Come fly with us!!!
Here are some pictures from recent passengers...
all VERY HAPPY with their experience on board!
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Through the generosity of so many of you...
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HENRICA has an AWESOME set of TOOLS!!!
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| Thank you THINGS ABOVE PROJECT Board Chair, Tim B. for the delivery!!! He drove all the way from York, PA to Henrica's school in Virginia, Blue Ridge Community College  |
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This past week, our aviation services were called into action for a medical evacuation. A small baby was born missing the connection between mouth and stomach. Without surgery, she will not be able to eat.
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| The condition is called Esophageal Atresia. |
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| Loading up into our Cessna at the airport |
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| Captain Rob with family members and Doctor Josie S. providing in-flight care |
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aka. The Lord's Love in the Louetsi!!!
Just prior to departing for our spiritual direction training and retreat in France, I was asked to officiate a baptism in the Louetsi River, just below the falls and the hydro-electric plant (originally built by missionaries!).
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| Those being baptized were from the group of international worker families at the mission station. |
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| After our time of singing in prayer, we headed into the chilly (but refreshing!) waters of the Louetsi. |
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| As the group gathered proclaimed "DEAD TO SIN!", the baptisms started. As the "baptizand" was raised out of the water they shouted "ALIVE IN CHRIST!" |
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| The service was finishing, BUT WAIT! Moved by the Holy Spirit, a visitor from the US stated his desire to be baptized! After some words of testimony affirming his decision, it was back in the river! |
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| In Gabon, I enjoy all that I do, but have rarely been able to do much pastoral work as I have in the past. I miss this aspect of my equipping and love when I have the opportunity. |
It has been some time since our last extended spiritual retreat and much has happened. We ask for your prayers in this time as we seek to relax, refresh, and refocus. We sense the Lord stirring in our hearts for some course adjustments that lie ahead and anticipate more clarity from the Spirit.
Thank you so much for these prayers, now and over the many years! We are on year TWENTY of being connected to ministry in Gabon in one form or another. WOW!
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Bongolo Hospital is our primary point of service with the aviation operations for the Alliance churches in Gabon. There are many ways that this hospital is supported and one growing source of support is from Christian Health Service Corps! Not long ago, their CEO, Greg, visited and produced this video where Doctors Josie and David Skavdahl gave a tour. Enjoy!!!
Normally, when you think of airplanes,
"Bending Metal" is not a happy term,
but in Henrica's case...
She's been doing a lot of it in her
aircraft sheet metal course!
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| She was given technical plans, tools, some sheets of aircraft aluminum, and, after instruction, she was on her way to fabricating a sample of an aircraft control surface! |
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| Her classroom in the aircraft hangars of Blue Ridge Community College located at the Shenandoah Regional Airport in Virginia. |
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| VOILA! |
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| Henrica's skills are blossoming! Thank you for your support that keeps our program thriving and supporting efforts like our aviation internship. We can't do it without your teamwork. |
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| After an Annual Inspection with our visiting friend, Dan, our Cessna 207 is back, hard at work! In terms of flight hours, 2024 was our SECOND busiest since starting the service in 2009! |
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| 257 passengers got to their destinations and over 16,000 pounds of cargo was delivered! |
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| Our most popular route, hands down, continues to be linking the Bongolo Hospital with the capital city of Libreville |
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| A regular part of our regimen is pilot recurrency training. Above is the flight tracking route for one such training event over the skies of Bongolo. |
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| Your support of these efforts results in people having a tangible encounter with Jesus, the one true HOPE for the world. Here is a scene from one of the waiting areas at Bongolo- raised hands indicating decisions to follow Jesus! |
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| Your support also helps in the training programs at Bongolo! Here are the newest graduates of the nursing assistant program, with our boss, Pastor Serge B., in the middle. Other training programs- Adult Medicine, Aviation, Surgery, Ophthalmology, Anesthesiology, and more! |
This is why we press on, with your partnership!
Thank you for joining us for this adventure!
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We don't live in the US, but we have heard rumblings...
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| (L to R): Joe, Alace, Henrica, Sam, Steve, Gram, John & Megan |
We were so thankful to be able to spend Christmas and New Year's
with family. My sister has a beach house in NC which gave us
a great setting for enjoying one another.
Joe (in the back): Works in I.T. security in Chicago; active in his Alliance church and community group
Megan (on the right): Freelance content writer- staying busy with a growing client list!
John (Meg's hubby pictured above): Now working with a boutique soccer agency! A dream job!
Henrica (middle): She has become like family! My children have known her since 2008!
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| Sam had time, before getting back to Taiwan, to go with Alace and I to Pennsylvania and visit my (Steve's) father (93 years old!). |
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| Sunrise on 2025! We send you our love! "Cheers" to a Wonderful New Year! |
