ellett damon mexico 1953
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Obre^ion Sur 5'V;
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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 .