Touchdown Zone: Tinta

Region: Cameroon Surface: Concrete pad Elevation: 2,072 feet Size: 15 meters by 15 meters Location: Tinta, a small village in Cameroon which is very near the Nigerian border Time Saved:...

Pre-Field Orientation: What…

The JAARS Pre-Field Orientation (PFO) program is a sixteen-week training event based at the JAARS Center in Waxhaw, North Carolina. Ten days of the training…

The Logistics of…

It’s no easy task—getting people like Jessica Thiessen to Western Province. From Aiyura, our home airport, it’s a 650-mile round-trip to Kiriwo where Jessica’s language…

Broken Radios and…

My Thursday morning started with a request for a medevac flight from a bush clinic to the capital, Port Moresby (POM). A lady experiencing shortness…

Little Details Matter

Recently, our friends, Mike and Amy Martin, flew out to their village, Kosarek, to continue their Bible translation project. They plan to finish and dedicate…

They Will Inherit…

Getting checked out as a missionary pilot in Papua is a lot more than learning how to land on short, slippery runways or navigate mountain…