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On O c t 6

1985

rented

house

in

SaltiTlOj

nonhm ia^

Mpyipr>. MavselK.

Northrup

helped

w ith th e music Th i s

i s

th e second congrega t ion Mark a nd Magdalena

_heLVfe_beap^e_d_tQ s t a r t in Sal t i l lo in

the

l a s t two years , They

l e f t

the

f i r s t congregation grow ing and support ing the Mexican minis ter Mariano

Far ias and h elp in g w ith the support of Walter

and

Sara i Bol ivar

m i s s i o n a r i e s in

L e o n

G u a n a j u a t o M e xi c o

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MISSIONARY

CONVENTION

The 4 th a r n u a l Mexican Na t i o n a l Miss

i o n a r y

Conven t i on

was

he l d

on

Piancho

Altamira (the Northrup fami l ies ' home

base) ,

Oct. 1 8-2 0,

1985,

Guatemala

was

represen ted

by

miss ionar ie s

Eugenio

anc

Lory

Ni

and new bab y. V eteran

mis s i on -

ary , Harland

Gary,

a lso stopped by on

h is

way

to Guatemala with the Nies .

Dale and Cathy

Bowl

in

Gibson,

the fea

t u r ed speake r s , showed s l i d e s and t o ld

o f the i r s ix years o f experience work

ing

beh ind the Iron Cur ta in .

FROM THE

GIBSONS...

Kathy and I are very grateful for the opportunity

we had to par t ic ipate in the 6th Annual Mexican

Missionary

Convention.

There were

over

200

people in

attendance, repre

senting

close to 20 churches, as well as Bible Colleges

and 3 children's homes in Mexico. People came from as

fa r north

as Eagle

Pass, Texas, and as fa r s out h as

M ex i co

-

I t was exciting to see a

strong

national

leadership

calling for

the

Mexican churches to be more evangel

i s t ic and

to

r each out

no t o nl y to

their own communities

but also to think about

new

areas within Mexico, as

well as

foreign missions.

We were

thrilled

by

the

report

of

the convent ion 's f i rst missionary as he told

of

the joys and

hardships

during hi s f irst year on the

field. We were touched by the loving kindness shown

a young couple whose l ives had been shattered by

th e

earthquake

in Mexico City.

There

was a real

pride

in the churches' effor ts to

stop being on

the

receiving end of mission support

from

th e

U.S.,

and to

take

on

new

responsibili t ies

for

carrying the gospel

to

a lost world. They

took

offerings

fo r

mission projects and made

plans

to be

involved in

the

reconstruction and evangelism in

Mexico

City.

Our

purpose

in

speaking

to the conference was

to

share some

personal experiences

about the dangers of

communism to

Christianity

and to give tes timony to

God's power and grace in reaching a lost world

for

Christ.

I t

was a

special joy to

us

to see

such

attentiveness

to

our message. Even though the people

had sat through 12 hours of programs on Saturday,

e ve ry e ye

was

upon us

as

we spoke.

We

were amazed

th e

babies

stopped

crying

and even the dog

at

th e back

of t he audi to r ium seemed to be attentive. What a

^privilege i t was

to share the

good news

of our

Lord

A

ORGAN IZAT ION OF A CONGREGATION

IN MATEHUALA, MEXICO

Ear ly

Sunday morning,

Oct .

27,

1985,

Rodney

G.

Nor th rup

d rove

th e

150

mi l e s

from

Sa l t i l l o to

Matehua la , San Lui s

Po to s i , Mexico to help organ ize a new

cong r ega t i on . Th i s was upon th e r e

que s t

o f

Guil lermo Carcano ,

a gradua te

I

of

Saltillo Christian School and a

long

I

t ime

Mexican co-worker

o f

the Northrups

.

Guillermo

had

grand

chi ldren

going to

s c h o o l

and a numbe r

of

c o n v e r t s

i n t h e

Matehuala a re a in clu din g

the Mexican

doc to r ,

Alvaro

Log, and the tw o sons

o f

another doctor . Guil lermo,

himself , was

in

the

hosp i t a l

on

Sunday.

Since

Rodney

wi l l

be

away

in

o the r

mee t i ng s , th e

e l d e r s

f rom

th e

Cen t r a l

Church in Sal t i l lo

wi l l be

minis ter ing

to

the new

congrega t ion

fo r

a

t ime .

In

Mexico the men usua l ly are no t

told

they cannot

preach,

so they do.

When

they

do,

it i s the job o f the miss

ionary to

he lp

t r a in them to

improve

the i r

message s a nd minis t ry .

Being

very

zea lous ,

Dr.

Alvaro wi l l

probably soon

be minis te r ing

to the

congregat ion In

Matehua l a . P lea se

remember

t h i s new

congrega t ion

in

p raye r .

' - y

17,500

REDUCED

6,500

A

s p e c i a l THANKS

to

all

t h o s e

in

d i v i d u a l s who have

he l p ed

u s

r edu c e th e

bank

loan that

wa s~ma a e to ~

rill t h e 4

wa t e r we l l s t h a t

supp ly

th e much needed

l i q u i d

f o r th e va r i ou s activities h e l d

on Rancho Altamir a .

6,500

do l l a r s i s

all

that r em a i n s t o b e

oaid

on t h e lo an

of 17,500...PRAISE the'LORD1

Other s have con t r i bu t ed to equ ip t he se

we l l s . Two f r i e nd s dona ted pumps,

one

a 1/2 HP

( 500

v a l u e ) ,

Joe and

Donna

Vaughan,

wi th

t h e i r

p ro j e c t ,

s ecur ed

a

10 HP

submers ib l e ,

comple te

wi th more

t h an enough heavy du t y electrical wi r e

( 3 ,000)

and

two

KV t r ans fo rmer s

equ ipped wi th l i g h t i n g

a r r e s t e r s wor t h

1,500

do l l a r s .

Another

f r i end dona t

ed 2,000 in cash ,

500

was used to

buy

n e c e s s a r y electrical a c c e s s o r i e s

(poles , switch

boxes,

e tc . ) and the

r ema inde r to buy 325 f e e t o f 3 ga l

van i z ed p i p e .

V/ith

installation

o f

the

last

pump,

the

.10

HP submer s ib le ,

ou r

w ate r su pp ly

wi l l

be s u f f i c i e n t .

Aga i n

..

.PRAISE

THE

LORD'.

THE TR CTOR used here a t Rancho Altamira has abou t 0

seen its l a s t

days .

It

t akes

longer to

ge t

it to M

run than to do the neces sa ry

j ob , no mat te r

what it

i s ; the

f r on t

t i r e a lmos t a lways i s f l a t;

and

some-

thing

else

i s alv/ays going wrong with

it. n

Oregon

f ami ly , Joe and

Donna

Vaughan, donated a Mo d ie 40 John

Deere

t h a t has very little prev ious use.

Rod

and Mark

Northrup,

accompanied by Mark's

wife

and son, Magdalera

and

Mark

Caleb,

made

the long

t r ip

to

Oregon last July

Seuj,

to t ransport i t to Mexico. I t , along with other farm P/ml

equipment with

a t o t a l va lue

o f abou t 3,000

remains

a t

the border awaitii^g permits

fo r

it to be

imported

into

Mex i c o .

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Help seemed to come

from

a l l parts of the

world.

Flares by the

hurdreds came wi th t h e i r p r ec ious cargos

o f food,

medicine and

clothing.

Some

countries

even

sent

t rained

personnel

and

t rained

dogs to help

in the

locat ion

and

rescue of the

many victims of the

wo r s t na tu r a l

d i s a s t e r to ever occu r

in

Mexico and it s c ap i t a l ,

I

One

plane had a particular cargo. It didn't bring anything that |

the others

had

brought'.

What

a waste

of

money, e f fo r t and t ime,

I

t hough t

to m yse lf .

As I kept watching the news-the rescue

of

children who weren't

even

two weeks

o ld a f t e r

be ing

bur ied

a l i ve

fo r

over a week-I won

dered

what God had in nfind

fo r

them. Every

t ime

a ch i l d o r an

a -

dul t

was

rescued,

people

would cheer and

ye l l ,

VIVA MEXICO, VIVA

MEXICO'. f

After watching

several who

had

been

rescued,

I

began to

see a

pattern.

I t

seemed

that

those

being rescued

a l l

asked

for

the

same thing.

I t wasn 't fo r

food

or

clothing,

not

even

medicine'.

They

all

wanted

water

I

PLEASE GIVE ME

SOME

WATER: I NEED WATER:

GIVE ME SOME WATER

I t was then tha t

I

was able to

understand,

indeed,

how PRECIOUS

THAT PLANE LOAD rea l ly was. Someone had thought of the MOST VITAL

thing

of

a ll and

they

sent

i t

by

the

gallons'. Let us not

forget

the

words of JESUS: But whosoever drinketh

of

the w ater tha t I

shall

give him

shall

never

thirst;

but the water

that

I

shall

W give

him

shall be in

him

a well of water springing

up

into ever-

ii l a s t i ng l i f e .

-John

4:14,

Thank you,

Jesus,

for

the PLANE

LOAD and

for the lesson

I

learn

ed that

day. May

I always carry with

me

that water and may I also

sha re with

him

who

t h i r s t s

the

Water

o f Life ,

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Just

a note

on

Mexico

City;

Reports

from our Mark

L,

Northrup

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