Richard Marples' Newly Released "Unexpected" is an Inspiring Collection of Stories about his Experiences Ministering with Mission Aviation Fellowship of Papua New Guinea
"Unexpected: Faith, Family, Flying in Papua New Guinea" from Christian Faith Publishing author Richard Marples is a striking 26-chapter account of the adventures and miracles together with the places, aircraft, and people, that form the backdrop for the events in the years spent serving with Mission Aviation Fellowship in Papua New Guinea.
MEADVILLE, Pa., July 15, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- "Unexpected: Faith, Family, Flying in Papua New Guinea": a heartfelt sharing of diverse and amazing stories that reflect the theme of a living God at work in unexpected ways. "Unexpected: Faith, Family, Flying in Papua New Guinea" is the creation of published author Richard Marples, a writer who serves with Mission Aviation Fellowship. Together with his wife, they train future generations of mission aviation families at Prairie College in Three Hills, Alberta, Canada. Born in England, Richard's family emigrated to Canada when he was in junior high. It was at a summer camp during high school that he felt the call to be a missionary pilot.
Marples shares, "Busilmin. If you can imagine the end of the world, Busilmin is it. Busilmin brings the definition of isolated to life. It is this isolation, this remoteness, that defines existence in the depths of the rainforest. Death is life. Life is death. Survival is the bridge. It is into the heart of this seclusion that Mission Aviation Fellowship chooses to fly; into depths of this need that we conveyed our very young family. Out of this beautiful land that we departed with our much older family, and a lifetime of near-unbelievable memories.
"This is not about planes. The aircraft are only the scenery for the tale. These are the stories of our years in Papua New Guinea. All families have stories. The backdrop for our narrative is the end of the world, and that brings a unique flavour to these accounts. The Sibilanga pig. The bullet at Aiyura. Crocodiles. Rainbows. Strange food. Places with stranger names. All with one thing in common: unpredictable, unforeseen, unanticipated, unexpected."
Published by Christian Faith Publishing, Richard Marples' new book is a creatively made manuscript bound brilliantly in true aviation fashion. Recounting stories arranged in twenty-six phonetic alphabet titled chapters, the readers will definitely engage in these narratives as they delve into the Marples' journeys and in the wonder that is aviation.
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