Great Commission Air January Newsletter

Nine Students Sponsored for the Village School!

GCA has arranged for nine additional student sponsorships in the village of Mayalan. These Mayan kids had set aside their plans and dreams of attending school, put down their pencils and picked-up a hoe, ready to join their families in working as full-time subsistence farmers.

Now those kids have the opportunity of an education and new hope! If you would like to participate by sponsoring a student, please call Jennifer Rice at (734) 846-4092 or
you may make a donation online at http://www.GreatCommissionAir.org/donate.php

Fundraising Goals in Sight:
Fundraising since the accident in July has been nothing short of breathtaking. At the current rate of contributions, our goal to replace the aircraft will be met before spring. Please help us keep up the momentum! This chart shows YOUR amazing response since last July. Not only were our lives saved in the accident, but be we will be blessed to have the opportunity to save others with your continued support!

New Member on the GCA Board of Directors:

Mr. Edward Schertz has recently joined the Great Commission Air Board of Directors. Ed is a committed Christian and has been involved in missionary aviation for many, many years both as a pilot, flying in Brazil, South America, and as an A&P mechanic, working at Wings of Hope. Ed is well known and is highly respected within the humanitarian and missionary aviation world. He will be a great asset to GCA. One of Ed’s first duties at GCA is to help us locate a Cessna U206 that is appropriate for service in the Ixcan region of Guatemala. Please welcome Ed and join us in thanking God for his help and selfless service.

GCA Considering Caribbean Humanitarian Service:

The Cessna 337 owned by GCA in Venice, Florida has been for sale for some time. We had hoped to use the funds to purchase a U206 for the project in Guatemala. With aircraft sales very weak, we are considering using it to serve medical missionary groups working throughout the Caribbean while it is for sale. For some patients, transport from places like Haiti, Bahamas, Jamaica and Belize (among others) to the United States might best be done on a light twin like the 337. We are in the initial stages of determining if the need will justify putting the 337 into service. Please pray with us for guidance in this matter.

First Potable Well Water in our Mayan Village:

After making a presentation at the Rotary Club of Chelsea, Michigan, we were very surprised and encouraged to hear that they are voted to support a water well drilling project with GCA. There have been several attempts to drill or dig wells throughout the village but none have produced potable water. We hope to drill a deep well to supply water to a large storage tank located near the airstrip, where everyone can come to obtain clean drinking water and to wash clothes. Until now, women washed clothes in shallow creeks, standing in deep mud up for hours. These are the same creeks we use to obtain drinking water in the dry season. A bad way to wash clothes and a good way to get and spread parasites!

Thank you for your support. Please keep those we serve in your prayers!
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