Welcome to this month’s enews!
As we look back on the first half of 2025, one thing is clear: your support has been the difference. Each gift, each prayer, and each act of generosity has helped MAF bring hope to people in some of the most isolated places on earth.
Because of You…
You helped us fund life-changing firsts
For the very first time, MAF landed in the remote village of Bichibich, South Sudan, once a hotspot of intercommunal violence. The flight was in partnership with Peace Building Advisor Minagano Kape, who helped open the new Kuyubuza Peace Centre, a place of healing and reconciliation between warring communities.
The name means “I am resting.” For women who spent years fleeing with their children, it represents an end to running and the beginning of stability. Already, families are rebuilding homes and young people are gathering with a renewed sense of hope for the future.
You kept hope flying through our “Good & Faithful Servants” fleet renewal
On the vast waters of Lake Victoria in Uganda, more than 3,000 islands remain cut off from schools, healthcare, and even the gospel. Islanders endure dangerous, overcrowded boat journeys and long delays just to reach the mainland.
That’s why MAF Uganda is preparing to bring in a floatplane – an amphibious aircraft that will link these scattered communities to essential services safely. Deputy Country Director, Sam Baguma explains: “A floatplane would change everything – not just for churches, but for schools, healthcare workers, and every person living on these islands.”
Because of you, these stories are not just milestones, they are moments of transformation.
Thank you for making the first half of 2025 unforgettable for so many lives across the world’s most isolated places.
Check out the stories below to see what’s been happening around the world!
BOUGAINVILLE’S SKIES REVIVED
After 25 years without flights, hope is returning to Bougainville. On 21 July, the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) presented MAF with a 1 million Kina (approx. AUD$370,000) gift to help re-establish aviation services. The funds will go toward building an aircraft hangar at Buka Airport, with flights expected to resume by early 2026.
For decades, the absence of air services has left communities isolated, forcing health workers, teachers and pastors to risk dangerous sea and mountain journeys. Pastor Albert Magoi, who has long advocated for MAF’s return, shared the painful reality: “People have been lost, mothers have died on the high seas.”
This milestone marks the first step toward sustainable air operations in Bougainville. Locals are already clearing airstrips in anticipation, while the ABG’s long-term vision includes reopening key airstrips across the region. With God’s provision and continued support, the skies over Bougainville will once again carry help, hope and healing.
WELLS OF HOPE
This year, four remote villages in Mali in West Africa – Bouanidiè, Djidièni, Yassabougou, and Sayombougou, experienced a remarkable transformation. For the first time, clean and safe drinking water flowed through durable cement wells, replacing unsafe traditional structures. These new wells not only improved public health by reducing waterborne diseases, but also restored dignity, stability and development to communities long plagued by scarcity.
Yet the greatest gift was not only physical water, but the Living Water of the Gospel. Around the wells, local pastors shared the message of Jesus Christ, leading prayer gatherings, film screenings and conversations about faith. More than 4,000 people heard the Good News and seven publicly confessed Christ as Lord, with many more opening their hearts to the hope of eternal life.
The impact continues to ripple outward. Chiefs have donated land for future churches, villages have begun new building projects, and pastors remain at the heart of this mission, faithfully bringing both water and the Word. Each well now stands as a symbol of unity, healing and spiritual awakening, pointing communities in Mali to Jesus, the true source of Living water.
BIBLES IN THE BUSH
In the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea, the people of Karimui have no roads, no shops, and no easy way to access God’s Word. For over three decades, Pastor Kimin Mauwe has faithfully served both as a church leader and as MAF’s local agent, helping passengers, reporting weather, and ensuring that when a MAF plane lands, villagers can gather around to purchase Tok Pisin Bibles straight from the back of the aircraft.
These Bibles are packed with prayer and purpose. Administration Assistant Johnson Irarue carefully prepares each order, asking that every copy might meet someone’s deepest need, whether a mother, a young man, or a seeker of hope. “My prayer is that this Bible will become the answer to their needs,” he shared.
For communities in the bush, where travel to town is costly and unreliable, MAF’s Bible Box is more than a simple service, it is a lifeline of faith. As Pastor Kimin explains, “If MAF didn’t sell Bibles in this country and bring them to us, all the people in the bush would have a really hard time. But MAF makes it easy for us.”
BEYONG TRAVEL, TOWARD TRANSFORMATION
In the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea, the people of Karimui have no roads, no shops, and no easy way to access God’s Word. For over three decades, Pastor Kimin Mauwe has faithfully served both as a church leader and as MAF’s local agent, helping passengers, reporting weather, and ensuring that when a MAF plane lands, villagers can gather around to purchase Tok Pisin Bibles straight from the back of the aircraft.
These Bibles are packed with prayer and purpose. Administration Assistant Johnson Irarue carefully prepares each order, asking that every copy might meet someone’s deepest need, whether a mother, a young man, or a seeker of hope. “My prayer is that this Bible will become the answer to their needs,” he shared.
For communities in the bush, where travel to town is costly and unreliable, MAF’s Bible Box is more than a simple service, it is a lifeline of faith. As Pastor Kimin explains, “If MAF didn’t sell Bibles in this country and bring them to us, all the people in the bush would have a really hard time. But MAF makes it easy for us.”
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