We are starting a new humanitarian aviation ministry in Papua New Guinea, similar to our work in Guyana. We have been doing volunteer work the past four years with an organization called Gospel Ministries--specifically Guyana Adventist Medical Aviation Services. Gary flew into the interior to pick up patients needing urgent medical attention, lay workers, or students to bring them to hospitals, various other villages, and our schools. He also transported pastors, medical personnel, and supplies to these remote villages. We didn't charge any of our passengers for this transportation. Toni bought supplies, sent and received emails for workers out in the "bush", did accounting, and some medical work, as well.

Sunday, July 22, 2012

expanding our network

After much prayer, we have felt strongly that we needed to make a change for the following reasons:  We need a larger network of resource people in the USA to help provide mechanics, parts, insurance on the plane, (so we can fly other missionaries, as well as conference people), and getting a home base built and maintained.  We have been invited to join up with Adventist World Aviation (AWA), who has been doing volunteer mission aviation for many years in Guyana, Philippines, Alaska, and various other areas of the US.  Hope on Wings has been a great help in getting us contacts to start up in Papua New Guinea  (PNG), and hopefully we can help them start up when they get pilots in PNG.  This is a huge undertaking to start a new project from the ground up; in a new country; and we're going to need all the resources, support and prayers we can get to make it happen.  We continue to get requests from PNG for us to hurry up and get there, because the needs are so great.  We will have to re-do some of the paperwork, (due to changing organizations) which will delay us some, but are working hard to do everything we can to move things along.  All funds and gifts that have been given to us for the PNG project are still being used for this project in PNG. Thank you for your continued support.   Our new donation address is: Adventist World Aviation P.O. Box 444 Sullivan WI 53178-0444. Please include note stating: "Lewis Project".

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