Most likely, the Bible this little guy is holding belongs to his grandpa, who had just boarded the YAJASI airplane that serves his community. His grandpa and others of his generation lived in a time when people ate cuts of...
My wife, Sheri, meets regularly with Djenny, a delightful Indonesian missionary woman. Djenny has worked among the tribal groups in Papua’s difficult Lakes Plains region…
Back in the early days of JAARS, pilots trained and flew off a dirt strip that the staff nicknamed "Mudville." The 3,300-foot runway at JAARS was first paved in 1972, without charge, through the generosity of the Dickerson Construction Company in Monroe, NC. Others who assisted with the paving project were American Oil Company; Humble Oil Company; Contractors and Materials, Inc.; Mineral Springs Milling and Farm Supply; Plyler Grading and Paving Company; H.L. Fuller and Son, Inc. (all from Monroe); Superior Stone Company, Baker, NC; Sharpe Construction Company, Turbeville, SC; and Roy S. Alford Construction Company, Lexington, SC.
The job took approximately 5,000 tons of hot-mix asphalt. Source: Beyond magazine, February-March 1973
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During the eight-month rainy season in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Africa, the dirt roads become mud pits. Sometimes cars—even 4WD vehicles—drive down into these pits and can’t get out.
Read how people like you help enable God's Word to spread in Africa, in spite of conditions like this: www.jaars.org/updates/your-gifts-enable-gods-word-to-spread-in-africa/
On this Giving Tuesday, we’d be honored and humbled if you’d consider a gift to our Where Needed Most or Transportation Solutions funds as part of your plans. Both of these funds give us the ability to respond quickly and effectively to a range of critical, time-sensitive needs. Give here: www.jaars.org/give/ Thank you!
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Brian Rickard keeps the personal locator beacons (PLBs) that JAARS provides worldwide running strong. These beacons transmit signals that satellites can pick up, making successful search-and-rescue operations more viable for those outside of cell phone coverage. JAARS Maritime Services is responsible for more than 270 personal locator beacons assigned to locations worldwide, such as Australia, Cameroon, PNG, Tanzania, Vanuatu and more. PLBs last 12 years, but the battery life is only half of that. Overseas locations rotate and send their PLBs back to JAARS for battery changes, diagnostic testing, and pressure testing to ensure they are still waterproof. Then the PLBs are sent back to the field where they are assigned to aircraft, boats, and for personal use in potentially risky situations.
Although these beacons can offer hope in extenuating circumstances, we know our ultimate hope is in Jesus. We desire to share this hope with those from every tribe, tongue, and nation through Bible translation that has caused many to put their lives at risk so those from all people groups may come to have hope in Him!
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As you pray and consider any year-end giving, we’d be honored and humbled if you’d consider a gift to our Where Needed Most or Transportation Solutions funds as part of your plans. Both of these funds give us the ability to respond quickly and effectively to a range of critical, time-sensitive needs.
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