![\"Mobile](\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/imie-mark\/files\/2016\/01\/Mobile-Imie-III-600x338.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
Early November saw one of those boxes hand carried across the ocean to PNG where their 1st<\/sup> Kodiak was undergoing its government inspection and certification for service after importation.\u00a0 Paul Wilson* was passed the baton, er\u2026checklist, and did the honors of installing it in the plane.<\/p>\n December saw the aircraft take flight for the first time in PNG, proving itself to the national authorities and gaining authorization to officially begin service with NTMA PNG.\u00a0 On Dec 1 the Kodiak took to the skies with its first missionary passengers and cargo aboard and in just its first few days of service it had already transported over 20 missionaries and hauled more than 2,500 lbs of cargo to 7 different locations.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s something I find amazing\u2026through SPC\u2019s support of our ministry as well as that of the Wilson family, one simple, tiny box was built and installed on a (relatively) huge, million-dollar, state of the art mission aircraft.\u00a0 While easily overlooked, that tiny little box has already played (and will continue to do so in the years ahead) a huge role in the safety of every flight.\u00a0 Every single<\/em> takeoff and landing those switches are flipped.\u00a0 That means every single<\/em> takeoff and landing, whether it\u2019s a pilot training locally who goes home safely to his family at night, or missionaries getting safely into remote & unreached tribes, or even Bibles being safely delivered to a people in their heart language, every flight will be that much safer as critical tasks are accomplished at the right time and in the right order.<\/p>\n So there you go, one small example of how the Lord can use a mission minded family and a mission minded church to impact countless lives we may never meet, all for the sake of reaching tribes and changing lives.\u00a0 How about your family or your church body?\u00a0 What can you do in this new year to participate in the Lord\u2019s work of redeeming His creation and making His name famous among the nations?<\/p>\n![\"Paul](\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/imie-mark\/files\/2016\/01\/Paul-Installing-c-225x300.jpg\")
*Awesome fact<\/em>:\u00a0 it was through Paul and Andrea<\/a>, also commissioned by South Potomac Church<\/a> (SPC), that we were introduced to NTM.\u00a0 We had the privilege of serving them while members of SPC\u2019s missions team and we look forward now to (Lord willing) serving alongside them in PNG before the end of 2016.<\/p>\n
\n