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HRIST IAN

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HURCH

THE

ASSISTING MISSIONARIES

N o . 1 9

MINISTRY OF

H RVEY

ND

HELEN

E RD

Ma r c h

1 9 8 5

FEDER ICO

BUENO

Federico Bu e n o h a s written

to

u s

re

c en t l y , u rg ing

t h a t

we make

it

pos s i b l e

fo r

h im to visit the lands of the Bible We

wi l l

need abou t 2,000 fo r

t h i s

purpose .

We

quo t e f rom B ro . B ueno 's letter:

I am aware

of the

gre a t

amount o f

mon

ey

t h a t

i s

needed

fo r

t h i s

p la n , bu t

I am

also awa r e o f th e u n l im i t e d

r e s o u r c e s

and

b less ings

of

our

Heavenly Fa the r . I am

po s i t i v e l y con f i d en t He cou ld

make

th e im

pos s i b l e

pos s i b l e .

He cou ld touch th e

hearts of

H is children

who h a v e the

mean s

and love to he lp

in th e

mate r i a l i z a t i on

o f

t h i s nob le

p l a n .

So, I am j u s t pra i s ing and thanking

the Lord ,

knowing t h a t

He has a l re ady an

swered my praye r

according to

His r evea l ed

promises : ' The re fo r e

I

tell you ,

wha teve r

you ask in

p raye r ,

be l i eve t h a t you have

r e ce ived

it

and

it wi l l

be

yours '

(Mark

11 :24 , NIV). 'And my God wi l l

meet

all

your needs accord ing

to h is

g lo r ious

r i ches

in

C hris t J e su s '

( P hi li pp ia n s 4 :1 9 ).

Ame n

G i f t s t o he lp Bro . Bueno ach i eve h is

noble

plan may be s en t

t o our

fo rward ing

agen t . Be su re to d es ig na te f or Buen o F un d

0

FEDERICO

AND

CRESCENCIA

BUENO

BOOKS

FOR

APARRI

Several

boxes

of b o o k s have

been

for

warded t o Aparr i B ib le Seminary

By

th e

Parkcres t Chr is ti an Ch u r c h .

M rs . D ia n e

Bradf i e ld

has

ag reed to a t t end t o th e de

tails o f

fo rward ing th e books .

Our

t h anks

to friends in the Christian

Chu r c h

of W il

lows

Ca l i f ,

who s e n t books fo r

Apa r r i .

The l i b r a r i a n at P a c if ic C h r is ti an Col l ege

a l s o

s e l e c t e d

some su rp l u s books and mai l ed

them t o

Apar r i .

Books

g iven fo r th e

Apar r i

Bib l e Seminary l i b r a r y may

be b ro ug ht o r

sent

to

Parkcrest

Christian

Ch u r c h at the

address of

this newsletter

Gr ound w as

b r o k e n

Mar ch

8 for

the

new

seminary bu i l d i ng at La l - l o .

Th i s

bu i l d i ng

w i l l

have a l a r g e r ,

more adequate l i b r a r y

r o om ,

and

will need s u i t a b l e

books

f o r its

she l ve s . B ib le s tu dy

books o f all

k inds

conco rdance s , commen t a r i e s ,

Bib l e

d i c t i o n

a r i e s ,

and

e nc yc lo pa ed ia s, B ib le

a t l a s e s

c i r chaeo logy

books ;

and books on

church work

and preach ing , B ib le sc ho ol work , etc can

b e used B ooks o n

the

Biblical

I a n -

guages a re

a l s o

we l cometex t s , d i c t i on

a r i e s ,

l ex i con s ,

grammars , concordances .

Books on

mis s ion s and

b i o g r aph i e s

o f

g r e a t

Chr is tians are also

we l c om e . Back

issues

o f N at io na l

Geograph ic can be

used ,

espe

c i a l l y

t ho se

t h a t

have c i r t i c l e s

abou t

B ib l e

l ands . Books in

Engl ish

axe OK s ince Eng

l i sh

i s th e l anguage o f h ig he r

educa t ion

in

th e Ph i l i pp in e s .


2/16

ON

RETURNING

TO APARRI

We

a re looking forward t o

our

r e t u r n ,

fo r

we

have many f r i end s t h e r e .

As

an ex

ample

of

the young people

we

wi l l be work

ing wi th , we p re sen t the p i c tu r e

o f

th e 3

gi r l s s inging toge the r .

They

are Liiz de

Ocampo, Jovy

A lonz o a nd

Paz

Les t ino . They

were s inging a t the

Rhe to r ica l

Li t e ra ry

Socie ty program on Feb .

4 ,

1983.

The i r

song

was I Love

My

Saviour .

Domingo

Tal lud

accompan ied

on th e gu i t a r .

RLS

TRIO S INGS; LUZ,

JOVY, PAZ

The young man and woman

pic tured

here

a re now man

and wi fe ,

a l t hough t hey were

no t mar r i ed

when t h i s p i c tu r e was made

on

Feb.

20,

1981. Jemet i s th e

daugh te r

o f

Mrs. Rosa Da l i l i s ,

th e

Seminary

Lib r a r i a n .

Edison

Marquez was

a

very capable

s tuden t

d urin g th e

3

years

of

our ea r l i e r s tay in

Apar r i . He

cons i s ten t ly

go t

high

marks in

a l l o f h is s ub je cts . He i s now on the fac

ul ty

o f

Aparr i Bible Seminary, teaching

Bible sub j e c t s .

EDISON

AND

JANET DALILIS M RQU Z

Our

t r a v e l

p lan s a re no t

y e t

in

f i n a l

form,

bu t we

plan

to

l eave

Long Beach May

29

o r

30,

and

a r r i ve

in

Man ila Ju ne

5 .

FAMILY AFFAIRS

By Helen

The

days go f ly ing by , and

we

h a v e s o much to b e thankful for.

I t i s

o f

J ehovah s

l ov ingk indnes s

that

we

a re

n o t consumed ,

because h is

compass ions

fail nb t .

They

a re

new every morning;

g r e a t i s thy

f a i t h fu lne s s .

~Iam. 3:22 23

We f ind

t h i s

s c r i p tu r e

f u l f i l l e d da i l y

in ou r l i v e s .

How

we p r a i s e God

fo r

His

fa i t h fu lness

and

His

b l e s s i ng s

in s p i te

o f

o ur w e ak ne ss es a n d

failures. We

l o o k to

the

Lord

fo r guid2mce

and

wisdom and He has

a s s i s t ed

us

in a

mul t i t ude o f ways.

Righ t

now

we a r e look ing fo rward t o r e t u r n ing t o

th e

Ph i l i pp i ne s fo r

ano the r

ye a r . Harvey

wi l l teach in Apaar-ri BibleSeminaryand1_

wi l l f ind work to do. I pa r t i c u l a r l y enjoy

v i s i t i n g

th e s i ck

o f

th e Apar r i congrega

t i o n .

I*m

famous

fo r wr i t i ng

l e t t e r s ,

and

the re i s p len ty o f

t h a t t o

do.

I love t o

keep up wi th th e fami ly and let them know

what we a re

doing; and meiny

f r i ends a re

mindft i l

o f

u s ,

aind I f e e l th at

t hey

dese rve

to hear

f r om

us.

Ev e n we are in

the s am e

t own we

don t

g e t

to see our fam ily a s

much

as

we

would l i k e , because t hey are

na tu r a l l y

busy

and we a r e , t oo . But t h e r e

a r e

t ho s e spec

ial

occas ion s when

b i r t hday s

come, and

s e a sona l c e l e b r a t i o n s ,

t oo .

Somet imes we

ge t to t ake care of

Sarah

and Amy

ages

cind

1 ,

and

t h a t

i s

pirce

de l i gh t .

One

day

we h a d

T r e s s a

an d Anne

come o v e r

for

l u n c h .

They a re 13 and 11 . We

took

a

walk

over to

th e

S t a t e Unive rs i t y amd

s a t down on a hill

t h e r e , where

we could

see

Mt.

San Antonio

very

c l ea r l y .

I t o l d the g i r l s a

couple

o f

s t o r i e s and we

had

p r aye r . One

t ime Kar-

c e l l a and Mike cam e by t o

see

u s .

We

see

Kirsen and Ron

at chu rch , and Kirsen at

work. Joshua and

Matthew,

ages

13

2md

10 ,

spen t th e n ig ht with us once ,

euid I

always

tell t hem stories. Once I we n t to t h e

Lakewood

shopping mal l

t o see Heather where

she

was

work ing .

The

Roo t

c h i ld re n a re a little far f rom

u s , b u t

l a s t

June

four

o f

them came down

fo r

a few

days and we had

a

good t ime .

It

was

Joy s f i f th b i r thday

and we

had

all

the

family

we

could ge t toge the r fo r

a

ce l eb ra

t i on fo r he r . In Februa ry

I

f lew

wi th

P i edmon t A ir L in e s to b e wi t h M2ir tha in

Sa l t v i l l e , Va. fo r

th e

b i r t h

o f

t h e i r sec

ond

ch i l d .

Emi l i e

Grace

was bo rn

two

days

a f t e r

I a r r i v e d . I

took ca re o f Abiga i l

a n d c o ok ed fo r

Dav i d wh i l e Ma r t h a w as in


3/16

the

h o s p i t a l .

It ^was

a ,, g en uin e

p l e a s u r e

f o r

me

to

b e w i t h

t h a t

Van Wormer f a m i l y .

E m i l i e

i s p u r 1 7 t h g r a u i d c h i l d .

J u s t r e c e n t l y

we

have

majored on

v i s i t

ing Hsurvey s side of

the

family. Emily

Horton

i s

with h e r daughte r Diane Dixon i n

S2Uita

A n a . We visited

there. T h e n w e w e n t

t o

Maurysville t o

see h i s s i s t e r Elizadjeth,

a n d

to

C a r m e l

to

s e e

his

sister

F l o r e n c e .

We

e ^ e c t t o

see

h i s b r o t h e r Robert when

he

comes t h i s way

from Tucson,

Arizona,

where

he

i s

v i s i t i n g h i s s o n s . He w i l l

be

r e t u r n

ing t o

h i s

home

i n Hayfork,

C a l i f o r n i a .

Recen tly Robertas wife

P e a r l

l e f t us t o be

w i t h

t h e Lord. R o b e r t a s d a ug h te r, E il ee n

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

auid

family a r e with us whi le

on

a s h o r t

furlough

frcan J ap am , whe re they

s e r v e a s

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

We have

a wonderfu l

p r o d u c t i o n o f

sweet

peas

i n bloom, auid I have

g r e a t

pleasure i n

d i s t r i b u t i n g

t h e

f lowers

here and t h e r e .

This year o ur flowe rin g q uin ce bush i s

th e

m o s t beautiful t h a s e v e r

b e e n .

y

experience i n

teaching

the 4 - y e a r -

o l d s i n

B i b l e

S c h o o l

h a s

been e x c i t i n g .

Just when I t h in k t h e c h i l d r e n

a r e

restless

auid no t paying

a t t e n t i o n

t o my s t o r y ,

why,

a

c h i l d

t a k e s

hold o f ny hand or one o f

them

looks up auid smiles a t me, and I melt

r i g h t

t h e r e and th ink t h a t t h i s i s worth

while.

If we au:e n o t home i n

Long Beach ,

come

cuid s e e us i n t h e P h i l i p p i n e s ; o r if you

czin

t

come,

w r i t e

us

a

l e t t e r ;

b u t

above

a l l , do

pray

for u s ,

t h a t

we cein

be

o f

some

use in t h e kingdom while

we aure i n

t h e

P h i l i p p i n e s .

CHURCH

D U T I E S

^ Heurvey-was-elected-again

a s

an

e l d e r

a t

th e P a r kc re st

Church,

o v e r h i s p r o t e s t

t h a t

he would be

l e a v i n g

i n t h e middle o f t h e

yezir.

One of th e thin gs th e e ld er s had b een

plauining was a r e t r e a t , a

t i m e

t o

g e t away

f o r planning auid p r a y e r . The

t ime f i n a l l y

s e l e c t e d f o r this was

F e b .

1 - 2 , a n d t h e

p l a c e ,

Big

Beetr.

In

w i n t e r B ig Bear

i s

a

w i n t e r wonder land , and

we

a r r i v e d t o

f i n d

l o t s

o f

snow. The t e m p e r a t u r e s t a y e d

a t

a b o u t

19

F , and s e v e r a l

i n c h e s o f snow

f e l l during our s t a y . The

time spent

with

e a c h

o t h e r

and w i t h

t h e Lord

was

good.

On

F e b . 2 0 , when Roger was away a t

a

c o n f e r e n c e ,

he asked Harvey t o le a d t h e

Wednesday

n i g h t Bible s t u d y . After th e

meet ing , Haurvey

went t o t h e

a i r p o r t t o meet

Helen a s s h e r e t u r n e d from h e r s t a y i n V i r

g i n i a .

V I S I T I N G MISSIONARIES

The Warren C h r i s t i a n s o n family a r r i v e d

from Japaui on Saturday, Jan. 12. We zuid

Evelyn

Miller went t o see them girrive a t

the a i r p o r t .

That

evening a t

6:30

Gordon

C l i f f o r d s work, C h r i s t i a n Mission P r e s s ,

had

a

d i n n e r meet ing a t t h e P a r k c r e s t

Church.

We a t t e n d e d

t h a t

meet ing and v i s

i t e d w i t h a ntunber

o f

f r i e n d s we h a d known

over

the years

in

the

mission

work

in

Baja

California.

Monday, March 11 we v i s i t e d with Eugene

an d H elen M orse ,

along

w i t h

t h e i r son Tom

md

h i s

f i n a n c e s

Debbie ;Brown-.> who h a d r e

c e n t l y came

from

Thailzuid. She had com

p l e t e d

a term

o f

s e r v i c e in Zaunbia before

they became

engaged. They

met

in Des

Moines at

t h e

1984

N a t i o n a l

M i s s i o n a r y Con

vent ion

where they 2uid

S h i r l e y

Toledo

P h i l i p p i n e s ) conducted

a

workshop

on

Serving

Without

A Mate. After becoming

engaged

they

both returned

t o t h ei r mission

f i e l d s i n A f r i c a a n d A s i a . Then

D e b b i e

spent s^ome time with the

Morse

faunily

i n

Thailand

t o g e t acquainted with

th e

people

a n d t h e c u l t u r e . Tom auid D e b b i e

will

b e

meorried t h i s s p r i n g . Eugene

an d Hele n w i l l

be a b l e

t o

a t t e n d

t h e

wedding b e f o r e th e y

r e t u r n

t o

Chaing Mai

t o

resume t h e i r work.

THE SELBY

FURLOUGH

Char les

and Rob erta S elb y

a r e spending

t h e first month o f t h e i r

f u r l o u g h

i n

C a l i

f o r n i a

w i t h

f r i e n d s a n d relatives. T h e i r

son

Rob

is

i n

C a m a r i l l o .

On

A p r i l

14

B r o .

Selby

w i l l

be t h e

f e a t u r e d s p e a k e r

a t

P a r k -

c r e s t s Spr ing Missions Faii and

Interna

tional

Pot Luck.

A SUNDAY S E M I N A R

Harvey was

i n v i t e d ,

t o

_

t h e Del

Am

C h r i s t i e u i Chxirch i n Torramce , Where P a u

Magnuson

m i n i s t e r s , t o

conduc t

t h r e e

t e a c h

in g

s e s s i c n s

on th e Old

Testaunent,

on Maurch

3 .

H i s

t h e m e was t h e C o n t e s t o f t h e G o d s

i l l u s t r a t e d

first by t h e t e n

p l a g u e s

i n

Egypt ,

where

Jehovah

showed

His

power o v e

t h e

f a l s e

gods

o f

Egypt .

A

second

i l l u s

t r a t i o n

was

th e power o f God t o withhold

r a i n ,

o r t o send it i n answer t o E l i j a d i s

p r a y e r s . God a l s o s e n t t h e f i r e t o consume

E l ij ah s s a cr if ic e , while B a a l s p r o p h e t s

r e c e i v e d n o

au iswer at

all.

T h e third

l u s t r a t i o n

of

th e power

o f th e

t r u e

God

i s

t h e

a b i l i t y t o p r e d i c t th e f u tu re

a s s e e n

i n

I s a i a h

40-48. Jehovah p r e d i c t e d

i n de

tail t h e coming o f Cyrus, king

o f

P e r s i a

even

t o

g i v i n g h i s name. The i d o l s were un

able

to

utter a w o r d .


4/16

ROGER

LEADS CHRISTMAS DEVOTION

SARAH

WATCHES

THE CAND LES

CHRISTMAS 1 9 8 4

The Parkcrest Chu r ch h ad a children s

program Sunday,

Dec.

9 . On

Dec.

16

Brad ley s shepherd ing group The Brad

ey

Bunch) to

which Harvey and H elen belong

ad a

progre ss ive

d inne r .

Roger Koerner

a

splendid

Christmas

mus ic p rogr am

2 3 ,

wi t h

comb ined c h o i r s o f P a r k c r e s t

F i r s t

Chr i s t i an Church o f I r v i ne , a long

orchestra an d handbell choir On

De c .

4

the

ch urc h h ad

a

cand le l igh t

Christmas

ve program. On Chr i s tmas Day i n th e even

ng our

f am i ly , all who

a re

in Long Beach ,

a t

Roger s

house fo r d inne r and

exchange . Af te r d inner Roger le d

de -

U.S. MailingAddress:

P.O. Box

15327

Long Beach, CA

90815-0327

Field Address:

P.O. Box

49

Aparri Cagayan 1118

Philippines

ForwardingAgent:

Mrs. Evelyn Miller

10317 Eudora Avenue

Buena Park CA 90620

Parkcres t Chris t ian

Church

5950

Parkcres t Street

Long Beach CA 90808

Address

Correction Requested

vo t i ons

in honor o f J es u s b ir th d ay .

Then

th e g i f t s were p resen ted and

opened.

The

s even t een

Beards

all

managed

t o

be t h e r e

at

th e

s ame t i m e .

THE

DAVID

BEARD

FAMILY;

Clockwi s e ,

HEATHER, SHARON, DAVID,

MATTHEW

JOSHUA

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STATEMENT

Balance

December

1984

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B

ARKCREST

Christian

Church

THE

ASSISTING MISSIONARIES

N o . 20

MINISTRV OF

H RVEY

ND

HELEN

E RD

June 1 9 8 5

HELEN ' S

NOTES

Everyone

has

a chance

t o

look

back

w ard s, and

fo rw ard , to o

We had

a l o t

of

p rec ious t imes with

our

ch i ld ren and many

s pec i a l f r i e nd s

and occas ion s be f o r e we

l e f t on May 29 t o come t o

th e

Ph i l i pp in e s .

Our daugh te r s ,

Puth

and Martha t r ave led

t housands o f mi le s t o g e t t o see us be fo re

we

l e f t

the St a t e s . We

apprec i a t ed

t h i s .

We had

fami ly

ge t - t oge t he r s

and

Pa rkc r e s t

Church honored

us .

Many gave

us

spec i a l

g i f t s .

The shepherding group

we

belonged t o

was

The

Brad ley Bunch , and

th ey p la nn ed

a

s pec i a l even ing wi th

g i f t s fo r

u s . Our

daugh te r s - in - l aw

made s p e c i a l even t s :

Kaye

cooked a g r e a t

t u rkey

d i nne r , Sharon t ook

me shopping

and

ou t f i t t e d me wi th such

n ice

c l o t h e s , and

Jeann ie served

eve rybody

del-^

icious b a r b e c u e d

chicken. T h e r e

we r e about

20 t o see us o f f

at

th e

a i r p o r t

in L .A. ,

which was n i c e , and when

we

a r r i v ed in

Mani l a

t h e r e

were 8

o f ou r

mis s iona ry

f r i e nd s t n

g r e e t

ns .

We flew in a Boeing

747 with 480 passenge r s and tons o f

baggage

It s

a

mi r a c l e how

a

p lane can

s t ay

in

th e

air

with a load li ke that

We s t ayed in Manila a few days at

th e

McKinneys*. Lorr i t a makes a min is t ry o f

EDISON, JANET HARVEY

JED

MARQUEZ

a s s i s t i n g miss iona r i e s

t h a t

come

and go

our

f r om Manila.

The a l l - d ay

bus

trip t o Apa r r i was

c om f o r t a b l e a s

we

had

an

air-cooled

b u s ,

We

were met wi th

hugs

at

th e

ga t e

o f th e

Sem inary and even a

band

o f

little

ch i ld ren

led by

Ca ro ly n B ou dr ea ux . We

went t o see

Harvey Jed

Marquez r i g h t away.

He was two

weeks o ld

and

named

a f t e r

Harvey . What a

compl iment

We've

had a

welcome

pa r t y

and

we 've

renewed

acqua in tances in th e

town,

I s a iah

42:12 says , Let

them

g ive

glory unto Jehovah and declare h is p ra is e

in

th e i s l and s .

That i s why

we

are

here

in the island of Lu z o n . We

l o o k

into the

fu tu re

days

with

a hope

t h a t

we

can por t ray

J e su s

and

lift Him up by t e ach ing

His

Word.

Our first Lord ' s Day a t

th e

Apar r

Church

was a

p l ea su r e . Romeo

Gorospe

preached th e se rmon us ing some

Eng l i sh

a -

long wi th

I lo c a no . A fte r t h e

chu rch s e r

v i c e

all

th e

miss iona r i e s

ga the r ed

at M/M

Roger Fle t che r ' s

house

fo r p rayer

meet ing

and

d inne r

t oge t h e r .

Af t e r

th e

p r aye r s , we

ga t h e r e d a r ound th e

t a b e l

fo r

rice, po r k

adobo, vege tab le s s a l a d ,

and

bread . The

d inne r was pa r t l y t o welcome

us

and pa r t l y

t o c e l e b r a t e Lloyd

Se lby ' s

b i r t h d a y . For

de s se r t the re was b ir th da y ( ca rro t) cake

a n d ice c r e am .

We do no t f o rge t ou r church in Long

Beach. Our

p r aye r s

a re

mingled with t h a t

church pe rpe tu a l l y .

We don ' t f o rge t ou r

fami ly and f r i end s ; ou r p r aye r s con t i nue

for those

we

love.


6/16

W ELC OM ING

I N A P A R R I

On o u r f i r s t m orni ng i n A p a r r i we w e n t

t o town t o b u y

some

n e c e s s i t i e s . We w e n t

f i r s t t o

Prudencia

P e n e y r a s

Drug

S t o r e

w h i c h

h a s b e e n t r a n s f o r m e d

i n t o

a r e f r e s h

m e n t p a r l o r . P r u d i n g a n d

h e r n i e c e ,

L i nda

welcomed us and s e r v e d us

a

d e l i g h t f u l

mango d r i n k ,

w i t h

some d e l i c i o u s F i l i p i n o

f o o d .

We

w e n t t o

t h e b a k e r y ,

w here one

o f

t h e

g i r l s

welcomed

He l e n

w i t h a h u g . I n

t h e market p l a c e

s he

wa s welcomed by an

o t h e r

f r i e n d ,

a n d

a t t h e

g r o c e r y

s t o r e th e

p r o p r i e t o r an d

t h e

h e l p e r s all made us f e e l

w e l c o m e .

We

w e n t

to

t h e b a n k

a n d t h e b a n k

er r e m e m b e r e d

u s .

T h a t n i g h t ,

J \ m e

5 ,

t h e r e w as a

w e l

coming p a r t y a t t h e Se m i na ry w i t h

l o t s

o f

s p e e c h - m a k i n g a n d s p e c i a l m u s i c . We

w e r e

welcomed a l o n g

w i t h

a n e w l y a r r i v e d F i l i -

- p i n o c o u p l e , T h e F r a n c i s c o D o m i n c e l s r aTid~a-

young m i s s i o n a r y

c o u p l e v i s i t i n g

A p a r r i ,

t h e R i c h a r d

North s R e f r e s h m e n t s

w e r e

s e r v e d

at

t h e c l o s e

o f

t h e

p r o g r a m .

B E L L A T EN ER IO S IN G S

F E D E R I C O B U E N O

M . C .

A T WE L C OME

P R O G R A M

R E F L E C T I O N S ON CROSSING TH E INTERNATIONAL

D A T E

L I N E

Many p e r s o n s h a v e d i f f i c u l t y u n d e r

s t a n d i n g wh o

one l o s e s o r g a i n s a day w h i l

c r o s s i n g t h e

I n t e r n a t i o n a l

D a t e L i n e . P e r

h a p s

a w o r d

o f e xp la na tio n i s i n o r d e r .

Our

r e c e n t

trip

t o t h e P h i l i p p i n e

from C a l i f o r n i a

in clu d ed

our

e ig h th c ro ss

in g

o f th e d a te

l i n e . Five

o f

th e

e i g h

c r o s s i n g s

we re made

g o i n g

West an d t h r e

g o i n g E a s t .

In 1 9 83 we l e f t Tokyo en a T h u rsd a

ev en in g s p e n t th e n ig ht on th e a i r p l a n e

and

a r r i v e d

i n S e a t t l e on T hu rs da y m o rn in g

T h i s y e a r ,

1 9 8 5 ,

we left f r o m

S an

F r a n c i s

co a t 1 0 :3 0 p .m .

on

Wednesday

a n d

a r r i v e d

in Honolulu a t 12:45 a.m. on Thursday

L oc al t im e) It w as t h e n

3 :4 5 a . m .

i n C a l

i f o r n i a .

e depar ted f r om

Honol ul u-a -t 2-:0

a .m . T hu rs day f o r t h e t e n - h o u r f l i g h t t o

M a n i l a .

About o n e - t h i r d o f

t h e wa y

w

c r o s s e d

t h e d a t e

l i n e ,

an d T h u rsd ay

becam

F r i d a y .

What h a p p e n e d t o t h e

r e s t

o f

o u

T h u rsd ay ? One c o u l d

s ay

we

u s e d it

i n 198

when we ha d tw o

T h u r s d a y s ,

s o

we

c o u l d n

h a v e it

i n 1 9 8 5 . A c t u a l l y ,

t h e

d a t e

l i n e

i s

f ixe d on

th e 180th meridian t o

b r i n g

o r d e r

o u t

o f t h e c h a o s o f l o c a l

t i m e s .

D a y l i g h t and d a rk

make

continuous

p r o g r e s

a r o u n d t h e e a r t h . I n o r d e r

to

m a k e a

m e a n

i n g f u l c a l e n d a r ,

it wa s

n e c e s s a r y

t o h av e

a

c u t

o f f

p o i n t

t o mark

t h e b e g i n n i n g

an d e n d

o f

c a l e n d a r

d a y s .

The m i d d l e

o f P a c i f i c

Ocean f a r f r o m A sia a nd A m e ric a a n d on

t h e

o p p o s i t e s id e o f t h e e a r t h from London

w a s

c h o s e n

f o r

t h e d a t e line

A

c a l e n d a r d a y c o n t i n u e s

on e a r t h for

8 ho\irs. I t begins a t midnight a t th e

d a t e

l i n e .

It t a k e s

2 4

h o u r s

f o r t h a t m i d

n i g h t t o

c i r c l e

th e e a r t h , b e g i n n i n g

t h e

new da y i n each tim e zone. When midnigh

r e a c h e s

t h e

d a t e l i n e a g a i n , it

m a rks t h e

en d

o f th e same

c a l e n d a r da y

w h ile it prog

resses a r o u n d

t h e

earth

f o r t h e n e x t 2 4

h o u r s . Frcsn th e f i r s t

b e g i n n i n g t o

t h e

l a s t

e n d i n g

o f t h e c a l e n d a r d a t e

i s

48

h o u r s t h e s\jm o f th e

c i r c u i t

o f th e b eg in

n in g

midnight

and

o f

th e ending

midnight

each

24

hours

l o n g .

Of c o u r s e a

da y i s 24

h o u r s

l o n g

i n

an y

on e o f

t h e

t i m e z o n e s o

t h e e a r t h . B u t

when all

2 4 t i m e

z o n e s a r e

c on sid er ed , t he

same

c a l e n d a r d a t e , b e it

J a n . o r

J u l y

4 , h a s a t o t a l

d u r a t i o n

o

4 8 hours

T h o s e

w h o travel E a s t o r W e s t , o r m a k

long distance telephone c a lls to

E ast o

W e s t a r e familiar

w i t h d i f f e r e n c e s

o f t i m e


7/16

J 7

r,'= (*

r s

D IEGO S ILANG

ST .

IN

FRONT OF

SEMINARY

Date

Line,

cont.

in th e v ar io us

t ime

zones . The whole ear th

i s divided (one theory a t leas t )

into

24

t ime

zones ,

each

one

hou r d i f f e r e n t from

t h o s e

on

e i t h e r

s i d e

o f it T r av e l

from

one

time zone to another

makes

it necessary

to

se t

one s watch

one

hour ahead (going

East)

or

one hour back (go ing Wes t) .

Set

t ing the watch back

an

hour gives an

ext ra

hour in th e day.

At

the date

l ine

one no t

only

must s e t

th e watch , bu t a l so

th e

c a l

endar . Those

who cross the date l ine going

West,

and lose

a

day, wi l l ge t

it

back

one

hour a t

a

t ime

as

they

cross the

t ime

zo n e s an d

co n t i n u e

a r o u n d th e

earth

Our

two

Thursdays in

1983

added

up

to

41

h ou rs , s in ce

t h e r e i s a 7

hou r s

d i f f e r

ence in

time between Japan and the

West

coast of the USA. Our short

Thursday

in

1985 l o s t 15

h ou rs , s in ce

the re i s a 9 hour

^if^erence in t ime ,

in

the

summer

between

the West

coast of the

US and the

Phil ip

pines . One who crossed the date

l i ne ,

but

s tayed close to

it

wou ld change h is

clock

only one hou r , bu t

h i s

ca l end a r

would

change a

whole day.

By

t er r ib le

things

thou

wil t

answer

us,

O

God

o f our sa l v a t i on , Thou

t h a t

art th e

c on fid en ce o f all th e

ends

o f th e e a r t h .

And

of

them

tha t

are afar off upon

the seas

who by h is s t re ng th s e t te th f as t th e

moun

t a in s ,

Being

girded

about

with m ight;

Who

s t i l l e t h the roar ing of the seas .

The

ro ar in g o f

t h e i r waves, And th e tumul t

o f

th e p eo ple s. They a l so t h a t dwel l in th e

uttermost

parts are af ra id

a t

Thy

tokens:

Thou makest

the outgoings of

the

morning

and

evening

to

r e j o i ce . Psalms 65:5-8

BEHIND

THE

WALL -

SEMINARY

BLDG DORMITOR

THE B UE NO FU ND

Contributions

to

the f u n d to sen

Federico

Bu e n o

to

visit

Bible La nd s wil

be

g r e a t l y

app r e c i a t e d .

Bro.

Bueno i s

valuable

t eacher

in

A.B.S. and

a competen

p rea ch er o f

th e

gospe l . We show a photo

graph

o f the

church bu i ld ing

in

Minanga

Buguey,

Cagayan

where

Bro.

Bueno p reaches

Feder ico

was M

a t th e welcome program fo

us

and

o the r s

June

6 , 1985.

We

show him

in t ha t program. Send your g i f t s to

ou

forwarding agen t , snd be siure to

des igna t

for the

Bu e n o

F u n d .

MINANGA, BUGUEY CHURCH

BUILDING

WHERE FEDERICO BUENO

PREACHES


8/16

A BIRTHDAY

PARTY

On S a t u r d a y June

8

some o f th e

Fi l i p i no young people Jovy A lonzo

Delai

Agresor

Ju n I b a r r a

and

o t h e r s

p lanned

a

p i c n i c

a t th e

beach

in honor

o f

th e

b ir th da y o f Jose lyn Bos i to who

had

work

ed

fo r

us

fo r tw o

years

They

asked

us

to

c ome also. T h e r e h a d b e e n rain in t h e

a f t e r n o o n

and

we

ga the r ed a t th e wet

b e a c h

a b o u t

s u n s e t

T he

menu i n c l u d e d

r i c e

ch icken

and nood le s r o l l s

made i n

t o t u n a s a n d w i c h e s a n d

fo r

d e s s e r t

a

f r e s h r i pe

pineapple was

s l i c e d and

served. Delicious We returned

to

the

h o u s e

a n d

invited t hem to com e

a n d h a v e

ice

cream.

The g i r l s had

baked

a

banana

cake

which

they

brough t w ith b i r thday

c an d le s A ft er t he Happy

Bir thday

song

Jcse ly n ~ b ^ew DUt~the Cand les and cake a nd

ice c re a m w er e served.

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I n c o m e

Disbursements

B a l a n c e

J u n e 1 9 8 5

Disbursements

Harvey

Beard

T rav e l

Expense

Pos tage

p r i n t i n g

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1 2 5 1 0 0

3 8 7 1 4 3

1 8 9 8 5 3

1 9 7 2 9 0

800.00

1 0 3 0

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ARKCREST

Christian Church

THE

ASSISTING

MISSIONARIES

N o . 2 1

MINISTRY OF

HARVEY

AND

HELEN

BEARD

September 1985

CHILDREN 'S

HOME

B IR TH DA Y P AR TY

Gi f t s

fo r 10 ch i l d r e n

Joey F l e t c he r

and Helen spent a good share of the af ter

noon

buying g i f t s and ge t t ing

them

wrapped

We

rode in th e miss ion

pickup

t ruck .

Fpur

cha i r s

from Boudreaux ' s

house

were pu t in

the

back

o f th e

t ruck .

Marj

Boudreaux

and

Helen and I got in the back

and

s a t on th e

cha i r s .

We

picked up the o the rs , and

what

a

s igh t

we

were , t h i s o ld

pick-up t ruck

f u l l

o f

Americanos How

people

looked a t

us It was now s u n s e t and th e sky was

beau t i fu l ,

with a huge mass of clouds a -

head o f u s

at

t h e s ou t h .

Then

we saw t h e

ra inbow-- just ab i t of one on the eas t s i de ,

up high

in th e

sky a t th e edge

of the

c l o ud . Then a no t h e r

bit o f

r a inbow ap

peared

on

the oppos i te s ide of the a rch ,

aga ins t th e c lo ud s. So r id ing in the open

t ruck

we enjoyed

the

beauty

of

God s

f i r -

nament.

At

the

Home we were met by

dozens

of

chi ldren

of

all ages , well-behaved ch i l

dren

wai t i ng

fo r t h e i r

b i r t hday

pa r t y . In

th e

house , tho se w ith

b i r t hdays

s a t

a t th e

head t a b l e ,

and each

had

h is

own b i r thday

cake wi th

cand le s . A fte r

th e

Happy

Bi r th

day song (Fi l ip ino Vers ion) , they a l l blew

ou t t h e cand l e s in one

pu f f ,

and then r e

ce ived t h e i r g i f t s . Af t e r t h i s th e cakes

were c u t and s e r v e d t o

all who

we re prest

sent.

Af t e r v i s i t i ng fo r

a t ime

we went ou t

to the t ruck

t o go

home. In th e

south

l igh tn ing

was f l a sh ing

in

the c loud s.

Overhead

was t h e brilliant

sp lendor

o f th e

s t a r ry

heavens, dec la r ing the g lo ry o f

God.

As

we

drove

nor th t o Apar r i ,

th e

sky

in th e no r t hwe s t became c l e a r o f

c l o ud s ,

and we

saw

th e Big D ip pe r, h an dl e

s t r a i gh t

up, with

i t s

po in t e r s t a r s showing us

the

Nor th

S t a r ,

Toge the r , we

quoted th e

open

ing works o f

Psalm

19. It was a memorable

even i ng .

A

HELEN 'S NOTES

The

Psa lm i s t s a i d ,

O Jehovah our

Lord,

how exce l l en t i s thy

name in all the

e a r t h . And

I s a i ah

s a i d ,

S ing

un to

J eho f

vah , fo r he ha th

done

e x ce ll en t t hi ng s ;

let

this

be known

in all

t h e

earth.

No t

only

i s

our God

grea t ,

bu t we

a re witness

e s o f th e f a c t

t h a t

He

has

done

g r e a t

t h i n g s , and

He wan t s

us t o tell

it

every

where t o

all peop l e s .

On

Sunday,

Aug. 4 a t the

^arri

church ,

two young

men co nfe sse d J esu s as

Lord

and

they

were born

o f th e water

and

the Sp i r i t

the same

hour .

Pedro Pinto be

came a Ch r i s t i a n wh i l e we we r e h e r e in

Aparr i befo re . Pedro

was a t church

th e

first Sunday we were back , and we

gree t ed

him,

bu t

he was

absen t fo r sev e ra l Sun

days .

We went t o v i s i t

him Sund ay

a f t e r

noon , Aug.

11. He

had been s i ck , bu t he

was

glad

t o

see us .

He

was a t th e church

Sunday,

Aug.

18 .

This yea r

my

70th b i r thday t u rned up

on J u n e

1 5 .

We

invited

t h e missionaries

t o come and

ce l eb r a t e

wi th a p r aye r and

pra i se t ime , Harvey

was

my b i r thday

speake r .

He

read Psalm 47. Our

house

g i r l , Mari lyn, went t o town

in

th e d riv in g

r a i n

to g e t ic e

cream. She

made a banana

cake . I may be t h a t o ld

bu t

I don ' t f e e l

o ld

Still

t h ey c a l l

us Lolo

and

Lo la ,

wh i c h is Grandfather a n d G r a n dmo t h e r . T h a

even ing we went t o Tony and Linda

Co lumna s fo r suppe r .


10/16

WATERWAYS Ap a r r i h a s a c r e e k wh i c h is

a branch o f

th e Cagayan Rive r . It i s

an

impo r t an t waterway

fo r

boa t s . We shew a

view l ook ing toward

th e ju nc tio n with th e

r i v e r .

Logs

a re con t i nua l l y

b ei ng s hip pe d

from

th e harbor a t Aparr i . The log p i l e

bes ide th e c reek i s p a r t

o f

t h i s expo r t

b u s i n e s s .

Also ,

we

show

one

o f

th e

pas

s enge r boa t s

h ead in g o ut from

th e downtown

boa t

l and ing to

cross

the

Cagayan

River .

The umbre l l a s a re r a is e d t o g ive shade

f r om

the

afternoon sun

CHINESE TEMPLE

Several blocks south

o f th e

Seminary

on Diego

Si lang S t .

i s

th e

Chinese Temple . Here th e anc i e n t r e l i g i on

and gods o f China a re

hono r ed .

We show th e

ga te to th e temple

yard with

a corne r o f

th e t emple itself

But We

know t h a t

no

i d o l

i s

any th ing in th e

wor ld ,

and

t h a t

t h e r e i s no

God bu t

One.

Though t h e r e

be

gods many

and

l o rds

many

y e t

to

us

the re

is one

God th e Fa t h e r ,

o f

whom a r e all

t h i n g s , and

we un to

h im; and one Lord ,

J esu s

Chr i s t ,

t h rough whom a re all t h i ng s ,

and we th ro ug h h im . I Cor . 8 :6

GATE OF CHINESE TEMPLE

FAITH-PROMISE Ju ly

was

Fa i th -P romis

month at

Apar r i

B ib l e Seminary .

Eac

speake r at

th e

Thursday n i gh t

chape l

spoke on

t h i s

t o p i c ,

Fede r i co

Bueno wa

in cha rge o f th e program a r r angemen t s . O

th e n i g h t when th e Fa i t h Promises wer

tak en , th e

the rmomete r

was broken a s

prom

i s e s t o t a l l e d 20 ,618 pesos .

HOSPITAL Helen sp end s p a r t o f h e

f r ee t ime

v i s i t i n g th e s i ck .

This

t ake

he r

of ten

t o Dr.

Peney ra s hosp i t a l .

Dr

Peneyra i s a son o f

th e l a t e r Pas to

Faus t i no Peney ra ,

who

preached f o r man

yea r s at th e Apa r r i

Church o f

Ch r i s t .

SEMIN R Ju ly 1 -3 a Preache r s

an

Leaders

Seminar

hosted

by th e Ph i l ipp in

M i s s io n

Chu r c h e s

of Christ o f

No r t h e r

Luzon

Inc .

was

he ld at th e Apar r i

Churc

o f

Chr i s t .

Sermons

and l e c t u r e s

were

g iv

en

by

Wil l iam Baga in , Dennis McKinney

Serg io Banggo S r. Mike Carman

Lloy

Selby , Romeo Gorospe

Edison Marguez

Fede r i co Bueno ,

and

F r an c i s co Domince l .

mmm

DR . P


11/16


12/16

TYPHOONI

In th e

middle o f Friday

n igh t , June

21 th e

typhoon s t ruck in fu l l

fo rce , A ll

windows

had

to be closed aga ins t

the

wind

and ra in . Of

course

the

e l ec t r i c i t y went

of f ,

leaving t o t a l darkness .

Th e

storm

r ag e d t hr ou gh tJie n igh t

and

most o f

the

day Saturday. Our room stayed d ry , bu t

everyth ing

on th e

porch was

soaked. A

sho r t walk Saturday

af te rnoon a f t e r the

ra in

s topped showed wate r ,

water

every

where. The town p laza wa s

near ly all

cov

e r e d

w i t h

wa t e r . The C3iurch o f

C h r i s t

was

f looded t o a dep th o f s eve ra l

i nche s .

Many houses were

damaged

and t r e e s were

broken .

Now

t wo m on th s

later broken ba

nana t r e e s w ere growing new

t op s .

The

slow-growing

coconut

t r e e s , which l o s t

many f ronds t o th e s t o rm , w i l l be a l ong

t ime r ecove r ing \~ P i l e s

o f

rubb i sh lay

in

th e

s t r e e t s a long t ime . Seminary

bu i l d

i ngs had s eve r a l

windows blown

ou t , and

THE B UE NA F UN D

G i f t s to t h e f u nd to

s e n d

P r o f

Fed e r i c o Bueno to visit t h e

Bib l e

Lands

a r e still n e ed ed . T h i s will n o t

be a

va

ca t ion . Anyone who

has

toured

Bible-

l and s knows t h a t it is h a rd work , b u t

very rewarding work. This wri t e r went

in

1963

w i t h

t h e

late P r o f .

Rob e r t

Drake on

a

very f ine

tour t h a t took s ix weeks and

visited mos t

o f th e Bib l e

l ands

in

th e

Medi te r ranean a r ea . On th e l a s t Sunday

away

frcan home we went to

church

in West

minis te r Abbey. The Old Testament sc r ip -

txire was

the

s tory of El i j ah s

stay with

th e widow a t

Zareppa th .

The

New

Tes t a

ment

reading

was adaout

Jesus

minis t ry

in

Parkcrest

Christian Church

5950 Parkcrest Street

Long Beach CA 90808

F INANC IAL

REPORT

Balance

June

1 9 8 5

Income

Disbursements

Ba lance Sep tember 1985

DISBURSEMENTS

Harvey Beard 1 , 200 . 00

P r i n t i n g 29 .00

Pos t a g e 86 .26

Vitamins

1 4 2 . 3 9

1 , 4 5 7 . 6 5

some

t h ings

were soaked

by th e

r a i n .

T h e v o i c e of J e h o v a h make t h the

h ind s t o

ca lve .

J^d s t r i ppe t h

the forests

bare.

And in h i s -

temple everyth ing s a i t h , Glory .

P s a lm s 2 9 : 9

1 , 9 7 2 . 9 0

1 , 2 0 7 . 6 0

3 , 180 . 50

1 , 4 5 7 . 6 5

1 , 7 2 2 . 8 5

Capeimaum.

It

got

my

a t t en t i on

Za re ph at hI h a d been t h e r e . Capernaum..

I had

seen

t h a t

a l s o . No

l onge r

do t s

on

a map.

These were r e a l p laces

Zarephath wi th

its

banana groves

Capernaum with

i t s

eucalyp tus t r ee s by

t h e l a k e.

Bro . Bueno will b e

a

better

Bib l e t e ache r fo r t h i s e3q)er ience . Are

the re

t hose

wi l l i ng

t o give

fo r Bro .

Bu e n o s t o u r ? You r t a x - d e d u c t i b l e c h e c k s

may

be

wri t t en

to

the

Pa rk c re s t Ch r is ti an

Church and s e n t t o

our

Forwarding

Agent

as

l i s t e d

in

t h i s paper . She wi l l

keep

t h i s

money

in

an accoim t

separa te

from

our suppor t fxmd

to

be used

fo r t h i s

purpose

on ly .

Non Profit Org.

U.S. Postage Pai

Long Beach CA

Permit

363

U.S. Mailing Address:

P.O. Box

1 5 3 2 7

Long Beach OA 90815 0327

Field Address:

P.O. Box 49

Aparri Cagayan

1118

Philippines

Forwarding Agent:

Mrs.

Evelyn

Miller

10317

Eudora Avenue

Buena

Park

CA 90620

MISSION SERVI E HORIZONS

p 0 OX 2427

KNOXVILLE

TN

37901

X6/84 B

Address

Correction Requested


13/16


14/16

*

SUNDAY, Aug, 4 , The

group

o f

Seminary

s tuden ts

p i c t u r ed above ( r igh t )

sang

in

morning

service

a t the Aparr i Church o f

Christ

SEPT . 2 -6

w as DEEPER LIFE WEEK at t h e

Seminary.

The theme was,

Lord,

Make Me

Humble.

The mot to ,

T he humble

d o n t

s t umb le .

Messages on th e theme were p re

sen ted by David Roca, Roger F le t che r ,

Lloyd

Selby ,

Rogel io Tenor io , and

Mike

Carman.

The f i n a l program Fr iday n igh t

was 2

p l ay s

p res en t ed

by

th e A.B.S . Drama

Class

FRIDAY,

Sept . 6 we hea rd the

drums

and went

to

th e

porch

and

saw

a

long ,

long

par ade

marching

th e Town Ha l l . It was

MARY S

2 ,000 th

BIRTHDAY. A

gorgeous f l o a t

wi th a s t a t u e o f Mary

went

by. Then

an

o t h e r ,

and ano t h e r .

Schoo l ch i l d r en ,

marching band ,

8

o f them, and

9 Marys

in

all For Mary was now 2 ,000 yea r s o l d . On

Sunday, Sep t . 8 c l o s e to a mi l l i on per sons

V

a s s emb l ed

in M a n i l a s R iz a l

Pa r k .

J a im

Ca r d i n a l

S in a d d r e s s e d t h e

mu l t i t u d e cal

ing

fo r

na t i ona l r enewal .

O ur r e a l prob

lem he re in th e Phi l ipp ines i s no t b a s

ca l l y po l i t i c a l . he s a id .

I t

i s no t p r i

mar i ly

economic.

It i s moral . Our r e a

problem i s se l f i shne s s , g reed , co rru ptio

in

th e he a r t o f men, th e

p r e l a t e

s a i d

As reported i n B u lle ti n Today 9/9/35

SAT.

Sep t . 7 The mis s i ona r i e s went t

LL O CAVES fo r a

p i cn i c ou t i ng .

Cal la

i s sou t he a s t o f Tuguegarao in th e mounta in

We

bo r r owe d the

Children s Home ca r an d

a

squeezed in . Heavy r a in h ad w ash ed ou t

th

approaches

to

th e br idge over th e Cal la

Rive r

so we

crossed by

boa t to th e tow

s id e o f th e

r i v e r , and a te ou r l unch in

r e s o r t p av i l io n . A f te r l unch

we took

boa t

and went up

r i v e r

t o a g r av e l b

where th e young fo l k s went swimming. Th

back

t o th e c a r

f o r

a visit t o th e

cav

Th e cave

i s

l ong ,

wi th

a s e r i e s o f

l a rg


15/16

rooms l i g h t e d by sky

l ig h ^ s n a tu ra l h o le s

i n

t h e

r o o f . One o f

t h e

l a r g e

rooms

h a s

an

a l t a r and

s e a t s

f o r

a

c h a p e l .

SEPT. loth w a s

t h e 9 3 r d

BIRTHDAY o f

late PASTOR PENEYRA . t w a s celebrated

at

A p a r r i Church o f C h r i s t

with

a memorial

program.

P r i z e s

were

awarded

t o th e win

n e r s i n t h e P a s t o r

P e n e y r a E s s a y

C o n t e s t .

T h e r e

w a s a dedication

service for the n e w

parsonage.

Merienda Cena

was

served

i n The

P e n e y r a

H o u s e .

FRIDAY O c t .

4

T h e RHETORICAL LITERARY

SOCIETY PROGRAM

was

h e l d i n t h e S e m i n a r y

H a l l , w i t h

s p e c i a l

music , r e c i t a t i o n s ,

o b j e c t l e s s o n ,

g i f t

p r e s e n t a t i o n

new

c l o c k s f o r

t h e

d o r m i t o r i e s ) ,

and r e f r e s h

ments

MONDAY,

O c t .

7 at

9 : 0 0 A . M . , MIKE

LIZ CARMAN

w i t h

their 2

c h i l d r e n ,

C h r i s

topher and John

Michael

l e f t

A p a r r i

f o r

f u r l o u g h .

(Photo below a t

l e f t . ) At 7:30

p.m. f r i e n d s g a t h e r e d i n our home t o

f

c e l e b r a t e

H a r v e y s b i r t h d a y . A program

o f

speeches

and s i n g i n g ,

v. ith s c r i p t u r e r e a d

ing

arid

p r a y e r

was

p r e s e n t e d ,

and

f i n a l l y

a c a k e a n d

c a n d l e s .

P h o t o s b e l o w of H e l e n

and some o f t h e g u ^ st c .)

TUES - F R I .

O c t . 8 - 1 1

We w e n t

to

M a n i l a

on e r r a n d s

a b o u t

f u t u r e t r a v e l and s u p p l i e s

for our

h o m e .

MON.

O c t . 15 The

new s e m e s t e r

b e g a n

Harvey added t o

h i s

te a c h in g t h e c l a s s i n

B ib le H i s to ry

and Geography. Many o f t h e

n e w

s tu de nt s a re

in

it

SAT . OCT.

1 9 we

attended the

WEDDING

o f

B a s i li o I b a r r a , J r .

and

D e l a i A g r c s o r i n

t h e A p a rr i

Church

o f

Q ^ r i s t .

Romeo Gorospe

and

B a s i l i o I b a r r a ,

S r .

o f f i c i a t e d ,

(Photos

a b o v e - D e l a i

on h e r f a t h e r s arm; w e d d i n g

p a r t y . ) As s p o n s o r s we signf^d

t h e wedding

p a p e r s . The wedding day was r a i n y and t h e

e l e c t r i c i t y

was

o f f . The r e c e p t i o n was

held in Boudreaux s h o m e .

J


16/16

SIRMATA

CHILDREN S GARDEN

is

a

Chris t

ian

Minis try to pre-school chi ldren,

operated

by

Ben Guadalupe Castillo. Its purpose is to

t ra in up a child in the way

of

the Lord. It is a

non-profit, non-sectarian religiousKindergarten.

Mrs.

Guadalupe

Castillo is an experienced

children's garden teacher ,

with

20 years of

experience. She is a gr aduat e of Aparri Bible

Seminary, B.S.L.,

and of the Lyceum

of Aparri,

B.S. El. Ed. Ben

Ba

Castillo is

a

Christian

Minister and

writer

doing editorial

work

for

Aparri

Christian Press.

The Castillos launched The Children s

Garden Ministry in June, 1985 at the beginning

of this school year. They ren ted and furnished

the store

building. Now

the

roof

needs repair;

tuitions

barely

meet

th e needs. Contributions

to

this ministry

may

be

sent

to

our

F.A. desig

nated

for

Sirmata.

Sirmata

means vision;

sir=wise, mata=eye. Where there is

no

vision,

the people

perish.

F I N A N C I A L

R E P O R T

Oct. 1 9 8 5

balance

Incone

less disbursements

N o v 1 9 8 5 balance

Disbursements

H

B e a r d

P r i n t i n g

P o s t a g e

Vitamins

800.00

33.38

6 9 1 8

55.54

958.10

1 7 2 2 8 5

1 254 89

2 9 7 7 7 4

9 5 8 1 0

2 0 1 9 6 4

.- KM-

e^ f

a

D Wa

re^rf

Riafit

H B e a r d balance

B ue n o F un d

1 8 1 4 6 4

2 0 5 0 0

DEDICATION PROGRAM PERSONNEL, July

20

H. Beard, M/MCarman, M/MCastillo, M M Fletcher, Vickimaya Littava

U.S. Mailing Address.

P.O. Box 1 5 3 2 7

Long Beach, CA 90815-0327

Fie ld Address :

P.O.

Box

49

Aparri, Cagayan 1118

Philippines

ForwardingAgent;

Mrs.

Evelyn Miller

10317

Eudora Avenue

Buena Park, CA 90620

Parkcrest Christian Church

5950 Parkcrest Stree t

Long Beach, CA 90808

MISSION SERVICE -

HORIZONS

P 0 BOX 2 4 2 7

KNOXVILLE TN

37901

Address Correction Requested

X6/84 B

Non-Profit

Org.

U.S. Postage Paid

Long

Beach, CA

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