Hope all of you had a good Thanksgiving. I had a busy day with lots of flights, getting home a little before dark with the last patient. No ambulance showed up, even though one had been called. When I say an ambulance, I mean it looks like one on the outside, but inside they have no emergency equipment or EMT person. A driver loads the patient into the back and provides transportation to the hospital. So I put the patient in our pickup and took him to the hospital. That evening there was no electricity at the base, but I left the generator running so everyone could enjoy the Christmas lights Neiba and gotten help to put up. We had Thanksgiving dinner with the student missionaries. Let me tell you what made my Thanksgiving Day! About a week earlier I was on a return flight from dropping off a medical team in a village, where for months they've been begging for help. The last runner who was sent out from this village to get help for the sick didn't even make it home. He was too weak and sick so ended up in the hospital himself. As I was saying, I got an urgent call from our radio operator. He asked me if I could go straight to Wonken and pick up a very ill baby who had pneumonia. I quickly changed headings while checking time and fuel, then picked up the mike. "I'll be to Wonken in 20 minutes. Tell the parents to be waiting for me at the runway." My scheduled flights could wait. Upon landing I...
Dear Friends,It's wonderful to be able to write this letter and tell you about flights I've made, because for so long we were grounded, unable to respond to the calls for help. I made a flight to take food out to a village, and two trips with medicines to a village where the people have been waiting for months for someone to bring them. I made an hour's flight to pick up an injured man who fell off of his tractor and then was run over by it. There was another individual with appendicitis whom I was able to fly out for help. Other flights were for a very sick man who needed hospital care, a man with a broken arm, and a very ill baby with pneumonia. I also flew medical people into a village that has been calling for help for over a month. One person had already died and many are very ill. I took a pastor to a village and brought out a sick boy. The list of flights continues, reaching 50 hours of flight time. Many have had the chance to see the light of another day and to hear about their Savior and His soon coming. The refurbished Cessna 182 with a new engine is flying great. I am able to get in and out of the little strips so much better than with the Cessna 172. Instead have having to make so many hops in and out of the little strips where I could only fly one person at a time, I am now able with the more powerful plane to take...
The following experience is shared by Brian McDonald, while he and his wife Heidi volunteered with Bob & Neiba Norton at the AMA mission plane base in Venezuela. Greetings from Venezuela. AMA is happy to report that God is Good! Bob and Neiba flew back with the plane last week. The one's responsible for signing the airworthy certificate finally did. Now the plane is flying! This is wonderful news. There are many sick people in the villages that need a way out, and also need medical supplies. Because God provided us with the plane, Bob is once again able to fly in and give the villagers assistance. The first medical flight was last week. A young man was run over by a tractor. I flew with Bob to help evacuate the patient. We took him to the airport in Santa Elena where an ambulance was waiting to take him to the hospital. Shortly after this flight, we loaded the plane with nearly 500-600 pounds of medical supplies that Bob was able to deliver. The village was sure happy to get the supplies. They had been waiting many months for a government plane to come, but it never did. Last Sabbath our missionary group traveled to the village of Waramasen. Heidi, Briana, and Alexa sang for special music. Bob gave a short talk about having the plane back. Followed by a children story by Alexa. I preached a sermon about the power of God with Martin translating. It was a great experience. Serving God is not always easy. We have found that as soon as you give yourself to him...
Corrie served as a Student Missionary in southeast Venezueladuring the first few months of this year. She participated in the International Rescue and Relief (IRR) program from Union College, working with medical personnel treating patients at remote villages, often accessible only by plane, by dugout canoe, or on foot. She also assisted with health needs of patients at the Santa Elena Hospital. After the IRR group left, spent weeks sanding and painting rusty steel door and window frames on the IRR buildings under construction. Corrie returned to the U.S.for a few weeks, where she got her 3 SCUBA certifications. In July she returned to South America, this time to serve on a Peruvian Medical Launch doing medical work. Watch for her updates! E-mail Corrie Partnering in Missions (Donations) AdamsAmigos...
