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\u201cThe Early Days\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0 – Jared and Diana met in the First Baptist Church of Union, Nebraska in 1967.\u00a0 Missionaries and Evangelists came often to the little church sharing the Good News and the reality that \u201cyou can go too\u201d.\u00a0 It was through that exposure that led them into missions.<\/p>\n

Jared attended New Tribes Bible School in Waukesha, Wisconsin for two years (1972-1974) and Diana attended Grace College of the Bible in Omaha, Nebraska for two years (1973-1975).\u00a0 They were married in July 1975 and entered the second phase of mission training in Baker, Oregon in January 1976.\u00a0 They continued their missionary training with New Tribes in Michigan (January 1977) and also in Missouri (August 1977 \u2013 May 1978).\u00a0 They arrived in Paraguay in April 1979.<\/p>\n

Jared and Diana have served with New Tribes Mission in Paraguay for thirty years.\u00a0 For the first fourteen years of service they were in a remote location living and working among the indigenous people known as the Ache.<\/p>\n

Their areas of ministry have always been one of \u201chelps\u201d.\u00a0 During their time with the Ache, Jared was in charge of maintaining the upkeep on the property; he managed the colony store in order to teach the ache the value of money, and worked alongside of the Ache in agriculture.\u00a0 He also took part in buying supplies for the Aches and the missionary families who lived there.\u00a0 If anything was broken, he fixed it!<\/p>\n

Diana was involved in the colony clinic.\u00a0 She learned that if you want to quickly get to know the people, that<\/span><\/strong> was the place to be.\u00a0 At times, she was also responsible for keeping books on the station.\u00a0 She taught pre-school in preparation for first grade because paper, pencils, colors, and books were so foreign to them.\u00a0 She also had a part in checking scripture translation for clarity of understanding amongst the Aches but did not do translation.<\/p>\n

After fourteen years of being with the Ache, they were asked to become a part of the administration team in the capital city of Asunci\u00f3n.\u00a0 Jared took the position of Field Buyer for a few years and then moved into the Administrator\u2019s chair.\u00a0 His job description hasn\u2019t really changed over the years; he is still in the ministry of \u201chelps\u201d but now it was much broader and included many more families.<\/p>\n

Diana has been in the Print Shop for many years.\u00a0 She photocopies and binds scripture books, study materials, and curriculum for our indigenous schools and literacy programs.\u00a0 Because of her ministry in the Print Shop she has a part in reaching all the indigenous people that we are involved with.\u00a0 She was also the \u201cPost Office\u201d of the field and stamped all mail going back to the states.\u00a0 Her other responsibility was helping in hospitality to those coming into town whether for business, pleasure, or a much needed break.<\/p>\n

Jared and Diana count it a privilege to have been involved in what God had chosen for them to do in Paraguay.\u00a0 There is<\/span><\/strong> no better place to be than right where God wants you to be.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Present\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0– In 2009, Jared and Diana joined the staff at NTBI (New Tribes Bible Institute) in Waukesha, Wisconsin.\u00a0\u00a0 It seems wherever they serve it is always with \u201chelps\u201d in mind.\u00a0 Jared was placed on the maintenance team and with his \u201cjack of all trade\u201d background has been a blessing.\u00a0 Diana started out working in the Childcare Department, where those little ones just warm your heart and then moved into the Education Office, where she has learned new things on the computer and has gotten to know more of the students and staff.<\/p>\n

This change in ministry has been challenging for Jared and Diana.\u00a0 After being in Paraguay for thirty years nothing in the US seemed familiar.\u00a0 There were now new work places and routines to learn.\u00a0 There were also new faces to get to know and relationships to build.\u00a0 How thankful they are to see God\u2019s faithfulness as HE leads them in areas that are unknown!<\/p>\n

\u201cFamily\u201d –\u00a0<\/strong>Jared and Diana have three children.\u00a0 They were all born in the states but were raised in Paraguay.\u00a0 All have lived in a remote location and in a large city.\u00a0\u00a0 They have all experienced being home-schooled, attending public schools on furloughs, and they all graduated from the same Christian High School in Asunci\u00f3n.\u00a0 The Lord has also blessed them with four grandchildren.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Future\u201d – <\/strong>Jared and Diana are thankful to be part of the team serving at NTBI – Waukesha and for the opportunities to be involved in the lives of the students.\u00a0 They host Student Fellowships and Evangelism groups in their home every semester and Diana, also has had the privilege\u00a0of mentoring\u00a0young women who\u00a0are involved in the school’s intern program.\u00a0 The “life” lessons they have learned in Paraguay have helped them in the adjustments to this stateside ministry.\u00a0 They are excited to see what God desires to teach their hearts in order to make them more like Him. \u00a0\u00a0Pray for them as they continue to \u201cwalk by faith”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jared and Diana are part of the team serving at NTBI – Waukesha. They are thankful for the opportunities to be involved in the lives of the students. The “life” lessons they have learned in serving in Paraguay for thirty years have helped them in the adjustments to this stateside ministry.<\/p>\n

Pray for them – that they would be intentional in their “walk with the Lord” and in building relationships with the students. They are excited to see what God desires to teach their hearts in order to make them more like Him; they desire that others would “see” Jesus in them. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":692,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/692"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}