Mission Support Network is a newly emerging mission project that is arising out of a passion for the underserved remote peoples of Papua New Guinea.

Over the years Adventist Aviation has served valiantly in PNG and fought against budget shortfalls and rising costs as well as aging aircraft. Their mission has been greatly blessed by God and many self sacrificing heroes in God's eyes have brought the ministry of healing and the good news of the Adventist message to these dear people.

Due to grounded aircraft and costs that were spiraling out of sight, the decision was made at the division level for AAS (Adventist Aviation Services) to cut back to a single plane and focus on the transport of mission personnel to nurture the church.  Much of the work that has been developed in remote areas is having to be cut in favor of meeting the specific needs of the local missions of the Union in flying their workers in the field.  In May of 2004 the last operating plane in AAS was grounded due to maintenance issues.

Currently as of December, 2006 AAS is back in the air and so is Mission Support Aviation!

In an email that Trevor Robinson wrote to Jack Sample on September 30, 2004, the basis for a lay supported aviation program with a commercial orientation is best understood. Please take the time to read this email by visiting this link.  You can also pull this up as a printer friendly Word document here.  Just ignore the request for a password and click on cancel when it asks for one.

We have attempted to summarize the goals and objectives of Mission Support Network in a mission statement that you can access by clicking on the "Mission" link to the left.

Please contact us if you are interested in helping in any way.  Also, if you would like to stay in touch, we have a forum accessible from this site and a subscription based email newsletter you can subscribe to in the "News" section.

Currently (December of 2006) as Mission Support Aviation is getting off the ground, some of the directives for Adventist Aviation Services have changed and they are planning to work with one of the original planes which has been restored as well as the new plane provided by the 3rd quarter 13th Sabbath worldwide mission offering.  This means that they will be able to handle the majority of work around the Goroka area making it possible for us to relocate to an area that is very poorly served.  God has a way of getting his workers to spread out sometimes.  Follow the history of our launch and move in the Newsletter Archives.