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Grandma Sese

Whenever Ross, a Scripture Engagement worker for the Baki people in Vanuatu, and Lyndal, his wife, visited Grandma Sese’s village, she made sure a room…

Ensuring Old Dogs Can Learn New Tricks

N365BT, a Pilatus Porter PC-6 aircraft, has an interesting past and an important future. To prepare it for this future, JAARS aviation workers are completing…

Off the Hook?

For a long time Sarah Baer believed missionaries were either doctors or pastors. And since she didn’t qualify, she believed she was off-the-hook. God used…

God’s Pure Pilgrims

These pilgrims came from Plymouth, Michigan, not Plymouth, Massachusetts. Their destination was JAARS, not the New World. Members of Trinity Evangelical Presbyterian Church drove down…

A Win-Win

For an update on this story, go here. Sassy the Cessna here. I don’t know about you, but when I’m about to move somewhere new…

‘It Just So Happened’

The largest airshow in the United States, EAA AirVenture, occurs in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. In July, more than 10,000 aircraft and approximately 642,000 people attended this…

Putting Them on the Map

Most of us can’t pinpoint N’Djamena, Chad, on a map without help. But that doesn’t mean God doesn’t care about those who live there. Martin,…

Their Only Obstacle

Mud, sand and punctured tires won’t stop the Iyansi translation team now! The Yansi people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) recently received the…

Chasing the Blue and White

Brazil—a colossal country, 60 percent of which is covered by the Amazon rainforest. Most of the country’s 42 unreached people groups and 91 minimally reached…