Mission Fair at First Baptist Atlanta

Yesterday we had a blessed opportunity to help Kathy and Ashley Cummins man the "Whirlwind Missions" booth at the First Baptist Atlanta mission fair (Dr. Charles Stanley is the pastor).
For missionaries, this event is one of the largest opportunities for meeting huge volumes of people. To give you an idea of how large...the FBA sanctuary holds 5000 people times two services. Yesterday both service times were full. Well you can do the math.

The FBA mission fair always has such great networking and outreach potential. Before and after each service people streamed up and down the halls by the hundreds. Cornelia and I brought stacks of prayer cards, copies of our newsletter, and prayer bracelets. As we handed out these items God used it to open the door to many great discussions with wonderful people interested in local missions.

We also enjoyed the opportunity to network with other missionaries. It is so much fun to see the diversity of what the Lord has called his people to do in the advancement of His kingdom.

For example, Jack and Sharon, in the booth across from us, run a construction based ministry. She said when God called them to missions that they promised to do the work until the money ran out. They were recently offered the opportunity to move into the mission house at First Baptist Norcross and God continues to provide for their needs daily.

We also promised God when he called us into mission work, that we would serve as his labors for as long as He wanted us to.

Several Whirlwind team members were also present which made it really fun. We don't get to see each other very often, so it is always a treat to be in one place with many friends on our team.

Please pray for our ministry and the effort of yesterday labors be blessed and fruitful.

Sharing the Easter Story!!!!

We have been so blessed by what God has been doing within our midst. As we complete our second year of ministry in the south Norcross area, we continue to be amazed by the miricles God continues to provide.

Saturday we were blessed to have group of middle school girls from Mountain Park Frirst Baptist host our anual Easter party and egg hunt,

These girls and adult chaperones really worked hard to make sure the event went smooth.

Most importantly the story of Easter was shared with children and adults,
The kids of Villa Nueava had a great time hunting Easter eggs. But most of all they really loved the candy inside.

Thanks MPFBC girls for a great event.

In The Swing of Things

Today was early release day for Gwinnett Public Schools. The kids were really excited about going home early. I was also able to go home early as well. This gave Cornelia and I the opportunity to get into the mission field for a few extra hours today!

We went to Villa Nueva and opened the mission a little early. It was good to have the opportunity to spend extra time with the kids. Cornelia had planed and very creative bible study about Joseph and his coat of many colors. She incorporated a great craft project that the kids really loved.
I love how she uses her many years as a Christian teacher to spread the Gospel with these children.

We also went to one of the Huntington properties and distributed gloves to several kids. The kids there are really poor and appreciated the extra warmth for the bus stop on cold days.

Please keep us in your prayers.

Villa Nueva!!!!!!

Cornelia and I had a great turnout at our Villa Nueva mission today. Sorry we don't have photos to share of the experience. May be we will have a camera up and running soon.

We Love working with the people there. They are so appreciative for everything we try to do for them. It is really fun having Cornelia working with me full time again. She had a great craft project for the kids to do today. The girls really love her.

I also worked with kids on their homework. Many struggle to understand written English words which makes it though for them to understand the point of the material.

Finally we distributed bread to the needy today. We have found an outlet that will sell us bread for $5.00 bucks a shopping cart load. It's good to get some sort of food on the table of very needy people. For more information contact us at keithandcornelia@gmail.com

We love you all!

God is Sooooo Good!!

For weeks we have been struggling with the transition that is going on among the Latino people groups. It appears that so many people are on the move. I spoke with one lady not to long ago who told me her husband had gone to Nebraska to locate work in farmland regions. What does this mean to our ministry? It means that as many people move form our ministry field it puts us in a constant state of relearning people and regaining trust. Sort of a consistent state of restarting.

The bright side...God has placed us in a perfect position to spread the Gospel with many new families.

Also we have begun new work at Hunnington Terraces which is about a mile from Villa Nueve, just off Jimmy Carter Blvd. Currently another group is also ministering there as well. Our hope is that we can develop a partnership the will work for the good of the residents and not missionary egos. We were there last Thursday handing out coats and gloves to the kids. Most were very unprepared for the extreme cold of the past two weeks. Please pray that this partnership will work out.

Finally many of you know that we recently was able to start a Christian after school club at Lilburn Elementary School.Last week we had almost thirty kids in attendance. We were also able to gain support from two local churches...Lilburn First Baptist and Calvary Baptist Church. Both churches have agreed to help supply us with resources as we spread the Gospel in public school. Many of our students are openly proclaiming the Word to other kids. And we continue to teach the kids how to read the and study the Bible.

Please pray that God will bless our efforts as we "go" in the name of Jesus

Blessings.....Keith

It's Good To Be Back

Hello everyone....its good to be back on the blog once again. Just to let you know we have been absent for so long because of a few issues we had to work through. But know we are back on by the grace of God.

Over the last few weeks we have been blessed to see God work in some very powerful ways. One of the biggest blessings has been to have Cornelia return to ministry service in the field. In the past she has served in an administrative role. But God has led her to give up an extra job and to return to a full time roll in the field with me. Last years crew has gone on to start their own ministry sites (praise the Lord), so it has been a natural progression for Cornelia to reenter field work.

God is good all the time.

Much Love,
Keith

Lack of Contact

I am sorry for the lack of contact with you my faith full supporters. Our computer is still on the blink and we don't have the funds to get it repaired. If any one knows someone who can repair computers as a ministry please let me know. We sure are hand-cuffed with our it.

Please pray for our ministry as we begin to establish a new mission site soon. Also pray that God will also see fit to bless us financially.

We Love you all!