Keith & Karen's Missionaries, Mutts and Stuff: Back On The Blog With BIG NEWS!

Monday, November 26, 2012

Back On The Blog With BIG NEWS!

We had quite a summer and now that it's already almost winter it must mean we had quite a fall season, too! And as you read further down the blog, you'll have a better understanding of why we've been rather silent for a time. It's challenging to communicate in the midst of major change. And oh my...we never expected things to change so dramatically so quickly.

Shortly after we arrived home from our six weeks in California, the Lord began a process of revelation that has only recently been clarified to the point we can share BIG NEWS!

While we've always been open to serving wherever the Lord would have us serve, we never really expected to be anywhere other than with MMS Aviation in Coshocton, Ohio.

Yet, here we are suddenly finding ourselves in the process of transitioning to service with a new ministry: Missionary Air Group (MAG) which has its headquarters in Burlington, NC. MAG provides "help and hope by air to remote people groups in the Americas." They currently administer a jungle hospital and operate a Cessna 206 in Rus Rus, Honduras and are in the process of developing a similar flight program in Guatemala.

Our house up here is for sale and we've made several trips to Burlington (about 8 hours south by car) to meet with the MAG Board of Directors, look at possible housing, and explore the area.

We'll officially be "on-loan" from MMS but will serve as headquarters' staff in Burlington under MAG's supervision. MAG is a relatively young ministry which I'll join as their "Director of Operations." Karen, with her RN and medical background, may have the opportunity to develop the role of "Medical Liaison" which would be MAG's point of contact between various medical teams and MAG's field programs.

Here is Dwight's letter explaining our partnership with MAG and our latest Coshocton Flyer providing more details as well as Tucker and Tanner's take on the situation.