The JAARS center had a huge "Open House," which they do every three months. About 450 people came from near and far, even hours away. It was a great family day!
People get to see displays and use hands-on demonstrations of types of land--sea--and air support that JAARS provides to speed Bible translation around the world.We saw water survival equipment, sat in airplanes, watched videos of harrowing take-offs and landings, and enjoyed a bird's-eye view of our apartment from a JAARS helicopter for $20.
This wonderful closeup is a small pile of brick-red earth beside a sidewalk, which we've been trained to carefully avoid. It is the home of North Carolina FIRE ants, and personally, I've not been eager to discover to what degree that name is accurate.
We are finishing our final week here, and wish we had more time to do more projects. Gary helped install and test for Dallas about a dozen large, white wireless routers for the conference. I call them giant dead spiders, since they look like a square box with six thick legs sticking straight into the air. I think he'll remove them and we'll tote them there, after Friday.
Along the road in lots of fields are what the Lent family often calls "Shredded Wheaties" hay rolls. In parts of WA where these are covered in white plastic, we call them "Marshmellows."
However, unlike this photo, only the afternoons may still be sunny and get into the 60s. This morning when we left the apartment, Gary's thermometer/humidity gadget read 30 degrees outside. 
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