FOUR-DAY WINDOW FOR ONE MONTH'S WORK
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October 25, 2007
by Jackie Fallis
Supplying missionaries with necessities can become interesting when a pilot is gone for a month from the Philippines.
Missionaries David and Helen Johanson buy supplies for missionaries serving in rural areas in the Philippines. Their regular pilot is gone for the month of October, so all of their supply flights are scheduled for a four-day period when they'll have a substitute pilot form JAARS, the missionary aviation program of Wycliffe Bible Translators.
They have "eight lots of groceries, eight fruit and veggie orders, eight meat orders, as well as all the other things that have been ordered like hardware, medicines, kerosene and petrol," Helen writes.
Typically the deliveries are stretched out over a full month. But with a four-day window to get all of the supplies to the missionaries in tribal locations, everything has to go and it must all be correct.
Pilots and mechanics, supply buyers, administrators, teachers and more are vital to support missionaries serving in remote tribal locations. NTM's training can prepare you for long-term service in such roles as well, and equip you to decide whether a village or support role is in God's plans for you.
Please pray for the dedicated missionaries who are serving as missionary trainers, pouring their experience and knowledge into the next generation of missionaries.
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