Missionary Pilot story time: Young pregnant couple gave me their bed and slept on the sofa

Missionary Pilot story time: Young pregnant couple gave me their bed and slept on the sofa

It was April 2016 when I was a student learning to fly airplanes so that I can go back to the Philippines and serve as a missionary pilot.  I did not have much financial support for the training, no working visa to help myself pay the bills, eat and have a place to sleep. I was always at the mercy of people whom I met as strangers who became family.  We had gotten a month's notice because we couldn’t pay our rent ($500USD). I remember we packed our missionary car (1995 Toyota Avalon) and just sat in the driveway, asking…
Going Beyond Flying the Airplane

Going Beyond Flying the Airplane

I got a call from one of our contacts on a small island here in the Philippines called Batanes. Batanes is well known for its tourist attraction spots but for me it’s known for most of the amazing stories behind each medevac fight that the Lord uses me to fly.
The Rape Victim

The Rape Victim

We don’t just offer our services to the sick and injured and so every so often we get calls for individuals who are in life threating situations. Tis mission was to help a college student who was almost raped in her boarding house. Due to the Covid 19 travel restrictions she wasn’t able to get a flight home without our help. Only one challenge, her family doesn’t have the means to help with the fuel cost to take her home. At the time when the request came in, I was being featured by China Global Television Network and so they…
A Mother’s Cry for Help

A Mother’s Cry for Help

The patient and her mother along with her sister and niece boarded our little air ambulance bound for the hottest airport in the Philippines. It was a hot but beautiful day for flying. I landed safely after 1.5 hours flight time.