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PHILIPPINE MISSION
CHURCHES
OF
CHRIST
Forwarding Agent:
Bible Sem. Charles and Roberta Selby, Missionaries R. L. ToII iver
Press P. O. Box 49, Aparri, Cagayan, Philippines Fairfield,
Nebr.
Furlough Address:
Fairfield,
Nebraska)
January 27, 1962 propwty o
LIBHAHTf
Friends
in-Christ:
OZ BK
BIBLE COLt BOB
Joplin, Mo .
In the name of Christ, we bring you greetings from the Philippines. This is the
last
news
that we
will be
writing from
the
Philippines
during this term
on
the
field. We
have just
ix more very
busy
w ee ks to spend in Aparr i before we leave fo r Manila and from
Manila
for
e
United States.
It has
been nearly five years
since
we last returned to the Philippines -
years that
have
been full
of many good thing s
for
us in the
service
of the
Lord.
In thi s
we
wotild
like to share with
you
just a few of
those
things
that
have
been accompli
shed,
for
the future. We are completing our 15th year
of
servi ce on
Northern
Those of you who will receive this
letter
are those who have faithfully supported ii s
these 15 years with your g if ts of
money,
Bible School Literature,
used
clothing, and
other things
that
have aided
us
in our work and
that
have
made our lives a little easier
nd
happier.
We
would like
to
exp re ss our thanks
to
all Of you for your faithfulness in
hold-v
ng up our hands as we have
labored
dn the Lord s work here along with a
host
of faithful
c o - w o r k e r s .
When we
^arrived
in
the
Philippines
in
1947 we fo un d
very
fe w Churches in
the Cagayan
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Opportunities for the future include the establishment of at least two
Christian
High
hools in rural areas of Cagayan and the possible
establishment
of one right here in
We feel that such schools will increase
our
opportunity for witnessing
for
Christ
t imes over.
We hope to be able to
talk
over
plans
fo r these ventures
with
many
of you
while we
a re in
the
Sta tes
The matter
of who
would
take
our place here while
we
are gone has
been of
much con
to
us and the subject
of much
prayer.
We
are very
htappy to
announce that
a young
ouple will be coming in June or July to be here before school opens again in August Miss
nnie McElroy daughter of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Barton
L. McElroy
missionaries
in
Manila
nd her
fiance Ronald
Hoffman will be marr ied in Manil a soon after his arrival
here
and
a brief wedding trip will
proceed
to Aparr i. Bro ther Hoffman is
graduating this
spring
Cincinnati
Bible
Seminary
and plans to
come
to
Manila shortly thereafter as
soon
s he has
the
necessary l iving-link support and
travel
money. He
has
some living-link
pledged but
is still
in need of about
1000
a year pledged
support.
Jeannie
is in
so
travel for him alone
will be
needed.
Will you
pray with
us concerning this
need
d
if
you know of ? ny
interested
Church
or group
you may contac t him
at
the following
Ronald Hoffman Cincinnati Bible Seminary
2700
Glenway Ave. Cincinnati
4
Ohio.
are a well-qualified and consecrated young couple worthy of your support and prayers.
Plans for our furlough
are
fast taking shape. We
have
reservations to leave Manila on
15th. We will stop for two days
each in Hongkong Tokyo
and Honolulu and w ill make
os
Angeles ou^Por t
of
entry a rr iv ing the re
on
March
21st.
After spending
a
few
days
there
with
relat ives and
friends we hope to be able to
drive
fr om th er e to
Nebraska
a few scenic
spots
along
th e way. On
April
15th we plan to
begin
an evangelistic
with the Church
at
Griswold Iowa. This will be a one-week
missionary
and evang
meeting. The f irst week of May wil l f ind us in Columbus Ohio where we will
spend
o
or
three weeks with our l iv ing-l ink
Church
th e Indianola Church of Chris.
This great
urch has su ppo rte d our family entirely since we f irst came to the field
15
years ago.
We
re a lmos t overwhelmed when
we learned a few
weeks ago that
Indianola
has been
laying
funds
for
the past year to pay our travelling expenses to the States fo r this furlough.
he faithfulness with which this Church has sus ta ined us
through
the years as we have labored
r the
Lord
here is
certainly a mos t
worthy
example
for
other
Churches
to f oll ow
in
s ionary re la t ionships .
We bring
this
le t ter to a close with
another
express ion
of thanks to all of you who
have
sustaining th e work here t hr ough you r
gifts
whether of money or
in
other forms . It
our desire to see each
of
you
dur ing the
course
of
our furlough. We ask fo r your prayers
r our
personal
s af et y i n our extensive t ravels dur ing th e coming
year
and we
would
have
ou
r emember the work here in the
Philippines
in your
prayer s
also .
ly y ou rs in Chr is t
Charles
W.
Selby
and
Fetmi
S
Please send all futu re
correspondence
and gifts
of
money
to our Furlough address
Fairfield
Nebraska.
Bib le School Literature should
be
sent to our Apar ri address
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V
pojudIhiutian
PHILIPPINE MISSION CHURCHES
OF
CHRIST property
Charles
a n d Roberta
Selby
L I B R A H Y
Furlough Address Fairfield
Nebr O^^^RK^
BIBLE
COL
Joplii.
15 YE RS OF
SERVICE
Charles
an d Mrs. R ob e rt a S el by
with
their three sons
Lloyd
Ricky
an d Robby
returned
to
th e
States in
March for their third furlough
thus
completing 15 years
of
missionary
work in th e
Philippines.
A decision
was made to go to th e Philippines in
January 1947 and
at
the end of May
that
s ame y ea r Charles a nd R ob er ta
with their
small son
Lloyd sailed
from San
Francisco
along with
several
other m is si on ar y f am il ie s. T he ir
full
l iv in gl in k s up po rt w as p le dg ed
by
th e
Indianola Church of Christ Columbus
Ohio
a nd this
church
h a s continued
faithfully in their pledge increasing
support as th e
needs
have
increased
as
well
as
g iv in g s tr on g
moral
support
through letters prayers
an d
substantial
financial gifts for other phases of the
w o r k .
Th e Selbys ar e
th e
only Americans
living in Aparri Cagayan on th e
e xt re m e n or th er n c o a s t o f t h e i s l a n d
of Luzon about 400 miles by road
from Manila. From 1953 to 1957
they
were joined in th e work by
Norvai
an d
Dondena Campbell.
Th e Campbells
left in 1957 to open a ne w
Bible
Seminary
on
th e
west
coast
of
Luzon
near Vigan Ilocos Sur.
Th e
Selby
boys have grown up in Aparri an d
speak the Ilocano
dialect
fluently.
They have received
most
of
their
schooling
through
correspondence
using th e Calv ert
School
a nd U ni ve r
sity
o f N eb ra sk a
high
s ch oo l c o ur se s
w i t h t h e i r m o d i e r
a s
t h ei r t e ac he r
Bobby attended th e local elementary
school
th e last three years.
A t th e t i m e o f t h e i r r e t u r n t o th e
States
Roberta
became very il l with
infectious hepatitis an d was hospi
talized immediately upon
arrival
at
Hastings
Nebr. for three weeks
an d
i n
b e d a t C h a r l e s m o t h e r s
h o m e
i n
Hastin g s
for
four
more
weeks.
Quite
Roberta Ricky Robby Lloyd and Charles Selby
a lo t of dam age w as done to
th e
liver
before it
wa s
known to be hepatitis
and the doctor
says sh e will
have
to
be very
careful
for
at
least
si x
months
p erhap s lo ng er.
Th e
Selbys
will be
located
at
Fairfield Nebr. during their furlough.
Don an d
Lydia B ec ke nh au er h av e
graciously offered t he ir tr ai le r h ou se
as
l i vi ng quart ers
for
th e
Selby family
while the y
ar e
home. R. L.
Tolliver
will
continue to
act
as
Forwarding
Agent. Mrs. Tolliver
an d
Mrs. Becken
h a u e r
a r e s i s t e r s o f
C h a r l e s
During th e a bs en ce o f th e Selby s
from their work in th e
Philippines
a
young couple Mr. an d Mrs. Ronald
Hoffman will stay in Aparr i
an d
work
with th e Seminary
an d
other work there.
Th is is
a
temporary arrangement
a s
th e
H off ma ns w il l be deciding later
where their
permanent
missionary work
will be done in th e Philippines.
Ronald
Baptismal Scene
graduated
in May this year from Cin
cinnati
Bible
Seminary an d
proceeded
immediately to Manila. Hi s bride is
Jeannie
McElroy daughter
of
Mr.
an d
Mrs. Barton L. McElroy
an d
is thus
well
acquainted with
di e
work in
th e
Philippines. The Selbys will continue
to be
responsible
for die
financial
end of the work so please continue to
direct
your gifts
for
this
work to
Fairfield
Nebr.
either to R. L.
Tolliver or Charles W Selby.
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THE LAST FIVE
YEARS
THE EVANGELISTIC WORK
In
1947, when
we first arrived in
Aparri, we found about 10 churches in
the Cagayan Valley, and only one
well-trained preacher who was giving
anything
like full
time to the work.
Bro. Faustino Peneyra was that man.
He had stood firm all through the
years on New Testament Christianity,
and was the one responsible for the
fact that we had any churches at all
in
tha t
a rea . After th e es tab l ishment of
the Aparri Bible Seminary in 1952,
preachers
began
to go out from that
insti tution
to
wi n souls
to
Chris t and
establish new churches. By January
1958,
just
short ly a fter
our
return to
the Phi lipp ines from
our
second fur
lough,
the number
of
churches had
increased
to 30. In
the
past
four
years
1958
to
1962
th e number of
churches h a s doub led
to
a t o t a l
o f
60. In these same four years, more
than 1,000
souls were won to Christ.
The reason for
this
comparatively
rapid increase in th e
number
of
churches during
the
past four
years
l i e s in
th e
f a c t
t h a t workers are
constantly coming out
of
the Seminary
into fulltime evangelistic work and
are getting into every part of the
Cagayan Valley preaching the Gospel.
Where diere was really only one
preacher
in
1947,
there ar e
now
about
30
preachers
in this
area. T his
fact
is
what accounts
for
the
growth.
are confident that the
evangelistic
work will continue to expand as even
more workers come out
of the
Seminary
in coming years.
During the past five years, con
ferences
on
evangelism
were held
at
least
once
a year
and
sometimes
twice
each
year. These
conferences were
confined to
the
preachers
as
a
general
rule,
and
pertinent subjects were
discussed
during each conference
conce rn ing the peculiar problems
of
th e work
in
ou r
area.
Each summer,
teams of
experienced preachers
and
s tudent preachers
were organized
for
the purposeof getting
into every
church
in the area, if possible, for Bible
institutes,
personal evangelism,
and
evangelistic meetings. One such cam
paign
was
planned for
the summer
months of 1962 with 14 teams of
preachers engaged in it . These usually
result in many s oul s being won to
Christ, several new churches being
established, and new work being
opened in several
places.
Anotherbig help in
this evangelistic
effort through the years
ha s
been the
work of the girls of the Seminary in
their DVBS work throughout the
valley.
The girls usually teach nearly 1,500
children
each
summer.
These
schools
open hundreds
of
homes to preachers
and give them a sympa theti c hea ring
which
they
might
no t
have if it were
not for the work of the young women
who sacrifice much to go
into
remote
and sometimes dangerous areas to
reach chi ldren for Christ . hope to
improve
this part
of
ou r work to make
it
a more
effective
tool for evangelism.
These fai thful workers in
evange
lism in the Philippines are receiving
some help
from
the
churches
in the
United States. They
do
no t
receive
what
anyone
could
call a salary,
bu t just
enough help to keep them on
the field preaching Christ.
will
appreciate your gifts for this great
evangelistic
work
that
continues even
as
we are in the States for
furlough.
APARRI BIBLE SEAAINARY
The Aparri Bible Seminary ABS
was
established
in
1952
under the
lead ers hip o f Charles Selby . Norva l
Campbell came in 1953 and
helped
in
setting
up a four-year program of
instruction, patterned after
Bible
seminaries in the States. The largest
enrollment
was in
1955- 56 , w id i
72
enrolled from
al l
the provinces
of
northern Luzon. When the Campbells
began the Philippine Bible Seminary
in western
Luzon,
enrollment in ABS
dropped temporarily
because
students
from
that area
had come
across
th e
m o u n t a i n s to e n r o l l T h e
number
o f
students was about
35
in
1957, the
year we returned from ou r second
furlough. It ha s gradually
increased,
to 70 in i960,
and
60 in I96I. In
March, 1962, there were 10 young
people
who
graduated,
having com
pleted
four
years
of study in the Bible
and r e la te d c o u rs e s
T he to tal
number
of graduates is now 35, and nearly all
of
diese are
working full time in the
Lord s
work. Two new faculty members
have been
added recentl y,
William
Baga in and
Mrs.
Rebecca
D.
Lopez.
Other
faculty members
are
Charles
and Roberta Selby,
Faustino Peneyra,
Laureano
Lopez and Mrs.
Esperanza
P.
Aguas.
A kindergar ten was added to the
program of the Seminary in January,
1962.
This
kindergarten
is
designed
to give pract ical training to the girls
studying
in the Christian
Education
department
of
the Seminary. These
girls will be required to
teach
a
c e r t a i n number of hours in
t he k in de r
garten
before they will be given their
c e r t i f i c a t e s
in
Ch r i st i a n
Educa t ion .
We
a re sure
that this kindergarten will
bring benefits in other ways
also.
Without
too
much effort, 20
children
were enrolled just for the three months
remaining
in
t he schoo l year, January
n p
Seminary Students and Faculty In the Seminary Building
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APARRI CHRISTIAN SUPPLEMENT
CHRISTIAN
I
SCHOOLS
A great deal of interest has beenmanifested concerning the proposeed Christian High
Schools
in the Cagayon
Valley.We have spent the past several months speaking concerning this project, but have made no special effort
to raise the funds that will permit us to go ahead with it. The purpose for establishing these schools and the im
portant results to be obtained from them have been set for th on the back page of the enclosed
Furlough Issue
of the
APARRI
CHRISTIAN. A more detailed estimate has been made concerning the cost of gett ing this
land
clear of all debt. It is now apparent tha t it will take about 10,000 to clear the 250 acres of
land
of all mortgages,
take care of future expenses for surveys, titles, etc., and to pay for basic equipment (tractor, plow, etc.,) needed
to
farm the
land. This 250 acres is located in
the
municipality of Pamplona in Western Cagayan.
The other 100 acre tract is located in the muincipality of Baggao, Cagayan, about 50
mUes
southeast of Apar-
ri. An estimated
2 500
will be needed to clear it of mortgages, back taxes and expenses for surveys, titles, etc.
Therefore a total of approximately 12,500 will give us 250 acres in Pamplona, and 100 acres in Baggao,
and
one
tractor and
basic equipment to begin tilling
the
land.
There is stiU
the
possibility of obtaining the additional 400 acrees in Baggao
at
approximately 70.00
an
acre.
The
original estimate of 60.00
pe r
acre made
in
the
APARRI
CHRISTIAN was based on
an
expected ex
change
rate
of 4 pescos to 1.00.
It
now seems
that the
fluctuating
rate
of exchange will level off
at
about 3.50
pescos to 1.00). This land, which lies adjacent to the 100 acres mentioned above, is very fertile, and most of it is
level and under
cultivation.
SUGGESTIONS
FOR
ACQUIRING THE NEEDED
FUNDS
FOR THE HIGH
SCHOOLS
Several suggestions have been made by preachers
and
elders of various congregations throughout
the
United
States, for raising the money needed to get this project
under
way
and
bringing it to an operational basis. I would
like to share some of these suggestions with you with
the
hope
that
many of
you
will be challenged to help in
the
raising of these funds.
1. One group of preachers and elders suggested
that the
four or five congregations
in
their particular area
take as a project among them the raising of 1,000. This would be a good project for groups of Churches in other
re s
2. Others have suggested that individuals or Churches or groups within Churches could take as projects the
buying of one or more acres
at
70.00
an
acre.
3. Another has suggested our borrowing money from Christian people
at
a low rate of interest or no interest
and paying
it back over a period of years as as we
are able
to raise money
for
it.
4. One business
man
has stated
that
he will personally borrow 1,000 from
the bank and pay it
back over a
period of time,
and
will
try
to interest others in doing
th e
same thing. It has been suggested that Churches might
be will ing to do the same thing.
These are only suggestions made by others and passed along to you. Gifts of any size designated for
Christ
ian High Schoolsin the Philippines* will be gratfully received and placed in a special fund to be used to get this
most
important plan
into operation.
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W EKEB
B E A D Y
Sid and Marjorie Boudreaux of Houston, Texas, are pr ep ar in g to go to the Philippines to join us in the work
there. Si d is a
graduate
of the University of Houston with a degree in Agronomy. At p re se nt he is
in
charge of
th e
laboratory of a large feed mill in Houston where it is his responsibility to test the protein content, etc., of the feed
used
an d
produced by the company. This experience will be invaluable to the proposed work of the Christian High
Schools. He has had studies in farm management and administration. His minor in college was in animal husban
dr y
which will also be invaluable to the work in these schools. I t is important that we get Si d to
th e
Philippines
just
as quickly as possible since he will play a key
part
in getting these schools underway. Marjorie is
th e
youngest
sister of Roberta. She has
ha d
three years in Ozark Bible College,
an d
has recently been doing some wri ti ng
fo r
Standard Publishing Bible School materials. This experience will be helpful in our own p ri nt in g work in th e
Philippines. This couple is ready. The Boudreauxs have four children. Living-link support is needed for this fam
ily now. We would be so happy to hear from Churches who want living-link missionaries. This couple will make a
great contribution to the
Lord s
work in the Philippines for many ye ars to come.
N EW S FB OM THE
FIELD
The work continues in the Cagayan Valley during our absence. Ronnie and Jeannie Hoffman are doing a very
fine job of leading in the seminary and evangelistic work while we are gone,
and
supervising the mission work in
general. Ronnie has visited someof the Churches and has even done some speaking to them in the Ilocano dialect.
Brother Laureano Lopez, Bro. William Bagain, Bro. Paustino Peneyra, Mrs. Bsperanza Aguas and Mrs. Lopez are
helping them in the Seminary. It is a big responsibility
an d
we are thankful they have these capable Filipino work
ers to help. Not m uc h
printing
is being done in
ou r
absence
an d
we hope to be able to get much more done in that
l in e w he n
we
ge t
back.
Reports from several of the evangelists in the field indicate
that
they are working and keeping
b u ^
preaching
the Gospel in many different places. They have reported a number of baptisms, bu t we don t know the exact num
ber since we haven t heard from all of them. Also we know 3 or 4 Churches
that
have been newly organized since
we l ef t t he field last M ar ch . A very suc ces sf ul c am p was h el d
in
Aparri
in
April a nd t he school year in th e
Semi
nary
has been a good one, also.
Please remember
Jeannie and
Ronnie in
your prayers
as
they
continue to
carry
on
th e
work
in ou r
absence.
Also please remember the faithful Filipino workers who need your prayers to keep them faithful and courageous
in their preaching of the Word. Pray that more souls will be added to Christ s Church in the Philippines Hus year
than e v e r
before.
FAMILY
NEWS
It
is always a joy to come home to the U.S.
an d
be able to see
ou r
relatives
an d
friends.
Bu t
it seems that
th e
missionary family is separated more
during
this year than wh en on
the
field. Charles ha s t ra ve le d alone m uc h of
this year while the boys and I have been in Fairfield, Nebr., where they are enrolled in school obby is in the
7th grade and on the honor roll), Rickyis a freshman and Lloyd a jimior in high school They ve had adjust
ments to make but are getting along fine. Ricky is taking piano lessonsand learning to play the alto horn for band.
Lloyd plays the bass drum in band, and both are in the mixed chorus. They are also active in youth work at
C h u r c h .
We are making pla ns to return to the Philippines in the spring shortly
after
the boys are out of school Pr o
bably Lloyd wi remain in the States to finish his last year of high school, an d of course this is something we aren t
looking forward to. We have enrolled Ric^ in Faith Academy in Manila, where they will be boarding students.
This is a school especially for missionary children. We do a^ for your pra ye rs as we face these separations from
our children. Especially pray for the boysthat they wi remain faithful to Christ, as they have been taught.
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to March 1962. Many of
these
children
came from
non Chr i s t i an
homes Th i s
should
give
us an opportunity to ge t
into
those
homes to reach
th e parents
and other members of th e family.
Without
too much effort, the enrollment
in this kindergarten can be increased
greatly,
and
we hope to add
another
teacher to the program
in
the future.
Another important part of th e work
of
the
Seminary is
that
done by
the
students on
week ends during
the
school
year when they
are
ou t in
numerous places the
boys preaching
and
the girls
teaching
t he ch il dr en .
Usually dur ing the summer
months,
al l
of th e
students
are engaged in evange
l i s t i c work and DVBS.
LAND
AND BUILDINGS
When
we returned to th e m is si on
field
in
1957,
we
owned
our
house
and
the
land
on
which i t and the
Campbell house had been built, and
the mission owned the
girls
dormitory
and the land
on
which i t stood. We
hoped to be
able
to
purchase land
just
north of our house; but upon investiga
t ion found
tha t
i t w as no t
ava i lable as
we had been
led
to believe,
but
was
tied up in an estate. In 1959 we were
able to purchase an even larger piece
of property about one block north on
th e same street, and
here we
erected
a
boys
dormitory
that
same year.
There
is room on this property for more
buildings
when we are able to build
them. e bought the Campbell
house
from
them;
and, in
1958, rebuilt it
into a
building
twice
as
large now
48
X 24 ). This makes a very
adequate
Seminary building for our present needs.
In i960 the garage just back of the
Seminary bui ld ing was
converted
into
a dining hall for students, and a
ki tchen
and re s t rooms
were added.
The
most recent building
constructed
was a
garage and workshop
back of the
Selby
house.
It was
necessary
to borrow money
for the purchase and conversion of the
Campbell
house, and
for
th e
construc
tion of th e
boys
dormitory building.
Some of this debt has been repaid,
bu t
an indebtedness of about 3,800
remains.
e
hope to be
able
to
retire
this
debt
completely during our fur
lough
year
in the United States. Any
special gif ts for the re ti rement of this
debt
wil l be
greatly appreciated.
1
Aparri Bible Seminary Building
CHRISTIAN
CAMP
The Chr is tian
Youth
Camp,
begun
in 1955 has been very successful. It
is held for
one
week in April on the
Seminary campus, and
attracts
young
people from
al l
over
the Cagayan
Valley.
In 1961
there
were 85
campers
enrolled. Many of the
campers are
Seminary students,
and
many
are
high-
school-age
young
people
who
become
Chr i s t i ans o r b ec om e in te res ted
i n
the
Seminary through the camp. We hope to
expand this program also upon our
return,
holding camps for var ious age
groups, in more places, thus
reaching
more
young people
for
Christ.
Prayer Circle at
amp
in Aparri
PRINTING MINISTRY
William Bagain at
the
Press
One of the most
effective
ways of
reach ing people
for Christ is in the
printing of tracts and papers.
The
Multilith
Offset Press has
been
used
in die printing and re-printing of
about
15
tracts
in the past five
years,
and
in
the print ing
of a
quarterly
Ilocano
paper. It
is also
used for printing
posters , school
papers and programs
certificates
for baptism DVBS and
camp
and
in various other
ways.
William Bagain operates the press.
e hope to expand this program a
great dea l when we return.
FINANCIAL NEEDS CONTINUE
While
we
are in
th e
United State s,
t h e f i n anc i a l n e ed s o f t he f ie ld c on ti nu e
to be the sam e a s when we are on the
field. We will be
sending
at least
800 pe r month to the Philippines to
keep the Seminary and
evangelistic
work going. We ask that you s end a ll
gifts to us at
Fairfield,
Nebr., and
we will forward them to the Philip
pines each month in one lump sum.
We
thank al l
of you for your
faith
fulness in helping to keep this work
going and growing through your faithful
giving in the
past,
and we pray diat
you will continue to respond to our
needs at the present time.
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CHRISTIAN
HIGH
SCHOOLS
One of the important goals of the
work in the Cagayan Valley
is
die
establishment of Christian high
schools. There are several good
reasons
fo r the
es tabl ishment
of
such
schools . Many thousands of Fil ipino
young people do not have an oppor
tunity
to go to high
school
because
it
is necessary to pay tuition in
al l
Filipino high schools . A great portion
of the people in die Cagayan Valley
simply
cannot
afford to
send their
chi ldren to high school.
are living
in a farming
a rea, and
the farmers
of
the Philippines are among the poorest
people
there.
It
is
our plan to establish high
schools in
rural
areas
where we can
secure
enough land to enable the
s tudents to
work
th at land and earn
their
way through high school.
There
are
several
advantages
that
can be
gained
through
this
plan.
1. Most
of
the students coming to
these
high
schools
would
no t
be
Christians. Thu s, e ac h student
would
be an
evangelistic
opportunity. Not
only would
each
of these non-Christian
students
be an
evangelistic
opportunity,
bu t ea ch
home
and each vil lage
from
which they come could become an
evangelistic
opportunity. We
are
con
fident diat our
evangelistic work
would be
tripled
if we can
realize
this
goal.
2. Dai ly Bibl e
classes
would be
taught in these schools to all of
die
students
enrolled,
and we a re cer ta in
tha t each
s choo l
would
become a
feeder
for the Seminary. At the
present time,
we are
forced
to
accept
non-h igh-school graduates in the
Aparri Bible Seminary. If we had
these high schools, we would never
have
to
accept
anodier non-high-school
graduate
in
the
Seminary. We cou ld
just tell them,
There
is a high
school
where you
can earn
your way dirough
school. Complete
your high
school
and then come to the Seminary. They
would be
getting
a good
basic Bible
knowledge during their high school
training, and thus be much
better
prepared for entering the Seminary.
3. The Cagayan
Valley
is one
of
the
most
promising
agricultural areas
of
the
Philippines.
Most
of the
churches
in the Cagayan Valley are located in
farming villages. One of our primary
goals
in difs'-area
is
to bring
die
Philippine churches
to the
place
where
they can support dieir own preachers,
as well as the Seminary and th e other
work
of
the
area.
In
diese
proposed
high
schools,
the
students
will be
learning
modem
agricultural mediods,
and
thus
w il l be able
to farm more
land and
do a
better job
of
i t
than
their
fathers now do.
As
it is now,
most of
the
farmers
are sti l l
working
with the
carabao (water-buffalo) and
a
plow that is sometimes nothing more
than
a stick in the ground. One man,
under
present
conditions, can farm
only about eight or ten acres, hardly
enough to feed
hi s
family. If these
young church members leara how to
us e
modem equipment along with
better
methods,
they
will
soon improve
their
economic
conditions
drastically,
and will then become able to support
their
own
preachers.
Seminaries and
evangelistic
work at home and abroad.
We believe that t he Lord is leading
us in this direction. About
50
acres
of
land
in two
different
spots
have
a lready been acqui red. Both
of these
areas were owned by men who are
members of th e c hu rc h. he land was
mortgaged and, being unable to make
the required payments on
their
loans,
they were threatened with foreclosure.
They
asked
me for
help
in
saving
the
land, and
said
they would
donate
the
land
fo r th e work o f th e
Lord .
We
have
title to about 50
acres
in on e
area,
and
with a
re la tively small
sum
can
get t it le
to around 200 more
acres
in
that same area. It
might
take
around
2,000 to
get
clear
titles
to al l of
this 250 acres in that on e area.
This
would include taking care of present
i ndeb tednes s, s urveys ,
inspections
and i s suance of t i t les
In addition to
this, we
have
or
soon w ill h ave
title
to about 50 acres
in
another area and can ge t title
to
another
50
acres
by
paying of f
a
mortgage of 1,500. In other words,
for about 3,500, we could
ge t
clear
t i t les to
25 0
acres of land
in one
spot and 100 acres in another. Addi
t iona l l and, up to 400 acres,
can
be
bought
at
about 60 an
acre
in
this
one
area. Perhaps another 6,000
would permit us to buy a tractor and
essential equipment to begin to farm
the land. 10,000 would give us
enough to
ge t
a start in bodi
o f t he se
areas.
About
30,000
would
ge t
nearly
al l
of the land
we
want
in
both
areas.
It will
cost
us very
little
for buildings to begin with. In the
Philippines,
we can
st art out
with
just
enough buildings to give
shelter
from
the sun and rain, and improve
them as the farms begin to pay. Your
gi ft s and prayers for this pro ject will
be greatly appreciated.
NEW WORKER S NEEDED
As the work in the Cagayan Valley
grows, there is a growing
need
for
addi t ional
workers
in
t ha t
f ield.
he
work
of
the
Seminary,
the
evangelistic
work and the
printing
work
is
becoming
heavier a l l
o f
th e
t ime
and
addi t ional
workers
are needed, particularly
in th e
Seminary and printing work, If
i t
is
the
Lord's will that we
have
the proposed
Christian high schools, we
will
need
addi t ional
workers
fo r
that also
perhaps
one
to
supervise
the farm
projects and one
to
supervise the
academic part of
the
schools. We
already have word
of
the
willingness
of one who
ha s
a degree in agronomy
to come
and
supervise
the
farm proj
ects.
His
wife
ha s
Bible co ll ege
t ra in ing and would
be able to
give
us addit ional help
in
the
Seminary.
would
surely appreciate
hearing
from
churches
who
ar e
willing to
take
this family as their livinglink mis
sionaries to the Cagayan
Valley
in
th e Philippines.
NEEDS YOU CAN SHARE
1. Books for the Seminary library.
2. Books for high school library.
3. New or used DVBS material,
flannelgraph, Bible pictures , e tc .
4. Music
(new
or
used
choir music,
hymn books, chorus books, etc.).
5.
Used literature
(especially quar
terlies and children's picture leaflets).
(Please send
direct to Philippine
Mission, Box 49, Aparri, Cagayan,
Philippines.)
6. Regular monthly or quarterly
pledges
for Seminary, evangelism and
printing ministry.
7. Special
gifts
for
Christian
high
school projects.
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LUZON
APARRI CHRISTIAN SUPPLEMENT
Propwrty
rf
L I B R A RY
ZABK BIBLE
COLLEGE
Joplin
Mo
CHRISTIAN HIGH
SCHOOLS
A GREAT DEAL OF
INTEREST
HAS BEEN
MANIFESTED
CONCERNING THE PROPOSED CHRISTIAN
High
Schoo l s
in
t h e
Cagayon
Va l l e y .
We
have
SPENT
THE
past
SEVERAL
MONTHS SPEAK ING
CON
CERNING
THIS
PROJECT
BUT
HAVE MADE
NO
S P EC I A L EFFORT TO RA I S E
THE FUN DS
THAT
WILL
PERMIT
US TO GO AHEAD
WITH IT .
ThE
PURPOSE
FOR ESTABL I SH I NG THESE
SCHOOLS AND THE IM
PORTANT R ESU LTS TO
BE
OBTA INED
FROM
THEM
HAVE BEEN
SET
FORTH ON THE
BACK
PAGE OF THE
ENCLOSED
F ur lo ug h I s su e
o f
t h e
APARRI
CHRISTIAN.
A more
detailed e s t im a t e h a s
BEEN MADE
CONCERN
1
NG
THE_C0 8X
. .OF
_GEXT I NG _
THIS
LAND CLEAR OF ALL
DEBT.
t IS NOW
APPARENT THAT IT WILL TAKE ABOUT 10 000
TO
CLEAR THE
250
ACRES OF
LAND
OF ALL
MORTGAGES
TAKE
CARE
OF
FUTURE EXPENSES FO R SURVEYS
TITLES,
ETC. , AND TO PAY FOR BASIC EQUIPMENT
t rac tor ,
plow
e tc . , )
needed to
farm
the
LAND. This 250 a c r e s i s l o ca t ed in th e
MUNICIPALITY OF PAMPLONA
IN
WESTERN CaGAYAN
The o t h e r
100
a c r e tract i s
l o c a t ed in
THE MUNICIPALITY OF BaGGAO, CaGAYAN, ABOUT
50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ApARRI . An ESTIMATED
2 500 WILL BE NEEDED TO CLEAR IT OF MORT
GAGES BACK
TAXES
AND EXPENSES
FOR
SURVEYS
TITLES
ETC. THEREFORE A TOTAL OF APPROX
IMATELY
12 500
WILL
GIVE
US 250
ACRES
IN
Pamplona
and
100
acres
in
Baggao
and one
TRACTOR AN D BAS IC
EQUIPMENT TO BEGIN
T ILL ING
THE
LAND .
There
i s still
the
poss ib i l i ty
of
obtaining
the add i t iona l ^00
acres in
Baggao
a t
APPROXIMATELY
70.00 N ACRE ThE ORIGINAL EST4MATE OF 6O OO PER ACRE M E IN THE
APARRI
CHRISTIAN was based on
an
expected
exchange
rate of k pesos to 1.00. I t now
SEEMS THAT THE
FLUCTUATING
RATE OF EXCHANGE
WILL LEVEL OFF T
ABOUT
350 PESOS TO
1.00
This land which l i e s adjacent to the 100 acres mentioned above is
very
f e r t i l e ,
and
MOST OF
IT
I S
LEVEL AN D
UNDER
CULT IVAT ION .
SUGGESTIONS FOR
ACQUIRING
THE NEEDED FUNDS FOR THE
HIGH
SCHOOL
S e v er a l s ug g es tio n s
h av e been made by
p r e a c h e r s
an d elders o f v a r i o u s
c o n g r e g a t i o n s
THROUGHOUT
THE UNITED
StATES
FOR RAISING THE
MONEY
NEEDED TO GET
THIS
PROJECT
UNDER
WAY
AND BRINGING
IT
TO AN
OPERATIONAL BASIS.
I
WOULD LIKE
TO
SHARE
SOME OF
THESE
SUGGESTIONS
WITH YOU WITH THE HOPE THAT MANY OF YOU
WILL
BE CHALLENGED TO HELP
IN
TH E RAISING OF
THESE
FUND S .
1 .
One
g roup o f p re ac he rs an d
elders
s u g g e s t e d that t h e f o u r o r
five
c o n g r e g a t i o n s
IN THEIR PARTICULAR AREA TAKE
AS
A PROJECT MONG THEM THE RAISING OF 1 000.
ThIS
WOULD
BE A GOOD PROJECT FOR
GROUPS
OF ChURCHES IN OTHER AREAS.
2 . Othe r s have s ugge s t e d t h a t i n d i v i du a l s o r Churches o r g r oup s wi th i n Churches
COULD TAKE AS PROJECTS THE BUYING OF ONE OR MORE ACRES AT 70.00 N ACRE.
3*
Another
has suggested
our
borrowing money
from Chris t ian
people a t a low r a te of
INTEREST
OR
NO
INTEREST
AND
PAYING
IT BACK OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS AS WE ARE ABLE TO
RA ISE
MONEY FOR T
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One
business man.has
s tated
that he
wil l
personally borrow
1,000 from the bank
AND PAY IT
BACK
OVER A PERIOD OF
T IM E
AND
WILL
TRY TO INTEREST
OTHERS
IN
DOING
THE SAME
THING. I t h a s
BEEN
SUGGESTED THAT ChURCHES MIGHT BE WILLING TO DO THE SAME THING,
These a re
only
su g g es t i o n s made by o t h e r s
and p as se d a lo ng to
you. G i f t s
o f any s i z e
DESIGNATED
FOR CHRISTIAN
HIGH SCHOOLS
IN THE
PHILIPPINES WILL
BE GRATEFULLY
RECEIVED
AND
PLA C ED IN
A S P E C I A L
FUND TO BE U SED TO GET T H I S MOST IM PO RTA NT PLA N I N TO O P E R A T I O N .
SUPPORT
FOR NEW WORKERS NEEDED
All
LL YOU PRAY WITH US THAT
LIVING-LINK
SUPPORT
WILL
BE
SUPPLIED
FOR THE YOUNG
COUPLE
WHO HAVE INDICATED A DESIRE TO SERVE IN THE
PHILIPPINES
IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THESE
High
S c h o o l s ? Anyone i n t e r e s t e d
p l e a se
c o n t a c t
us
f o r f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n .
NEWS PROM
THE FIELD
The
work
c o n t i n u e s in
t h e
Cagayan V alle y d urin g
o ur a bse nc e.
Ronnie and J e a n i e Hoffman
ARE DOING A VERY F I N E JO B OF LEADING IN TH E SEMINARY
AND
EVANGELISTIC
WORK
WHILE WE ARE
GONE N SUPERVISING
THE
MISSION WORK IN GENERAL. RONNIE
HAS
VISITED SOME OF THE ChURChES
AND HAS EVEN DONE SOME
SPEAKING
TO THEM IN THE ILOCANO DIALECT. BROTHER LaUREANO
LOPEZ,
Bro . W illiam Bagain, Bro.
Faust ino
Peneyra,
Mrs.
Esperanza
Aguas and Mrs.
Lopez are
he lping
THEM
IN
THE
SEMINARY. IT
IS
A
B iG RESPONSIBI LI TY
AND WE ARE
THANKFUL
THEY
HAVE
THESE
CAPABLE
ilipino
w o r k e r s t o h e l p . N ot much printing is b e i n g done in o ur a bs e nc e a n d we
H O PE
TO
be
able
TO GET MUCH
MORE
DONE IN
THAT L I N E
WHEN WE
GET
B A C K .
R e p o r t s f r o m
several
o f t h e evangelists i n t h e
field indicate
that t h e y
a r e
w o r k i n g
AND
KEEPING
BUSY
PREACHING
THE
GoSPEL
IN
MANY DIFFERENT PLACES.
ThEY
HAVE
REPORTED
A NUMBER
OF BAPTISMS, BUT WE DON T
KNOW
THE EXACT NUMBER SINCE WE HAVEN t
HEARD
FROM ALL OF
THEM.
Also we know 3 or ^
Churches
tha t have been newly organized s ince we
l e f t
the
f ie ld la st
March.
A very s u c c e s s f u l camp was h e l d in
Apar r i
in A p r i l and th e sc h o o l
ye a r
in
t h e
Seminary
has been
a
good o n e a l s o .
P l e a s e r e m e m b e r
J e a n n i e
an d R o n n ie in y o u r p r a y e r s a s t h e y c on tin ue t o c a r r y on t h e
WORK
in
o u r a b s e n c e . Also
p l e a s e
r e m e m b e r
th e
faithful F i l i p i n o w o r k e r s who n e ed y o ur
p r ay e r s
to
keep
them
f a i t h f u l and courageous in t h e i r preach ing
of
th e Word. Pray
t h a t
MORE s o u l s
w i l l
BE ADDED TO
ChRIST S ChuRCH
IN THE
PHILIPPINES THIS
YEAR THAN EVER
BEFORE.
FAMIly n e w s
F u r l o u g h
t ime
i s
no t
a l ways th e e a s i e s t t i m e
f o r
a
m i s s i ona r y f a m i l y . Ther e a r e
so
MANY
NECESSARY
SEPARATIONS , IT
SEEMS,
AND THIS SEEMS DOUBLY HARD WHEN THE
FAMILY IS
ACCUSTOM
TO
LIVING
SO CLOSE ON THE
MISSION
FIELD. THE SeLBY BOYS ARE IN SCHOOL
THIS
YEAR IN
FaiRFIEL
Nebraska, where
Charles
and I both
attended
high
school.
We
are
l iv ing
in
Don
and
Lydia
BeCKENHAUER S TRAILER-HOUSE, PARKED IN MY FOLKS* YARD. DuRING THE SUMMER AFTER I BECAME
STRONGER WE ALL
WENT
TOGETHER FOR THE MONTH OF AuGUST,
TO
THE
CAMPS
WHERE ChARLES W S
TEACHING
AND
TO VISIT AuNT LyDIA SeLBY IN
PlAINFIELD,
New JeRSEY. 3
INCE
THAT TIME, I HAVE
TRAVELLED SOME
WITH
ChARLES
WHILE
OUR GOOD
RELATIVES HELPED CARE FOR
OUR BOYS, BUT HE HAS
BEEN
ALONE MOST
OF THE TIME
AND I VE
BEEN STAYING HERE. We DID ENJOY A
TRIP
TO COLUMBUS,
Ohio, in September,
to
vis i t our
l iving l ink
Church,
the
Indianola
Church of
Chris t ,
and
THEN
WE
ATTENDED THE MISSIONARY CONVENTION IN OeNVER, COLORADO.
In
NOVEMBER, WE HELD
AN
EVANGELISM AT
CINCINNATI.
ChARLES HAS MEETINGS ALSO
AT GrISWOLD,
IOWA; BuCHANAN, MiCHIGAN;
AND Eldorado, I l l i no i s . These were 1-week mee tin gs w it h
a
missionary emphasis .
He
has been
KEPT
VERY
BUSY
ANSWERING
OTHER REQUESTS TO SPEAK IN ChURCHES AT THE
SlBLE
COLLEGES,
AND
AT
V a r i o u s
m i s s i o n a r y
rallies
The boys a re happy and
busy
in sc h o o l
an d C hu rch
work .
A l l
t h r e e a re p la yin g b as ke t
b a l l
AT
SCHOOL. Ricky i s t ak ing
piano
l es sons from a t e ach e r a t H a st in gs C o ll eg e and i s
LEARNING TO PLAY ALTO HORN FOR THE BAND. LlOYD PLAYS THE BASS DRUM IN THE BAND. ROBBY IS
ON THE HONOR ROLL AT
SCHOOL.
He HAD A PAPER ROUTE FOR
AWHILE.
We a r e MAKING PLANS TO RETURN TO THE
PHILIPPINES
IN THE,SPRING SHORTLY
AFTER
THE BOYS
ARE
OUT
OF SCHOOL. PrOBABLY LlOYD WILL REMAIN IN THE
StaTES
TO
FINISH HIS
LAST YEAR OF HIGH
SCHOOL N
OF COURSE
THIS IS
SOMETHING WE
AREN T
LOOKING FORWARD
TO.
We
H
THOUGHT OF
leaving
Ricky, too, and
still
are
not
sure what
we wil l
do . Will you pray
with
us about
VERY IMPORTANT
