Types of Flights

We thank God for the safe flying record that He has given to us throughout the years, having now completed over 9000 hours of flying since the Flight Service started in early 1993.  Our gratitude goes to the Lord for His confirmation of our usefulness in Zambia and neighboring countries in the examples listed below:

Missionary transport:

Returning missionaries

• going to their home country or returning from furlough
• attending meetings in Lusaka regarding government regulations
• flying to Lusaka for onward journeys to other countries for Bible conferences
• getting off the mission station for a necessary time of rest and recuperation
• shopping trips and dental appointments in Lusaka

School flights:

Sakeji School children

• children flying to/from Sakeji Mission School (an assembly mission school), Chengelo, and Amano Schools
• students flying to/from Lusaka to catch the Kenyan flight to attend Rift Valley Academy

Medical flights:

Medical flight

• seriously ill patients flying to another medical facility with more qualified doctors and diagnostic equipment

Government meetings:

• Zambian hospital/school of nursing staff attending meetings to minimize the time away from the hospital. With staff shortages this is a major consideration.
• Missionaries attending the CHAZ (Churches Health Association of Zambia) meetings, the liaison group between the government and mission hospitals.

Visitors:

CMML visiting

• volunteers coming to help in many areas: X-ray technicians, telephone repairmen, doctors, medial students, nurses, student nurses, builders, computer technicians, engineers with the Hydro-electric scheme
• elders from our home assemblies, coming to encourage
• special speakers from home countries sharing in conferences/ gospel meetings
• former missionaries returning for short visits to help practically/spiritually
• visits of Ambassadors from the US Embassy/ British High Commission
• representatives from MSC (Missionary Service Committee), CMML (Christian Mission and Many Land) and ECHOES of Service visiting assembly missions/missionaries

In Past Years:

• flying to refugee camps
• transporting some refugees
• representatives from Echoes of Service, MSC attending the Centennial Celebration of assembly work in the Luapula province in 2005
• former staff and students returning for the 75^th anniversary of Sakeji Mission School in 2000
• special visitors and former missionaries coming to celebrate Kalene’s Centennial anniversary in 2006
• donors and officials coming to officially open the Zengamina hydroelectric scheme in 2007