Welcome
to the ISI Buffalo partner website.
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Glad you visited our website. This site contains information pertaining to the ISI Buffalo ministry as well as the Mantas personal role in that ministry. If you want to get regular e-mail updates, announcements, praise and prayer requests click the link button below the photos to join our e-mail news letter list.
If you are an international student click to be directed to our student site
If you are an international student click to be directed to our student site
International Students Inc. University at Buffalo Staff
Phyllis Lawecki, Rasheed Akhtar, Kathy Matheny, Scott Matheny, Ruth Manta, & Don Manta, Ruth Manta,
The staff along with many volunteers serve the international students in an effort to fulfill the ISI Buffalo vision.
ISI Buffalo exists to mobilize and equip God’s people to engage all international students with the goal of producing disciple making followers of Jesus.
The staff along with many volunteers serve the international students in an effort to fulfill the ISI Buffalo vision.
ISI Buffalo exists to mobilize and equip God’s people to engage all international students with the goal of producing disciple making followers of Jesus.
Don and Ruth Manta
Having been born in Japan to missionary parents, Ruth has been around internationals all her life! She gave her heart to Jesus at 5 years old, and a few years later felt God’s call on her life to be a missionary. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy from The University of Western, Ontario. As a young adult, Ruth joined a friend in ministering to ESL students, and together developed simplified Bible studies to meet the language and knowledge needs of the students. She went to Columbia Biblical Seminary and received a Certificate of Bible where she met Don. Ruth is the mother of 6 children, and has been working part-time with her husband for International Students Inc. since August 2004. Ruth has a passion for helping others discover God, and encouraging them to be true followers of Jesus.
Don grew up in a small town in mid-western USA. He graduated with a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Michigan State University. Don gave his life to Christ in Jan. 1988 after experiencing genuine Christian love and witness from believers at a local church. He worked as a Landscape Architect for several years, and volunteered as a youth leader. During this time, he felt God’s calling to attend seminary, and this is where he met his wife Ruth. After 5 years of marriage, God called them to be missionaries in Spain, where they were part of a church planting team, working with international business community and their families. Don has been with International Students Inc since Oct. 2003, and has been the city director in Buffalo, NY since 2007.
Don grew up in a small town in mid-western USA. He graduated with a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Michigan State University. Don gave his life to Christ in Jan. 1988 after experiencing genuine Christian love and witness from believers at a local church. He worked as a Landscape Architect for several years, and volunteered as a youth leader. During this time, he felt God’s calling to attend seminary, and this is where he met his wife Ruth. After 5 years of marriage, God called them to be missionaries in Spain, where they were part of a church planting team, working with international business community and their families. Don has been with International Students Inc since Oct. 2003, and has been the city director in Buffalo, NY since 2007.
