Brian and Bailey Pruett Serving in the Philippines with Aviation 
I’ve been overwhelmed with gratitude the last few weeks. There’s nothing like flying into the tribe for the first time and seeing firsthand the things that God is doing among the people to make one feel grateful-grateful for the missionaries, the pilots, and for the grace of God to see His good work accomplished among the nations. (more…)
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Overwhelming Gratitude
Posted by Brian and Bailey Pruett on Sunday, May 1st, 2011
My Amazing Wife
Posted by Brian and Bailey Pruett on Thursday, April 21st, 2011
My amazing wife. Maycie and Dylan's amazing mommy.
It’s the night before a flight. A flight that involves me staying in the tribe for the day until the missionaries are ready to come home. I can see on the weather map that a stationary front is moving in over the Eastern Philippines which means rain and nasty weather – stress. Bailey and I just put the kids to bed and Maycie was complaining off and on through the afternoon about her stomach hurting. We braced for a possibly long night of getting up to help her because she knew she had some leverage. We were near the end of a movie when we were interrupted by Maycie crying, and then throwing up all over her bed. (more…)
My Little Lady
Posted by Brian and Bailey Pruett on Friday, February 4th, 2011I just had to take a moment to brag about my little lady today. Today is a flight day which means I am on the radio and can pretty much pay NO attention to Maycie at all. She knows that when the radio is on, she can’t be near me; but she is still a two-year-old so that is often a challenge for her. Today, though, she was abnormally quiet. When I finally had a spare second to listen for her, the quiet kind of made me a little nervous. So as soon as I knew Brian was safe, I went out to find Maycie and to see what had made her so quiet. That’s when I found this:
I sure love this girl…
USA and back again
Posted by Brian and Bailey Pruett on Saturday, January 8th, 2011
It’s crazy how fast time flies and how much change just a few weeks can bring. Just two weeks ago I would have been sitting on the couch watching tv next to my sisters in the good ol’ USA and today, I’m back across the world, at home with Brian. It feels crazy that I was even there! But, as crazy as it feels, I WAS there and I had a truly wonderful time. It was a bit surreal to be back with my family, most of them I hadn’t seen in 2 1/2 years. (more…)
Death May Bring Life
Posted by Brian and Bailey Pruett on Monday, January 3rd, 2011
One week after I flew Aysa to the hospital, I returned to the tribe to deliver her dead body to her family.
On November 28th rainy season started here with a round of weather that made flying nearly impossible. We were also alerted by Chris and Lynne Strange and Albert Castelijn that they had an emergency medical situation in their tribal location. The most critical patient was a man whom they were not certain if he would make it through the night. The other was a 16 year old girl who was dying of Tuberculosis. We woke up early the next morning and I headed to the airplane while it was still dark. Bailey started getting weather reports and coordinating with the missionaries at the airstrip. Weather was terrible and we knew we had our work cut out for us.
Life as a Family of Four
Posted by Brian and Bailey Pruett on Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Maycie loves her little brother. It's really cute to watch her as she realizes her role as the big sister.
Everyone always told me that the transition from having one child to two is not too difficult because there is still only one child for each parent. Let me tell you…had it not been for my mom being here and having THREE adults to watch over two kids, I would have gone crazy! Granted we were moving at the same time and flying/doing radio as well, but still! I keep thinking life is going to calm down a bit and I can finally get used to having eyes in the back of my head so I can be watching what my two-year-old is doing while I feed the baby, but it definitely hasn’t and there isn’t much hope of it calming either . I am not complaining – I LOVE LOVE LOVE my babies and love that I get to spend everyday at home with them as I know many people don’t, BUT it hasn’t been an easy adjustment! (more…)
A Moment to Brag
Posted by Brian and Bailey Pruett on Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
Hospitals here aren’t like hospitals in the States. In the States, the nurses wait on you hand and foot and you can feel pretty well taken care of even if you are there alone. Here, you have to have a “watcher.” The staff aren’t here to GET the things you need, only to implement the things you need. So the watcher must be with you to do the “getting.” When I was in the hospital after delivering Dylan, Brian was my watcher. This means he had to get prescriptions from the doctor, take the prescription to the pharmacy here at the hospital, get a bill for the prescription, take bill to cashier and pay, take receipt back to pharmacy and pick up prescription, take prescription back to the doctor so that she could then give it to me. It works this way for everything and this is if everything here at the hospital is open. Unfortunately, things aren’t always open. I gave birth to Dylan on a Wednesday morning. Wednesday is the day off for the hospital so no cashier, no pharmacy…Brian had to take all my prescriptions into town to the local pharmacy and do the same thing there. It can be quite a frustrating process and Brian did it all with a a two-year-old on his hip and a smile on his face. (more…)
Dylan James Pruett is Born!
Posted by Brian and Bailey Pruett on Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
Bailey and Dylan just a couple hours after the delivery. They are both doing very, very well.
Last night we went to bed early anticipating an early morning supply flight into one of the tribal locations that we are flying for. It is a particularly challenging flight so I make sure I’m extra well rested before going in there. We knew that we needed a backup plan for the flight incase Bailey went into labor and we were sure glad we had one! At about 12:30am Bailey started having mild, consistent contractions. By 1:30am she was confident it was time to call off the flight and have the other pilot, Garry, fill in. We weren’t very excited about spending much time in the provincial hospital, so we waited in our home for as long as we felt was wise. (more…)
Home Alone-Or Not
Posted by Brian and Bailey Pruett on Sunday, April 4th, 2010
I experienced something this week…something I never want to experience again yet glad I did because I believe I am truly a missionary now. I’m not very good at telling stories so you’re just going to have to imagine this in your head as I describe what happened and then you can all tell me your stories and how they are far worse than mine!
Here goes…It was a calm Tuesday night…I think it was Tuesday at least…Brian was gone, Maycie sleeping, power out, me snuggled up in bed trying to get just a little sleep (I’m not getting much these days). I was just about to transition into a nice deep sleep when I heard, or thought I heard, Maycie turning the pages of a book. Normally this would make me happy but not this night. With the power being out, I had already had a bit of a rough time getting Maycie to go to sleep and was so relieved when she finally did. So you can imagine my frustration when, after all that work, I still heard her up and awake. (more…)
Long Lost Pruett Girls
Posted by Brian and Bailey Pruett on Thursday, March 18th, 2010
I know I have completely failed at keeping you all up to date on the latest in the Pruett girls’ lives and for that I apologize! Here is my attempt to fill you in in the shortest version possible…
Maycie is no longer a baby but a little girl and it is so hard to believe! Sometimes I just sit and stare at her thinking “where in the world did the time go and where did it take my baby?!” (more…)