Heroic Aviator Missionaries

Today I want to tell you about a friend of mine and his brave group of missionary pilots taking the Gospel into difficult places around the world.

Heroic Aviator Missionaries

"Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep."

(Romans 12:15)

God is able. He can do all things by His mighty power. The issue at hand is, do we trust God? Can we worship and serve while we wait? Yesterday, I wrote about 2 Timothy 1:8 where Paul admonished Timothy to not be ashamed of the testimony of Jesus or of himself as a prisoner of the Lord; rather, Timothy was to share in Paul's sufferings.

I thought of so many Christians suffering in the world, like the Church in the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo). A friend sent the following update to me from MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship). This is a great ministry where pilots fly into hard-to-reach places to assist missionaries who are faithfully serving the Lord, some in very difficult places. Chad, one of our church members at Liberty Baptist Church in Hampton, VA, has served as a missionary pilot with MAF for many years. In fact, he flew three of us to a Sudanese refugee camp. We flew over Mount Kilimanjaro, and that was quite an experience. (Small planes and I don't get along very well, and I nearly lost my lunch a few times, but the Lord had mercy on me!)

"An MAF team based in Kinshasa, DRC, flew to the community of Monkoto. They heard estimates of four churches in the area and wanted to explore ways MAF could support them. After spending time with the people, they discovered there were actually 14 churches! Unfortunately, those 14 churches were sharing two Bibles. They divided each Bible in half and were passing the four halves around. This story encouraged me to see how God is powerfully at work. (There were 10 churches no one knew existed!) It also reminded me that the need to reach and support isolated people is great! (Can you imagine sharing the two Bibles between so many believers?)"

I have much respect for pilots like Chad and many others who faithfully serve the Lord by using their talents as pilots to help reach people all over the world.

Do you know of those who are serving and perhaps suffering for Christ? I encourage you to embrace and support these dear brave soldiers of the cross. Share in their sufferings. Pray for them. Go visit them. If you have to get on a small plane and fly to Africa, so be it! The best place to be is in the center of God's will.

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