Mission Aviation Fellowship
Since 1945, Mission Aviation Fellowship has been reaching people others can't. Today they multiply the effectiveness of some 500 nonprofit organizations around the world by providing expertise in aviation, information technology, and logistics. With these tools MAF is overcoming barriers and helping reach people with medical assistance, crisis relief, community development, and the Good News.
Since 1945, Mission Aviation Fellowship has been reaching people others can't. Today they multiply the effectiveness of some 500 nonprofit organizations around the world by providing expertise in aviation, information technology, and logistics. With these tools MAF is overcoming barriers and helping reach people with medical assistance, crisis relief, community development, and the Good News.
Aviation - MAF's fleet of nearly 70 aircraft fly more than 2.2 million miles each year reaching remote and isolated regions in 21 countries worldwide.
Information Technology - "IT" includes communications services to 3,300 clients in 22 countries. MAF processes 6.5 million messages each month via email, electronic conferencing, web site hosting, satellite phones, and HF/VHF radios.
Logistics - MAF provides expert demographic mapping, as well as warehousing and shipping.
MAF currently has about 200 missionary families partnering with them to take God's love to a hurting world.
Here are a few photos of the MAF program in Shell, Ecuador.
 This is the MAF hanger. On the left edge of the picture is the Nate Saint house. Between the hanger and the Nate Saint house is the main road through town. In the early days, the hanger was the building behind the Nate Saint house. Planes taxied back and forth across the road to reach the runway. The current hanger can hold five Cessna 206 aircraft. |
 Mateo is one of two Ecuadorian mechanics who work for MAF. Here he's doing some routine maintenance on one of the aircraft. |
 Oscar is the other Ecuadorian mechanic. He always has a smile on his face. He was just married in late 2000, and is very active in the local church. |
 Sandy and Jim talk about the upcoming flight. Sandy is one of the pilots, and Jim is the Ecuador Program Manager. |
 Panchito is loading the plane. He loads and unloads the planes and other assorted jobs around the hanger. That's Dustin in the right seat. This was on a Friday during our Christmas vacation. We're tagging along with Sandy on a flight to a village about forty-five minutes away. |