Welcome to the Blog

We have created this blog to share our stories as we prepare to serve as missionaries with Mission Aviation Fellowship in Papua New Guinea.  Some of you may know us well and others we have not met yet.  If that is you, allow us to tell you a little about ourselves and our ministry

Tim, Laura, and Hannah Neufeld

Tim is a commercial pilot who has been flying out of Peace River, Alberta, for the past five years.  He earned his commercial pilot's license at Prairie School of Mission Aviation in Three Hills, Alberta, with the intention of using his skills as a missionary pilot.  Laura is a certified teacher with experience teaching high school English and drama.  More recently, as a stay at home mom, she has been marking distance education modules. Learn more about us HERE.

Together with our 3-year-old daughter, Hannah, we will be moving to Papua New Guinea to join the work that Mission Aviation has been doing in that country for the past 60 years.

Mission Aviation Fellowship: Sharing God's love through aviation and technology

Mission Aviation Fellowship is a global organisation that seeks to share God's love through aviation and technology.  Our vision is to see isolated people physically and spiritually transformed in Christ's name.  MAF operates 130 aircraft in 30 countries across the globe. We will be joining MAF's program in Papua New Guinea where Tim will be serving as a pilot.  

Papua New Guinea
Population 7 million

Located north of Australia, PNG's rugged terrain and jungles isolate much of the population from the outside world.  The 800 different languages spoken around the country are evidence of the isolated communities.  MAF planes provide support to isolated communities by providing air support for churches and mission organisations, transport of supplies for health and development, emergency response and medical evacuations.  Find more about MAF's work in PNG here.

Medical Evacuation Flights Save Lives

Currently, we are slated to leave Canada in February 2017.  Our first stop will be in Cairns, Australia, for cross-cultural and flight training.  From there we will continue to Mt Hagen, Papua New Guinea, for a month of language and culture training.  We don't know yet which of MAF's bases in PNG we will be calling home after that.

Before leaving, MAF has asked us to raise monthly financial support that will cover the cost of keeping a pilot and his family (us!) in the field.  This allows MAF to provide flights at little or no cost to the people who need them most.  We are so grateful to the many churches, families, and individuals who have already committed to partner with us.  We have reached 70% of our target for monthly support.  You can join our ministry support team by clicking on the Donate tab at the top of this page, or by contacting the MAF Canada office at:

Mission Aviation Fellowship of Canada

264 Woodlawn Rd. W.

Guelph, ON N1H 1B6

Phone: 1.877.351.9344

Fax: 519.823.1650

Email: info@mafc.org