PCM News: Masoyi Food Drop II

26 May 2020

Masoyi Food Drop II

Yesterday, Cathy and I did a return food delivery to a community where one of our farm workers lives. We were there two weeks ago and took 400kg of maize and food to families she had identified as being in particular need.

The maize we took a fortnight ago was enough to last a month, but the food needed replenishing.

While we were there we got to know some of the recipients. This was Colin, his father had died earlier this year and he is now looking after three siblings and his mentally ill mother on his own.

This lady usually sells snacks to passers by on the street but does not have a permit to work during the lock down. She was grateful to receive a food parcel for her family.

This guy couldn't wait to get stuck into an orange, he is unable to work and had no food in his house.

A mother and her daughter had waited patiently for their food box.

When we returned to Mercy Air we got busy with packing food boxes for the following days deliveries.

We also noticed that our name, or at least our tag line, seem to have changed for the time being.

Thank you

Paul and Cathy

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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.