May God bless this church and the congregation with his Holy Spirit.
Ronnie Jackson, Jeff Jackson and Kevin Mills.
Bro. Ronnie has now went on to be with the Lord, but we know he is with the Savior.
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| Paster's Page | These are emails from Otto (Obie) Kiepe who is in Aldama, Mexico. He first went down with Bro Kevin in March and decided to go back . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bible School | Sunday, August 23, 2009 : Hey Brother Kevin, I know you and the people of your church are interested in what's going on down here. Let me tell you about three families that have become very dear to me. When I got back to Aldama the first part of July I asked the pastors to introduce me to their poorest families. One family is a widow with 8 children. She has epilepsy and she had a seizure and fell on her stove while she was cooking. Her little children sell home-made candy on the streets of Aldama and out at PeMex to help her buy food. The second family is a 105-year-old man and his wife. She only has one leg. They live by themselves and they're as happy as they can be. I call on them every week and even though they have nothing they praise God every time I'm there. The third family is an elderly widow who has to feed herself and some other family members who live with her. These are all Christian families and I see them in their homes every week. When I see those little kids out at PeMex selling candy in 100 degree heat I cry. You know first-hand what a cry baby I am anyway, but Brother Kevin these poor people just break my heart. The sad thing is that there are so many others I don't know about. I thank God for opening my eyes to the things I see down here. Olga goes to Su Bodega with me every week and picks out groceries for them. We take the food home and divide it up into three boxes and Tiburcio and Olga and I deliver it to them. They call it "dispensa" down here. The real blessing comes when we see how much they appreciate the little we do bring them. I'm seeing a side of Mexican life that few other Americans will ever see because I don't mind getting dirty and toughing it out. I tell people that if you're a missionary you won't always be as clean as you want to be and you might not get to eat the kind of food you like and you sure won't get all the sleep you want but you'll receive a far bigger blessing than the people you came to help. I need to sign off. I'm expecting Abelardo any minute, he's coming by to carry me to church in Aldama tonight. Brother Kevin, coming to Aldama with you changed my life forever. I'm safe and well and very happy. Your brother and friend, Obie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Friday, August 28, 2009 : Hey Brother Kevin, We got into the mountains yesterday (Monday) and we're staying for 8 days. I had a signal last night at bedtime but I was way too tired to write, even though I wanted to very badly. I haven't had a signal all day but I'm going to write this and hit the "Send" button hoping it will be mailed out when I get a signal. This BlackBerry is a great phone but AT & T says I'm up so high that I'm above the signal band. I think they're right because part way down the mountains I'll get a signal. We just got in from a long day of visiting pastors and villagers way up in the hills. We just finished our showers in an outdoor shower using a 5-gallon bucket of freezing water and a plastic bowl to rinse off. We look and smell better. We're setting up to show a movie here in the church where we sleep. I think we're supposed to eat with the family living next to the church in a little while. I'm thinking of joining up with Abelardo and Victorino on a kind of permanent basis to work up here in the mountains with Abelardo when he comes up here. I'd stay in Aldama and continue to work there and come up here with Abelardo everytime he comes. I think I must be the only person down here who isn't connected with Rob and Ellie or Way of the Cross in some way. I haven't met anyone who works with them but I did meet an American who has a Mexican wife in Aldama and he thought it was odd for a guy to be down here supporting his own work the way I am without being hooked up with some group from the US. You have to get back down here and see these mountains, they just go on and on forever. I heard a drum this morning and one of the Mexicans told me it was part of some idol worship that was going on higher up in the mountains. I'd better sign off and try to send this. It's around 7 PM on Tuesday the 26th. See how long it takes for you to get it. Obie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuesday, September 1, 2009 : Hey Brother Kevin, I hope you're doing fine. Please give the brothers and sisters at Crowe my warmest greetings from Mexico. Things couldn't be better down here. We just got back today from 7 days in the mountains. God worked up there this week and something that happened up there last night changed my life forever. Right now I cry when I think about it but I'll tell you sometime. I went with Tirburcio and Abelardo and the churches were packed out every night. We all spoke and they had me speak even though it was in English. These are the people who speak Tenec instead of Spanish. We get by because the people under age 40 know Spanish as well as their native tongue of Tenec. Tenec isn't even close to Spanish and I get real confused with 3 languages going on at once. We had what they call "culto" down here. Some nights we would just go to someone's house out in the country and set up a microphone with an amplifier and hang an old bedsheet on the side of the truck and show a Christian movie. We start some music and make a few announcements over the PA system for a couple of hours in advance. The sound carries everywhere up there and we'd draw in about 200 people or more, many of them had never heard about Jesus before. We'd give an invitation and people would come forward. If we were at a church we'd have a full house everywhere we went and Abelardo told me that a lot of the people had never been inside a church before. Some of them wouldn't come inside but they stood out on the porch and watched through the door. We saw many people come forward. We're going back the second week of September and I can't wait. I had only been there twice before in April and May but the people all remembered my name. We slept in the church and women from the village would knock on the side door and give us big plates of hot food and pitchers of hot coffee. They grow the coffee up there and it's not like the kind you buy at Wal-Mart. One of the local pastors came to the church Sunday afternoon and had Abelardo ask me to go walking with him so he could show me around the village. I went with him because I think it's important for me, as an American to be seen with a guy who is kind of the leader there. It tells the people that I'm alright and that it's okay to associate with me. Kevin, they even have some pretty strict rules up there about how to shake hands. I'm trying to learn about the culture because I can't be a good worker if I go around insulting and offending people all the time. I could write all day but I'd better sign off. Tell Paula I said hello and that I love you both. We'll eat Chinese when I get back in October. I'm safe and well and very happy. Your brother in Mexico, Obie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| On February 27, 2009 Bros. Kevin Mills, Jeff Jackson and Obie Kiepe left on a 16 hour journey into Mexico. The Lord prepared the way and blessed the work of their hands. A roof was put on a building to be used as a church for the people of that area. Approximately 50 children were saved in the first bible school Bro. Kevin had held on his missions. May God bless this church and the congregation with his Holy Spirit. |
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| On November 24, 2007 Kevin Mills, Jeff Jackson and Ronnie Jackson began their mission trip to Control, Mexico. They were on their way to build a church and to deliver hygienic gift bags, donated coats, shoes and clothes that were generously donated by Haynes Chapel, New Bethel and Crowe Congregational Churches, along with Coldwell Banker Select Reality. I am glad to say that God blessed their trip and if the Lord is willing they will be going again next November. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Brothers in Christ Ronnie Jackson, Jeff Jackson and Kevin Mills. Bro. Ronnie has now went on to be with the Lord, but we know he is with the Savior. |
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