Quite Busy!

Whereas not a typical occurrence, these next few pictures offer a snapshot of two days during this last week (14th and 15th August) that Mercy Air had all of it's four aircraft out at the same time.

The first photo is the wider picture showing where we went in relation to southern Africa.
For scale, Madagasgar is 1.7 times the length of the UK, or the equivalent of from the UK to N. Africa.

Next, zoomed in a little. One helicopter was in the Zambezi Delta region (top right) and the other flying clinics in Mamoli, south of Maputo (bottom centre-right).

The Cessna 310 flew back from Chimoio in central Mozambique, through Beira and on to Mercy Air, after which it continued on to Johannesburg. The following day it flew a dental team up to the Limpopo province and back.

Meanwhile the Kodiak was busy in the Lowveld and northern Kwa Zulu Natal.
The next images show the tracks of the heli in the Zambezi Delta...

.. and then that of the heli in the south of Mozambique.

In all, our flight tracking software showed over 32 hours of combined flight time and a distance flown of 3500 miles (5600km).

Thank you.

Paul for the Mercy Air team.

YWAM, Nensa, Mozambique

Mercy Air recently flew up to Marromeu in Mozambique for a week to provide some logistical support for the YWAM team up there.

Pick-up at the Senna Sugar Airstrip

Upon arrival we spent some time checking on what needed to be done. We found this banded rubber frog in the toilet cistern, who seemed quite happy to enjoy some creature comforts.

Can you spot the missing link? Some of the jobs looked to be straight forward.

Most jobs required getting our hands a bit dirty.

Other job’s required a bit more know-how, as the entire base operates on solar power.

While we were learning volumes about toilet repair, one of our team members was passing on some higher learning about microscopes to some of the children of the missionaries.

Between all the work there were times to pray, times to laugh (or cry), and times to come upon strange creatures such as this blind subterranean lizard.

A canoe in the nearby river provided some perspective on the local transportation options. On the return flight, one of the missionaries was able to catch a flight with us to Beira. This 40 minute flight was a lot smoother than the 14 hour drive!

Thank you.

Azarja for the Mercy Air team.