Brian and Bailey Pruett

The Barrier Crusher

January 27, 2019

A few years ago, when the new helicopter program was just starting, we never dreamed how much it would impact the work here. It has changed things in the greatest ways possible. We only thought we were reaching the farthest, hardest to reach places with the airplane, when the reality is, there are even farther places […]

Maayong Pasko! Merry Christmas from the the Pruetts!

December 21, 2018

As it is for most people, this is a very fun and busy time of year. We’ve had visitors coming through fairly steadily, which has been a huge encouragement to our whole family. Our partners left for a home assignment last June and so we’ve had a very small team in town to work with […]

August 21, 2018

A large percentage of our flying is for patients requiring medical attention that they cannot get in their village. Many of our missionaries set up clinics in the early stages of language and culture learning. These clinics can treat the majority of ailments because most of them are caused by poor drinking water sources and unsanitary living conditions. However, […]

R66 Checkout

April 30, 2018

After spending 7 weeks in the USA for both flight and maintenance training with the Robinson R66 helicopter we are back in the Philippines working with our team to get the R66 up and running in our region. It is going really well so far and it is already clear that the extra payload and passenger capacity […]

MORE TRAINING NEXT WEEK

February 14, 2018

We just wanted to write a quick little update on our plans so that you’re not surprised if you see us in CA in the coming days/weeks. The five of us are hopping on a plane tomorrow evening, headed for the U.S.A! Brian is required to have about 4 weeks of training at our training […]

THANKS FOR CONTINUING TO PRAY FOR OUR VEHICLE SITUATION

May 15, 2016

We want to say a HUGE thank you for praying for our vehicle woes. Brian did some math yesterday and realized that our car has driven an average of about 24 hours/week for the past 6 weeks, and we’re still keeping that pace! When we asked you to pray about this, it seemed nothing could […]

A LOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR

May 15, 2016

As crazy as the past few months have been, I can’t even begin to describe how exciting it all has been at the same time. There have been some major ups and downs and, while it continues this way, progress is being made and some really cool things are happening! Here are just a couple […]

What It’s All About

April 27, 2016

In the midst of the excitement and work of getting the helicopter registered and airworthy, we’re also trying to support our missionaries who are in their mountain locations until the helicopter is online. Historically we have had a full-time missionary here who has handled the enormous job of compiling missionaries’ supply orders (usually via […]

Ready to Fly…Almost

April 22, 2016

We had a great week assembling the helicopter and it is now completely ready for it’s test flights. We assembled it and then performed an annual inspection which included running it on the ground and balancing the rotors. It’s running beautifully and is all ready to fly for the final balancing and testing. Our USA […]

It’s Finally Here!

April 16, 2016

Oh happy day! The helicopter is not only here in the Philippines, but now it is HERE – tucked away in the corner of a friend’s hangar as it waits for Josh and Brian to finish assembling it. It’s been a long week of waiting. We arrived in the city last Sunday to make sure […]