beard harvey helen 1986 philippines

8/11/2019 Beard Harvey Helen 1986 Philippines

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ARKCREST

Christian Church

THE

ASSISTING MISS IONARIES

No.

23

MINISTRV OF

H RVEV

ND

HELEN

E RD

March 1986

TORAN

is

t h e

barrio farthest

o u t

in

Aparr i ,

on

the

highway

toward

Manila.

We

visited t h e

To r an

Church

o f Ch r i s t

Feb .

2

Esraeli to

Acson, one of our good s tuden t s ,

preaches there, and he became

our

guide.

We needed a guide

because

the re

i s no

v i s ib l e

way

to ge t to

the

Toran

Church

from the

highway,

although it i s nearby

and in pla in s igh t .

But

there a re

r ice

f ie lds

between

church and road,

and

they

are wet an d

muddy.

W ith B ro. Acson,

we took a

t r i cy

to

downtown

Aparr i . Then a

little bus to

Toran (1 peso per person for each

r ide . )

I t was a rainy day with northwest wind.

People were

slow

arr iv ing a t the church

but when they were a l l there , the chapel

was nicely

f i l l ed

by about

70 persons .

Harvey

tau gh t the

Bible School l e sson ,

and Bro Esmelito

preached

in I locano)

on

The

Ministry

and

Qual i f icat ions

of Dea

cons

.

This

church was

es t ab l i shed

by

Pedro

de Pacis , a

1937 graduate

a t

Paci f i c Bible

Seminary

in Long

Beach, CA

He was one o f

o u r

c l a s sma t e s and we

re

member him wel l .

He

preached a t

Toran

un t i l h is dea th . We had ta lked

to

people

who r emembered him b u t

we

had neve r be en

ins ide the church building un t i l th is

day. The building i s about as

old

as

tha t

of

the

Aparr i

Church

of

Chr is t . t

i s bu i l t ,

according

to

l oca l

custom, with

the

main posts

a t the

corners

and

along

the

sides

made

f r om

tree

trunks

Several

Seminary

s tudents

were

in

the congregation. When we l e f t , we were

escorted

to

the

road

by the

mother of two

of these, Mrs.

Marantan

whose two daugh

t e r s were in

th e c l a s s

in B i bl e H i st or y

and

Geography. She stood with us un t i l

a

jeepney

stopped and we were o ff

to

Apar r i .

FUTURE

PLANS: We

will

a t t e n d

th e

Mis s i on

ary

get- tog ether in Davao

March 19-22,

and t h e Na t i o n a l

Conven t i on

o f Chu r c h e s

of Chr is t

in

Cebu, Apri l 10-13. We

wi l l

leave

the

Phi l ipp ines on Apr i l

19 ,

a r r iv

ing the same day in Hawaii, where we wi l l

s tay for 6

days.

Apri l 25th

a t

8:10 pm

we a r r i v e in

Los

Angeles , on Singapore

Fl i gh t 16.

THE PICK-UP

TRUCK

in the photo belongs

to

Dennis

McKinney.

He

uses

it

in

evangel

i s t i c t r ip s

a l l

over

nor thern

Luzon. The

photo was made

as the

car

was leaving

Aparr i on such

a

t r ip l a s t summer.

About

the end o f Ja nu ary , the car

was

wrecked

on

a

moun tain ro ad abo ut ha l f way between

Apar r i and Mani la .

Dennis

and

h is com

panion,

Wi ll iam Bagal n

were not se r ious ly

h u r t . The

c a r

wen t o u t o f c o n t r o l on a

cu r v e and

s lammed

into t h e embankmen t .

I t was towed to I lagan

and

repai red,

and

is

now b a c k in

service

Denn i s d r o v e

to

Aparr i on March 3

fo r th e commencement

I

week

at

A.B .S .


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The photos on these pages i l lus t rate

daily l i fe in

Aparri .

t

the

top, le f t

to r ight we show

the Aparri Church of

Chri st bu il ding , seen

from

the s t r ee t .

Pastor

Romeo

Gorospe

in

the

pu lp i t .

The

church audience one Sunday l as t June,

This

has been our Church home during the

time we have been in Aparri . Sunday

services have

been Bible School

a t 8,

Worship

a t

9:30,

evening a t 7:15.

The

photos

a t bottom show the

prin

cipal

s t ree ts

of the

c i ty .

At

l e f t , De

Rivera Street where The National Highway

en te r s the

c i ty .

I t

i s often crowded

with

busses, jeepneys and

t r i c i e s ,

as i t

i s

the

point of departure for many r ides

l ea vi ng Apar ri .

Back

of

the

s tores

i s

la rg e c en tr al market. The middle photo

shows Rizai

Street ,

one block

west of

De

Rivera

Stree t looking west. Traf f ic i s

typ ica l .

We buy

cooking gas in

cyl in

ders

from the Gasul place. We buy our

pen ic i l l i n a t

Mercury Drug

no

prescr ip

t ion needed , The

photo

a t

r igh t

i s

R i z a l S t r e e t

a b l o c k

f a r t h e r Wes t . Our

bank

i s

on the r igh t

s ide,

but

not

vis i

b le in th is photo.

TH NKS IVIN We Aparr i

Missionaries

had

dinner

together on Saturday, Nov. 30 a t

th e F le t che r

home, with 17

p r e s en t .

Turkey was provided by Ernie

and Veda

Hendr ick ;

Helen

r oa s t ed

it

in

our

oven .

Afte r dinne r we had a prayer se rv ice .

Ju s t

as

it

was

f in i shed , Chuck and

Mickey

R i ch a r d s

a r r i v e d f rom nrile

On

that

day they had

returned

to

Enri le from

t h e i r t r i p

to Por tugal .

CHRISTM S There

were sp ec ia l se rv ice s

a t th e

Apar r i Church of Chr i s t on Chr is t

mas Day.

On Sun day , Dec.

29,

a

nice sun

ny

day, missionar ies gathered a t our

house fo r

prayer

and fo r Christmas dinne r

The

R i ch a r d s

a r r i v e d f rom En r i l e w i t h

Melibidu

cherry

pie ,

and

provided

ice

cream to

go

with it

Schoo l c l a s s e s resumed on J an . 7 th .

Harvey

went

to Manila

with

Roger

Fle tcher

on the night bus Jan. 10 th. Roger was

buying

a ca r

and

wanted

someone

with

him

when he drove i t

to Aparri

on Monday

Jan. 13. While

in

Manila, Harvey wen t to

s e e a dentist He had to r e t u r n s e v e r a l

t im e s

t o

s e e

t h e dentist


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f

,

Pres iden t

Marcos decreed th e c lo sin g

o f s c h o o l s

f o r

tw o

weeks b e f o r e

t h e

Feb. 7 elect ion. The

Seminary

closed

only fo r the e lec t ion week Feb. 3-7.

That

week Helen and

Harvey wen t

to v i s i t

the Rutherfords

and

Shirley Toledo in

Tarlac. e

spent

a very pleasant

day

with them on Feb. 4 . , returning to Aparri

on the 5th, Election

day Feb.

7 was

peaceful

in Aparr i .

Seminary c l a s s e s

resumed a f t e r th e

elect ion,

with

end of year ac t iv i t i e s

coming. The Forensian

Literary

Society

program

was

held Jan .

31.

A

r e c i t a l

o f

private s tudents in

piano and

voice

was

he ld

on

Feb. 21 , The i r

t e ache r

was

Ruth

Lopez,

Final examinations

were given

Feb.

27

and 28 ,

The

Candidates

Banquet

was held

Friday, Feb.

28.

The program

was presented

by

some

of the candidates

fo r graduat ion, with

Pastor

Romeo S.

Gorospe

as

the pr inc ipa l speaker .

Sunday evening March 2, the bacca

l au r ea t e

se rv i ce

was held a t th e A pa rr i

Church

of

Chr i s t .

Guest

preacher

was

Mr.

Samson

B. Lubag. Monday, March

3, was

Senior

Night ,

with

the

gradua tes

doing

songs,

sk i t s , and

r e c i t a t i on s .

Tues . -F r i

March

3 -7

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

on

e v a n

gelism was

held

a t

the

Seminary

with

n igh t sessions a t the

Church

of Chr i s t .

Helen was accompanist fo r two of the song

se rv ices . Federico Bueno had the morning

devotions

each of the three mornings. He

gave some exce l l en t thoughts from

Phi l ipp ians ,

chapter

1 . Remember the

Bueno

Fund .

The

Commencement Program

was

held

in the Aparr i

Church of

Chr is t

Fr iday

evening March 7, Harvey gave

the com

mencement address . The re were 20 gradu

a t e s ,

d i s t r i bu t ed as fo llow s; 4

a s soc -

a tes in Theology 2 year ce r t i f i c a te

fo r

g i r l s ;

2

Minis te r ia l Diplomas

5

year

I n s t i tu te

Course

fo r

men ;

5 BSL

degrees

4

year College course ; and 9 B,

Th.

degrees 4 year college

course with

years of G reek . This was the la rges t

number

of degrees

presented

in

the

h is

tory o f th e school . The Concer t Choir

directed by

Ruth

Lopez sang God So Loved

The

Wor ld

and

th e

Ha l l e l u i a h

Cho ru s .

At the c lose , the

g rad ua tes rece iv ed

g i f t s and f lowers

from

family and

f r iends

X

t


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HELEN S NOTES

As we n e a r t h e en d

o f o u r s t o r y

i n

th e P h i l i p p i n e s , we

wish it were j u s t

be

g in n in g r a t h e r

than

coming to an

end.

have been i n v i t e d

to

s t a y

a n o th e r y e a r

an d

we a re tempted to

do

t h a t , b u t Harvey

w a n t s

to g e t

b a c k

t o

f i n i s h

h i s n e x t

p r o j e c t .

He

came to fill i n f o r C h a r l e s

S e l b y

who

h a s been

on f u r l o u g h .

We have

e n j o y e d b e i n g

w i t h

o u r

F i li p in o f ri en d s.

They

have

become o u r

TH E T I E N D A

T I

K A I L I A N SUPER MAR T

S t o r e o f t h e

Townsman

i s wh ere

we

bu y

a

good p o r t i o n o f o u r

food

an d household

s u p p l i e s .

I t s

p r o p r i e t o r , M r, P a b l o , h a s b e e n v e r y

h e lp f u l t o u s on

o c c a s i o n

when

we ne e de d

a

p e s o c h e c k

c a s h e d . We

o n c e r e t u r n e d

t h e f a v o r

by

w r i t i n g a d o l l a r check f o r

hi m ,

to

pay

f o r

a

m ag azin e

s u b s c r i p t i o n

f r o m t h e

U . S .

He p a i d u s f o r t h a t

i n

p e s o s .

The

s t o r e i s

a l s o i n t h e

m i d d l e

p h o t o

on

t h e p r e v i o u s

p a g e , a t

th e end

o f

t h e

r o w .

P h o t o

T i e n d a T i ili n

Parkcrest

Christian C h u r ch

5 9 5 0 Parkcrest

S t r eet

Long Beach CA 90808

familyour

b r o t h e r s an d s i s t e r s , ou r

sons an d d a u g h t e r s, and, y e s ,

even

ou r

g r a n d c h i l d r e n . Th e Seminary s t u d e n t s

show th e c h a r a c t e r

of

C h r i s t an d they a r e

so

s u p e r i o r

to

th e

o t h e r young people o f

th e town. Y et

t h e r e

i s

always th e

tu g

a t

o u r h e a r t f o r o u r own f a m i l y an d t h e

c h u r c h

w e

l o v e

s o m u c h .

T h e s e

r e m a i n in

o u r p r a y e r s e ac h d ay .

The

h o l i d a y s come an d go

and

we a r e

a b le to enjoy

them

w ith o ur American

m i ss io n ar y f am il y h e r e . Even on

Su n d ay s,

we m e e t

t o g e t h e r

a f t e r

church

f o r a p r a y

e r

s e s s i o n

and

u s u a l l y we

h av e

d i n n e r

t o

g e t h e r .

Sometimes t h e r e a r e 1 0 ,

s om etim e

1 4

w i t h

t h e c h i l d r e n .

S i n c e

Carolyn

Boudreaux

h a s

r e t u r n e d

to th e

s t a t e s w ith h er p a r e n t s , I d o n t

h a v e h e r f o r cl ss this s e c o n d s e m e s t e r .

My t i m e

h a s

b e e n f i l l e d w i t h a

fe w p i a n o

s t u d e n t s .

A l s o , I h a v e

had

t i m e

t o

a tte nd some

o f

H ar v ey s c l a s s e s . I

found

t h i s t o b e a n i n s p i r a t i o n .

Now I

c a n

a p p r e c i a t e

t h e l o n g h o u r s h e p u t s i n f o r

p r e p a r a t i o n

f o r

t e a c h i n g .

The L ord a l s o

let

me h a v e

t i m e t o m em or iz e m o re s c r i p

t u r e ,

an d time to v i s i t

t h e s i c k

o n e s .

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THE

ASSISTING MISSIONARIES

No. 24

HRIST IAN

MINISTRV OF

H RVEY

ND

HELEN

E RD

J u n e 1986

FEDER ICO BUENO

B r o t h e r Bueno h a s c h o s e n M arch 1 987 as

th e

t ime ,

and I n s t i t u t e o f Holy Land Stud

i e s

in

Je rusa lem

as

th e

p la ce , fo r

h is

s tudy o f the lands o f the B ib le . The

t ou r i ng

and s tudy program

of fe red

t h e r e

i s

o n e of the best Federico

is a n able

t e a che r and preache r .

The pho tograph

shows him expounding Ph i l i p p i an s , chap te r

one at

th e

1986 Conference on Evangel ism

at Apa r r i . See ing th e p l a c e s where

th e

e -

vents

of

the O ld a n d New

Testaments occur

red will

a d d

a

new

d i m e n s i o n

to

his

abili

t y t o t e a c h .

For th e

c o s t

o f th e program at th e In

s t i t u t e ,

p lus

air f a r e ,

he

wi l l need a t

least

tw o t h o u s a n d dollars

Make c h e c k s

to Parkcrest Christian

C hu rc h a n d s e n d

to

th e M

Min i s t r y fo rward ing

agen t ,

Mrs. Ev

e lyn Mi l l e r . Mark it fo r th e Bueno

Fund.

Bueno

Fund

4 20 .00 )

ABS

Confe rence on Evange l i sm

Apar r i

Fede r i c o Bueno, Devo t i on s Speaker

1986 MISSIONARY

GET-TOGETHER

Thi s yea r

th e

Chr i s t i a n

ChurchChurch

o f

Ch r i s t

m i ss io n ar ie s in th e Ph i l i p p i n e s

had

t h e i r Get -Together at

th e

Vi l l a Riv ie

r a

in

Davao Ci ty , March

19-22 . About 48

pe r sons

a t t ended

photo

1 ) .

Four t een

of

us a r r ived

at

Davao Ci ty

a i r p o r t

on

th e

same f l i g h t

from Mani la . We were met at

th e

a i r p o r t by th e

Davao mi s s i ona r i e s ,

who

h a d

made

leis

for the adults a n d h a d bal

loons

for the

children After l u n c h at

t h e

hcane

o f

J im and

Donna

Smi t h ,

we wen t

t o th e Vi l l a , where each fami ly s e t t l e d

c

HURCH

into a

cabin

M ea ls w e re s e r v e d at the

Vi l l a

din ing

ha l l , and

meetings

were

held

in an

upper

room.

Every

miss ionary re

por ted

on

h is

work. There was

gocd

s ing

ing , f ine spec ia l music, and i nsp i r ing de

vo t i o n a l speake r s .

OUR STAY IN DAVAO

Af t e r

th e

.Miss ionary

Get -Toge t he r ,

we

we n t to

t h e home

o f

Ch a r l e s

an d F l o r e n c e

L i t t e l l They c a l l it Home Base ou t in

th e coconu t

g roves ,

where

we

were gra .c i

ous ly

en t e r t a ined . Here t h e r e i s

a l so a

house fo r th e

c a r e t a k e r , Bro .

Cosnie

and

fami ly , and a

garage

fo r the mobile medi

c a l

un i t . We

had

a

p l e a san t

s tay in

a

be a u t i f u l p l a ce .

Sunday, March 23, we had Bible

Schoo

a n d c h u r c h

service at

t h e

Home

Ba s e c h u r c h

where

a

cement f loo r

i s

sh e l t e r ed by

a

la rge t en t . Harvey t augh t

the

Bible

School c l a s s ; Delmar DeBau l t preached

Spec ia l music was pre sen ted by

a

quar t e t

Wal t P rev o st , C ha r le s Littell

Ei l een

De

Baul t

and

Helen Beard . Tuesday,

March 25

we a t t ended a meet ing of

th e

Ambassador

F o r Christ

t e am at their office in Matina

Thursday we went w i th F lo re nc e

L i t t e l l

to

Tagum to

visit th e

Tagxmi Home

fo r th e

Aged.

Eas t e r

Sunday t h e r e was

a

s un ris e s er v

i c e at

Home

Base . Harvey preached . Af te r

breakfast

we w e n t into Davo to the D

Suazo Ext . Church of Chr i s t photos 2 3

wher e H arv ey preached

aga in .

We had

d in

n e r

at

th e

home

o f J im and

Donna Smi t h ,

in

ccsnpany with

th e L i t t e l l s , La

Donna

Kolman

and

Dick

and

Kay

Davidson .

Tuesday,

Apr i

1 , we

left

E^vao t o

go .


6/16

Mis si o na ry Ge t -Tog et he r at Vi l l a

Vic t o r i a

CONVENTION

The 77 t h

Na t i o n a l Conv e n t i o n

o f

Chu r ch

es

o f

Chr i s t in th e

Phi l i pp ine s

was

he ld

in

Cebu

C ity A pril

10-13. M M

Ray

Carlson

grac ious ly ex tended t h e i r h osp ita li ty t o

us d uring the first

two w eeks

of Apr i l

so

t h a t we cou ld a t t end th e conven t i on . They

met us at t h e

Cebu

a i r p o r t and t ook

us

t o

t h e i r

h i l l t op home over look ing Cebu Ci t y .

Since we ar r ived ea r l y we were

p r i v i l eged

to

t ake

p a r t in p repa r a t i on s

fo r

th e con

ven t ion . On Sunday,

Apr i l 6

we a t t ended

Peace Val l ey Church o f Chr i s t

where

Har

vey

was asked t o p r e a ch . See

pho to

4 o f

Larry Sa l t e r from Montana

t e ach ing

a Bib l e

S c h o o l

lass T h a t

afternoon

arlsons

took us

fo r a

l ove l y

d r i v e

i n t o t h e

coun

t r y no r t h

o f

Cebu Ci ty a s f a r

a s

Li l oan .

The l a s t

t h r e e

days b efo re th e conven

t i on

were busy wi th

p repa r a t i on s t o

house

and feed

th e de l ega t e s

and to make

th e

Aznar Coliseum

r eady .

The conven t ion

theme

was God

Has Spoken

based

on Heb.

Peau VAlley Church of Chr i s t Cebu

Ci ty

Danny Sa l te r

t eaching Adult

B.S.

Class

1 :1 -4 . Some speake r s were Amer ic ei ns ,

som

F i l i p i n o s .

Languages i n c luded Eng l i s h T

ga log Cebuano, Vis ay an a nd I locano. Hig

po i n t of

th e

conven t ion was

th e

Sunda

morning

meet ing w ith p re a ch in g

and conmun

i on .

There

was

much

exc e l l e n t s pec i a

music such

a s t h a t

by th e ch oi r

o f

Dava

Bib l e Seminary,

pho to 5 .

HELEN S

NOTES On

Leav ing

Apa r r i

On Tuesday

Apr i l

15 we had to r i s e at

4:30 a.m .

t o

g e t

a f l i g h t from Manila t o

Tuguegarao; from

t he re we

took

a bus to

Aparr i . A fte r

a good l unch wi th t h e Se l

bys we s t a r t ed see ing our

f r i end s in

Apar

ri

Cn

Wednesday

some

o f

them

came

t o

th e

house t o

visit

us

and say goodbye

o t he r s

s e n t g i f ts a l l

o f

which

we r e a l l y appre

ciated The Fletchers invited u s for

lunch. In t he a fte rn oo n a despedida (g o

ing away pa r ty

was

g iven

fo r

us and fo r

Ed i th Black

who

was l e av ing A pa rr i w ith

u s . She is

th e

mother

o f Roger

F le t che r

^S POKE

JItK

7 7 t h N a t i o n a l Conv e n t i o n

o f

C h u r c h e s

o f

Cho i r

Davao

Bib l e

Seminary


7/16

Christ Easter

Davao City

D Suazo

Ext.

Church

of

Chris t

Ch il dr en s in g in g in Bib le

School

1^ '

a

miss iona ry in Apar r i . The

program

in

c luded songs and speeches and we were g iv

en l e i s . (Photo

6)

Ref reshments were

se rved .

On

th e

blackboard

was wr i t t en ,

Ou r hear t s

go

with you .

Lloyd

Selby

gave

th e f i n a l

message

and

we felt

encoi i r -

aged and j u s t l i k e we

would

love to s tay

forever .

In

Apa r r i th e

townspeople and

s a l e s

c le rks

were

all

very kind to

us and asked

u s

to

come b a c k . We

will

do

that

if

t h e

m iss ion wants us and

th e Lord g ives

us

health to

d o t

Praise the Lo r d We

have

had

so

many

b l e s s i ng s we c a n ' t

even

coun t them. Of cou r se we,had a tu g at our

hea r t s

to

ge t back

to

our f ami ly and

friends in Ame r i c a .

HOME TO THE USA

On Apr i l 17 with

Mrs.

Edi th Black we

left

Apar r i

and went

to Mani la .

On

Sa t u r

day th e 19th we took a f l i gh t to

Hong

Konq .

Th e r e

we bo a r d e d a S i n q a p o r e

Air

ABS Cespededa

Harv ey , H ele n

Bea rd ,

Ed i t h

Black

l i n e s

f l i g h t

t o Hono lu lu .

There Eleano r

Sp rank l e s from Sunse t

Beach

met u s . She

took us t o Wahiawa, t o th e

home

o f

pa s t o r

Vi r g i l i o

I ba r r a

o f

th e C en tra l Oahu

Ch r i s

t i an Church.

Next

morning

Harvey t a ugh t

Bib le

S ch oo l and preached at

t h i s chu r ch .

After t h i s E le an or Sp ra n kl es came and

took us to Sunse t

Beach,

where we s t ayed

in her hcme. Sunday n igh t

we

showed

s l i d e s

o f

th e Ph i l i p p i n e s at th e

Sun s e t

Beach

Church

o f

Chr i s t

(photo

7 ) .

Wednes

day evening we

were at th e Waia lua Church

of Christ with

S t e v e

a n d

Blos s c a n

S t u rm .

Thursday

a f t e r noon

Eleano r

took us t o

see the h o u s e in

wh i c h

the H a uu la C h urc h

was s t a r t e d . Tha t

evening

we

had suppe r

at th e hcme

o f Ruth Powe l l , wi t h E l e ano r

S. and

Eleanor Otake. Fr iday we

v i s i t ed

th e ch ap e l s e r v i c e at Sunse t

Beach

Ch r i s

tian S c h o o l . Then Ru t h P ow el l t o o k u s

to

th e a i r p o r t ,

where we

took ou r

f l i g h t

t o

LAX There J e r r y an d E velyn Mi l l e r and

ou r

f am i l i e s

in

Long

Beach met

u s .

Sx in se t

Bea c h Ch u r c h

o f

Christ


8/16


9/16

ARKCREST Christian C

HURCH

THE


HINISTRV OF

H RVEY

ND

HELEN E RD

No. 25

September

1986

EEIIERICD BUENO

S i n c e o u r J un e

n ews l e t t e r was

wr i t t e n

ve have heard f ron Federico Bueno, assur

ing

us

t ha t he wishes to study

in I s ra e l

in March, 1987.

He

was one of th e

men

from

the

Phi l ipp ines who

was

se l ec t ed

to

a tte nd th e

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

Confe r ence f o r

I t i ne r an t

Evangel is ts

in Ansterdam fo r ten

days

in July. Bro.

Bueno

wrote:

I

feel

very e xc ite d in te l l ing you

a-

bout

the

wonderful

opportunity

and

experi

ence I had in at tending

Amsterdam

86

I

l e a r ned

a lot

f rom

o u r t r a v e l . I am now

v er y c on fi de n t t o t r ave l

abroad

alone if

God wil l grant me another

opportunity to

go abroad. . . . I n th e Nethe r l ands . . . I

met 46

n a t i o n a l i t i e s f rom

d i f f e r e n t

n a -

t i o n s l . . . Cne

o f them is

an sraeli evan

g e l i s t f ron Nazareth I . . .He asked me t o

v i s i t

him

i f by

God s

wi l l I could go to

Is rae l .

pra ise and

thank

the

Lord

fo r

grant ing

me t h i s wonderful opportunity

and

b le ss i i ^ I

The

f und

f o r Bro t h e r Bueno shou ld be

corpleted

by

the

end

of th i s

year

to make

sure he can go as planned.

Make

checks to

Pa r k c r e s t Chr i s t i an Church and

ma i l

t o

Evelyn

Miller, our forwarding agent. e

sure to spec ify

Bueno Fund.

Feder ico Bueno Preaching

APARRI

MISSIONARIES MEET

On May 27

fo urteen p erso ns

in th

mission work

a t i ^ a r r i gathered

fo r

lunc

in th e hone of

Roger and

Kaye Beard in

Long

Beach. Those

present

were

Charle

and

Roberta

Selby,

Jus t

f in i sh ing t h e i

furlough;

Lloyd and Marivic S elby, j u s

beginning

t h e i r fur lough;

Mike

and

Li

Carman

and

chi ldren , in th e

middle

o

t h e i r

furlough;

Dennis

and

Lorr i t a

McKin

ney,

home fo r t h e i r daughte r s wedding

shor t - te rm

worker

Sher ry Ka ft an ; and Ger

t rude Hanson, who v i s i t ed i ^ a r r i . Harve

and Helen were

hos t s fo r

th e occas ion,

an

Roger

and

Kaye came

to

the luncheon.

(XMING HCME

The

f i r s t

day we could re turn to

ou

house

was

July 4 , when

our

tenants move

out .

So

we

gathered

up

ou r b el ong ing s

an

arr ived July with a carload

of

s tu f f to

unload. Our

chi ldren came to help . Davi

and

Mar tha V an Woim er

even came f rom

Ven

t u r a , and

made

hcmemade

i c e

cream fo r us

With a l l t h e i r help we

made

a s t a r t o

ge t t i ng

ou r

house se t in o rde r .

That

eve

ning

Roger

and

Kaye brought us

hamburger

fo r our

supper . When we re turned from th

convent ion on Ju ly 11, we resumed

t h e un

packing

and

so r t i ng

process ,

un t i l f ina l ly

the l a s t bags

and boxes

were

enpt ied

an

Vie felt t h a t we were

at hcme once more .


10/16

MISSIONARIES

VIS IT

I t was our pleasure

to

have

mission

ar ies

as

guests

in our home during August

and September. Cn Tuesday, Ai^. 12 El

e ano r Sp rankl es , kindergar ten

teacher

a t

Sunse t

Beach

Chr i s t i a n Schoo l in Hawa i i

and her

daughter

Beth Puls with her

hus

band

Rick

and t h e i r

f o u r ch i l d r en

cane f o r

supper. Eleanor was

our

hos tess

dur ing

our

s t ay

in

Hawaii.

We

showed

s l ide s

of

p ic tu re s made

in

Hawaii

a t

tha t

t ime.

Oi Aug. 19

Robert

and

Eleanor Hanson

came

fo r supper . We

showed s l ide s of the

Phi l ipp ines

and

learned much

from

these

wiio

were

missionaries

there

long before we

were, Mrs . Hanson i s th e daughter

of

th e

ear ly missionar ies l e s l i e and Carr ie

Wol f e .

On

Aug.

26 Ray

and Imogene

Carlson,

miss ionar ie s on fur lough

f r an Cebu

and

l iv in g in

Downey,

came fo r

lunch.

We had

a good v i s i t with them. We stayed a t

t he i r

hone

in

Cebu

while

at tending th e

7 7t h N a tio na l

Convent ion o f

th e

Churches

of

Christ

in the

Phil ippines.

Fr iday,

Aug.

29 we went to L.A. Air

po r t to b id f a r ewel l to Leone Cole , who

was

returning

to Tokyo to continue

her

miss ionary work t he re .

Cn

F rid ay , S ep t.

5

Mike and

Liz

Car

man were our guests fo r lunch

in

our

hone.

Their chi ldren Christopher and John

Micha

el

were

wi t h

t h em .

Th i s was

n e a r

t h e end

of

t he i r furlough. They return

to

the

Phil ippines

on

Oct.

3,

and

wil l

go back

to

t he i r house in Aparr i .

Carmans House

In i ^ a r r i

NMC

NACC

In

Ootober 1985 I Harvey, received

a

l e t t e r

from

Walter Bimey a sk ing me to

take

pa r t

in a workshop on

Senior Sain t s

On The Mis s ion F i e l d at th e Na t i o n a l Mis

s ionary

Convention in

Indianapol is .

Bro.

Bimey

wanted a photo of

me, so I had a pho t c ^a -

pher in i ^ a r r i make the

s.

p i c t u r e .

The

r e su l t

s ows

y

best

Snile

< ^

pre t ty

p lease

gr in .

cn Ju ly

5, our son

David

took us to

the Los

/ k J A^

Angeles a i rpo r t where

we

found

that the Bal- 8B f

VH

eys,

Gerald and Rosemaiy and

son

Tim were

going on th e

same

f l i gh t .

Sunday morning we

attended

the East

16 t h S t r e e t Chr i s t i a n Church . It was

a

ana l l church, with

very

f r i endly

people ,

and

we

we r e

made

we l co n e .

I n

t h e

after

noon we went to

th e Convention Center ,

where we

ej^ected

to ccnplete our

r eg i s t

r a t i on . I t

was a

fa l se hope.

People and

more peop le were

f i l l i n g

th e area

a t

th e

r eg i s t r a t i on desk so

t h a t it

was not pos

s ib le to get near it So we

began

a

t ou r

o f the

exhib i t a rea . Before 5 p.m. we

jo ined

th e

throng going

in to th e

Hoosier-

dome and

t ook s e a t s

abou t

th e

midd l e o f

one side of the

oval

stadium.

A

large,

we ll d ecor at ed pla tfo im was

in the middle

of th e f lo or

with people seated a l l a -

round

it

and up

in the

stands

on

a l l

s ides .

Estimates

of

attendance

vary, but

the t ru th

i s probably

tha t 45,000 or

more

people were present .

The Caimunion Service was

well

plan

ned, with appropr ia te music and preaching.

The words of Scripture about the Lord s

Supper were read in

severa l

l ^guages . .

The

bread

was

dis t r ibu ted

and a l l par took

t c g e th e r . The f r u i t o f th e v ine was d is

t r ibuted

in sealed paper

cups, and a l l

par took toge the r .

Monday

morning

we

picked

up

our

con

vention badges, got

program books, and

be

gan t o

fe el th at

we

were

a

pa r t o f

it We

spen t a

l o t o f

t i n e in t h e ex h ib i t a r ea .

By the l a s t day we had gone through a l l 13

a i s l es and a t

l eas t

glanced a t every ex

hibi t

. In so doir^ we saw many of

our

friends

fron

the

mission

f ie lds . Guy

and

Thelma Mayfield , w ith V ito and

I r anca

Gen

t i l e from I t a ly

were

there;

Phi l ip Ho

fron

Assam,

India

was

there;

Marilyn Morse Kho-

pang and Camille Morse were

t he r e .

From

Mexico we saw

Bi l l

and Margy

Hoff, Jerry

Watkinson

and

o the r s .

Leone

Cole

was

there , and l ar ry

and Judy

Nieneyer.


11/16

We a t t e n d e d ll t h e ma in s e s s i o n s in

t h e

Hoos ie rdcme.

We went t o

t h r e e

mi s s i o

nary

breakfas ts

a t the Convention Center .

Each

day s ix

missionar ies

took ten minutes

each to t ll of t h e i r work. We go t to a

member

of the

workshops

and

heard Mark

Maxey, Guy Mayfield, and

other s .

In the

workshop on Senior Sa in ts on the

Mission

F i e l d tw o o t h e r s s h a r ed

t h e t ime

wi t h

me

Wednesday

we

at tended

a

luncheon fo r Larry

and

Judy Nieraeyer, missionaries

in Africa .

That evening

we

went

to a PCC

supper meet

i ng .

Friday we took our morning f l igh t to

Los

Angeles.

Our son, Roger met

us

a t

th e

a i ipo r t ,

and took

us to our hone.

How

nice i t i s to

be met

a t the

a i ipor t I

A

DEVOriCNAL

THaJGHT

In spi te of many hardships, the pro

phet Habakkuk said:

T e t

wi l l

I re jo ice in Jehovah,

I wil l joy in the God of my salvat ion.

Jehovah, the

Lord,

i s my strength;

And he maketh my

fee t

l ike hinds feet ,

And wi l l

make

me

to

walk

upon my hig

places . (Heb. 3:18-19)

Dav id

th e Ps a lm i s t s a id :

I love

thee, O

Jehovah,

my

s t r ength ,

Jehovah is my rock, and for tress ,

an

my

de l ive re r

My God my

rock,

in whan I wi l l take re f

ug e ;

My

sh ie ld , and the horn of my sa lva t ion

high tower. (Pslam 18:1-2)

LEFT: Guy

and

Thelma Mayfield, missionaries in Europe. We

were

so ahppy

to

see

then

in Indianapol is , and

to

see videos of t he i r work.

CENTER

Helen a t the Convention.

The

photo

was

m^e

by Dennis Hall

when we visited

the

T

booth Active

Qiristians

Today

i s

a

canpus

ministry

in

Iowa

City. RIGHT

Ray and Imogene

Carlson,

photo

made

in

a Cebu

re s tau ran t dur ing the

Phi l ipp ine

Convention.

Carlsons

missed th e NMC NACC

due

to

an

accidental f a l l . We were

thankful

that Imogene was not s e ri ous ly i nj ur ed .

LEFT:

Barry

and

Diane Bradfield , and sons Eric and Ryan. Diane h as mail ed

the

books

to

i ^a r r i Bible

Seminary.

RIGHT: Raja, \^ho

was

brought as a

baby to

Kulpahar Kids

Hone

in

India during our

f i r s t

v i s i t

t he r e

in 1980. Photo made in 1985.


12/16

GLEN

GIBSCN

ORDAINKD

Qi Sept . 28 the Lawndale

Chris t ian

hurch had an

o rd in a t i on

s e rv i c e fo r Glen

Glen

and Wendy McKinney ^rere mar

ied

on

June

7. They sa t a t

the

fron t as

e m i ni ste r and

e lders ^oke

of ordina

and

read appropriate

sc r ip tu re .

Penberton,

missions professor a t

gave

the

charge

to the candidate .

e l d e r s

and

st ff o f th e l awnda l e

l id

their

hands

on

Glen

\ d i i l e

Tan

offered

the ord ina ti on p raye r .

The ordination was followed by the

nding out of Glen

and

Wendy as m issi

n a r i e s o f t h e Lawnda le Ch r i s t i a n Church

o th e Phi l ipppines . After spec i a l music

nd the

reading of

Acts 13:1-3

and

appro

ccoinent,

th e

congregat ion formed a

and praye r was offered .

Refresh

were

served in th e fe l lowship ha l l .

went

to

th e service

and had

op

to v i s i t

with Glen

and Wendy and

Prof .

Pemberton,

and others .

The

plan to f ly to Manila

on

Oct. 23.

wil l spend

t ime

vis i t ing

in var ious

a ce s f ro n Davao to i^ a r r i

and

about

wi l l

go

to Tarlac

to

jo in t he

family

in t h e i r work t he re .

FINANCIAL REPCHT

July

1986

beginning

balance

I n c a n e

less d i s b u r s em e n t s

September

ending

balance

1,909.79

1,083.00

2,992.79

400 . 0 0

2,592.79

Parkcrest Christ ian Church

5950 Parkcrest

Street

Long

Beach CA

90808

U S Mailing

Address:

P.O. Box

15327

Long Beach CA 90815-0327

Home

Address :

1503 Vuelta

Grande

Avenue

Lcaig Beach

CA 90815

Forwarding Agent:

Mrs

Evelyn

Miller

10317 Eudora

Avenue

Buena Park, CA 90620

Address Correction

Requested

PAEKCREST

CHRISTIAN CHURCH

On Wednesday, July

23

we

showed

the

v i d e o o f

t h e Carmun ion

Se r v i c e

i n th e Hbo -

sierdotne to

th e Pa rkc re st p r aye r meeting.

Qi Sunday, Avig 17 Helen

played

the organ

a t t he morning worship serv ice .

Harvey

taught the col lege

class Sunday,

Sept . 7.

The

next

three Sundays he taught the

Be-

caners Class ,

a

c la ss fo r young marr ied .

Jesus

sa id

He would be present wher

ever

2

o r

3

were

gathered

toge the r

in

His

name. We

have f e l t His presence in th e

i s l a n d s o f

t h e s e a and i n

th e U.S .A. t

i s

a

pa r t i cu la r

joy

a t

t h i s

t ime t o renew

our f el lowsh ip with the Parkc res t Church.

Our family

and many

f r iends

are the re .

Photo made in i ^a r r i in

1985

by

Sid

Boud-

reaux. We were s tanding in the Boudreauxs

front

yard, with

the

Selby house where we

l ived

seen

ac ross th e s t r e e t .

Non-Pront

Org

U S Postage Paid

Long Beach CA

Permit 363


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C

H R I S T I A N

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MINISTRY OF

H RVEY ND

HELEN

E RD

No. 2 6 .

De c e mbe r 1 9 8 6

FEDERIOO

BUENO

At t h i s

wri t ing

we can report tha t Bro.

Federico Bueno s

appl icat ion

to

study

a t

I n s t i tu te

o f Holy l an d S tu di es was received

in

Jerusalem, but he

needed

to send a t ran

sc r ip t from

Lyceum

of Aparri , and some o th

e r

forms.

We wroje

to

him to

encourage

him

to take care

of

these

matters

imnediately.

In

a

l e t t e r

wri t ten

Oct.

6

he

quoted

a

price of

1300

for

round

t r ip a ir fare,

Manila

to Tel

Aviv, as given

by

a

t r ave l

agent in

Manila.

We agreed to send

t h i s

to

him through the mission by the end of 1986,

so tha t he

would

make t r ave l arrangements

in

good t ime. Tui t ion

and

fees

a t the

In

s t i tu te wil l be 1,067.

Tbey

are to

be

paid

to th e

I H L S o f f i c e in th e

USA.

We urge those of you

who

plan

to

help

with t h i s projec t to

send

your

g i f t s as

soon as possible . We wil l appreciate your

ear ly

response.

Make

checks

to

Parkcres t

Chris t ian

Church and

send to Evelyn

Miller .

We feel that B r o

Bue no

will b e a b e t

t e r Bible teacher

and

evangel is t

fo r

seeing

th e

land of Abraham

and

David, of Jesus

and

the

apost les .

Bueno Fund

470.00

Feder ico

Bueno

Preaching

MERRY

CHRISTMAS

AND A

HAPPY

N E W YEAR

We w i s h for all

o u r

friends that

th

t i m e

when we

r e m s m b e r t h e birth

o f C h r i s

may

be

a

joy fu l t ime

for each

o f you

as yo

th ink

of

the greatness o f

God s

love

fo

you,

and th e e te rn al

l i f e He has premise

in the new h ea ve ns a n d the new

earth

May the coming year 1987

be

one i

which you may have confidence t h a t

God

w i l

bless

you abundantly,

and in which

you

de

termine to walk according to His

wi l l

W

pray

t h a t

His r iches t b less ings

may

b

y o u r s

And

i f as

may

happen, t h i s greet in

may

no t

reach you u n t i l sane t ime in Janu

ary

remember

t h a t

th e

long-drawn-out h o l

day

i s

nice

a l so

In

t h e P h il ip p in e s ev

e ry Christmas s t r e t ched

out

t hr ough Janua r

and

even in to M^ch, as mail cane slowly t

u s

We

savored

every

b i t o f

it

no mat te

when

it a r r ived God

bless

you

a l l

HELEN S

NOTES

I t was

the year

1969 and Harvey and

were driving

from

Cali fornia

across

to Tte

nessee

and back. We

had

gone to

v i s i t

ou

daughter Ruth and family. Her husband

Da

vid

Root

was attending

Ehmanuel

School o

Religion

at

Johnson

City,

Tennessee.


14/16

During the

long

days

of

driving

I

re

member dwelling on

th e ironders o f God s

creation. I

ha d plenty o f time fo r reading

the

Bible, even memorizing

some o f

i t ,

an d

plenty of time for prayer.

I t

was during

th is time

t h a t a strong

determination

came

into

my mind

t ha t

we

s h o u l d

h av e a

Women s

Bi bl e Study a t

th e Parkcrest

Church \nhere

w e we r e member s .

When we

go t

home I soon

went to o u r

min is te r,

Lester

Raglan d, and

to

our

Chris

t ian

Education

d i r e c t o r , Don

Leicht an d

told

them

\\hat had

come into my mind. They

agreed t h a t i t would be a l l r i g h t , an d I

sa id , L e t s ca l l

it B i b l e Come

Alive .

I

neve r d r e a m e d

it

w o u l d be a

title

t h a t

would remain

these

17 years.

We

st a r t e d

with a meeting every two

weeks,

in my home a t f i r s t , and

th e n

i n t o a

succes s i on

o f

d i f f e r e n t

hom e s .

Another

group met w i t h

J a c k ie Ragland, o u r

m i n i s

ter s wi f e .

A d el e M c Fa rl an d

w a s th e

t e ach

e r

fo r

s e v e r a l

y e a r s .

Ib i s

went on

fo r

tw o

year s ,

and in 1974

l a r g e l y du e to

J acki e

Ragland s e a rn e s t

an d sincere

prayers a new

plan fo r women s study came into being. I t

was

le d

by

Carol

Hoover an d

Prudy

Weil.

These young women

were

very successful with

th e

B ib le stu dy

program, which

met every

week. There was a

study

period f i r s t , with

a leader, an d

then

a time

fo r

surrmary

o f

th e

lesson

in a c lo s in g asseirioly period.

Pr ayer has

always

been a

b ig

p a r t o f

t h e

p rog ra m, a nd

also nemorization o f scr ip

tures.

R ur

y e a r s

l a t e r

in 1978, a

d u p l i c a t e

sess ion in

the

e v e n i n g ,

fo r

bot h men

and

w:nen,

wa s

begun, u s i n g the same pat tern

a n d th e s a m e mate r i a l . A t first we used

material

prepared by Marge Iden

o f Hunting-

ton Beach; now i t is prepared by

Claudia

Chr i s t i ans en

and Prudy Weil.

Claudia i s

th e speaker fo r th e sunmary

sessions.

This

i s

th e g r e a t e s t

and

f inest Women s

Bible Study

group I have

ever

seen

in my

l i f e t i m e .

My

dream

came

t r u e .

One

plants ,

another

waters,

but

God gives the

increase.

POXES, CRABS, AND LICNS

-b y

H ar vey

This es s ay

i s

n ot about a nim als, b ut

about

weeds.

For o v e r

30

year s th e Beards

have l ived

in

th e same house, which was new

when we moved in,

situated

on a newly gra

de d l o t . planted trees

and

shrubbery,

lawn g r a s s an d

f l o w e r s .

Then t h e weeds

came. We

dug them o u t again and again.

Th e

r e su l t ,

a

beaut i fu l

law n. B ut th

weeds k e p t ccsning

ba c k,

and

cont inual

weed

in g wa s n e c e s s a r y .

As I spent

th o s e

many hours on

hand

an d knees

f i ndi ng and

digging

weeds,

I b e

gan to t h ink o f th e w e e ds

t h a t

m a r r e d

th

l a w n

a s s im i l a r

to th e

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

Chr i s t i an s l i f e .

T h e r e a re

th e runne

weeds, such

a s

o x a l i s an d Bermuda

g ra s s

(w

c a l l

it d ev il g ra ss ),

which

s e n d

o u t

t h e

r u n n e r s an d pu t down

r o o t s

from e v e r y

jo in

of th e

ru n n e r, so

tha t t h e

weed grows fro

many r o o t s . Unless

a l l

r o o t s are

removed

t he y c on ti nu e

to

grow. And so

i t

i s w it

s i n . Ccwplete repentance i s n e c e s s a r y .

There

a re th e weeds

t h a t

a r e airborne

The lions (Dandelions) come that way Th

south

wind brings th e seed, an d

soon

th

lawn is f i l led with them. There are

th

foxtail

grasses in

th e

winter and spring

Normally they stand up

to

bear

their

seed

bu t

in

a lawn they

l ie down

and

ripen i t a

ground level.

Sneaky,

just

l ike

s i n . I

t^es

detective work

as well as

much di g

ging. There i s th e cr abgr as s .

I t

i s

very mean weed, that

spreads

horizontall

in a ll directions, covering and smotherin

the good

grass, so t h a t

your lawn i s de

stroyed. Although lush an d

green in th

sunmer,

i t dies

in October, leaving dead

brown spots. So

sin

is deceptive, lookin

good a t

f i r s t , b u t

the end o f

it

i s deat

and

de s t r u c t i o n .


15/16

And

t h e r e a r e t h e a l i b i weeds. These

are

the weeds tha t

grow

from sonewhere

else. (Lat. a l i b i - somevihere e l s e . The

weed

appears

to be growing fron a certain

spot,

but

i t i s really growing from a place

nearby, and

by a

kink in the stem appears

to grow from

under the

weed. They

are

tricky to get

because you

cannot t e l l

on

which

side

of

the plant the

root i s . Alibi

i s

r e a l l y

the d e v i l s

word.

I have seen a

drinking place cal led The Alibi. The word

has

come to mean an excuse

for

any misdeed

o n e

h a s

d o n e .

Now

to

keep the POXtails, CRABgrass,

and dandeLIONS

out

of

our lives

requires

c o n s t a n t

a t t e n t i o n . We

l o s t t h e

war

on t h e

l i t e r a l

weeds when we went away

to the

mis

sion field. While we were away,

they

mult

i p l i e d . But

each

o f

us must watch our

selves, l e s t the weeds of s in grow in our

h e a r t s ,

f o r Satan

i s always

busy sowing

t h e

Rppds=:. So

k e e n

on d i g g i n g .

ATASCADiEEO CHRISTIAN HOME

We

have decided

t o

move i n t o

a

house

which Atascadero C h r i s t i a n Home w i l l

b u i l d

for us

on

i t s property in Atascadero. The

Hcaiie

has been

working

for

years to be

able

to offer

l i f e

estate housing to retirees

who wish

to l ive in Atascadero.

Last

year

the c i t y

planning

ccranission

in

Atascadero

granted permission t o

th e

Home t o

b u i l d

this type

of housing.

Plans

have been

drawn

for

the f i r s t

unit,

and the building

p erm it ha s

been

applied

for .

I t

w i l l

be

a

triplex,

l ocat ed nea r

the

present

cluster

of cottages for independent living. Our

house i s to be

located

near the west edge

of the

property,

no t

far

from the tr iplex.

I t will

be a two bedroom house with 900 sq.

f t . o f f l o o r

space.

Our reasons for

t h i s

move

are:

1) We

have too big a house and yard

to

take care

of.

2)

I t i s

hard

to make mission tr ips

from

our

present

locat ion. In Atascadero

o u r

house w i l l

b e

c a r e d f o r

w h i l e

we

a r e

away. 3) We wil l be part of a Christian

ccannunity of

caring people.

Harvey s s i s

t e r Emily Horton

i s

a r es id en t o f t h e Ifcane.

4) Life estate tenants have priority over

others

in moving into

the

Board

and Care

f a c i l i t y

when they need

i t . 5)

Atascadero

i s a beaut i ful place.

I t

i s l i k el y t ha t t w i l l be severa l

months before the house

is

ready, so we

w i l l remain

where

we a r e u n t i l t h a t t ime.

I t

wd.ll not

be easy

to leave family,

church

and

friends

in

Long

Beach. But our

move t o

Aparri

sho\wed u s

t h a t

we could l i v e some

where

e l s e

and

s u r v i v e .

TRUIHFUINESS OF IHE BIBLE

I f the Bib le g iv es

us

a t rue his tory

events, those events

must have happene

for the most

p a r t , in

places

t h a t s t i

exist , and can be located on

the

map. T

e v e n t s i n t h e B i b l e s h o u l d a l s o t

i n

the

chronological pR.ttern of

the

ancie

times in

the

his tory o f

the

nations s u

rounding

Israel . And

the findings

of a

chaeologists

should a t

t imes have d i r e

bearing

on

the history of the Bible. A

these t hings a re

true of

the Bible; i t c

p a s s

t h e s e t e s t s o f t ru th f u l n e ss .

The

place

where Gideon s scrray canipe

as described

in Judges

7:1

(ASV)

was b

s ide the spring of Harod. But the Hebr

text

reads a l

(above)

the

^ r i n g .

Wh

Gideon was

t o ld t o

t a k e

h i s

men t o t

water,

he

took

them down to the water, v.

VErse

8

says

the camp

of Midian was benea

him

in t he v all ey .

So

he took

h is

serva

down into

the

canp at

night

to hear

wi

they

were say ing, v .10-12 .

In the

Midia

i t e s

dream, a

cake

of

barley

bread tumbl

into the

can^)

of

Midian, struck

the te

and knocked i t

down

f l a t .

Anyone

wtoo h

been

to

the

well

of Herod these days c

see how

true

these

details

are to the pla

i t s e l f . The spring

flows

from a

small ca

a t the foot of a h i l l , wiiich

i s

a

long

sp

of Mt. Gilboa stretching west along th

south

edge of the Valley of Jezree l. T

s p r i n g sends f o r t h

a

stream o f

wate r

3

feet

wide, from

\^ich

a

person could

easi

drink. Above

the spring, at

the. top of

th

h i l l (200-300 yards away) i s

the

f l a t lan

a t the edge of the plain, where Gide

could camp,

and

look down

on the

Midiani

can^). I

c al l t h is Barley-cake

Hill ,

fo

the

Midianite saw

in

his dream

the

barle

cake came

rolling

and tumbling

down

th

h i l l . Spring,hill, and camping places fo

Israel and Midian

are a l l there.

The

plac

f i t s the story, and the

story

f i t s th

p l a c e .

I

have

chosen

t o

aiphasize

the

t r u t h

fulness of

the Bible. This

i s

why I a

currently engaged in a work on Bible geog

raphy, revising and

updating

Lands of th

Bible by

J . W

McGarvey.

I t

i s a

detai le

^ d time-consuming, yet joyful project, an

t

w i l l show t h e t r u t h f u l n e s s o f th e B i b

in i t s

many references

to countries, c i t

ies,

mountains,

valleys,

r ivers ,

etc.

Th

work i s perhaps half done. Many ask us

When wil l you go back t o the

missio

field? will go back, Lord willing

when

t h e book s f i n i s h e d .


16/16

ITEJi

OF INTEREST

Sunday Oct. 12 we

went

to Carapo

Cal i f

where we

showed

pictures

of t he Ph il ipp ines

in the morning worship service

of

the

Campo

Chris t ian Chiarch. Ihe church was

begun

by

the

Gordon

Clifford family several years

ago, and meets in the Campo Senior Cit izens

Center . We had a

good day of fellowship

with t he C li ff or d family.

Gordon

and

Car

olyn

a re missionar ies

whose work

i s

Chris

t ian Mission

Press , vhich

produces V.B.S.

and

Sunday

School lesson mater i a l

in Span

i sh .

They

also pr in t

t h i s newsletter .

S a t .

85 Sun . O c t . 4 5

P a r k e r e s t

Chur ch

had

i t s

f i r s t

a r t

fes t ival .

Chuck

Hanmond

a

conmercial a r t i s t planned

i t

enl is ted

help and arranged fo r displays of

paint ings

and

photographs,

and handwork of various

kinds. There was

a

program of musical per

formances

on

S atu rd ay evening, in

vhich

Helen presented

a

medley

of

hymns

on

the

piano. Harvey entered

photographs

of flow

e r s .

Chuck

Hanmond

t o o k

7 s l i d e s

a n d

made

and mounted

pr in ts fo r

display.

Harvey se t

up a pro jec tor with 81 s l ides of f lowers

fo r

continuous

showing.

Wed.

Oct. 22

we

were blessed

by a

v i s i t

o f

Eugene

and Helen Morse in our hone.

They

had arr ived from

Thailand the day be

fore ,

and

were to speak

in

Long

Beach

Fi r s t

Christian Church t ha t

evening.

Last June

they had made

a

t r ip

to

China to v i s i t the

places where

they use

to l ive

and also

to

go to Lhasa Tibet to visit Eu^ne s broth

e r

Robert,

who

i s

teaching English

there .

Helen

had seme

very beaut i fu l

photographs

o f the places they

vis i ted .

That

evening

we

w e n t to irst Chur ch to s e e th e slides

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shepherding group

met a t th e i r

home. Har

vey was asked to br ing

a

devotional t a lk .

He took the display of f lower

photos

from

the Art Fes t iva l and ta lked about the won

der and beauty of

God s

crea t ion .

Wednesdays Nov. 5 12

Harvey

led the

adul t B ib le stu dy in the Parkcrest Church

v hile th e minis ter (son

Roger)

was away a t

the Greater Los Aageles Sunday School

Con

vent ion

(he

was

its

chairman) and

on

vaca

t i o n . We a t t e n d e d t h e

G. L . A . S . S .

conven

t io n in Pasadena Sat . Nov. 8 a l l

day.

Thurs .

Nov. 6 we at tended

th e Wycliffe

Associates

banquet

in

Long

Beach a t the

Hyatt Edgewater Hotel.

The

speaker was

a

Bible t r ans la tor

working in

Sudan, Africa.

Wycli ff e Assoc ia t es i s a support

organiza

t ion fo r Wycliffe Bible Transla tors .

Nov. 14 16 th e P a r k c r e s t Church h ad

i t s Fa l l F estiva l o f Missions. Friday

evening

George Bajenski

of

Global

Mission

ary

Radio

Ministries

sang Ringa

da

Bells

and other

gospel

songs.

Knofel

Staton,

president of

Pacif ic

Christian

College,

was the speaker of the evening.

Sunday

morning

Bro. Bajenski showed

s l ides

of

Poland. Gordon McDonald

o f

In te rvars i ty

Christ ian Fellowship spoke a t the mDming

and

evening church

serv ices .

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October

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balance

I nc ome

L e s s

d i s b u r s e m e n t s

November ending balance

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