Jon and Jen Quast Preparing for Tribal Church Planting in Paraguay 
Dan and Peggy Crane who represented Paraguay this year
This week the Missionary Training Center had its annual “field fair”. Don’t think state fair. There was no ferris wheel, nor was there cotton candy. Field Fair is when representatives from different countries New Tribes Mission works in come to the training center and share up-to-the-second reports on current needs and vision on where the field is going.
It was this time last year that Jen and I were eagerly sitting in the auditorium with ball-point pen and legal pad in hand trying to see where God would have us serve. After hearing the needs and vision presented about Paraguay, and after some time in prayer, we ultimately followed God’s leading to serve in Paraguay.
Alot has happened in a year’s time. We have seen our cross-cultural communication skills increase as we were exposed to phonetics, phonemics, grammar and the like. We have seen our ability to be discerning in culture increase through courses such as Animism, Folk Theology, and Culture and Language Acquisition. We have also grown spiritually as we have been involved in our local church here in Missouri, through interaction with our trainers, and by just good old fashioned time with the Lord.
A year is important as we look back. But a year is also important as we look forward to what lie ahead. One year from now we will have completed our church planting training. A year from now we have welcomed our daughter into the world. A year from now we will have completed our specialized linguistic training. A year from now we will have spent time raising our funding for the mission field. A year from now we will be completing our Linguistic Practicum in Oklahoma. And a year from now the only thing left to do before going to Paraguay will be getting on the plane. Stateside preperation will be complete.
Please continue to pray with us as the day draws ever closer. Pray for the things we will be going through. Pray for our finances that they would be raised up to a level that we can function in ministry. And be praying now for the unreached people group that we will present the gospel to.
