More Pictures!

We would like to thank everyone at JAARS for a very special week. We had wonderful meals and fellowship, met many new friends and worked hard together! Here are a few more pictures of our weeks activities.

Orientation.

Fellowship time around the table!

Cindy Flanegan with Julia & Ira Schipper.

Ready for Take off!

Helio Courier Missionary Plane.

Happy to be off the roof!

McBrides, Howard, and Schippers.

Cindy Flanegan & Brandy Ingle.

Fellowship and a delicious meal at Bonnie's home.

Ed & Don with Martha & Bob Tripp.

Lunch time on Friday.

Bob & Jay Schipper, and John Tarleton joined us on Friday!

Thanks to James & Myra Matthews for hosting our team for a delecious meal and fellowship time Friday evening!

Back to Atlanta!

We visited the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte on the drive back to Atlanta today. The Library has recently been remodeled and everyone enjoyed our tour and lunch there. We were suprised to see Bill Luck from FBA who was also visiting the Library today!

We arrived back at FBA around 6:15 PM. We thank God for a very sucessful mission trip to JAARS and for everyone's prayers and financial support. We have had a very special week learning about Wycliffe Bible Translation and the support role that JAARS provides to accomplish this important work!

Thanks Cindy and Beth for such a special week! 

Friday at JAARS

Roger and Ted installing soffit panels.

Completed roof!

Thank you James & Myra Matthews and Kirk & Cindy Flanegan for hosting our FBA Team for dinner this evening. We had a wonderful meal and a great time of fellowship!

We were able to complete the roof, soffit and painting today. We have had a great week of work and fellowship. We thank God for His daily provision of safety and strength as we have served here at JAARS this week!

We were also blessed to have Bob and Jay Schipper, and John Tarleton visit us here at JAARS today. They flew over from Atlanta in a Cessna 172 and had an opportunity to see the results of our work here at JAARS this week.

Thursday at JAARS

Roof work continues!

Sawing soffit panels.

Thank you Bonnie Pittman, for hosting our FBA Team for a wonderful meal this evening. You have been a great blessing to us this week!

We were blessed to hear stories from several Pioneer Missionaries, testifying to God's faithfulness!

Wednesday at JAARS

New Roofing.

Roof Inspection!

New Flooring.

We were blessed to hear from Cal Hibbard. Cal was William Cameron Townsend's (founder of JAARS and Wycliffe Bible Translators) personal assistant and secretary for 25 years.

Thank you, Rollie & Beth Mersfelder for hosting our team for dinner this evening. We had a great time of fellowship and a wonderful meal!

A Busy Day at JAARS

 

Three painters busy at work!

Some roof decking needed replacement.

Roofing work continues.

Phil, Marilyn and Joshua McBride, hosted our team for dinner this evening. Ed Crafter was catching up on Joshua's activities! We were all blessed to hear how God has always provided for their every need and about their ongoing mission work.

Monday @ JAARS

We had a wonderful first day at JAARS. We started with orientation, then new members were given a tour around the campus, while returning volunteers started on work projects. New Team Members were especially blessed to learn more about how JAARS supports Bible translation. After lunch new members toured the Alphabet Museum and The Mexico Museum and then began helping with the work projects. Our work today was to help remove the old roof shingles and replace some of the decking, we began installing wood laminate flooring, paint prep and painting.

L to R: Ira, Julia, Brandy, Jack,Ted, Don, Roger, Nelson, Roland, Ed, Howard, Steve, (kneeling) Cindy Flanegan and her Dad, James Matthews

Beth Mersfelder welcomes our FBA Team to JAARS!

Ed & Ted help clear off the old roof decking.

Great Trip to JAARS!

We met Mark and Cindy Ingle (Brandy's parents) and Ira & Julia Schipper for dinner in Gastonia, NC. It was a pleasure to meet them and we enjoyed that time of fellowship. Kirk and Cindy Flanegan welcomed us to JAARS and we had a wonderful time catching up and having them meet our newest team members. Today new members will tour the JAARS Center and returning team members will begin work projects.   

More Good News, Ira & Julia Schipper will be joining us!

Pray for Ira and I as we go next week, April 11-17 to JAARS in Waxhaw, NC. We have a Missions Team from our church going there to work on some missionary homes. We are going as well to help the Team and our friends, James and Myra Matthews and our missionaries -- Kirk and Cindy Flanegan in the ministry there. It will be a week of hard work, but also an awesome privilege to serve our missionaries in God's work. We are thrilled to be able to serve in our church in the missions department.

Welcome Jack McCormick

Great News! Jack McCormick will be joining our team as we go to serve at the JAARS Center. Jack and his wife Sharon are Mission Service Corps Missionaries serving through the North American Mission Board (NAMB). They are currently serving at the Atlanta Association of Southern Baptist Churches.

Jack worked with our FBA Construction mission team in September of 2007 in Southfield, Jamaica. We went to rebuild a section of Bethel Gospel Chapel church roof damaged by hurricane winds, and built a roof on a small home.
This summer will make three years that Jack has worked with FBA construction mission teams at Moose Creek Baptist Church in North Pole, Alaska.

We are excited that Jack will be able to join us on this trip! Please pray for Jack and Sharon and visit their blog at http://jackandsharon.blogspot.com/ .

Team Members

L-R Nelson Argo, Roger Wahlberg, Howard Webb, Brandy Ingle, Ed Crafter, Don Harrington, Ted Mauch, Roland Charlow, Steve Fowler

Prayer Request:

• Cindy Flanegan as she plans and coordinates our week at the JAARS Center
• Beth Mersfelder (JAARS HR Group Cordinator) as she works with Cindy to schedule our week
• God's favor as we coordinate work schedules
• Health and safety for our team members and our families