PCM News: Hot and Getting Hotter

08 February 2010

Hot and Getting Hotter

WARNING! The following article may upset some readers in the northern hemisphere.

It was hot yesterday, and it is hot today - about 30 deg.

I casually clicked on the weeks weather forecast on the web to be confronted with the following declaration:

So tomorrow will dip to a mere 29 deg but from then on the week goes ballistic. I dread to think what it'll be next Monday when we take a team for a week into Moz - where it is usually much hotter!

Below is a pic of my watch, on my arm, submerged in the pool on the Mercy Air farm today. The temperature of the water is indicated on the bottom.

Paul

4 comments:

Mick said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 09 February, 2010
Mick said...: Hmmm 31.5c - nah i think the water at Badplaas was hotter, admittedly with some additional help :-); 09 February, 2010
Caroline Gilbert said...: Good grief, for years I have proudly recounted tales of my 'Missionary friends' who inhabit the wilderness, living chiefly on seeds and berries and bringing goodness to their fellow humans....only to ind tha they are, in fact, sporting designer bling whilst enjoying the pool in the tropics !

Just remind me again why Britain is Great ?!!!; 15 February, 2010
Paul and Cathy said...: Pilot's got to have a good watch!; 06 April, 2010

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A short history of us

Not long after we were married we felt that God had some full time work for us overseas. This initially began with a move to Sheffield in 1992 to work for a Christian management training company. Three years later we felt the Lord's prompting that another change was imminent and this led to a move to Africa where we helped set up a youth program with the Lesotho-Durham link in the capital Maseru. An initial three year commitment turned into four after which the youth work was handed over to the nationals.

Then, after feeling God was moving us into mission flying Paul enrolled at a flying school and completed his South African commercial license with an instrument rating in December 1999.

We moved from Lesotho to White River in South Africa in June of 2003 where we now work with Mercy Air. Mercy Air was borne out of Youth with a Mission (YWAM) and is a sister, although smaller organisation to the more well known Mercy Ships. We are situated near Nelspruit and provide a service to missions and the development/aid community in the southern African region but mainly serve Mozambique.

We operate four aircraft at present - a Quest Kodiak, a Cessna 310 and two Airbus 350 helicopters which are often used for the relief flights.

When not flying Paul is responsible for flight operations and is Mercy Air's Safety Officer.

Cathy, who is a registered Nurse and Midwife works part time at Africa School of Missions which is a bible college preparing missionaries for overseas service. She teaches in their School of Health and is part of a team which visits a number of rural clinics during the week. She is also helps with the hospitality ministry that Mercy Air runs.

Matthew spent four years at Rhodes University in Grahamstown where he studied photo journalism. He has now flown the nest and is living with his wife in Durban. They have a young daughter named Isabella.