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This Is It!

What kind of gift would you give friends you hadn’t seen in years? Robin Rempel chose to give her friends a gift that will keep…

Right in Your Backyard

Gleaming motorcycles—still warm from their 100-mile journey—swarm JAARS parking lot. How did 85 motorcycles and their riders end up at JAARS on a spring Saturday…

Doorway to the World

In Africa, some translators feel as isolated from the world as someone shipwrecked on a deserted island. Frans Barah, Language Technology Consultant and IT Coordinator…

Broken to Healed

Emily Simon crash-landed at JAARS. She didn’t want to be here. Her heart beat for Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea (PNG), where she had served as…

Cross-Cultural Confusion or Calm?

Someone beats a beggar violently in the street. Kids scrounge around trash heaps for food or treasure to sell. Everywhere blink eyes full of despair.…

Making a Stand For Christ

JAARS is blessed to associate with many Christian people and organizations who regularly make a stand for Christ. Recently, some dedicated JAARS partners took this…

In Just a Few Days!

Palm fronds wave and glassy water ripples at the wind’s gentle touch. Honiara in the Solomon Islands is a lush, tropical town, but Jeremiah, Willie,…

Why So Slow?

Bev Dawson had no idea she would spend more than four decades serving as a Bible translator among the Wapishanas in Guyana, South America. During…

And Then There was Light!

Like a painter who painstakingly chooses colors and blends them to create a beautiful painting, the JAARS Facilities Department desires that the new lighting system…