Pete Neal
Pete Neal and his wife are packing.
This weekend they are off from his parents’ home near South Elementary School to Indonesia with their 22-month old.
The mission they will be staffing is called Mission Aviation Fellowship.
After eight months of language training, they will be based on Tarakan Island.
Neal will be flying people and supplies in a Cessna.
The MAS website states its mission as
“Sharing the love of Jesus Christ through aviation and technology so that isolated people may be physically and spiritually transformed!”
The Neal’s mission is supported financially by two local churches:
The family living room floor contains all the possessions the Neal family can take with them for the first eight months of their mission.
In addition, there are about 150 families that make monthly donations (from very small to large).
Neal learned to fly at the Lake in the Hills Airport.
His primary instructor was ave Burdine.
Three four by four wooden crates will be packed with everything the Neal family will take to their four year mission.
Neal and his family face a four-year stint, but expect to extend their mission for four or eight years more.