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.

On the Road Again and More!!!

Cornelia and I have been on the road this week meeting with different church mission pastors. We are trying to gain knowledge and create a base of new partners. Hopefully they will see the value of reaching out to the international community and in God's will support our work. The area we work in has 90% if the worlds unreached people groups living there. We are so excited that God has given us such a wonderful opportunity to serve in such critical areas. We pray the he uses us as His instrument to impact people groups of the International Community.




Last week we worked with Broadus Memorial Baptist Church, the last of our mission groups to come this summer. They did a great job and the kids loved them. Cornelia and I just love working with church youth groups because they come on site with such great expectations and anticipation. Thanks to Zach and the group for a job well done.

One of the favorites each day was acting out Bible stories with puppets.

Even the boys got in on the act!!!

Gold Rush!!!!

Also we worked with The Gold Rush Team two weeks ago. 1000 kids serving in 32 locations. Gold rush is one to the largest outreaches in Metro Atlanta each year. We were asked to come to their rally on Tuesday night. It was awesome!!!! Thanks to the staff of Perimeter Church for a great event. The Photo above is the group assigned to one of our missions "Villas Nueva." They were well prepared and hit the ground running. Thanks team for all your hard work.

Teaching sports techniques to the young.

Making bracelets and praying together!!

Face Painting...

Please pray for our work as we continue sharing the Gospel with people of all cultures. We love you all!!!!

The value of stress

This week has been quite a whirlwind. Three of us have been sick with some sort of virus that has totally wiped us out. Cornelia went to the doctor and was diagnosed with a sinus infection. Well I didn't know that a sinus infection is contagious.

Also we have been praying for ministry support from our partners. We are really struggling financially are having trouble paying our bills, buying groceries etc., but at the same time we don't sell short our faithfulness in the Lord to provide. The evil one is trying to attack us on several fronts, so if you are reading this please pray for God to work mightily. The work that we are involved in is critically important to sharing Jesus with the world. The point being if we can lead just the right person to Christ then the possibility of them leading others in their people group to Jesus is huge. Then some how just like the early Christin's eventually led Rome to Christ. These people might just go back home and influence their people and lead them to Christ. Its possible.

Unfortunately everything runs on cash including ministry. Unfortunately cash is something we don't have a whole lot of right now. So we need your prayers for God's provision.

We are excited about our work. As unconventional as it may seem ...it is the very same work that the apostle Paul initiated. We are proud to follow his foot steps.