Mochudi

We took a drive up to Mochudi for Mother's Day - here's Caleb surveying the savanna.



A little respite from the sun.



Roscoe makes an impression on the locals.



Shelley loves aloe.

job opportunity

For those of you praying for us, please pray for Shelley tomorrow. She has an "informal" interview over tea at the Westwood International School in the morning. This is just the opportunity we've been waiting for! It would allow Shelley to do what she loves, and would also give the kids entrance into a great school.

May pics

Roscoe takes it easy.



On our way to pick up a snakebite victim in the village of Hukuntsi, about 250 miles northwest of Gaborone. Despite the smile, we are flying the plane flat-out as fast as we can!



The medics attending to the victim, a nine year old girl. The snake turned out to be a burrowing adder, apparently quite a rare snake, and is in this shot sitting dead in a plastic bag under one of the seats so that it can be identified by an expert from a local game reserve when we land. The girl's whole head was swollen, and her breathing was starting to rasp just as we were descending into Gaborone. Reports later said she was ok, but that it was a close call.



Caleb trying to figure out how to start this tractor in the village of Mochudi, about half an hour north of Gabs.

Flying pic and video

Just touched down in Hukuntsi, around 250 miles northwest of Gaborone,
to pick up a little baby girl who was struggling to breathe.

Flying video

Airborne

Last Thursday, a sixty-two year old American woman on safari in the Okavango Delta was thrown into the roof of a safari vehicle after it hit a pothole, an impact sufficient to fracture her C5 and C6 vertebrae. I am very happy indeed to tell you that, by the grace of God and because of the support of a lot of people, I was able to pilot a plane into the Maun airport in order to pick her and her husband up and fly them south to Johannesburg, South Africa for treatment.

Yesterday, a man with a severe intestinal blockage flew out of his tiny village and into Gaborone for treatment.

And today a seven week old little girl with respiratory problems flew out of her village with her mom, with the medics in the back keeping her breathing with a ventilator.

It's good to be flying. Heartfelt thanks to all the people who have been thinking of and praying for us these past couple of months. I'm looking forward to being able to relay a lot more stories about what Flying Mission is doing here in Botswana, both aloft and around town. Stay tuned!