March 2016 The Loading Dock Ps 68:19—Blessed be the Lord who daily loads us with benefits! Dear Friends and Family, It is dry season here in Kampala, Uganda, which brings lots of sun and heat! Unfortunately, dry season can also bring a lack of food to many households in areas like Karamoja who rely on the rains for their crops. We continue to have the opportunity to fly teams to evaluate the needs and help to provide necessary food supplies. In one of the villages of Karamoja called Kaabong, we have been flying for the Baptist mission. After many years of ministry the missionaries were beginning to become quite Taking off from Kaabong Airstrip discouraged at the lack of fruit. However, this past summer they began seeing many people turn to Christ. Ministry and church are very different from a normal town setting as many of the “villages” are families that live in mud or thatch huts which are surrounded by thorns. Our idea of traditional church buildings simply don’t work, and the Baptist IMB (International Mission Board) teams have learned to do church in a communal family setting. The gatherings of elders often lend themselves to discipleship times. However, these teams are very isolated from towns where they can get supplies and rely on MAF for access to the outside world. IMB teams and younger missionaries often come here for training in remote living. A Karamajong village — the center is for the cattle to be guarded at night Other organizations we fly to Karamoja have also been active in helping communities to live in peace and have food and water stability. This allows groups like the Baptist mission to share the Gospel in an area that has previously had a high level of violence through cattle raids and inter-tribal The Rogers Family retaliation. As the Gospel penetrates these Dave.amy.rogers communities, there has been visible transformation c/o MAF,Box 1, Kampala, Uganda among many individuals. Skype: Dave’s 011 [email protected]; 256 772 777 172 Amy’s [email protected] 011 256 772 702 Dave, Amy, Graham, Hillary, Daniel, Emma, Elyanna, & Hallie mail: E- Phones: Field Address: Mission Aviation Fellowship — P.O. Box 47 — Nampa, ID 83653 — 1-800-359-7623 Mission Aviation Fellowship is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit charity and a member of ECFA. CFC #10989 A New Office Last August we moved into the new office building at Kajjansi airfield. The offices took awhile to get settled in as there were some electrical issues, but we are now operating normally. It has been excellent to be able to work as one team alongside the hangar, airfield, and ground operations teams. From this new office we are supporting several programs around the world. Just this past week we sent one of our aircraft to Chad while their plane is coming here for an avionics retrofit. We continue to have aircraft based in South Sudan and Liberia, and our office continues to assist with oversight for these aircraft. The new building is also shared with EMI (Engineering Ministries International) in an effort to help reduce costs for other Christian organizations to allow them to excel in their ministries. Thank you for your prayers for this project to become a reality and the blessing that it will be for ministry throughout East Africa. Hillary’s Adoption Thank you for your prayers for Hillary’s adoption. It took us about 4 months to get all the paperwork Praises: lined up. Our lawyer pushed to get this completed before the Presidential elections here in Uganda. For the opportunity to be part of the Nepal Amy got a call from our lawyer to come to court one relief last summer day during the middle of school and the adoption was granted! Praise the Lord with us as there were For a successful move to the new office in no extra requirements placed on us to drag the Kajjansi hearing out. About 6 weeks after receiving Hillary’s adoption order, Uganda’s Parliament passed a law For receiving our Uganda AOC (Air that effectively bans future international adoptions. Operators Certificate) which allows us to fly Praise the Lord with us as He has directed the timing of this process in His perfect wisdom. internationally Photo c/o Dave Forney—Hillary is left with her sister Ely For Hillary’s final adoption papers which were granted in late January Prayer Requests: For wisdom as we consider a big decision in front of us For wisdom and a smooth legal process as we provide management support to new programs in Liberia and South Sudan .