Category: Ministry

One Step Closer to Flight

One Step Closer to Flight

Last weekend Brian drove with a truck full of tools and construction supplies to the tribe where our airplane is still tied down and guarded. It has sat in the jungle for over a month. He arrived just as it was getting dark and hiked down to the village in the rain on a slippery […]
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Leatherman Kidney Stone Removal Tool

Leatherman Kidney Stone Removal Tool

There I was in McDonald’s eating an early breakfast with Trevor, one of the NTM missionaries we serve here in the Philippines. I met up with Trevor in a Northern town and we spent the night in a hotel. We wanted to get an early start on the drive to his tribe because the road […]
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Survival Mode

Survival Mode

It doesn’t take long to notice that we’ve been silent for about three months. We apologize. This would have been a very fun and interesting time to be sharing all the exciting things going on in our ministry, but after Dylan came home from the hospital we entered “survival mode.” On top of our normal, […]
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Landcruising

Landcruising

After our incident and subsequent bent propeller, we had a major sprint to try and do with our truck what we normally do with the airplane. The missionaries we fly for depend on the airplane for all their groceries, ministry supplies, transportation, and emergency needs. When it was clear that the airplane would be grounded […]
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A Little Incident

A Little Incident

We have been working at full throttle the last few months in the flight program on Mindanao. We have been really excited to see first hand the work the Lord is doing among tribal people here in all our locations and how their love for the Lord compels them to reach out to neighboring tribes. […]
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Meeting New Believers

Meeting New Believers

On a fairly routine flight into the Tala-Andig tribe I noticed that there were an abnormal number of tribal people standing around the plane. It is routine that by the time I land and shut the airplane down there will be 20-30 tribal people all standing around watching and discussing my every move. On this […]
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First Flight as a Missionary Pilot

First Flight as a Missionary Pilot

When I was a three year old (or thereabouts) I still remember sitting in an airplane at the SIL mission center in Mindanao and hearing its big engines roar and the Aero Commander start to roll down the grass airstrip. I couldn’t contain my excitement and yelled out, “Weee!” My parents still laugh about that […]
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Dealing with Weather

Dealing with Weather

Yesterday I soloed on the last airstrip  that we are currently using. It feels so good to be at this point, but I am realizing quickly that I find landing and taking off to be the easiest part. In fact, I feel a sense of relief when I circle to land at any of these […]
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Generation Gap is Bridged

Generation Gap is Bridged

Thank you so much for all your prayers regarding our current blackout situation. The blackouts continue their schedule every single day for about 3 1/2 hours and often longer and more frequently than that. However, we are now looking forward to having our own generator – thanks to the generous help of many of our […]
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Licensed to Fly

Licensed to Fly

Brian received his license in the mail this week and was able to resume his checkout. The flight we did this week was to a tribal location where the missionaries are not currently living because they are all on furlough. We flew in to check on the condition of their hydro-electric power system and to […]
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