Truck Drivers

As Missionary pilots, we somtimes feel like truck drivers. We are never around long enough to see what really happens to the stuff or people we drop off at all the airstrips we visit each day. I was flying for many years in a very remote area of Indonesia called the Birds Head back in the 80's serving the missionaries that were trying to reach and then to translate the Bible into their own language. There were other MAF pilots that had come before me that were serving the same missionaries in that area and other pilots after me. This is now 2009 and the first Bibles have been delivered to the Hatam people in that area. How many years, miles flown,hours of translation went into making this happen. Think of it - people for the first time in their lives - to have the Bible in their own language ! To see Gods Word,read it,understand it within their own culture and language for the first time. All of the pilots and missionaries working together for all of those years and now we see the fruit of it all. This is just a small picture of what we will see in heaven someday. We have no idea of the lives that have been changed through Christ and those that have been changed because - hey, we are just truck drivers - right?

Next Trip

Capt Hook is off again ! Arriving in Dallas on Oct 28th and driving to Longview Texas, home of LeTourneau University for their Career Day on Thur Oct 29th. Come and check out our MAF Booth and pick up lots of MAF info on becoming a Missionary Pilot ! As always I will have my Take Off and Landings video going. Yes, these are REAL airstrips. LETU new Aviation building is finished (located at the airport) and will get to take the Tour ! We also mourn the loss of LETU student Ron Royce this past week. A man that gave his life to prepare new Missionary Pilots at Moody Aviation. Heaven will be full of his many students someday ! We will miss him and his great knowledge of aviation. OK Looking forward to seeing many of you in texas, OK and Kansas next week !!!