I thought it about time that we wrote about what we are up to on the work front. Simon continues with his flying schedule both in Uganda and Sudan. He will also be doing some supervisory training for one of our pilots who has just passed her training on the Caravan. Along with flying he is also getting his hands dirty in the hangar. Due to the fact that we don't have a chief engineer at the moment there is a lot of work that needs to be caught up on in the hangar. Also there is another audit coming up with a final deadline for some of the work so its all hands on deck. At the moment he is helping to sort out the tool room to make it more organised and user friendly. This is where he gets to be creative and loves every minute.
I have been a bit quiet on the training front for various reasons. However, I am planning on doing more Customer Care training with each individual department in the near future. Another training course that is to be designed is "How to lift safely". Many of our staff are required to lift heavy objects which can result in people suffering from sore backs. Pilots often have to maneouvere equipement and baggage in and out the plane which is really heavy. Laura, our lady pilot, weighs only 60kgs and had to try and get a generator which weighed a lot more than her out of a 210 cessna. It can pose a bit of a challenge to some folks. So anyway there is a need for training in how to do it correctly to prevent injuries happening. One of our international staff is a qualified physiotherapist so I will be leaning on her expertise :)
As many of you know Simon and I have been involved with Jesus Film Ministries for some time. I am trying to help Sam Tsapwe (Director of JFM) with some of the administrative work. This week he delegated the work of putting a project proposal together to raise funds for the work he does out on the Islands in Lake Victoria. This project proposal is being sent to Germany with one of our MAF families who is going on home assignment. We pray that God would already open the hearts of the people and that they might respond to it and give generously.
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