JAARS Day

JAARS day is like an open house, air show, meet and greet all in one. It is the best opportunity to take in a lot of what God is doing through JAARS in a single event if you can make it.

There is a presentation in the morning, then the rest of the day is yours to visit the Alphabet Museum, Cardenas Museum, Hangar, and the other places that work gets done here.

At the beginning of the open time, there was a demonstration of the capabilities of the Kodiak airplane and the helicopter. It was fun to watch just how precisely these aircraft can be handled by highly trained and experienced missionary pilots!

I volunteered to help and was assigned the gatekeeper for the Kodiak rides. There were three aircraft giving rides: the Kodiak, the Helio Courier, and a Robinson R44. In addition, there was a 4X4 vehicle taking people around the Jungle Jumpoff area for demonstrating transportation on the ground.

The people who bought tickets for the "Mission Adventure Ride" would start out in a Helio Courier Airplane, then be dropped off to take a short ride in the 4X4 to be brought back.

I was able to speak to several individuals who had expressed interest in serving God in some capacity with JAARS. It was fun to get to know them and hear how they were open to God's direction in that area of their lives.

Of course, we are fond of the JAARS day as it was at one last October where we were challenged to seriously consider serving with them... and here we are!

The kids had a great time riding around in the shuttle bus and going between the two of us (Maggy was working the gift shop). Karina was in charge of the camera and took most of the pictures for the day. Click on the photo album link to see the new posts.

The first Saturday in August will be the next one. If you are in the area, try to visit!

I have included a few new links to other mission aviation websites. Read how God is working through so many people.