2010

We rely very heavily on email these days to help you stay in-touch and involved in our ministry. Because of this we have added a side bar, “Join the List,” to our website to help us stay in touch. Would you take a minute to fill in the blanks to make sure we have your latest […]

Brian is Soon to Fly Again

January 14, 2010

This week we have been in Manila so that Brian can begin the process of getting his Philippine pilot’s license and begin his checkout process on Mindanao. It is a long, drawn-out process and we would appreciate your prayers as we work through the paperwork, travel and flying required for him to get his license. […]

Our First Kodiak Delivered!

January 14, 2010

It’s not really about a plane … by Ian Fallis The Kodiak is really just a big hunk of metal. As cool as the Quest Kodiak airplane is – and it really is a cool plane – it’s little more than a bunch of aluminum with an engine stuck on the end. What’s really great about […]

Announcing the New Flight Program

January 2, 2010

We are preparing for our annual conference and this year when we make our report we have some exciting news to share. We are officially announcing to all our missionaries that they can now schedule flights with NTMA on Mindanao. What a big provision from the Lord that we have reached our first of many […]

It’s a Boy

January 2, 2010

We came to Manila a couple of days before our field’s annual conference so we could experience New Year’s Eve in Manila with Bailey’s parents. We also wanted to take advantage of the high quality medical and ultrasound equipment in Manila, so we had an ultrasound done and found out we are having a baby […]

New Year in Manila

January 2, 2010

I Don’t know how to describe the celebration here, but this video might help. Make sure your sound is turned on to grasp the sheer quantity of explosions that welcomed the new year. Many superstitions surround the coming of the new year, and fireworks and noise are believed to keep the bad spirits away so […]

Flying to Set Up a New Program

November 12, 2009

For the last few weeks Brian and the other NTMA guys here have been working hard to get one of our Cessna 185s, "405", ready for service in a new flight program in the Southern Philippines. As I write this, 405 is enroute to its new home where it will once again carry New Tribes Missionaries to and from their tribal works. It has not flown in a missionary capacity since 2003 so this is an exciting day for us. Many pilot/mechanic teams have had a hand in getting the plane ready for this flight, and it was great to join that effort.