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HONORING SENIORS
Jungles to Marketplace //
Adventurous from the Get-go //
1970 - 1986
Dalton and Vicki Jantzen began
their marriage as missionaries in the
jungles of Colombia in 1970.
That decision was the start of
more than 16 years of numerous
adventures, some of them hair-
raising and dangerous.
It was reality versus an imagined,
romantic “Tarzan and Jane”
adventure. Living with neither
electricity nor running water, their
lifestyle was rustic, to say the least.
Cooking over wood fires, washing
clothes on a raft in the river and
having outhouses for bathrooms
all took a back seat to telling folks
about Jesus.
They lived surrounded by terrorists
and Mafia cartels, who funded their
terrorism through drug trade. Their
mission station was even attacked by
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Where You Are
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The Jantzen’s Story
by Ron Herrin
Colombian “guerrillas” just weeks Canada, and Mexico came to know
before they were preparing to return Dalton through his consulting
to the States. work with DeLaPorte & Associates,
Inc., where he served as Senior
Back in the States // Re-Acclimating Consultant and Special Projects
// 1986-1991 Leader. His expertise in facilitation,
strategic planning, coaching,
In 1986, they returned to the States mentoring, conflict management,
with 10, 12 and 14-year-old children and quality improvement gave these
who had no idea who Michael clients access to his “wisdom with
Jordan was, and that football wasn’t heart” approach to business and
soccer. Their new home in West life issues. He has served as coach-
Texas began on a 25-section consultant, skilled facilitator and
sheep ranch, 35 miles from team developer in environments
Ft. Stockton. They eventually ranging from small, locally-owned
moved to El Paso, where they businesses to global enterprises.
worked in industry during
the week and ministered Dalton facilitates multi-lingual
in Spanish in Juarez on workgroups, helping streamline
weekends. After four years and heal interactions between
in El Paso schools, their boys teams and their counterparts across
wanted to attend Texas Tech. borders and even among competing
With Mom and Dad wanting organizations. His focus—the
to keep their family intact, they importance of leading from within—
closed their affairs in El Paso starts inside the individual and
and transplanted to Lubbock works outward into the organization
in 1991. They worshipped and he or she serves.
worked in the Lubbock community
as their kids grew up. Both boys Vicki fulfilled a “bucket-list” desire
graduated university, married and of becoming a licensed realtor, and
started families of their own. Their that position helped open a door
daughter pursued her MBA and a that otherwise may have remained
new career. In 1999, the opportunity unseen.
to join an Albuquerque-based
consulting firm opened new doors By the end of 2001, Dalton and
in business and led to their move to Vicki said “Yes” to the LORD and
New Mexico in 2000. put their blend of professional and
personal experiences to work by
Blending Business and Industry // drawing on their unique ministry
2000-2015 and business experience, which
resulted in the founding of the
Fortune 500 companies in the USA,