Flying Safari

Mission Avionics Fellowship (MAF) is a worldwide ministry providing assistance to missionaries in countless ways. One of the fun things they do is provide access to remote national parks at very low fees for missionaries. Several weeks ago, we were invited to join a group of Australians on their "flying safari" to Ruaha National park. A group of 12 of us departed at 7:00 a.m. and made the 1 hour flight to this remote area, southwest of Dodoma.

This is Dodoma from the air. We live near the base of the rock formation.

Upon landing, we were met by an open safari car which transported us through the park.

Sometimes there are "bigger" worries than birds flying into the engine of a plane. These elephants were next to the runway as we were about to take off.

MAF provides a wide variety of services to missionaries in Tanzania. It varies from helping with "red tape" to get a work permit to flying mission groups into remote areas, and even helping missionaries get emergency medical attention. The offices in Dodoma are staffed by people from France, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, England, Australia, Tanzania, Germany, and Switzerland....to list a few. We have personally been blessed in the friendships we have made with many of these people.