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^SALTILLO. COAHUILA. MEXICO. 25000

March U,
THE

MARK NORTHRUP

1988

FAMILY

L.to R...Magdalena, Mark Caleb,

^obney nnh iMagsel ^orlljrnp

Berenice, Ana Silvia, Sheila

and Mark Northrup.
Norman L. Weaver, Editor
Horizons

P.O.

B6x'2/^27

Knoxville,
Dear Bro.

TN 37901-2^29
Weaver:

Greetings from Mexico. I don't believe I have had the privilege of

meeting you before. We are enclosing some news material that I hope will
be of interest to the readers of Horizons. This mission places emphasis
on the constant need for faster means of training and building a ministry
of family men who have a zeal for the Lord's work.

These same men have

little hopes of ever going to Bible College but with what little training
they have they are building congregations and starting new mission points.
I never tell a man here in Mexico he can't preach. Since he doesn't know
he can't, he preaches. Then I say to him that I appreciate his work and,
if he wishes,

I will help him be more effective.

Another plan I push is that a minister should be a pastor of pastors.

Just as soon as a man wins someone to Christ I have him baptize that per
son and then teach him.

If he says,

"I don't know how to teach him," I

say, "I'll teach you," and, as more and more men baptize and teach, I be
come a pastor of pastors and then I need help! The Video-Mex Ministries

which we mention is part of this teaching program and part of the help I
need.

Also

enclosed is check ^88-2302 for $50.00 to renew our subscription

to Horizons , that of our daughter, Mrs. Mark Lichte, who now lives in San
Antonio, Texas, and that of another daughter who lives in Caracas, Vene
zuela.
Mr.

Here are
& Mrs.

their new addresses:

Mark F.

Lichte

84.10
Buck Run
San Antonio, TX 78230

Mr. & Mrs. Rafael Macaya

Av.

San Francisco

Edificio Caura Apto. 11D

Macaracuay
Caracas,

Venezuela

If there is any way we can be of service to you, please let us know.

Sincerely in Christ,

Rodney G. Northrup

Christian workers in Cacahoatan.

During the camp many people came

exico

to see the films and eight were bap

One Thousand Miles

And Back

tized (one girl was thrown out of her

Rodney G. Northrup, missionary

in Saltillo, Mexico and Narciso San
chez, a graduate of Saltillo Chris
tian School, made a 2,000 mile round
trip from Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico to
the southern tropical city of Cacahoatan, Chiapas, Mexico. They took with
them Spanish New Testaments, tracts

classes morning and afternoons in

Cacahoatan and in the evenings the

and Christian films to be shown at the

the baptisms Mr.

Family Camp, January 18-22 and the

following week to the seminary for

across the river and touched the bank

bordering Guatemala.

home because she wanted to become a

Christian).

Twenty-eight

students

attended

large church building was nearly full

for the revival services. The last night
of the seminar, eighteen made their
confessions of faith. Baptisms were in
the river that serves as the boundary
between Mexico and Guatemala. After

Northrup swam

Staff Member Added to Mission

Jorge Castenada family

Because of the need for more videos.

also the coordinator of the Mexican

Family and Missions Institute is

adding the family of Jorge

National Missionary Convention to be

held on Rancho Altamira, October 21-

Castanada to the staff to work on

Christian teaching films. Jorge is a

23, 1988. Jorge and Berta have three

girls: Georgina, Gabriel, and

graduate of Colegio Biblico, co-min

Dariela. The mission needs support of

at least $200.00 per month for Jorge
and his family.

ister with Mark and Magdalena

Northrup in the founding of two con

gregations in Saltillo. This year he is

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Muchas Graclas - TJianK~T2Ju^
THE MARK NORTHRUP FAMILY

Your faithful support fluring 1988 has Inspired

the Northrup Family.

In achntiorLJbe- providing fi

nances needed to live and work in Mexico, your con

L.-r..Magdalena, Berenice,
Ana Silvia, Sheila, Mark,

and Mark Caleb Northrup.

tributions reflect your desire for a share in ."Gieai and marvelous are your deeds,
Lord God Alininhiy.
spreading the Gospel to all peoples.
We truly ap
Jusi niul inu". nio your ways,
preciate your partnership. We especially enjoy hear
King of the ages.
Ing personal accounts of your life in Christ so we < Who will noi fear you, O Lord.
can pray specifically for you. Please Join the "Sup and bring glory lo your name?
porting

Daily

sionary"
gether

Spiritual

program so that
in

Sustenance For Your Mis

in

1989 we can Join to

praise.

For you alone arc holy.

All nations will .come

and worship before you,

for your righleous acts have been
revealed"

CHJV;.

Thank you for your generous response to "Wheels for Maysel."

To date 23 have contributed $1738.
$2500 will allow us to pay
registration, license and insurance fees.
We have Just learned
the Mexican government will soon allow later model, better equip
pedlars to be brought in from the U.S.A. We are waiting for the

^opportunity
to do this. Please continue
to pray that we will
make the best possible selection.
Maysel's work for the Lord
will

be

more effective with freedom to travel independently in

and around Saltillo.

MINUTE

WITH

MAYSEL

The winter tourism publicity shows sunny. Mexican beaches and food being
served in a tropical setting. There really are places like that in Mexico and
we've seen some of them.
Some visitors are disappointed with this land of
contrasts when they arrive at Rancho Altamira and find that we live in the
desert. Mexico has the Pacific Ocean on the west coast, the Gulf of Mexico on
the east coast and has a toe dipping in Carribean waters. A shopping trip to
one of the Saltillo Saturday street markets helps one to adjust to the desert.

Produce from various parts of Mexico are shipped in and you'll find every
thing from A to Z grown in Mexico. There are ^pples (manzanas), avaoado (aguaoate), beets (betabel), bananas (platano), beans (frijoles), cabbage (repollo), coconut, corn, cauliflower, celery (apio), cucumbers (pepino), eggs
(huevos), figs (higos), garlic, grapes, grapefruit, honey, Jioama, limes,
lettuce, mangos, nopales, onions, oranges, papaya, peas, peanuts, pineapple,
potatoes, strawberries, tomatoes, tangerines, rice, sugar cane, wheat, water

melon and carrots (^anahorias).

The Flying Farmers from the United States came to Saltillo, Mexico, Feb.
4 and 5. Throughout the year we have lots of visitors but it. is special when
they come down out of the clouds and land their plane at the Ramos ArizpeSaltillo Airport. Elmer and Gerre Plettner of Sutton, Nebraska, who winter in

Tucson, Arizona flew here in a Cessna 185. They came a day early to visit
with us before continuing on with about 24 other planes and 75 people to in
teresting places in Mexico. After an overnight stay they shared with us at
the Sunday morning church service held in Spanish where I interviewed them
for the congregation (with translations).
The Plettners hosted a dinner out
at "La Canasta" (The Basket) for Robert L. Walker, Lowell Tate, Gordon Clif
ford^ Evelyn Leckron, Donna Vaughan, Rodney and Maysel Northrup. We really en
joyed and appreciated this Care and Share time together.
It took over 300 homemade cookies, lots of sandwiches and gallons of or

ange Kool-aid to serve refreshments at our camp rally held January 28th in
Saltillo for children and Christian parents involved in the camp June 26-29,
1988 on Rancho Altamira. Hours were spent preparing. The video taken by our
son-in-law, Rafael Macaya of Caracas, Venezuela, during camp brought lots of
laughter.
Two musical numbers by several staff members and campers using
eight guitars were enjoyed by all.
Singing together again was a
real treat
for the children who had attended camp.

tUlje ^ori(;rups in ^exico

'3att^ and 7^iuint
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Calendar of Coming Events

Feb. 28-Mar. 2 Bi-lingual Convention - Coiegio Biblico, Eagle Pass, Texas

March
March
March
March

13 - 16
18-24
20 - 24
20 - 24

Missionary Reunion, Queretaro, Qto.

Christian Campus House from Springfield,MO at Rancho Altamira
Youth Camp - Rancho Altamira - Bob Walker, Director
Cliff Shaw & Group from Platte Valley Bible College

April

15

Youth Convention - Rosita, Coahuila

April

25 - 26 Conalva (National Men's Meeting) Rancho Altamira

PRAYER, DAILY SPIRTITUAL SUSTENANCE FOR YOUR MISSIONARY

Satan worshipers are making a -concerted attack upon Christianityin

daily united prayer to Satan. We Christians are not at their mercy. On the
contrary, the Bible says, "Dear young friends, you belong to God and have
already won your fight with those who are against Christ, because there is
ONE in your hearts who is stronger than any evil teacher in this wicked

world."
I John 4:4.(Living Bible). "I tell you that if two of you on earth
agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my FATHER in
heaven." Matthew 18:19. (New International version). If our God will grant
the request

of

two people who agree,

imagine what

he would do if

two or

three thousand of us begin asking for the same thing on the same day.
Even though we Christians may have some differences, we all have one
common enemySatan.

It- is very important that we pray daily for specific things on schedul
ed days for the Lord's work at home and for your missionaries.

MONDAY -Pray by name for each member of the families of the. missionaries you
are supporting,asking God to protect them from Satan and his schemes.
Pray that the missionaries might be Holy Spirit alert to people's
movements, bridges between the established religion and Christianity
and felt

spiritual needs

of the people, such as victory over demon

worship.

TUESDAY-^ Pray jop the missionaryi^s financial-support-,that -the-home congraga

tions will faithfully send their commitment month by month so the mis
sionary can plan a reasonable budget.
Pray that the home church
board will not be tempted to cut missionaries' support for new build
ing, increased local staff, or financial crisis. Pray that some con
gregation provide the missionary with life insurance and that another
church would be responsible for health and accident insurance.
WEDNESDAY - Pray for the children in the countries where the missionaries are

working.
Pray for those who are abused and who are hungry. Ask the
Lord to show us ways we can help them. Pray for the means by which
the missionaries can educate their own children whether in boarding
school, at home, in the public school system or away at college.
THURSDAY - Pray for the growth and protection of new congregations in lands
being evangelized by your missionaries. Pray for God's protection of
them from unfaithful native teachers, witch doctors, voodooism and
animism which are very strong in many unevangelized countries. The
Satanic power of witch doctors and voodoo priests is nearly unbeliev
able where Christ is not known.

FRIDAY - Pray for the presidents and governing officials of the lands where
your missionaries are working that doors for evangelism will remain
open.

SATURDAY - Pray for the health of each missionary by name - for their equip
ment, especially cars and planes they use to travel from one place to
another. It seems Satan especially attacks missionaries' cars.
SUNDAY - Pray by name for the spiritual welfare of each missionary you are

supporting.

Ask God to

protect them from depression, culture shock,

and that they will make a conscious effort for daily individual and
family devotional times. If you have found a book of special spiri
tual value to you, send it to them. Suggest the home congregation es
tablish a spiritual "Book of the Month Club" for different types of
material for the missionary to read. If he has a video player, send
tapes that deal with home life, spiritual enrichment or entertainment
Humor is valuable for balance.