A Pilot and a Nurse in Africa

Local couple, Steven and Margot Biggs, are off to serve with Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) in Liberia, Africa, from 2019.

Steven, a commercial pilot, gained his license and started his flying career at a young age, which he had always planned to use in mission aviation. Margot is a highly skilled and experienced nurse and has always felt the call to serve by using her medical skills.

In 1995 they moved to Melbourne where Steven completed the Mission Aviation course at the Bible College of Victoria before returning to Brisbane to raise their three boys, one of whom you may recall reading about in the first edition of North Lakes Now, after a horrific car crash which nearly claimed his life.

Steven continued his flight training and Margot was a full-time mother before joining Mission Aviation Fellowship in 2000. They began serving in Arnhem Land, firstly at Elcho Island and then Gove. In 2004 Steven served for a short time with Mission Aviation Fellowship in Southern Africa, igniting his passion for the region and furthering his desire to provide the services that the people of the region so desperately need.

Steven and Margot returned to Brisbane in 2004 for education opportunities for their three boys. Steven worked as an Associate Pastor and since 2008 has worked as a Police Officer. Margot works as a Clinical Nurse in a busy hospital emergency department.

Their three boys, now adults, have completed high school and have moved onto work and higher education.

For a long time, Steven and Margot have felt a strong desire to return to Mission Aviation and with the boys now adults, they are extremely keen to use their respective skills to be of service once again.

Steven will be flying to remote areas to provide medical services and Margot will be working alongside him to provide those services utilising her extensive nursing experience.

For over seventy years, MAF have served isolated people via aircraft to bring in the essentials of life as well as medical care, emergency food, and Christian hope. For these communities in remote areas, flying is not a luxury, but a lifeline.

To follow the story of Steven and Margot Biggs and learn more about Mission Aviation Fellowship, like their Facebook page, ‘The Biggs go African’ – www.facebook.com/apilotandanurse or visit – www.maf.org.au/biggs

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