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Trusting God on the Journey

God gave Natalie Hall (Nat), a New Hampshire native, many nudges to direct her life’s journey to JAARS. Through patience and prayer, God directed Nat…

Blind Barnabas

Sheltered among the floppy banana trees, brilliantly hued hibiscus, and fluffy tree kangaroos of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, live the Mato people. For years…

Cracking the Barriers

How would you react if you were to play the part of Jesus Christ in a recording? Lester, a member of the S* community, learned…

Just a Phase?

Annie Kate’s parents thought her fascination with aircraft was just a phase. During her high school years, they sent her to the Brigade Air camp…

Goliath-Sized Hills

Emily Gaddis pants, inhaling the scents of ponderosa pine and needle-strewn dirt as she toils up the hill, shoving her bike toward her partner, Jake,…

A Chameleon for Christ

In some ways, Cal Hibbard was a chameleon—blending in to serve behind the scenes, but emerging from them to speak to crowds. Cal Hibbard with…

The Hard Places

Thunder throbs, rain races, and lightning leaps across the students’ and leaders’ faces as they watch, entranced, as the man dressed in a blue, knee-length…

Turn the Light On

We take it for granted every time we turn on a light or charge our phones—instant electricity. But Bible translators in many remote locations of…

Confidence 101

Avionics technician Daniel Jezowski had attended training at JAARS as an pre-field orientee before, but this last time, he spent two months here as a…