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Saltillo, Coahuila,

iffiXICO

WEi:ro THE

NOEraifflPS

FOE A

:;SEB_AED_TEI,L

2.

PACKET.

Useful for

VBS,

youth meetings, missionary study, oamo

Cost ;

nn

Items

in the packet

can

be used for display, fo^'thHiudraL fite; as

awards,

or gifts to VBS teachers. When you are through

with the

stories

and

Items,

how

about

loaning

it

to

another

church

friend

^

anothe^^^n?

WHEIffl DO_I_SEi (D Tlffi BOX

OP_2H31tGS

I HaVB_ifflADr_FOE_VBS_];H rfBXIW?

aome

items

which

the Northrups have requested

Huge

vacation

Biole

schools

you

may send

them now.

Packages to

Rodney G. Northrup Those of you Just

starting

to

Saltixlo Christian I'lission collectjLtems for vhS in yicxico

c/o Box k63 Seal them later

so

that

they

Laredo, Texas 780^1

set

to the i.aredo address

by

the

i r s t of July , li^67.

TflIS_idWi)Ji;riAT.

daring

the

middle-of-the-dly

res?-sLsta

time i-h'

school but as

soon

as they

Le

out

for i

chilarea

are

still

in

tort i l las and whatever else thev have th eat

their

VBS classes are held

You

should hurry to the place where

facts

they

have memorized' 10^ chilSen f scripture and

Bible

La Mesa de

Gonzaler st fl ohxlên

gathered

in

the first

school in

coahuila Where the' eô^rs^Lorw'n^L'd L^heêr '''

held for chiluren

and

adults 5 evenings, a service

is

each

night

which

amazes

and

pieces the

adults^^ program

are Ramon and Elizabeth

kendon

iar a Starting

off

the season

a school are ready, they load uu'and Harch, when the supplies for

enthusiastic thev are lF'ivn- x. . school. Being young and

Between

chcois7ElILLrwadLs^?:thef

old fashioned iron. Thev refill th^. o a scrubboard, irons with an

and they're off again.

We've

never heard of^ treat sacks

honeymoon

quite like

i t

here in Mexico

hut

else

spending

their

For those who

have

suent

the ir hrv

Lope there

will be others.

Remember Ramon and Elizabeth in prayer^^ Othe/^^'

appreciate

you.

a

time,

as

school

permits.

Ramon

baptized

fou^

afterthrVBîn

â'^MeL ^

GIMUATION^TLffl,

covering expenseB^this^yea like''all'tradMti^'

^

d

has

fun

world.

ShoL, suit, piotê ?But Hlf ^ in tlxe

The girls

at

lilia s

school h l l wear

hers. Mark Northrup

should

wear

a

dark

sui^

if

ê

enough

to

measure himl

Gteetinvs ^ powing long

jmn greetings

from Mexico

to

you 1967

graduatei-.


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TEEN

SECTION

What do Teen miaaionariee do to keep from

getting bored on t he mis sion

field?

This year

I terk

Northrup, 17 f in i shes the

las t year of Secondary

School.

Let s check

with him. His classes , taught

in

Spanish,

are Math, Phys ics ,

Chemistry,

Civics , Shop

( Internal

Combustion);

Technology,

English,

(his foreign language); Industrial Security,

Spanish, Spanish Literature

and Physical Ed .

Getting off to school on Monday morning is

harder than other days. He gets to bed l a te

Sunday

night a f t e r the t r ip to the

vi l l ages

wi t h th e

t e a c he r s and

s t uden t s o f altillo

Chris t ian

School.

The

group

is distr ibuted

among

the

vi l^gea

on th e

circuit

t Salero,

La

Press

de Gamez, Jesus Maria, El Hefugio,

San

Vicen te , Oanelo,

Ranches

LXievos, La Mesa

de Gonzalez, Santa Ana, Tecolote and la

Presa

de

los Arzola.

Mark usua l ly preaches

tw ic e ea ch Lord s

Day.

In

September

one

of

h is

classmates from

Tech.

accompanied him an d

made

h i s

c on fe ss io n o f faith

in

Ch r i s t at

Salero where Mark was preachipg. This friend

got to see someone

bap t ized

t h a t day.

When

he to ld

his

parentT

they

were strongly

agai rs t his

decision. The

rel igion

of your

parents

is

good enough

for

youl No

dul l

moments

a t

t h a t boy s house. Hs s se t on

l iv ing

fo r

Chr is t l

Pray

fo r Memin .

To s t a r t the school

year ,

Mark helped

overhaul

the motors on th e mission Dodge

and Jeep here a t Mountain View Ranch under

the

superv ieion

of Prof . Frarxsisco

Luna.

The

mission

Dodge

takes care of

the

c i rcui t

each

Lord s

Day when

i t clocks

up

aoout

50O

miles.

During

the summer it was busy

in

the vi l lages

of the

back

country. The Jeep does more

of

l oc al t ranspo rt ing for th e

students who go

to night c lasses in Sa l t i l l o . Added to the

co l l sc t ion i s

a

1950 Model

A Ford.

I t takes

tinkering tool (Flat t i re

now and then.)

Mark

spen t his

vacat ion in a r a the r

unique

way. He was part of a Christ ian crew

who

threshed wheat in the back country

for

Mexican farmers who

had

cut

the i r

wheat

with

hand sickles. (Just as

in the

time of Christ).

He

met

people, made f r iends,

l earned more abou t t h e i r

l oca l custcxns

and

on on e

occa s i on

he ld an

i n f o rma l

conversation in

a

vil lage

s to re ,

explainiiTg

Chr i s t

and th e s c ri pt ur e s, t ha t

lasted about 5 hours.

Mark

l ikes

spor ts

but

he

leaves

a thle t ic honors fo r

h is s i s t e r . His classmates

tJhke turns coming to th e

ranch to

help

get

th e

work

done so Mark has few du l l

momen t s .

Mark

TRIP TO MEXICO?

This cap should help you get to Mountain Viev/

flanch. To communicate ahead write

to

the

Sa l t i l l o

Pos ta l

Address.

The ranch i s not

connected by

telephone

with

the outside world.

The

proces s o f having

a

telephone involves

buying stock in the Telephone Company or

moving into a house that

already

has

one.

J

WiW m u

, , (^AtLrajL l7

jj i. in

TEUVELERS TO MEX ICO

I f

you

plan

to

v i s i t

missionary famil ies

in

Mexico an d if you have some ex t ra space i n

your

oar ,

you can be

of

help by taking an

extra

su i t case

f u l l

o f

used

clothing

or

t ake

along

a box

of

food. Check

oni^fhat

is

needed

and then

l e t

your

f r iends

help

you

co l l ec t .

You l l enjoy

th i s

t^ pe

of

foreign

a id .

THE RESULTS ARE BETTER WHEN YOU PRAY

Among the needs of

the

Lord s

work, prayer

is f i r s t

on

the l i s t . I t s

been p roven again

and again

tha t the vil lages

being remembered

in prayer

s t a r t moving fo r the Lord, Check

th e l i s t of

vil lages

mentioned

under

the

Teen

i ec t ion and on the map. Select one

or two

tha t you wil l remember every day during your

p ra ye r t ime.

Let s

watch thingS happen

fo r

t h e

Lord

I

Did you pray for a missionary family today?

F IRST CLASS

MAIL:

a

ARCEL POST: 1 y

Rodney G Northrup

altillo

hristian

M i s si o n

c /o Box

^6 5

Laredo , Texas

Rodney G. Northrup

Apartado

Pos t a l

306

Sa l t i l l o ,

Coahuila ,

Mexico

PLEASE advise the Northrups

a t Sa l t i l l o

of

any PARCEL POST sen t to th e LAREDO r ece iv

ing

address.

Except for

g i f t s , send

no

c lo th ing

excep t

t ha t l i s t ed .

NOTE

the

mailing

schedule. There are two t r ips .

Mail

e i the r

the f i r s t week of Dec. I966

or wait

un t i l

f i r s t

week of May 196?.


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N EWS MOT E S fro m TH E M BTHH P3

fipWT

and l u sm mnmup

May 26 ,

1967

Apartado Postal 306

Salt i l lo Coah.,

MEXICO

A

CAMPAIGrN OP PR1YBR la

the

idea for

us irfrlting

to missionaries

wrote a lady from

Ohio Vftiat a

blessed

campaign and ^ e we know God

ca n bless,

Itrs^

Wittmer s l e t t e

has

been

oneoof ih Q n i c e s t we have

received

in months

because

she h a s touched on on

of

t he g re at es t needs we

missionaries

have She vianted a

project

o r a

person for

whom she coiild

especially

pray for

in

her

daily prayers,,

Needless to say we are

moat

happy

to siq^ply

h e r

request*

NHY FRAY

FDR îlSSIDKARIES?

Because

they

are

human, Christian humans from tovms Jus

like

your tovm. Just because

they

have gone

tp

a foreign field does

not

make them

exas^t

from

tesqitation and

trails

and

sin.

On

the

contrary they

are

constantly

under a t t a c k b y S at an , t he r el ig io n s o f th e

l and

and even fellow

C h r i s t i a n s , ,

,asfc

th e A po st le P au l a bo ut th e Christian ? ) P ha ri se es ,

IclHEN

31OUC1D XESPEiCXAIXY PR \Y FOR AxQBSIONARY? Pray for him especially

when

there

have been

some victories

on

th e

field and v ien Ihings have been a t a stand s t i l l

Pray vrtien there have been

victories

because Satan vnlll make a special effort to brin

about d ef ea ts v d th in

the

missionary

and

h is family

or

vnlthin

the national

workers.

If there

have

not been recent victories pray so the

Holy

Spiilt can break the grip

o f Satan and

release the missionary

and v;orkers

to

accomplish

the

work

God has for

him

to

do. Often this i-jork cannot be done

until

God s people have earnestly prayed

fo r

it

ESPECI.ULY PRiY F H

THE NDRTHRUPS AND THE

MIÎDN IN aUTILLO BECAUSE THERE

HAVE

BliEN

VICTORIES

THAIHCS

TO THE

LORD,

l . i i i at h i n

t h e

l a s t

fo u r

months

12

have been

baptized and

others

have made their confessions

of

faith, 2,

Rodney

vias privlledge

to hold

two successful

Faith-Promise Rallies

in

the states,

3 ,

In

April we

held

th e t h i r d

Spanish Church Growth Camp on Mountain View Ranch, 4,

Three

hundred an d

twenty

Mexican î ldren

attended the f i rs t four Siesta-Time VBS in

the

area. Satan

has

nob been asleep and we

a r e

Under

a tt ac k b ut

your earnest

prayers

can send

the

Xiord s

work

here in Oie Saltillo area

on

to

even greater victories. Pray Brethren

p r a y i

TRINK YOU THANK YlUj

I t seems

quite inôssible to

adequately

Uiank

each of you

\dio have so

faithfully

prayed for

the

mission here in Saltillo throughout the years

and have been so fai t h fu l

in

your financial support of th e Lord s vtoxk,

AH

v/e

can

do is

sa y

we

thank the

Lord

for

you and tr y

to

report

to

you

\diat

He

ha s

been able

to acc


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N i:. :J S N c T 3 S

fro-.-

T H 3 N 0 P. T H P U I- o

P^.^e

7

ijL-13r\-Tlii3 VBS in liKCIGO i s fjomebniiig ne;/

with

us

tu t

H. is C ^-o

cv^r

oiv:: o o- -ugs

This

jz-ear

the

work

in t he v il lage s

has

started

by haviujg

VN S

classes

during

bt.e

middle-of-the-day

rest-siesta time and

evangeli st ic services

a t night The village

children

are s t i l l in

school

but as soon as they are out for

lunch

they

run

home and

eat

their tort i l las

beans

and

whatever

else

they ciin

find,

then they hurry to

the

place

v/ere

VBS c la sses a re

held, Ramon and Elizabeth Rendon

are dedicating their

t ime

to

th i s ministry .

320

CHILIBEN

IN

k SCHOOLS OR

IffijUlLY

EViSi^Y CHILD IN THE VILL.Vffi have

tu rn ed o ut for

the

VBS

classes, 104 children gathered in the f irs t school in La Mesa de Gonzales,

state of Nuevo Leon, 90 enrolled in Hedionda, Coahuila, Z^6 in San Vicente,

Nuevo

Leon and 80 more in Jeus Maria, M L. Those in VBS have a

short

part in the evening

ivargelis t ic

meeting vrtiere

the

children amaze and please

th e a du lts with the

ner;

cho:.uses and scripture verses they have learned,

R.\iC N

AND

3LISA3ETH

Aiffi

AH

I?5?ACT

on these villages for the

Lord

with

their

youth and enthusiasm as they work

with

the

children

and

persuade t he adu lt s,

Ramon

bapt ized

four

af t e r

the

VBS

in La

Mess

und s ince then there

have been

four confess*

ions

of faith. Twer

of

the men

vrore baptized after the

Church

Grovrth

Camp and a boy

and a

lady i.^ere

baptized iiay 21, Please pray

for the villages

of La Mesa and San

Vicente as

others are

on

the

point

of deciding f or Chr is t,

BETjEEW SCHCOL j

Elizabeth imshes clothes on a scrubboard, irons v/ith an old fashion

sad

iron.

'Je

refil the VBS

supplies and they pack

the treat

sacks, food, mattress

and bed

roll

and

then

we take them cub to the* next village and school, Thanlcs to

the

many folks who

have sent

tortilla clothes,

cloth

cutouts

and so on they

io.ll

bsv

able to

have

hand work for

the

VBS now. Thanlcs so much.

Please

remember

Ramon

and

Elizabeth

in

prayer.

Lord

i/illing

other

couples

vrill

be

joining

them soon

in

this

minis try .

NECESaOT INGREDIENr FOR A SUCCESSFUL SIET5 TIME VBS

CAKE.

The basic in

gredient is a bountifiil supply of eainest prayer.... Drop in a-dedicated couple

to

teach and preach..Generously mix about GO children, crayons, Bible stories, hand

work and love. Bake i t about seven daj^s in a dusty hot village...Add a

thick

f rost ing of

patience

and care... .Sprinlde on about 30 pieces of

silver

and le t

the

Lord rejoice in

the

finished

product.

Last year we were priviledged

to

mix together 14 of these cakes VBS schools)

and to reach over 1,000

children

during

the

months of

July

and August and st i l l

ther

vrere so many

villages

unreached, Tlie thought

came

to us, vihy not have VBS classes

nearly the year around? We aare

readj--

i f you v/ill help us vrith the

basic ingredients

of prayer

and

30

pieces of si lver.

God bless

you,

TICS

THIRD SPANISH

GHIUCH GRO iTH

C

HIP

was held

at

Saltillo Christian School'in April

1967.

About

50

church leaders

from

ten congregations

met

to be instructed, inspired

and

to

share their experiences, Eugene Morgan, raissionar;);- from Ei Paso, Texas

was

the

featured

speaker v^ho

inspired

and challenged the campers to get

out

and

start

nevf

congregations. Hot ions on

how to

hold a funeral and courses on person? evangel

ism and

scripture

memorization were given by the facul ty of Saltillo Christian

School

The church

leaders especially

look forwrrd to these

camps

and the opportuna.ties

they furnish

for exchange

of experiences, a closeness hs brothers

in Christ,

rap.ld

instruction in essentials and t he inspi ra ti on

to

continue

in

the Lord s

work x\

t h e i r ovm a r ea .


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N 3 U S N O T E S from T^'H E N 0 R T H R U P 3

Fa/^e 3

liay 26, 1967

S A D FINANCIAL

F A C T S

A1CIUNC3

srnii DUE

2b^

Promotional expenses, stamps

and

printings 78e02';

Notes

and

old debts

paid

S0,8S-

Mountain

View Ranch

e:^enses 32.36

Salti l lo

Christian

School

expenses . . . . . . . . .

21i{..2p

Student

aid 11,76

Salti l lo Christian

School teachers

vmiges A400

Norbhrup

family, 114,43

Insurance 45,65

Mission

car repair 12,89

School Jeep

repair

10.34

Transportation and village evrngelism 102.^

Cedars

Christian

School Project

Banlc

Hospi ta l

and

medical

iaisc,

.32,48

S i e s t a t i m e VBS

Church

buildings

Spanish Church Groiirth Camp.

11ARCH

APRH,

.9^36/

37-cl2 .

512.18

167.23

227.12

81.90

130.

fiO

225,44

45.65

308.87

3.20

43,13

1 0 . 2 0

i6:oc

O3.,424ao

51.00

131.73

84;

00

102 48

87:56

29;20

66^29

175.40

8 4 0

87.96

4.30

71.74

32,00

133 84

313.00

2,274.00

60,00

EXPENSE totals per

month. i?779.74

Feb.

1 balance on hand 2

Feb.

income

332.00

Tot a l .

,.,?834,00

Less Feb. expenses,, . 779.74

Feb, balance. . . . . . . . . . . . ' 54,^6'

a,769-63

:il,119>57 i>4,076,10

IJOUMTS

STILL

DOB.r.,54,076.10

Iferch 1 bal ,

5 54.26

i-Jarch

income.,

1,936.51

Tota l . . .

1,990.77

Less expenses, 1,769,

Iferch balance.5 221,09

pril

deficiency...

12.-94

DEBTS NOW

PAST

DUE.. . 4,089.04 TOTAL

April

1 bal . .0

April

income,,

. V.

Total , , .

1,106T^3

APRIL DEFICIENCY.. 12.94

(2t\DUATI0N

T H ,

Javier

Carcaho

graduates

from pidmary

school.

His dad, Guillermo,

is

a

preacher

and

teacher

and

has

fun covering expenses this

year

like

aU

'^graduating parents an;^waer

else

in the

v.'orld. Shoes,

suit, pictures. -(Biit

dad, graduation

comes just

once

In

avjhil^

The

girls

at

Lilia.Luna's school iidll

v/ear

long vjhite dresses.

Lilia

plans

to make hers,

ikrk Northrup should wear a dark

suit, i f

he

stops grcn-dng

long enoug

to

measure

him,' Two

preacher

boys

^/ill

be

graduating

from

Salt i l lo Christian

School

Greetings from liexico to you 1967 gradijates.

I/HRITE THE TOTHRUPS

F(B A SEE ND

TELL PACKET.

Useful for VBS, youth meetings,

missionary study, camp. Cost 5.00, Items in the packet can be used for di plas'-,

for

the

study and la ter as*awards, or gifts

to

V S teachers. IJhen you

are

through

\d.th the s tor ies and i tems, how about loaning

it

to

another church

fr iend

in another

town?

221.09

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