February, 25th, 2020

EPISODE 15 | MISSIONARY AVIATION WITH CYNTHIA BARKMAN:

Cynthia Barkman has served for the past 25+ years in mission aviation with Ethnos Canada. She shares what life as a pilot’s wife has been like and how she is now involved in mentoring and training others at Moody Aviation. We hope to gain a clear picture of how mission aviators advance the gospel to the ends of the earth.

GLOSSARY:

• “bush location” – a remote location in the jungle, where a tribal village may be located.
• Ethnos360 Aviation – Ethnos360 Aviation’s core purpose is to assist the church planting ministries of Ethnos360 and likeminded ministries through the use of aviation to achieve the goal of a thriving church for every people.
• HF radio – is short for “high frequency radio” which is used to communicate with missionary pilots or missionaries located in remote locations where there are no other reliable forms of communication.
• maintenance – refers to the task of maintaining an aircraft and keeping it in working condition.
• Missionary aviation – is aviation involved in transporting missionaries or indigenous people to remote locations to speed the progress of a church plant or Bible translation.
• Moody Aviation – Is an undergraduate program with Moody Bible Institute where you can major in Missionary Aviation Technology.
• seconded – an employee that is temporarily assigned to work for another organization or employer.
• solar system – is referring to a power system that uses solar panels to convert sunlight into electricity
• SOP – is an acronym for “Standard Operating Procedure”.
• twin engine – is referring to an aircraft powered by two engines.

RELATED ARTICLES, RESOURCES, AND CONTENT:

• You can connect with Cynthia here or e-mail her at garrybarkman@ethnos.ca.
• Your kids can be involved in helping purchase helicopters for missionary aviation! You can download a free wrap here.
• Read here how you can give towards the cost of three helicopters for missionaries in Papua New Guinea.
• Watch a video about the needs for new helicopters in Papua New Guinea.
• Give towards flights for national and indigenous missionaries!
• Watch a video about how you can help keep costs down for flights for national missionaries.
• Learn how you can pray or support Ethnos360 Aviation here.

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