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| JIM AND SONDRA IN OUR FRONT YARD IN SAN DIEGO, CAL. |
THE BLUEPRINT OF THE MINISTRY OF JIM AND SONDRA PEPPER
In 1981 Jim and I were called into our Lords service as missionaries to Mexico. We
had been working with our Youth Pastor, Marty Stayer, at an orphanage in Tijuana, when we felt the
call of the Lord on us. We did not know for sure where the Lord wanted us when Nova Smith
asked us if we wanted to work with him full time with Mexican Christian Missions. We worked
for 3 years on the border, because our children were still in school. They worked with us during
the summer, with youth work groups that came to help build churches for the Lord.
After they graduated from High School we decided to travel interior, to Autlán, Jalisco, to visit
one of the pastors of the Mission, the Ayon's. Luis and Maria Ayón soon became very dear to us and
we started working more and more in
the interior, Jim building churches for MCM and I was doing children and women ministries.
After a couple of years working in these areas we decided that God was calling us to help plant
a church with Luis and Maria. Shortly thereafter we changed to Tecate Mission. Jim served our Lord
in Autlán until on April 8th, 2001 when our Lord took Jim home, after a two year struggle from cancer. I am currently serving in Autlán doing evangelism and discipleship. I am currently
working with women, teaching English as a second language to children, youth and adults, as well as working
with the current pastor, Antonio Diaz Hernandez in the church. Three years ago my grandson Joshua
Garcia felt called to help with the ministry in Autlán. He helps in the English classes and works with a migrant
ministry and the youth in the area. God has truly blessed me and I will continue to serve
Him as long as I have the health to do so.
| STAR OF BETHLEHEM CHURCH, AUTLAN, JAL. |
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| STAR OF BETHLEHEM CHURCH FININSHED APR. 05 |
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| BEGINNING CONSTRUCTION ON STAR OF BETHLEHEM CHURCH |
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| THE FIRST VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL WHERE I WORKED WITH JESSICA IN T. J. 1981 |
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| THE 2ND CHURCH THAT JIM HELPED TO CONSTRUCT. ALL CEMENT BLOCK BUILDING 1982 |
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| THE OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH ABOVE, IN TIJUANA, B.C. JIM IN FRONT OF THE DOORS 1982 |
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| VISTA GRANDE YOUTH GIVING OUT CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO CHILDREN AND ADULTS, DENISE IN LOWER LEFT |
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| BREAKFAST PROGRAM WITH MARTA ESTRADA, ONE OF THE FIRST PASTORS WIVES WE WORKED WITH, IN 1982 |
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| JIM WITH LITTLE ANA, SHE ADOPTED US, AT BETHEL ORPHANAGE IN SAN LUIS, RIO COLORADO SONORA, MEXICO |
| JIM HELPED BUILD SOME OF THIS ORPHANAGE |
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| KIM ON LEFT, DENISE ON RIGHT, PLAYING WITH CHILDREN AT BETHEL ORPH. IN SAN LUIS, SONORA |
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| JIM AND SONDRA JUST AFTER WE STARTED IN MISSIONS |
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| This pastor, in Guadalajara, asked for a roof to be put on this church |
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| JIM MARRYING JORGE VEGA AND MARTA HERNANDEZ IN TEHUANTEPEC, OAX. |
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| Jim baptizing Elizabeth Merino 6 mos. before she went home to be with the Lord |
| JAMES FREEMAN AND PASTOR FRANCISCO HELPING |
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| JIM BAPTIZING IN RIVER IN TEHUANTEPEC, OAXACA |
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| JIM BAPTIZING IN A RIVER NEAR AUTLÁN |
| JIM HELPED BUILD THIS CHURCH |
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| JIM INSTALLING LIGHTS WITH FANS IN CHURCH |
| MOVIES |
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| SHOWING MOVIES ALL OVER MEXICO WAS JUST ONE OF OUR MINISTRIES |
| WORKING WITH YOUTH GROUPS |
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| JIM LOVED WORKING WITH YOUTH GROUPS IN CONSTRUCTION AND HELPING OTHERS |
| SHARING FOOD AND CLOTHING WAS ANOTHER MINSISTRY |
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| LOADING THE WHITE TRUCK WITH THINGS TO BRING TO MEXICO 96-2000 |
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| VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL IN LA LA JA, SONDRA GIVING OUT GIFTS |
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| SONDRA AND ROSA WITH CHILDREN´S VBS AT THE RTC 1993 |
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| JIM HAD A VISION TO BUILD A PARK BEHIND THESE PEOPLE IN 1999 |
| THIS PARK WILL SOON BE DEDICATED TO JIM 2008 |
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| NEVADA YOUTH PAINTING EQUIPMENT IN THE NEW PARK |
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