NEW TRIBES MISSION  |  planting tribal churches

Expand the reach of the Gospel

 

The Kodiak is crucial ...

 

Every day there are needs in Papua New Guinea's remote villages that only aircraft can meet.

 

An Akolet man needs a medical airlift.   The Uriai church planting team needs someone to come in and help with Bible translation.   Missionaries in the Abau tribe need food for the next month.

In the past, days of hiking or paddling were required to serve the needs of missionaries and tribes. With aircraft, what used to take days now takes only minutes. The Kodiak allows this to continue. God's Word is taken more quickly to the far reaches of Papua New Guinea.

 

Your gift is crucial.

 

Your gift toward purchasing and outfitting the first of 14 Kodiak airplanes for New Tribes Mission helps plant churches in unreached tribes in Papua New Guinea.

 

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Mission aviation is dealing with fuel shortages ...

 

All NTM airplanes operting in remote tribal airstrips run on aviation gasoline, also known as avgas. Avgas is in increasingly short suppy at steadily higher prices as refineries cut and even eliminate production.

 

The days of being able to fly avgas-fueled aircraft in Papua New Guinea are numbered.

Your gift has long-term benefits.   The Kodiak is the answer ...   The Kodiak runs on jet fuel, which is less expensive and more readily available than avgas.

 

You can help provide the answer.

 

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More access ...

 

Remote grass and dirt airstrips -- like those that serve missionaries planting churches among tribal people -- are tough on planes.

 

The Kodiak, designed specifically for mission aviation by Quest Aircraft, addresses these challenges with a powerful turbine engine, special wing design, rugged landing gear and healthy ground clearance.

 

More reliable ...

The Kodiak's turbine engine is more reliable than the piston engines of the Cessna 206, the current workhorse of mission aviation in Papua New Guinea.   The Kodiak is designed for longevity and ease of maintenance to provide more time in the air, helping missionaries plant churches.

 

More room ...

 

The Kodiak has twice the space of a Cessna 206, reducing the number of trips taken. The cruising speed is 25 percent faster and it carries larger gear.

 

Fewer, faster flights save missionaries time and money -- time and money they can use to help tribal people know Jesus.

 

Your partnership helps prepare for tomorrow today.

 

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Covering the costs ...

 

Faithful ministry partners have provided funds for New Tribes Mission to put a $750,000 deposit down on each of the 14 Kodiaks to be used in tribal church planting around the world.

 

To put the first of these aircraft in service in Papua New Guinea, New Tribes Mission must pay the following additional expenses:

 

outfitting shipping insurance training for on-location pilots and maintenance personnel

 

$521,764 is needed to place the Kodiak in service in Papua New Guinea -- helping tribal people hear the Gospel.

 

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Kodiak moves cloesr to completion Nov. 19, 2009   NTM's airplane of the future is five steps through a seven-stage production process. Read the update >>

 

MORE OPTIONS

 

Expand the reach of the Gospel

Missionary aviation is vital to missionaries who are planting churches in isolated tribal villages, and the Kodiak is crucial to missionary aviation. Why the Kodiak is crucial >>

 

Play a part

Your gift can help purchase and outfit a Kodiak for service. Give now >>

 

Multimedia

Watch the short film FLIGHT >>

 

Or look at the Kodiak photo gallery >>

 

PREVIOUS UPDATES

 

Class full of kids boards Kodiak
	Oct. 20, 2009 The children who raised the funds for a Kodiak deposit got to sign part of the tail, which will soon be installed. Read the update >>

Veteran missionary changes ministry
	June 18, 2009 Charlie and Ruth Patton have been willing to let God direct their paths. Read the update >>

23 hours is too long to wait
	May 19, 2009 With an NTM aircraft down for major work, an ill visitor could not be transported to an appropriate medical facility for nearly a day. Read the update >>

Indonesia missionaries returning home
	April 14, 2009 Yuspiter and Nomad and their families will reunite with family and friends after completing their training with NTM Aviation. Read the update >>

Globe-trotting the aviation way
	March 12, 2009 Take a look at missionary aviation in Papua New Guinea, where New Tribes Mission's first Kodiak is headed. Read the update >>

First mission aviation Kodiak delivered
	Jan. 29, 2009 What was once a dream is becoming a reality with the completion of JAARS' first Kodiak and good progress on the production floor at Quest Aviation. Read the update >>

God's answer arrives – just in time
	Nov. 11, 2008 A medical evacuation with a Cessna 206 probably saved a girl’s life. The Kodiak will help in more serious situations. Read the update >>

It all started with two boxes
	Oct. 7, 2008 What was inside proved more than a handful for missionary pilot Dave Douglas in Papua New Guinea. Read the update >>

 

Flying into the future, today
	Sept. 2, 2008 NTM missionaries are going into some of the most remote areas of the world. That's why they receive specialized training, and why the Kodiak airplane is needed. Read the update >>

 

Kodiak summer tour
	Aug. 4, 2008 Preview the future of missionary aviation. The first production Kodiak is traveling to airports around the country this summer. Read the update >>
Kodiak deposits complete
	July 2, 2008 New Tribes Mission has been able to -- through the generosity of people like you -- put deposits on all 14 of the Kodiak aircraft we plan to put into service. Read the update >>
Kodiak ready for production
	July 20, 2007 The assembly line will go full speed ahead after Quest Aircraft received certification from the Federal Aviation Administration this week. Read the update >>
Nickels for New Tribes
	(July 2, 2007) A church group of first through fourth grade boys wanted to raise money for missionary aviation. Read the update >>

 

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Progress:

 

96%

 

Funds needed: $521,764

 

Yet to be raised: $22,658

 

These costs apply only to the first of New Tribes Mission's 14 Kodiaks, slated for service in Papua New Guina.

 

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To speak with someone about this project, call 800-813-1566.

 

Give by mail:

Make checks payable to New Tribes Mission, and include a note specifying the gift for Account No. PUS005. Send to:

New Tribes Mission

Stewardship Development Office

1000 E. First St.

Sanford, FL 32771-1487