Olympic Fever

We took today off to take care of various personal items. For we missionaries working on Saturday is a very common thing, so sometimes we have to very our days off to accommodate the people who live at the complexes and the people who thankfully come and place extra boots on the ground on Saturdays.

We had a great family time tonight and then watched the opening ceremony of the olypics.Wow...how impressive it was. I can't wait for the athletic events to begin.

Starting next week I will be surveying many of the 20 some odd apartments and managers to find our which ones are friendly and open to what we do. You just can't never tell how any given manger may react.

We praise God all he does for us giving us such a wonderful provision of love and assurance measured by patience.

We will update you again in a couple of days

Mission Fair Fun!

This evening we were at a mission fair sponsored by FBC Lilburn with Tim Cummis and his daughter Ashley. It is always a lot of fun to work with them. We were manning our booth and telling people about our work.

We seen several old friends and met a lot of new people too. Among the people we saw were old friends Jim and Peggy Freeman. Jim heads up the Task Force Patriot organization and Peggy was once the moderator for the Gwinnett Metro Baptist Association. She was the one and only female moderator in the history of the association.

Tim took our photo for our prayer cards. We really need to get the cards done so we will have something to hand out when we attend events like this.

Earlier today we worked on a long range plan for the ministry which will include a new web site. If you would like to help us offset the cost of the website, email us at keithandcorneliaharrell@gmail.com and we can tell you how to donate. Please pray for us as we continue to strive to be in Gods will with our work.

Be Blessed!!!

Villas Neuva News

I went to meet with Mechelle today at Villas Nueva. We talked about the possibility of implementing ESL classes so she can use it as a selling tool renting apartments.

We also talked about the possibility of getting a door key to the leasing office so we can do home work help with the children. I think she is going to trust me to be a good steward and let me have one. she still will have to run it buy the regional manager first. Pray we can get that key otherwise we want be able to help the kids because they typically close at 5:15 pm. Most of the kids don't get home before 4:30. Our program would need to start around 5:00 or 5:30.

She seemed very happy that we were able to carry a very strong summer program this year. Every week was covered by groups working with VN kids. A special thanks to WhirlWind missions for making it happen.

This Saturday we have a group of GA's coming to do a service project from FBC Lilburn. We have two playground at our mission. They will be cleaning the small playground, and on August 16 Mountain Park FBC will be tackling the big playground. The kids call it the "park."

This morning I continued to work on fund raising. As Tim Cummings says,"we live on faith, but ministry runs on money." I made several calls and have several appointments pending. Please pray that we will successfully get our ministry fully funded in the next few weeks. We believe that God has called us to do mission work full time and we are trying to be obedient to His call. If you would like to be a part of our support team, let us know.

I ordered a book today called "The Treasure Principle: Unlocking the Secret of Joyful Giving (Life Change Books)" It was recommended by a friend and partner of mine Brett Barnes. It's all about the biblical principles regarding fund raising and stewardship. Cornelia and I are very serious about good stewardship and management, and we continue educating ourself to follow biblical principals of ministry.

May God Bless You All

A Very Good Day!

This morning Cornelia and I went to our home church. Cornelia is in charge of the attendance records for the middle school Sunday School. After we finished records we decided to leave and visit First Baptist Atlanta. We have wanted to hear Dr. Stanley live for a long time. It's really mysterious how the Lord works. When we left home we had now intention to go there.

After we arrived we selected our seat which was about 100 feet from the platform. As the service started we had no idea what the sermon topic was going to be. We were taken in by the perfection accomplished by everything they did. The service started directly on time and progressed beautifully with no mistakes. We did have to learn to deal with the distraction of the motorized TV cameras. We sang some beautifully arranged songs and hymns and was taken directly to the throne.

Then Dr Stanley took to the platform. As he began to deliver his message I quickly began to realize that he was speaking directly to a matter that I had been lifting up in prayer this week. As a matter of fact it was a direct answer to my prayer. Who could have guessed that we would show up at a church we never attend and have the Lord answer our prayers within Dr Stanley's sermon. Hey he didn't know we were coming!!!

We are dealing with matters in our lives that continue to consume us Please pray for us as we continue to follow God's will.

We serve a great and awesome God.

Love you all.

Mountain Park Mission Project

This morning I went to help my home church Mountain Park First Baptist Church, led by Jerry Counselman hand out school supplies at Willow Branch. My partners Bennett and Idong Ekandem are the directors there and I was very excited to see them!

Even though Willow Creek is not in my area, from time to time we try to help each other on projects. Its a good way to share ideas and to keep us unified in our work.

The MPFBC group did an outstanding job handing out school supplies that were collected during VBS this year. You could tell that the parents were grateful to receive them. Many of these people are immigrants from Africa and need help starting new lives. This is a way that we can help them with their expenses, while at the same time work to build relationships that may lead to sharing the Gospel.

They also provided and cooked a hot dog lunch for the kids.

It's always fun to see that people are people no matter where you go, and that everyone understands the message of love. Thanks Mountain Park for a job well done.

Harps Crossing Baptist College Group

We had Harps Crossing Baptist college class on site today at Villas Neuva. They came to do games with the kids and play soccer. They ended up having several serious spiritual talks with several of the kids. We already know that Alfonzo and his sister Melissa are Christians. Their little brother, Carlos, is still a little young to understand but is beginning to be receptive.





Others older kids were offended when approached. They tended to try to mock and laugh at the team members as they attempted to bring the good news to them. The Harps group also brought tee shirts and hats; the scoffers gladly accepted those. I think that kind of broke the ice a little.



Also found out today that several older middle school boys are doing offensive things to some of the younger girls. Pray that God will give us a clear vision as to how we handle this situation.



I hope you all have a great Sunday and if you are down toward Mountain Park FBC, my home church, drop by "The Bridge' at 10:45 am.



Peace...Keith

News Letter day

Today we spent much of our day working on our news letter. We love to keep our supporters informed about what we are doing. The news letter is done and all we have to do now is to stuff and mail them.



Tomorrow Harps Crossing Baptist church will be returning to Villas Nuevo. They plan to bring college and older high school students. I know the kids and especially the mothers will be glad to see them.




In a couple of weeks our home church (Mountain Park FBC) will be bringing their youth group to do some much need clean-up work on the play ground and then they will also do a mini backyard Bible club scenario for the kids. I'm really excited and praying the they enjoy working with the children, but also I pray they make an impact on the lost.





I have been under a lot of stress lately, but I know the God is in control. Nevertheless the flesh sometimes takes over and despite what we know we should not do (worry) we do it any way. Please pray that I will allow God to maintain control of ever aspect of the ministry and my life as we strive to follow His will.