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27 1958
FURLOUGH FR W YS
August 2/\^ 196^
to February
22 1969
Cebu
Christian Mission, P. 0,
Box 41 , Cebu
City, Phi li pp ines
Ray
Imogene Carlson
M a r k
S u s a n C a r l s o n
With
Mark
and Susan
hold ing th e
f o r t o f f a i th
in
Cebu,
we
are
spend-
in g s ix months in the United S t a t e s
w ith th e
i dea
o f
i n sp i r ing
more praye r
ful fellowship in Philippine evang
e l i s m .
OUR ROUTE Write
us
about
speaking
dates
when
we
are
in
your
area:
SEPTEMBER 24 San Antonio, Texas;
29,
Enid,
Okla.; OCTOBER
6 Cherokee,
Iowa; 13,
Mediapolis, Iowa;
20,
Madison, Wisconsin; 27, Lincoln,
111.;
NOVEMBER. 3,
Lansing, Michigan;
10,
Canton, Ohio; 12-14- Cinc inna t i Con
ference
on
Evangelism;
17, Lynchburg,
Virginia; 24 Elizabeth City, North
Carolina; DECEMBER. 1, Jacksonville,
Florida; 8 open;
15,
open; 22
Madison Wisconsin; 29 Minneapolis
Minnesota;
JANUARY
1969
5,
Scottsbluff,
Nebraska;
12, Boise,
Idaho;
19, Seattle,
Washington;
26,
Portland, Oregon;
FE RU RY 2 Downey California; 9 Downey
California;
Return
to
the
Philippines.
DESCRIPTIVE
BOOKLETS
Cebu
Christ ian
Mission has prepared a study
of
the
churches in the Visayas with maps and
sketches. Another
tells
of an evangel
is t ic trip
to
Mindanao. Another gives
the story of
a
t r ip to
southern
Cebu.
Another
te l l s of missionaiy
l i fe
during
a
damaging typhoon.
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TO FRIENDS OF THE GOSPEL
IN
SOUTH
EAST ASIA
WE
PRESENT:
442 Ch u r ch es o f C h r i s t an d
C h r i s t
ia n Churches in the whole Ph i l ipp ines
with 60,000
individual
F i l ip ino mem
bers
o f
the
body
o f
Chr i s t .
Five 5
Bible co l leges
and
Semin
a r i e s
in
th e
Phi l ipp ines .
Three
3
accred i t ed high schools .
In the
Visayan
area
o f th e
Phi l ip
pines and included in the above t o t a l
there a re th i r ty f ive
35 churches
and twenty-f ive
25 preaching poin t s
with a fe l lowship numbering
f ive
thousand 5,000 persons. One
hundred
seven ty f i ve were bap t i zed
in 1968.
Cebu
Bible
Seminary
has twenty 20
f u l l ti m e
s t u d e n t s
1 9 6 8 .
Mindanao
Chr i s t i an
Ins t i tu te
a
four year high
school i s
located a t
Barongis,
Libungan,
Cotabato d e l Norte .
QUOTE
UNQUOTE
The angels from the i r home on h i^
Look down a t us with wondering
eye.
That
when we
are but passing
guests
We
build
such strong and sol id nests .
But where we think we dwell
for
aye
We scarce take heed a stone
to
lay.
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o th er . A ll
r iders
cheerful ly
pushed when
we were s tuck. The
young
people made up a
no t too
i r r eve ren t
parody when they
sang
With C hris t In My
Vessel
I
Can Laugh At
th e Mudl
Many
br idges were out . Some
d i t che s
were t r ave r sed on
two
s l i ppery
logs . At one place ,
a plat form
s e t
on
four
dugout
canoes
got the
jeep
t o t h e
o t h e r
s i d e .
Conf e r enc e c l a s s e s
were h e l d
on
t h e riverside fam of
brother Angel Alba.
Rou^
bamboo
benches were s e t
overlooking th e
s t r e a m a n d u n d e r beautiful
bamboo
f ronds.
Small
boys
and
water
buffa loes
s p la sh e d h a pp il y
below as
th e
Word
o f
Life was
o pe ned a nd
a l l
o f
us
were
cha l lenged . Meals were
se rved
in another lo ve ly g le n on a
lower
leve l
near
which was a spark
l ing spring. Here the gir ls gladly
washed dishes
in
running water .
NOTE:
Our
r egu la r miss ion o bl ig at io ns f or
Seminary
and
Evangelism cont inue
during
our f urlo ugh amounting to 120 a week.
P le as e c on ti nu e to send all g i f t s and
pledges
care
of the Fi rs t Christian
Church,
P.
0. Box
70,
Downey, Cal i fornia , 902M 1.
Literature and display mater ial may be
had from
Miss Ruth Luellen, P,
0,
Box AL,
Atascadero, California, 93422.
CONFERENCE
More
t h an 4-00 b r e t h r en
a t t e nde d
t h e a nn u al c o nf er en c e
o f
chu r che s of
C h r i s t
in
the cen t ra l Phi l ippines . Three d ays of
in sp i ra t iona l preaching
using
the
theme
of
TheHoly Spi r i t . Most of
the
J?750 spent
during the gathering was donated
by the
Fil ipino
brethren
and
an
encouraging
bal
anc e r emai ned
fo r
next
yearns
meeting.
At
th e clo sin g sessio n
ten
were
baptized
in the
new baptistry
of
Cebu Bible Seminary
chape l .
THE
^
61CHEVY
Robin was very reluctant ^
to leave h is ca r behind when he and
h is wife l e f t
for
the Philippines,
However, the Leo Higgins family
agreed
to
l ook
a f t e r it u n t i l we
a r r ived
in
th e
US a
few
weeks
l a t e r .
t
had
be t t e r
hold
up a t l e a s t fo r
the
next
few months. I
doubt that
any
wi l l want
then to buy
it When we
leave
in February
it can f a l l
ai1
to
p iece s l i k e
th e
Wonderful
One-Horse
Shay
- bu t
not before then .
Your
praye r s -might-liel-pv
MINDANAO RALLY
Soon after
th e
arrival
of
Mark Robin
and S usan
in June, Ray
Imo-
gene
a t t e nded
a Youth Ra l ly in Cotaba to
a t
th e Edcor church .
The r a i ny
s e a son was on
an d travel on
dirt r o a d s
s t r ewn w i t h
b o u l
ders
was
exc i t i ng . Overloaded j eepneys
with
people
si t t ing
on the hoods gave
the
drivers
l i t t l e vision. They jokingly spoke
of
going
by memory. Several
times
the
vehicle
sl ipped
sideways
and often narrow
ly
missed
landing
either in the river
on
one side
or
the i r r iga t ion ditch on the
I ROJECTS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION N
PRAYER
-^yvlvThe church a t Cebu City
with
a
membership o f ove r f ive
hundred
de
serves
and
needs
permanent housing
fo r
worship and
i n s t ruc t i on .
The first
mat ter
must be a lo t
fo r
th e
purpose.
Sui table
land averages
25
a
square
meter
(nine square
feet) .About
450
s qu ar e m e te rs i s needed.
Care
to pu t
you r name
on
a
squa re
m e t e r
o f
P h i l
ipp ine
so i l ?
2. The support o f F il ip ino evangel
i s t s 1 a day.
3 . Aid o f
Seminary
s tuden t s @ 25
