Kids

A Mercy Wings airplane takes off after bringing supplies.

by Jeff King
Adapted for children
by Brandi Martindale
Illustrations by Ray Braun

The Glory Cloud
Deep in the Mexican desert is a small mountain. On this mountain is a rock Indians have put idols on to worship as their gods. Jerry Witt and his two friends Jerry Wiley and Alex Fedorenko along with some missionary doctors were in Mexico to help some Indians with their needs and to share with them the Gospel. One day, Jerry Wiley and the doctors went on this hill to worship the One True God. Jesus! They prayed that God would bless them as they made friends with the Mexican Indians.

Suddenly, a great cloud of fog covered them. It reminded Wiley of when God met Moses in a cloud. He thought, "Is God gonna meet me and my friends in this cloud?" And he was right! As the small team worshipped, God spoke to their hearts. Some people even fell to their knees crying. The cloud was so thick it was hard to see the others. Everyone kept praying and worshipping. But then, 15 minutes later, the cloud melted away.

Mercy Wings
The two Jerrys and Alex are missionary pilots with Mercy Wings. They fly planes loaded with supplies like cement, lumber, windows and medicine to missionaries who live with the Indian tribes. They love to help these people with their planes but sometimes it is very dangerous.

Danger in the Sky!
Jerry Witt, whom some call Indiana Jones, knows what dangerous flying is all about. Once, drug smugglers shot at his plane when he was trying to deliver supplies. And one time, as he was trying to land his plane it crashed into some mud that made the plane tip up onto its nose. But through the plane crashed God spared his life. There was something wrong with the plane that Witt found out later would have killed him if he kept flying.

Another time, the Indians needed bees for their farms. So Jerry Wiley and some helpers loaded boxes of bees in his plane. As he was flying, the wind got stronger and the plane started shaking. The bees were getting mad. They didn't like the bouncing or the loud noise planes make. Wiley didn't know what to do so he began to pray. Then, some of the angry bees got out of their boxes and started to...

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