PCM News: 2010 and all that!

31 December 2010

2010 and all that!

It's hard to look back on this year and pick individual highlights as we have been busy in so many different ways.

Paul did regular flights throughout the year taking many mission teams to Mozambique as well as to Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and within South Africa.
Cathy continued to work at Africa School of Missions (ASM) and delivered loads of babies.
Matthew announced his engagement and the countdown has now begun to 21st May 2011. He still takes an inordinate number of photographs.

Next year looks like being even more frenzied. We will likely have more flying and we we are planning to visit the UK again for a few months towards the end of the year.

We would like to thank those of you who pray for us and help financially - we hope you know what a difference it makes.

Please keep checking up on us on Face Book as well as this blog.

Thanks gain.

Paul, Cathy and Matthew

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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.