{"id":2560,"date":"2018-06-27T08:54:57","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T13:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/?p=2560"},"modified":"2018-06-27T08:54:57","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T13:54:57","slug":"little-did-we-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/2018\/06\/27\/little-did-we-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Did We Know &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ten years ago this very month we packed up our barrels, told our co-workers we would see them late<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2557\" style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #333333; float: right; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot; times new roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;bitstream charter&amp;quot;,times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; height: 169px; letter-spacing: normal; max-width: 878.96px; orphans: 2; outline-color: #72777c; outline-style: solid; outline-width: 1px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 8px 0px 8px 16px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2018\/06\/Barrels-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/>r, gave hugs, waved, and left Paraguay for our one year home assignment. Little did we know at that time that we would not be physically going back to be a part of that team.<\/p>\n<p>We had tried several times to return and &#8220;tie up loose ends&#8221; but every time we planned a trip something would always stop us. Over the years our &#8220;earthly belongings&#8221;, which were stored in barrels, were moved three times.<\/p>\n<p>But, God&#8217;s timing is always the best and HIS timing was NOW!\u00a0 The trip in early June came together so fast and so amazingly.\u00a0 We saw HIS hand in every detail. Jared was not able to go but God provided three traveling companions for me \u2026 three family members of missionaries serving in Paraguay with our mission and friends of ours! He also provided a renewed passport and seats across the aisle from our friends on all my flights.<\/p>\n<p>God even bles<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2555\" style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #333333; float: left; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot; times new roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;bitstream charter&amp;quot;,times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; height: 153px; letter-spacing: normal; max-width: 878.96px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 8px 16px 8px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2018\/06\/Guillermo-and-family-2-300x153.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2018\/06\/Guillermo-and-family-2-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2018\/06\/Guillermo-and-family-2-768x392.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2018\/06\/Guillermo-and-family-2-600x306.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2018\/06\/Guillermo-and-family-2-125x64.jpg 125w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2018\/06\/Guillermo-and-family-2-250x128.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2018\/06\/Guillermo-and-family-2-450x230.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2018\/06\/Guillermo-and-family-2-1920x980.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>sed me by orchestrating a visit with our dear Paraguayan neighbors who reached out and loved us when we moved into their neighborhood twenty-six years ago. The reunion was so sweet and the use of three languages was fun \u2026 oh the laughter we shared!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2556\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2018\/06\/Chris-and-Laurie-2-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2018\/06\/Chris-and-Laurie-2-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2018\/06\/Chris-and-Laurie-2-768x395.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2018\/06\/Chris-and-Laurie-2-600x309.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2018\/06\/Chris-and-Laurie-2-125x64.jpg 125w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2018\/06\/Chris-and-Laurie-2-250x129.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2018\/06\/Chris-and-Laurie-2-450x232.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2018\/06\/Chris-and-Laurie-2-1920x988.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I so appreciated the help of my Asuncion co-workers. They encouraged me daily with words of affirmation and pulled out items in the bottom of the barrels that I could not reach. I would not have finished this task without them! What a blessing they were and continue to be!<\/p>\n<p>God overwhelmed my heart in this journey! He did it just for me! Thank you Lord!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten years ago this very month we packed up our barrels, told our co-workers we would see them later, gave hugs, waved, and left Paraguay for our one year home assignment. Little did we know at that time that we would not be physically going back to be a part of that team. 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