..10 Days

Hello all!

I leave the USofA in 10 days! I usually don't do countdowns, but I thought I'd start one on this blog. I'll aim to blog every day up until I leave.. we'll see how that goes. Anyways, for this first blog, I thought I'd share with y'all a little bit about MAF Uganda - the ministry that we are going to help in Uganda.

Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) has been flying since 1945. It is a Christian ministry that flies light aircraft to inaccessible areas in developing countries to reach out to people in need. They offer their services in areas where local alternatives do not exist or are not suitable. They are committed to provide a reliable and efficient service and operate according to the highest safety standards based on many decades of bush flying experience.


In Uganda MAF currently operates 5 aircraft from its base at Kajjansi (that's a fun word to say!). Through this airfield, MAF provides safe travel to missionaries going out to minister to normally unreachable people throughout Uganda and the surrounding areas. They also transport doctors and nurses to bush villages to set up clinics that provide healthcare (surgeries, checkups, cataract removal, dental work, etc.) to these unfortunate people groups. Another vital thing they do is deliver cargo - medical supplies, food, etc. - to people that have no other way to access it. Awesome, right?!

I just skyped with Mike Woods - the director of eMi UK and former pilot for MAF Uganda for 5 years. It was great to hear from him and to be able to learn a little more about MAF and what we will be doing for them. It's awesome to see how God has used his experience in flying with MAF to now collide with what he (or rather, what God) is doing through eMi UK. While talking with him, he continually stressed the importance of what MAF Uganda does. He said that the roads in Uganda are terrible. It is virtually impossible to travel to most parts of Uganda (and most of Africa) by car. This makes what MAF does so vital.

I will write more about what we are going to do for them on this eMi project trip on the next blog - stay tuned!

this is a photo of a MAF plane taking off from Kajjansi airfield

side note: Mike said during our skype conversation that since the airfield borders the northern side of Lake Victoria, there is a lot of marshy land surrounding the runway that sometimes alligators wander out on to the runway... definitely something to keep an eye out for!

Cheers.