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Monday, April 7, 2014
Thursday, March 6, 2014
VIDEO: Landing At An Airstrip In Papua New Guinea
Another Day At The Office
While we wait for medical clinic information, stories, and photos to filter out of Rus Rus...I thought you might enjoy seeing what other missionary pilots do in other parts of the world. This video is of a Missionary Aviation Fellowship Twin Otter landing at a remote, mountaintop airstrip in Papua New Guinea. The airstrip itself is a little more than 45 feet wide and 450 feet long.
Enjoy the ride and praise the Lord for the men & women, pilots and mechanics, support and admin personnel, financial and prayer partners, who make it possible for Help and Hope to be safely delivered to the most remote places on earth.
While we wait for medical clinic information, stories, and photos to filter out of Rus Rus...I thought you might enjoy seeing what other missionary pilots do in other parts of the world. This video is of a Missionary Aviation Fellowship Twin Otter landing at a remote, mountaintop airstrip in Papua New Guinea. The airstrip itself is a little more than 45 feet wide and 450 feet long.
Enjoy the ride and praise the Lord for the men & women, pilots and mechanics, support and admin personnel, financial and prayer partners, who make it possible for Help and Hope to be safely delivered to the most remote places on earth.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Carlos Paz: Rus Rus Prayer Report #2
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| Carlos Paz |
Rus Rus Village, La Moskitia, Honduras; Sunday February 24
I have been so busy mornings, afternoons, and evenings, that I have not had a chance to update you all. As most of you know, Dave Pulzetti and I stayed longer to assist with the annual IHS Medical team at Rus Rus Hospital, and to do preaching and Bible teaching events with anyone who has been open to such ministry.
Delivering Help Through Medicine and Hope Through Christ's Love
The medical event has been going well. In fact, we are seeing even more people than any previous year. It often feels overwhelming to give medical consults to more people than you think you can handle. Our hearts often break to see the suffering that so many people in this world have to endure. Being available to these needy people makes the whole trip and effort more than worthwhile. It feels like the Gospel is unfolding before our very eyes; as if Jesus was here doing his ministry. He is. The medical team has been amazing in how they have loved, helped, and persevered each day. We have many believers among them. It is like God just put that team together himself also.
Facilitating Compassion Through Communication
Dave and I have been carrying out several necessary tasks, most of which has been interpreting. Dave has done a great amount of interpreting [translating conversations with patients and medical professionals - English to Spanish and back] and fitting many people for reading glasses, etc. He is patient, compassionate, and encouraging to this people--a true spiritual warrior of God. He has also assisted Westley and Denise wherever they've needed him.
I have been doing much interpreting, and loving like Dave. I so love all these people. They are God's gift to my life. I hope to serve them for many years to come. In the evenings I have also been preaching the Gospel to those who stay over night in the village waiting to return home the next morning, etc. We have seen a good response to the message. Praise God for his grace and mercy toward these precious people. I have also had the blessed opportunity to meet many believers from other villages from Honduras and Nicaragua. What joy! The future parade of nations will include so many from this part of the world.
Coming Together Under Christ: Unity, Worship, Fellowship
This morning we had a joint service with the two local churches under the banner of Jesus our Lord. MAG president Sean Donnelly preached a most challenging message that was enthusiastically received. I had the privilege of interpreting for him. I preached one of the best messages I have ever had the privilege of preaching--but I was only the interpreter [translating for him to Spanish]!
We still have to do Monday and Tuesday with the medical event, and then the IHS team will begin to leave on Wednesday. Keep praying for all of this. We want to finish strong.
I appreciate all of you who have been praying for us and for these people who are seeking medical help and God's love. You make this work under the leadership of God's Spirit. Bless you. You are a key part of our team. You hold the rope that allows us to reach down and lift these precious people up. Hold on tight!
Your fellow worker,
Carlos
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Friday, February 21, 2014
Updates From Rus Rus!
Oh, To Be In Rus Rus
As I hear news from the medical brigade at our jungle hospital in Rus Rus, I am really missing being there! But, I'm happy to say that despite winter storm Pax, International Health Service's (IHS) team arrived in Rus Rus with all the tools of their trade and are treating the first of many patients arriving by foot, by horse, and by battered pick-up truck from remote villages throughout the La Moskitia region and Nicaragua. Though I am not there, our missionaries who ARE there, Westley & Denise, are sending reports by blog. To read their first hand accounts of the exciting events happening in the village, click here: People To People
Carlos, our Director of Pastoral Ministries is busy during the day interpreting Spanish to English for the medical team as local villagers translate from Miskito to Spanish ultimately allowing the patients and doctors to understand each other. Each evening, Carlos is preaching to the many people camping in the compound as they wait for treatment. Pray for Carlos. This is a time he truly needs Christ's supernatural power and strength.
The Boss Is Off To Honduras
Sean, our President & CEO, left for Honduras yesterday for two week's worth of critical meetings at our mission base in Rus Rus, with government officials in Tegucigalpa, and with medical professionals running two separate missionary clinics in the hills outside Tegucigalpa.
Speaking Of Our Rus Rus Nursing Staff
The two indigenous nurses in Rus Rus that I worked with last year, Geraldina & Janneth, have been wanting some real nursing shoes for some time now. I had purchased a pair for each of them so I could take them with me. I couldn't deliver them in person as I'd hoped, but was able to send the shoes as well as some new scrubs along with Sean. I'm excited to send them and glad Sean was able to fit them in his gigantic overstuffed magical missionary suitcase with all the other needed items for this trip.
We are soooo excited to hear of all that is happening and continue to pray for the work God is doing in Rus Rus.
Meanwhile Down In Guatemala
While all that goes on down in Honduras, Paul, our pilot-mechanic in Guatemala, is finalizing the agreements necessary to take our brand new air ambulance program operational in support of Hospital Shalom's work in the Peten Region of Guatemala. Paul and our airplane are expanding Hospital Shalom's ability to deliver medical care and Christ's Gospel to approximately twenty different villages located around five remote air strips.
Back In Burlington, NC
Well, someone has to stay with the stuff! Keith and I are here making sure the "home office" continues to function, are covering phones, emails, and general mission communications; are standing by to assist our overseas operations as needed; and are developing relationships with several couples interested in exploring service with us a pilot-mechanics in our aviation programs. We'll be driving to South Carolina next week to meet with one of these couples.
Thank You So Much!
You are the ones who make this ministry possible. Through your gifts, friendship, love, and prayers, you are as much a part of what happening in Honduras, Guatemala, and here in Burlington as anyone on MAG staff. You are on every medical flight with Westley, with every patient being treated by Geraldina, and are part of every message Carlos preaches to the Moskito Indians gathered on our missionary hospital compound. We praise God for you and seek his richest blessings upon you.
As I hear news from the medical brigade at our jungle hospital in Rus Rus, I am really missing being there! But, I'm happy to say that despite winter storm Pax, International Health Service's (IHS) team arrived in Rus Rus with all the tools of their trade and are treating the first of many patients arriving by foot, by horse, and by battered pick-up truck from remote villages throughout the La Moskitia region and Nicaragua. Though I am not there, our missionaries who ARE there, Westley & Denise, are sending reports by blog. To read their first hand accounts of the exciting events happening in the village, click here: People To People
Here's our trusty Cessna 206 on the landing strip in Puerto Limpera getting ready to start hauling the first of the cargo, medical supplies, and IHS team members into Rus Rus.
Carlos, our Director of Pastoral Ministries is busy during the day interpreting Spanish to English for the medical team as local villagers translate from Miskito to Spanish ultimately allowing the patients and doctors to understand each other. Each evening, Carlos is preaching to the many people camping in the compound as they wait for treatment. Pray for Carlos. This is a time he truly needs Christ's supernatural power and strength.
The Boss Is Off To Honduras
Sean, our President & CEO, left for Honduras yesterday for two week's worth of critical meetings at our mission base in Rus Rus, with government officials in Tegucigalpa, and with medical professionals running two separate missionary clinics in the hills outside Tegucigalpa.
Speaking Of Our Rus Rus Nursing Staff
The two indigenous nurses in Rus Rus that I worked with last year, Geraldina & Janneth, have been wanting some real nursing shoes for some time now. I had purchased a pair for each of them so I could take them with me. I couldn't deliver them in person as I'd hoped, but was able to send the shoes as well as some new scrubs along with Sean. I'm excited to send them and glad Sean was able to fit them in his gigantic overstuffed magical missionary suitcase with all the other needed items for this trip.
Scrubs and Shoes for Geraldina and Janneth
We are soooo excited to hear of all that is happening and continue to pray for the work God is doing in Rus Rus.
Meanwhile Down In Guatemala
While all that goes on down in Honduras, Paul, our pilot-mechanic in Guatemala, is finalizing the agreements necessary to take our brand new air ambulance program operational in support of Hospital Shalom's work in the Peten Region of Guatemala. Paul and our airplane are expanding Hospital Shalom's ability to deliver medical care and Christ's Gospel to approximately twenty different villages located around five remote air strips.
Hospital Shalom, San Benito, Guatemala
Back In Burlington, NC
Well, someone has to stay with the stuff! Keith and I are here making sure the "home office" continues to function, are covering phones, emails, and general mission communications; are standing by to assist our overseas operations as needed; and are developing relationships with several couples interested in exploring service with us a pilot-mechanics in our aviation programs. We'll be driving to South Carolina next week to meet with one of these couples.
Keith at work inside Missionary Air Group's Pepperstone Annex.
Thank You So Much!
You are the ones who make this ministry possible. Through your gifts, friendship, love, and prayers, you are as much a part of what happening in Honduras, Guatemala, and here in Burlington as anyone on MAG staff. You are on every medical flight with Westley, with every patient being treated by Geraldina, and are part of every message Carlos preaches to the Moskito Indians gathered on our missionary hospital compound. We praise God for you and seek his richest blessings upon you.
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