Mile-High Missionary: A Jungle Pilot's Memoir - Softcover

Manley, James Rush

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0578425831 ISBN 13: 9780578425832

Publisher: James Rush Manley, 2018

Synopsis

The jungle pilot occupies a high visibility seat.
His role creates the convincing illusion of connection. But the truth is, he or she often leads a solitary life. He drops in from the sky, visits for 15 minutes, then leaves. He touches many worlds but rarely becomes part of any.

The stories in Mile-High Missionary show how one pilot changed from hiding as a sky-creature to reentering the world of real people.
Sit in the pilot’s seat as this missionary memoir flies you into the Amazon Jungle. Encounter the pilot’s view. See what he saw. Hear what he heard. Meet who he met. Feel what he felt as he wrestles with his own hopes and joys, doubts and fears.

Experience bush aviation first hand as this Christian pilot asks the hard questions:

• Is my airplane safe to fly?
• Can I find one tiny scratch of an airstrip hidden in an immense jungle?
• What if the weather changes?
• Can I land and stay on the runway, then takeoff without hitting trees?
• After all that, am I really helping my passengers’ ministry?
• Does my flying benefit the ex-headhunters I work among?
• Am I honoring God, or just playing with airplanes?

Read how he juggled safety and service while doing a dangerous job, then found himself changed by the ones he served.

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Review:

Want to go for a thrilling ride? If you are an aviator of any kind, or not, you will love this book. Jim will transport you with his colorful storytelling to a world few have been privileged to experience. You will read of how God's thoughts are above our thoughts and His ways are above our ways. It's a story of unanticipated consequences and breathtaking conclusions. You will sense God's hand on a family who were willing to risk and go, to serve and persevere. It's more than just a great read. It's a story of the heart, of God's love for all of humankind and how His uniqueness in giving the tool of the airplane to be used in the hands of skilled mission aviators like Jim, has such an eternal impact on the lives of so many.
Go on, take a flight with Jim and see where you will land, it is worth the journey.
-John Boyd, former president, and CEO, Mission Aviation Fellowship

James Rush Manley has written a unique and uplifting volume of short stories based on his experiences as a missionary pilot in Ecuador. Both pilots and ground pounders, alike, will appreciate his artful prose and the word pictures he draws from the cockpit of his Cessna aircraft. Captain Manley is a rare bird, one who both understands and relishes the cultural mandates that define the close covenant Mission Aviation Fellowship has with the people they serve in God's name. He had me smiling, chuckling and crying in the same paragraph. What a wonderful read!
-Dave Darval, Retired airline pilot

Jim Manley is a uniquely talented story-teller, friend and pilot. It was my privilege to be his flight instructor after he already had many hours of flight time. California and Idaho mountains and canyons have some unique, narrow, rough and "up the hill and around the corner" types of airstrips. We enjoyed our flying together there, while he was training for service with Mission Aviation Fellowship. Also, the jungle is a place to fly like none other. "Buckle up tight," as you are in for quite the fun rides. Jim experienced God's call on his life when God radically changed him and gave him a purpose for living while serving others. This author has the love that the creator God Himself offers to all, through faith in Jesus Christ. Jim, the pilot/story-teller, shares his exciting life experiences on these pages. Get in the plane and fly with him. I did, and my life has been richer since, knowing and admiring Jim Manley.
-Dave Olson, former missionary jungle pilot

About this edition

• Publisher: James Rush Manley
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0578425831
• ISBN 13: 9780578425832
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 316