Just an Illusion
October 3, 2020Bill Mayes, Richard Young, and other members of the SIL* Africa IT team had their airline tickets purchased and their bags packed for their annual…
Twice the Fun*
September 27, 2020Tucked up at the high end of a verdant valley in the mountains of Papua, Indonesia lies the village of Tauban. Brad McFarlane, a pilot…
“It blew me…
September 21, 2020It’s not every day that Nathan Hicker gets to sleep in a hammock strung across the walls of a hangar. Nathan, the JAARS Aviation Training…
He Never Imagined
September 14, 2020When Sahil* was a teenager, he often dreamed that one day he would be a songwriter. Those desires strengthened as time passed until he actually…
From Designer to…
September 3, 2020Who knew that the seed planted by a Sunday school teacher over 30 years ago would impact the course of global missions? God did. Michael…
You Don’t Do…
September 3, 2020What characteristics should future mission aviators possess? About 49 years ago, this question and others drove Moody Aviation, LeTourneau, and the School of Missionary Aviation…
Fire and Water
August 27, 2020What’s my purpose now? How can I continue serving God? These questions haunted JD Thomas as he lay on his back recovering from back surgery…
Step by Step
August 20, 2020Sassy the Cessna here, though you might not recognize me at this point. I don’t look much like myself right now. The mechanics at JAARS…
A Moving Bible
August 17, 2020Lawrence, a young man with seminary experience who had worked primarily as a hiking guide in the mountains of Uganda, didn’t know what to expect…