Carlson Ray Imogene 1951 Philippines

8/9/2019 Carlson Ray Imogene 1951 Philippines

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CEBU CHRISTIAN

Pubitcation of The Cebu Christian Mission P. O. Box 41, Cebii City,

Philippines

States Address-. P. O. Box 7, Latonia Station, Covington, Ky.

Missionaries .

Kay and Imogene Carlson

Tlo TyWicudbL

In an age of fraud, religious, economic

nd political, the Catholic Church showed

sel f the

other

day as a pillar of honesty

t was officially announced, through a

ecial commission headed by the Arch

shop of Manila,

that

the rose petal showers

d other extraordinary happenings at the

ipa Carmelite convent were anything but

Neither God nor H is

Mother,

om the evidence had anything to do with

e miracle. If so, man obviously was the

behind it. The Church warned against

alse miracles, stood for true faith as

ainst gross superstit ion. True f ai th , one

say

brings

salvation; superstition

brings

someone.

Yet the people who flocked to Lipa by the

ousands and contr ibuted to the building

f a church there of magnificent propor

ons and brought the town such prosperity

s it had never known are hardly to be

amed. The ignorant

masses

merely follow

t he i nt el le ct ua l lead of su ch m ind s as

of former Chief Jus tice Manuel Moran.

man who had weighed evidence carefully

or years and based his decisions thereon, he

ronounced the Lipa phenomenon mira

lous. The less enlightened could only fol

So

there was no miracle But tha t an

ouncement does not satisfy the people,

ether they believed or disbelieved. There

re some serious questions to be answered:

here did the petals come from? Was there

me d ev ic e which caused th e showers

of

etals? Who were the perpetrators if it was

fraud?

Thousands of Filipinos including the late

rs. Quezon were duped into believing

this was a heavenly manifestion.

ousand of pesos have been taken from be

ving Filipinos because of the miracle.

ow it is pronounced no miracle at all. The

racle maker

should be brought

to

justice

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nsi i n

THE DIFFERENT FAITHS

Greece said: Be moderateknow

thy

Rome said: Be strongorder thyself.

Confuc iani sm says: Be super io rcor

ct thyself .

Buddhism says: Be disillusionedanni

late thyself.

Hinduism says: Be separatemerge thy

Mohammedanism says: Be submissive

nd thyself.

Judaism says: Be holyconform

thy

JOSE G. VILLAGRACIA

A few days ago Father urged me to go

to Negros because my poor Auntie, who

reared me, was seriously ill. I took the

plane for Negros and was not able to preach

last Sunday at Martires. However, I let

Brother Claridad take my place. Brother

Rendon is supported by the Guiljungan

church,

but

I think he might as well stay

there only a

month

or two as they are

still summing up how will they make both

ends meet. I went there again and encour

aged them to keep Brother Rendon, and I

I told them to build a little parsonage.

I am glad of your policy to have each

worker be supported by the Filipino

Churches. I have contemplated working in

Negros even without the support of any

church there, provided you can help me

even 70 pesos a month. I will

try

to estab

lish churches and let these churches support

me. I think I can even lead other congrega

tions to support Brother

Otadoy

and Broth

er Remo who are commendable preachers.

They are well-trained preachers now. I

have personally directed them and they are

capable. They are also long suffering and

h umbl e. B ro th er Lacson now is

worried

about how may he send his daughter to

school. Please recommend

her

t o t he b re th re n

there for support in her studies. I know

how Brother Lacson has labored in

th e

Lord's vineyard. He has abandoned his job,

his means of livelihood for the Gospel. We

have to help him. His

intention

is to let

his daughter study in the Seminar)' after

SabkA. p}A

ScdsL

The

Manila Free Press recently carrie

the story of a baby girl who was sold fo

200 pesos ($100);

On

Nov.

17, 1950, Marcela Encabo,

25-year-old widow from Negros Occidenta

arrived in Manila having been recruited b

a local employment agency. With her w

her two-year-old daughter O felia. T he

were taken to the agency's

office

in Ca

loocan where they spent the night. Whe

;Marcela awoke the next morning her bab

iwas

gone.

The agents of the employme

Icompany admitted having taken the bab

but

they assured Marcela

that

she woul

have her baby back soon as she was em

ployed.

The following day, Marcela was hire

out

as a maidbut

her child was

no t re

turned to her. The agents told her not t

worry: The baby was in safe hands. Bu

during the next four months

Marcela

kep

returning to the agency demanding he

child, until the agents told her that th

child

had been taken back to the

Visayas.

Furious, Marcela sought the help of he

employer, who helped her file a complain

with

Assistant Provincial

Fiscal

Goco

of

Ca

loocan for the recovery of her child from

the agents. At last the agents confessed tha

they had sold the child to a Mr. and Mrs

Santos for 200

pesos.

The child had been re

named Maria Pili; she no longer recognize

Marcela as her mother; and the Santoses re


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BABIES FOR SALE

(Coiit.)

Poor Marcela did

not

have the money; she

ought help from the Women Lawyers As

ciation's free legal aid clinic.

The clinic sent a social worker to ap

eal to the Santoses. Moved by Marcela's

ears for her lost child, the Santoses finally

greed to return Ofelia to her mother.

eanwhile, the Women Lawyers Associa

ion urged Asst. Prov. Fiscal Goco to pro

ecute the agents who had sold Marcela's

aby. The agents have

been

charged with

dnaping a minor. The case is still pending

the Caloocan Municipal

court.

VILLAGRACIA

(Conf.)

Brother Tagalog baptized two last Sun

ay and is doing fine. The Martires congre

ation is in

go od sh ap e

and they are long

aiting for you. Brother Claridad is quite

ll right now. Please, if you can send Mrs.

.igba I'ials of sfri'jtfomyrin. She is on her

irst stage. She has been spitting much blood

month .

I

told her

to

rest in the

work

f the Lord. We had been helping her.

Brother Ibanez wrote that you sent him

5.00. He is busy looking for the land now.

am opening the Seminary this July 9,

for

the

full

time

students

I wish to

fer the following:

1. Typology IBy Patrick Fairbairn

2. EthicsMoral Philosophy

3. Bible Criticism(Continuation)

4. Modern Heresies(The Chaos of

Cules) By Van Baalen

5. Histor)' II(Greek Eastern Churches)

By Adeney

or the part- time students: 2nd year:

1. Christian System(Continuation) By

A. Campbell

2. Church History(Continuation) By

MISSIONARY

LESSON

ON THE

PHILIPPINES

1. Ca l l o f Mee t i ng t o O r d e r

Isaiah 2: 2, 3.

And it shall come to pass in the last

days, that the mountain of the Lord 's house

shall be established in the top of the moun

tains, and shall be exalted above the hills:

an d

ALL

NATIONS

s ha ll f low

into

i t .

3 And many people shall go and say,

Come ye, and let us go up the mountain

of

th e

Lord, to

the

house of the God

of

Jacob: and he will teach us of His ways,

and we will walk in His paths: fo r

ou t

of

Zion shall go forth the law, and the Word

of the Lord from Jerusalem.

2. H ym n

Onward, Christian Soldiers. (Sing

four verses.)

3. P r a y e r

Thank God-for-thc gospel which-is uni

versally

potent to save and for the example

of Christ which is able to guide all men

aright. Express appreciation for the past

victories of workers in the Philippine field

and especially for the pioneering in free

Christianity by the Wolfes and their as

sociates. Request

that

the present threat of

communis t enemies in the Islands may be

successfully overcome and

that

the conver

sion of souls may continue. Ask that the

needs of Filipino Bible students and evangel

ists may be met. Pray that this lesson may

inspire all of us to be more sacrificial.

4 .

H ym n

Brighten the Corner Where You Are.

(Try singing the chorus in the Filipino dia

lect used in Cebu. You can do it.

Just

re

member that all a's are long and sound like

th e a in wash. All

i s

ar e shor t

and

sound

like th e

i

in

th e

th e

word

in .

Each

vowel

must be sounded separately. You will en

joy it.)

Chorus of Br ighten the Corner :

Dapit di-in ka ha-yag-an

Ug ha-in ka pa, sid-lak-an

Kin-sa nga na-ha-lay-o Dios ka-an-da-an,

Ug ha-in ka pa, sid-lak-an

5. S c r i p t u r e Re a d i n g : Acts

1:

6 -11 .

6. Leade r s Ta l k

This incident took place just previous

to the ascension of Christ and during the

forty days after the resurrection when the

Lord was appearing to the disciples.

Verse 6. The disciples evidently

think

that the load of the work of the kingdom

is still to be Christ s. Note th e

us e

of th e

pronoun thou.

Verse 8. The Lord puts the emphasis in

the proper place when He tells them: YE

shall be witnesses. The burden of responsi

bility was to be with the disciples. Christ

had done His part in the plan of salvation.

When

He

said on

the

cross, I t is finished,

he meant that His labor was completed.

The disciples were to receive power.

They were to do the work. They were to

go to Jerusalem, Judea and the uttermost

parts of the earth. They were to have help,

but

they themselves were to bear the brunt

1957

Today we still have Christ's promise

help

in

carding out

His

will. There is

most no limit to the possibility of o

achievement if we use the available assi

ance from on high. None of us make fu

use

of God s power. Perhaps this is the e

planation for our meagre accomplishments

Now is the time to step up the tem

of

our

service. The Philippines are

bei

threatened from within and

without

enemies who would devour her. Communis

making

many promises

she cannot ho

to fulfill.

Ten

or fifteen thousand

Filipi

revolutionaries

are

now

bearing

arms

again

the Philippine government.

Defense

Secr

tary Roman Magsaysay is leading a very e

fective progra m a gainst them. The com

munists he has captured he is helping

settle on homesteads in Mindanao and seei

to it that they are

supplied

with the mea

to begin farming.

He is

bringing to

reali

the thing they were

fighting

for.

The challenge of

faithlessness

is bei

met by brave men and women who are wi

ing

to face the foe

with

the Truth. Th

many

opportunities

to stand fo r God in th

Philippines must be used.

In Cebu, 350 miles south of Manil

there are no arms-bearing communis

Evangelism marches forward unhindere

Since

1941, when the Carlsons first went

Cebu, the growth

has

been steady and e

couraging. The Cebu Bible Seminary h

been

established

and a number of youn

people have been trained for service. Te

churches and~almost seven hundred brethr

labor to extend the cause of Christ in an

around

the

Island

of

Cebu.

The

million

pe

ple on the island and the 150,000 in t

city present a promising opportunity to t

Word. Fifty-two incorporated municipa

ties on the island demand at least fifty-tw

churches of Christ.

Your

prayers will he

make this possible.

(A background of war-time inciden

in the Philippines may be had in our ill

strated booklet: Our Experiences in Wor

War II. Send for your copy in time f

the meeting.)

7. Discuss ion

A. What should be ou r

attitude

Christians toward those uns av ed who a

living in areas threatened by war and vi

lence?

B. Are the Carlsons a part of the Phili

pine Mission Churches of Christ?

Ans: No,

but

our fellowship is close a

assistance mutual .

{Continued on Pg. 3, Col. 2)


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1951

Mathia Crossing, Davao City

Mindanao

BERNABE

I was exceedingly glad to receive an

shipment

of picture

rolls. This

is the

cond lot and we hope some may be com

to us later.

Our number is increasing every Lord's

More

than thirty

have

been

added

e Mr.

and

Mrs. Hale visited

us

here

in

atina. The children are very much en

uraged by the picture' rolls which I have

ceived. We give them some Beginner's

Please send us more of these.

We badly need a church building. We

ve collected 20.00 for this purpose.

100.00 more will pay for the material we

We arc packed like

sardines

in the

tle room during our service. We pray

at the Lord will provide us with the

ings we need.

We will be glad to have you with us

Davao. If you could bring with you

communion cups, wewill be very glad

cause at this time, it is very dilhculc to

nd money to the States.

Please

pray for us that the Lord may

ive us the building we need.

ACCOUNT OF

CEBU

CHRISTIAN

MISSION,

P. O.

BOX 42 ,

CEBU

CITY, PHILIPPINES

or the eight months Period: November 1,

1950

to

June

30, 1951.

1. Native evangelists - 1,503.55

2. Equipment 2,316.22

3. Printing, Mailing &

Office Supplies 1,256.02

4.

Travel 1,473.23

5. Boy's Living Links 139.28

6. Miscellaneous - - 109.05

Total -56,797.35

1. November, 1950 727.80

December

-

679.50

January, 1951 - 586.91

February - - 561,93

March -

750.38

April - - 711.90

May - 882.91

June

- - - 729.54

Total - - 5,630.87

-

1,166.48

ctober, 1950 1,555,595'^

RESENT TOTAL DEFICIT

2,722,072

Fraction in reducing pesos to dollars.

Living link churches: Latonia Christian

Church, Covington, Kentucky (Ray); First

Christian Church, Inglewood, Californi.r

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JhAsis

I [

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BERNABE

IN

DAVAO

MISSION

LESSON

(Cont.)

C. Who

a rc some of

the other American

Missionaries in the Philippines?

Ans: Mrs. Carrie Wolfe , Mr.

and

Mrs.

J. Willis Hale, Miss Ruth Smith, Mr. and

Mrs. Charles Shelby and Mr. and Mrs. Bar

ton L. McElroy.

D. Who arc some of the outstanding

native leaders in th e work?

Ans: Dr. Orlina,

Manila;

Juan

Baronia,

Manila; Faust ino Peneyra, Aparr i; Querico

Napone, Cotabato; Jose Villagracia, Cebu;

and Santiago Bernabe, Davao.

E. How many islands are there in the

Philippines?

Ans. 7,089.

F. What is the approximate population?

Ans:

17,000,000.

G. In what area are the communists the

most a ct iv e?

Ans: In the mountains of Luzon to the

north of Manila.

H.

Is

it

possible to

carry

out the

ail

the world part of the Great Commission?

How

I. How have we failed in world evan-

gelism?

_ ,

J. In what way is

missions

the duty oi

every Christian?

K. What can

each

of us do for the

Filipino brethren?

Ans: (a) Pray (b) Go (c) Give liter

ature, clothing, food, money.

8. Consecra t ion Hymn

I'll Go Where You

Want

Me To Go.

9.

Of f e r i ng

God

has

given America more

than ny

other nation. Let us share His blessings.

10 . P r a y e r

11 .

ismissa l

INFORMATION

PLEASE

Some

of the requests for material for

sion lessons remind us of a letter sent

U. S. Department of Agriculture. It

tained a clear and concise request, bu

really stumped the agricultural expert

Dear Sirs: Please send me all the i

mation you can.

Do you

keep

a file of mission

publica

as

they

come to you? All missionaries

w

be

happy to send

you

their

papers

as

c om e ut

NEW

HELP

Mattie Lou Dumas is now helping

time

in the Mission office at Latonia

keeps your addresses up-to-date and

about

the

mailing

of the Cebu

Chri

We welcome her to the Mission

family.

Latonia Christian Church is permittin

Mission

to use the church's addresso

machines thereby saving us considerabl

pense.

TRAVEL FUND

The

generosity

and sacrifice of t

brethren has brought us within

thousand

dollars

( 1,000) of t

amount necessary to take us to Ce

We are confident that we have o

to remind the friends of the Phil

pine work

to

have this amount for

coming. We

would like

to

sail

first part of September. Will you h

make this

possible?

CHILDREN'S

LIVING LINKS

It

is

always a pleasure

to announc

attainment of a goal. For the first tim

children

have

definite support pl

Robin

aged

eleven will

be

cared

for

church at Cherokee Iowa under the l

ship of Felix Walker. Larry aged nin

been taken by

the

church

at

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JojuA.

TEODORO P.

RENDON

^Ve have

made many

improvements.

We

evangelized as far as Da-an

Bancayan,

Inayawan,

Lorego, back of the Pro

ncial Jail, Pacna-an,

Mandawe and Com-

and Talisay.

Our summer classes are going forward

Otadoy, S.

Palite,

Remo, Kho, Panoy,

Pagba and

myself

in attendance. Sister

is conducting our

training for

Ser

Class.

*

Next

week all Seminarians are preparing

go out in the

field

for preaching. Brother

is planning to send

me

to Guiljungan,

Negros.

I cannot object to it for it is

will

of

God. But

the

needs of

my family

me with my greatest problem.

In Tinubdan, there arc six who have ac

Christ

and many sympathizers

who

ait for our

next

visit. They_are practically

us

to

build

them a chapel A

of

ground has

been

donated by one

of

Our

family prays

that the

Lord

help

you

with us

always. May

the

Lord help

me

my problems.

Hoping and waiting for

return for there

are

still lots of prob

to solve regarding our

church.

Chdiiicm.

WHAT

SHALL

I GIVE?

What

shall

I give? I asked as I

stood

at the gate of life,

A coin will

do,

the crowd replies.

That's

all it

takes to get

you

by.

I

put

it there,

the

coin so

small,

a

thing

I'd

miss.

It opened the gate, but that was all. I

stepped inside but I never saw the child who

was coldI

failed

to touch the ones who

were down.

It's a

cheap

affair, I

said

as

I turned to

go,

but

an

Angel stood in

my

way.

Try again,

he

said, give more and

more.

So

I gave

and

gave and gave again

the flowers

sprang

up and the

children

played.

How much? , I asked, and the Angel

said, Itwill be enough when every

hungry

child

IS

fedwhen every fevered brow is

IS coolwhen every shred of hate is gone

when love

dwells

deep in every

heart, and

God,_

the. Father jreigns supcen^e.'-

But

I

shall die.

I

cried,

if thus I

give.

No, the

Angel

said, You will live.

Beulah

H. Squires

p h i m p p i n k s

'

November i.

iit.-.o

to joxh

.30,

iyr,i

I fECEIVJOD:

A.VOXVMOUS;

3mJ; ARKAXSVS' Boon..

vVrvt^i''- ?50; cam:

01.Ma. Corona. C of C, $7- O V.r

;

Ing-Iuwootl,

Clir. Ch., i;G; Airnos fEim

inon, $10; Mr. and Mrs. Roy

Watkiris

S7(i-

Lennox. C of C, 96.22: Los Anstdes mVs' l'

C. L over, $20; Cardiff av., Chi- c)i 4o'

I on e.ster. C of C, $10;

Port

Mvers T'll) Phr

Ch., $4164: Orlando. Tab. Ch ' Ch '

Jamjni. Broad St. C of C.

18.88;

GEORGTa-

Colletre Pk,.

VV

ni's Miss.

.Soc.,

$15- Mrs Wait

10r

r-oint.yoar-Polci aaS

of

C, 55.67; Mr.

and

Mrs. Perry Thomas, 20:

lOVVA:

Clierok:..:

ol-n^ ^ (Robin-LL) 54.28;

V P , .^ r J12o, Clarence Cave, $10- Viret

Noble. 525;

Council

Bluffs, Women's Councfl.

1s t

Chi.

Ch., $2o; Goidtield, C

of

C S7 86-

Hampton,

C of C, 53.50? Keota%ks

Leo'

btoutiier, 2o: Meriden, Helen Nelson, 10-

Sioux City, i\Iorning.si 'i Ih' Conf,

Fund,

$8

ill Creek, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ward.

Lusliyil e. Ben Davis Creek Chr. Ch., $50

Russmvlll Chr. Cli.. $15; South Bend,

and Mrs Ted Parker, $5;

Waveland,

Bro

M , Hiigoton.

Miss. Soc.,

dir .

Ch

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Medi

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Carlisle. Anon., $1; Miss. S


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a

Imogene an d Ray Carlson

f i r s t v/ent t o Cebu City

on

th e islan d o f

Cebu

in

19iil. They had on e l i t t l e bo y

Robin who wa s on e

y ea r o ld . That w in te r th e war began.

On

a p r i l

1 0 ,

19a2

v/hen Larr?;-

t h e i r

second

l i t t l e

boy

wa s o n l y

s i x weeks

o l d t h e J a p a n e s e in v ad ed Cebu C i t y .

F o r a ^ h i l e t h e v f l e d t o t h e hills an d t h e n t o a n e n -

camnnent o f

Aiêri.cansand

A l l i e d n at io n al s. F in a ll y they

s u r r e n d e r e d t o

t h e J a p a n e s e

an d

the -

w ^re

i n t e r n e d i n

th e i a i l i n Cebu.

L a t e r rrjoved

t o S an Tomas

i n Kianila

an d

s t i l l

l a t e r

t o

Los D ano s ca mp . The.

l iv ed c on s ta n tl y

v/ith

hunger

and i n

f e a r o f

s i c k n e s s b r e a k i n g

o u t

from

m a l n u t r i t i o n

and

n o t

p r o p e r

s a n i t a t i o n . Imogene ha d

Dengy

Fever, then

l a r r y

^ ot

pneumonia an d

l a t e r

wa s

ill again an d s e n t t o

t h e h o s p i t a l .

L i t t l e Larry became

tw o

an d uobin Five years old an d f i n a l l y on Feb. 2h

19h Ameri.can

paratroopers

and

tank corps

opened

th e

d o o r s t o th e

p r i so n

f o r good

and

they were f r e e .

They did not r e t u r n

t o

United d t a t e s as

expected

b u t

went back

t o Cebu

to rebui.ld th e

bui l di ngs

an d

again

p r each an d

te a c h

an d

s t r e n g t h e n

th e

people

i n

t h e i x

g r e a t

t a s k o f b ui ld in g am ain a c i . v i l i z a t i o n . iVhen

t h e i r h e a l t h m a d e i t

n e c e s s a r ; / f o r them t o

r e t u r n

t o

th e s t a t e s i n Ju n e

o f

19li6 t h e r e we re lOo members

o f

t h e

c h u r c h o f C h r d . s t

i n

C e b u .

A f t e r a

r e s t

Ra y t r a v e l e d among th e

churches

o f th e

country an d Imogene sp e n t

more time

r e c u p e r a t i n g from

th e y ear s

i n

th e

i n t e r n m e n t

camp an d

i n

Nov.

1 9 u l i

Teddy C a r l s o n was b o m .

In 19hB thev afrain sa ile d fo r Cebu. They began to

broaden

th e work.

F our mopnings

a

week, c l a s s e s

were

held f o r

t h o s e w ho w e r e i n t e r e s t e d i n t a k i n g s t u d i e s

i n

t h e

w o r d o f

C od

f o r

t h e o u m o s c

o f makinf ? t h e m s e l v e s etter

C h r i s t i a n w o r k e r s . S i x t h s

I n

19ii9 t h e r e w e r e e i g h t

r e g u l a r s t u d e n t s an d t h e y

a c t i v e l y

e n g a g e d i n f i e l d

work

and

a s s i . s t e d J u a l l

e v a n g e l i s t i c

m e e t i n g s

and r e g u l a r

services.

^Îê^êre getting a well trained corps of Bible

t e a c h e r s

and

p r each er s

and t h e r e b y

a s s u r i n g

th e growing

f u t u r e

o f

th e church

r e g a r d l e s s

o f what might

become

o f

them. The.y a l s o began a Bible book

s t o r e

t o encourage

th e d i . s t r i b u t i c n o f C h r i s t i . a n l i . t e r a t u r e .

They

s o l d

Bible, Testeme t s and Gospel

Porti.ons

i n Knglish an d

Cebuano.

a l s o

T r a c ts ,

c om me nt ar ie s a nd

le s s on h e l p s

were made

a v a i l a b l e .

In Llarch o f 1950,

t h e r e

-were

oOO C h r i s t i a n s i n

C e b u .

In S e pt e mb er 1 95 0, t h e i r ship docked i n Sa n Franci.sco.

Ra y

had b e e n s u ff er in g f a in t in g s p e l l s and t h e

g e n e r a l

h e a l t h

o f th e

w h ol e f am .i ly wa s

a

c a u s e f o r c o n c e r n .

a I s o th e

growing

needs o f th e Cebuano

churches

made

th f f is t tr ip hom.e i m p e r a t i v e . Ra y and Imogene were

b o t h

found to b e anemic

and

v;ere

p u t

u n d e r t r e a t m e n t . a n d

r e s t . They came back w ith a g o a l

s e t

f o r

themselves

i n t h e i r f u t u r e work, t h a t o f e s t a b l i s h i n g f i f t y ch u rch e

o f C h r i s t o n

t h e

isl nd o f C e b u

a n d t h e

t e a c h i n ^ r o f

t h e s e

c h u r e h e s t o

a

f r u i t f u l m a t u r i t y . B u t t h e y n e e d e d

m.ore m i s s i o n a r i e s

and

more

money

to

h e l p

t h e m .

On e

o f

their

l i v i n r ?

link

c h u r c h e s o r o v i d e d a

f u r n i s h e d

rent free h o u s e for their u s e w h i l e t h e v w e r e in

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s ta te s

and th es e th ey

res ted

and

recuperated

before

beginning

to

speak among the

churches t e l ling

o f

thei r plans and their needs. The Bible

Seminary

had

grown so much,

they needed

housing fo r

out

of town s tudents and

th i s need

was grea tes t

i

they were

going

to have

t r a ined

preachers

fo r the f i f t y churches

to

be es tab l i shed

New

church

bui ldings

needed

to

be

b u i l t and

other needs

t ha t go

with the growing expenses of

evangelis ing

the

is land. They stopped

here

in

S t

Pa\il where Ray

has

a s i s t e r l i v ing

to spend a

few

days. They

happened

to come to

our house for supper on a prayer,

meeting

night

and

went to prayermeet ing with

us

Perhaps

some

of you w ere the re

and

met them .

Then'on Feb li of this year t hey aga in were

home in ebu

City.

At

least fifty Christians

.

/jlW

met them. There was no doubt of eir

had been w y too long.

w

they

are

back in ^

fu l l

swing of the

work

with

two

hundred hav ing

been bapt ized by the workers while

they

were

gone. They future i s br igh t t he i r l iv ing l ink

church

has

increased t he i r salaryMr. and Mrs.

Elston Knight of Los Gatos, Ca li fo rn ia a re

pre

paring

to jo in them in Cebu and Betty Yarbrough

wil l

fi.nish

tidcsxschool th i s June and wil l s a i l

in

the

f a l l

to work

there a lso So the

work goes

on

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Carlson Ray Imogene 1951 Philippines