Even though we may have a love-hate relationship with technology at times, the truth remains that many people today could not live without it. Our…
After Kjerstin Lifto heard about her uncle and close friends dying in a motorcycle accident, she claimed she would never ride a motorcycle. God, however,…
Imagine being in a completely new place. You don’t know the language, you don’t have any friends, and you have a new job. Many mission…
In Oaxaca, Mexico, Katherine McCarthy asked the bewildered Walmart associate for batteries. She described them as best she could with her basic Spanish, trying to…
Missionary pilot-mechanics with overseas assignments face vastly different conditions than those encountered by traditional pilots who work in the U.S. When the overseas partner organizations…
Back in 2007, Tim McIntosh, now the director of JAARS Maritime Department, began working with SIL Papua New Guinea (PNG) as an administrator for their…
Children’s eyes grow wide as the JAARS helicopter emerges from the cotton-puff clouds in the cornflower-blue sky overhead. The children point up and gasp as…
Drew Maust is, in some ways, a chef. As a translation consultant in Cameroon, he helps three Bible translation teams prepare life-sustaining ‘meals’ for their…
The Motilon people in the jungles of Colombia, didn’t have a word for ‘faith’. Every night, far above the jungle floor, they tied themselves into…