{"id":260,"date":"2010-05-20T14:31:36","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T06:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chuck-shannon-talbot\/2010\/05\/20\/helicopter-update\/"},"modified":"2010-05-20T14:43:14","modified_gmt":"2010-05-20T06:43:14","slug":"helicopter-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chuck-shannon-talbot\/2010\/05\/20\/helicopter-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Helicopter Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"taking<\/a> As many of you know, New Tribes Mission works in many areas that are remote, and access to these areas over land can be difficult and very time consuming.\u00a0 To help in speeding up this process of getting us and supplies in and out of our tribal location as missionaries, NTM has set up an aviation program to assist us.\u00a0 Such has been the case here in the Philippines as well.\u00a0 In the past NTMA (New Tribes Mission Aviation) has used various types of fixed wing aircraft on our island, flying into places with what would be considered very marginal airstrips.\u00a0 Over the course of time, the flight program here has seen it\u2019s ups and downs, and in more recent years, we have partnered with another organisation to do our flying for us, as we didn\u2019t have a flight program of our own.\u00a0 That organisation is now in the process of leaving the Philippines and therefore NTMA is needing to once again set up it\u2019s own program to assist us here.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\"44ravenii2[1]\"<\/a> As we have considered the options before us as a missionary organisation, it was realised that continuing with small airplanes on dangerous, often mountainous airstrips was not the best choice.\u00a0 Using a helicopter to move us and our cargo is much safer and a cost effective method.\u00a0 Praise the Lord, He has gone before us as a mission and has provided just the right helicopter (similar to the one in this picture) for NTMA to use here.\u00a0 Most of the funds have been provided, and we are hoping that soon the helicopter will shipped from the U.S. to here.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here are some areas to be thanking the Lord and praying with us about as we prepare for the arrival of the helicopter:<\/p>\n

1. A hanger and other facilities have been made available by another Christian organisation to NTM to use as a flight\u00a0center in a city centrally located to several of the tribal works on our island.\u00a0 Our pilot is now here, getting settled with his family, and he and several other men are preparing the flight center\/hangar to be ready to start operations when the helicopter arrives.<\/p>\n

\"site<\/a> 2. The pilot has been into our village to look at possible landing sites.\u00a0 He is in the process of getting all his legal paperwork done so he can fly here.\u00a0 In a developing country such as this, it can be a time consuming and costly process.\u00a0 Pray for integrity and smoothness for all aspects of this process involved.\u00a0<\/p>\n

3. Most of the money needed to purchase and ship the helicopter has been provided.\u00a0 NTM still needs $60,000 to cover the rest of the costs in getting it here in country.\u00a0 From there, there will be additional expenses related to customs, etc. and getting the helicopter up to the flight\u00a0center where it will be assembled and tested before it can start flying into our tribal stations.\u00a0 NTM Philippines has a small airplane that was formerly used here, but needs to be sold.\u00a0 The proceeds of this sale would cover the cost of most of what is left to get the helicopter here in country.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"IMG_3158\"<\/a> What does this mean for us as we are getting set up in our tribal work?\u00a0 It will save us a huge amount of time and effort as currently we have to hike into our village, and use carabao with sleds to haul our supplies over the muddy trails.\u00a0 With the helicopter, at least 2 days of organising and preparation, along with traveling, would be reduced to a 15 minute flight.\u00a0 From a minimum 2 day process to 15 minutes!\u00a0 That adds up to a lot time taken away from learning the language of the Ga\u2019dang people and teaching them God\u2019s Word.\u00a0 It will also provide a much safer way for us to travel in and out of the tribe, and will be readily available to us to call on in the event of an emergency (as emergencies to happen, especially with 6 children!).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Please pray with us as we seek the Lord to finish providing what is needed to enable us to most effectively serve Him and take the Gospel message to the Ga\u2019dang people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As many of you know, New Tribes Mission works in many areas that are remote, and access to these areas over land can be difficult and very time consuming.\u00a0 To help in speeding up this process of getting us and supplies in and out of our tribal location as missionaries, NTM has set up an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3375,3376],"tags":[1684],"class_list":{"0":"post-260","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-ministry","7":"category-news-article","8":"category-prayer-request","9":"tag-helicopter","10":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chuck-shannon-talbot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chuck-shannon-talbot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chuck-shannon-talbot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chuck-shannon-talbot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chuck-shannon-talbot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chuck-shannon-talbot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chuck-shannon-talbot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chuck-shannon-talbot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chuck-shannon-talbot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}