By Kevin Mills
In their four years with MAF, Trey and Laurie Dewey’s respective roles have straddled the visible and the invisible. Laurie serves as a middle school teacher at Hillcrest School in Sentani, Papua, Indonesia, and Trey provides vital behind-the-scenes financial oversight for MAF’s global aviation ministry.
As a teacher, Laurie pours into the lives of missionary kids daily. While Laurie invests in the next generation of missionaries and teachers, Trey plays a crucial role in keeping them on the field. As part of MAF’s international finance team, he recently helped implement new accounting software to provide more accurate and up-to-date data. He’s also intentional when it comes to mentoring local staff right there in the Papua finance department.
“Coaching in financial management doesn’t sound like frontline ministry,” Trey acknowledges. “But providing that financial training, mentorship, and oversight is absolutely vital for this work to go forward effectively. When you’re talking about accounting and finances, that’s the lifeblood of the organization to continue to do what they do.”
Serving in remote locations like Sentani, Papua, requires stepping out in faith over and over again. Laurie says working with MAF has deepened her faith in unanticipated ways: teaching her about true community, vulnerability, accountability and absolute dependence on God.
Trey also shares how he’s continually entrusting his skills and experience into the Lord’s hands. “God reminds me regularly that my career experience alone isn’t enough. I have to rely on Him daily, because only He can ultimately accomplish this work through me.”
From the classroom to the meeting room, the Deweys have discovered the beautiful truth that every role within MAF is indispensable, and ministry can happen anywhere and anytime believers are willing to answer God’s call on their lives.
If you’d like to partner with The Deweys and share in what God is doing through them in Papua, visit www.maf.org/dewey.
Story appeared in FlightWatch vol. 3, 2024. Read the entire issue here: