Martin Burnham was a key person for the missionaries serving here in the Philippines. He was a pilot and his main task is to transport all the goods these missionaries need from as basic as food to books. He makes sure these things get to these missionaries who live in different parts of the islands.
From ketchups to mails to fuels, he picks them up and delivers them, hopping from one island to another in the course of a day. Without him, these missionaries will have an even more difficult life than the already difficult life they are living as missionaries in these islands that are sometimes isolated from the city.
Martin and Gracia lived here in the Philippines for eight years. And during the course of time, Martin learned how to make do of what he has. This means that he sometimes have to land a plane on strips of only about three hundred meters, with trees on both sides. This needs a lot of skills and practice to get used to. At times, he does this not because of any reason except that he had no choice.
Funny how I sometimes think that creativity manifests itself at its best during difficulties, if not poverty. We discover a lot of things from having less. We learn things from not having enough. We do not have to do more because we simply have to do something to make our lives worth living.
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