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The Pai are a tribe of about 13,000. The government has designated land for them to live on. This is not in just one location but rather in 70 communities or colonies scattered over a large area. They do not live in villages on these colonies but are spread out with different families living separate from each other. Consequently the missionaries must do a lot of small group teaching rather than teaching in a large village type setting.
There are 3 locations where NTM has established churches among the Pai. At this time my ministry would be described in the following ways;
1 THE LOCAL PAI CHURCH
I am involved with the teaching & discipling of the believers in the local church. The teaching of unbelievers is being done by the believers themselves and we missionaries have little involvement in this area.
2 OUTREACH & PARTNERING
The Pai are to the place where they are able to teach & disciple their own people. This means not only those close by but farther away. They are also ready to minister to other similar tribes. There are 3 tribes that are similar in language & culture. The Pai are one of these tribes and they are now accepting the challenge of helping reach the other 2 tribes in this group. The Mbya tribe has around 140 communities designated to them by the government and the Ava Guarani about 115 communities. My role in this is to assist the Pai in outreach to colonies farther away. This means organizing outreach efforts and transportation of teachers etc.
3 CHURCH PLANTING CONSULTANT
This responsibility has to do with assisting the missionaries in NTM of Paraguay with their respective church planting endeavors. This means organizing regular times for discussion and the setting of goals.
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