Whole
November 21 2007
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
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Lost and Found in Sudan
March 29 2007
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
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Hauling Salt
September 09 2005
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.
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A Tribute to the "Guys On The Floor"
April 01 2003
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
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What is Missionary Aviation?
January 29 2000
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
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