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‘Wrestle not against flesh’: Missionary pilot recounts Gospel encounter with armed hijacker

Missionary pilot Jim Streit has opened up about sharing the Gospel with a man who put a loaded gun to his face while trying to hijack his plane in December during a flight carrying Samaritan’s Purse medical aid to a remote medical unit in South Sudan.

Streit discussed the confrontation during the Christian ministry’s “On the Ground with Samaritan’s Purse” podcast, where he said that what began as a routine humanitarian flight turned into a life-threatening encounter after a stowaway emerged from the rear of the aircraft during the journey.

The December 2025 flight was carrying medicine to a mobile medical unit in Maiwut, a remote town in northeastern South Sudan, where humanitarian groups often rely on small aircraft because roads are limited or difficult to reach.

Streit, a missionary pilot with Africa Inland Mission who has decades of aviation experience and frequently flies missions for Samaritan’s Purse, said he and a staff member identified as Ben had about 40 minutes remaining in the flight when they suddenly heard a shout from the back of the plane.

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