Davis Donald Eleanor 1962 Philippines

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NEWSLETTERMEWS FROM THE OHURGHES

THE FIFTH CONVENTION Of t h e Mindanaochurches was held a t Pigcavmyan i n Co-tabato Province. V e attended and spoketvdce. The 4 day rain did not dampenthe s p i r i t of the convention entirely*The attendance was good for this pione e r a r e a o f t h e South vrhich h a s b e e n--Oii-aupied-iiiainly by_llusliiris. -(Even^upuntil the 1920 s, Moro or Muslim pirates raided Cebu from Mindanao.) Sunday morning Bible School attendance inthe nev l i t t l e church totled I50 andclasses v/ere held in English, Ilongo,Cebuano, Ilocano and Tagalog languages.There wore 5.Baptisms Sunday aftornocn*Wo Spont.about half of our Christmasvacation onroutc to and attendingt h i s c o n v e n t i o n .

- o O o -February t h i r d wo loavo f o r BacolodCity on Nogros Island whoro wo havebeon asked to off ic ia te in dedicatinga now chapol, Arcadio-;Solidum i s thominister thoro and vjritos of tho pro-gross of tho chapel construc t ion. I tvras b u i l t e n t i r e l y by volunt ee r l aborwith most members helping in somo vray

- o O o -Januarj - 17,inmates o f t h e p r o v i n c i -n l j a i l vrorc h a p t i a o d -

ry iVi /I :iil V tVt /: h I d hi iu^jin^j th t o t a l afin-^ ^ mat baptisms up to 120

durinig the p a s t 6 months^,^ch were given a copy of the NbtJ^ment. One of the prisoners who wasBaptised was convicted as the h i r e dm u r d e r e r i n one o f t h e most s e n s a t i o na l murder c a s e s r e c o r d e d i n Cebu-theslaying of a leading newspaper e d i t o r .I f s t a s t i s t i c s mean anythingQyex-....QJiAt hir d o f.t he penitentiary papulationhas bhen^baptized. Pray fo r thesebabes in Christ that confront so very>very many o f s t a o l e s and d i s c o u r a g i n gfactors

N EWS OF ^ MISSION FAMILIESDuring the r e c e n t Christmas season,Leonard Thompson and Heather ,Ho.lIey/>both s t u d e n t s a t t e n d i n g Davao BibleSeminary from Madras, I n d i a wereguests in our home. Both Leonard andHeather spoke and sang a t th e Ma rt ir osS t r e e t Church. Christmas eve, andChristmas day, Leonard and I spoke int h o C h i i r c h at S a n t a n d o r o n t h e s o u t hern-most t i p o f Cebu I s l a n d . Leonard sbass s o l o s were very e n t h u s i a s t i c a l l yrccelvod by tho F i l i p i n o b r e t h r e n . Woh a d mot L eo na rd a nd H e at h er w h il e i nI n d i a somo tim e ago. It vras a p l e a su r e t o renew t h e i r a c q u a i n t a n c e a g a i n .Thoy are Anglo Indian, or Eurasian both a r e q ui t e t a l e n t e d .

- o O o -T h i s March BETTY YAEBROUGH w i l l b o -

como M r s . ill T u r n e r ./ She and B i l l hope t os a i l t o t h e P h i l i p p i n e s

- i n August and p l a n t o^ work w i t h t h o C a r l s o n s

a n d D a v i s o s in Cebu f o ra w h i l e at l e a s t . They

vrould l i k e l a t e r t o e n t e r an a r e a whrono m i s s i o n a r i e s a re p re se nt l y v/orking.Addit ional l i v i n g ^ l i h k support w i l l boneeded, -aa-wol l as. funds fox.-equipment _and t ravel . Until May 28th, Betty andBill may bo addressed at Box 578>Mill-igan CollogG, Tonn. W o hero on thof i e l d arc o o r t a i n l y looking forv/ard totheir arrival

- o O o -J u s t before Christmas, Don solemnizedh i s f i r s t F i l i p i n o v;odding. Don, J r .served a s r ing^boaror . A ll tho menp a r t i c i p a t i n g i n th o service wore thoF i l i p i n o formal s h i r t named tho BarongTagalog. Both tho brido and groom arcChrist ian, and work as sohool toaoh-o rs on tho i s l a n d o f Loyto. Tho b r i d o sparents and family arc mombors of thoM a r t i r o s C h u r c h o f C h r i s t .


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A HOUSEWIFE S PROBLEMSNo t thc - t a house wifohero has any more pro -h i cms he r o t h an in t h eStates , hut thoy aros omewha t d i f fG r o n t o Po rinstance, one of_r^p e t p i evos is f oo tp r i n t s on_ , t h c wa l l s .Our homes he r o a r c s imply made hy na i l ing hoards on the outside of the building frame. Nothing i sput on the ins ide hut a coat of pain t( i f 3 ou can afford i t ) , and this presents a wonderful world of lodges fo r6 and 7 year old hoys to climb. The

more a gi lo c hi ld w i l l he ab le to c i rcumnavigate th e en t i r e room and thenclimb through the coi l ing l a t t i ce s anddo another room without once having toso t h is usua l ly d i r t y hare foot on th ef l oo r . The top two foo t of the ins ideA/alls aro loft open in the form of lit-/ tico work to lot the air ( and littlohoys) circulate more freely.

Wo have suporv i sodthe translation of..93iE-jaiiclyuscdr e l i g i ou s t i^aotsfrom Engl i sh i n toVisayan. The t r a n sl a t i on v/as done hya f o rm e r studento f t h e Cohu B i b l eSeminary. Unfortunately, funds wil lnot permit pr int ing these now,althoughthoy aro badly needed. Wo are f i l i ng

thorn away un t i l some Christ io.n phi l ant h rop i s t s help make pr in t ing poss ib le .

Don s t i l l cont inues h is program, showing r e l ig ious and educa t iona l f i lms inthe sliom dis t r i c t of Lkirtiros, in theru ra l a rea o f San I s id ro , and in thec i t y jail

As cholera (nicknamed ElTor hero)sti l lrages through the i s lands , wo receivedth e s ad news t h a t Br o t h e r Gorondio Satincaman, o lde r o f the Church o f C hr i s tNogros, f e l l vic t ima grea t l o ss toth o c au s e o f C h r i s t t h e r e ,

TY-POUE MILLION PILIPINOS have noBib l e s . Only one in seven in t h i s soc a l l e d Ch r i s t i a n l a nd have ove r ovmodaniz^jiar-t o f th e Scr i p t u r es a t allAs you know, much of our at tent ionin rocont days has been given to thopurchase and dis t r ibu t ion of Bib les ,Now Testaments and portions(Acts, Lukeand John)We preach, More l i gh t v/i l l be provided the Phi l i pp ines if you buy a NowTestament and read it than i f you buya cand l e and bu rn it We r e f e r t o th oburn ing o f cand les a s a m e r i t o ri u sgood v;ork to -earn sa l va t i on t h a t ispopu la r ly prac t iced by tho pious soul sunder tho inf luence o f the Hispanicc u l t u r e .1,600 at tract ively bound portionstol l ing of the l i fe of Christ (John Luke) and of tho early Church (Acts)have been received from tho Phi l ipp ineB i b l e House in Mani l a a nd a ro in t h ehand s o f faithful s e r v an t s o f Godwho a re d i s t r ibu t ing them f ree to int e r e s t ed . pe r son s .

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Scriptures bought and being dis t r ibuted^ V

611 Now Tes taments1,600 Portions (Acts, Luke John)2 Concordances (for teachers)1 Bible Dictionary (- oOo -

Sunday morning Don pa rt ic ip a te d i n thed i s t r i bu t i ng o f over 500 NewTostamontsto th e l o c a l po l i c e f o r ces . Those Nov;Testaments were given f ree by tho CobuChapter of the American Bible Society.Ho was instrumental in organizing th isgroup about a month ago. Jer ry Lacsona Cobu Bible Seminary professor was o -loctod secretary of th i s nev/ chapter^


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lUBCH & AFRII. 1962

NEWSLETTERMEWS FROM THE CHURCHES

Perhaps the best suimnary of oizr 10ths o f c fii^3?i^T/i^ he quote from a le t ter from oneof our pastorss .00Perhaps I may also

ie l l you tha t I ' v e been so refreshed/spiritually as a result of the cpnven^tion-.-I wish we had conventions morerroften than once a year I t really doesIrgood to inwardlyj renewing the spiri t and determ ination challanged w iththose st i r ing messages ,Figures showIthat there were 220 registrationsj 24 'Churches of Christ represented, and 16baptisms and 6 l e t t e r s of t ransfer

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14 years a Pedro Panoy came to themission as a young man seeking work Hehad only a few years schooling and wash ired as a yard boy He was n ot w ithout ambition, however, so with missionencouragement went on to f in is h h is education--even thou^ i t meant a grownman* s i t t i n g i n c lasses with chi ldrenMow, 14 years l a t e r he has f in ished h isgrade schoo l , high school and on March29th received h is 4 year Bachelor ofM in i s te r i a l Ar t s f rom th e Cebu Bib l eSeminary

Al t h ou ^ Benedic ta Beodoro r ece ived h e r Two Year B ib le T eache r 'sTra in ing Cer t i f i ca te t h i s year she wi l lbe cont inuing, her t r a in ing in the Seminary She i s an honor student ,a valuable choir member and we are glad notto have to loose her yet

MffS OT mss iOH TOMTT.nasLarry CarlsonI a Marine Medical Corpsman'htat iohed on Okinawa, came home

th i s month fo r a two week fu r lou^Ray Carlson spen

some 2 weeks t rampin g over 52 kilomet e r s v i s i t i ng threec hu rc he s tu c ke d a~way in th e hills ofMegros Occ iden t a l ,Five per sons werebapt ized dur ing h i svisit Those sma l lcongregat ions a re cared fo r by preach

in g e ld er s but are on the r egu la r c i rcu i t of the mission evangelis t , SimonLabrado

g ve the commencement addr e s s f o r t h e 10 t h Annua l Commencementof the Aparri Bible Seminary, TeauA-yea r Diplomas and fou r 2 -yea r Ce r t i f i -ca tes were awarded Preceding theCommencement Bon spoke-jfcwice for theApa r r i Semina ry^Conf e r ence on Evange l -ism The day he was to re tu rn , winds atthe a i rpor t were so strong tha t planeswe r e u n ab l e t o l a n d so he wasto s tay and speak another day,

NEEDS OF TBDB MISSION

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Qonvention JôtesJ The open-air ohapel vras beautifullydecorated by Mrs.Dulce Labrado (missionsecretary and Seminary teacher) withpalm fronds and her- lovely handmade ja-pe r f lowers . Predominate were th e Seminary s colorsgreen and golds/ The Convention lasted days. During this time we sat in service for 2^-hours, l istened to 25 halfhour(or longer)se27mons and heard 13 scripture readi ngs ,^ Each representing church was calledupon to give special niambers in song orby instrument. The song services wereaccompanied hy Ray Carlson on v io l in o rcelloy Mrs. Carlson on the pianoy/ Dulceon the portable organ, Soje l io Cel is &Rosita Najarro ( Seminary Students ) onthe olarine^t and flute,and several taking t^lrns on the accord ion . Therenq lack of musical talent, ^ ,

vgaMon m em -begj, 288j^pti^_s7( since last conven-tion~X and lQ^n OT7n_ the i rchu rch is on ,^Tseveral of our guest speakers, thou^Fil ip ino , had to speak in English asthe i r own d ia l e c t is not t inderstoodhgre*^ Thou^ only 220 actually registered,

least 3SO diffe r^ t personsJEdtfcendedthe meetings. For the most part , ch i l -dren were no t regis tered but the cookscan t es t i fy to t he i r presence.All in a l l , a ViitKY satisfying meetings

Eleve^..î n - a ne^^stimalrSd about 500 s tood s idawn to^^ên t^ 'jioi^service waWiiiqdcas^d.-ovea:die station, l ie Marffre^St.Chiiroh ofChr i s t was we ll r ep re se nt ed w ith some30 members at tending th i s e a rl y s er vi ce The s e rv i c e was he ld on th e Cebu NormalSchool play f i e ld .

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CHRISTIANITY ?A number of Filipino Catholics who fe,lt'they should be penance for their sinsjpracticed flagellation yesterday, Theyjwent about the streets . in the heat of ;the-sun, faces masked, backs bleedingfrom gashes inf l ic ted by means of whipsvknives, bi t s of glass or nails ,The cxiis/ious ritual ends when the flagellants,)followed by a huge crowd, take a dip inth e br iney sea ,^Ân oilman in the group started when,he was lâhd has been a _f Ibg^r pr the past 60 yearn, ,g?ie r e ^son behind the sacrificp? He answeredjproudlyg Ho roAscrL-ajLâil, I^got use toî t and I lika.-ijt>il Âmiddle-aged man does his flogging ^for medicinal purposes, An intense al-^lorgy on my am erupts if I do not flog-myself every Good Friday, And he hasJdone so for I4 years, jAnother f lagel lant re l a t e s of a)dream s iz years ago where he saw h issuffering self all beaten :up to lookIdsj{flagellant best. The dreamer accepted:t h i s to bo a sign t ha t he had been tap- 'ped from, above to bo a flagiellant.He isjInow on his second year, ;

Another newcomer i s a young man whot;had boon very s i ck once upon a t ime.Hisrs i s t e r , in an ac t o f groa t concern and*reck less pie ty , had committed him to a ifla^llant i f only he w;ould be healthy j[again, Manila iBulletin) ^

IgRACIE ? fIs it a miracle? This quest ion ih-^

t r igued the people o f Cebu City and subu rb s re ga rd in g th e mystery o f the bleodfing and perspiring image of our LordJesus on the one-foot crucifix of Feliz|^Lao and his wife. Several persons \7h0fvi s i t ed the miraculous image wore re- )que s t i ng bo t t l e s o f oil mixed wi th thorb lood and persp i ra t ion . Thoy say many


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JUL 1 9 1962M Y JIBE 1962

NEWSLETTERm y s FROM TEE CHORCHBS

Q he church a t Ja ro , Leyte, has Recentlyexper ienced a r ev iva l o f s p i r i t and hasasked th e miss ion fo r help Ray Car lson v i s i t ed t he r e a nd c on du ct ed 3 bapt isms o This sm all congregation hasbeen presented the opportuni ty of purchasing a smal l l o t with a church bu i lding on it froin a denominational group

abou t $400* f e e l t h a t t h i s isan exce l len t opportxmity and pray t ha tfunds wi l l permi t the mission to givea s s i s t a n c e to th e J a ro Church o f Ch r i s tfo r t h i s pro jec t .The Miss ion p lan s to send a t r a i n edevange l i s t to th e Jaro church once amonth to h elp w ith the church eldership iRound -t rip p la n e f a r e from Cebu to Tac-lo ba n, L eyte, i s $6,50 Prom Taclobanan hou r s bus r ide wi l l take you toJa ro , P erh ap s y ou r group could help int h i s pro jec t ,

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Three v/eeks ago th emo t h e r of Jose a n dV i c t o r i a n a Paliotod i e d . To her children she left a p lo to f la nd n ea r As tu r i a swhich ^was^ h e r home,After conferring with

brothers and s i s t e r s , Jose hopes to dona t e this l a nd to th e chu r ch for a b u r -rial ground , . Th i s is a v er y im po rt an tcon t r i bu t i on . So of t en v/hen t a l k i ng tothose in te r e s ted in becoming Chr i s t i answe a re aksed , But where wi l l we be hurr i ed? Too few munic ipa l i t i e s ovm t h e i rgraveyards . These grounds a re most lyowned by th e Roman Catho l ic church anda rc c lo sed to t hose o f any o the r f a i t h .The San t ahde r Church o f Ch r i s t dona t edth e first Chr i s t i an bu r r i a l ground he r eon Cebu , Now the Un i t e d Chu r c h h a s o n e .One a t As tu r i a s w ould be only th e t h i r dsuch g round on th e whole i s l and o f Cebu ,

NEWS OP MISS ION FAMIL IESBotty and Bil l Tumor wil l bo sa i l ingfrom th e West Coas t in August , The manyhere who remember Bet ty wi l l be look ingforwars to having her back and a re anxi o u s to mee t h e r h u s b a n d ,

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By way o f a g i f t , theDa v i s h o u s e h o l d menage r i e has been increased j two t u rk -i e s . They look fo rwa r d to a n A l l -Ame r -i can Thanksgiving

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Imogone Carlson has s tudents from theSeminary enro l l ed in h e r p iano courses .Each student practices ^ hour each dayon the upright piano in the Carlson 'sf r on t room. Ray and Imogene m ust havelo ng s in ce developed some so r t of ment a l earplugs aga ins t such as CountryGardens p la ye d o ve r 50 t imes a day.

TEE DORCUS SOCIETY o f t h e Mar tiresChurc lhas for i t s project (to raise funds tohelp purchase the land the Church is on]the making of s tu ffe d dolls , and animalsto s e l l in th e market a t Chr is tmas_t imeThe ladies are willi ng ly g iv ing t h e i rt ime for this Wehave some pa t t e r n sto begin wi th , bu twe would su r e l y app r ec i a t e a few more,If you have any yo' icould send, pleasea i r -ma i l them to the Dorcus Sooio fcy,Box 41> Cebu City , Phi l ippines^

Forwarding agent for the DavisessMrs. Joyce Herndon irstCh r i s t i a n Chu rch

Odon, Ind iana


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Dear Qhristian 3riends,Our now school year has s tar ted with a l l i t s involvements. Vacation monthshero in tho Philippines include April an \ May only.During the f i rs t two weeks in May, Don and. I enjoyed a hit of a holiday .Wetook a few picnics in tho mountains, enjoyed swimming in tho artosian -wollfed

pools in Talisay and tried out a newly buil t miniature-golf course constructedby an entorprizing citizon of Cobu. Phis is tho f i rs t course made hero in Cebuand was an immediate s uc ce ss w i th young and o ld a l ike

The last week in May the staff of tho Cebu Bible Seminary hold a teacher* sand workers training institute (or seminar) in Giljungan, Begros Occidental.Groups came from churches a ll over tho island and Don said that the meetingswere very well attended and tho people quite int erested iii the lessons presented. Five members of the.;Seminary s taff taught. Mr. and Mrs. Carlson were prevented from going by a last minute illness which hcûitalizodITio s taff members retiuned hot and wearyto t ing suitcases fu l l of dirtyclothes, on the evening of the 31st. Tho next afternoon they were duo in Christian Service Camp; Don, however, had come homo with an eye infection and tookan extra day a t home to have i t treated. He arrived a t camp a day late.The Christian Service Camp was hold in the mountains on the groimds of the

XM Camp Six . The facilities th6re were somewhat sinilar to camps in theStates, thou^ ofcourse Lore primitive. Sqme 35.the week-of ,camp which also served as an oriontstibn ~week3ror the Seminary students who came early for that purpose. Each evening the campers participatedin holding evangelistic meetings to which pe^^lo living nearby came. Tho mission had had some previous contacirj j E tfiesb* -3ê^lc throu^ an evangelist andon the last day of camp there wê(^6âptisms. Now two of our Seminary trainedyoung people conduct services for ~tii6 hew l i t t le congregation each Sunday afternoon in the home of one of the members. Three more have been baptized there .School be^n again on Juno 11th. So far the enrollment of tho Cobu BibloSeminary has reached 22 undergraduates, 5 graduates and 1 special student. Donis teaching 5 graduate courses^ Biblical Theology, Polity and Church GovernmentEcumonics, Church and Lav and Thesis Writing. o teaches in English. Here iutho Philippines a ll education past the sixth grade is entirely in English.

Our own throe boys are also busy again in school. Mark (7) is in tho thirdgrade, Don, Jr. (6) is in the second grade and Wayne (4) ds in Kinder^rden. Thetwo older boys spend 30 hours a week in classes and have at least an hour* s homework each school nig^t. They attend tho Cebu American School which teachestho Calvert System. The education is fine but tho tuition most dear. Includedin their classmates are Spanish, Italian,. English, Filipino, American and Eura s i a n c h i l d r e nThis coming August wo wil l be starting;ported by our home congregationss Madisoh VQ[lT6 Christian Churcn5 fificinnat^,Ohio, and the First Christian Church, Sapulpa, Olsiahona. They have heon faithfully behind us all this time and wo are sincerely âtefull to them, as well ssto all you who have helped us during this time.

I n Chr i s t i an f e l lowshipDon and Cleanor Davis


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Donald R. DavisCE U CHRISTI N MISSION

p. O. Box 4 jjCebu City Philippines ^ FOVMBER 1962

NEWSLETTERmis PROM THE CHDRCHES

T h e M a r t ir e s St C h u r c h o f C h r i s t h a sr e c e n t l y received a f a c e - l i f t i n g bothi n s i d e and o u t . It is q u i t e an improvement, They w i l l be h av in g an evangeli s t i c meeting l a s t i n g from Nov. 925.A u h pl nnin

i n g done i n p r e p a r a -tion.-- K i e r e - will b es p ec ia l c l a s s e s i n

^ js t he a ft ernoon for tie n / T \ children getting outLLIHH LLI school across the} I L street .- o O o -

At Rozas, Surigao, o ne -h alf h ec tareof land (about one acre) has been purchased and the b re t h r e n t h e r e a r e readyto b u i l d . They a r e now g a t h e r i n g materi a l s a n d have p u r c h a s e d saws so t h a tt h e y c a n c u t t h e t i m b e r .

- o O o -T h e W o r d of God is

b e i n g s p r e a d i n a newa r e a a s E v a n g e l i s tS o l i d u m h a s started anew preaching point^n e a r Bacolod C i t y , ont h o _ i s l a j i d _of Negros,

- o O o -The Dadiangas church i n the provinceof Cotobato i s s t i l l continuing i n i t s

b u i l d i n g program. As soon a s t h e c u rr e n t r i c e crop i s harves ted , they a r eh o p i n g t h a t t h e b r e t h r e n w i l l be a b l eto help more with the building and thef i n a n c i n g ,

-oOoPlease pray f o r these small congrega

t i o n s a s they s t r i v e to grow i n C h r i s ti a n b r o t h e r h o o d .

T O S OP TEE MISSION FAMILIESAT lAST The T u r n e r s h a v e a r r i v e d ^ . Thef r o i g h t e r docked i n Manila Friday nightOct. 26, After a f u l l week of cloar ingt h e i r b e l o n g i n g s t h r o u ^ customs anda r r a n g i n g f o r t h e i r t ranshipment , theTurners a rr i v ed i n Cebu C i t y , SaturdayNov. 3rd, j u s t i n t ime f o r cot tage pray^o r m o o t i n g b e i n g h e l d in- -the Lavishh o m e . W i t h o n e hour snotice of their arri-v a l , Don rounded up rr- ,t h e s t u d e n t s who w e r oon Campus and hurr ied Vo u t t o th o a i r p o r t t omoot thom, Tho faithf u l few who r e g u l a r l ya t t e n d t h e p r a y e rmeet ings wore p r i v i l o g c d t o he amongtho f i r s t t o g r e e t B e t t y and B i l l ,Tho follov/ing evening ahout 85 peoplej o i n e d i n t h e r e c e p t i o n f o r thom on theDavis ' s fromt lavm. The program cons i s t e d of throe p a r t s . F i r s t a greeti n g and devot ional , then rofroshmontso f many many F i l i p i n o d o l i o a c i o s t h e na Barrio Fiesta of many songs, s k i t sa n d s p e c i a l mumbors .Now tho t u r n e r s a r c busy a t tho joTof unpacking t h e i r belongings which a rr i v e d by boat today, Thosp have boonpacked away s ince l a s t Juno and wo knowthey w i l l bo cagor to sso tho many wedding g i f t s t h a t had to bo packed so ver y soon a f t e r t h e y woro r c c o i v o d .

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t h e D av is s Thanksgiv ing Dinnerthe 2t u r k i o s which wore being fa t toncdo Thoc a t d i s a p p e a r e d at t h o same t i m c j Thot u r k i o s wore ozpondablo, hut the c a thas boon roplacod a s tho r a t s began tognaw h o l e s i n B l o a n o r s Tuppor\7arc


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THIEF./Last week Don c au^ t a l i t t l e the i f inthe ac t of s teal ing a duplicate of theradio which was s to l en from us l a s tyear* 14 7^* ol4 Ernesto and h is younge r brother Ricardo en t e r ed what theyt hou^ t was an empty house af ter theysaw Carmen and E lean or le av e th e housein the morning* .F i r s t they enjoyedea t ing a pineapple up-s ide -dow n cake w hichwas s i t t i ng on top o fthe r e f r i dge r a t o r .Then t he y s au nt er ed upt h e stairs to s e e wha tmi ^ t be found* Theyounger hoy i ;ook afancy to Mark s andRonnie s cowhoy guns and holsters ,while the older hoy went ahout moreser ious business* Jus t as he enteredour hedroom, Don happened to look tipfrom h is desk in the of f i ce j u s t ac -cross the hall* Don rushed out andgrahhed hiT just a he was reaching toward the radio* The younger hoy raceddown the s t a i r s , dropping the guns onuhe way. took Ernesto to

the police s ta t ionand fo\ind t h a t he already had a record .there o f past thef ts*This t ime th e p ol icesa id they had to ret a i n him a s a r epea te d o ff e nd er*is a n e ve ry -d ay oc -case of a young boy

in the city with nothing to do but getin to trouble. Only Ernesto i s perhapsmore for tunate as he has a mothor anda fa ther to plead h is case and ho mayhe paroled in their care* Public educat ion here contains only 6 years ofgrade school and 4 yea3?s cf h i^ school.However, most of the h i^ schools areprivately run and charge tuition whichfew can afford to pay, so there aremany l ike Ernesto and Ricardo who s-reout of school a t 12 years an d h ave nothing to do unti l t^ey ar4 old enoughand large enou^ to get a job. The average 12 year old Fil ipino boy is aboutthe size of an 8 year old American boy*

rnesto sc a s ec u r a n c e h e r e t h e

^rmrQhair StrategistToo many of those who say they believein independent missionaries are muchtoo l i t e r a l . , It is bad enough to con-tri bute support through a wasteful andquestionable organization, but worsei s to condemn, without doing anything ana posit ive way to support independent miss ionar ies . Why l e t George doi t then cr i t ic i se h is method?Doesn t it seem hypocr i t ica l toargue for an independent missionaryprogram^ then not support i t? I t reminds one of the aaan-chair sta?ategisthwho won t do anything themselves, anddon t l ike the way anyone else doessomething.

Words are cheap. How empty i sour praise when we congratulate missionar ies and recru i t s to the missionfield, then will not support them prope r ly .Do we rea l ize t ha t many of the mis-:-s ionar ies have spent one to thhee y08 3?sseeking support befo re they could go?Do we know i f they have onou^ support?Have wo educated others a s to thosen eed s a nd responsibi l i t ies? Have wedone anything to put meaning into ourwords?: .

Let s be more than jus t an armohairstrategist in the mngdom of our lordas we evangelize the world*^Frank Watson

Why should we give money to savethe heat hen ab road when th ere a re heathen oj i our own country to save?Why should I give money-to those inother parts of this country when thereare needy ones in ny own s tate?Why should I give money for thosein other parts of the atate when thereare needy ones in my own- town?should I give to the poor inthe town when ny own church needs themoney?Why should I give to church when myown family wants i t ?Why ^ould I give to my family whatI want for . myself?WHY?^Because I am a Chris t ian , nota teaiaion. (copied)

Field addresss P.O.Box 41> Celiu City, Phil ippines

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Davis Donald Eleanor 1962 Philippines