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Pathway through the sky
By Len Barnard
If ever I wrote another book on my experiences in New Guinea, I would like to name it, Pathway Through The Sky. But I realize if I told all the times a pathway appeared before my astonished eyes as I battled the storms to proceed to my destination, it would become monotonous as time and again it happened. ... Read more |
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An angel guides me in
By Elwyn Raethel
During the years 1973 to 1976, I was involved in the Seventh‑day Adventist Church’s flying program in Papua New Guinea. I flew single‑engine aircraft over many parts of that interesting country, as well as ministering as a District Director in the field work of the mission. ... Read more |
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Barbaric heathenism and a religious bird
By Len Barnard
There are many heathen customs that make you wince as you hear about them. One such was how the heathen people of Papua New Guinea disposed of their unwanted lepers. This was before they heard the simple story of God’s love as revealed in the gospel. Anyone who contracted the dreaded disease of leprosy was sent to live on the edge of the village where a special small hut had been built ... Read more |
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Searching for the lost
By Len Barnard
It had been a long flight. The mountains I had to cross were smothered in cloud. When I reached the lowlands there was a smooth cover of fluffy white looking so deceptively innocent. Could I find a hole through the cloud cover? ... Read more |
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Clothes from heaven
By Len Barnard
Although it happened a few years ago, I can still remember the event well. It was Sabbath morning, sunny and pleasant, and we were located at Homu village on the eastern slopes of mighty Mt. Michael, that rises 13,000 feet in altitude, in Papua New Guinea. I knew the weather would change in the ... Read more |
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A dying boy is healed
By Len Barnard
In January 1960 I recorded this story in my notebook. It happened years before the triumphal arrival of our first mission plane in Papua New Guinea, when all mission work into remote areas could only be done by foot-slogging. I would never ask my workers to do what I did not do, except ... Read more |
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Twenty-two hours by SUV, 2 buses, a walk, a ride, and a canoe:
How mission aviation shaved it to 27 minutes
By Colin Winch, mission aviator
Betty Larwood, widow of the late Len Larwood (tragically killed in a tractor accident at Atoifi and buried there), writes of the tremendous effort and cost involved in the construction of the airfield ... Read more |
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My first flight ... almost my last
By Len Barnard
It was a memorable day, especially for me, when I flew the first Adventist mission plane (provided by The Quiet Hour) to Papua New Guinea from Australia. I had waited 18 years for this day and my heart leapt with joy as I effortlessly glided over the mighty mountain I had once struggled over on foot. ... Read more |
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Mission plane saved lives;
flip-flops advance cause of Christ
By Colin Winch
The Quiet Hour has supported mission aviation in the South Pacific since 1966, when it provided a Cessna 180 for Papua New Guinea, and soon after, a Piper Twin Aztec for the Solomon Islands.... Read more |
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Dreams in the sweet by and by
By Len Barnard
Well do I remember my trek into the Paiela Valley. It was hidden between two folds of the mighty mountains in the highlands of New Guinea. Two deep gorges, gouged out by the rushing waters from the heights above, featured a narrow ridge between them ... Read more |
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Plane panic: Why we pray before every flight
By Len Barnard
It started as a normal day. There were several hours of flying to be flown delivering workers to their remote outposts. A nursing sister from the nearby Sopas Mission Hospital was invited to come along for a day’s break from her regular duties. ... Read more |
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Quiet Hour plane carries angels in violent storm
By Colin Winch
The people of Papua New Guinea love worshiping their God. This particular occasion was Christmas Day as well as the Sabbath, and the church was bulging with people praising their Lord. ... Read more |
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Changing lives with mission planes: Why I left off preaching a Christmas sermon to go flying
By Len Barnard
The people of Papua New Guinea love worshiping their God. This particular occasion was Christmas Day as well as the Sabbath, and the church was bulging with people praising their Lord. ... Read more |
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Why I walked 40 days to reach the cannibals of Karimui
By Len Barnard
While holding district meetings at Lufa, high in the mountains of Papua New Guinea in the early 1960s, one of my young missionary workers told me a remarkable story. The Lord placed a burden on his heart to visit the tree-dwelling cannibals of Karimui. ... Read more |
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The 15-foot flight that nearly ended in tragedy
By Len Barnard
There is a price to pay for progress and it can come in various ways. Let me tell you how it came to me. I had promoted mission planes for the rugged hinterland of Papua New Guinea as the only way to regularly visit and help some of the hidden villages. ... Read more |
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Miracles in the clouds
By Len Barnard
It had been a busy day transporting missionaries and their supplies to their remote out-stations of Papua New Guinea, and now I was returning to my home base. The weather had deteriorated and the massive monsoonal storms rolled in from the coast and covered the mountains. ... Read more |
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White wings – empty oceans
By Len Barnard
While I was working at the Mt. Hagen Hansenide Colony, two Americans on a world tour came to visit the institution. They were Pastor J.L. Tucker and his son LaVerne Tucker, who later served as a missionary in the Philippines. These folk were eager to see something of missionary activities in the South Seas. ... Read more |
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Adventist Aviation Service news
By Linden Millist
G’day All,
Linden Millist here. How are you going? Will fill you in on a bit of news from what I have been to lately. As always, please pass on to whoever you think maybe interested in hearing news from Adventist Aviation Service (AAS), Papua New Guinea (PNG), or me. ... Read more |
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Machete victims saved
by mission aviator
By Boris Ambrus
My name is Boris Ambrus and I am the new line pilot for Adventist Aviation Service (AAS). I came to Goroka in Papua New Guinea with my wife Grace in April 2007, and we’ve absolutely loved every second of it. ... Read more |
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The Quiet Hour celebrates
70 years of taking the gospel to the ends of the earth
Remote tribes in Papua New Guinea and the Philippines are facing changes in their climate, plant and animal life. They are worried the earth won’t last much longer and they are ill-prepared for the end times. We’re being invited IN to lead them out of oppressive darkness and into the light of God’s plan of salvation! ... Read more |
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Mission aviation:
bringing heaven to earth
By Joelle Damsteegt
The Quiet Hour’s mission is to share the saving grace of a merciful God with the world by preparing and supporting modern-day disciples and creating communities of believers who build up the kingdom of God on earth. ... Read more |
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The Quiet Hour
Aviation puzzles
Try your mouse on these clickable slider puzzles. Can you solve all five? |
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 Adventist Aviation Service
Papua New Guinea video
The Quiet Hour has provided several planes for mission service in Papua New Guinea since 1965. Now, during its 70th anniversary, The Quiet Hour, with YOUR assistance, is providing a new Kodiak custom-built mission plane for Adventist Aviation Service. The 6-minute video here describes the work of mission aviators and shows the needs, as well as the changed lives of the people they serve. Your gift to the 70th anniversary planes project will change—or even save—many thousands more lives! Watch online now! |
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