{"id":1162,"date":"2012-09-09T18:16:07","date_gmt":"2012-09-09T18:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northhillsbiblechurch.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=1162"},"modified":"2014-10-01T22:16:10","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T22:16:10","slug":"missionaries-donald-and-karen-kilmer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.northhillsbiblechurch.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=1162","title":{"rendered":"Missionaries – Donald and Karen Kilmer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Focus\"<\/p>\n

Missions<\/h1>\n

Return to Missionaries<\/a><\/p>\n

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Donald & Karen Kilmer – South Africa<\/dt>\n
\n \t\"Donald<\/p>\n
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Mountainview Bible Church<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Birthdays<\/td>\nDonald<\/td>\nJune 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nKaren<\/td>\nNovember 24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anniversary<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJuly 9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Contact Information:<\/h4>\n

Donald & Karen Kilmer
\n P.O. Box 2179
\n Hillcrest 3650
\n REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/dd>\n

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Donald and Karen have a unique ministry to the Zulu\u2019s. The Zulu\u2019s are tribal people who worship their ancestors and believe in witchcraft. Often, when becoming a Christian, it is difficult for new believers to leave all of the teaching behind in which they have grown up. Thus the biblical teaching has to be constant so they don\u2019t fall back into their old ways and customs. Because of this tendency, it is often difficult to find nationals in the church who become dependable spiritual leaders.<\/p>\n

Their main work is in Embo, a remote village in the Valley of 1,000 Hills. Because the people are poor, uneducated and of tribal mentality, a lot of the Kilmer\u2019s work involves practical activities like – transporting people to the hospital when needed, helping them with any legal matters, mediating between disputes, etc. Much of their work is done one-on-one.<\/p>\n

The church at Embo has put up its own building. They have weekly Sunday services<\/p>\n