News

February 3, 2006

Dear friends and prayer-partners, This morning I made a run up to the International School where they have a clinic to get my throat and fever looked at... It's been going on for 2.5days and tested negative for malaria (at least so far) and so I just needed someone with some medical training to have a look and hear the symptoms. Hoping they would give me something simple to make it go away so I can go back to flying and being a normal human with a working/swallowing throat. The nurse's diagnosis: Strep Throat. And it took all of about 20 minutes to listen, look, swab, check and prescribe. Paid Rp. 25,000 (about $2.50)for a 10 day dose of Amoxycillin (sp?) and I'm taking those pills and thanking God someone with that training and ability could look, test and help me start getting better. Started to think about other instances of" right training, right timing, right application to help someone" and it brought to mind a friend of mine.

I introduced him in a prayer letter dated November 2002 (which probably predates a lot of you receiving my prayer letters and Pray Mails). His name is Paul Kayadu and here's the intro: "I have also been keeping busy after work tutoring Paul, preparing him for Private Pilot FAA Written Exam. Paul is an Indonesian in MAF's National Training Program; he has earned his A&P from Moody Aviation in Elizabethton, TN and will return in the spring to begin his flight training. Paul is originally from the island of Papua, he's 22 and eager to return to Indonesia with MAF to serve as a pilot/mechanic. He's an eager student and I'm enjoying the privilege of playing a small par tin his training and practicing my Bahasa." Paul arrived 2 weeks ago here and is certified, supported and ready to go to work!! He started by helping me do my most recent 1000-hr inspection in the hangar last week. Since then he's been scheduled to fly with me a few times as he starts his 6-monthcheckout process here in Papua. What a real blessing to see him here, using what we started after work in the hangar in Redlands 3+ years ago and to be allowed to help in his process a little then and now as we fly together and I try to teach him some of what I've learned. May God continue to use my life, my time and my skills to help the Kingdom be known or to help others serve.

PRAISE:

1. Safe flying in December. It was a very heavy month for me as most of the regular staff were taking vacations and I was fresh back so I flew ALOT!!

2. My MAF "family" here who have welcomed me back; you couldn't ask for better co-workers or a better reason to go to work every day.

3. Calvary Chapel San Bernardino has set up a "blog" for me at http://www.lynnemaf.blogspot.com/ and I'll be posting updates like this one and more to it occasionally. Tune in there if you have the access - as soon as I figure it all out, you'll start seeing posts/updates there as well as maybe a pic or two.

PRAYER:

1. That this Strep will end as "just strep" and not develop into malaria now that my immune system is weakened from 2.5 days of non-treatment.

2. For continued wisdom and safety as I fly and work. I love this work and love what I do, but I know HE wants me smart enough to know when's enough as well. Thank you for making it possible for me to serve here and for sending me -I'm really the lucky one here!! I pray HE is using each of you to touch the lives of people you live, work and play with - just like He’s doing over here for the people of Papua.

Thanks, partners!

Maranatha,

Kevin Lynne

Pilot/Mechanic with Mission Aviation Fellowship in Indonesiaklynne@maf.org

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December 25, 2005

Dear friends and prayer-partners,

Merry Christmas from Papua! It's warm, sunny and about 82 degrees and green everywhere -- that's how a tropical Christmas is. I've got my wall unit air conditioner cranked down and lights on in my room with Christmas music on, it's feeling like a warm Christmas anyway. I miss my brother and his wife and kids, but got to watch them open presents last night via webcam - ah, the wonders of technology!!

Some of you know me well enough to know that my favorite part of the Christmas story, my favorite event in the story is the show the shepherds got in the fields outside Bethlehem. From Luke 2:8 - 20 you can reread it if you like, but in essence, I like the part where they are told "Do not be afraid, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.

Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord." I love that part, especially that the angel of the Lord chose some shepherds outside the town - and what did they do? They ran into town to see Him!! This part of Handel's Messiah is my favorite as well - "and suddenly, there was with the angel.. a multitude.. praising God and saying "Glory to God!" It says in verse 20 that they returned glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen. Were those the first "missionaries', I wonder? I don't know, probably someone reading this does, but I identify with them. I'm here in Papua flying my plane and serving the church and missionaries here because of Immanuel - a God who is with us. A God who is with me and you, back in the U.S. or wherever you're reading this.

My last flight this week was into Puldamat and we loaded up a man, 2 mothers nursing children and 2 little kids in the very back. I climbed in and noticed him praying, asked him if he was going home to the tribe or what. Turns out he's a Bible School student/evangelist heading back to his tribe to do his 6 month "praktek" - practicum before graduation this coming summer. He was so excited to be getting to the "evangelist" part of his life!! And I was excited for him, and what a blessing to be delivering another evangelist to the Puldamat/Nalca valley. One of the mothers in the plane was the wife of her student/evangelist husband in there doing his praktek and she and kids were joining him for Christmas!! What a blessing for God to be using me and my plane this way!! Truly, for Christmas this year - they're getting the Good News that Immanuel is with us.

This Christmas day as you celebrate and gather with family, remember we have received Him. We got the best part of that gift exchange, eh? I know I did, I'm grateful He wants to use me here to deliver that Christmas story so that more tribes, more of the underprivileged, more of those "who have not heard" can sing with us "Glory to God!" some day with us (you - my faithful "prayers" and givers who support me, me - the pilot guy, and them - His target for our efforts). I know I say it every time I write, but I thank you so much for praying for my safety and for giving faithfully to support my work here. I miss you all and pray a special blessed Christmas season for you all,

Kevin Lynne Pilot/Mechanic with Mission Aviation Fellowship in Papua, INDONESIA

Email: mailto:klynne@maf.org

PS: Somewhere in my multiple moves these last 2+ years, I've lost my copy of Handel's Messiah - if anyone has a CD with the Messiah on it they can spare and/or the score, I would love to take if off your hands. I miss it this year - although we had a Messiah sing-a-long at a friends' house - it was good (I and another guy tried hard to hold the bass line together, but those runs were killer!), but I miss the full orchestra, voices, solos, etc...

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November 16, 2005

(VISA, TICKETS, SHOTS, PACKING...)

Dear friends and prayer-partners,

I can always tell when I'm about to travel or move - I start to fill my calendar with activities that involve finishing projects that have "simmered" for a while... 1. New battery for the laptop ordered.2. Removing all extraneous "speaking in churches" materials from suitcases to make room for extra clothes, etc. 3. Buying new pr of hiking boots for flying (and new blue Dickies pants for same).4. Couple of books to take back with me (I imagine Barnes and Noble will miss my regular forays) 5. Tool shopping - (seems I'm always looking for a tool that I didn't know I needed 'til I got there...) 6. Starting my anti-malaria meds again - oof! How could I have forgotten that taste? 7. Gathering all those critical docs into one place (birth cert., passport, checkbook, credit card, travelers checks) Yep, its good news in this note!! (Remember my note in October about waiting, it's almost over) I'm going home to Papua and back to work!! Now I'll need to sort all my clothes out into "wear in the tropics" and "wear here in temperate USA" - what fun!! No coat, no sweater, no stocking cap...

All this stuff gets to live a few more years in my brother's attic (thanks Kurt and Melody!!). Ensuring that it (and I) will be hopelessly out-of-date and dusty in a few years when I dig it out again. And I'm looking forward to another Christmas Eve on the beach in Papua! So, yeah - I have the visa now and tickets to return to Papua. Departing 30 November from LAX, I'll get into Jakarta on Friday, 2 December and after a Flight Physical on 5 December, I'll leave on the redeye to Papua (overnight flight). Praise God for a visa, for the tickets to get there and especially for your faithful prayers!! HE has refreshed me and encouraged me and equipped me even better to go back to Papua and get back to flying.

I am sorry I didn't get to see so many of you this time back - I would have loved nothing more than to hit the road and drive to all your churches, stay in your homes, visit, drink coffee, play with your kids and tell stories and share... You're all on my heart especially as I get ready to go back to the flying and with this holiday season coming on strong! I'm going to miss you some more, but will be back soon enough on furlough in late 2007 (date TBD).

For now please pray for my goodbyes (they don't get easier - this time I have 4 nephews and nieces in addition to my brother and his wife), for traveling safety and for wisdom as I change gears again to put my fly-the-airplane brain and skills back in as well as the fix-the-airplane stuff filed away somewhere in my head. Boy, I love this stuff - just not the prep-work.

If the Lord leads and you would like to help with some of the costs of preparing to go back, I'd appreciate it. I have to pay for my own travel back to CA from here, my laptop maintenance, and some fees for oversize luggage to get the tools and clothes I need for this term back with me.

If you want to call or write before I leave, I'm at my brother's in Memphis until 26 November then I'll be in Redlands for a few meetings before I leave. My contact info is below. The cell phone will work until the morning of 30 November and I appreciate hearing from each and every one of you no matter the time. Warm blessings,

Kevin Lynne Pilot/Mechanic with Mission Aviation Fellowship in Papua, INDONESIA

Address: PO Box 3202

Redlands, CA 92373-0998

Phones: Work: (909) 794-1151, X343

MAF Cell: (901) 493-2657

Email: klynne@maf.org

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October 11, 2005

Dear friends and prayer-partners,

Greetings still from Redlands - I am still waiting in CA for a return date to Papua. While trying to work out the details for my return last month, my visa expired and so we've had to reapply for that via our office in Jakarta. I'm learning to be patient and wait on His perfect timing, but it sometimes seems like the process is taking so lonnngggg.... Good news: after a long process, it looks like a visa will be "had" by sometime next week in Jakarta. Then we'll (here in Redlands) have to send it, my passport and the paperwork from our end to the Consulate and get it put into the passport so I can get tickets and head back to Papua. Please pray that it will come here expeditiously and we can get it through the right hands/desks on this end as efficiently as we can.

WORK

Thanks so much for praying about the Shipping needs here at Redlands. Marc Greer has been hired to take over the Shipping Supervisor position full time and I've trained him up in all I knew about what I'd been doing since April. He's now in charge and I've faded to a supporting role part-time while I try to get caught up on long-overdue correspondence and some sharing opportunities that I hadn't had time for. I am sorry that my updates this summer and this fall have been so sparse. I can claim only that I want to write about flying and Papua and couldn't really figure out how to write about Shipping and my time here. Plus I didn't have a firm return date and really hoped to be writing by now from the other side of the Pacific where HE and you are sending me. These are not excuses or even good explanations, but I hope you'll hear in them that I am sorry it's been so long. I hear from friends in Papua that I am missed and they can't wait to get me back working on their side of the MAF-world. It's been good and I can definitely see how God has used me during this time here in Shipping, but I'm glad it was just for a short season, now back to our regularly scheduled flying...

TRAVELS

3 weeks ago I was invited up to visit some friends from LeTourneau and share at their church in Issaquah, WA (I just like saying that out loud). Their request fit into MAF's allowing me now to travel as the requests come to share/speak/visit while I'm waiting for a visa. I just got back last night from Solvang, CA where I got to share and visit with my friends and support team at Santa Ynez Valley Presbyterian (hope I spelled that right). So, I'm enjoying being able to update people on what I'm doing in Papua and probably have maybe a month or so left with weekends free if the opportunities arise. Call or write, I'd love to share (if nothing else, over the phone) personally. I will be asking for specific prayer when I start driving the Honda back to my brother's house in Memphis (hopefully soon as I have a departure date).

Sorry this is so short, I wanted to get a quick update out while I've got a moment to breathe. I sincerely love you all and thank God for your prayers and faithful encouragement.

Blessings,

Kevin

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June 17, 2005

Dear friends and prayer-partners,

Greetings from Memphis this time! No, I don't work in Memphis now - I'm on 10 days vacation to visit my brother [Kevin Lynne], and his wife and new niece (6 weeks old, healthy, name= Ellie). Been getting in some much-needed family "quality time" as well as "uncle time" with the 3 older kids and I'm even checked out and qualified to hold little Ellie now. (though sometimes she continues to cry just to see what I'll try next!) I've even been able to play a round of golf with my brother and that was "rusty", but fun . I return to Redlands next Monday and will be getting back to work Tuesday morning.

WORK

As mentioned near the end of my last prayer letter in April, I'm working in the Shipping department at MAF's headquarters in Redlands, CA. I'll be there at least through August, then expect to return to Papua and get back to the flying. Work has been a real stretching experience as I needed to learn the different methods we use to ship aircraft parts, maintenance supplies, school books, and shipments of personal effects to keep our worldwide flight operations humming! I say "stretching" b/c I was under the impression it was as simple as putting things in boxes and pushing the "SHIP" button... nope, I was pretty wrong about that. It's busy and nonstop everyday. Which means it keeps me hopping and learning something new about how to get "stuff" in and out of the 24+ countries we serve in. I do have a new appreciation now for the work needed to keep my plane and me flying safely out there on the "leading edge" in Papua. They're still trying to hire someone to replace the 3 personnel that have left in the last 2 months depleting the Shipping department. They'll definitely be needing someone before I head back overseas -- I'm sure they'd appreciate your prayers that God would lead the right person to fill that ministry.

REDLANDS

I've been back a little over 2 months now and I want to apologize for the lack of updates. I've had my laptop hard drive reformatted and some connectivity issues and since all of your e-ddresses are stored on my laptop in outlook, that means this update format is wayyyy overdue! I'm sorry and slowly catching up on the backlog of emails. Thank you for writing and praying anyway though I'm sure you'd thought I'd dropped off the edge of the world. Well, actually I guess parts of CA are slipping, falling, shaking, etc.... makes me want to be "back home" where it's safer flying over the jungle everyday... Being here, I've had to move quite a bit, so a "home phone" was hard to define -- but my brother has added me to his cell phone family plan and that number until I go back to Indonesia will be (901) 493-2657. I'd love to hear from you - leave a message if I miss you, I promise to call back. It would be good to catch up again if you have time to talk. Oh yeah, I'm also back here in the land of regular mail delivery - so if you want to write or send something, please use MAF's Headquarters’ address (listed below).

I've also been enjoying the regular fellowship with my "family" at Calvary Chapel San Bernardino (CCSB --- sorry, there're always too many abbreviations floating around in my head...). And I do plan to get up to Solvang to visit my SYVPC family as well - what a blessing to share 2 weeks ago with my missions prayer group at the Kings'. Though I'd like to, my time here is too limited to get to seeing all of you this trip but I will talk to as many as possible (phone or in person). I do miss that opportunity I was having to be traveling around visiting all of your churches and sharing with you all -- I'm guessing that has to wait until my regularly scheduled furlough in another year and a half. As mentioned in my April 05 prayer letter (paper version), my time here is meant to be focused on personal spiritual growth and some counseling with a counselor and a pastor/brother at CCSB. Thank God with me for MAF allowing this "time out" to "take care of" me back here. I'm definitely enjoying and learning from the quality one-on-one time with these gentlemen. I'm also learning that I need to dig back into the Word a lot more than I have been.

I must confess I'd gotten very slack in my reading and digging into the Word personally. I feel it too - but probably could only have told you that I felt "dull" in my spiritual walk (and of course, it was all my fault, HE didn't go anywhere!) Please continue to pray that HE would sharpen me spiritually and that I would be diligent in my reading and studying to be more like Him. I want to be a better, purer servant that blesses those I serve, but am realizing my failure to commit the time needed for personal growth in my relationship with Him FIRST.

SUPPORT

Serious big time praise item here!! I remember (as do most of you) when my updates were full of constant updates of how God was providing my support to send me over to Indonesia as well as the regular support needed to keep me serving over there. God has continued to provide and my support level remains at 100%. I say "serious" because I'm constantly aware that HE is in control of my career, living situation and even my "pay" that keeps me out there representing you with His Good News. I could not do it without Him or you - thank you for your faithful support and please call or write if you would like more details about my support -- I'm an "err on the side of brevity" kind of guy when it comes to finances just because I figure if He’s taking care of it, then my job is to be willing and ready to work. I pray HE is blessing you and your families this weekend,

Kevin Lynne

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January 2, 2005

I wonder if you know anyone who is interested in volunteering with MAF for some IT/VSAT work in support of the relief work being done in Aceh area. We have a large amount of IT equipment being deployed there to support the relief/NGOs/etc. and our IT people are looking to put together a team to go install and operate it over there. If you know of anyone interested, please contact MAF in Redlands this week (909) 794-1151.

Kevin

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January 1, 2005

How can we help?

First obvious answer is to pray - pray for the people left bereaved and who've lost all or most of what they owned, it has to be absolutely devastating. Pray for the decision-makers, that God will lead them to be effective with what they do and where they do it, even when they don't think they're working for HIM. Pray too for the Aceh people, hardest hit - they are fanatical Muslims. Any Christian work there has been almost impossible, access very limited. Now there are opportunities for Christians to help. PRAY earnestly that God's love and the Gospel may be seen and understood. I'm sure you're seeing too, in news coverage that there are tremendous physical needs - not sure what/where to do anything on that level, but I know MAF has set up an account for ASIA TSUNAMI RELIEF and we're going to be sending some pilots, a plane (for now) and possibly some IT guys to help set up VSAT and other comms. So far, it will all come from our Kalimantan (Borneo) program - at 3,000+ miles away (rough map attached below), we're not close enough to justify the ferry cost (yet). Please pray also for our leadership, we desperately want to be effective in our response and let HIS love shine through our service whether here, Kalimantan or in Aceh. I know I'd surely like to go help whether as a pilot or whatever, if I get offered the opportunity, I'll be going.

I don't know if this helps, really all I've recommended is prayer and MAF's relief fund (which will be completely spent on this crisis - whether for fuel and operating costs or for supplies, etc.) I'll be praying that HE focuses CCSB's response and shows you how you'll be part of His blessing. I'm convinced HE doesn't want us to sit back and tsk, tsk.

Blessings and Tuhan memberkatimu dalam Tahun Baru ini! [may the Lord bless you in this New Year!],

Kevin

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December 26, 2004

Dear Friends and Prayer-Partners,

You may have heard of the major earthquake off the coast of Sumatra yesterday. At 8.9 on the Richter scale it was the 5th largest since 1900. The center was off the west coast of Sumatra and several large tsunamis have caused major loss of life (estimates of 9500+) and property on that coast and in Thailand, Sri Lanka and India. In Papua we are almost 3,000 miles away and did not feel the quake or the aftershocks. So praise the Lord for His protection of me here and please remember the thousands affected by this major catastrophe a day after Christmas.

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December 13, 2004

(raw, unedited notes from my personal flight journal during the checkout phase of my flying)

13 Dec 04 OKS (wx canx) - SNT - BOR - SNT

Solo day!! Finally here and it was not the greatest wx-wise. Had a bit of darker stuff to muck about in during the climb out, got worse enroute to OKS - there were 2 other planes headed that way and working the wx ahead of me and I was glad to hear they were struggling with it. It was not a wx-day that would be breezed through, there was work and I appreciated all the radio calls that were offering different views of the wx and how they would do it. It came down to me of course, I had to fly my plane - weird being in by myself with a load of barang to deliver. But I turned eastward to try via BAT, then at approx 80 miles from SNT, I turned around. Announced it to Rick where I was sure others would hear it and know what I was doing. I turned around because:

1. No good DR - too much turning, climbing, non- std/stdy headings.

2. GPS only (?) for nav - no gnd ref from SEN onward.

3. Gustave (RCV) working2... no word for 15+ minutes, then finally made it to ABM.

4. No report on the BAT - KWR route, closed, open, could be who knows?

5. OKS then reports open only from the west... ?!?!?.. that's not good - that's where the mountains are.

6. Kept climbing, up, then level - only to be b/w layers again.. .[repeat]

7. BAT - couldn't find it.

so, I "gave it away" and came home for a load for BOR and a 1.5 hr wait to ensure the wx was clearing.

But it didn't totally - had to work my way down into Long Valley from the West to get over BOR (too high, of course) - clouds on final? is there enough room to work in there? what about a pass to deter winds? whew - too many questions.. but settled it down with the routine - checklist, get configured, slowed down and make calls >> approach was rushed, basically onto the g/slope midway b/w keypoint and abort - but settled and good numbers. Got a little slow inside 200 m, but pushed over and power for the slope - kind of a flat, but smooth landing flared to the slope and rolling on. Ok, but don't let the situ rush me again.

Back to SNT (t-storms enroute) and smooth landing. Complete inundation/baptism before I even got out of the plane completely!! Wow, there was a lot of water, buckets, bottles, hoses, pails - water from all sides! It was chaos for sure, but nice to know they care. I was soaked and squelching wet for the next 2 hours solid before I could get changed. Have to wear different shoes tomorrow - took my hiking boots 2 days to dry out from weekend soaking...

More tomorrow!

3.9 - 3 ldgs.

I kept a flight journal during the 3 months of my checkout flying back in 2004. Attached are a couple of entries from that journal. I wonder if they can be posted into the blog with the appropriate dates and in the correct order (otherwise they won't make much sense). They will all be before and leading up to that one update that is about my first solo flight out here when I made the decision to turn around and go home.

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December 9, 2004

(raw, unedited notes from my personal flight journal during the checkout phase of my flying)

9 Dec 04

KWR - SNT; PFR in Jayapura, Abe and Cyclops areas

Out an back to KWR first thing - wx was poor getting out of here, better about 60 miles out and into KWR. winds at KWR down low and made short final too exciting - waved first one off for too steep and in close. 2nd appch was better, but landing was ugly and got a big bounce due to excess rate of descent at end (too slow and no energy for flare to arrest) - REM to add power to alleviate the hard ldg after the bounce!! So... got to do some t/o and ldgs for practice in the winds... nice start to the day, when I thought the PFR would be the hard part of the day. BUT, there's more - leaving there, tooling back to SNT at altitude, the wx looks poor high ahead, so I go down 2,000, only to find it poor there and going lower, so back up, then up some more, eventually ending up 500' above where I started, until 15 miles out of SNT, then a screaming descent to get down and over to final. Decent landing here (gusty winds). So, 1 hr break - want get a bite, rest a bit, "downtime" - BUT NO!! My refrigerator's at room temperature almost! So, transfer criticial things into Apt c fridge and get a few pcs of chicket eaten, then finally launch again at 1145 for PFR. From the briefing it sounds a lot like my PPL checkride 3 months ago...

It was. Maneuvers at altitude and some discussion enroute... but BAW was better now, better feel for the plane and control of it. HAPL worked out great!! I was proud of it.

A/S eval - set up wrong direction and didn't like the site, so a no go - better his way, use surrounding terrain to deter direction of pass. Precaut. Ldg - ok, use checklist to ensure it's all done before I go in for final - "you're setting up for an off-airport crash" - (fuel, elec, plane)

Drop - got TWACA, but clouds and terrain hard to work in, Rick's was better, look for a longer final to set up and get down and stable.

T/g at Doyo Baru - get nos. and diag from Bob Roberts 1 no flap ldg at SNT, 4 LAPL (all great and onto the rway with room and a/s to spare)!! it was over finally at 2.7 hrs!! OUCH! I was wiped out, but faked still going strong...

-- still idle trouble MPG quitting on rollout if too far back... idle above 800 rpm to keep it good. Prob. r/r fuel pump on next mtnce.

Nice "coma" for 45 mins in my room.. before up to become a functioning member of society again. I was really tired absolute. Now I'm scheduled for OKS and BOR on Monday as a solo!! woohoo!

5.3 - 10 ldgs.

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December 6, 2004

(raw, unedited notes from my personal flight journal during the checkout phase of my flying)

6 Dec 04

KWR - BIM - NAL - PAG - SNT

Did RTS first - 2 t/o and landings here, then on the road to KWR. Full day with 3 new strips (coming back to NAL when the winds are not so swirly. Had to work to get it on and keep the approaches stabilized, but overall it was a pretty good day in the cockpit. I was wrung out when I got home, though. Really wiped me good, fought dropping off to sleep, though. I wanted to sleep soundly tonight.

BIM - around the "Slant-mtn" corner from BOR [Long Valley]

Notes: Seems good to be 60-65 as approach spd goal for steep strips, then 55-60 for flat strips. Watch the illusions at BIM, NAL and even KWR - been there regularly lately, but still a bit sudden the arrival/transition at the bottom. Better appch spd and r-o-d control today - keep the scan moving and small corrections. Stayed ahead of the a/c all day - radios and planning - except where I didn't quite anticipate what Rick was going to want next (ie. "go high" or "go low" - change tanks, lean it, etc...) Find a way to cut down on the amount of cockpit mic noise in the ICS - ask Avionics, maybe it's related to the squelch in the panel. Fabricate the holder for the pubs on back of seats. Watch swirly winds focused down the valley at KWR - if need be, can look at it, then "give it away" if it looks too challenging for me by myself. Note the little roll clouds on downwind side of hills and ridges approaching Long Valley.

5.2 - 17 ldgs.

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December 2, 2004

(raw, unedited notes from my personal flight journal during the checkout phase of my flying)

2 Dec 04

KWR - OKS - BOR - TER - SNT

Started later b/c of rain, then dipsticks missing... preflt ok and launched with one pax - audio in helmet died on climb out. T/s and no joy - only very occasionally could I make it work, wiring mounted badly and strain on harness caused audio failure. Came back long enough to fly last .4 of the flight in wx and over east of KWI to OKY and descend (using 10deg flaps!?!). Ok landing, keeping parameters together. Helmet still unworkable so divert to OKS to p/up headset from MPF - pax delivered there, they were happy! Did ldg at OKS - with helmet not working - but ok landing.

Watch getting slow at the bottom - carry that speed to the flare and use it!

Maybe set a standard for me: -- 65 for steep strips, 60-55 for level strips.

Climbed out lower from OKS to view OKS pz (I knew it would be clobbered) - REM: you can't go direct to BOR - need to follow MIP/Amisi.. valley to the east, then let down to BOR. Remembered BOR, but Rick had to come on controls when I bounced it (added power to settle back to strip) - therefore we did 2 extra ldgs and t/o there before on to TER. GET THE NUMBERS ON AND KEEP THEM ON! (65 FOR BOR - DON'T START THE APPROACH LOW AND GOING LOWER).

On to TER - wayyyyy off to the west, then around, down, and find a hole and follow river - cigs about 500 AGL, found it - wet, slick - Rick wondered aloud if I was up to it. So, I said "let's do one, see how it goes" -- 5 ldgs later and a walk, I'm checked out there. It's shorter than it seems - watch that!! Left there low (about 1500') - rick was enjoying the chance to sightsee - but had to climb and divert west to get out of the scud eventually. Uneventful transit to SNT from there.

Changing the tach and FF gauges tomorrow -- wow, how will that go?

Fuel burn - is it working the way I think it is?

What's the transfer rate for the flint pumps?

Build a "smart book".

Need to carry my ticket book and a rate sheet.

Start my own "checked out on" strip directory.

AOM reading and review with Rick tomorrow - prep for PFR next Thursday - then maybe solo signoff!!

4.4 - 13 ldgs.

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November 2, 2004

(raw, unedited notes from my personal flight journal during the checkout phase of my flying)

2 Nov 04

Busy day starting in MUL - WAM - PUL - WAM - KOB - SNT.

"Dropping it in" due to last minute power off and not enough flare + too high... Did it multiple times resulting in hard arrivals. Had to work the wx a bit to get through from MUL to WAM. If it was a question of going where I know, I'd have had to turn back and find another route. But, there's a backdoor to Pyramid that gets you into the Baliem valley and that's good. Probably worried the pax a bit cause Rick turned the GPS off and I started using my map a lot more and looking for airstrips to identify.

Rick did the landing at PUL - and demo'd the pig tie-down in tarp for the back. Kept me busy in MUL, PUL and KOB handling the money and tickets, etc. We'll be back to PUL for checkout - on the frontside of the ranges near Nalca

3.8 hrs - 3 ldgs (MAR)

1.9 hrs - 6 ldgs (MPP)

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October 29, 2004

(raw, unedited notes from my personal flight journal during the checkout phase of my flying)

29 Oct 04

Checkout today into MUL - TAV - DAB - a/s eval at Manggabilis - WAM - JPA. Flying with Doug Allrich so a little limited on how much we could carry out of Sentani. Especially since they pretty much filled the mains and left some in the tips for us. Ldg at MUL went ok, remembered to account for the slope and it was ok - departure ok, but had planned to wrong TAI - so off course initially. Then back on and headed for TAV around some wx and down through a hole to do my 5 ldgs and t/o there. "slippery when wet" but long and full of cowpies! Got it all over the plane - but it was easy enough. Noted definite difference in my g/s picture with rain on the windscreen - started flaring high and dropping it. Might have been hunger, though. I was starving after we got to Dabera and my performance suffered a little from my malaise (hungry and tired) - thought we'd eat there and I'd be "up" but we weren't getting out. Those people won't stay off the runway! Anyway, my landings there were avg - but got better at the end. Get a long, stablized approach and monitor the t/d zone and r-o-d ... forget the illusions.

Wondered about the fuel situ - started talking about it enroute to Mangga_ _ _ _ and decided not enough fuel (only 35 conservatively) to do that and get to WAM and a good thing too! We had to work around and climb up through some wx b/c the Ndundu pass was plugged and solid and building all along Doorman, Mikes, etc.... Finally got over at middle gap into the Baliem valley and landed. Dipped the tanks = only 16 gallons left! Not enough for my comfort, that's for sure!

Lunch - 2 pizza slices warmed on Cyl #6 and we're off with Rick and Berry in the back to SNT. Much working and climbing, probing, looking and almost-IMC in the N Gap, then divert over the range toward KOB and around, then on course IFR to SNT. Got about .4 actual and lots of rain on the plane enroute...

Better radio proc today, need to watch my energy levels and eat regularly. That's important in this environment. Also, keep an out on all this wx hunt-probe stuff. Listen and look for good wx to divert into and get down somewhere. Noticed BAW is improving too, general anticipation of what the a/c will do is coming in -- just need to get it dialed in so I like it too. Flying again with Rick on Mon and need to pull all this stuff from this week together - so he does less reminding and coaching. I'm now checked out at:

WAM TAV

DAB JPA

BOK MUL

OBK ILU

more to follow...

Having an "out" is going to make this flying a lot easier - I need to determine the out whether I'm working wx, terrain or trying to find an airstrip. Maybe I could think of it as flying defensively - protect myself and the plane with the "out" while I work to get the job done. If options are running out, then the out needs to be something I've decided I can safely do and will w/o any hesitation. Early in my career here, that will happen often and as I develop the judgment and skills, my "outs" will still be there, but less necessary as I learn how to work the wx and terrain. Need to remind myself constantly that I am still an amateur for the first year or so - no shame in being extremely cautious all the time. Take no chances, it can get ugly too fast. Develop a "fuel ladder" for my knee-board/flt log. See Word doc called Fuel Ladder.

5.5 hrs - 12 ldgs - .4 actual

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October 28, 2004

(raw, unedited notes from my personal flight journal during the checkout phase of my flying)

28 Oct 04

Day off yesterday helped - I did better on the radios today. Had a few landing where seemed like I was flaring high and waiting for it to arrive - need to concentrate more on flying down into the flare and then "getting it on" at the grass as it stalls.

Preflt in a minor flood - a/c parked in only low spot in whole big area in front of hangar. Wet shoes and socks a minor annoyance, but stunk pretty bad at the end of the day. Took 2 DGAC inspectors into Obukain to inspect the new a/s there - had to wave off my first approach, too high in close b/c not give myself enough room on final. 1st landing was soft and smooth though, a little drift - need to get that centerline control better!

Good look at ANG - NIN pass on the way interior - and then down the Ninia valley into the Baliem (over to the right = Kwik valley - HCN accident) and out the So. Gap - beautiful weather on the southside today!! Smooth, cool and clear out there.

Over to Sumo and then on to WAM (s/s sure makes the fuel/load calcs easy at these strips - sure were limited out of Sumo b/c couldn't download enough fuel to bring the pastor out with us). Pizza for lunch in WAM - didn't heat real well on top of battery box - should have been on top of cylinders or exhaust muff (pack it longways next time) - delicious anyway - thank Damaris, that was nice of her.

Trip back to SNT was quiet and went smoothly with no major foul-ups comm-wise. Back by 1245 and paperwork done and home by 1330! That's good timing. Now I've got all evening to get ready for more checkout flying tomorrow -- MUL again, then Taivye and Dabra with a/s eval (flying) at Manggabilis (wherever that is...) Plan fuel load desired to get a load into MUL and then all the training flying after that.

4.5 hrs - 4 ldgs.

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October 18, 2004

Dear Friends and Prayer-Partners,

Christmas approaches too fast and I have so much to be thankful for... I wonder how many of you remember my "Christmas gift" last year? It actually arrived Christmas Eve for me in the form of the last bit of financial support needed for me to be 100% supported and headed over here. Yep, HE's a "just-in-time" God sometimes, huh? This year's Christmas gift was a little early - I soloed last week. Now you're thinking "we sent him as a pilot thinking he was qualified already! What's this excitement about soloing?" The excitement comes in being found ready to be signed off to fly routes, make weather/wind decisions, and operate safely in a not-for-the-newly-winged region. It's been about 1.5 months since my flight checkout started in earnest and I soloed last Monday. In fact, let me tell you about Monday:

I was excited to get flying of course. Trying to remember all the things I've been taught about the weather, terrain, times-of-day and everything here. I was so primed, I went over to the flight line on Sunday afternoon to see what my plane (MPG) was loaded with. As long as I was there, I figured it'd be a good idea to dip [measure the fuel in] the tanks (ensure I had the fuel load I had asked for.. a little extra of course for being the new guy wouldn't hurt), programmed the GPS with my routes for Monday and checked my preplanned headings and distances against what the GPS said, then I sat (sweating furiously) in the seat and mentally flew the 2 flights for Monday. That felt better. Then I got out and walked around the plane to see if there was anything wrong/missing/leaking/abnormal. Nope, it looks ready - in fact the plane's giving me a look as if to say "are you ok? what are you worried about?" I was worried about not being ready for.. for what?.. for EVERYTHING! Seems like there's so much that was taught, had to be read, absorbed, regurgitated, tested, demonstrated, passed satisfactorily in Candidacy, Orientation, then Checkout. I wondered if I was capable of remembering it all. Oh God, please help it all be "in there" when I need it tomorrow!!

0400 comes early and breakfast done, lunch packed and out the door for preflight by flashlight. Weather's not optimal, but it is "workable" - two other planes (from other missions) launch to my first destination. So, I pray briefly and start the engine and call the flight plan in. Runup complete, rolling, brakes checked, line up and launch... seems quieter by myself, but the radio is full of the other pilots (ahead of me enroute to Oksibil) talking about the weather. I'm busy with post-takeoff, then level off, calls made, route checked and listening to the weather conversation up ahead. Sounds like there's some weather-work [my term for it] to be done up there - Well Lord, You make me equal to the demands of the weather, flights schedule and terrain today... I'm 45 minutes out, had to climb a little, hunt for a hole, talking to the guys up ahead -- "wait a minute, why'd he go silent for 15 minutes?" Turns out he was "working the weather" for a way through - found it, but sounds like he's not in the clear yet. I'm looking at my flight plan and feeling pinched - new guy, first flight, weather is not letting us see the ranges - in fact it keeps pushing me eastward and up higher. Wow Lord, this is a big first day, huh? What do You think? Should I be waiting this out? Am I pressing on into something beyond my capabilities? How would I know? Uncomfortable thing, that self-doubt -- but at least I've got plenty of fuel. I'm trying to remember I'm the new guy and it dawns on me: I can turn around. The factors building into this being an overload of a first flight are building too fast - so I've made the decision, I'm going to turn around if I don't get a break in the weather in 5 miles. Two and a half minutes later, I'm doing a 180 degree turn and heading for Sentani.

Felt pretty good about turning around. It was too much for me right away [later confirmed by one of the senior guys who worked through it]. Back on the ground, I get the plane loaded for Borme which was my 2nd flight and that flight still has some weather enroute - some clouds over the station that I worked to get down through, but I got in, unloaded, checked the fuel, loaded some backloading, and chatted with the people for a few minutes. Then I'm off and headed home again. An hour later, I've landed, taxied in and shut down. Wow, that was fun! Getting out of the plane, I'm hit by a wall of water from all directions! Stepping away from it, blinded by more buckets swung at me and gasping from the ice water poured down my back, I remember it's a tradition to completely inundate the new pilots here in Papua when they return from their first flight. Wow, seems like all the hangar guys, several pilots and the line guys all had buckets, pitchers and garbage cans full of water in motion toward me - so, I was soaked completely! "Baptized" is more like it -- yep, these people don't believe in "sprinkling" - it's "dunk"-style and I'm so drenched! Congratulations from the Chief Pilot and Program Manager and a few others, then everyone's back to work. Someone took some digital pics, it looks like I went swimming in my flight clothes.

So, why go to all that trouble to tell you a story about turning back on my first day? I wanted to thank you for praying, for faithfully lifing me and my teammates up each morning as we take off. For praying for our safety and judgment; for praying that we would be effective in the flights we do and make good decisions that get the Kingdom-work done here. Thank you for praying and thank you for joining Him in sending me here to do this work. Oh yeah, I have to tell you, the rest of the week's flying went well. The weather didn't really cooperate and become beautiful until Thursday, but it was workable and I was "stretched" and able to do my job safely as well.

CHRISTMAS

Christmas is Saturday (I'm sure you know that, most of you live in a mass-consumerism market) - kind of weird to not be buying and wrapping gifts this year. I know of one tribe interior that is getting the Jesus Film in their language this week [He's a "just-in-time God"], another whose entire New Testament just went to the printers last week, and He is definitely making Himself known as the local churches and people make plans to celebrate this amazing Story. His Story, where God came down to become man and live among us. An amazing story, an amazing God and somehow He looked down and picked me to be His messenger/delivery boy here. Wow, what a privilege! I'm thanking Him for sending me here and I want again to thank you for your prayers, encouragement and support. I do pray HE blesses you and your families this Christmas like HE's blessed me.

Because His Name is Immanuel,

Kevin Lynne Pilot/Mechanic with Mission Aviation Fellowship in Indonesia klynne@maf.org (909) 556-9892

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October 18, 2004

Well, I just got through stuffing handfuls of ground beef into plastic baggies to be frozen - still wondering if a handful really equals a 1/4 lb of beef or more (?) -- guess I'll find out when I try to use it in a recipe, huh? Ah, what a sweet domestic picture that paints on this tropical Monday night in Sentani. No, ground beef isn't what reminded me to write my friends, supporters and partners - probably more like, "I've got so much to share about life here in Sentani!!" (I should write more often) If I don't start writing again, I'll never catch you up. I'm still in Sentani in the "checkout/orientation" phase of my time here. Been spending most of my workdays over the last month working in the hangar doing various inspections and maintenance on our MAF planes that come out here. Sentani is our main base here in Papua so we see all the major/heavy inspections and it's a good place to "get my feet wet" (or is it "hands greasy", "fingers burnt", "knees dirty"?) doing maintenance here while under the watchful eye of our Maintenance Specialists. It's going well and I'm really enjoying working on "live planes" that are out there getting dirty doing Kingdom-work every day.

Flying starts for me next week - we've been awaiting the arrival of my helmet. My crate from Redlands (with helmet inside) just arrived last Thursday and now I can start my flight checkout in earnest. Previous flying has been on a waiver to allow me to use a headset to get current and pass my Indonesian civil checkride so my license could be processed and I could start the real flying when my helmet got here (did I lose you in that roundabout?) Anyway, I'm psyched to get started on the flying and will include a picture from that in my next praymail.

Being here in Sentani has allowed me a couple of opportunities to get to know some of the missionary community - I was invited to speak on a Middle School Father-Son retreat in September, I've shared at an Indonesian church pastored by an Indonesian man my dad led to the Lord back in 1979 (that was a real blessing to me!!), regularly I meet and get to know different translators or Bible teachers as they transit through Sentani and get to hear how God is working in "their tribe" or their area. It's really an exciting place to be and to see what MAF is doing here to support and enable that ministry is so motivating!! I know HE doesn't do it all just to encourage me, but I am so glad HE picked me to come here and work with these people. God is really moving here and I want to thank you again for sending me over here to be a part of it.

Praise the Lord with me:

1. Safety and health - I'm safe, healthy and surrounded by quality Christian men and women doing God's work. Does it get any better than this?

2. Crate arrived, now I have my tools, HELMET, bicycle, CDs, kitchenware (though I'm still in the guest house and don't need my stuff yet) and other odds and ends to make a home here!

Pray with me:

1. Please pray for safety and diligence as I start the flying checkout next week. Flying here is so much more of a challenge because of the rugged terrain and weather patterns. Pray that I would absorb and retain the wisdom, tips and training of the pilots I fly with during my checkout. I can't wait!!

2. Some of you may have heard there was an accident here in Papua last month. Neil Roesler is now with the Lord - he was flying a HeliMission helicopter in a rugged area of Papua on 20 September about 1630 when he went down. We still don't have all the details but we do know he died on impact and that a search and rescue team of planes and helicopters located the site and his body was recovered and brought out to the base in Wamena. I did SAR in the Navy for years and this was the toughest one I've ever dealt with b/c it was so personal and close. The memorial service and funeral were amazing and touching - maybe all the more because Neil grew up here in Papua with me. We shared the blessings of support-raising before we came here, talked helicopters and flying together to stay sane through language school, and I couldn't wait to get to work with him here!! Please lift up in regular prayer his wife Sandy (also an MK) and her 2 kids (Kaila - 2, and Micah - 8 mos.), they just left Sentani headed back to the US this morning. Life and the future hold a lot of challenges for Sandy so I'll ask you to pray hard that HE will comfort her and lead her as she prays to see where HE is leading next. I do know she's planning a memorial service in PA in November if you're interested, I can get you the details. I'd go myself, but it's a long trip from Papua...

It's been a tough 2 weeks or so getting back to work, but I haven't forgotten that I am here because of His deep love for Papua and I want to thank each and every one of you for your faithful prayers, friendship, emails... God has used you to bless me and I hope my life and service will bless and encourage you also. Don't hesitate to write or drop me a quick note.

Maranatha,

Kevin Lynne Pilot/Mechanic with Mission Aviation Fellowship in Indonesia klynne@maf.org (909) 556-9892

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August 14, 2004

Dear friends and prayer-partners,

I am feeling FULL with all He's done to bless me -- I am in fact, overflowing with the what He's done in this last week!! 2 weeks ago I asked for prayer for my "downtime" as I prepared to travel out to Papua - that was soo good, some incredible fellowship and I was encouraged and blessed to study, pray and fellowship with some fellow missionaries in Jakarta before heading to Papua. One week ago yesterday morning I stepped off the plane here in Sentani (airport for Jayapura, the capital of Papua) - - WOW, such a mix of emotions and an actual racing of my heart to finally be in Papua after so long praying, preparing, and process to get here. Thank you all for letting Him use you to send me here!! I know I wouldn't be here without your constant prayers and support, your faithfulness warms and encourages my heart regularly.

So... Papua at last, you probably wouldn't know what HE's done to make it a blessing to be here rather than a "transition", so I'm going to share some snapshots (first impressions) from my first week here:

Friday (6 Aug): What a beautiful green, rugged jungle I'm going to be flying over here!! Man, it's like the garden of Eden gone wild!! MAF staff on the tarmac at the bottom of the stairs to welcome me "home" here in Sentani. Some national MAF staff excited to see me here ready to get to work!

Saturday: What's that noise?... oh, a deluge - tropical storm and so much water falling it made me laugh at the noise and amount of it. Absolutely boggles the mind how it can do that. Shopping for groceries - smells, people, it's good to be here!! Got an email from the MAF Flight Scheduler and attached was the schedule with my name on it to start my checkout flying on Tuesday -- wow, that really hit home - I get to fly here!!

Sunday: Worship with the mission community; part of the text from John 15 (God was using that in my QT last week a lot)

Monday: Worship and prayer time with MAF staff - man, these guys sing their hearts out and it's got a different Papua-type chant sound to the singing even when we sing western praise songs! Love it, surely heaven will sound like that!! Spent the afternoon sweating in the plane reacquainting myself with the panel, switches, checklist, etc. -- what a great little "office" I have! I need to get you a picture of it!

Tuesday: Preflight and flying -- can you believe this is what I do for a living? HE must love me a lot to bring me here, put me in this plane and send me out on a smooth air morning to "knock the rust off" my skills and get my proficiency back -- or is everybody's ministry like that to them? Thank YOU Lord, for sending me here. (Oh yeah, I flew twice that day - improvement noted, let's see how tomorrow goes).

Wednesday: 0530 preflight and we're going interior with some fuel. Met a national MAF worker in Wamena (one of our main interior bases) who remembered loading airplanes with me on one of my summer jobs and remembers my dad well -- what a sweet, blessing to share with him briefly how God brought me here to work with him as a partner in this field!! I overheard him telling another worker "Now don't call him Bapak ("mister") or Tuan ("mister/superior"), he's "Dik Kevin" because he's a child of Papua, he's from here" -- "Dik" is short for "adik" which means little brother. I was so touched; and it's true, I feel like I'm back working among family here. They then taught me the proper greeting and inflection for a Dani man to meet his friends for my next trip into Wamena. Oh yeah, we flew a lot that day too!! Went up some absolutely gorgeous valleys practicing my airwork and refining the MAF techniques and skills learned last September. Gotta really watch the weather up there in the mountains, it changed so quickly while I was practicing up in there. Carried 2 passengers out from Wamena to Sentani - one complimented me on my landing back here -- now I know why, he's a former Air Force guy, probably didn't know Navy pilots could land on grey things that don't move...

Thursday: Paperwork and test day - got so much done and still time to chat with hangar guys - love the more basic form of Indonesian spoken here (liberally sprinkled with English - by THEM, not me!) The MAF missionary family has gone out of their way to answer my questions, to show/help me get settled -- what a solid, dedicated team and I pray that I will be an asset, blessing and encouragement as I take my place among them.

Friday: Half-day of prayer - I was asked to share a short testimony for the MAF national staff (Karyawan) here - what an honor to be joining their team, to do my part for the Kingdom here on this beautiful island! Singing was great and enthusiastic again - and the speaker shared from... you guessed it, John 15. Was able to get a car to go visit my dad's grave and see what needs be done to clean that up, wouldn't you know it - John 15:13 is on the headstone!! I could really go on and on and on (some of you know I'm a talker ) - but I hope I've conveyed some of the blessing/wonder of being led here to do His work. I am surely a privileged servant to hear His call to serve here with MAF and to be brought here to serve this church, these missionaries, these Lost in this remote corner of the globe. Thank Him with me for wanting to use me and thank you for your vision to pray and partner with me. I've said it before, I'll say it again...

Because of His Good News, I had to go and now I'm here!

Kevin Lynne Pilot/Mechanic with Mission Aviation Fellowship in Indonesia klynne@maf.org (909) 556-9892

PS: Praise the Lord with the Van Zwols, amniocentesis (sp?) in Singapore revealed ABSOLUTELY NO SIGN of Downs in their expected baby and that's the kind of God I serve!! I mean, really praise Him for answering so quickly and definitively for them. (I can forward their email to their prayer partners if you're interested, just let me know)

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July 30, 2004

Dear friends and prayer-partners,

Wow! It's here at last, the last day of language study has come and gone - I passed my final "evaluasi" somewhere in the midst of packing up my house and crating motorcycle, books, clothes, etc. to send to Papua. "Stuff" gone I prepped my house for the new MAF couple (arrived Tuesday) to start their language study here. I've spent the last few days (last days of classes and farewells at IMLAC) helping get the new couple oriented to life in Indonesia - Bandung - etc. It's amazing what I've somehow picked up in my 7 months here that is useful for them starting out. Actually I'm still trying to process the fact that I'm done here in Bandung and moving on...

Yep, that's what's next, moving day is finally here! I will be spending a few days in Jakarta for a flight physical and some "down time" and ON TO PAPUA!! I have been praying and moving toward this trying to hear how HE wants it done for soooo long and it's almost here, and what?... I feel so humbled again to be chosen by HIM to be here, to come to this huge, desperate country and to serve the Gospel with a plane and wrench in the far corner of Indonesia. He has blessed me to get to come here and be the "tool" you'll be using to serve the indigenous churches in Papua... I want to thank Him for that opportunity and for His trusting me and my life with His precious Message. And thank you all again for your faithful prayers and support - and for your faith that HE will use me.

PRAISE:

1. Language school is over and yes, there was improvement all across the board in my Bahasa. One of the pelatihs (literally "coach") who did my final evaluasi also did my entrance evaluasi and he described that earlier impression of me and my language skill compared to now. Praise Him and thanks for praying, there has been major improvement and I'm thanking Him for the time to polish/fix my Bahasa before starting work in Papua.

2. Health and general blessing. Hard to explain, but I'm just happy and content with my lot here -- HE has blessed me more than I deserve and it's good!!

PRAYER:

1 If you would, please remember the Van Zwols (new MAF couple in Bandung) in prayer - they are coping well with the jetlag, culture shock and even the new diet, etc. BUT just got some pretty serious news that the baby they are expecting has a 50% chance of being a Downs syndrome baby. This has laid them pretty low emotionally and I'd ask that you "push them in front of the Throne" regularly in prayer over the next few weeks as they have doctor consults and plans to make about their future, studying the language, etc. (all while dealing with this new culture HE called them to serve).

2. For me, as I transition to this next phase - the flying airplanes part!!! please pray HE renews my servant heart to the people I'll be serving and serving with. Language study has been pretty much about me and my language progress; and I want to spend some time preparing this week before I arrive in Papua to serve. Service is the heart of what we do in MAF - serving missionaries, local churches and the communities in general all in answer to that Great Commission. And I want Him to be pleased with my heart as I return to Papua after all these years; what's more I want people to be blessed by my service and for Him to get the glory for it all. That's the reason for the 2 days of "down time" before I leave to Papua. Pray this would be a rich time spiritually as well as refreshing.

Oh yeah, I guess you want to know when, where, etc.... I will be leaving next Thursday evening (5 August) from Jakarta at 2100 and arrive in Papua 6 August at 0840. My address there will be:

Kevin Lynne c/o

MAF P.O. Box 239

Sentani 99352

PAPUA

INDONESIA

(email and mobile number both remain the same) Thanks for your faithful prayers and support through the language school process and for your prayers as I move on to this next phase... don't they just keep getting better and better? HE's so good to me!!

Maranatha!

Kevin Lynne Pilot/Mechanic with Mission Aviation Fellowship in Indonesia klynne@maf.org

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June 15, 2004

Dear friends and prayer-partners,

I wonder if you'd just indulge a little praise and excitement in this update? (hope so, cause I just need to share...)

Got an email this afternoon when I got home from school - update on the results from my tests at the DGAC (Civil Aviation Authority in Indonesia) and guess what? Well actually most of you shouldn't be guessing at all -- you prayed, HE provided and I passed the tests (2 pilot and 1 mechanic)!!! All of them!

I had heard from some MAF friends that it's been a while since a pilot/mechanic passed all the tests on the first try - so I was prepared to take one or more again. But here I passed them... how is that possible? I know most of you know I'm no genius and I even had to ask for prayer for diligence studying, so we know it wasn't me - It's got to be Him: Isn't He good, good, good? Wow, I was hopping around my apartment - excited to see Him at work (faithfully doing what He promises in I Thes. 5:24) and happy to be the guy He wants to use to fly airplanes in Papua. And I just wanted to take a moment and publicly thank Him for hearing yours and my prayers about these tests -- I'm sure it was no big deal to God of the Universe to guide me as I studied, guide you as you prayed and then work it all together to good, but He answered, that's the good deal. He wants to use me (Kevin Lynne) here as a pilot and mechanic in Indonesia - you know how I know? He helped me get licensed - a process that started with flight school in October of 1989 - Apr '91 then continued with maintenance training in Aug 1999 - Dec 2001 and the process of growing and learning to be a useful aviation tool for the Kingdom continues with another set of licenses to do His work here in Indonesia. Yowza!! I've got to be the luckiest guy on the planet tonight (I'd go out and celebrate with dinner or ice cream, but I loaned my motorcycle to a friend after school...) Oh well, I'll just celebrate with you - take a moment and thank Him for His answer to your prayers.

Oh yeah and all this comes on the end of Unit 5 of my language study - passed my "evaluasi" for that today and will start Unit 6 in two weeks after a "summer" break. Now there's a concept: summer break in a land where it's been summer pretty much since the Creation! Oh well, it's nice to have a short break in the school routine, I'm going to be traveling a bit and getting ready for the final language school push before I get to move on to Papua for ...(did I mention it already? I'm sure I must have...) --- the FLYING AIRPLANES PART!! Can you believe He loves me so much, He wants me to fly airplanes over here for a "job" -- boy, I must be the luckiest guy in the world!! Doing something I love for a ministry... (sorry, I was going to try to tone the enthusiasm down a little)

Anyway, thanks again for all your prayers and the emails you sent to encourage me. What a privilege to be out here on the "leading edge" (aviation word picture) to see what we (you, me and Him) are going to do next in Indonesia! Can't wait, can you?

Maranatha! Kevin Lynne Pilot/Mechanic with Mission Aviation Fellowship in Indonesia klynne@maf.org

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May 20, 2004

Greetings again from the island of Java!! It's evening of a national holiday here called: "Hari Naikkan Isa Al Masih" (The day of Jesus Christ’s' Ascension). Can you believe it? Yes, it's a national holiday here and many churches hold special services to celebrate - while the rest of the country enjoys a day off. What a cool thing to celebrate; can't wait for my chance to ascend (but I'm not in any great hurry - there's work to be done here before He calls me home). I'm writing from a mission guest house in Jakarta and I head back to Bandung tomorrow on the 1000 train.

But what of your tests, Kevin? I'm sure you're wondering how it went. I awoke Monday rested, studied and feeling ready for the tests. Then as I checked my motorcycle to ensure it was locked up before leaving, I "tweaked" my lower back in some weird angle that made standing upright breathtakingly painful!!! Owwww, that's not a good sign - I immediately mentally cried out "Come on, God, I need to be healthy to get down to Jakarta and take my tests!! Please, please, please heal this now... I'm begging you." And there began a pretty long day of easing myself up the hill - catching a cab to the train station (back seat not comfortable at all for my back). Hobbling to buy a ticket, OUCH those stairs up into the train!! Seat not comfortable for the next 3.5 hours ("Please God, help me, please heal my back, it's hurting worse!!") Lots of stairs, buying a return ticket for Friday and a long walk to the curb to call a cab (can hardly stand upright now... look like some kind of pale, neanderthal troglodyte with a backpack and a laptop hunched on the curb with my back on fire). Ahhh the sweet relief of lying flat on my back on the floor in my room at the guest house, waves of air-conditioned air cooling me as my back eased. Some friends here gave me some Tylenol that evening, I thought it helped, but it really needed a good night's rest. But wait, it still hurt bad in the morning (Tuesday) and I begged and begged God to heal it so I could go to these govt offices and stand upright, not hunched like someone incapable of getting into a plane without help - let alone flying it(!). Long story short, my back killed me all that morning and as I got up from my 2 tests, I had to apologize to my proctor for being unable to stand up straight. OUCH, "God are you seeing this? This really hurts, I need help - I'm having trouble focusing on anything but my pain and I need to study for tomorrow's tests!" Cab to get some lunch and the walking makes my back feel a little better, pressure easing somewhere in there and so I do it for an hour or so before I go back to lay on the floor at the guest house and study some more.

Wednesday the back felt almost normal - yayyyy!!! Praise the Lord, He heard me and healed me, I can't wait to tell all my supporters this story!!!! Yayyyyy,.... Oh! it was great up until the point I got out of bed and stood up (notice it's not "ouch", thus a little less painful and so I "walked it off") -- walked some more waiting to start my test Tuesday, when it tightened up and started hurting mid-test, I stood up and walked a bit to ease it. Praise the Lord, it got better (though still a little sore) through the day and when I woke up this morning it was feeling almost normal. Aches a little now, but I've been walking a good bit today and it's feeling better enough to sit up and type this. I am sure there's a major deep spiritual lesson some would draw from this, but I want to share what I've learned. I begged Him to heal it immediately, to hurry up and make it all gone. Mentally asking Him isn't it enough that I'm here, willing to study, do these tests, learn the language again, etc...?? Basically feeling like I'd earned His complete protection from anything painful and trying -- and I hope I didn't miss the lesson He was showing me, He gave me the grace, enough ability to walk in and take those tests both days.... to remember what I'd studied and I'm confident I passed them (won't know for a week or so). So, praise Him for giving me what I needed to get through that time - and then healing my back in His own good time. See? Nothing super deep there, just a regular guy trying to do what He wants him to do; but I'm so glad I get to be that guy!! Thank God for sending me here and thank you for all your prayers and notes of encouragement as I've studied and then taken these tests this week. You're all such an incredible blessing to me.

His servant,

Maranatha!

Kevin Lynne Pilot/Mechanic with Mission Aviation Fellowship in Indonesia klynne@maf.org

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May 3, 2004

Dear friends and prayer-partners,

Wow! Where does the time go? Seems like I put my head down to study something a few minutes ago on 19 April and suddenly it's May!! Easter has come and gone and it's embarrassing that it was 14 March when last I wrote. I am truly sorry, I have so much now to catch you up on, it would fill a couple of pages, but I'll keep this short and send more frequently in the future...(whew, I've learned my lesson!!)

-- School progresses. I finished Unit 3 in mid-April. Had a 2 day break and then launched into Unit 4 two weeks ago. So that puts me midpoint in Unit 4. This unit's a little more challenging, we have to write a daily essay (in Indonesian of course) and have it critiqued. The emphasis in class has shifted from so much speaking and hearing to reading and writing. It's a nice change. Oh and the hours changed too, now we do our "fieldwork" in the mornings and go to class at 1:00 in the afternoon to do the classwork. (not my favorite, I feel sharper mentally in the morning, but hey - it's all for the Kingdom, so I should just praise Him I get to go, right?)

-- I was able (with the help of some friends) to purchase a cheap motorcycle to use - so that got me off the angkot transportation routine. It's a very different attitude here toward traffic and riding. Had my right toes run over twice the other day on the way to school!! They're ok, just got to keep in closer to the footpegs when I'm stopped I guess... The motorcycle is definitely key to getting around town fairly efficiently, and I will be shipping it on to Papua when I finish language school and head out. Next important thing is a good quality helmet - unfortunately it'll have to be imported, I can't find anything that'll protect my head well enough locally. I really covet your prayers for safety as I'm out and about on the motorcycle.

Praise:

1. Continued good health! God has continued to bless me with good health and I attribute it to your faithful and regular prayers. I have friends who remind me occasionally of all the various threats we have in the air, water, food that we're in contact with here in one of the most crowded areas of the world, praise Him I don't have to experience it. (or even keep track of it all, there are people in specialty work that get paid to do it. I trust my shots and the training they gave me).

2. Language progress and fluency. I was able to represent MAF at 2 missions conferences here in Bandung last month and speaking, sharing, etc all went well. It was especially good to be able to share (dalam Bahasa Indonesia - in Indonesian) some of my personal testimony about why I'm here and how God called me to it. Not surprisingly the questions I get asked after speaking here are much the same as were asked at my "table/display" at the rear of most of your churches when I spoke there. God's people asking how they can be involved, asking where we do it (here they all know where Papua is), how can they know if He's calling them to some kind of ministry. Praise the Lord He chooses to use oh-so-human me to be the mouthpiece at times like these. I even got to meet and share with a few Papuan pastors and students that were studying at seminary here preparing to go back to Papua.... these are the people I came to serve!!! I get to fly these guys and their missionaries, etc. in and out of their stations pushing the Gospel forward boldly!!! How blessed can one guy get?

Prayer:

1. I will be taking 3 major tests in Jakarta on 18-19 May. These are to be certified as a pilot and mechanic in the Indonesian system (similar to our FAA). I need your earnest prayer for diligence as I study daily for these next 2 weeks. And please be praying He will give me the recall necessary to remember all the regs, numbers, rules, etc. on the days of the tests. I am confident that He who has called me is faithful to bring me through them, but I also believe He expects me to study and prepare as best I can. I'd appreciate all your prayers - flood heaven with them, He can handle it!

2. Continued progress in language. It's hard to see progress sometimes in the day-to-day grind, pray He will teach my tongue and brain the fluency to use Bahasa well to serve here. This last 2.5 units especially as our teachers emphasize reading and writing while trying to tweak our speaking just right. Pray He'll give me and my classmates patience, diligence and our instructors a double dose of the same. I've been praying too that I could be an encouragement to the instructors, that He will remind them of the multiplying effect of their efforts teaching a student their language to reach their people.

Lastly I pray He gives you peace and uses you to bless someone as you start your workweek. I am truly blessed to know you're back there praying and supporting me and I want you to know I care and pray for you often - really, I'm not just saying that. It's true. You are such a blessing to me and I thank God you're my partners in the field here in Indonesia. Now let's get to it!!

Maranatha!

Kevin Lynne Pilot/Mechanic with Mission Aviation Fellowship in Indonesia klynne@maf.org

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March 12, 2004

Dear Friends and Prayer-partners, Just a quick note to ask for some prayer as you start your Friday routines and head into the weekend. I've been fighting some kind of stomach/intestinal bug (you don't really want the details) since Monday evening and would really appreciate your prayers for healing. I've tried a few different recommended cures (again, don't want to go into the details), each with incremental improvements - but it's not going away and it's wiped me out physically this week. Fortunately we had a break from school Wed-Fri, so I haven't missed anything. But I sure would appreciate your prayers that my Master Healer would show me or lead me to some help (and health) for it. Thanks so much for caring to pray and I will report as soon as I'm feeling well again.

Have a blessed weekend and be a blessing,

Kevin

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March 4, 2004

PRAISE THE LORD, HE HEARD YOU!!!

Thank you so much for your many prayers over my recent sickness.... wow!! I sent that email late Friday afternoon (my time) to try to get it in your inboxes before your North American workdays started -- by the time I woke up at 0600 Saturday morning (1800 EST, Friday for most of you), I was feeling 200% better. What a really amazing difference I felt to get up and move around without cramps, cold sweats and serious headache. I even had a bit of an appetite for breakfast that morning (had a cautious, bland breakfast - thank you, Jewels) and my system has slowly improved since. Now (Sunday evening here) I am feeling about 90% of regular energy and function and it's such an amazing experience to know that He effected it so quickly in response to your prayers!!! Wow, isn't He good to me? -- better than I deserve, that's for sure. But seriously, I want to thank you all so much for your prayers and for all the "we're praying, get-well-quick" emails that flooded my inbox too. I'm so privileged to be a part of this amazing team of caring people -- thank you and THANK HIM with me for what He did for me this weekend!!

School starts again: We had a break Wed - Fri this past week as we were between units at IMLAC. I passed my evaluasi Tues. morning (didn't know I was already sick at the time, I just thought I ate something weird and had no appetite) and start Unit 3 tomorrow. Praise the Lord for a continued improvement in my pronunciation and fluency - I've noticed my ability to express myself grows ever "wider" - is that the right way to express that thought? I mean, I have more words, can actually start to express my thought or experience/knowledge to someone without having to simplify it to the level of my Bahasa. Just imagine what it'll be like when I get up through unit 6!! So, I'm looking forward to Unit 3.

Angkot Travel: (I promised to write about the angkot mode of public transportation here in Bandung, so here are my observations - enjoy! Angkot stands for Angkutan Kota - an organized small vehicle trans. system here; each vehicle is privately-owned and operated along set routes throughout the city - very cheap once you learn the routes and where to get on/off/transfer, etc.)

Imagine your average family mini-van only remove the seats in the back and install 2 skinny benches down the length of it facing each other. Seal all but 1 window shut, weld the hatchback door closed and remove the side door -- leave the hole facing the left side for passengers to enter and exit. Now squeeze up to 15 (normal load) people in the back or 18 for a full load with 3 more across the front seats. You're ready to travel by angkot. Remember with enough people crammed in there, the cushioning effect of all those bodies should there be an accident. Often you're wedged in tightly pressing both warm bodies on both sides, sweating already when someone will reach by and close the window (seems like usually only 1 is working at a time) tightly to prevent "masuk angin" - of course, we need to ensure that no moving air be allowed to circulate through the cabin. So we hurtle along in our little sweat box - instantaneously achieving suborbital velocities in less than 150 meters, then swerving, braking and lurching swiftly to almost dead stop to avoid certain collision. If NASA could master this technique on a bigger scale, it would make space launch and recovery a lot easier (and cheaper, maybe). Better yet, on our level, if MAF could master this, we could use even shorter airstrips to serve the church and gospel - but then we'd have to forget about safety and longevity for our aircraft, wheels, brakes, gear, structures, airframes, pilots, and oh yeah, no pax wants to arrive in a near crash wherever they're going that day... unless they're arriving aboard an aircraft carrier (but I digress).

What on earth inspires these guys to drive like this? It can't be the $.06 they're going to receive for my fare for an approx. ½ mile ride. Curious combination of speed, daring, braking and random accelerations - coupled with a very keen eye for passengers (real or imagined doesn't matter...) down every side alley or street. Wedging their green chariots into impossibly narrow spots, swerving out randomly into oncoming traffic to beat move up a spot or 2 in the creeping, weaving ever-present traffic jammage on the streets of Bandung. Mostly defying several laws of physics at once - at least as Mr. Einstein wrote them (perhaps there are "south-of-the-equator" corrollaries that need be expressed and/or taught in the Western school systems.) All this w/o helmets, without any safety belts or provisions of any sort - with the driver sitting on top of or beside a jerry can which is rigged as his fuel tank. Oh yeah, he's driving barefoot and you can see a lot of the road surface through the floor - which helps when he's trying to locate the cigarette he dropped while swerving earlier. Did I mention there's not much to the metal these "vehicles" are made of? It's mostly thin steel and aluminum welded together on the side of the road as repairs are needed - very ingenious, but not "trust-your-life-to-it-stuff". I appreciate all the maintenance training I received at LeTourneau - structures, welding, hydraulics, electrical, metal repair, corrosion, powerplants, etc. - but now I'm better able to realize I shouldn't be riding this thing. It's not "airworthy", not roadworthy, and yet it's doing the job - why? Must be God acting overtime to protect me as I move around Bandung on public transport. Thanks for praying that He would keep me safe here and I'll treat you to a ride if you want to come visit -- it's how I get to school every day, to the stores, to the train station, etc. What a great adventure!!

Hope you enjoyed that little interlude there. But seriously, thank you all so much for praying over that little bout of sickness - it was no fun, but it's awesome having a God who knows and cares to heal when His servants ask. Thank you for your part and I'm praying you have a blessed week!

Representing the Master Physician in Indonesia (and healthy too!),

Kevin Lynne Pilot/Mechanic with Mission Aviation Fellowship in Indonesia

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February 12, 2004

Dear friends and prayer-partners,

Language: Greetings again from Bandung - language school is going well - I passed the "evaluasi" (yes, that's Indonesian for... you guessed it: evaluation) and am finishing the 1st week of Unit 2 today. The curriculum has us in class from 0800 to 1200 daily (Mon-Fri or Senin sampai dengan Jumat) and then our practical work or "homework" is out in our neighborhoods, meeting people and using the language, vocab or phrases we're learning. The practical "out-and-about" part is probably the most fun and very useful in getting real, hands-on (or is it "ears-on") conversational practice. There, I've had a chance to meet many of my neighbors and the various vendors that live and work around where I live. There is also a large crowd of children in a neighborhood attached to mine that love to talk and laugh with me. I always feel a little like General McArthur striding heroically ashore as they all shout and run toward me yelling my name as if I'm something special - but I think they really enjoy it when I make a mistake with the language. Keeps you humble, that's for sure. All in all though, I'd say while some of the language I remember from growing up in Papua is still with me, IMLAC and conversations (basically living in "Indonesian" daily) are fast improving my fluency.

Photo Op: Thought I'd try something a little different this time, a picture embedded in the PrayMail. There is a prayer letter in the printing/mailing process in Redlands, so you'll see that soon, but this is a little something extra that's not in that letter:

This is a "black pepper beef" at a "cafeteria" near my house - it's delicious and yes, very HOT!!! Almost matches the temperature of the complimentary glass of scalding hot tea sitting there waiting to be drunk (drank, drinked, drinken, ???) The astute observer will also notice the "sambal" in case temperature hot isn't enough, you can add spicy hot or "padas" to your gastronomic adventure. All joking aside, this is great food, and cheap - total bill for this meal was about $2.00. And safe too! I figure the heat, spice and prayer before takes care of any little bacteria, infectious beasties lurking in the meal.... [just in case though, please don't stop praying for my health...]

Earthquake News: On Friday, February 6, Nabire [coastal town on north coast of Papua where MAF has a base] had an earthquake at about 6:05 in the morning. It was reported between 6.8 and 7.0 on the Richter Scale. The MAF houses were not permanently damaged, but the base was a mess. Everything had fallen off of shelves in the houses, school and hangar. Several walls and the street were totally destroyed and one family reports their yard is not the same "shape" as it was before. One of the water tanks broke, so there were problems with water. The electricity was off and on for the first day or two and now is off totally. MAF/Helimission is sending some generators to Nabire. Phone service, both cell and land lines, has been affected, with most phones out of order. In the hangar, our planes were moved about 3 feet during the first quake. One TV station is reporting that there have been more than 35 aftershocks and between 25-29 deaths. There have been several other strong earthquakes in the area ranging from 3- 6+ on the Richter Scale. The hospital was badly damaged, so patients are being cared for in big army type tents. Many homes have also had damage, and fear is running high because of the many tremors. Many people are sleeping in tents outside. Most of the bridges have varying degrees of damage. The windows in the control tower at the airport are broken. The C&MA church is pretty much destroyed, the tower has fallen from the top of the GKI Tabernacle church. The GIDI church held services in their building on Sunday.

Please pray for our staff now "picking up the pieces" in Nabire and that they would be able soon to get flying again and help with the relief efforts. The above information is culled from early reports and not all the facts are in yet, phone and email service are still down to Nabire, HF radio traffic and the Indonesian TV and radio reports are the sources. I do appreciate all of you have written to ensure I was o.k., it's such a blessing to know you care and also amazing to note the speed the news zoomed around the world and I started hearing from some of you on Saturday even.

Phone corrections: My brother was kind enough to "beta-test" the numbers I sent out. I got a little 0 (zero-happy) on the last email I sent. Here are the correct numbers. My home phone no. is: 62 - 22 - 203 - 9308 (country code, city code, phone no.). Mobile phone no. is: 62 - 815 - 701 - 5021 (Indon. country code, mobile no.) -- I can receive and send text/SMS messages very cheap on this phone.

That's it for this update, thank you for your prayers and emails. I do love hearing from you and love writing back. I've started a "gallery" of pics sent to me by some of you on the bookshelf next to my desk (mostly Christmas cards that are just now catching up to me) - but keep sending them. They remind me to pray for you and I love telling my Indonesian friends and others about the people that are supporting me and praying for me, God has blessed me with the best friends and partners!!

Maranatha! Kevin Lynne Pilot/Mechanic with Mission Aviation Fellowship in Indonesia mailto:Indonesiaklynne@maf.org

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January 12, 2004

Dear friends and prayer-partners,

Greetings from Bandung (pronounced "bon-doong")!! I've been meaning to write sooner and share all my first impressions and experiences as I return to Indonesia after all these years. Because He loves me, I had a safe trip here and have already made several good Indonesian friends in my immediate vicinity. Another blessing: I met a man that used to come to our home when I was a child for a Bible study that my dad was leading when we were in Papua. He and his wife were visibly moved to see me returning to Indonesia to serve where my parents served. Praise God for allowing me to encourage him as he works here now with another mission group in Bandung and is an elder in a church near the school. He has asked me to share my testimony, pray that I will be able to give God the glory for bringing me here and that He would use that testimony to encourage the church here in this city that needs the Gospel so badly. As far as the culture here goes, there is quite a bit still familiar to me from growing up in Indonesia - but I wanted to share some impressions anyway:

1. I still speak the language - praise the Lord, they still understand me and even enjoy my attempts to get to know them and share why I'm here in Indonesia.

2. The food is fantastic - it's spicy, cheap, and the rice is just delicious!! The fruits are so delicious - beyond description!! Papaya, pineapple, bananas, rambutan, lychee, oranges, jambu, apples, etc....

3. It's hot and muggy, I seem to sweat continuously - probably the extra pounds I'm carrying. But....

4. I've lost some weight already - had to move my belt buckle in a notch and my pants are noticeably looser. Feels good too!!

5. Things take longer here. I went out to get a copy of the key to my apt. made this afternoon - took a 1.5 mile walk through the "kampung" (village/neighborhood) and then an angkot (jeepney-like public transportation - more on this in a future letter) to the key place. Angkot back down to the supermarket - some groceries and another angkot back up the hill to my kampung. Total time enroute (TTE) = 2+00 hrs, distance covered = 3 miles. Oh yeah, the 2 key copies cost 7,000 rupiah (approx. 84 cents).

6. The teachers at the language school love the Lord and we share a common excitement about what we're doing here preparing me to serve the people of Papua. Praise the Lord He wants to use me!

7. Prayer calls from the mosques 5 times daily - I can hear 6 from my apt. Earplugs do not work - praise the Lord I'm adapting to it and am rested and healthy. Speaking of which - physically speaking the jetlag from the flight(s) over was a KILLER... or maybe I'm not as young as I used to be. Don't know, but there were bound to be sleep pattern disruptions after 40+ hours of travel and layovers.

Wow, I could go on and on.... probably would if my connection to send this were faster. But I should share some of the details about where I live. To whit, the following. I am living in a 2 bedroom apt. in a kampung off "Jalan Cmbulueit dekat UNPAR" -- trust me, that's as precise as it gets right now. I receive my mail at the school at:

Kevin Lynne c/o IMLACJl. Gunung Agung No. 16Bandung, 40142 Jawa-Barat INDONESIA My home phone no. is: 62 - 022 - 203 - 9308 (country code, city code, phone no.). Mobile phone no. is: 62 - 0815 - 701 - 5021 (Indon. country code, mobile no.) -- I can receive and send text/SMS messages very cheap on this phone.

More about my schedule and the school, class and learning experiences in a future update real soon, I promise. Praise Him for bringing me safely to Bandung - equipping me with friends and partners as I submerge myself in this culture and learn as much as I can here in language school. Thank you again for blessing me and do continue to keep in touch and let me know how I can pray for and encourage you too. I am so blessed to be able to start this New Year serving Him in Indonesia - and even more so to enjoy your partnership. Thank you for praying and for writing - I pray this little note will encourage and share how God answers our efforts; and I especially pray He uses you and I effectively this year for the Kingdom.

Maranatha!

Kevin Lynne Pilot/Mechanic with Mission Aviation Fellowship in Indonesia klynne@maf.org