Bert and Aiva joined Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) in 2008 and are

currently serving in Mareeba, Far North Queensland where Bert is an

aircraft mechanic. Located 60 kilometres inland from Cairns, the hangar

in Mareeba is MAF’s aircraft overhaul and heavy maintenance base.

MAF Australia provides vital air transport for people living in remote areas

of Papua New Guinea, North Australia, East Timor, Bangladesh and

Cambodia. Where communities are isolated because no adequate roads

or lines of communication exist, or because these are lost through war,

catastrophe, banditry or general breakdown of a country’s infrastructure,

MAF is often a community’s only link with the outside world, providing

people with access to the essentials of life.