Month: July 2023

May 2023 Newsletter

 Praise the Lord for all his goodness! We want to thank you who have been part of the TEAM by your prayers and support. God is working as we continue to ready the aircraft for the next step of your ministry outreach.

   Paul, the ministry pilot, and I are thankful that we were able to fly into the Bahamas with an aircraft borrowed from a ministry called Aero Missions. We saw a very productive two weeks after handing out several thousand tracts, and going door to door while visiting on 7 islands. We believe God opened the hearts of 10 individuals to the gospel on this one trip alone, and most were older adults professing to receive Jesus as Savior. A big “Thank you” to Bro. Jon Stanczak and Aero Missions for the use of your plane.

 As we left one of these islands, my heart was quite touched for the need for laborers to work the fields. Remember, Jesus told his disciples to look on the fields? Well, that is what we are doing. Folks, it appears that in today’s world, the older laborers are retiring, or have retired long ago, and not many are following them. They are leaving behind empty spaces for laborers to reach the multitudes with the gospel. I certainly felt grateful, along with my son Paul, to have made this mission trip to go to another part of the world where aviation is essential to reach out to unreached people. This was our first successful outreach using ministry aircraft.

   Please pray as we ready the two His Wings ministry planes for the Lord’s use in our future field service in Alaska and the new outreach in the Bahamas. There are many untold people that need to hear the good news that Jesus saves.

   We are looking forward to the steps we are taking this year in Alaska. It all takes time, more time than we would like to admit. Helping Paul build his cabin in Hyder is a project. We hope to be starting on the hangar soon, so it is ready when we get the plane to our field in AK, and also reaching our area of outreach here during our window of weather that allows us to fly. That window is during spring, summer, and fall. The planes are still being worked on so we cannot be in too big of a hurry. Bro. Rushing from Wings of Eagles ministry in Oshkosh, WI has been a huge blessing along with all our friends from the ministry there. Bro. Rushing is presently working to restore the Cessna 185 Paul and I retrieved from Papua New Guinea last year, trying to re-certify it with FAA approval. This is not a small task, but we know God’s timing is perfect.

   The other plane is the Cessna 180. It is being painted and readied for flight as well. Thank you, Bro. Randy Dorsey from Riverland Baptist Church for all you have done, for keeping our plane in your hangar in Dunnellon, FL, and preparing it for paint and inspection.

   Well, in closing, may God bless each of you in a very special way. Thanks for helping lift the wings of His Wings Air and sponsoring the BEAM Team.

Sincerely,

Mark J Bach

Team Representative

September 2022 Newsletter

Greetings once again from the BEAM Team. 

We are excited to see progress on the Lord’s two airplanes that he has put under our stewardship to reach souls out yonder. Since our last report, God has blessed in a great way with the transport of the aircraft that my son Paul and I were able to get from Papua New Guinea. As you know, we flew to PNG in April and went to Lae and removed the wings, and placed the plane and wings in a container and shipped it to southern California. We are glad it arrived in California safely where Paul, his wife, and a church helped to take it out of the shipping container and packed it up on our flat bed trailer. Then, Paul and his family traveled all the way to Tennessee, and then to Wisconsin with God’s precious cargo. 

 God’s aircraft now needs to go through the process of reassembly in the Wings of Eagles Baptist ministry that is helping us there. We truly are grateful for God’s people helping in every step of the way. The Lord’s other aircraft in Florida is being worked on as well and is also being prepared for the mission field. That means we will have two planes- one plane for Alaska and Canada, and the other plane for the Caribbean. We are excited about how God has supplied for every step of the way. I have seen God do this since he spoke to me about starting an aviation ministry back in 2002. I am seeing the verse “…that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.” Philippians 1:6. Praise his name! 

We are still planning on doing evangelism and aviation outreach in the Caribbean in the winter as God makes the way. The reason for a dual focus is the fact that weather in Alaska is so bad October through May, that not even our mail is able to fly to where we live during the rough weather seasons in Hyder. Please look it up for yourself on google weather. It is a very dangerous place to fly in monsoon and winter weather. This is the time when flying in the Caribbean is at an optimum. We plan to make another trip there this year, Lord willing, where Paul, our missionary pilot son, can see the fields as well. We are excited about new horizons where we can continue our aviation evangelism, discipleship, and church planting focus in all seasons. Jesus said, “Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.” John 4:35

We have learned, and I am sure you have, that when God guides, he always provides! Thanks for your help in this greatly needed outreach. I believe the time is short and the Lord’s coming is drawing near. Jesus said, “I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.” John 9:4

Thank you to those who pray for and have helped in this ministry. We are still praying about the right land for God’s hangar in Alaska. God already supplied for his hangar. We appreciate everyone who has given toward this project. One big blessing is that while we have been waiting for the right property, for the hangar, we are seeing prices of materials (like metal for instance) go down. 

Please pray as this winter we also plan to be available to present the Baptist Evangelism Aviation Ministry in churches who would like to get involved. This makes a way for others to get involved in the Great Commission to reach the regions beyond. This will help lift the heavy flight burden. Thank you so much to those who pray for and those who support BEAM. Also a special thanks for all who gave toward the hangar and land for God’s aircraft and ministry. We have a little farther to go to reach our goal for land. Our hangar goal of $80,000 was exceeded. Praise the Lord! 

God bless you all is our prayer. Sincerely, 

Bro. Mark J. Bach – Director