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ROBERT and MARCIA STEFFENS MEXICO 
Robert and Marcia were approved as World Baptist Fellowship missionaries August 2005 to the country of Mexico. They plan to work with the Tarahuamara Indians in the mountains of Chihuaha State in North Central Mexico. Robert graduated from Arlington Baptist College in 2005. Marcia graduated from Northern Michigan University in 1975 with a degree in nursing. She attended Arlington Baptist College. Robert was born in Menasha, Wisconsin. When he was 15 he stared into a starry sky and asked God, “Is this all there is to life?” He was 21 and stationed at K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base when Marcia handed him a tract and eventually convinced him to meet with three airmen from her church. He agreed because he felt that “…as a good Catholic I would educate them.” He accepted Christ that evening. Later he surrendered to preach. During Introduction to Missions class, he read, “Go and Tell This People”, by Ralph Wimm. This was his introduction to the Tarahumara Indians. His burden changed into a calling through the school years. The open doors God provided during the field survey trip to the area reconfirmed this call. Marcia was born in St. Johns, Michigan. She first heard the Gospel at the age of 5 when Uncle Glen (a one-man band /ventriloquist) from Grove Bible church came to her one-room schoolhouse. She rode the bus to their Vacation Bible School. They had contests involving KJV memory verses and sword drills. At the age of 17 Daniel Barz asked her: “Did she know if she would go to heaven when she died,” and, “Why should God let her into heaven?” He told her the answers she gave were not correct. This shook her up being a “good” kid. (She was already asking “why” she existed.) He gave her a tract. It quoted John 10:10 and said the abundant life meant a life full of meaning or a “why”. She was saved on Oct. 20, 1971. When they were stationed in Germany they depended upon cassette tapes. For a time Robert’s schedule and a handicapped child often made attending church impossible so they depended upon Christian radio. Later, after reading Titus 2 they prayed for an older man and woman to teach them. God blessed them with their spiritual parents, Mr. and Mrs. (Melvis) Griffin Jones, Sr., of San Antonio. Their sending church is Pleasantview Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas. Robert and Marcia have four grown children.
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