the southeastern U.S. while Pam is continuing in leadership with Bible Study Fellowship as well as working part time as a Labor and Delivery Nurse at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. They give thanks for the wonderful family and friends who support them in so many ways and for a great jobs and groups of people that they each work with.
Prayer requests
They ask for prayer that God would give themwisdom in balancingtheir family,work, church and ministry responsibilities; that God would lead Brian to the right recruits for MAF and that he'd have wisdom when dealing with them; that Julie would have wisdom in choosing a college for next year; that Carri will find a suitable job in her career field; and that God would give each of their girls a hunger for Him.
Brian L. Behal Recruiter Southeast US Mission Aviation Fellowship www.mafrecruiting.org) 3860 Prices Fork Rd Blacksburg, VA 24060 Ph# 540.951.2404 (work) Ph# 540.951.2404 (home) Ph# 540.808.5087 (cell) E-mail: bbehal@maf.org
Wife: Pam Daughters: Carri, Emily, Julie
Ministry Brian and Pam Behal have been serving as missionaries with Mission Aviation Fellowship since 1993.Currently Brian is serving as the MAF recruiter for
Mark and Deb Borland
3703 Bramble Court
St. Cloud, FL 34769
Brad, Shayna, Brett
borlandos@earthlink.net
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Ministry Alan is currently serving as a pilot and mechanic for MAF in Tarakan, which is a city in East Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia. Although there are no Western missionaries for which we provide regular services in our area, we do support the established national church, pastors and evangelists, in addition to providing safe and reliable transportation and emergency medical flights to the communities in the region.
Alan Discoe
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF)
Field Address:
Kotak Pos 117
Tarakan, Kalimantan
Timur 77101
Email: adiscoe@maf.org
Matt and Alyssa Harris
% MAF Sentani
Box 239
Sentani 99352
Papua, Indonesia
Josiah, Caleb
mharris@maf.org
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Ministry David serves as a missionary pilot and mechanic, transporting missionaries, medical professionals, mission work teams and national church leaders from Port-au-PrinceHaiti out into the remote areas of the country. Patricia serves as the office manager in a local church and is a homemaker. They lead and host English Bible studies in their home, and are active in a French speaking evangelical church. David is also involved in helping to develop new airports for ministry in Haiti. Special Note:
Dear Friends and Family,
We have experienced a major earthquake in Port-au-Prince.Patricia, Nathan and I are okay.
At the time that I’m writing this.. I have not had the opportunity to hear what is being reported on the news.You may have more information about this disaster than we do.Our cell phones are not working, so we cannot communicate with many people we are wondering about here in Port-au-Prince.Here is our version of the story…
I had a long hard day of work at the airport, having flown a lot, and I had carpooled with my coworkers to my house.I took the Christmas tree down, and we were doing a little bit more cleanup in the house, expecting to meet our landlord for a discussion this evening.Patricia and I were in the living room talking, and watching Nathan as he was crawling around.With almost no warning the room began to shake violently, and continued for what seemed like a long time.I picked up Nathan, and the 3 of us were close together.All kinds of things in the house shook and slid and came tumbling to the floor.Bookcases and their contents, broken dishes and all sorts of things are strewn throughout the house.. but our house stood.All of the perimeter walls around our house stood, with only minor damage.We were shaken…literally… and now we are shaken emotionally.
There have been many aftershocks and tremors.They seem to be weakening.. but I doubt if it is over yet.Although our house did stand, we don’t know if it is compromised.. we are camping out in our driveway right now.Nathan is in his pac’n’play with a mosquito net over it next to our car.Our big perimeter gate, 18 feet wide by 10 feet tall, rattles and shakes ever time there is a tremor giving us warning to be on the alert.I’m not sure if we’ll get much sleep.
In the property next to us, the perimeter wall collapsed.In the next lot the entire 2nd story completely collapsed.The large supermarket we were in at this time yesterday, we heard that it has completely collapsed.Electric polls are down everywhere, and there will be no city power for some time I’m sure.We have some battery power, but are conserving all we can.We will be able to run our make-shift generator, but have little fuel.We don’t know how we will get food in the coming days.
There are 3 MAF missionaries living on our street, and 2 other American missionary families.On our street everyone is okay as far as we know.One other MAF family is a couple of blocks away, and we learned their large rear perimeter wall fell down.Our other 2 MAF families are separated geographically from us, and we can’t call them, but heard by email from 1 family that they are okay, though they sustained wall damage.We have another MAF volunteer couple that just arrived today and is staying at the other location.
Given the few facts we have, it seems probable that there has been extensive damage and loss of life.In spite of all the sorrow, this evening we heard a group from the nearby ravine singing songs of thanksgiving.Especially in these times, we recognize our need to turn to God.He is powerful, and the only sure One we can turn to.He is our Rock.
At this point we do not know what damage the airport and our airplanes may have sustained.We plan to have a meeting tomorrow morning at my bosses house down the street to gather information and plan our next steps.Thank you so much for your thoughts and prayers.We have much to be thankful for.
Blessings- David, Patricia & Nathan
Port-au-PrinceHaiti
Mission Aviation Fellowship
Prayer requests Pray for the safety of the MAF-Haiti team as they fly each day. Please pray as the team seeks to expand their service. Pray for Christians in Haiti to grow in their faith, and for continued evangelistic outreaches. Pray that David and Patricia will continue to improve their French and Creole language skills, and be effective in communicating God’s love and mercy.
David and Patricia Carwell Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) Field Address for letters and packages: 3170 Airmans Dr Unit 2119 – MAF Fort PierceFL34946-9131 David cell: 011.509.783.8185 Patricia cell: 011.509.783.8258 Email: dcarwell@maf.org and pcarwell@maf.org Blog: http://carwell.blogspot.com/ Birthdays: David - June 9; Patricia - March 2
Ministry:
Jeremiah and Julie Diedrich along with their children Miriam and Nehemiah, are serving with Wycliffe Bible Translators in northern Brazil. Jeremiah is a pilot/mechanic serving Bible translation by providing safe and reliable transportation to the isolated villages where translators work. Our plane serves not only Wycliffe missionaries but also missionaries from many different missions, all committed to the same goal of seeing every people group in Brazil have the Word of God. Julie is mostly a stay at home mom, and also helps with aviation office work and flight following, and some other small jobs.
Prayer Requests:
We would appreciate prayer for protection for our family. We interact with many different missionaries from many different cultures and languages, so we request prayer that we would always show love and wisdom as we cross these cultural boundaries. Pray that the aviation team will have wisdom in meeting the needs of the most isolated tribal groups in Brazil’s Amazon.
In the fall of 2005, Arklie moved to the gulf coast immediately after Hurricane Katrina made landfall to coordinate volunteers, and subsequently called to lead the denominations disaster response ministry. Since becoming director, he has reorganized the ministry structure to empower lay leadership and has mobilized nearly 30,000 short term missionaries across North America. Katherine is a surgical nurse, homemaker, world’s greatest mother and God’s instrument to humble Arklie. Prayer Requests Pray that God's Kingdom will be extended through this work. Pray for prayer supporters and financial supporters committed to disaster response. This ministry is funded solely by designated gifts to MNA Pray for the development of good relationships with churches and presbyteries who will benefit from these ministries in the coming years of work. Pray for God's help and sustaining presence for the victims of disasters. Pray for Arklie’s staff, including Kaamilya McCullough, Curt Moore and Keith Perry.
Arklie & Katherine Hooten Mission to North America 1700 North Brown Road Suite 101 Lawrenceville, GA 30043 Email: ahooten@pcanet.org All calls to Arklie: 678-294-3011 Home Address Arklie & Katherine Hooten 543 Sycamore Gardens Street Elizabethton, TN37643 Home Phone: 423-542-2771 Children: Erin, Levi & Gray
Mission
Arklie serves the Presbyterian Church in America as its ShortTerm Missions & Disaster Response Director, and he is a Ruling Elder here at Memorial. In a former life, Arklie owned a sign manufacturing and installation company before accepting Mission to North America’s call to join its senior staff. Arklie’s original call was to develop from the ground up, a short term mission sending agency for North America.
*Kiersten Hutchinson
%TEAM
P.O. Box MR92
Marlborough, Harare
Zimbabwe, Africa
Khutchinson@healthnet.zw *Robert and Kim King
SIL,
P.O. Box 106
Ukarumpa, EHP 444
Papua New Guinea
Matthew, Kelly
R-K.King@sil.org.pg
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Mission. AIM AIR serves over 60 different evangelical Christian Mission and Church organizations throughout 9 countries in East Africa, providing air transportation of personnel, food, medical supplies, building supplies, ministry tools, and more. John serves as a pilot, a mechanic, and an assistant scheduler. For the past year Cindy has been home schooling the girls and in January 2008 they will return from a 4 month furlough to begin their second term of service. Prayer Requests God’s protection in an increasingly unstable environment. That we would continue to grow in God’s grace as we strive to fulfill our roles there as friends and neighbors to so many needy African brothers and sisters. That we would never lose sight of our first call to Love God and seek him daily. For the ministry of AIM AIR to serve those who are serving in the remote regions of Africa.
John & Cindy McNeely AIM Air Mission Address: P.O. Box 178 Pearl River, NY 10965 www.aimint.org
Field Address:P.O. Box 21171Nairobi, Kenya 00505www.aimair.orgEmail: jcmcnelly@aimint.net Children: Caroline & Abby Ministry John and Cindy McNeely along with their two girls Abby and Caroline are serving with AIM AIR in NairobiKenya. AIM AIR is the aviation support branch of The Africa Inland Mission.
*Grady and Kim Maynard
220 Hintze Road
Wilmington, IL 60481
Sarah, Rebecca
gmaynard@maf.org *Nard and Sandy Pugyao
5701 Davis Road
Waxhaw, NC 28173
nard_pugyao@sil.org *Brian and Connie Shepson
895 E. Bonita Canyon Street
Meridian, ID 83642
Stephanie, Steven
bshepson@maf.org
The Wellspring Project Western Carolina Presbytery Phase One Completed!
Early this summer, Wellspring completed our U.S. training program with our North Korean partners in well-drilling. They underwent intensive familiarization with use and maintenance of the equipment, along with special courses in water geology, aquifer protection, welding, and a long session of “naming the creatures,” that is, finding good Korean names for all the components of the operation, to ensure good communication.
In July, a team from Western Carolina Presbytery traveled to Pyongyang for the inauguration and dedication of the rig. After a week of hard work tooling-up, the first well was begun at a rural village school. We have since heard that the drilling was successful, and the well will supply the water needs of about 700 children.
The drill has moved on to other locations, and the North Koreans are requesting more supplies as they exceed our expectations in drilling.
God seems to have blessed the transition period as they “take ownership.” Pray for continued safety as they drill, and the funding for us to expand the project.
