FLIGHT FROM WINNIPEG INTL. TO FIRST NATION COMMUNITY PIKANGIKUM ON

We recently installed a belly pod underneath the plane which gives us room for 300 lbs of cargo

Part of the cargo for this trip - two cases with 90 bibles, donated from LifeLight Ministries Winnipeg, one for Fort Hope and one for Pikangikum, available for the women ministry during the weekend.

On Thursday May the 5th, we flew into Winnipeg Intl. to pick-up Native Singer and Evangelist Cheryl Barnetson and her three teenage boys (they have their own band to reach out to the youth) and their music gear, flying them to Pikangikum (1.5 hrs NE of Wpg) for  Ministry together with New Mercy Ministries Piper Aztec

Friday (again together with New Mercy Ministries) we fly a Ministry Team of 8 ladies (5 in the Aztec and 3 with me in our Cessna 185) from Thunder Bay to Pikangikum (2.5 hr flight).

We had max. load with 4 people aboard and almost 300 lbs cargo - thanks to the cargo-pod.

The flight must have been a little rough on one of the ladies.

Here we have Linda Klein and Colleen Estres, Cheryl with her three boys and the three ladies I picked up in Thunder Bay.

After dropping off the ladies in Pikangikum, I flew back to Red Lake to pick up building material for the "Living Hope native Ministry's Drop-In Centre" in Pikangikum.

Here some info about this Minsitry:

Colleen Estes and Linda Klein serving Pikangikum First Nation with "Living Hope Native Ministries" for years,  running a Drop - In for the youth and also teaching christian values at the school.

Colleen Estes; Pikangikum First Nation,

“He sets the solitary in families.” The Lord has had me be part of the lives of the families here: facilitating weddings, welcoming new additions to the family, birthday celebrations, sharing moose meat, and being with them in times of heart-wrenching loss.

Linda Klein, a committed coworker and skilled teacher, has taken most of the children's ministry responsibilities such as Sunday School and primary Christian Education classes.

Forty-one from here attended the Warrior Leadership Summit native youth discipleship conference this past summer. All were impacted at the conference, but now most are “weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd.” My heart’s desire is to re-gather and feed these and many others who have open hearts

http://www.livinghopenativeministries.org/documents/Hopelines12.10.pdf

My flight back to Winnipeg/St. Andrews was a smooth one and ended with a night landing.

On Monday, I loaded the plane with supplies and donated food for Pikangikum - the weather was a little bit marginal but manageable.

Arriving in Pikangikum, I learned that the Barnetsons had to go back to Winnipeg right away, because of the worsening weather we had to expect for Tuesday. 

We took off (the weather hadn't changed much) and headed for Red Lake to refuel. From there we had a gorgeous flight till about 20 miles before landing, where the weather got challenging - we made it "Just In Time" into St. Andrews. I drove the Barnetsons into Winnipeg to their hotel and we called it a day.

UPCOMING FLIGHTS TO PIKANGIKUM AND FORT HOPE - NORTHERN ONTARIO

We are presently preparing flights together with New Mercy Ministries (Flights Of Hope) and their Piper Aztec going from Winnipeg to Pikangikum and from Thunder Bay to Pikangikum and Fort Hope.

Both Pikangikum and Fort Hope are Fly-In First Nation Communities.

We take Evangelist Randy Barentsons and family and a Mission Team of ladies from Uxbride ON to minister to the women of these reserves.
http://randybarnetson.com/index.html
We will also have Bibles in our luggage again generously supplied through "LifeLight Ministries" http://www.thelifelight.com/ 




We used the winter month to install a Inertia Reel Seat Belt System for the pilot and the co-pilot seat and a belly pod - so now we can carry bulky stuff up to 300 lbs underneath the airplane, which helps carrying max. load closer to the CG (Centre of Gravity)

BIBLE DISTRIBUTION TO NORTHERN MANITOBA COMMUNITIES

In conjunction with a business trip to some Northern Communities by pickup truck, we were able to deliver over 900 bibles generously provided through "LifeLight Ministries - Bibles for today" Winnipeg (http://www.thelifelight.com/).

We brought the bibles to two places: Cross Lake and Norway House - both First Nation Communities about 9 hrs drive north of Winnipeg.



A christian couple running a restaurant in Cross Lake, want to go door to door to hand out the bibles.
My other friend in Norway House - one of the few native Commercial Pilots, want to forward the bibles to churches and also to people he know in his community


PRAISE THE LORD

PATHWAY's FLIGHT TO BERENS RIVER FIRST NATION

Edgar is saying: It is so good to be back on the controls:

On October the 12th and 13th, I flew Rick and Elizabeth Greer from Pathway Camp Ministries together with their new team-member Mike Bustin to Berens River First Nation, a Fly-In community in Northern Manitoba, a 1.5 hour flight by small airplane north of Winnipeg on the east shore of Lake Winnipeg.

They had planned a clothing sale and a meeting with the community leaders to plan the 2011 Camp and report on this years summer camp.

Pathway Camp Ministries is getting clothing from all over the country (sometimes new stuff) as a service to the Northern Manitoba Communities.

During the meeting, everybody involved, praised the kid's attitude during camp and how they like Pathway to come back next year.

It was a successful meeting with commitments on both sides. 

The flight back to Winnipeg was a smooth and scenic ride.

BACK IN BUSINESS

PRAISE the LORD, since last week I have my pilot license back with full privileges.

We are planning a flight to Berens River First Nation, a Fly-In community 1.5 flying hours north of Winnipeg with Pathway Camp Ministries mid October.

FLYING TO GARDEN HILL FIRST NATION FOR ONE WEEK VACATON BIBLE SCHOOL

On August the 23rd, Bill Funk, our interim volunteer pilot, flew eight members from Interlake Christian Fellowship Church to Garden Hill First Nation Community to support the Jesus Name Church with a week long Vacation Bible School.

Garden Hill is a two hour flight by small airplane north-east of Winnipeg.

Due to we have only 5 passenger seats, it took two flights with a little bit of fuel planning, because there is no Avgas available at Garden Hill.

Thanks to the generous support of William at Jack Pine Resort (he let us use his private airstrip), we were able to cut on the distance to fly and the time.

Katie Schrock writes:

"Bible School started on Tuesday afternoon and the children were very glad to see the team members and were very eager for our attention - they would follow us and hang onto the guy's arms.

For the Bible Stories we used a felt board - we had skits, object lessons and singing.

 The children really got into the singing - they would help holding up the song sheets and sang loud".

PATHWAY CAMP MINISTRIES SHUTTLE 2010

Due to health reason, I couldn't fly this years
PATHWAY SHUTTLE to BLOODVEIN.
So I asked a very good friend of mine, whether he would be willing to volunteer - here he is:
Bill, a gifted airplane mechanic (AME), professional Bushpilot and Crop-Sprayer -
                                           and he loves to fly the "Buck 85"

Click on the pictures to enlarge
The task was the same as every year -
                          - to shuttle a team of 13 volunteers/workers from Markham Chinese Baptist Church Toronto with their backpacks and Rick, the Director from Pathway Camp Ministries from Pine Dock to Bloodvein -
                   - they had already a week camp in Grand Rapids

They did once again an excellent job - presenting the Gospel and Loving the kids 

Go to Pathway Camp Ministries website to learn more about their program in Manitoba's Northern Communities

http://www.icmsgo.com/pages/pathway/pathway_02.html