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Consider Supporting our Friends, The Thiemanns, in Lesotho (Africa) with MAF

by admin

thiemann-family.jpgOur friends, Jason and Joselyn Thiemann, are missionaries who work with Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF), and they will be moving to Lesotho (Africa) later this year. They are close to reaching their target fundraising goals, but they are still in need of some final support. Please pray and/or consider financially partnering with their ministry. Here’s a bit about what they’re doing:

“Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) provides vital aviation and radio communications services to national churches, the Flying Doctor Service, Christian missions, and non-government organizations (NGOs) ministering in Lesotho. They will live in the capital city, Maseru, and fly 5 days/week into the mountains to serve the Basotho people, in addition to being on-call Saturday and Sunday for emergency medical flights. They will be gone for 3.5 years before returning to the states for a 6 month furlough. When they first arrive, Jason will begin getting checked out at the difficult mountain “runways” and they will both start learning the Sesotho language. ”

Some Sobering Lesotho Facts:

  • Lesotho is a mountainous country, similar in size to Maryland, made up of tiny, often inaccessible villages.
  • Nearly half of all the native Basotho people are unemployed.
  • 26% of the population is currently malnourished.
  • Less than 10 % of the land is arable (suitable for growing crops).
  • As much as 32% of Lesotho’s population is infected with the HIV/AIDS virus.
  • 100,000 HIV/AIDS orphans live in mountain villages with little or no access to medical services.

Read More about their ministry

Here’s what they need financially to reach their monthly support target goals, they hope to have their funding in full by April 1st (They are currently at 83 % of their monthly target goal):

  • 4 donors @ $10/month
  • 8 donors @ $25/month
  • 5 donors @ $50/month
  • 4 donors @ $100/month
  • 2 donors @ $200/month
    = $1290/month

Click here to go directly to their giving options page

4 comments

1 Jason Thiemann { 03.10.08 at 12:00 pm }

You guys rock! Thank you so much for putting this up on your blog. We can’t say thank you enough for your support and your prayers! God bless the Hurry’s!

ps
Great video of Ethan laughing. I didn’t know Bridget was such a good jumper!

2 kat bradley { 05.04.09 at 7:39 pm }

Hi~
I’m a pastor’s wife writing a novel about bush pilots in So. Africa to give people another avenue of info on this vital ministry.

Can you tell me about living in the bush area ~ horrors, joys, daily routine, etc? Thank you very much.

3 admin { 05.04.09 at 8:57 pm }

Hello Kat, thanks for posting. I’ll pass along your email address and comment to them.

4 Tumie { 03.27.10 at 10:07 pm }

The Thiemanns

Hi guys.. You rock.. thank you for all you do.. I am from Lesotho.

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