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Dave & Amy Rogers
Daniel & Emma

c/o MAF, Box 1
Kampala, Uganda, Africa

davidrogers @maf.org
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Serving with Mission Aviation Fellowship

Dave and Amy serve with Mission Aviation Fellowship; Dave is a pilot and mechanic. He is flying in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa. They are currently living in Uganda until the Congo calms down enough for them to move there. Dave flies other missionaries and local pastors to support their ministries and ministers to different people groups through providing emergency medical flights, food, medical supplies and other necessities.

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Letters

5/17

The Rogers' E-Dock Psalms 68:19

Dear Friends and Family,
It is now rainy season again here in Uganda. We started off with a very wet week but since then it has been much drier. This of course means more challenging flying as we have to dodge more weather and evaluate the airstrips more closely for mud and standing water. Praise God for continued protection throughout these times. In the last two weeks, we have also been working hard on two major maintenance items for our small plane. We have been installing new radios to bring it's navigation and communications capabilities up to MAF standard. We are also working on some major repairs and inspections for the tail section including removing a significant amount of corrosion hidden under some insulation panels that Cessna installed. This airplane has over 11,000 hours of service most of which has been within the DR Congo and includes flying approximately 1,320,000 miles. This is very high time for an airplane of this size which means it takes plenty of work to keep it in excellent condition.

Many of you may remember a recent story where I had the opportunity to evacuate several MSF workers from Doruma, a town on the Sudan - Congo border. I recently talked with MSF who had confirmation that the militia approaching Doruma was indeed the LRA (The Lord's Resistance Army - the rebel group from northern Uganda that has caused such chaos and it is the militia connected with Invisible Children). Unknown to us at the time, the LRA saw me approach and land and assumed that the plane was coming to bring UN reinforcements. By God's grace, the LRA did not attack the village of Doruma since they thought the UN was there in force. As I approached and throughout the next day I had been praying that God would protect the people in Doruma. I had no idea that He would use a MAF airplane in this way!! Praise the Lord with us for the protection He engineered for the people in Doruma.

Amy has been enjoying school and is glad to be back on her feet again. Her cast is off and she is moving around almost normally. Our kids had fun "pretending" to have broken feet too and hopped all around the house. I found it rather amusing!! :) She is enjoying teaching kindergarten as well as learning a lot with her first time with this age group. Amy has had very few boils recently which is a huge blessings. She has had only one in the past 2 months and they have been much smaller and less painful. She is now taking a new antibiotic and we are praying that it will get rid of the boils for good. Thank you for your prayers regarding this.

Emma and Daniel are growing fast and having a blast playing with each other. They often run around the house "hiding" from imaginary monsters. They love to run through the house and then jump on one of their beds and pull up the covers over their heads to hide from the "monsters." I'm not sure the monsters would be able to find them amidst all the giggling and laughing. They have both been learning their numbers and letters and amaze us with all that they understand. From his last school session, Daniel has become fearless around animals. He used to be afraid of anything that moved, but now he is happy to investigate bugs and frogs around the house. It is very fun to see the change. Thank you again for your faithful support and prayers. God is changing Africa one person at a time!

For His Glory! Dave, Amy, Daniel, & Emma

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