We first left the familiar shores of the UK to move overseas with Mission Aviation Fellowship in 2017. It was the culmination of a long dream, and many years of waiting for the right moment, but we were happy to begin this great adventure into mission life.

Our first assignment was in Uganda, where Dave took on the post of Avionics Engineer, and later Regional Avionics Manager for Africa. Becky was involved in Bible teaching, preaching in local churches, helping with discipleship for a group of young people in one of Kampala’s slum communities, and also leading multiple Bible study groups.

In 2021, we left Uganda, spent three months in the UK raising support and recharging our batteries, and then moved to the opposite side of Africa. We landed in Liberia in November, and Dave settled into life in a very different work environment. With a far smaller team, albeit one rapidly growing, and different challenges, Dave added Maintenance Controller for West Africa to his growing list of responsibilities, as well as temporarily managing the maintenance facility for Liberia itself. Becky started leading another Bible study group, for women here in Liberia on the mission field, and has used her time producing resources to aid people seeking to dive deeper into the word of God. This has included weekly encouragements from the Bible, posted on our YouTube channel, and also her first Bible study book, No Mountain Immovable: How to Activate Your Faith, which is available for purchase on Amazon.

In 2024 we left the African shores and dust behind us to return to the UK, where Dave continues to work with MAF as part of the Technical Operations Fleet department researching and enabling modifications and innovations to the existing MAF aircraft fleet and future options. Becky continues working on the next books and publishing monthly Bible Thoughts while getting involved with our local church.

We would not be able to serve with MAF without such an amazing team of people behind us. While we are now in the position of having a salaried role with MAF international we continue to work to offset the costs to enable the work that Dave does as well as the wider work of MAF. We’re committed to keeping our supporters updated with all we’re doing, so that you can well and truly feel part of this adventure, because let’s face it, you’re as much a part of it as us!

MAF is a Christian charity, operating light aircraft in order to reach some of the most remote people groups in the world to see them physically and spiritually transformed. They fly in medical aid, doctors, teachers, aid workers, Christian teachers, pastors and evangelists, and even UN and government staff. Their remit is to reach the places that would take hours, or even days, to reach in other ways.

The work of MAF was actually started in 1945, just after the second world war, when a group of pilots decided they wanted to use the skills they had developed for good rather than destruction. After a long period of surveying Africa and raising funds, those early MAF pioneers were able to buy one aircraft to start operating in the Sudan. Today there are close to 150 aircraft, operating in 26 countries all around the globe, working with more than 1,500 partner organisations to bring help and healing, both physically and spiritually, in many developing nations. The plane is a real tool to reach people who otherwise simply could not be reached with the gospel message.