Selby Charles Roberta 1965 Philippines

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ADD 6 1965J A N U A R Y N E W r S H E E T F R O M C H A R L ES A N D R O B E R T A S E L B Y

'i- . . .v,o. ; ; ^R..;y.Ov jBox 49 , Aparri , rCagayan, PhilippiAea . ^ t.-wry;;- j : :--.-.Jshuary:- IS,.- 1965 .k.--',.. LXi^ÂHY .

.::v . BIBLE COLL^^

Forwarding Agent: Mrv RôbertW 2 6 :W. Mixntington Moiltpelleir, Tndiana,^^^^

During th e month of November, tho Province -of Cagayan experienced i ts worst flobdin n ea rly 60 y e a r s . Thousands were lef t homeles s and I doubt i f 'we will e v e r know j us tho w many? 14Yes w e r # 4 os t. Crop-daimage was w'ery extensive and a great ' i iumber of peoplea re suffering-greatly b e c a u s e H u n d r e d s of famil ies a re without food beeatise th er i c e a n d - e t c . i AvMch'-l^^^ s to red away to feed t h e i r f am i li es f or -m a ny monthswas washed away by th e flood. I t - i s - a bi t ter t ime for many. The twO< roads- going from'Aparr i w e r e both c lo sed fo r .two w e e k s and the a i r p o r t w as c lo sed fo r mbre- than a month ,

^so we w e re t:o mpietely cut ' t ime . It ' has been-^ an unusUal' .yeari In August andSeptember ^ ^hkd tw o very st rong ' and -des t rudtive typhoons -which destr?Oyed all- crops andthousands of houses and other b uiid in gs. T he se were the s trongest typhoons we^ have e x -perienced^4|iJ t>ur-heairlyi T8 iyears -i h ' Apar r i , and then Came th e t er rib le flood. Weo^hopewe do not ^-see another ?year 'hike i t - fb r e long t ime.^ - :

The Aparr i : Bible Seminary opened tfor Tts i 3t h yea r of? ins truct ion on August. 10th,More- than 60 Students w e r e t h e beginnings but some o f those have :had to dropo ut ,s o we have arOund 6 3 : s tudents lef t . . :We fee l we a r e h ay in g ô n e of o u r - b e s t y e a r s .T he S tu de nt s? a re - sho-wing^/a ^desire and an Sptitudh fo r learning, a n d t he se '^ 'a re t he s o r t ofsta'dents we- want? About ' two t h i rds of- 'them a r e hoh-high school graduates , which i s one :iêorreti v. .e: hscvesi- This : m a k e s us long e v e n r ho re f l^ r . the t ime iWHen we can have o u r ownChrist ian High Schools ;where students can earn their? way through High School. Gur ex- -oeh'sesOhaveSbeeir higherl this :year '-because of th e ride shortage- r h part icular^n Students - :eating in t h e v d in in g -h al l a re required '. . to t he i r r i ce , but many; have-been unable todo so ibecause ' of the -ter-rlhle ddrouth'WC^ had l a s t year and-thenj-the -.typhoons a n d f loodsthis year. ?lt cos t s u:about-^?X).-00 a^ month pef ' student t o operate th e ^Seminalry. This -includes rb'omv-- b utilities,? t e ach e r s ' salaries- an d up-keep on the' buildings aridgrounds. This is figured on the basis -of ' an a ve r a ge of 50 ' students p er year.^ 'A^goodoro jec t fo r individual famil ies , S un da y S ch oo l c lasses o r miss ion groups would be to takeon e of t hese .50 $20.00 units for the'monthly suppor t of th e Aparri IBible Seminary. Afew are ' a l ready doing th is and- you'CanUdt imagine what a help i t i'S to-'us a s we s t r ive io keep t h i s ^workT'going.?' ? . h -jM \ i-'i- .r- i.:--..

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Th e evangellstiG wOrk:is malcing' Significant progress in sOme ways ' an d se em s? s t a l e rma-iiecl in o ther ways . The . 'v er y d if fi cu lt . ec o no m ic s i tuat ion i s pe rhaps o ur grea tes t p r o -blein -right' now; YMany of the preachers wh o a re receiving k l i t t l e 'he lp ' f ro-m the m i s sionfor fheir Wo'fk, ; are having such a difficult t ime making ends meet, ' tha t they are havingto find ways:'in'whi'ch to support their young and growing families eithe-r tb;^.farming or

selling on th e side o r Some such means. -I' am in a very g rea t di lemma to ' know what todo to heTp their situation and thus permi t them to devote more time?'to actual evangel is t ic w ork , w itho ut la t the Same t ime placing too grea t a burden upon the C hurc he s intnjerick. We are really goii% through a very'difficult cris is in this-part of our work

r ight now and i t i s going t o take a grea t deal? of p r a ye r and wisdom and dedication t owork- it ? out. - The on e bright-development i h t h i s .^regard i s tha t severa l of the- Churches -a re no-w taking t h e lead in accep t ing t he i f ' r e spons ib i l i t i e s i n rega rd to the i r ?pTeacher s ,and are workingi'out plans for pro-viding support for ' t hem. The' Church in Go>nzaga' i spar t icular ly taking th e lead in - t h i s . JThey have called? a, preacher, have ^ rev ided a house*for hirr. and his-fami ly- and a re payihg him more than any Ch urch ^ha^ :p aid t he ir p re ah he rheretofore in the Cagayan Valley. Other Churches show signs of doing the same thing.

lill yo u p r a y mighti ly: forv these G h u r b h ^ ' and the p r e a c h e r s s ^ d - to r. the evangelistifC wo rkas a xyholeW-AYill' y tO'keep theser-YprSachper^ iir-the^TieM:byit-sending~ montlily -^ gifts for th e Evangelistic work in par t icu la r? We a re p ut ti ng a bo ut $?300v00 a month intothis work at th e presen t t im e aside f rom that which goes for th e su pp ort o f those workin g vith o f studying - ih ' the-SeminaryT- i -

We .have finally begun to do some printing and are getting the new press room fixedup the way we want i t . We sti l l need to buy type fo r the l e tt e r p re ss which we broughtwith us f rom the Sta tes and we need seve ra l pieces of equipment yet in o rd e r to do the

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best kind of work with th e Multilifh-offset pres s . We have a fine' dark room now but sti l lneed severa l things before we can begins to use the photographic off se t process . There isa great demand for a'^înonthly paper in the dialect an d for Sunday School material as well.We hope to be able. tO: publish several teaching eourses- for-the jChurche.S in Hoc^no .during this coming year. All of this will take money and we would appreciate some regular giftsto underwri te this very important /pa^t . of our .-program;.; , .m- v - ' . r > i t

Perhaps the. high .point of .our year was the : .a rrival of. the. .Boudreau-jc farijily onf Aug..31St.. This marked ; the;.end of manyj many mpnths. oT woi^k tin-getting lê .v^^9:;f.Orr^'this family,;, whi ch;. included: many f rust ra t ing delays., >mnst: ofthem unn.Ôes s.aryj whenj pap.e rs ;would .get.^stuck . on-some off ic ia l s desk Tor vyeeks iat.-a.-timte,.; At. iany ra te , - the, BoUdreaux's have arr ived , r and-are. .now settled, in their.-own home here in jA parr i . T heir . arr ivnl began'another f rus tra t ing exper ience, . , T h ey .had, sh ipped the i r household. goods;.jand. pe.rsonai effectsand s om e e qu ip men t fo r th e High School pro jec t s on 'a^ sh ip which was due . in Manilaf-the -l a s t , week o f Sep tember Sid ,and X went to Manila a t the^ t ime .the ship a r r i v e d bufe found -that no paper s had a r r i v e d and tha t the b r o k e r in Houston had not; paid the .^freight';- as h e .said he would, though the bi l ls of lading were m a r k e d . 'iprepaid''>; We'began se-nding cables=to ou r Houston b r o k e r, but could g e t no answers an d no p a p e r s . We have f inal ly b een ableto learn; enough so . that .we, have paid .the f re ight in . .Manila, and iSid. .has been able to effect

the r e l e a s e of the i r pe rsona l re ffec t s an d hQusehold goods^ .but th e H igh .Sc hool equipment 'i s s ti l l in (Customs. ;and we a r e paying . s evera l dol la rs a day s torage on tha t . The s to ragealone w i l l amount . , to . s e v e r a l . hundr ed d o l l a r s .All :o f th e p a p e r s f;we.-/needed . and - a sked f o r .c ou ld h av e been fn; Man i l a -b y the l a s t of S e p t . , and. we s t i l l cannot unde rs tand why w e did-not re ce iv e th em unt i l t h e l a t t e r (part , of Decv . What vshqcked u s the. mos t , Chowever, i s th efac t tha t the co at:, of. g ett in g th i s; f re ight f rom ^Houston - to . Ap ar ri- came ' to about twice; a smuch as iwe; hacd.thought i t ,would; be. The freight f rom .Houston to ; Manila was . 2, 500 an di t looks l ike i t ;will cost another 1500. 00 . to get i t


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Ozark Bible College Librj?rvn i l N. Main

JUL,y, ; DISGUST & S E B X . , .,1965, HEWS F a O M GHARLES ^. ; vdi lo ::: O - xBq x 49, ApdcTvi, Ga^gayan, Phd3 pin,ej5 r,, ^ ^

it^FpppÂEdi^g : Agent; ,216 ;rW;, ;Huîllngton, Indf,

..I , |aip,;.ÛTe pnost o f / y o u h a y e no t iced that; , the n e w s - l e t t e r s which .we. do jgetdaeintyouri jway once in a while , . a l l fo l low, s p r t of a ipa t t e rn ,^ T h e r e , i s appurpoae thia.,jriWe

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,,..THE: A^-AiRRI BJiBEE i t s 14th; .sc hoo l [y e ar / w it h \a|bQut 50, nstudents/ enrol led . Two- of ;them d r o p p e d out ^jthe. f i r s t / .week /because vthey found.iit much mo re

.diftict^tf than theyhad

expeotedi . rAnpther .went/homei-just

becausehe.

go t hom esdck , ;hutj'3iOtê.^.v.came in late ,also, --so twe haye rrabout held . p u r own>f> Enrollment i s down-; this. /year

because of tw o very destructive typhoons in July w hi ch d es tr oy ed : ^1 of the cropsirag^^th i s year. Seven student preacher s tare going out every week-end; some of them g o /o nFridjay afternoon, .and r re tu rn o n /Monday mo-rni yWe/moved our .cMonday. moriiing Glasses ; to r th e ./afternoon in o rd e r tO/give->the?sc .young men an oppor tun i ty to spehdtÛzidayafternoon and Sunday night vdth ithe ib reth i^n : / towhem they minis ter. . iThese young pnesbbh-erp.^/b^ve^ b a pt iz ed s e ve r al .l al r ea d y (in: th i s wefek-êhd work . -tSome -of . the gir ls / are jigoing u t t p t each/Chi ldren s c l ass ear, b u t we / .don t have- this.; {effort v ery /we l l . o:rgahizedas yet;, r We;lacre happy:to n ay t h at ; s ix i pf t h e : S students have: a c c e p t e d Isince .;iSohoolT;Starte.d .on cAugust 9th.:jV As.sa pa r t of rthe Seminary -program, Owe>iê,,opje r^dnga kindergarten. ; About 25- c h i l d r ^ (are anrbll jed in this , . . Thco.girls ./inf^the/third y e a rGhristian Educat ion class takC: charge o f this ik indergar ten oncer ta *week, which^jtgivpsthem/pract ical experience-in-handling/andyteachiug^,children. .iThey also have a chance /to fsee well . o rg an ized vkindergar tehcin : action.; and a re : thus be t t e r. p r e p a r e d to o:rganiaeoneôn their, own when t h e y have the opport imity, /

TH E EVANGEEIS TLG -WQRK has /grown, the y e ar s / a s a resul t o f th e ./Seminarytraining program. There a re no w about >30;preachers inf.the field, ei ther .serviug looSlcongregat ions o r doing e va ng el is ti c w o rk f ro m place tO p la ce , e sta bl is hi ug ne w Ghurches,,

o rjâtar^g worl^,;, o r ,,st rengtheuing rthe :ialread.yu03cîUg3i GhurQhes. This =woafk:;:has r e suited. inmore: t han iiOO b ap t i sms i so f a r th is yea r . idp not .have a oomidete tabulation of./tiie^baptisms. as of now,, but.bppe to have: that :br fore long, .;The Gh.îstian Service Gampshe ld - each a u m m e r form a par t of this, work Aaiso. .;/^his.iye.ar 90 .were enro l led i n two t-Gai^sfand .a t leasti^22. b ap tis ms w er e the. .direct resul t o f .these vcapapsSt i l l anotherp^rtÔf^jtJiis e v an g el is ti c e ff or t ; i s / t h e yaca t imohil-dren; a retauifht each s u m m e r. Once o r twice a . y e a r .anrievstngelistic conference i is:beld?he.r.e. i nAparr i /when the , /p reachers -and E l d e r s , : especial ly, - co me t og et he r, for ra. t imeoof vinspi*-

i ra t ian /and ; . Ins t ruct ion . They sh a re withfOnevanother t h e i r ; successes / ;and/ the i r i ; faibijces ja^d . d iscuas methods thatv/have beenl foundve specially) fruitful i n b r in g in g so u ls -t o .Ghr i s t . Wle calso have at leas t two conventions .and rpreaching /rallies/ each- iSTjmmer j(this ryear;three) and these-always result in souls brought to Ghrist../We hope, do/have/many ftsuch

: ra l l ies th is coming s u m m e r. We are convinced .that these are v ery, v e ^ helpjuljâ.winning; sou ls .as wel l as in t each ing the, b re th ren . , j.

, .THE.rJîllNTlN WORK i s being develop.edf to /.etid in^(thie g r e a t evangel i st ic oprogram;Pr epa r a t i ons r i a r e now, being ma d e fo r the publ ica t ion .o f .a monthly papexrinv Boccanp, / /a^dtranslation;


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T H E C H R I S T I A N HIGH S C H O O L P R O J E C T c a l l s f o r th e e s t a b l i s h m e n t 6 f s e v e r a fGhris^^ian High~Sbhiools throughout-the Gagay-an VallOy. Land has bOeh Obtained and ' ' 'some is still in ^thfe''process


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C O N V E NT IO N I S SU E

A P A R R I C H R I S T I A NP H I L I P P I N E M I S S I O N C H U R C H E S O F C H R I S T

September 1965C ha rl es a nd Roberta Selby APARRI CAGAYAN Philippines Si d and M arj B oud rea ux

si- s

F A CU LT Y O F A PA RR I B IB LE S E M I N A R Y

W e bring yo u greet ings from th e brethren inNorthern Luzon Phil ipp ines . W e would like tosha re with yo u a shor t resume of our w ork h ere .I t can be divided e as ily in to four divis ions a l l ofthem closely in terrelated because al l the differentaspects of o ur s er vic e are aimed at reaching th el o s t fo r C h r i s t : A PA R R I BIBL E SEM I NARYE VANGE L IS T IC WORK: PR INTING W O R K ANDC H R I S T I A N H I G H S C H O O L S .

A PA R R I S E M I N A RYThe A pa rri Bible Seminary was established in

1952 for the pu rpo se of providing tr ain ed p re ac hers of th e Gospel and other Christ ian workers fo rthis field in th e Phil ippines . Th e S em in ary is n owin it s 14th year with 50 students enrolled for thisschool year. This is a s l ight drop in enrol lmentfrom past years b rough t on by tw o very severe

typhoons during July which wiped out the cropsal l over t h i s area. Two y ear s in a ro w w ith o u tcrops because of floods and typhoons has broughton quite a famine and has kep t many youngpeople from attending sc ho ols all over th e Philippines. Ou r school year promises to be a good onehowever and we rejoice in the many fine s tudentsw e d o h a v e

An excellen t K in d erg ar ten under the leadership of one of th e Seminary gradua tes is heldeach year in c on ne ct io n w it h ou r Seminary. Th eKindergarten is a wonderful opportunity to teachyoung children Bible stories songs an d Christianprinciples; it also serves to give practical trainin g to the girls in t he C hri sti an E du cat io n D ep ar tm e n t o f t h e S e m i n a r y.

E VA N G E L I S T I C W O R KT he t ra in ing progra m o f th e A pa r r i Bible S em

i n a r y h a s r e s u l t e d in a n e x t e n t i v e e va n ge l i s t i cwo rk t hr ou gh ou t t he C a ga ya n Val ley. S o me th i r typ r e a c h e r s a r e e i th e r s er vi ng c hu rc he s o r work ingin ful l t ime ev an g e l i sm g o i n g from place to p lac ehold ing m ee tings a n d Bible Ins t i tu t e s s t r en g th enin g th e a l re a dy exisiting c hurc he s an d e s t a b l i s hin g n ew c hurc he s . A g rea t e ffo r t i s be ing m a d e a tth e p r e s e n t t ime to b r i n g as m an y c hu rc he s aspossib le to th e p la c e w h e r e th ey are wil l ing an dable to s uppor t th e i r own p re ac he rs a nd ev an g e li st ic e ff or ts

E v e r y s u m m e r a n u m b e r o f C o n v e n t io n s a n dPre a c h ing Ral l ies are held t h roughou t t h e Cag aya n Val ley a nd the s e r e s u l t in m a n y so u l s b e i n gb r o u g h t ito Ch r i s t . Once o r twice a y e a r a Confere n c e o n E v a n g e l i s m is he l d a t t h e S e m i n a r y T h i sis a t ime o f i n s p i ra t ion fo r a l l o f th e w o rk ers at i m e of s ha ri n g w it h o n e a no th er t h e e x p e r i e n c e s

e a c h h a s h a d a t ime of e dif yi ng o ne a n o t h e r asmerthods in a c c o m p l i s h i n g t h e t a s k of E v a n g e l i s ma r e d i s c u s s e d

T h e p a s t tw o y e a rs tw o Y o u th C a m p s h a v eb e e n h e ld o n e in A p a r r i a n d o n e in t h e p r ov i n c eo f Is ab ela . T h i s y e a r m o r e t h a n n i n e t y y o u n g pe opl e were e nro lle d in these tw o camps. As a resu l te ighteen y ou ng p eo pl e w er e b ap ti ze d Into C hr i s t Thet ota l n um be r of b ap t i sm s fo r th e en t i re a r e a i s wel lo v er o ne h un dred fo r th e p a s t y ea r.

A n o t h e r g r e a t help in t he e va ng el is tic w or k i st h e Dai ly Va c a t ion Bible S ch oo ls h el d e ac h s um me r m a i n l y b y t h e gi r l s o f t h e S e m i n a r y M o ret h a n 1000 c h i l d r e n a r e t a u g h t e v e r y s u m m er b yt he s e gir l s wi th f a r r each i n g re s u l t s .


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P R I N T I N G

T o fu r ther a id in this grea t evange l i s t i c effor t ,we are in the p rocess of developing a pr in t ingw ork w ith w hich w e h o pe to even tua l ly b e able tosupply al l sor t s of p r in t ed m a t te r tr a ct s, periodicals, t ea ch in g m a te ri al s b ot h in Englisih andIlocano, to th e p re ac he rs a nd chu rch es. We have

tw o presses, a 9 x 14 Multilith Offse t Press ,and a 12 x 1 8 Let te r Press . A n IB M e l ec t r i ctypewriter is tised to prepare copy for th e offsetpress; just recently a l im it ed sup ply of type waspurchased fo r th e letter press. Translation of New Training fo r Service into Ilocano has jus tbeen completed, and work is no w going ahead topu t Training for New Converts into Ilocano aswell. We hope to print both of these before long,as funds are available. Marj B ou dr ea ux h as co nsented to supervise t hi s p ri nt in g work. Sh e will beaided by Brothers Laureano Lopez, William Bag-ain, an d Rosendo Montilla. Brother Lopez has consented to serve as Editor of a monthly publica tion

in r.ocano, Brother lilontilla is doing th e translation work mentioned above, an d Brother Bagainwill ru n th e Multilith an d help with writing,proof-reading, and many other 'things. We willhave to hire a printer to set th e type an d o pe ra teth e letter-press, but anticipate having several ofth e Seminary boys learning to do that as theya s s i s t in t h e w o r k

O U R N E E D S

N E E D S Y O U C A N S H A R E

1. Firs t ai d s up pl ie s ( ba nd ag es , gauze, etc.).2. Simple office supplies (mending tape, ball

po in t p en s, p en ci ls , etc.).3. Regular s tudent suppor t of 10.00 per month.4. R eg ul ar E va ng el is t or professor support of

20.00 p er month .5. Special gifts of 5- 10- 20- 50 to help in ou r

p rinting ministry and high s choo l p ro ject .6. C o m men ta r ie s an d re lig ious bo o ks fo r S em

i n a r y l i b ra ry.7. Used English, Math, Language, H isto ry,

Science , C h em i st ry, P h ys ic s, and Agricultura l t ex tb ooks for High School l i b ra ry.

8. N ew an d u se d f la nn el gr ap h, Bible pic tu re s ,maps, cha r t s , and DVBS mater ia ls .

9. New and used H ym nals , Chorus hooks, choira n d s ol o m u si c

10. Teach e rs ' qu a r te r l ie s and workbooks (unused) for all ages, C hr ist ia n S tan dar ds, a nd cu rr e n t Lookouts , ' S t r a igh t s and Ju n io r Lifes .

P lease se nd al l books, l i t e ra tu re an d t e ach ings up pl ie s d ir ec tl y to Philippine Mission, Box 49,A parri, Cagayan, Phil ippines. Wrap well andma r k e d Gif t Package -pr in t ed m a t t e r o r books ,n o t to exceed 11 lbs . per package .

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T Y P I C A L F A R M S C E N E

C H R I S T I A N H I G H S C H O O L S

T h e f o u r t h d i v i s i o n o f t h e w or k i s n o w i n t h ep r o c e s s o f d e v e l o p m e n t . T h i s p la n c a l l s fo r t h ees tab l i shment of s ev era l C hr is ti an H igh Schoolsin the Cagayan Valley. As I t i s en vi sio ne d now,severa l of these s ch oo ls w ill b e su pp orte d b y tu it ion pa id b y t h e s t u d e n t s ' t h e r e is a g r e a t d e m a n dfo r this type of sch o o l on the par t of our b r e t h r e nh e r e A t l e a s t t w o s c h o ol s w i l l b e e s t a b l i s h e d i n

t h e province of C ag ayan , however, t h a t wil l besuppor ted by fa rm projects , B r o t h e r Sid Boudr e a u x h as c o m e to t h e P h i l i p p i n e s fo r th e s pe c i f i cpurpose of supe rv i s ing t he a gr ic ul tu ra l developm e n t o n th e tw o propos e d s i t e s fo r th e s c hoo l s .In all o f t h e H ig h S ch oo ls w h ic h w e wil l e v e n t u al l y es tab l i sh , Bi b l e c l a s s e s will b e t a u g h t d a i l y,

a n d s t r i c t d i s c ip l ine will b e m a i n t a i n e d in aC h ri st ia n a tm o sp he re . W e an t i c ipa te hav ing a no t h e r m i s s i o n a r y fa m ily jo in u s in t h i s w o r k fo rth e p u rp o se o f t a k i n g o v e r th e s u p e r v i s i o n o f t h ea c a d e m i c a n d a d m in i s t r a t i v e w o r k o f t h e s e

s c h o o l s

D O Y O U

N E E D A L I V I N G - L I N K M I S S I O N A R Y ?

T h e B o u d r e a u x s

a re in need o f a pp ro xi m at el y 200 month ly

support . Curren t ly th is a m o u n t is being

t a k e n f rom th e C hr is ti an H ig h S ch oo l fu nd .

If rep laced th is a m o u n t could be used for

e q ui p me n t, c o n st ru c ti o n, and p u r h se o f

m o r e land . I f y ou a r e In te res ted ple ase con

t a c t S id and M a r y personal ly, o r Rober t P .

Ol so n , F o r w a r d i n g Age n t .


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C H R I S T I A N H I G H S C H O O L P R O J E C T

Th e cha l lenge of e sta bli sh in g C hr is ti an H ig hSchool s in t he Cagayan Val ley Is on e t h a t thri l lsou r souls. W e would l ike to s h are w ith you th ep la ns , p urp os es , an d p rog ress o f the Christ ianHigh Schools up ito this point .

T h e plan is to o b ta in sev era l la rg e acreageso f l and anywhere in th e C a g a y a n Valley w h e r e w ecan establish h igh schools t h a t will b e su pp orte den t i r e ly b y th e ag r icu l tu ra l p roduc t s an d l ives tockproduced on th e farms. S u c h a plan is ent i relyfeasible in th e Ph i l ipp ines fo r seve ra l reasons .F i r s t n ea riy a ll o f t hose w h o o b t a i n a h ig h sch o o leduca t ion h e re d o so in p riv ate schoo l s such a s wepropose. Second, all s tuden t s who go to highschool h av e to pay t ui ti on , w h ic h is th e way thesepr iva te schools are sup porte d. T hird , t here a rethousands of y ou ng p eo ple th roughout the Phil ip

p ines who n eve r h av e th e opportunity t o g e t ahigh school ed uca tio n sim ply because the ir paren ts are too poor to send them. This is the th ingtha t rea lly makes th e establ ishment of theseschools such a g r e a t o p po rt u ni ty. S in c e the re a r eso m any young people who cannot go to highsc ho ol fo r fin an cia l re as on s, if there were schoolsw he re t he y could go and earn t he i r way, hundredsw o u ld com e from a l l over th i s a r e a j u s t b e c a u s ea place is available where they can work theirway through high school.

T he p rim ary purpose fo r th e establishment oft hese schools is evangel is t ic . I am sure t h a t each

of t h e se schoo l s wil l a t t r a o t s ev er al h un dr ed s t udents each year. A t least 80 pe r cent of that nu mb e r will n o t b e C hr is ti an s when they come. Bibleclasses will be taught every day, and we will havean e va ng el is t w ork in g w ith each school; consequently, most of tha t 80 pe r cent will be wo n toChris t . W e h av e le arn ed from o u r experiences inthe Seminary tha t the first th in g the se new conver t s will wan t us to do is to go to thei r homesto preach to itheir parents. When v go we willnot only preach to their parents. Their friendsand r e la t ives wil l come i n and wil l hear the Gospe l also. Therefore, every convert in th e highschools will give us th e opportunity of reaching

several fa milie s f or the Lord, and e ve ry villa gefrom w hich the y come will be an opportunity fo rth e e sta blish men t of a N ew Te s t a m e n t church.W e a re confident t h a t th e evangel is t ic w o r k inthis area will be multiplied several times o ver ifwe can ge t on e or two of these schools establ i s h e d

S e ve ra l o th er good things will come from th ees t ab l i shmen t of t hese schools also. Righ t now w ehave to main ta in tw o departm ents in the S e m i naryone is for non-h igh-schoo l graduates. We willbe able to elim inate th is depar tm en t w h en wehave the high schools. They ca n no longer say, W e can not afford to go to high school, fo r weca n answ er them, Oh, yes, you can. Here is ahigh school where you ca n earn your way. Thus,

th e ca l ibe r of ou r Semina ry s t u d e n t s wil l b e g r e a tly improved. N ot o nly will t hey have a h ig h s ch oo leduca t ion , b u t they wil l ob ta in a good b asic k no wl edge of th e B ib le fro m th e c la sses t a u g h t dur ingthe i r h igh schoo l yea r s . Also, m an y s tu de nt s willgo right ou t of the high schools in to the .Seminary, a nd thus t h e schoo l s will a c t a s feed ers fort h e S e m i n a r y.

O ne of the reason s th e people of th i s a r e aar e so poor is b ec au se m o s t of th em a re farmers .According t o g ov er nm en t s ta ti st ic s, th e annual income of th e ave ra ge fa rm fami ly i n the Ph i l ipp inesis 200. Th is m ay be hard fo r m a n y o f yo u to evenimagine; nevertheless i t i s t rue . There are sevenpeople in th e average Filipino family. One of th er easons the f a rmers a re so poor is th e an t iqua tedmethods of farming tha t they use. W e will have

to use the bes t and m ost up-to-date farm methodstha t can be used in the Phi l ippines on the fa rmsc on ne ct ed w ith t hese high schools if we are tomake these schools real ly support themselves .T he s t u d e n t s will l ea rn these methods a n d wil lc ar ry w ha t they learn back to their fathers ' farms.They will be able to farm much more land thant he ir f at he rs w ere able to ; and in so doing, theywill vastly improve their ow n economic conditionsat th e same time improving th e e co no mic c ondit ions of the churches. I t shou ld no t be too longbefore th e churches will be able to s up po rt t he irow n preachers, as well as the Seminary, and manyother actiA^ties n ec es sa ry t o th e spreading of th eGospel o f C hri st .

In reporting on the recent progress of th eC hr is ti an H ig h Schools, we are happy to informyou that we have title to sixty acres in Pamplona 30 miles bu t a half-day s journey west ofAparri. In Esitefania in the Baggao a re a, a bo ut 3hours south of Aparri, we have si xty a cr es, also,an d a rice crop p lanted the re . A few miles northand east of Estefania is the property a t Baggaowhere we hope to establish th e f irst agr icul tu ra lC hr is ti an H ig h School. This property a t Baggaois particularly rich an d fertile an d we hope to ge ta crop planted there this year.

The Filipino brethren are joyously anticipatingth e o pen ing of .the high schools. They are co nvinced as we a re tha t they vrill mean much to th ew ork of the Lord here . W e need regu lar pledgeds up po rt u nt il a ll th e land is in production an d ableto s upp ort th e high schools; will you be movedto share this great work with us? W e seek yourprayers daily in behalf of th e Chrisitian HighSchoolswe need th e L o r d ' s bless ing a nd oversight. G if ts sh ou ld be designated: FOR CHRISTIA N HIGH SCHOOLS, and se n t to R o bert P.Olson, f or w ar di ng a g en t.


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U P T O D T E

U P T O D T E - B O U D R E U X SNo w perhaps you d appreciate a bit of infor

m at io n a bo ut th e f am ili es w ho s e r v e o n t h e N o r t hern L uz on M is si on field. I t has been j u s t a yea rs ince S id an d M a r j Bo u d reau x an d t he i r fou rchildren a r r ived from the Sta t e s . W h a t a busy,ac t i o n -p ack ed y e ar t h i s h a s b e e n A dj us ti ng to a

d i f f e r en t w ay o f l i fe is a so met imes bewilder ingprocess , b u t th e B oudre a ux s seem to h av e fa redwell in ithis respect . T h e y have co me to love th eFil ip ino people and th ei r work. S id h a s b e e n ve rybusy, su pe rv is in g th e p la ntin g o f c ro p s , ob ta in ingin fo rma t ion r eg ard in g seed, s oi ls , e tc ., in p re p a rat ion fo r th e es t ab l i shment of the C hr is ti an H ig hSchools. Mar j h a s ta u g h t in th e Semin ary an dw r i t ten l e s s ons fo r t h e p r in t in g work-a l thoughs in ce h e r b ou t w ith h ep ati t is l a s t s u m m e r she isrest r ic ted to t each in g only o n e Semina ry classt h i s y ear, an d a min imu m amount o f writ ing . T hefour B o ud ie au x c hi ld re n thr ive i n th i s t rqp icalclime, g ro w in g robust and hea l thy a nd enrichingt h ei r u n de rs ta n di ng o f a d i f f e r en t people an d lang u ag e w ith eve ry day exper iences .

U P T O D T E - S E L B Y ST h i s m arks the e ig h teen th yea r of s e rv ic e To r

C ha r le s an d Ro b er ta Selby. Ch ar les h a s a ful lteaching load in the S em in a ry, b e si de s th e d ut ie so f d m i n i s t r a t o r a n d De a n , a n d c o - o r d i n a t o r o f

the evangelis t ic work in the Cagayan Valley.

R ob er ta s til l su f fers f ro m m i g r a n e h ea da ch es a nd

sev ere p ain resu ltin g from hepat i t i s th ree year s

ag o b u t w o r k s d i l i g en t l y a s s h e i s able . W e a s k

your prayers t h a t h e r recovery to health may be

complete and soon. T h e i r chi ldren a re nearlyg ro w n now an d sca t te red as h a p p e n s w h e n child

r en reach th e a dul t stage, only w ith m issionary

families i t happens sooner Lloyd is a tten din gLincoln Christ ian College a t Lincoln, Rlinois;Rick and Ro b ar e in Faith Academy in Manila,Rick as a senior, Ro b as. a sophomore. Rick en -Joys th e honor of be ing C anteen Direc tor and

plays th e piano o fte n for chapel. Rob is a memberof the Varsi ty basketball team^Rick is Manager.

H O W Y OU C AN H E L P

Ou r grea t n eed rig ht no w is regular pledgedsuppor t fo r the work a s a whole or in any of th efour d i f f e r en t phases of i t discussed a bo ve . B el owis a n es t imate of o ur m on th ly budget, , t ak in g i ntoconsideration, a nt ic ip at ed g ro wth in al l ph ases.

I. S B M I N A f RY -

SS0.00 p er mo n th . T h is i nc lu de s up-keepo n bu ildings a n d grounds , Facu l tysa la r ies (m o s t o f whic h m u s t b es lig h tly in c re ased so o n ) . DiningH a l l expenses , etc .

B V N G B L r S T I C W O R K -

400.00 per .month. T he g re at es t s ha re ofth i s goes i n the form o f h e lp t o t h ep r e a c h e r s o f the a re a w h o a r e no ty e t : fully supported by th e churchesto w h i c h t h e y min i s t e r.

C L O S I N G

I would l ike to olose as I o p en ed ask in g t h a t

yo u share not only the re sum e of this work fo r

God, b ut the burden of it , also , in y ou r p ra ye rs

and gifts. W e need bo th pray ers and gif ts in a

v e r y r e a l w ay.

I I I . PRBNTIING W O R K - 300.00 per month. T his is fo r salaries

of printers, and supplies, th e greatest pa rt by far being f or s up pl ie s.

TV . H I G H S C H O O L S -

. 500;00 pe r month. This will go fo r development of farm projects, erectio n of buildings, and salaries unt i lthe farm schools are self-supporting.

V . G B N ER A L M I SS IO N E X P E N S E S - 250.00 p er month . Thi s includes office

expenses here and in th e States,Mission e qu ip me nt , su pp li es, postag e , t r av e l e xp en se s, e tc .

As y ou can see, th is budget is qui te a largeon e to me e t ea ch m on th w ith ou t a goodly numberof p le dg ed g if ts . J u s t fo r ty m onthly pledges of 50 .0 0 eacdi or 2 000 a month would m e e t thisbudget . W e pray t h a t e a c h church, Su n d ay S ch o o lclass , an d individual will do w h a t h e can to su pp o rt t h e work .

M A I L I N G D D R E S S E S

Philippine Mission Churches of ChristP. O . B o x 4 9

A p ar ri , C ag ay an , Philippines

FORWARDING AGENT

ROBERT P. OLSON1 6 6 0 AMESBURY RD-

TOLEDO OHIO 43612


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;: : ; ; share ivithi vou in- thi's^ lettei Tn aa -1 rt V i.Roberta had a very se vere illnefiR tViaf j. j , , is le t ter. In early. October,.ôj rv .; r^2 > ri, ' - > acted a g r e a t deal l ike Chbrer^ ' ' i It was not Cholera, but the treatment for it was iust the same tk- .7^ a great deal. Since the latter part of Auaust she has h tc' ^ ack wejikened hercation that, . apd:the.pain,,eyentuaaiy,,bega on her la vlf He^- r r s > 2 f e S S : 3 i S S ; a S a S ? particularly a Neurologic w variousher into a decerit hospital wi'tll a private room A fe a J week and coiild hot get. o.,v.j e ;: t x ^ z send her to Hdustori to go throuffh the~ Hmmm., L a- , , ' asking us to

-M-edica':Reidard& CeiWri' iS of the foreniost- ''heiitittSdiiteiy:a d S S t h ^ mentionedthis tO DoctorfnifanBa.might ^t:bd'4e:l, ho wasafmidon Nov. i4fh, arrived in Los 'anafaioe fv. j anila, ahyway; She left Manila

whateverthe7os^^#^s^ ^ ^ i ' ' DiatnbeoomesmeceSsary.but we feel th^' ^ 'Her Vsse:^s ''thejDpc^qrsriiereb^fl ewith her Vravei '

;t - v .W ? wil l , a p p . ,

College.RkeS'^^sS Houston Christian^-heôdh aKt^ Schooldn-:Manilaan d :^în a^k^Sed 7 . e n t t h J s u r e but if it resultsLord th^ it was'ossSF' strength.and,:energy,Ôr.Roberta^ Oatfonlypraise tiie-''

ThoughûrTtLenTbo dy ^ smal^rthanulu^th ''^ ^ AparriBibleSeminarschoolyear. About7 J --g - very finein fhe-plês wteiTiEv S^bL evangelisticrheei^ngsway ^they are taking the initiattve' i n 5 pibased with' tife- ;ay^-tHey SJie tgking thd initiativrin the, me weeg-ends. We; are pl'eased with tlfeguidincekf Marj BoîâS^publlshef The studehts? undertheAMBASSAribR'Vthis past month This vpTy fineâssue.of the .schoolpape'r, THE ;fachlty'Bkfof^'we 4ent^^ Auf fa f t i publicationof^the stiidehtbody andlish67^ncy^ddP7Ill7'';^ t h e first

but therk are' encouraging thines' S 'Evangelistic wOrk has; slowed ddwn'a bit,belg'-'has-ciaiifeda prefchfr toômâ^d' O f'ihdChnrchesiii lea^providing'hiki Add arestill receive help from the LssL4 fie ^vi-*n.fc.


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^ We have th e ^12 x ;18^ inch l^ working now n d e i n g dcoh i t iat tbe present ^nae. It 19 jdoing a very ôrod joti of |)rinHrig and we are sure t}is only the beginning ofva long l ineppf p rinted matter that Wte ^^11 be putting but oh .along with the mater ia ls that we will print on the Multilith. We still h eed rn or e suppi.for th e l et te r p re ss an d hope to be able to get those soon. Some h'cjhipment i s heededfor the Mult il ith also, which, if we could get it, would enable Us tb use the photographicprocesss to-its Mle^t ^ênt,; Plans, are being made to begin the publication Of a ihontl^y._paper ih Ilo.cano by thî^flrst of the. year and sbver^ other things arê ih prepaypublic a i n a l s o . . ^

Some re^ly excitihg developments, are taking piabe in r^ghrd to th4 establishment biChristian High Schools^ i n ihe -Gagayah Valley, i n some Of bur recent Ib^tters we h^meritibned that fniany^. revuests. have, been r ec e iv e d f or the est ablishhiieht of Chris t ianHigh Scnbble wMch-^piild bei supported by t ui ti on p aid by th e s^dehta. We have just recently .received, word. l^ the Mayor, of Angadanan'-rsaBelai i^^^willing to give us a parcel of land in the barrfc^ of iEdcor, a v er y p ro gr eg si ve Bariioj wHchîs^^ about to be- .corne a town. This , .barr | .p. i g i l oca t ed in - a very- prosperOus amd populous far rnm a r e a o fIsabela, and is onp_ of the^ projects of the -late Preeideht Magsaysay fo r the resettlementof th e former Hu^cs, (the Communists; of the -Philippiiiee')i I n p r e a c h e rin that, area, . IfvyOu cap establishfia Christian High-SchObl^there; you mil help mesolye^ a; Ibt of pay problems',', j This we feel is n XSod giVSn opl)brtu We also have thbopportunity of . o^t^nipg v parcel:of rland; in barHb

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