Three Pilots
“You know, there was heavy bombing in the area today.” One of them said.
“How far away from the drop zone?” I asked
“About 25 kilometers. In the world of aerial bombardment, that’s not very far.”
I decided to send a text message to our operations in Nairobi. It started a chain reaction, and several international calls were made back and forth to determine our next step. I went to sleep under the AC unit in our box, and wondered how the next days would unfold. …More
Serving Orphans
After a very hot, muggy, and mostly sleepless night, I said my goodbyes and loaded up my little Cessna 210 with the return passengers. I had to look around one more time and ask myself “how can one person really make this big a difference in so many lives? …More
Whole
Some of the boys asked questions about what I studied in order to qualify as a pilot, how long it would take to learn – questions about the process of becoming. It took me awhile to realize, while answering each question academically, that these boys were imagining themselves there. They were imaging themselves here. In my shoes. In my gold bars. …More
Lost and Found in Sudan
Panther Bior fled his home village when he was seven-years-old, naked, and afraid. He returned twenty years later in a modern airplane, a man with a miraculous story. The tale is wrought with danger and amazing good fortune. It carries legends of the big city and a new world in America. But it is also a story of a God who did not abandon him in his darkest days. …More
Hauling Salt
I think that maybe the “salt” has something to do with sweat. It has something to do with this work of building God’s kingdom not being easy. And it has something to do with people who are willing to join the fight and be spent in the effort – sweat, and tears. …More
A Tribute to the “Guys On The Floor”
Atop a great slab of concrete, under the hefty girders and metal roof – doors wide open to a view of Mount Kilimanjaro, is the place where the entire fleet is maintained. This floor is also the place of ministry for AIM AIR’s maintenance specialists. …More
