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

COINCIDENCE OR GOD's PLANNING

Here the first part of the story:

I was planning a flight to support Pathway Camp Ministry’s effort working together with their associates Phil Hood and Greg Meeres (Greg has filmed documentaries all over the world) and approximately 15 students from Grades 8 & 9 producing a video for the Community of Bloodvein MB, a community, only accessible by plane, boat or winter-road.

My part was to fly the students and the filmmakers over the community, so they could have some air shootings and to deliver a box with bibles for the students involved.

Now the "Coincidence or God's Planning" part:

Marge from Lifelight http://www.lifelightministries.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=2 called and asked for a story how we as Northern Eagle Ministries deliver bibles into the Fly-In Communities of Northern Manitoba, referring to plans Wayne Herrod (volunteering for Lifelight) and I had weeks ago, flying into these Northern Communities and handing out Bibles.

Because we haven’t gone, I didn’t had a story, but I told her about my planning, the empty space in my plane and the time I have to go to two other communities before I am expected to fly the students with their film crew, and she was wondering, why she had an e-mail on her computer, saying that Bloodvein Nursing Station requested bibles – coincidence – I don’t believe that.

It took Marge and Wayne only 4 hours to organize bibles, talking to principles and nurses in charge of 3 northern communities, and I received 19 boxes with 755 lbs bibles (about 750 books) and was on my way to load the plane up to the ceiling and max. load incl. fuel and two guys.

With me came the Director of “Youth for Christ” Selkirk and we visited the nursing stations and schools of Poplar River First Nation, Berens River First Nation and Bloodvein First Nation, handing out easy-to-read bibles and had some good chats with the nurses in charge, health director’s and principles.

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Linda Laite, Principal Poplar River School

   

   Nancy Whiteway, Principal
   Berens River School

We had a longer talk with Jackie Everett, Health Director Berens River, about the problems people facing in the remote Northern Communities: the effects of loss of family through foster care, suicide, addictions and violence. 
                                                  

Jackie Everett, Health Director Berens River