Profile in Mission: George and Ruth GoffMinistry
Missionary Pilot Location
La Mosquitia Region, Honduras Partners
Wings of Mercy
Moravian Church in Honduras What Need Is God Showing Us?
Most of the fifty thousand Miskito Indians who live in the savannas and coastal lowlands of northeastern Honduras must travel twelve or more hours by canoe to get to the nearest clinic or hospital. For those who are seriously ill, that's a life-threatening crisis. What Is God Telling Us to Do?
An air transportation ministry provides a quick means of transporting people for emergency medical care, and it enables pastors to travel to isolated areas for evangelism and discipleship efforts.  How Are We Doing What God Is Asking?
The aviation ministry of George Goff, pictured here with patients at the Ahuas airport, enables missionaries, pastors, and people needing medical help to reach their destination in twenty minutes rather than twelve hours"
George Goff has been a missionary pilot and mechanic for eighteen years, transporting sick people, missionaries, pastors, church workers, and others. He shows the Jesus film, a popular evangelistic tool, in remote villages. George makes as many as twenty flights a day, and he also maintains and repairs the plane. Who Is Our Partner?
Alas de Socorro (Wings of Mercy) was created in 1997 to provide mission aviation to the Mosquitia region of Honduras. Mission Avia-tion Fellowship used to cover the region, but they ceased operations in Honduras in 1996, and Wings of Mercy was created to continue the ministry. The Moravian Church in Honduras was established in 1928. They run a medical clinic in Ahuas, and they have a strong history of Christian education and theological training. Up Close and Personal
George was raised by his grandparents in a small Miskito village. "I became a follower of Jesus at the age of twenty-four," he says, "though the influence of my grandfather, who was one of the first Christians among the Miskitos." A few years later, George was working as a school teacher when he became friends with Duane Marlow, a Mission Aviation Fellowship pilot. Through that friendship, George was invited to train as an airplane mechanic and pilot. He studied at Moody Bible Institute's missionary aviation school in Elizabethton, Tennessee, for three years, where he met his wife, Ruth. They have two daughters, Rachel and Abby.
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