Farther and Wider

Chuck & Robin Martinez are full-time missionaries in Guatemala, with over 12 years of mission aviation experience. Since January 2019, we have taken on new & expanded roles as Mission Directors with SGSP Aviation Ministries. SGSP’s international office & mission base is located in our home city of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. We are also responsible for the staffing and operation of the stateside office in Sierra Vista, AZ. Follow SGSP Aviation …

Wisdom and Kindness

It is written that the worth of a virtuous wife is far above rubies. Proverbs 31:26 NKJV, explains that when a woman fears (honors) the Lord, “She opens her mouth with wisdom, And on her tongue is the law of kindness”. Here at SGSP Aviation Ministries- Guatemala, we believe aircraft a capable tool to reach “New Heights for Missions!” Yet often your two feet and voice will carry the day. …

Dress for Success

Slacks and a collared shirt work well for administrative duties in the office. Other times, my favorite baggy coveralls are most practical, when its time for aircraft maintenance.  On a day when the call comes, and it’s  time to take care of business, the uniform puts pilot and passenger in the right frame of mind to be successful. In missionary life we battle against principalities, powers, and rulers. To withstand …

Just the Tip of the Iceberg

Now transitioned to SGSP Aviation Ministries, Robin and I work together closely to ensuring all aircraft administration U.S. & Foreign remain in order. An Annual Inspection is due on a mission aircraft in Guatemala. This is a painstaking process, by which an aircraft is opened like a banana to determine “airworthiness”. A comprehensive search of Aircraft Directives from the day it rolled off the assembly line to now must be …

Whatever it Takes

Keeping an aircraft in good shape is accomplished in many ways. As with every type of tool on the mission field, good, detailed, maintenance ensures long life and readiness. Today Robin is “wing washing”, removing the bugs from the leading edges of the entire airplane. Over time the acidity of squished bugs can penetrate layers of wax, paint, and primer. If not removed after every flight, it opens the door …

About the Fathers Business- Walking out the Vision

Chuck & Robin traveled stateside from Guatemala to complete necessary State/Federal paperwork. Walking the land in Southeast Arizona, Texas, and Oklahoma, brought us to some very interesting places. Some with great potential to serve as a stateside mission base supporting mission aircraft working in Latin America. For 30 days across Feb/Mar 2019 Chuck & Robin were out of Guatemala and stateside. Our goal was to unload the briefcase full of …

Graduation Day Living Water Teaching Bible Institute- Xela Campus

Yesterday was graduation day for Living Water Teaching Bible institute. It is a grand day, carried out with all the pomp and circumstance that can possibly be observed. Robin and I managed to get a selfie before the official photo that includes, resident/extension Bible students, visiting preachers, local pastors, LWT directing pastors, LWT directors from 10 countries, staff, missionaries, and interns. Many who have followed us for 16 years (12 …

Struck Down But Not Destroyed

Twelve years ago, Robin and I arrived in Guatemala with only what we could carry in two suitcases. Soon thereafter, we purchased an ordinary charcoal grill at the roadside near our mission base in Quetzaltenango. We could not have known then how many thousands of occasions it would be put to use–simple meals with visitors, holiday meals with Bible Institute students, celebrating birthdays and anniversaries with fellow missionaries, or quiet …