Update on PNG Fuel Situation
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Update on PNG Fuel Situation

We are so grateful to God that MAF PNG Management have been able to source fuel drums from a local PNG supplier again, reducing MAF's costs, which means we can remove the fuel surcharge at Easter and reduce our flying costs for the people we serve…

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Enjoying a walk…
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Enjoying a walk…

Such a beautiful sight of all the cobwebs covered in dew, as the sun rose shining on them. I couldn’t help but stop and marvel at the beauty of creation all around our home in Telefomin, PNG.

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Church Building Materials Charter
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Church Building Materials Charter

In PNG, one of our most important jobs is flying to support the local Church! Watch Ryan take a load of roofing iron from our MAF base in Tabubil to Selbang, a remote community in West Sepik Province where they are building a new Church.

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Challenges & Blessings
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Challenges & Blessings

We’ve had several break-ins with items stolen recently, the security situation for us in Telefomin is being reviewed by our bosses. Despite these challenges, we still love living here and were recently blessed by some of our friends.

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A Pilots’ Start to the Day
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A Pilots’ Start to the Day

It’s 5.45am on a flying day, before he even has breakfast Ryan has logged on to check the weather forecast for the day ahead. Koda is also trying to make the most of Ryan being at home wanting snuggles and to play. But Ryan only has a few minutes to spare whilst he gets ready to fly through some of the most challenging terrain in the world…

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Collecting Gravel
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Collecting Gravel

With the help of our local friends, we spent the day moving gravel from the river to the MAF base in preparation for the maintenance team laying new cement in our passenger waiting area.  We all got soaked in the afternoon rain storm!

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Easter Weekend
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Easter Weekend

We had a fun and busy long Easter weekend with visitors, a picnic, Easter Egg Hunt, meals with friends and a visit to one of the local villages.  Lots of fun but it ended with saying goodbye, as things so often do in our life in PNG…

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We’re back in PNG!
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We’re back in PNG!

It was an emotional journey, but we made it on 4 flights and we’re in Mt Hagen, where MAF’s HQ is. Thank you so much to everyone who spotted our urgent call for prayer, God answered, we made it all the way with all 7 of our suitcases!!!

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Farewell Canada…
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Farewell Canada…

This evening we start our long journey back home to PNG. We take off out of Calgary just before 8pm and are due to arrive in Mt Hagen late Monday night Alberta time, which will be Tuesday lunchtime, PNG time, after 4 flights! We can’t wait to get home!

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Our June Newsletter
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Our June Newsletter

Our June 2022 Newsletter has just been sent out…

We are CAD1,300 / GBP800 short of our funding target to be able to return to PNG and serve for another 4 years!

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Tari Base Visit
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Tari Base Visit

On a recent visit to Tari base, Henry, our night guard who had a serious motorbike accident back in August, popped in to say hello!

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Click on the picture, left, to watch a video of our friend, Nurse Rhema, one of the local health care workers who MAF supports and we fly out of Telefomin.