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December 2010
Will there be enough time? 2
Te quarterly magazine of Mission Aviation Fellowship
Seizing theinitiative 4 8Hope for
Angola
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Will there beenough time?Madundas, in the Mbeya region o southern anzania, isjust one o the destinations to which MAF ies a medicalteam rom Chimala Brandt Mission clinic each monthStory Stephanie Gidney Photos Geof Craword
Despie he rainy season nishing
only a monh beore, here is litlegreenery as I reach Madundas. Thesandy surace o he hard ground is
imprined wih housands o hoo marks;racks criss-cross beween he horny shrubsand sparsely clad rees.
Arriving a he airsrip, I mee Sado andNambojee. Sado is pregnan wih her ourhchild and in pain, so she’s heading o he clinico have an anenaal check-up. She lives inSocannewa. I’s aken her hree hours o walkhis ar, and he nal mile sill lies ahead o her.
Nambojee began walking rom her home inMapuli a 4am, bringing her ve-monh-oldwin girls Curua and Kadori or vaccinaions.Accompanying her is her older daugherQuimba, who has helped carry one o hebabies.
Crowds gatherWalking rom he airsrip, we pass numerousplos where crops o maize and peanus growin he grey soil. In oher places, orderly lineso large mud bricks bake in he sun – hey areno red in an oven here.
Reaching he clinic, i’s dicul o esimaehow many people have gahered – here are somany. The air is ull o women’s conversaion,laugher and babies crying. Every single spoo shade is occupied, people seaed on heground under scrawny rees or in he narrowshadows o he dispensary walls where heclinic is held.
Where here are people, here is colour –brigh and cheerul, and a welcome conraso he parched land. Se o one side are ahandul o ‘raders’ selling bananas, sugarcane, chai, rice cakes and doughnu-like
ANZANIA: Primary healthcare
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Far let: Nambojee with hertwins Curua and Kadori
Main:Dr Gala and his teamhead or the clininc
Top let: Nambojee and herdaughter Quimba with thetwins
Top right: Dr Gala withNambojee
Above let: Oliva with herdaughter Zalina
Let: Sado received anantenatal check
snacks. There’s also a large meal po o rice.Ohers have brough maize, and si eaing iof he cob.
Agitated waitOn one side o he square dispensary building,a queue o women, someimes 20 meres long,wais o have heir babies weighed. The scales
hang rom a beam under he in roo. Moherscluch whie leaes or recording he children’sweighs – hey know hey need o bring hemevery ime, bu many o hem canno read norundersand wha he card means. The medicalsaf are careul o record all daa correcly.
Two babies seaed on he dusy groundexplore heir environmen wih curiosiy –grasping or anyhing wihin reach.
A he opposie side o he building, acrowd is pressing in around he door behindwhich he medical eam is seeing paiens. DrGala, he docor in charge, is accompanied bynurses Ane Kaiza and Emma Sanga and, onhis occasion, wo rainee nurses as well.
There is an air o agiaion among hewaiing women – aer all, many le homeearly o see he docor, bu i seems unlikelyhere will be enough ime or him o see hem
all beore he duy hours o he pilo dicaeour deparure around 4pm.
Fully vaccinatedI is here ha 18-year-old Oliva, he mo herin our 2010 Day o Prayer lm, has receivedmedical assisance, oo. Her litle daugherZalina is 11 monhs old and has bee n ully
vaccinaed as a resul o he services providedree by he medical eam.
Oliva and Zalina, Sado and Nambojee are jus our o he aces in his colourul crowd,represenaive o he grea need in he area. I he medical eam canno ge here, he onlyalernaives or he villagers are a six-hourdrive (a an exorbian charge levied by heowner o he single vehicle in he localiy) or ahree-day walk o he Brand Mission clinic inChimala.
During he rainy season, here is jus noway o ravelling – people probably wouldn’even walk.
I akes only 30 minues or he aircra oy o Madundas rom Mbeya, collecing hemedical eam rom Chimala on he way,saving hem precious ime and enabling heregular clinics o be held.
Tanzania has seen a 30%
reduction in child mortality
among under-ves over the
past ve years. But still, one
child in ten does not live to
have a th birthday. Early
vaccination is critical.
The Brandt Mission clinic
in Chimala, working under
the Lutheran Church, has an
outstanding reputation –
people ar and wide know
that the sisters at Brandt are
good and caring.
In a typical month, Dr
Gala and his team treat
about 300 children each day– all are weighed and advice
is given to mothers when
children are under average
weight. Children are then
vaccinated against TB, polio
(our visits), diphtheria (three
visits), measles and tetanus
(two visits). Vitamin A is
given to those who require it.
Without the medical
team coming to the people,
it is likely the distances and
the requency o visits
needed to complete ull
vaccinations or each child
would deter amilies rom
pursuing this crucial
preventative care.
In March, during an
overland visit to check the
state o the Madundas
airstrip to resume ying
there, one Sukuma woman
came running when she saw
the car. She wanted to know
when the plane would come
again to bring help, as theyhad none. She shared that
already several people had
died o measles in Madundas
this year.
Programme toimprove child health
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And hrough his, she wans o suppor herparens, and will donae a cow o someoneelse in need. Her prospecs or remarrying willalso grealy improve. Wihou he rs goa,none o his would have been possible. Rupa’sexpecaions are high and she is very happynow. She has hope or he uure.
Huge dierenceParmin Khan is anoher beneciary o HEED’smicrocredi scheme. Her husband works as asherman. Living on he river no ar romhe mouh o he Bay o Bengal, hey werebadly afeced by cyclone Sidr.
Following Sidr, Parmin obained wo loans,one rom HEED, o se up her small clohes
shop. I’s locaed in Mohipur Ferry Gha onhe busy main road jus a ew meres rom aerry crossing. Wihou he help rom HEED,
goa wih her loan – and a highly reproducivegoa a ha! While oher people’s goas haveproduced our kids each, Zana’s has givenbirh o nine. She sold ve goas and, wih he10,000 aka she earned, she bough a cow.
Eager entrepreneursPreviously, Zana sold leaher iems o earn asmall amoun. She sill does his, as well asraising her animals ha provide addiionalincome. In similar ways, all group membe rsare supporing hemselves.
Zana’s husband divorced her seven yearsago, leaving her wih young children – wosons and a daugher. Now she is able oprovide or hem and is supporing hemhrough school.
She is very opimisic abou he uure. ‘Ihope ha, rom his cow and hese goas, Iwill be able o develop mysel, and will be ableo change my amily’s liesyle,’ shares Zana,her ace becoming animaed.
The courage o hese women and a reusalo give up, despie heir circumsances, is
clearly eviden. They all worked ogeher,creaing a communiy and sharing heir livesand possessions or he good o everyone.Their own lives o real hardship and poveryseem less imporan han heir desire o ellhow a small loan and he purchase o a goahave changed heir lives.
Dairy businessIn anoher village, Rupa was also divorced byher husband. Her uure prospecs were nogood due o he sigma o being divorced.HEED provided her wih a goa ha hasreproduced, and now she has ve. Each is anasse wih poenial o change Rupa’s liewhen she sells hem in he marke o buy acow. From one cow, she will ge more cows.
Slowly, Rupa will build up a business. She isplanning o have a dairy arm wih en cows.
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BANGLADESH: Return on investment
Seizing theinitiativeHEED Bangladesh uses our weekly service to the arsouth o the country. As part o its social developmentprogramme, HEED runs a microcredit scheme
Story Stephanie Gidney Photos Richard Hanson
Zana is one who benes rom hescheme. She is rom he UnnayanDol group in Samajik Karjokromvillage, on he edge o he Bay o
Bengal. The group consiss o en singlemohers, single hrough divorce or becauseheir husbands have died. This means heyare underprivileged, very poor and vu lnerable.
In 2007, he Unnayan Dol group ook heiniiaive, organising hemselves ino a socieyo encourage each oher in changing heircircumsances. Shai, a HEED developmenworker, suppors hem.
Each woman received a loan o 5,000 aka(£46) rom HEED Bangladesh. Zana bough a
she would no have been involved wih hisbusiness or have any earnings.
‘Aer selling clohes and aer doing heexi-loan, I am earning money and am able omainain my amily very well,’ Parmin shares.She is able o pay or her son and daugher obe educaed. Her role has expanded romhousewie o businesswoman – and she isvery pleased and happy.
These women esiy o he huge diferenceeven a small invesmen makes or amilies inhe developing world. I is MAF’s privilege oassis HEED in such lie-changing work byproviding subsidised ighs.
Highly vulnerable
It is not just the status o
Zana and her colleagues that
renders each o them highly
vulnerable. The village o
Samajik Karjokrom is
situated on the edge o the
Bay o Bengal. They are
thereore highly vulnerable
to the cyclones that orm
there and move inland.
Despite all the women’s
eorts, there is the risk that,
in a matter o hours, a
cyclone could wipe out all
they have worked or.
But incredibly, only ve
people died here during Sidr ,
but there was complete
devastation, the embankment
disappeared, and people lost
all their livestock. People live
here because they are
shermen – they want to be
near the sea, a source o both
lie and death.
Let: Zana benets rom themicro credit scheme
Main:Parmin in her shop
Below let: The busy mainroad in Mohipur Ferry Ghat
Slowly, Rupawill build upa business
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Mary’s sory is shared by many o he women in Jonglei Sae o souhern Sudan, which winessederrible clashes beween he Nuer
and Murle ehnic groups. Such ghing in2009 le 1,400 people dead – along wihcatle-raiding, child abducions and rape, as wellas escalaing ensions wihin communiies andhouseholds. Thousands became displaced,and communiies were le raumaised.Explanaions or he ghing range romage-old dispues o ouside insigaion.
‘Bu we wan o live in peace,’ coninuedMary as she alked o Murle women in Pibor.
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And wha a breakhrough his meeing o women was! The iniiaive o Chrisianwomen rom boh groups, ollowing hreepeace- and rus-building workshops led byReconcile Inernaional on preveningviolence agains women and children.
Jus geting o remoe Pibor overland isimpossible or six o eigh mo nhs each yearduring he rainy season. Bu now, he roadsare closed because o las year’s violence.Reconcile Faciliaor Viole Nyirakundoconrms, ‘There is no oher way o ge oPibor, so i is very helpul o have MAF.’
Aer dropping of he Reconcile eam
here, pilo Sean Hageneier ew wice oAkobo o collec Nuer women, including Mary,o mee Murle women or he conerence.
Grass-roots processThese were he rs ever peace-building alksbeween he communiies. The main ob jecivewas o iniiae a peace process ha is aimed abreaking he cycle o violence. Atempsbeween local leaders had ailed. In conras,his was done a grass-roos level – amonghemselves.
Reconcile Program Manager Milcah Lalamarms, ‘I is a grea esimony o heconribuion o Sudanese women in heChurch o peace-making, even when hey are
he mos afeced by he conics which engul heir communiies.’
Why are women so key o mainainingpeace? Consulan Piah Alapayo illusraes,‘The woman is he one in charge o runninghe household and he man is he breadwinner.As soon as he moher is in he wrong, hewhole house will crumble.’
When ension arises, women can calm heemoion o heir husbands raher han le iend in bloodshed. Women can bring up hechildren no o ollow he war culure o revenge, bu o promoe peaceul living.
Biblical principlesSo how do you reconcile wo people groupswih such deep ensions? Reconcile usesbiblical principles.
Jesus came that we might have lie and
have it to the ull, but Satan comes only tosteal and kill and destroy.
A Pibor, he women reeced o n how ear,misrus and a spiri o u ngodliness andunorgivingness have deeply afeced heircommuniies. Geting people o open up andalk is crucial – hey were encouraged o shareheir pains and seek orgiveness rom Godand each oher.
We are one in Jesus. Now you are the bodyo Christ and each one o you is a part o it.
Relaionships were srenghened beweenwomen, unied as sisers in Chris. As heAposle Paul emphasised ha God wansreconciliaion beween Jews and Geniles, souniy in Jesus brings peace. Promises were
made o coninue his in spiri and love, alongwih specic plans or orging peace.
Crucial reerendum‘Nuer women who atended he meeing noweagerly awai he visi by heir Murle sisers,’adds Milcah. ‘May we be inspired by heirsories and coninue o suppor hem in heirendeavours or lasing peace in Sudan.’
The Sudanese Church plays a crucial role inpromoing peace on a local and naional scale.Only he Prince o Peace can bring abou realchange. How amazing ha God is using ouraircra o enable such remarkable evens. Assouhern Sudan aces a crucial reerendumplanned or 2011, o voe wheher or no obecome a separae counry, i is our prayerha he UK Church will also ge involved ininerceding or he naion.
SUDAN: ravelling to reconciliation
Women on theroad to peace‘We came to ask questions, to get answers and listen, to stopour children rom dying,’ explained Mary Nyakuoth on behal o Nuer women rom Akobo. ‘We came without ear because
many children are already dead’Story Shaun Oliver
Resource Centre or Civil
Leadership (Reconcile) was
established by the Sudanese
Church in 2003 ater two
decades o brutal civil war,
recognising the need or
communities to build trust,
heal the wounds o trauma,
transorm conict into
peace, and promote
reconciliation. It works
among some o the most
isolated communities in
southern Sudan.
‘MAF has been absolutelyinvaluable to the work we
have done, as can be
evidenced through what
Reconcile has been able to
accomplish and witness in
Jonglei State’, commends
Milcah Lalam.
ReconcileInternationaland MAF
Pray specically using
the latest requests on
www.ma-uk.org/
prayorsudan
Praying or Sudan
Main:Nuer and Murle womanmeet or peace building talks
Top let: Christian unity
Top right: Violet, Milcah, Piath
Above let: Pilot SteanHageneier collects theReconcile team rom Yei
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Lucas Sicalea has a swollen somach. I
looks as hough i is going o pop.Blue veins are clearly visible. He isbadly dehydraed and he skin on his
arms and legs is shrivelled. He is only oneweek old. This iny litle baby is so helpless.
Dr Seve Foser examines him.Lucas has no recum, so he hasn’ been able
o pass aeces. He has sopped eeding becauseo he discomor, so he’s now in pain andhungry. Seve pierces his botom o ry o nd
Hope orAngola
a hole. Blood comes ou. Lucas cries.Seve explains, ‘We have o do a colosomy,
oherwise he child will die. No one noicedha he didn’ have a recum. We will have odo a as operaion.’
Home birthLike more han 90% o babies in Angola, Lucaswas born a home. In he majoriy o cases,women deliver and here are no problems. Buwhen complicaions do arise, consequences
‘Tis is Arica’: a phrase oten used in the lm ‘Blood Diamond’,reerring to the reality o lie in much o Arica – corruption,
death, war, disease, injustice, poverty. Tis is AngolaStory Emma Stewart Photos Layton Thompson
are dire – children have healh problems haaren’ deal wih; babies die unnecessarily ashey become obsruced in labour; womenbecome damaged and are rejeced by sociey.Mos live wih hese acs, acceping hem asrealiy, no knowing here is a diferen way.This is he norm. This i s Arica.
‘We wen o Benguela.’ Lucas’s moher ellshow she rs ook him o anoher clinic here.‘They suck somehing inside him bu said, “Wedon’ know wha else we can do. You shouldgo o Kalukembe.”’
Today, Lucas is very orunae. He is one o hundreds o paiens Seve will see, o peraeon and rea in he ew days ha he spends aKalukembe Hospial.
Working togetherKalukembe is a ormer Swiss mission hospial,now handed over o IESA, an Angolan church.
Dr Seve Foser is Canadian. Bu as a child o missionary parens, he spen much o hisearly lie in Arica, rs in Zambia hen laervisiing his parens in Angola. In he 1970s, hecame back o Angola as a ully-rained docor,waning o make an impac on he appallinghealh sysem.
Based here during he l ong Angolan warSeve, now Medical Direcor a Lubango CEMLhospial, sill reurns o Kalukembe everymonh. Healhcare in he rural areas is lacking.Here, here is no one docor or hal a millionpeople. Nurses are rained o do he work o adocor. Seve does he more complicaed casesand reers ohers o he hospial in Lubango
ANGOLA: Missionary doctor
As well as Kalukembe
Hospital, The Anglican
Synodical Evangelical
Church has established 20
medical centres. Other
projects include evangelism,
a Bible institute, agriculture
and rural community
development.
IESA: IgrejaEvangélica Sinodalde Angola
The Evangelical Medical
Centre o Lubango was
initially unded largely
through Samaritan’s Purse.
The 43-bed urban tertiaryreerral hospital is in
south-western Angola.
Development plans include
a medical imaging
department and an
endoscopy suite. Its mission
statement is ‘Health and
hope through Christ’.
CEML: CentroEvangélico deMedicina Lubango
Far let top: Lucas Sicaleta
Main:Lucas undergoing hisoperation
Above let: Kalukembehospital
Let: Dr Steve Foster at work
where aciliies are much beter.Seve is he reason MAF began operaing in
Angola in 1989. In he mids o a deadly civilwar, he counry was earing isel apar. Bohsides in he gh were laying landmines, roadswere exremely dangerous, people aced dailyatack.
In Kalukembe, Seve ound ha his saf were being ambushed rying o ge o hehospial wih supplies. A number o hemwere killed. He asked MAF o come. We’veworked ogeher ever since.
Abundant lieToday, Angola is a peace. Ye war has le ismark. Much o he counry remains mined,and demining will ake years. Roads are bad– poholed and bumpy. Seve coninues o useour plane o ge o Kalukembe. He can arriveearly in he morning, begin rounds sraighaway,
say or hree days and work up o he laspossible minue beore ying back o Lubango.
‘We are swamped by he ac ha here areseveral million Angolans ouside he sphere o healhcare. People are dying,’ shares Seve.
Lie expecancy here is 38 years, making ione o he lowes in he world. Seve describesAngola as he deadlies place on earh. This isArica. This is Angola.
Lucas received a colosomy. He began oeed. He lived. When he’s older, he willundergo anoher operaion.
Jesus said He came o bring lie. Lie inabundance. Lie in all is ullness. Eernal lie.This is he hope or Angola.
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Andrew:
So ar I’m really enjoying i. The
rs ew monhs had somerusraions wih quie a lo o waiing: or a work permi, or
licence papers and or room on ighsor supervised ying. Now ha I amplaying my par in he eam, I’m ndingi very rewarding o be using my yingo make a diference.
Liz:Our rs wo mo nhs in Tanzania werein Iringa or some language raining. Ienjoy learning Swahili and ry o akeevery opporuniy o pracise.
A Tanzanian lady called Margarecomes o our home each Friday o helpme develop my conversaion skills.Tanzanians are warm and oleran wihus speaking Swahili and go along wihi. They laugh with you no at you,which gives me condence o ry.
Someimes I sruggle wih lack o personal space a home. Bu our childrenhave adaped well o Tanzania, alhoughhey ge rusraed when I speak Swahili,
and oen inerrup because hey can’undersand and eel excluded.
Medical maters are a major concernor me as a mum. There’s no emergencyresponse sysem here, like calling 999.Once, Esher ell of a climbing rame andgashed her head. I was glad ha a nurseon our compound, along wih he MAFrs-aider Glenn, could sich her wound.
Then Ben caugh scabies. The localhospial suggesed ha he had a ungalinecion. Bu hen, aer our weeks, avisiing American docor ook one lookand diagnosed scabies, so we could gehe righ medicine. This shows me haGod is looking aer us.
I can’ help wondering wha peopledo here when here’s no social securiyo help hem. I cerainly means ha
having a job becomes very imporan.My house-help Jane works really hard.I’s so good o have her, and i is a greaopporuniy o learn more Swahili. Ialso learn a lo abou local culure bychating o Jane.
Church ime is always a challenge asSunday School is raher sporadic here.Alhough he Tanzanian children seemo si quiely hrough services, sitingsill or Ben is a week ly es!
Andrew:We have ried atending a Swahili-speaking church bu we nd i verydicul o ollow wih our limiedcommand o he language. Someimeshere is a simulaneous Englishranslaion o he sermon, bu ha canalso be hard o ollow. I’s somehingha our inernaional saf seem osruggle wih here a imes. So we haveavoured an English language service.Thankully, we can also downloadsermons rom he Inerne rom ourhome church in England o ge good,challenging eaching we can
undersand, which makes a bigdiference or us.
Liz:To ge spiriual inpu, we have o beproacive. The wives o MAF saf hold aweekly Bible sudy and ha has beenbenecial or me. Also, lo cally-basedmissionary Manuela leads very helpulsessions abou reaching ou o people o oher aihs.
Living in a diferen culure cerainlyhas many kinds o challenge. A imes ican be iring no being able jus o blendin and o be anonymous or a while.
However, overall we have a srongsense ha we are where God wans uso be, and i is a privilege o be a par o God’s work here in Tanzania.
ANZANIA: Making a diference
One year onAndrew Parker was born in Durban, and his wie Liz grew upin Liverpool. A couple o years ater their marriage in 2003,they embarked on ve years o preparation to serve withMAF, Andrew training to be a pilot. Now, with Esther (4) andBenjamin (2), they have completed their rst year o service.Tey share about their experiences in anzaniaPhotos Layton Thompson
Above let: Andrewand Liz Parker withBenjamin and Esther
Main: Andrewcarrying outpre-ight checks
Above: Liz buyinglocal produce
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As civil war raged 12 years ago across he
norh-eas o he Democraic Republico Congo (DRC), a Chrisian couple
ed o Kenya.Once here, Bisoke Balikenga and his wie
Furaha enrolled a college. Wihin six years,Bisoke had degrees in business adminisraionand peace and reconciliaion, while Furahabecame an accounan and gained a degree incommuniy developmen.
Bu, heir newly-acquired qualicaionswere no o help hemselves, or hey henreurned o Bunia, DRC, in 2004 and be ganhelping many youngsers orphaned andraumaised by he ghing.
Having no money, bu wih a calling rom
War orphans fndhappinessDelivering books, seats and work teams by air is critical
to a recovery programme or traumatised childrenPhotos LuAnne Cadd
he Lord, hey lived in a garage belonging oFuraha’s aher. They se abou planning oease he pligh o children caugh up in heseven-year war which, wih is aermah, cosve million lives.
Hope or lieTrusing God or provision, Bisoke and Furahaound loving people who gave homes o manyorphans. Then, wih numbers approaching100, hey decided o build a school – orphanscould no aford sae school ees.
And assised by gis o land rom villagechies, Baraka Academy came ino being.
Vegeables and crops were planed. Thechildren received an educaion, healh and
denal care and spiriual nou rishmen. Manyacceped Jesus Chris as Lord and Saviour,receiving hope and assurance or heir uure.
‘Wihou MAF, none o his would havebeen possible. The children would have hadno books and nohing o si on,’ emphasisesFuraha. ‘These children have sufered grealyrom he war. They have very litle, bu i doesno mean hey are no happy. They sing andclap. And wih MAF’s help, we each hem heWord o God.’
In Nyankunde, 13-year-old Kasemire hadwached a man kill her aher wih a machee.Wih her moher and wo oher children, she
ed o Bunia. Now, Kasemire declares, ‘I amgoing o be a eacher. I wan o each in hisschool – I wan o help especially he youngerchildren. MAF brings us plasic chairs or henursery school.’
Healing at schoolArriving raumaised a Baraka Academywhen i began, Bahemuka saw his moherkilled when he was jus eigh. He says shyly:‘Since I arrived a he school, I have seen muchchange in my lie. I wan o be a nurse becauseI wan o help people.’ Bahemuka recalls haMAF saf have shown he Jesus lm a heAcademy, and he adds, ‘MAF brings he bookso us and hey give us he Bible.’
‘We were in danger o losing an eniregeneraion o kids who have los parens andendured horrible hings,’ poins ou Suzanne
Lincoln, wie o our Counry Direcor Joey,who has augh English a he school.
‘An Ausralian psychologis comes and she’sbeen all over he world, including Bosnia andCroaia, and she says he Congolese are hemos raumaised people she has ever seen.Every year, she assesses he kids and says heyare less and less raumaised here because o he work being done in he school.’
And a German businessman visiing Buniaexclaimed, asounded, ‘There are no sreechildren!’
Help by airMAF aircra have delivered all he readingmaerials, desks and benches, as well as shoesand backpacks. Teenagers in Ausralia makequils or he orphan children o have on heirbeds – or on he oor where hey sleep.
Two years ago, we ew in an Ausralianwork eam which, ogeher wih wo MAFamilies, buil he only playground in hewhole o Bunia. I has a slide, a se o swings,a playhouse, a zip line and a climbing rame.Suzanne repors: ‘The wooden rames arepained he colours o he rainbow and hechildren obviously love i.’
In a counry sruggling o re-esablishisel, children a Baraka Academy have everyreason o be araid o ohers and broken byhe course heir lives have aken. Bu hey arelearning he Chrisian message o peace andorgiveness along wih mahs and English.
DRC: Ater the conict
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� There are 600 orphan
students alongside other
children whose parents
pay towards their
education
� The large numbers on asmall site means that
some students come in
the morning, others in the
aternoon
� The school has a medical
centre that also provides
care or the wider
community
� Founder Bisoke reects:
‘This school gives the
children here support and
help in rehabilitation ater
what they have seen. They
want to learn, but they
have been through war
and we want to provide a
place o peace or them.’
Facts about BarakaAcademy
Main:Children in class atBaraka Academy
Above let: Kasemire
Above centre:The playgroundat Bunia
Let: Bahemuka
Above: Suzanne Lincolnteaches English
Furaha and Bisoke Balikenga
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It had to be by Proessor Denys MeadKnowing MAF as I did, how could I nosuppor i rom is early days?
I was very srongly inuenced by mymission-heared church in SouhWoodord, Essex, where I rs me MAFUK-based personnel. My boyhoodwarime enhusiasm or aeroplanes hadled me o he de Havilland AeronauicalTechnical School or aircra designraining and design experience. MAF’svery rs operaional aircra in Arica,a Rapide, was designed and buil by deHavilland, giving me a special inceniveo suppor he work.
Nex came posgraduae educaiona Craneld College o Aeronauicswhich, in urn, hen led o my move oSouhampon, ino universiy eaching
Trusees o MAF UK some 3½ years agoand have ound my involvemen in hisrole o be a real blessing. To have heprivilege o discussing he issues acingMAF UK as an organisaion wihlike-minded Chrisians, o conribuemy own experience o our discussionsand o seek God’s will as we debae andpray ogeher is a simulaing andenriching experience.
I you hink Godmay be calling you o
join us in serving Himas a Trusee o MAFUK, do please conacRachel Phipps, HRManager, MissionAviaion Fellowship,
Casle Hill Avenue FOLKESTONECT20 2TN or you can email her a
I enclose my git o
£
or use where most needed
Is He calling you?MAF UK Trusee
Sephen Lockleywries:
Have you everhough you wouldlike o serve God aspar o His work inMAF, reaching needy,
isolaed people around he globe, buhink ha you couldn’ do his becauseyou’re no a pilo or an aviaion exper?
I so, hen here may be good newsor you. The Aposle Paul ells us inEphesians 4:16 ha Jesus uses every oneo us, wih all our diverse alens, oconribue our par in building up HisChurch. So i is in MAF. We may no allbe called o be pilos, or even o workoverseas, bu MAF needs a whole rangeo skills o work e fecively in achievingGod’s mission.
The opporuniy exiss righ now oryou o serve he Lord as a Trusee o MAF UK. As he Board o Trusees, weeach conribue our complemenaryexperise and experience as, workingogeher, we seek prayerully o providesraegic direcion and guidance or he
organisaion. We are now acivelyseeking addiional Trusees who couldconribue skills in any o he ollowingareas: PR, HR, Governance, Fundraisingor Sraegic Leadership and Missiology.
How can I encourage you o considerprayerully i God is calling you o serveHim in his way? Perhaps rom my ownexperiences? I joined he Board o
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Mission Aviation Fellowship is a worldwide Christian
organisation operating over 125 light aircrat in more
than 30 countries. Around 280 ights every day transport
patients, relie teams, medical supplies and Christian
workers in the world’s remotest regions and places o
deepest human need. Places where ying is not a luxury
but a lieline.
Normally, passengers contribute a highly-subsidised
are towards the true cost. The balance comes rom
people concerned that others should have a better lie
spiritually and physically.
In the UK, MAF is a registered charity unded by
voluntary gits which hel p nance MAF’s operational
work and support services.
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My response
Will these help you topray?Three new ormas are spreading newso MAF wider han beore.
Could any o hese help you o keepup o dae wih wha’s happening andinormed abou all o he laes matersor prayer? On ofer are regular emailnewsleters, Facebook un and acs andwiter enries.
For micro-blogging enhusiass,witer sies @MAFPrayerDiary and@ying4lie provide an opporuniyo inerac wih hose a he hear o
ying or lie.The new www.acebook.com/mauk
provides anoher area or sharing yourcommon ineress wih oherSupporers as well as hose involved inhe work.
Also, our long-esablished websieconinues o provide e xensive coverageo our worldwide minisry. You can nowsign up or regular email newsleters bygoing o www.ma-uk.org
These are no simply places whereyou can ge he very laes inormaion.They are ways o sparking your ineresand enhusiasm a a ime ha suis you.
Shop and giveAre you wondering wha o buy orlas-minue Chrismas gis? Youranswer may be righ here. A new o nlineshop means ha you can buy ehically-raded producs and also conribue oMAF a he same ime. Yes, i’s rue!
In his venure, we are parneringChrisian company ehicTrade. All heproducs ofered are made o he veryhighes sandards. Qualiy maerials aresourced rom suppliers who are paid aair price or hem.
As par o he air rade concep, allsuppliers enjoy a sae and healhyworking environmen. And in he UK, oproec he environmen urher,ehicTrade reuses all is delivery boxesand uilises recycled packaging, bubble
wrap and ape.Now or he exra good news. For
every purchase in our online shop,ehicTrade will give 20% o he cos oMAF while sill mainaining a air priceo suppliers.
From everyday iems o clohes andsaionery, cras and oys, iems comerom around he world – Arica, Asiaand Souh America – bringing a avour
o overseas o he UK.Order now and ge your gis in ime
or Chrismas.Go o www.ma.ehicrade.com or o
he MAF websie www.ma-uk.org andclick on he ‘Shop’ link.
and membership o Above Bar Church(ABC) – also mission-heared. One o ABC’s visiing speakers was MAF’s earlypilo Seve Sevens. His ineciouservour drew me ino MAF’s Supporeream, and I was especially pleased whenwo o my ormer sudens spen imewih MAF.
In obedience o Chris, and unique inis versailiy, MAF helps ake healing osick, blind, lame and wounded people,ood o hose who are hungry – andspreads he Good News o he Kingdom.Long may his God-inspired minisryconinue!
My wie and I are privileged o helphis work already. Our planned legacyo MAF will be our conribuion o isuure.
We thank the Lordor the legacies wehave received so arthis year. I you wouldlike to fnd out moreabout planning tosupport MAF through
your own Will, pleasecall our Legacy Co-ordinator MiriamWheeler on 0845 850 9505 or [email protected]
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God with usAs a child, I oenheard ‘counyour blessings’.As an adul, busill a ‘child o God’, I coun as ablessing knowingGod is always
wih me! Bu here are manypeople who have ye o know helove o Jesus.
Wih his in mind, I am reallyencouraged ha, along wih vialsupplies, hope and help hroughpasors, docors and many aidagencies on MAF ighs, comeshe lie-saving message o he loveo God and he promise o Hisconinual presence.
Many may have orgoten hoseliving beyond ormidable barriers– bu no he Lord! Hebrews 13:5reminds us He will never leave usnor orsake us.
I hope you are encouraged byreading in Flying or Lie how yourconinuing prayers and supporhelp lives o be changed or hebeter.
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We are so graeul or he manyways in which you suppor MAF.Thank you!
Chrismas will soon be here,when we celebrae he birh o Jesus, Emmanuel – God wih us;I wish you peace his Chrismasand a very blessed New Year.
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Lifeline beyond your lifetime
Professor Mead with his wife Rosemary
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Young Meka was very excited to be in an MAF
plane or a second time – and delighted to be
able to walk to it unaided. Earlier, her amily
home in La Gonave, Haiti, collapsed in last
January’s earthquake, crushing Meka’s eet and killing
other amily members. Pilot Will White had airlied
the girl, then seriously ill, to Pignon Hospital as God
wonderully brought patient and surgeon together
(Flying for Life June 2010). Aer surgery, Bill Campbell
o Haiti Home o Hope helped house Meka and looked
aer her. Will, pictured below with Meka and hermother darline, enthuses, ‘It was a thrill to do the fight
taking Meka home.’
Quake victim walks again