Okay, so today we piled into the Family Ford and pointed the grille, (now festively decorated with a Christmas wreath in good Tennessee mountain tradition), towards Waxhaw, North Carolina. Waxhaw is where the JAARS Center is. For those who don't know, JAARS, (used to be an acronym for Jungle Aviation And Radio Service, now "JAARS" just short for "JAARS" I guess), anyway, JAARS specialises in technical support services for missionaries serving overseas. JAARS provides aviation services, communications services, computer support services, land transportation support services, etc., etc., lots of stuff. Among the things they help us out with is shipping items overseas from the US. We are here this time to get a small crate loaded up to go to PNG, mostly loaded with used motorcycle parts, but also some other bits and bobs that we have picked up here and would like to have in PNG.
Anyway, the contained is being sealed tomorrow afternoon, so we have to get our crate all packed up and turn in the manifest and other paperwork. It should get to PNG sometime in February or March, maybe April. I can't complain about how long it takes, my first shipment to PNG took nearly 10 months, (long story) and the worst I ever heard about was a poor missionary in Peru whose crate arrived 11 YEARS (!) after he had made arrangements to ship it from the US.
We'l only be in Waxhaw for a couple of days, then back to TN for a couple more weeks and then back to FL!
About Me
- Andrew the Mechanic
- I became a Christian in 1978. I've been married since February of 2007. We have three children. We live in Papua New Guinea, where we work with an organisation called Wycliffe Bible Translators. I am a motorcycle and small engine mechanic. My wife Clare helps with pastoral care/counselling. We use our abilities to support the work of translating the Bible into the 800+ languages of Papua New Guinea. I have been working here since January of 2002, my wife has been here since May 2005.
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