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i-Iexico

August 4,

Dear Erotner M&cFarlsnd;

We just returned

from a

?50 mile trii bacK in tne mountains

and I

tnoiignt

you uould

lixe

to

hear about it.

Rodney and

I

left uere early

lest

Monday morning gojiig to

Monterrey first to see

if

Maynard Fragg(He is a graduate of

Kentucky Cnristian and

is

studying Spanish in tne

suunner

scnooi

in

Monterrey.)

vanted to

go

vita

us.

He not only vanted to go,

but also Lonnie Paciieco

vno

nas also studied at

KCC

and is

now

in t i i f c Mexican army for.a

year.

Tnat made

four of

us and we nad

a

vonderful time'togetner.

Our route led

down

tne

nighvay

totvard Mexico

City, end

100 miles

soutn of Monterrey v . e

turned

vest on a dirt road and neaded for

the mouiitains. For at least 10 or 15 miles ve treveied up

a ^

deep

canyon and finally

came

out on

a

table-land vnicn stretcnes

for

miles and

miles. It is brohen by

lov

mountains and covered

with forests of pin^- trees

and

a ] , i a i : t

called

Ixie. The'nouses

changed

in

construction and in srchitecture as ve vent a l o i h g . ; '

First tney

vere

of

mud

with

flat

roofs, then of stone,

and

finally

tney - e r e m c . d e

of

split

logs standing

on

end

vitn

steep tnatcned

roofs.

In t i i e

to-wn of

fsbj.xlxo ye picked u j : Luciano

Fuentes, a

native

preacaer,

vno vent

vitn us.

He

knovs tne

couitry for

miles

around

and many of the people. We visited a large tovn called

L a

i .cension where tnere is { a hospital,

tut

no doctor. Tnere

is

no

Nev Testament

cnurch

tnere but

tnere

seems

to

be

a'pos

sblity

of

converting

tne

Baptist minister

and his vnole

con-

gregationi

The first

nlgut ve

stayed

in

a

summer

camp

called Morelea.

t

was located in a large valley

and

n .arby was a small man^

made laKe(l

caliea

it

mudhole)

which

sup, lies

water

for both

tne i-eople and

tne

livestocK.

Txie

people

inixabit

tne place

during tiie suiiuiier only or only es long as

tne water

supply lasts.

Tney tame

out tneir

flocks of goats, sneep and cows and spend

most of tneir time

gatiiering tne

ixle whicii looks like a-yucca

piant oro -ing on top of

a

tree trunV:. Tney cook the

leaves

and

tiien strij - out tne f_ters vaiich are

-r

h for Si.inn^ng rope.

Tiiese

fleers

ere

snip_

ed out

periodically by truck.

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Since there were no spare huts in wnich to stay we camped out,

v / e did our cooking on

an

open fire. Unfolding our camp cots on

the open

plain

we weighted

them

down

with

covers,went-to.bed - a n d

were-

soon asleep,

I aw akened about midnight with a cold

wind

blowing in my face

and

tnat

was

the last I

slept,_for

I lay

tnere

and

shivered until

daylight. It

was

sure cold,

i

wa s sure

there

v r a s

ice floating

on

the

lake

the next

morning,

but later

saw it

was

only

s c u r a .

It

wasn^t long until

most of

tne

people

heard that

there

was a

doctor

in

cempthe

night

before I had treaited a

woman wno was

in bed with the

flu. Before

we haa left

tnere about

noon I

nad

visited almost every hut

tnere were

25

or 50

of

t n e r a )

and

had treated

from

one

to

three

people in

each house, be saw

infirmities encluding everything

from a

little 4 ear-old boy

with

a

cleft

i j a l a t e

and rickets to a

men

with his lips blistered

by the wind- and sun,

I

even had an opportunity of treating their

livestock,

but

I

just

didn^t feel,up

to

it. For

p ay we received

a chicken, cheese, molasses made of cactus, bread, milk, and

one

family wanted

to give

us

a

young goat for meat but I refused

it

since

r a

y

services weren^t worth that

mucn.

That same day

we visited

txiree

other

villages

in

which

I

was

busy constantly listening

to

peoples'a complaints. I saw a

woman wno had

a cancer,

one

with tuberculosis,

one

with bad

e^^es,

one w i i - t h bad teeth and one

wno

had

terrible

headaches and dizzy

spells. Besides those there

were

many others.

We

arrived back in Saltillo

on

Wednesdaytired,

dirt^ and

all

thankful for w^onderful

experiences

we had

during

our

tnree-day

vacation.

I i r i enclosing Northrups^ latest report. It is being sent out

oniy

to their

regular

contributors.

In Him,

Damon Ellett

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CTORIES

FOR

In the evangelistic services held during'

the period

.of

time from

May 15 to

July 15^

1953^ there were

25 Mexicans

bap tized and

three

congregations

founded, Maysel led

the singing and played

the

accordion.

Rodney

preached

(in Spanish)

and s h o v / e d

filmstrips on

the Life

of

Christ .

Juan

Luna

(John Moon)^ who took

a

short rain

ing course with the Northrups, baptized

those

vdio had made

their

confession

of

faith

d\iring

the different services

THE

W(^INj_ FiCHm_OF

RAIC^_

The

above mentioned Juan Luna is now the

preacher for the three new ly founded con

gregations. His v:eekly walking

schedule

is a notable

case of

wearing out shoe

leather

and

human

energy in preaching the

Good Nevfs to other Mexicans. To reach

the

village of La

Leona

(The

Lioness),

he

m a l c e s

an 8 ile round trip through the

hi31s. To reach the village of Salero

(The

Saltshaker),

he

makes a

v / a l l d n g

16

mile round trip each Friday., Juan has

requests to preach in three other Mexican

villages. Juan is out buying a

horse this

week; a preacher's pony who can take the

rough

and tough

life

of a

missionary

on

horse

shoes.

This

horse

is

being paid

for

v dth

a

gift of money received from Some

Christian friends inthe

state

of Testas,

This good horse is going

to need

something

to

EAT. (Mexico is going through its worst

drought in

5 0 years).

A few ^ 5 o O O ,

gifts

will

keep

him fed and

traveling.

Can you

help

on

the

horsepower?

NEEDED

Another saddle horse

for Mexican preacher.

Rider will be

cowboy

preacher,

Don

Luciano

Ihientes, (The

Walkin* Preacher

ofPablillo)

( 25.00 wll buy horse), Bro, Puentes

is being supported by Northi'up Mission.

Mr. and Mrs. Rodney

Northrup

Obregon

Sur 52 6

Saltillo,

Coahil'ila,'Mexico

A

On our first

evangelistic

trip

to

the

village of La Leona, the men carried

knives

to

services

and

there v;^s

no

vis-

ible results

of

the

meeting.

Returning

a

month'later

for

another

evangelistic

service, six from that village vranted

to be baptized.

W e

took

them

fourmHes

to a

well in Raices vriiere they stepped

do'.-m

into

vfater

waist

deep,

twelve

feet

below the ground. T o baptize

one

m an

and his

wife

near

their

home a^

they

had

requested, vje

dug a

fyesh baptistry ^

the desert and filled it

wth

fresh

rain water

from livestock

water

pools.

THE LITTLE-NORTHRUPS

MARK

L.

NORTHRUP

plans

to

celebrate his

4th

birthday

on August 17, by inviting

about

25

of

his littleMexican

friends

to enjoy a Mexican piflata

party.

It

v/ill

be

a

Spanish

spealdng

party,

but

one English song

v/ill

b^ sung,

that

is

Happy Birthday

to

You. Markfs sister

A N I T A

R U T H N O R T H R U P , 2, v/ill sist In

entertaining the guests. S h e will

be

celebrating

her

3rd birthday

Sejit, rd.

OTJljromiGO

M a k e your

next

trip

a -^sit

South

of

th e

Border. f

he

summer heat

vraves

have

you

wlted,

then plan atrip

to

the

cod,

e-ven climate of Saltillo, Mexico^- T he

i'lEXICAN CHRISTIAIJ COJIVENTION.

v/ill

be

held August

24

to 28,

1953,and

the Welcome

mat

is out

inSaltillo

f

you

like to

sing, yoy

v-al l

enjoy sing

ing the hymns in

Spanish and

hearing

sermons

preached by

Mexican

teachers.

Interpreters v/ill be provided.'So come

along and enjoy the'fellowship^fun

a n d

food,

Mexican style.

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MmrUL

aS;3I0mY_BUSY

DA1N BLLBTT, has been in M a o c i c o over six

inonths and has accon?>lishad

a

little of

everything

from talking in a

basic

conver

sational Spanish to practicing the a c c o r d * -

ion for

future

evangelistic trips. He has

given m e d i c a l t r e a t m e n t

to

n e e d y C h r i s t i a n

Mexicans

from n e a r and

far.

One needy

f a j . ' i i l y

of

t h e

c h u r c h

h a s ' a d a i l y

m i l k

e . f p l y

for

five l i t t l e

c h i l d r e n ,

b e c a u s e he buys

it.

Uamon also supports one Mexican .

min

i s t e r .

R e c e n t l y h e h a s h e l p e d

us g r e a t l y

by

c^ing f o r

M a r k a n d A n i t a

i v h i l e w e

a r e

out in the m o u n t a i n s h a v i n g

e v s u i g e l i s t i c

services.

ANTONIO

A n t o n i o E l i z a l d e ,

a

M e x i c a n m i n i s t e r ,

now hM hopes of

recovery

from Tuber

c u l o s i s b e c a u s e

of

D a m o n ' s

u n t i r i r i g

a n d c o n s t a n t

care.

S p e c i a l i s t s

say

t h a t A n t o n i o s h o u l d b e c u r e d a n d r e a d y

to go

back

to

p r e a c h i n g

w i t h i n , - a fv ;

months. Seven months

ago they

he

wouldn't

live. Truly

prayer

and

Damon's medical

training

in Platte'

V a l l e y

B i b l e

C o l l e g e

a r e

p a y i n g off.

We are also

grateful

to many

friends

for medicines

and

financial help,

^

Please continue

to

pray

for

Antonio.

TO

^THE

S J C J f f i J J D R O o r j f f DO^

W T r . T . j n i t

D o w n h e r e in M e x i c o w h e r e t h e o l d w a y

i s

s o m e t i m e s

t h e o n l y

w a y , D a m o n m a y b e c a u g h t w i t h h i s h a n d s i n t h e d o u g h t u r o i i ^

out

a

b a t c h

of

h o m e m a d e b r e a d

or

h e

may be

l i l t i n g j a r s

of

freshly c a n n e d v e g e t a b l e s o u t of the p r e s s u r e cooker. If he

i s n ' t h o e i n g t h e

m i s s i o n g a r d e n ,

h e

m a y b e

f o u n d t a k i n g a

t e n 5 ) e r a t u r e ,

g i v i n g

a n

i n j e c t i o n

or s t u d y i n g .