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.MAY AND JUNEf - 1966. NEWS
.L^ITTER
FROM
C H ^ L E ^
AND^^CiBERT^j^/SEpB^
p Q. ;
Box
49, Apariri,
Cag^y^ , Philippines..
Forwarding
Agent: .Mr .
Roberta
P .
Olson, 1660 Aniesbiix.y Road, Toledo,
fQh^
r
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l>^r..3i^ethren
in
Christ: ^ vr -. s- r:
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vA
great
de^ has happened since I wrote my
last
news-letter in April. I wish
it
possible
tp wri te per sona l
let ters to
each, o f you
who so wonderful ly
help, us in
Heepih^^^
tl^s .work going. .In
th e
following paragraphs j r.I wou ld
like
to try-to
bring
ypu
all up.
to
;date,,on
each phase
of
pur work. . . ^ : :
The EVANGELISTIC
WORK
is
coming along
very
well. pChere. h^aye l^eep
.p^uitfe-a^^.^l
number of evangel is tic meetings held in different places throughout the Cagayan Valley
by seve?:al different
Evangelistic
teams
made
up of xeg^ular
preachers._enE..Seminary
stu dents . The re are several
^evangelistic
campaigns in
progress
r^tSg^t-now -apd aeye.ral..
more_^pl^anned for the_^ coming months. T here have been =62preaiohmg rallies, and conven
tions this
^summer, end we a] so.
had
our two
supnmer
camps. We studl^rt^
enrolled
in the
*camp
here ip
Aparri.
and 43
were en ro lled
in the ^abeia^
Gen3pr>h^^^^^
young
people were bap tized. in to
Christ
in the
Aparri
CamPuS^nd 6. in the;
1^^
So
fa r
as the reports. I
have
received ars concerned, ; there have, been 135 .bapt isms :
in
;
the
work
here
since January 1st.
We
are
praying that
the
evangelistic meetings now in
progress and
those yet to
.come will riaise that nijjmber much higher* A fpar t pj- tl^is
evangelistic work ^is the Daily Vacation iBibJe-:School program that is. going
.on.iyiT^eije. ajre
6 teams
of.
girls, \y
or
king
at the
present
tiipe..
I
haven't had,ja
report on thEir
yet. Hope to have
a complete report .of tjiat.
in
oui;
next -new&|-letter.
y . . . ..r;
V Th e AP AR RI . BIpLF . .EMINARY PRESS is getting to be bpsier place, lEli of thecliitpe.
Tliree men
ar xWCtkipg
there.
.ffOTP
morning
until
mght
and
SQmetirnes
.la1^:.rptO
the niglit.
Writing
and
.printing Hocano paper,/ the .Gronicas . . keeps thein, c^ite jbuay:A
Along with
this
month's issue,
Bro.
Lopez and
Mrs. Boudreaux
are putting out
.E;
YiQhtb
Supplement,
which, in a very short time,
will
probably
expand in to
a separ ate paper for
young people,
Besicles all of th e printing,
Bro. Lopez
is
also getting
oar
book-binding
shop set up
and
has done some binding.
I
feel tha t this
phase
of
the
printing
work m ight
eventually
support our
whole
printing operation
and at th e
same
time teach
many
of
our
students a
t rade
through;
which
they can make a living as they preach
the Gospel
in
nesedy
places
The APARRI BIBLE SEMINARY will beg in ano th er year of
school
on A agust 15.
At
present, much is being done on the
bui ld ings get ting
them ready for another
school
years
Rather extensive repairs
will
be made
on the
roofs of
the
Seminary
and
Girl s Dormitory
buildings.
A new type,stove is
being
put in
th e Seminary
kitchen and
the
whole downstairs
is getting
two
coats of
paint.
It will
make
it
a much
more p le asant building to go to
s c h o o l in t h a n
it
h a s
v r
b e e n
b e f o r e
The CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL projects are
progressing
nicely.. Bro. Boudreaux is
working primarily
at
present with the
development
of the land in
Amulung,
Cagayan,
which is a part
of
our Baggao project.
Further development
work
has
been started at
Baggao
I tself . It
is at that site where
we wanted
to
put
the Farm-equipment of which
we
have been telling
you
in former
let ters .
We are very thankful that several fine gifts
have come in to help
pay
for the freight on t hi s equ ipment. However, we havenH
heard
recently
about progress being
made
in the
purchase
of this
equipment.
We will cer
tainly
appreciate
very
much
any help any of
you
can .give
in th e
purchase
and
shipment
of this
e qu ipmen t to
the Phil ippines .
We have
high
hopes
of
getting
High Schools star ted at our two
sites
in
the
province
of
I sabela In
a few weeks , we
sh ou ld h av e
t i t le to
30
to
35 a c r e s
of
Jahd
in 'Cal iniaoan.
We
are
purchasing
this
land
and have i t more
than half paid
for at the
present
tixniei We
are also hoping
to hear soon
of
the final approval of
our
application
for
about
6 acres of
land in Edcor, Isabela , The government is giving us this land and has promised
to give
us
several additional
acres as
soon as we get our High School established
and
have
need
o f
th e a dd it io na l
l a n d
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Much
work needs to be
done
in
o r d e r to
get
gove rnment app rova l for
the opening
of
th es e s choo ls . We have long felt th e need of hav ing a man here who could work on this
particular phase of it on a full time
basis.
I
had hoped
to get a missionary to
come
and
do this work, but
th e Lord just doesn t
seem
to have led
us
in that. Now, we
have
very
high hopes of
getting
a
m an right h e r e
a
very good Christ ian who has had many
y e a r s of
teaching
exper ience in both public and
private schools
h e r e in A parri and has
long been
known
as the bes t teacher in A parri , This
man knows
those
whom
he has
to
see
and
th e th ing s
that
have to be done
in
o r d e r
to
get
approval
for
the
es tabl i shment
of these schools. We hope
also
that
he will
become
the Principal
of
the
school in Cali-
naoan after we get it
started.
We will need support for th is man right away, and would
surely appreciate hearing from any
Church
or any
groups
that
might
be in terested in
taking the full support of th is man.
We
have had
some wonderful
response in regard to
books
for our
High
Schools,
Arrangements haive been made with the Home of
Peace
of Oakland
to
handle the ship
ment of bboks for
US;
They will
take
care of crating
them,
getting
all
of the
necessary
papers for their
shipment,
etc. If you have books to be donated to the
work
here in
large
quantities,
they
can
be
shipped to
the
Home of Peace of Oakland , For : Charles W.
Selby,
4700
Daisy
Street,
Oakland,
Calif.
94619. If you
have books
in
srhall quantities,
it would be much bet ter
to
send
them through the mails
directly to us
here in A parri.
In bringing
this
l e t t e r
to
a
c lose ,
I
want to take th is m e a n s to thank all
of
you
who
so
faithfully and
regular ly
support the
Lord s
work
here .
Our work is growing in a
very
fine way,
and I feel
that we
are
going to see
some
very
rapid growth w ithin the
next
few years .
We
Hope to
see
the day, before many more years , when
this work
will
begin
to
sustain i t s e l f
w ith ou t an y help
from sources outside
the Phil ippines . Our ex
penses
are quite heavy right now, and will
con tinu e to
be so for a number of years yet,
but we are confident that
i t
will
resul t
in a completely self-supporting work in the not
too
d is tant f ut ur e. We seek
your
p r a y e r s arid your continued
g en er ou s s up po rt
of
the
w o r k
h r
' S in ce re ly Y o u rs
i n C h r i s t
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PHILIPPINE
MISSION
CHURCHES
OF CHRIST
P.O. Box 49, Aparri, Cagayan, Philippines
AugM I 6
Charles and Roberta
Seiby
Sidney and Marj Boudreaux
Apani BiUe
Seminaiy begins
th Year
on
August
15tb
Before
this
issue of
the
parri
hris
tian will be mailed,
The
Aparri Bible
Seminary will have begun its 15 th
year of operation. During those years,
49. young men
and
women have
received
de^rfees and
diplomas
from
the
Seminary.
29 yoimg women have received Chris
tian Worker Certificates and 21
young
women
have received Assoc ia te in
The
ology Certificates after having completed
at
least two years of training in the Seminary.
A great deal of work
has
been done
and is being done on the physical pro
perties of the Seminary to get them
ready for another school year.
The
Seminary bui lding
and the
bovs
dor
mitory building have been painted on
the inside. A
new stove has been
ins
talled in the Seminary kitchen, and a very
extensive remodeling job is being done
on the girls dormitory, including the
buildings of a big septic tank and ins
tallation of new toilet and bathing fa
cilities. This is something that has needed
to be done for several years,
and
we
just couldn t put it
off
any
longer.
In
addition to all of this,
some
repair work
also had to be done
on
the roofs
of
both the Seminary and Girls dormitory
buildings.
The training program of the Aparri
Bible Seminary is a very important part
of our work of bringing the Gospel to
this part of the Philippines. We are facing
a
very crucial
period
in
this effort to
provide a well trained Filipino leader
ship for the Churches here. Living ex
penses here have increased tremendously
just in the past two years. The churches
are still not able to
fully
support their
preachers many are
able
to do more than
they are
willing
to do) and thus many
of our finest young people who would
make excellent workers for the Lord are
going into other types of work such as
teaching, engineering, medicine, etc., since
these
fields
offer them greater opportu
nities, financially.
We
seek your prayers,
as we try to bring the Churches here
to the place where they will be able
and
willing
to support their preachers
adequately
Another important part of the Sem
inary program is the Kindergarten^
under the very capable direction of
Mrs. Guadalupe Castillo. 33 children
have been enrolled for this year so far.
This not only
gives
us an opportunity
to teach these children, but many of
them come from non-Christian homes
throughout Aparri, which gives us a
witness in each of those homes. The
kindergarten also
provides an opportu
nity for our Seminary girls to get some
practical experience in teaching children
and conducting a kindergarten.
Our average monthly investment in
this total Seminary program is around
550.00.
We would appreciate regular
monlhly gifts, regardless of the amount,
to help keep this very important train
ing program going. It is truly the hope
of the future stability of the work here.
We also seek your earnest prayers for
all of us here who are involved in the
work
of the Aparri
Bible
Seminary.
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Page 2 APARRI GHRISTIAN August 1966
i>
iiT
1 that arise which bring discouragement
e Evangelistic
WQIK
ahd disiUusiowgnt I
An
average
of about
350.00
amon|h
v ngelisih is
the
primary
gbal
of our
is
being put
into
this
evangebstic
work
work
here,
whether we be
speaking
If y o ir
would
like to have -a part m .
of the Aparri
Bible
Seminary,,
the Print-
getting the
Gospel to the
people of. this
in
Work
or the
proposed
Christian
area
through this part of our
work,
we
Hmh
Schools. However, we
do want to would appreciate very
much
vour send-
keep
you
informed concerning
the actual ing a regular monthly, gift for the
evangelistic work
that is Being
done, -evangelistic work.
**
Under this heading we woidd include ,
evangelistic meetings, preaching
rallies
.1
DSUIa
CmLaaI
and conventions, Christian Service Camps, Jlaiiy VdCSttOll
ISlDiC MAOOl
Daily Vacation Bible Schools,
and
the . , , , ta xr r, c
work being
done
by
the preachers as
SIXTEEN girls
gathered for
a
D.V.B.S.
they
labor .from day to day in serving Sinstitute April 25 29
at the
Aparri
particular local congregations. Bible Seminary.
Mrs. Marj
Boudreaux
ManV. evanc< elistic meetings have been supervised the Institute; Mrs. Rebecca
held
durino the past
six
months, not all
Lopez
taught those
who woulp
be teach-
of
them
producing souls for
Christ,
but
ing
the Primary
age group;
Miss
Angeles
in all of them the
local
Churches were
Jove taught the Junior teachers; Mrs.
strengthened and encouraged. - Six,,.rallies E^peranza .Aguas taught an evening
class
and conventions
were
held during the in Go/idue/ for Christian .Girls.
summer months and
around-40.
weeks Using
4964-Standard WBS mat
of
Daily
Vacation
Bible Schools were
sent
from churches
in me
_States,
the
held throughout the Cagayan
Valley,
girls
spent mornings.; and afternoons m
140 young people were enrolled
:in
two carefully supervised
practice
teachirig
Christian Service
Camps
,
held this sum- sessions,
after an
opening
assenibly. de-
mer with 24 of this number accepting monstration. Every aspect of me VBb
Christ as their Saviour.
was
covered, includma handSvork^ play-
A total of 153 baptisms-have been time, singing, object
lessons,
^etc.
reported.-since
January
first.
. - . .
The
Junior
and
Primary
lessons
^yere
As
an
example
of
work
being done
by translated into
-Ilocdno
before
the.
in-
preachers
in
local congregations,
I
would
istitute
began, and
copies
made
so each girl
like
to share with you a portion of a would
have
an.accurately translated copy
recent
letter from Bro. Daniel Sagabaen of each lesson.
Every girl
attending the.
who is serving one of our Churcnes in Institute was to. demonstrate at least one
the province of Isabela. Daniel .writes; lesson, utilizing, suggested visual aids,_as
Concerning
the work
here
in. Biga, I
well
ds
preparing
all
the materials for
rejoice
to
inform
you that it is growing, the other lessons. , .
This is a result of the .Christian Ralty A total of;.seventeen girls. taugM. m .
that
was held
here last
May.. During D.V.B.S.
this
summer,
a^ total of
40
the rally six were baptized; and two weeks, reaching over
1,100
children in
were
added
after the
rally.
After
the
32
places.
We
pray the
Lord,
^11 cause
railv in
Bagu (Pamplona, Cagayan),
I
came
the
seed
.sown
to multiply to His
Glory,
home
and began
an evangelistic .campaign . Would you like to become, a part
in Bif a.
During
a period of three succes- of pur D.V.B.S. effort? We need
Used
sive weeks, 12 have
been
baptized and VBS materials, particularly pictures, flan-,
added to
the
Lord and His Church. If nelgraph, teachers manuals, handcraft.^
God
permits one of these 12, a f ine Materials left over from this sumn^r s
young man a
high school
.graduate, will be
VBS mailed
to:
Philippine Mission Chur-
coming
to the
Seminary
this year
through
chcs of
Christ, Box 49. Aparri,
Ca^a^gan^
the help of the local congregation. Philippines, andmarked Used Li^rature
t
is
encouraging-
reparts
such
as this
will
be put to
good use,,
m our
D.V.B.S.
that give us the determination to
keep
work. We will surely
appreciate
your
help
on
workino
in spite of themany things in sending us these much-needed supplies.
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August 1966
APA RR I CHR IST IAN
Page 3
The Rally in Basao
The path
stretched
into the distance,
a narrow red line scarring the verdant
green
of the rice paddies.
Overhead
a blaz
ing
noon-day
sun
beat down brassily. I
stared in dismay at
the
twisting red path;
where was
the
pleasant,
grassy, well-shaded
road I had envisioned? Well, obviously
in
the
only place it
had ever
existed
my imagination Now with my three oldest
children, and four companions I was ready
to begin the
trek
into the barrio
of
Basao for a
three-day
rally.
About one hour,
two
miles, and
15
rest stops
later,
we staggered up the
last
few hundred yards to the home of the
Mayficlds, American linguists
with
whom
we would
stay. It
was with sighs of relief
tha t we reached
the
house and sa t down to
rest. Sid and
Sharon
came
that afternoon,
having
gone to
Estefania
(Amuhing) first
to th e farm.
Our trip
three
times a day from the
Mayfields to the Madrids where
the
rally
was held, was
not
exactly like walking
a
paved
street. But th e novelty
and
th e
discomfort of slipping and sliding up
and
do\yn wet clay banks, and balancing pre
cariously on slippery dikes across rice
paddies
was more than
overcome
by the
rich spiritual experience and joj ous fel
lowship
enjoyed
at
the
rally.
Under
the
bamboo canopy
erected in
the yard we
began
our services
Friday
night
by
singing out of the Ilocano hymn
books (the
girls from the Seminary took
turns
leading the singing). The Coleman
lantern overhead
illuminated
the yard
ef
fectively. Special numbers at each
service
were
prepared
by
Miss Jove, one
of
my
companions and
an
A.B.S. faculty member.
After the
sermon, the leader asked
if
there were any
questions
from the
audience,
and
there
began
a
spirited
dis
cussion on,
Is
it necessary to be
a
mem
ber of
the C hurch
of
Chr is t to be saved
Saturday
morning
Laureano
Lopez,
(A.B.S.
faculty
member), led
an
informal
discussion on The Church as Found in
the
Scriptures.
teaching the
practices
the
Church
must
follow in order to be scriptural.
I t was
a fruitful
discussion,
much
needed
by
the little band o f Chr ist ia ns
in
Basao.
The afternoon meeting was well at
tended.
A
sudden rainstorm broke upon
us,
and
we
al l
quickly scrambled
into
the Madrids'
house. Sergio Banggo s
A B S graduate) sermon continue^ ac
companied by the
crashing
storm out
side. We walked
back
to
the Mayf ie lds
in a fine, misting rain,
but
by evening,
the rain
had
stopped.
Following
the
two sermons
Saturday
night
(by Leonardo
DomingoA.B.S,
graduate, and
Sergio), a Bible drama was
presented
by the
Seminary
students.
This
was thoroughly enjoyed
by
all present,
and there was literally a houseful, with
maybe 60-75 people there.
Sunday
morning
services were parti
cularly well-attended. Mr. Madrid, the
barrio captain, had invited the Negrito
people (with whom the linguist.s are work
ing), and
many
of
them
came.
There
is
such
a striking
difference between
the
Negritos and the Ilocanos in
terms
of
dress,
general
appearance
and attitude.
Christ is the only answer to the
Neg
ritos lethargy
and
primitive superstition.
(As indeed He is
the
on ly answer to
the
civilized rat-race and our dependence
upon material gods.)
Following a
feast provided
by Mad
rids of pork, rice, pancit and bananas, we
began our
trek back
to the
road
to
catch
a
bus
for Aparri. We were thrilled
to learn the next day that two accepted
Christ on Sunday night; baptismal ser
vices were held
Monday
morning.
The
Word
of God
has been
liberally sown
in Basao,
and
we pray
the
people will
allow it to spring to full
fruit
in
their
lives. * * *
SUMMARY
of
NEEDS
Pledged monthly gifts for:
EVANGEL IST IC WORK
*
APARRI
BIBLE SEiMINARY
APARRI
CMRISTIAN
PRESS
*
CHRISTLVN
HIGH
SCHOOLS
Funds for farm machincrii
Books and Lab. equipment
for
High Schools
Books for Seminary Library
Song books and choir music
Used Bible School Literature
(We
use lust
years literature)
Used VBS m ateria ls
(Teachers
manuals,
flannelgraph
stories, etc).
Baby
clothes
(New
or Used)
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August 1966
PROGRESS
REPORT
on
EST LISHMENT
of CHRISTI N HIGH SCHOOLS
WE R getting quite excited over
the progress being made in our efforts
to get High Schools started at Calina-
oan and Edcor in Isabela. We have al
ready purchased a portion of the materials
which will be needed for the school build
ing in Edcor. Word has not yet been
received as to the final approval of our
application for the land
there,
but
we
have
been assured
that
it will be forth
coming. Edcor is a thriving barrio and
is about to become a municipality. We
are fortunate to be the first to seek
permission
to
establish
a
school
there,
since probably only one private High
School will be
permitted
there. It is
essential that we get this High School
started this next year
otherwise, we may
lose
the land
which is being given to
us for
th t purpose
We
have
encountered some tempo
rary
problems
concerning the l nd in
Calinaoan, but we expect by the end of
September, to have clear title to around
13 acres there. Some material has been
ordered for
the
building
there
also,
and
since we can get sand and gravel free
for
the
hauling, we
may
use
cement
blocks
which
we will make ourselves)
for the first story of the building.
It
is estimated
that
it will take o u t
6,000.00 to get each of these schools
started.
This
includes the cost of the
first unit of a proposed three u n i t
building plus library and l o r
t o r y
equipment which is required by the go
vernment Each uni t of
the
proposed
buildings will be two stories high and
30 by 72 feet including a porch.
While we are speaking of library and
laboratory equipment we would like to
seek your help in this regard. Several
have responded to our appeals for books
for the libraries,
and
we are looking
forward
to receiving some
rather
large
shipments
soon.
We
would
also like to
have
used laboratory equipment. Only
that
which is
unbreakable should
be
sent
over. I will
try and
enclose a
list
of equipment
which
you might send, and
also a list of specific books
that
will
be
needed However
we can use
almost
any kind of
good
books
that can be
used
for references or
reading
books in
a High School or College Library. Let
us hear from
you
if
you have
access to
any books or laboratory equipment you
think we can use. We will need a good
set of up-to-date Encyclopedias for each
school, as well as Dictionaries, etc.
We would
like to remind you that
the primary purpose of these
schools
is
essentially Evangelistic. Through these
schools we will have the opportunity to
reach hundreds of young people for Christ
that we might never even know about,
otherwise. As we reach
the young
people,
we
in turn
have access
to
their
homes
and opportunities to reach Uieir parents
and relatives, in fact, whole barrios, that
we might never reach otherwise.
We
are certain that
each of
the high
schools established will eventually be
self-supporting. In the following article,
Goings-on At the Amulong Ranch ,
Sid
Boudreaux describes
a
portion
of
the
development work that is being done in
connection with
our
proposed farm school
in the Baggao area. Present plans call for
the establishment
of
two farm
schools.
At
least 50 of those who completed
grade school do not go on to High School
because they cannot afford to pay
the
required tuition. The proposed f rm
schools will give such students a chance
to
earn
their way through school
by
working on the farms, which in turn
will
make
the schools self-supporting. The
other schools spoken of will be supported
eventually through tuition paid by
stu
dents and by small farm projects of
various kinds
as space permits. We re
alize, however, that none of these schools
will be completely self-supporting in the
beginning. We are, therefore seeking help
from brethren who are interested
in
this
undertaking. Regular monthly gifts for
these
schools would be
greatly
appreci
ated and would help us so very much until
the
schools
get
on
their
feet. We seek
your
prayers as
well
as your financial support in
this
monumental
undertaking
for
Christ
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Goings on tThe
mulong
Ranch
THIS
Y R
there
have
been
far fewer
obstacles
to
hurdle in
the
agricultural
phase of
the
work here, namely in
Amu
long where
the land is planted in rice
and
beans.
Farming
will always involve
the natural risks produced by the weather,
but
this
week we
are t ak ing the drouth
risk out by installing a small
irrigation
sys
tem. We will use
the
same
pump
for drain
ing ripening fields at the proper time,
thus
increasing the
quality
of the
harvest
and
preventing the rice from being damaged.
Late
in April we had to put in
700 new posts in
the
fence
around the
farm, luckily we could
buy them
from
a neighbor who assisted in
getting
some
young men with bull
carts
to haul
them.
Transportation to the farm presents
somewhat
of a problem since
it
is
not
located
adjacent
to a road, but actually
it isn't
too
far
to the
nearby barrio
road on
the
South and even
closer to
the National road to the
West. The
jeep and tractor easily make the trip.
We
were
able
to
plant an early crop
of rice in May, thanks to
the
unseason
ably heavy rains at that time.
The
Lord watches over
us .
We expect to
harvest this
crop late next month, then
fertilize for
a
second
one, which should
be
ready
in February. I am hoping to
obtain
a small amount
of seed of
an
early maturing varie ty produced by the
International Rice
Research Inst i tu te
through a friend. With shorter or earlier
maturing
varieties,
and
favorable condi
tions
I
believe we will increase the
average
yields over
It isn't
easy to
obtain
these new varie tie s; I think everyone
wants them and they
aren't being
pro
duced
in large amounts yet. Researches are
naturally
slow
in
letting
out
their
work.
There is
adequate
grazing land at
the ranch to support 6-l0 head of
cattle and
this
number can be
increased
100%
through
proper
management
of
the
pastures and through the use of a sprinkler
irrigation system during the summer. X
get
the
idea here that beef is almost a lux
ury
because
it
is scarce. A beef enterprise
could be very profitable,
and
I am looking
into what can
be
done about
starting
one
with
only the
native
cattle. These
can
be
rapidly
disposed of as
improved
cross
bred offspring
are selected
for foundation
stock.
This
foundation stock, I hope, will be
the
result of using
some
of
the best Santa
Gertrudis blood in the U.S. A likely
figure
for
beginning
this enterprise will be $600-
$1,000 for purchasing several native fe
males and the
required
fencing. I firmly
believe
cattle
may
well
be the
bread and
butter for
the
farm because beef brings
about
90{i per lb. here in the market.
We
shall
have more to report to you in
the next issue Pray for us.
- - - concerning tractor
and equipment
In several
recent
news-letters,
we
have
written
concerning
the
need of a
tractor
and
equipment to go with
it ,
and of the
opportunity
to
purchase such
equipment
in
California
at a very good price. We
had estimated it would cost around 2,
000.00 to ship it
to
the
Philippines,
plus
the
expenses of getting it
into
the country
and
then shipped on up
to
Aparri. Get
ting used equipment here is
very
difficult
Avithout having
to pay almost the
new
price for it. However,
the
chief mechanic
of International Harvester in Tuguegarao
in fo rmed u s of a man
who had
two
t ractors
in
running condition with
equipment for
each,
which
he
wanted
to
sell
immediately
in
order
to
pay off
a loan
he
had
on them.
We
can
get both of these
tractors
and the
equipment to go with them for
just
a few
hundred
dol la rs more than i t would cost us
to buy one tractor and
equipment
in
the
States and
ship
to Aparri.
We
have received several gifts for
this
equipment
but
are in
need
of
more
immediately,
in order to
be
able to get
this equipment while we have the op
portunity.
These are diesel tractors
and
will
thus
be much cheaper
to
operate
than
the Farm-All
M we were planning
to
purchase
in the
States.
It will also
be much
easier
for us
to get parts
for
these
tractors
here in
the
Philippines since
they
are
assembled
here by Internatio
na l Harvester.
We
would
appreciate
so
very
much hearing
from
any of
you
who would be willing to help us get
this much needed
eciuipment
which will
be used in the development of the farm
projects in connection with
our
Christian
High Schools. *
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P RRI
HRISTI N
August
1966
XACTLY nineteen
years ago, on June
22, 1917,
the
Sclby family landed on
Philippine shores: Charles,
Roberta,
and Lloyd, 1 year old. Many changes
have
come
to
thc
Selbys since then,
not
the
least of which were
the
two
addi
tions
to
their
family: Rick,
born in Manila
in 1948, and Rob, born in
the
States
in
1950.
As most of
you
who are reading this
article know, the
Seibys have
worked
in the Ilocano
field
in
northern
Luzon
ever since their arrival in the
Philippines.
Charles has worked to l)uild
up
a
strong
evangelistic program utilizing the Filipino
worker. The Aparri Bible Seminary is serv
ing this purpose through its preacher-train-
ing program and printing work very
well.
Charles and
Roberta
have
both
taught
in the
Seminary
since i ts establishment
in 1952 until
a
year ago when Roberta
was forced to give up her teaching duties
on doctors orders. Charles is at
present
Administrator,
Dean,
faculty member with
a 12-16 hour
teaching
load,
Building
Main
tenance Supervisor, and general Man-To
Go-To-\Vhen-Anything-Gocs-\yrong, be
sides l)cing a missionary with
the
in
evitable book-work and correspondence.
Roberta must maintain
a
quiet sched
ule, being sure to get sufficient rest.
She still suffe rs from migraine headaches,
but
they are not so severe or frequent
as before
she
went to the S ta tes in
November.
Her tre atmen l th ere helped
her a
great
deal, and she was able to
come back in March. Her gentle influ
ence
and
helpful
suggestions are a,source
of strength to all of us who work with her.
Lloyd
IS now 20
years
old and working
at
the
present time in Nebraska after
completing his
first
year
at
Lincoln
Christ
ian College. He expects to join the Armed
Services
this
winter .
By the time you receive this. Rick
will have celebra ted
his 18th
birthday
on the shores of the U.S.A., and will
be
preparing
to enter
Cincinnati
Bible
Seminary. He graduated from Faith
Acade
my, Manila, this
year with
honors. (Faith
Academy is an American school set
up
especially
for the benefit of missionaries
children
who
often
must be
.cnt away
from
their
homes to
school.)
Rick,
a
member of the choir, was chosen Can
teen Manager and named Student Man
ager and official scorekceper of the
basketball team , regular ly accompanied
the
chapel
services and won
a disting
uished Superior
rating
for his
perfor
mance
of
Rachmaninoff s Pre lude in C
Sharp Minor during the
music
contest
a t Clark Air Force Base.
Rob entered his
Junior year at Faith
Academy
in July; he takes an active
part in the school s activities. A mem
ber of
the
basketball and
volleyball
teams, he was also a member of
the
choir and was chosen to be in a mixed
quartet
which w on an excellent rating
a t the C lark mus ic c on te st.
As they begin their 20th year of
service in the Philippines,
Roberta and
Charles Selby look forward
to
many more
years
spent in
working among the Fili
pino people, as they
trust
the
Lord to
lead
them
always. * * *
The Boudieaux Family
The R SSUR cooker whistling
away in
the
kitchen; Sharon is
chat
tering volubly in Ilocano
with Zcny
as they make cookies togetherall this
plus the funeral strains of
Ave
Maria
coming in
through
the
window
tends
to
distract me
from my task
at hand
that
of
writing
an
up-to-date
article
abou t
us
Boudrcaux s .
What shall I tell
you
about first?
About
Saturday
morning when we joined
our linguist friends, the Mayfields from
Basao, at the beach, and the six of us
emerged a
lovely
broiicd-lobster shade?
Or the
V.B.S.
program in Aparri last
Wednesday as wc
sat
fondly by and
listened
to our
young ones sing
and
recite
memory
verses,
and
Bcrta
recite
the books of
the
Bible? All
our young
ones except Sharon, that is, who evi
dently feels the only contribution
she
need
make
to
a program is a purely
decor ativ e one as she opens her
mouth
only
to smile.
Shall
I tell
you
about our latest acqui
sitiona
wriggbng,
yelping bit of fur
affectionately
(sometimes
not so affec
tionately)
referred
to as
that
dog.
And about
which
Sharon came running
to
me with
the
awful news,
Tata
Wil-
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liam says if that dog keeps him awake
again, he's gonna dead it. (Tata Wil
liam
is
one
of of our
neighbors
in the
building, a member of the A.B.S. faculty,
and was assuredly no
more
than half-
seripus when he issued the ultimatum
t ransla ted by Sharon.)
Is
it
interesting
to
you
that
I
can
proudly report: Berta graduated from
the
2nd Grade
(Calvert)
and Scott grad
uated from Kindergarten with Second
Honors ?
Jaiiiie, bless his little non-con
formist heart, isat sadly
by
and watched
as all th^ Kindergarteners except the
youngest ones and him received Honors
in the program. He proipises next year
to stay in class and write his letters and
numbers so that he,
too
can graduate
wi^
honors.
This
summer the
children
are
busily
engaged
inplayin,
of course
mostly
with the Lopez* children, very near their
qwn ages, and children of La,lireano. and
Rebecch Lopez who both teach at A.B.S.
Sharon plays with Cecile, daughter of
Ben and
Guadaliipe Castillo, our
other
neighbors in the building, who also teach
in
the
Seminary.
They
play in
the sand,
with home-made
cars
and trucks, but
,their favorite treat is a trip to the beach
and an hour of swimiriing. *
Chiistiiui Youth Camp
Aparri, Cagaijan
Early on Sunday morning ay
preparations for travel were being made
in many homes as young people all
over the Cagayan Valley began leaving
for Aparri to attend the Christian Youth
Camp, May 8-13. Upon arrival, they re
gistered with Mrs. Aguas and Miss Jove,
received devotional guides prepared in
Ilocano, and were shown to their dormi
tories.
Before
the
\yeek
was
out, those
same
dormitories .
were nearly
bulging out
Ithe sides, with the
number in
them, for
the young people continued to pour in
all
week.
long.
For the first
time in
the
history
of
the
Aparri Camp, an Attendance -Banner
was presented. Receiving
the
Banner
were
eight campers who came from Sinamar
Norte, San Mateo, Isabela, approximately
150 miles away. The Attendance Banner
was made and
donated
by a
Christian
lady in Aparri, who was also our camp
cOo
k, Mrs. Quexal.' ;
On Wednesday night we witnessed a
real, jvictory. forf
.Christ
as fifteen woung
people
came forward confessing Christ.
Thursday night three
more came, one
who had been a member of
a, gang
in his towii.'
These eighteen young
people
were baptized Friday in the baptistry
of the
Aparri
Church.
Please
pray for
them
that they
will
grow
,and be
builded
up
in Christ.
,
A total of 92 campers
attended the
1966
Aparri
Christian Youth Camip^ (due
to an etror in numberingby the registrar,
we
first thpught 102had
registereid).,
This
strained our facilities somewhat;
but
not
our joy
in seeing so
many
ypung people
come to spend a week in study of God s
word.
We
praise
the Lord
for
the
vic
tories won for Him in this canlp, and
pray
that
they
may
be lasting victories.
it;;
:mPOMT,MNOlJNCEMENT
An OCTOBER 1st
Mr. &
Mrs.
R. L.
^Tolliver of Fairfieldy Nebraska will
become,
forwarding agents
for
Charles
& Roberta Selbg. During the past two
years Mf. & Mrs. Robert Olson have
acted in this capacity
for
both the Selbys
Sc
Boudreai iFs.
The increased
work
load of Bro. Olson resulting from a
recent ctidnge in
ministry
makes this
step seem advisable. We are very grateful
to fhe Olsons
for
the giving ' of their
energy to help ^us in this 'Way. They
will continue as forwarding agents for
Sid
Sz Marj Boudreaiix.-
Mrs. ToltWer is ' they oldest sister of
Charles Selby and we
a re
very grateful
that she and her husband are willing
to accept this responsibility once again
Many
of you will remember that the
follivers acted in tliis capactty for the
Setbys up until two
yeari
ago.
THEREFORE, beg
inning
Qctober
Ist,
1966, forwarding agents
for
the Selbys
and Boudreaux\s will be
as
follows:
FORWARDING AGENTS
For Charle&
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1966
EVAHIZING
MU
THE
PRINTED PAGE
1AUREAN0 LOP Z who also carries a
big leaching
load in
the Seminary
each
year, has
been
in
charge
of
the
big
letter
press since
it
was
put
in
operation
in October 1965.
They have printed
thousands
of c o p i e s of
s v r l
llocano
tracts
programs
for various rallies
and
conventions,
and
just
finished
ing the 6th issue
of
the CRONIGAS a
monthly
llocano
paper.
We
are
experi
menting
with the. inclusion of a
Youth
Supplement
in
the
CRONIGAS,
and
hope
it
will serve the need of the young people
in
th is area. T he P RR I C H R IST I N
which
you are
reading now was
printed
on
the letter press.
In
June
of
this year Mr.
Lopez was
joined m
the
press room
by Leonardo
Domingo J
a 1966 graduate^ of the Semi
nary ahd one extremely proficient in
iypifig and printiiig sldtl ^Vj Rp worked
with
t h e
press during th^ -19651966
school
year
and demonstrated
such
apti
tude
and
skill
tha t
he
has been added
as a full-time printer.
A book-binding
shop has recently been
set up; Mr. Lopez is supervising this
work also and will
teach
i t to s tudents
next
year.
There
is no
book binder
in
Gagayan
so
this
serves a real
purpose
in
meeting
our needs a n d
in teaching
the
Seminary boys a skill which they
can use to help support .themselves.
Jovito
Dumalanta brother of
Mrs.
Lopez has been
engaged
to
work
full-
lime
in the press roomj
learning
t h e
setting pf type etc. During
the
school
yearj full-time Seminary boys will also
assist in
the press room.
We have
been
handicapped in
using
the
Multilith recently
because
the
gene
rator is
broken. But
it will be repaired
as
soon
as possible and we are prepa
ring material to be printed on the Mul
tilith
as soon as
i t is repaired.
Ben
Castillo
another faculty mem
ber who works in
the press
room pri
marily
as
artist has
just
completed a
four week
course
of study in
Manila at
the
conmany
which;
represents Multilith
in the Fhilippines. He learned the
pho
tographic process which makes the Mul
tilith particularly
valuable
here, as cuts
for
the letter
press
are
expensive
to
ob
tain and
take a long
time
to come from
Manila.
With the
photographic
process,
snapshots can be used; headlines printed
by
the
letter
press
can
be
stripped
in
and
printed
on
the
Multilith.
The value of
this
process will
be
shown
especially in
printing the translation of New Training
for Service There are many diagrams
which would be very expensive to re
produce on cuts.
Too
using the Multi
lith will mean that the type
of
the letter
press will
not
be
tied
up in the
mam
moth job of printing the book.
The
printing
work is a valuable facet of
the
whole evangelistic
program
in
the
Ga
gayan Valley, and supplies a distinct need
in
the distribution of
Bibfe
based
reli
gious
materials
in
the
llocano
dialect.
We
pray we will be able to
take advantage
of every bpportunity to disseminate the
vritten
Word knowing
it
will
have a
Srtrengthening
and
edifying
result
in
the
lives of Christians,
and
we pray there
will be a stimulating response from those
w ho o th erw is e
would not
know our Lord.
rather
J^quesls
PR Y FOR
Souls
to be won.
N ew C hris tians
Preachers
and
workers.
SeminaryFaculty
and students.
Churches that they
become
self-supporting.
Immediate permission from government to
establish Edcor
and
Calinaoan
high schools.
(Permission must be granted byDec. 1966.)
Eventual establislunent offarm high schools.
Books
and
lab. equipment of high schools.
Provision of
funds for farm
machinery.
Gifts with which to build and begin.
Guidance in developing the land.
Locating and hiring of
Christian teachers^
and other
personnel.
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S13P1^. AND OCTOBER, NEWS LETTER FROM CpARDE^tA m vROBrESTA SEiLBY
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Pi
O-. Box
49,
Aparri, Cagayan, Pbilippii ies ; ^ ; jo - .
Forwarding
Agenta:
Mr. and
Mrs.
R.
L.
Tblliver, Fairfieid,> Nebraafca
6r8)93B i i
T \ ^ o v e m b e r
5,
1966, -0
e^ -^Bretiiren iit Cbriatr ,
It has' been
qdite
some
time
since you; have received a news-letter fromvtbe Selby&.
Because
of
.variou'ffi
crrcuniaifenqee;
Bro. Olson
was unable. to
seud ^e
l iats
of
those
wh:o
have given to tiie work betweeh the midd le of
Jtdy
^and
end
of Seprtemher. On Oct.
21v^:we
re^eivedi
these
Hsts,
:stnd now want td get the receipts mto the maih with thLsi v
let ter
concermng
the work
of
the Lord htci *
Bro
. Robert OlsonV who
has-been
actingo
asfOur fOrwairdihg
ageht
for^
the past
several yearsv has become so--bus.y':im his newc i
mmistoy
im
Toledo
ifet
he has fouiid- it increasingly
difficult
tovfind- the tame-to takeLcare
o f b u r w o r k a s w el l a s h i s . We r w h a v e beeni a b le t o r e H o f t h i s
additioncd burden to Ms already heavy scheduler . send
Mrs,
R. L. TOllive
r:
of Fairfield,
Wbbr^Tr^^^^o^ctedras cbirforwardihgr agents^ for seversdlyears p r i o r to BrQr this year i .W still
in
the
nfidst
of. a quite severe rice ?shrt-
age^/ferougho^it PfMMppihes
ahd
t h i s faCt;
has
kept our enrollnient-down for the -past
severaT
years.
'As
the
Shortage
has
becorne
toore
the
price
has
shot
up..'t
It
has.
more
than
doubled
bvei^
the phst
t^b
or three yearsC This-
fact
Isi
also Ceiusing> avgreat
increase
in
bur
Operatibnal- es^enses, e specially in so far;
as
the* ^dinin'g halk is cohi-
cerned. - Prices on';MT Cbmmoditie up, ihowever; ' and^thLs. increases :our costs
^all: aibng; the
M^ne l;
We ^.have spent: nearly- 1, 2b0. 00 during; the past Quarter for neces-^
sary
c^fceepF
repMr hd
improvemei:^s o^h7the Seminary^
not -^ticipaited;
sucMMgh
cosie bii tfeis wbrk,- /and
this
has- been a drainvoniiourtfinance.s
The
evangel is ti c work continues
;to
make progress.
1
S2l baptisms
have been
reported
for
-year thus- far .
1 feel quite .sure;
that this does
n^ the
total, since
I
do rhOt always
receive reports when
there/are:
bapfisM^r-
sdido to re
cords
t h b s e I
do
about
.
A s
I
have
stiated
i n
forpqer
llettersr,;
the
evaiigfiiistic
work
fe
;iai'
fa very- CrUciM
f
stage
right how.
The
Churches are* f^^Bng need of .grying-much
m o r e
support
to^ t h e i r preachers, - but a r e reluctant
yet:
to
take
the vstej i Tcommitting
therhselVes
fully
to
this. We- hbpef
to
see
some ^ ^ r y
impcwrtanfe'
develcpments
along
this
iSne^in; mondis^ tb cjmie. Pray fbr :the preabbbrs: and the brel&en herevr
: > ^H
The work of the P r e s s i s
stiU p rogr es si ng ver y mcely.
The
nrKmfhiy
.^pabMcatiohi
i /f
Cronicas , has been e3q>anded to 12 pages
and
is
being
weU
received throughout
this
a r e a i n particulatr , 4nd even Mindahho.: A book-bind ing shop has been
started in
cotmbcUp'd
witfe;
the
press
;and\ that this venture; will help to
msUce the
prebs selfisuppbrtihg, ahd same t ime
help ihany
of
our students
to
develop
a
trade
whi
8/11/2019 Selby Charles Roberta 1966 Philippines
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costs
of dhipiiSe^t'
to}
Philippines. E ^m;^ping
co:Sts
cpine,- i
to around $2, 000. 00/cw^Mler. purchase
^c.o^s.t
was about/$900)iJ^ was for a Farm-all
M tractor and several, plena s jof equipment.; We are. sure^. it ^oui4:?fe%y? o
$3,000.00 to purchase this equipment and ship it-from San Francisco to Aparri. Just
before we
gave
the, go-ahead on the purchase, of this, equipment in the States,
we
learned
of a tractor with a plow and disc-harrow for sale right here in; Gagay'an^{^rq4,.jSid., ^qu-
dreaux
went to look
at it and found
all
of
ft
to be in
excellent
condition.
The
price
they
wexe asking- including.:
two.
new rnar; t ires; for the tractor^ v^as ::; ;?i.POQ>0(^..
-QCt' ^.9^-^rsp
-their -price -was.
in
>pe
sos>.v
This:
is
an
International
Har^ynstej ;
ftraqtq^^
with-
a
-d^e^s
eT
It ds very ecdnomical .to cqperate,> :and 'parts are .machly ayaiiable j^rigjht -here; ip.5the
P^Pff
vince' of Cagayan.
Weirhad
-received iSeverail' gifts- to-help ..pay - /T
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