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Kling Crew News

Updates from the road, the hangar and the mission field, written by Jon and Ashley. Feel free to pass them on!

  1. Jon and Arrow taking a selfie in a hangar

    Vol. 8 ·

    The Final Stretch: 50 for 50

    Packing and giving away, Arrow’s first aircraft inspection, a rebuilt 1986 army truck, Haitian cooking and an unexpected answer to prayer for flight training.

  2. Jon and Ashley in front of an HFAM Cessna in Bombardopolis

    Vol. 7 ·

    The Master Puzzler

    A timeline of God’s favor: a birth certificate after hours, a rushed passport, and a week in Bombard repairing medical equipment and rescuing a 5-ton army truck.

  3. Newborn Gideon swaddled in a checkered blanket

    Vol. 6 ·

    Growing Our Team

    Wrapping up with Agape Flights through victories and tragedy, welcoming Gideon Stone Kling, Jon back in the cockpit, and surprise seats on a flight to scout the house.

  4. Jon standing beside an Agape Flights airplane

    Vol. 5 ·

    Working in Florida, Preparing for Haiti

    Serving Agape Flights from a donated parsonage, the big announcement that we’re moving to Bombardopolis, what the work will be, a matching donor, and a baby on the way.

  5. HFAM pilots praying with Jon beside a Cessna

    Special Edition ·

    3 Weeks in Haiti!

    Jon’s sixth trip to Haiti: the backstory from 2011 to today, testing Dexpan on the runway rock, riding out Hurricane Melissa, and a flat tire on a DC-3.

  6. Jon riding in the cockpit of a Missionary Flights International DC-3

    Vol. 4 ·

    Jon Is in Haiti!

    A prayer request becomes a plane ticket: Jon heads to Bombardopolis to test breaking a limestone ridge with expanding grout so the grass runway can grow.

  7. The Kling family standing on a riverbank in Alaska

    Vol. 3 ·

    You Sent Us to Alaska!

    Five weeks with Kako Retreat Center in the Alaskan bush (dirt work, bridge repair, ATVs and water systems) and the news that Florida and Agape Flights are next.

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