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. Read 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. Read 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. Read 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. Read More...

What is Missionary Aviation?

It’s all the adventure of Africa, all the thrills of flying, all the frustration of the third world, all the camaraderie of a military platoon, all the grace of the Church, and all the joy of serving. It’s about being a missionary… who happens to be a pilot or mechanic. Read More...