On May 11, 2015, several of MAG’s staff members joined together in Coshocton, Ohio to attend the 4-day International Association of Missionary Aviation (IAMA) annual conference. This year the conference was hosted by Missionary Maintenance Services (MMS), a partner organization which provides maintenance services for MAG aircraft.
Extreme Makeover - Rus Rus Edition
In early May, MAG’s Director of Pastoral Ministries Carlos Paz led a team of five to Rus Rus, Honduras to complete some much-needed work on both the hospital and Guest House. The Guest House improvements will pave the way for current Rus Rus resident missionaries, Wes and Denise Wiles, to move in, making room for 2 new missionary couples to join the field. Both the Moras (David and Hannah) and the Braxtons (Joel and Abrielle) are in preparation for field deployment and will be taking up residence in the Main House/Duplex currently occupied by the Wiles’.
2014 Year - End Ministry Summary
In This Issue:
- President’s Note
- Additional Medical Team Lands in Rus Rus
- Making a Difference That Goes Beyond the Numbers
- First Operational Flight for Guatemala Field Program
- Progress Slow but Steady on Guatemala Air Ambulance
- New Training Aircraft Arrives
- Road to Mission Service Passes Through Burlington
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MAG Pilot Westley Wiles prepares to take-off from Rus Rus to fly a trauma patient out to a larger hospital. The patient, a young pregnant woman, was pulled from a collapsed mine, then carried to Rus Rus for eight hours on a blanket. The flight saved the her life and that of her unborn child.
2014 Mid-Year Ministry Report
In This Issue:
- Delivering Help and Hope to the Honduran Frontier
- Vacation Bible School Brings Gospel Hope to More than just Children
- Mennonite Mission Assists MAG in Launching Guatemala Air Ambulance
- Project Update – Honduras Truck
- Project Update – Guatemala Aircraft
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2014 IHS Medical Brigade Has Eternal Impact
Think about it. What would it be like if you could only see a doctor or a dentist one day a year? And what if seeing that doctor or dentist required you and your family to walk three days round trip through the jungle carrying all the food for the trip? Then, after that walk, you arrive at the clinic to find several hundred people already camped out waiting in line ahead of you? And when you finally see the doctor or dentist, they don’t even speak your language? Now, imagine being intensely grateful for this care because you know your child will live to his next birthday – and because you can remember when that may not have been the case. Hard to imagine? Welcome to health care in the remote region of Honduras called La Mosquitia.
East and West Churches Come Together for the Kids of Rus Rus
A team of six men and women traveled to MAG’s Honduras mission base January 30 through February 10, 2014 to hold a Vacation Bible School for children from the villages of Rus Rus and Mahbita. This was a very special team as, not only was it comprised of volunteers from both East and West coasts of the US, but it was also the first time a VBS program had been held for these children.
2013 Year-End Ministry Summary
In This Issue:
- Clean Water Having Sustained Impact in Rus Rus
- IHS Medical & Dental Brigade Holds Annual Clinic
- Multiple Infrastructure Projects Improve Base Operations
- Airstrips Open as MAG Deploys to Guatemala
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MAG aircraft are often the only way IN for medicine and supplies, and the only way OUT for critically ill or injured patients like this gunshot patient (below) being airlifted from the remote Miskito village of Wampusirpi.
Team Gets New Generator, Grid, and Welder Online in Rus Rus
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In addition to the electrical team, we also had a Honduran survey team, led by Kentucky architect Jim Burris, begin work on a topographical mapping and site survey. This is the first step in the development of a complete architectural and infrastructure Master Plan for the Rus Rus Hospital and Mission Base.
2013 IHS Medical and Dental Team Arrives
The wonderful volunteers from International Health Service returned to MAG’s mission base in Rus Rus from February 18-26, 2013 to conduct a free medical and dental clinic. This is the third consecutive year that MAG has partnered with IHS to deliver critically needed care to the Miskito people of Eastern Honduras.