He went along on a two day trip with Joy, a Wycliffe pilot.
Here are Jeyson and I just before take off in Anapolis
They flew to a tribe in a neighboring state (about a 5 hour flight) to pick up a missionary woman in her 70s who has been lives among the people and has been translating the New Testament into their language for the first time ever. From what I understood, she just finished her translation and has been revising it with the tribe. It is set to come out in print next year or so. This missionary is a single woman who lives alone in the tribe, but Jeyson said she seemed to feel so at home there and blended in so well with the people (except for physically :) Villages they flew over...
The landing strip that the plane usually lands on was too muddy, so they landed in a nearby village of people from the same tribe. The missionary was able to get a ride with someone to this village, but she had to supply the gas....but there in the middle of nowhere that doesn't mean giving some money for the gas...it literally means bringing the gas! Joy and Jeyson brought gas from here in Anapolis to fill up the truck again after she was brought to the landing strip.
The people from the tribe gathering around...
The missionary was dropped off in the city and Jeyson stayed with a missionary couple for the night and Joy stayed with a friend. The next day Joy and Jeyson started the 5 hour trip home, but it turned into about a 7 hour trip. Because of bad weather, they had to stay about 2 hours at an airport in route...and my goodness was this a small airport! A family lives at the airport and are the caretakers of it. This picture will give you an idea of the feel of it...the family's laundry hanging out to dry by the runway.
And chickens hanging out :)
What a neat and meaningful adventure! We are so privileged to be part of what God is doing here - and how exciting to be a tiny part of getting the Gospel in to the hands of these people!
The landing strip that the plane usually lands on was too muddy, so they landed in a nearby village of people from the same tribe. The missionary was able to get a ride with someone to this village, but she had to supply the gas....but there in the middle of nowhere that doesn't mean giving some money for the gas...it literally means bringing the gas! Joy and Jeyson brought gas from here in Anapolis to fill up the truck again after she was brought to the landing strip.
The people from the tribe gathering around...
The missionary was dropped off in the city and Jeyson stayed with a missionary couple for the night and Joy stayed with a friend. The next day Joy and Jeyson started the 5 hour trip home, but it turned into about a 7 hour trip. Because of bad weather, they had to stay about 2 hours at an airport in route...and my goodness was this a small airport! A family lives at the airport and are the caretakers of it. This picture will give you an idea of the feel of it...the family's laundry hanging out to dry by the runway.
And chickens hanging out :)
What a neat and meaningful adventure! We are so privileged to be part of what God is doing here - and how exciting to be a tiny part of getting the Gospel in to the hands of these people!
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Looks like a fun trip! Do they eat the chickens?
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