Welcome to JackSample.com

This site is a simple one and has one main purpose; To give you the opportunity to get acquainted with Jack and Elana Sample and family.

Jack has worked as a school teacher and principal in small Christian schools from Oregon to Nebraska to Papua New Guinea. 

Elana has had the greater work as a stay at home mom raising our two awesome kids, Corrie and Ray. Of course this work takes much less of our time now as they have both flown the nest.

In 2002 the care of Jack's folks brought Jack home from teaching. Both parents had Parkinson's and required full time care. Later in 2002 his dad passed away. Then in June of 2005 his mother also passed away. This along with the fact that Ray and Corrie had left home for college gave Elana and Jack the "empty nest" syndrome.

Ray, our first born is now 27. In May of 2007 he married Crystal Benson and is now living in Albuquerque, New Mexico with plans to move to Heper Kansas to join the Hope On Wings team.  Ray is a singer and is constantly on tour representing Hope On Wings Foundation.  www.MyHeartSings.com

Ray and Crystal brought us our first grandson on October 8,2008. His name is David Levi Sample and he is such a precious bundle of joy!  On August 11 2010 our second grandson arrived. Isaiah James Sample.  I trust he will grow into that big name!

Corrie, at 25 years of age (26 in February), has just finished an intensive 14 month nursing program that adds a bachelors in Nursing to her bachelors in International Resuce and Relief from Union College. She is now preparing for her boards and plans to train to be a missio pilot with Hope On Wings Foundation.

As a family we have served overseas in Pohnpei, Micronesia and Papua New Guinea and Elana spent the first 12 years of her life in Indonesia so we have a bit of International flavor in the home.

Currently Elana and Jack are working in Hepler, Kansas setting up a mission aviation center to train pilots and build kit planes for Papua New Guinea. http://HopeOnWings.org

The shop and hangar are being built and we are building a small plane to use as a trainer and to travel here in the States while raising funds for our mission aviation program in PNG.  Register on the Hope On Wings website listed above.

Please join our prayer partner email list and join us in storming the gates to get this work of reaching the remote 850 language groups in this forgotten land for Jesus.