Andy and Trisha Gudeman, along with Grace (16) and Micah (13), came to Alaska in 2019. In his role at KAC, Andy is a pilot and flight instructor and also has his A&P mechanic’s license. He manages operations at the Palmer hangar in addition to flight instruction and aircraft maintenance. Andy earned his pilot’s certificate in 1996 as a hobby and continued his flight training, not knowing how God would use it. Their training for the mission field began at Missionary Maintenance Services in OH where Andy got his A&P mechanic training. Following their time at MMS, they went to Missionary Air Group in NC for advanced flight training and preparation for the mission field.

Prior to missionary aviation, Andy and Trisha served in campus ministry for 15 years. It was a spring break trip with college students in 2011 that took them to JAARS headquarters in Waxhaw, NC. Andy and a group of engineering students from Penn State worked on a runway extension project. While there, the Gudeman’s future in missionary aviation became a very real possibility.

Their two teenagers, Grace and Micah, enjoy activities all around town which they expect to be taxied to by their devoted parents. Their devoted parents fall for it all the time. From youth group to the dance studio to ski areas to friends’ houses, they are busy with all the usual things, plus homeschooling.

The Gudemans are proud to serve God through the ministry of Kingdom Air Corps and look forward to how the Lord will continue to use them!