Wings for Humanity

President’s Weather Report:AIRWAYSWINTER 2012PublisherAdventist World AviationAirWays is available free of chargeto interested subscribers.President/CEORic SwaningsonPresident@FlyAWA.orgConcept DesignBond DesignLayout & DesignMatt BrunsonSeminars Unlimited, Keene, TexasPrintingSeminars Unlimited, Keene, TexasEditorialElaine Washkuhn, Charlene West,Charlie YorkBoard of directorsTom Chapman (Chair),Paul Karmy, Mike Porter,Ric SwaningsonContactSend all inquiries or change ofaddress notices to:Adventist World Aviation9323 W. Greenfield Ave.West Allis, WI 53214-2733Phone: (414) 226-5195E-mail: info@flyawa.orgWebsite: www.flyawa.orgMission StatementAdventist World Aviationexists to provide aviation andcommunications support to thoseserving the physical, mental andspiritual needs of the unreached andforgotten peoples of the earth.Adventist World Avationis a 501(c)3 nonprofit missionarysendingagency. Funded by privatecontributions, AWA enablesmissionaries to reach the unreachedaround the world.In CanadaPlease send donations to:Wings for Humanity Foundation1281 Highway 33 EastKelowna, B.C. V1P 1M185432 2922 RR0001Come, Lord Jesus, Come!Can you believe this is the year2012? During the summer of1968, I remember wonderingwhat life would be like in the year2000. I would day dream of a futureof jet-pacs and hover cars. I would tryto imagine how old I would be in thatyear. Wow! I would be an old man—atthe age of 39.Later as I became familiar with Jesusand understood thatHe is coming soon,I couldn’t imaginethe earth lastingthis long! I wouldpreach His secondcoming?coming, and in mysermons I asked,“Do you think wewill see 2002?”“No,” was the response. I did noteither. I wasn’t setting dates—I justcouldn’t imagine the earth lasting thislong. My imagination didn’t go muchbeyond 2001. Nonetheless, here weare in 2012—and Jesus has yetto come!“What?” you may ask. “Could thatone reason be one person?”Yes! Imagine for a moment thatyou are a parent of many children—say ten. Do you love child numbernine any differently than childnumber four? Or child numberseven? What if all ten children werein trouble, in danger of losing theirlives? Without your rescue effortsthey would all die.Wouldn’t you do everything inyour power to save every last one?Or would you say, “I have threeof the ten, that’s good enough.Let’s get out of here; let’s end thisJesus has yet to come!Why is He delaying HisI can onlythink of one reason...miserable rescue mission andgo home.”Of course not! Me neither. I wouldnot stop my rescue until I knew Ihad exhausted every option before Icalled off the rescue mission.Jesus has called each of us to joinHim on His rescue mission to theworld.Adventist World Aviation is partof Jesus’ rescuemission. I believewith all my heartthat aviation is oneof the last ways inwhich we will beable to reach thosewho have not hadthe chance to knowJesus and Hiskindness or heard of our Savior’ssaving abilities.Doug Baker, principal of HeritageAcademy, once told me, “PastorRic, I believe with all my heart thataviation will be one of the last besttools Jesus will use to save thosewhich by no other means can bereached! It only makes sense!”The more I thought about thatthe more I believe he is right. Howelse can we reach those who livein remote villages or islands thatmay be unreachable except throughaviation? They need to hear aboutthe love of Jesus, that He is our LifeGiver, our God and our HeavenlyFather.With 2011 behind us (praisethe Lord) we are now facing newchallenges—the biggest beingfinancial needs.Every week desperate calls come2airways | Winter 2012www.FlyAWA.org