Full Circle

In 1998, Steffan and Julie Pyle departed for Latin America to serve as missionaries in the aviation programme, supporting church planting in the Amazon jungle. In 2006, as a family they were re-assigned to Indonesia. After 10 years there, they transitioned to the USA where they have served on-loan with Moody Aviation helping train up missionary pilots. After six years of service there, Steffan and Julie are officially “empty nesting.” It is back to just the two of them (full circle).

Ethnos360 Aviation has asked them to go back to the mission field and serve. After much prayer, they have accepted the invitation to join the aviation team in Papua New Guinea, where they will serve as a helicopter pilot supporting church planting amongst unreached people groups throughout this unique island.

Steffan and Julie both started their missionary journey as singles in PNG. Steffan was there in 1991 on a short-term mission trip. Julie was in PNG in 1996/97 for one year as an intern. They are now returning to PNG as a couple about 30 years later (full circle).

They will finish their term seconded to Moody Aviation in December of this year. In January they will spend a couple of months to connect with their churches, friends and family. While they don’t have a full itinerary yet, they plan to spend about two months at Ethnos360 Aviation to do some re-currency training in helicopters (in preparation for PNG). Departing for PNG at the end of July/beginning of August 2025.

Please pray for recent graduating class at Moody Aviation as they and their families start their ministry, and for more labourers as the harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Steffan currently has three new students that he is training through their instrument rating. The work at Moody goes on!

Pray for Steffan and Julie as they begin transitioning out of Moody Aviation and to Papua New Guinea. There will be a lot of logistics from training, to moving, to saying goodbye, etc.

Pray for their kids as they are now independent and living on their own, and for Steffan and Julie as they miss their kids a lot!

Thank you so much for being a part of this ministry through prayer.