We are MAFers!

Our journey with Mission Aviation Fellowship is officially beginning! I say officially, since the process up until this point was a relatively long one. We decided, after much prayer and thought, to send in an initial application on the MAF website more than a year ago. At that time, clicking the "Submit Application" button on our laptop was a big step into the unknown. Now, with many meetings, paperwork, discussions, tests, and interviews behind us, it is official. We are MAFers.

    Of course, there are still many unknowns. Despite these, everything continues to become more and more "real" each day. I think the reality check started when we spent a week in Guelph for Candidate Orientation at the end of September. We got a chance to meet the staff that we had been talking to for so many months as well as another family that just completed their application process. In this week, we learned all about MAF and what our journey would look like moving forward -- and to end the week off, we had a special meeting where our calling to serve was confirmed by the staff and we were sent off with their prayers.

    For the next months, our task is to raise a team of prayer and monthly financial supporters (AKA Ministry Partnership). This means we will be connecting with everyone we know to share about our calling to serve with MAF and invite them to partner with us. Yes, we would also love to meet with YOU! While this is a daunting task, we feel the privilege of being able to connect with family, friends, acquaintances, and even people who are currently "strangers" to share about our passion and calling. As many people have already told us, the Ministry Partnership experience is a faith-building one -- and yes, we can already affirm this in so many ways. 

    We invite you to follow along with us on this journey and ask for your support by remembering us in your prayers.