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
