and freight I am dealing with on a week to week basis. I just can’t seem to fly the DC-3 without coming back looking like a mess. 
Angie has the difficult task of getting all of the grease and mud out of my tan pants and white shirts. We carry lots of tires, cement mixers, welding units, generators, truck parts, quads, food, medicines, and just about anything else you can think of when it comes to supporting the guys in 
Sudan who are building churches, clinics, schools, and running a hospital in Kurmuk. I heard the other day that we have rebuilt something like 260 churches and 
now they are starting to branch out to some more areas so there are more to go yet. It’s really interesting work that always seems to come up with something new that I haven’t seen before or been part of. We also do a lot of flying around Kenya supporting missionaries in the remote areas of northern, eastern, and western Kenya.We often have to fuel out of drums because there aren’t enough fuel depot’s scattered around south Sudan. Here you can see one of the SP guys (Chase) 
standing on the wing fueling. But also we have to often pre-position fuel to some outlying remote airstrips for 
when the Caravan’s or the King Air need to stop by for fuel. We have 5 or 6 places where we do this. One of them is Pieri which is a small airstrip in the middle of South Sudan surrounded by swampland. (in the rainy season at least) This is one of the areas I used to fly into back in 1994-95.
Back then it was normal to land and not see many clothed people, but today pretty much everybody 
is clothed and you don’t see the spears and jewelry like we used to. Storing our fuel under a tree like this picture is typical of how we do it. There is usually a guy who watches it for us and for payment we either give him the empty drum or pay him a stipend. Empty fuel drums bring a pretty 
hefty price in this place. Usually around $50 per drum. On this trip we loaded 7 drums onto the DC-3 (as you can see us doing) and dropped them in Pieri. 
That should keep us going a few more weeks.
standing on the wing fueling. But also we have to often pre-position fuel to some outlying remote airstrips for 
when the Caravan’s or the King Air need to stop by for fuel. We have 5 or 6 places where we do this. One of them is Pieri which is a small airstrip in the middle of South Sudan surrounded by swampland. (in the rainy season at least) This is one of the areas I used to fly into back in 1994-95.
Back then it was normal to land and not see many clothed people, but today pretty much everybody 
is clothed and you don’t see the spears and jewelry like we used to. Storing our fuel under a tree like this picture is typical of how we do it. There is usually a guy who watches it for us and for payment we either give him the empty drum or pay him a stipend. Empty fuel drums bring a pretty 
hefty price in this place. Usually around $50 per drum. On this trip we loaded 7 drums onto the DC-3 (as you can see us doing) and dropped them in Pieri. 
That should keep us going a few more weeks.Our King Air is finally about ready to start flying again. It has been down for some extended maintenance for the last month so yesterday
I flew it on a test flight. It went very well and just a few small adjustments and it’ll be ready to start flying again. That’s good because the DC-3 is scheduled to start maintenance at the end of this month and will be out of commission for about two months. That means that we’ll be flying the King Air hard again during that time. There are a few trips already scheduled.
I flew it on a test flight. It went very well and just a few small adjustments and it’ll be ready to start flying again. That’s good because the DC-3 is scheduled to start maintenance at the end of this month and will be out of commission for about two months. That means that we’ll be flying the King Air hard again during that time. There are a few trips already scheduled. 
That first "runway" is awesome! What an adventure it must be. These pics are very informational and enlightening... keep it up. Its good to feel connected with you. Love you!
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