Stories
We hope these stories, told by MAF staff, our partners and supporters, will both inform and encourage you
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The gift of sight
In November 2018, pilot Patrick Keller flew a team of Italian eye doctors who had spent a fortnight restoring sight in Madagascar.
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Island Medevac in Timor-Leste
Living life waiting for the phone to ring is a big part of a pilot’s life in Timor-Leste. Even on public holidays, birthdays and Christmas...
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Issa's story
A christian ministry helped South Sudanese refugee Issa overcome trauma and fear. Their very name in Swahili is a faith-filled declaration: Tutapona — ‘We...
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Celebrating Christmas in the Ssese Islands
Decades of outreaches have given Evangelist Sam Tsapwe a deep understanding of the challenges in communities like Buyange, a...
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Mary's Christmas message
'To me, the story of Jesus born into poverty is a message that can bring peace and hope to our earth,' shares Mary, a refugee in...
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Running for Life
When Support Raising and Training Manager Adam Pope began running, he could barely make the end of the street. Six years, and thousands of miles later...
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Remember Peggy?
‘What can be more special than walking through the front door of your house and being leapt on by a nine-year-old girl and given a great big hug?'
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Better toilets for Bangladesh
A crude ‘public toilet’ sits about 30 meters back from the Rupsa Ghat boat dock in Khulna. It’s a tiny corrugated-iron shack with three...
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The last call of the day
The Gove Operations Team were closing the office for the weekend when the call came in. A Yolngu lady, Djurambil Munungurr, had been stung by a...
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On cloud nine when I became a ‘co-pilot’ with MAF
Long-time Mission Aviation Fellowship supporter and journalist John Butterworth and his wife Jan spent two...
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A road to peace
Bishop Taban Paride's inspirational vision for Holy Trinity Peace Village Kuron shows where the road to peace may lead in South Sudan.
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Stanley’s story
There have been many stories of tragedy from Sulawesi, Indonesia. MAF's Rick Emenaker reminds us there are also stories of hope.
