The Garrigans are currently working at MAG Headquarters at Burlington, North Carolina. Sean is a graduate of the Aviation Maintenance Technology program at Miramar College in San Diego, and attended San Diego Christian College. He is an FAA certified flight instructor, an instrument rated commercial pilot, and a certified Airframe & Powerplant (A&P) mechanic. Carmen received her B.A. in Spanish from Pepperdine University, and went on to Princeton Theological Seminary for her Masters in Divinity. She is an ordained Presbyterian pastor.
Sean has been a pilot for 30 years and has been instructing off and on for 27 years. He has an extensive background in aerospace advanced composites. Sean received God’s calling to be involved with the ministry of missionary aviation in high school and pursued it in college majoring in missionary flight and maintenance technologies. Carmen has served the church in a variety of capacities spanning 15 years in the past especially in the areas of youth ministry and missions.
Sean has been working to train, equip, maintain, and support MAG’s full-time staff of professional pilots, and to prepare, train, and mentor pilot/mechanics apprentices for Kingdom work through the service of aviation. Carmen serves as MAG’s Member Care/ Mobilization/ Short Term Teams Manager. Through Member Care Carmen has the privilege of helping our MAG staff receive the care, nurture, and support they need to thrive in their own roles whether in Honduras or our newly arrived apprentice families. When a person or family is interested in serving with MAG as staff, Carmen oversees their process from first contact through their time at language school as they prepare to serve on the field. Carmen also manages those interested in serving on a short term team with MAG. She loves helping God’s people find the right fit in ministry and thrive in the place God has called them.