Author: Brian and Bailey Pruett

After years of hard work and prayer, our team launched a helicopter program in the Amazon. Along the way we’ve had some attrition within our team, which has felt like one step forward and two steps backward. We have been burdened for Bruno (and his family!) who has been the only pilot and mechanic in […]

Being a part of global church planting all these years has come with some pretty significant celebrations. We’ve moved missionaries into the jungle for the first time, delivering all of the materials to build and furnish their houses. We’ve taken part in celebrating the first believers in a village. We’ve witnessed elders being appointed for […]

Nearly two years ago Ethnos360 Aviation placed an order for a third helicopter for Papua New Guinea. The field has waited patiently and with eager anticipation. The demand for helicopter flights is increasing in Papua New Guinea as new missionaries move into villages where the Gospel has never been before. They rely on our pilots […]

When the kids were little and potty training in the Philippines, I remember we used to bring one of those potty training potties with us whenever we went anywhere. One of my worst nightmares was the kids having to use the bathroom when we were out and about because there just weren’t any to use…or […]

When one of the villages we work in heard the Gospel for the first time, they believed and were overjoyed! However, they had some very difficult questions to ask the Australian missionary. “How long did it take you to fly here from Australia?”   The missionary replied, “Oh, about eight hours.” “And how long ago […]

Six years. That’s how long it’s been since we left the Philippines for a short home assignment. Fully intending to return just a few months later, we packed up only a few necessities and hopped on a plane bound for the U.S. Little did we know, that would be last time we made that trip […]

As I am writing this, Maycie is baking a cake for a get-together tomorrow, the boys are out playing basketball in the dark, and Brian is packing and prepping for his first trip of the year. It’s a weird stage of life we are in…everybody doing their own thing…It takes some extra effort to make […]

Your Latest in Pruett News! Is four years too long since our last blog post? I’d love to say it was our tactic to get you to write to us personally. In truth, however, we just couldn’t keep up with it all. This is our attempt at getting back on track and providing you with […]

We’ve been in Arizona for about two months now and we are finally beginning to feel settled. We have moved into our new home, purchased furniture and appliances, built beds, purchased vehicles and stocked our refrigerator. We can eat, sleep, work, and play. Truthfully, there was a time in the beginning that it felt so […]