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HPHRRI CHRISTIAN

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1960

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LL

RECORDS

The Cagayan Valle y*Chris

t ian

Service Camp,

which

was

held April 17-22s I960, ontKe3

campus

of the

Apar r i

Bible

Sem

ina ry broke a ll prev ious

en

ro l l m e n t r e c o r d s with a

to ta l

of 82 campers enrol led. . This

was

exact ly

the sam e number

as

w ere en ro lled

the two

previous

years since

th ere w ere 52

en

ro l le d in

1959 , and 30

in 1958,

The

Cagayan

Valley Camp

had i ts beginning

in 1955, when

the

f i r s t camp was held in Hagan,

I s a b e l a .

In

1956 i t w a s a t G o n z a

ga,

Cagayan,

and

the pas t four

y ea r s

has been

held on

the

ABS

campus .

Although

this

was anew

venture among the Churches

of

C h ris t in

the

Phil ippines , i t has

proved

to

be

very

successful .

The campers include

young

people f rom age 12 on up. They

are

d i v i d e d

in to f o u r d if f e re n t

age groups, each group having

a l toge the r d i ff er ent classes .

or r e c r e a t i o n a n d a c t i v i t i e s

they a re divided into t e ams .

The

ca;mp follows a schedu le much

l i k e o n e i n th e S t a t e s . Preachers

o f

th e

area a n d teachers i n th e

Seminary

as s i s t

the

miss ion

ar ies

in the teaching.

Each

camper

pays

P5.00

o r

brings food

in

that

amount,

and

the

camp pays

fo r

i tse lf

except

for fac il it ie s which

a re provided

by the

miss ion .

Two

young people

received

cert ificates fo r having attended

six

years of- camp, three re

c e i v e d

f ive-year

and

five

re

ceived

fou r- year certi fic at es .

T h e s e

w e r e a w a r d e d

a f t e r

th e

closing p r ay e r

circ le

on

Friday

afternoon. Five young people

m a d e

th e

c o n f e s s i o n a t th e c l o s

ing chapel

se rv ice of

camp and

were

bapt ized

that

night

a t

the

Aparr i Church of Chris t chapel

by Brother Faust ino Peneyra

during

the

opening

sess ion

of the

c o n v e n t i o n . A b o u t

2O0 brethren

f rom

all

over the

Cagayan

Val

ley attended

the

convent ion,

which

closed

Sunday

noon.


2/13

- E V ANG E L I S M

Everythingwe db in the work

here is done

to

acjcbniplish

the

great

task

of spreading the

Gos^

pel

of

Christ ,

It

can truthfully

be said that every dollar we

spend

is

spent

for

Evangelism.

Whether

i t

i s

fo r

the

develop

ment

of the

Seminary

o r other

hristianEduca t i on , o r th e

printing

ministry,

all

of

i t is

spent that the Cibspel xhessage

of salvation mijght reach out to

th e

m i ll io n s a ro un d u s who are

living

in th b darkne ss o f sin and

de spai r . The S e m i h a r y and

Printing are indirect methods

of

evamgelism^

as is

much of

our

wo rk h e r e . How ev er , w e do have

a very.^ta l d irect evangelis

t ic work in progress all of the

t ime .

As

th is

i s

wri t ten ,

a

very

cbhcehtrated- evangelistic

CeUii

paign

i s jus t cbming

to a close,

in

which t en teams of preachers

gave

five weeks of

the

summer

months

holding Bible

Inst i tutes

and

Evange lis tic meetings in

more than

fifty

places . This

campaign w as

designed

to in

s t r u c t

th e Chu r c h

n i emb e r s a n d

to w in sou ls to

Chr i s t .

I t has

done bcth. The

number

of b ap

tisms

reportedfor

April

not ail

reports are in) is 53. 22 have

beCn

reported

up to May 15 ^

The

total number bf baptisms

re ir

po r ted f rom jani 1s t

tb May

15th

is

123.

This

compares

with

89

a t the end of Maly last . year . One

hew Churchhas beehes t ab li shcd

so

f a r t h i s

.yteri-*

and

many

o^e r s

are in the process of

being

established.

There

are

those

who

sa.y

that

preachers

on

a

missibh field

should n ot be

supported by

the

b i?e ren iu Ame r i c a . We be

lieve fiinhly

tifi t

the Churches

shouldbe

taught

to support thei r

own

workers

. The question

is ,

how a re the Churches going to

be taught

vnthout

teachers ? We

believe-that

i f

we

help the

prea

chers

now so

they

can

give

full

tin ie to

preaching

and teaching

in

the

Churches , i t will

not

be

long before the Churches will

recognize

and accept

the i r re

spons ib ility o f fully supporting

thei r own workers . Many a re

giving

par t ia l

support

a t p re

sent

Th i s

evangelis t ic

and

teaching program

is going

to

continue; You

r

financi

al

help

is needed to keep these

prea

chers in the field

proclaiming

t h e ' *W ord

o f Li fe* ' .

O u r t h a n k s

to all who

make

this pfogfam

poss ib le . Your

dol la rs

a re

in -

ves ted in th e sav in g of

sbuls .

Evangelis t Virgilib Ibarra

and wife Blanche are the prbud

parente

of

a

baby girl^ Rachel.

Evangeli st Sergio vIB agrg g o

w a s in a c a r a b a o bart

acc i d e n t

while tr ave ll ing i n his

evange

l istic work^

He

Stif fe i^d bhly

mino r

i n ju r i e s .


3/13

'REPORT

OF

3EtECEIPTSÂND

EXPENDITURES OF

APARRI BIBLE SEMINARY BUILDING

FUND

Received

for Fund while

inHhe

States^ 1956,

1957

-

Rec*d

through des. gifts after return to-Philippines.

-

.Bor rowed

f rom

Fr iend in Nebraska

TO TA L

TO

BE ACCOUNTED

FO R

-

^ 3,055.59

- 484 . 97

- 2,000.00

- 5,540.56

E X P E N D IT

U-R S

h -

MATERIAL (Lumbeiv Roofing,

etc.

LABOR

MONEY ORDER

CHARGES - - - - -

^ 4,264.58

-

1,253;

08

-

22.90-

5f, 540.56

As

many

of you

will

recalls

when, we

were

in

the

States

1956 ahd 1957^ an at tempt was

made to r a i sê 15,000 with

which

we proposed to buy pro

perty and erect a S em i n a r y

building

and boys* dormitory.

As you

will note

in

this

report

that goal

was

far from being

r e ached .

A s a r e su l t , we we r e

forced

to go

into

debt.

A

good

personalfriend andfriend of

the

Lord 's work

everywhere

loaned

us 2, 000

with

the unde r s tandizg

tha t

it*would

b e p aid b ac k e i ther

b e f o r e or a f t e r cur

r e t u r n

to th e

States fo r another

fur lough. Had

i t no t been f o r

th i s

l o an , i twould

have

been

a lmos t

impossible

to

carryôn

the work of the Aparri

Bible

Seminary these last

two

ye re

During :the four years

that

Norval and Dondena

Cmipbell

spent in e

work

here ,

they

bui l t a

house,

most iy f rom their

ow n f u n d s . Whe n th e dec i s i on

was

made cni ic e r n i n g; their

b^mi^

a

hbW

i^minaryr^dn the

west coast

of

Luzon, they asked

us to

purchase

die i rhouse here .

This we agreed, to do. They

asked

4800

fo r i t , which

was

considerably l es s, than they had

put

into i t . The Mission

still

owes> 4450 on this

house.

So

you can

see

tha t

our

total

debt

is

considerably

more

than

the

above repor t shows.

At considerable

expense , the

Campbell house.iyâs

esqpanded

from a

24

X 24 Ô t building to

a

X48

fopb

Seminary build

ing .

Othe

r

neoes

s ary*

changes

were also

mad e a n d ;the build

ing

was

painted so

tha t

we

have

a Seminarybuilding-ade


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5/13

We

were

asked recently

con

cerning

onr- long-range:

plans

for

the

work here We

glad

toknow t|:-at someone estpects us

-to have

ioag-range plans. The

s k e t c h

o n the^

opposite

page

,

shows

the.

prope

rty-we

now-

have

here InrAparrio That,,

which

is

Surrpu|ijie4r pY: ôtte^

lihes

is

wha tw e would

l ike

to have,

s ome

t ime in the fijtvip.e . The Apar r i

.School

of, Fi fhe i i e s

j which

o.c-

' ^ V i

Ctipies

seye.ral,

acres

.tp- the -west

an d jeo^ th^

of

a ,Buhlic

Sjchopli

;

j-ust

in

the

ô c e s s

of

,

development

The

lawye

3|.

who

.

took-rcare of the

papers on the

propertywhichwe;

bought fo r ;the

iboysi^ d orni i tory,

tpldj

me thet

when

Vthat-School I s fiiii^shed

.aU

of this property pver .here will^he

worthy about 5

t ixnes

wha t i t i s

: now^

Hpw we,

wish

we had the

money

with

which

to

purchase

all

of this r ight nowl

I t i s

t rue ,

n o t

ll o f

i t i s fo r sa le , b u t

th ree

- four ths

o f

it

c p

u l

d b e

bbughf

almbst-

i n ^ diately,

I

thinkjândi twouldprobably take

some r e al p e rsu as ion to get the

r e s t of

i t

.

There a re no pe rma

nentbui ld ings

on

any

of

i t ,

how

eyer, ;

and

all o

itr is

quite; low

and ;

the re fore

undes i rab le to

mos t people

bu t

us .

I t;

i s

de -

s i r ab l e to u s^ because we know

how i t can

be

turned

in to good

u s a b l e

l a n d .

Mindanao-

to begin heir work

]with RifthSmith. We ehjoyedher

:

vis i t

so

ye ry .muchc

C

Robby

Selby

won top

honors

in

h is 4 th Grade c l a s s

a t

the

Aparr i

Elementary

School.

Aparr i

has

beenwithout elec

tricity

since

February. We are

for tunate to have our generator ,

but

gasoline

is very expensive.

Ldoyd Selby was

honored in

being chosen to play the part

of

Hansel

in a pageant buil t aroimd

the

story of

Hanse l and

Gretel

for the

coronation of the

Baby

Queen

a t

the Apa r ri f ie st a;

Seminary

Artis t Ben Cast il lo

is

busy

wo r k i n g

on

various

c ha rts fo r the

preachers

to

use

in

the i r evange li st ic wo rk .

- ; .

Charles

Selby

recently re

c e i v ed

a n aw a rd a s

th e O u t

-

standing Missionary and Educa

tor

of

Apa rri , from the Aparr i

Lions

*

Club,

whichgave

severa l

awards

to

t he ou ts tand ing ci t i

z e n s

o f

th e t own . -

May

30th marks

an ann iv er

sary

for

the Selbys.

On

that

day,

in 1947, we sa i l ed

fo r

the f i r s t

t im e

f r om S an F r a n c i s CO f o r th e

Phil ippines. On

that

day,

in

I960, we will

begin

our 14th

year ofwork in

the

Philippines .

During

that

time,-

our en tire

farniiy

has been supported by

one

Chu r c h ,

the

l n d i a h b l a

Chu r c h of Ch r i s t

i n

Columbus^

Oh io .

A s

OUT

n e e d s

h a v e

ih

c rea sed , they have increased

their

help. We thank God fo r

their

faithful

d

unwaVerihg

suppor t through the

yea r s

.


8/13

D

Tti iG i B u m m e r t h e r e r s e v e n

teams of

girls

working

in

DVBS

all over the Cagayan Valley.

Most

o f t h e se gir ls

a re s tu

dents

of

the Apar r i Bible Sem

inary . T h e y

began as

soon

as the

-public

schools closed

in

March,

and w ill have only one o r two

w e e k s ^

o f

v a c a t i o n b e f o r e t h e

^Seifeihafy

opens

oh

June'

13. The

Churches he

re

a re ass is t ing fin

ancially

im this progrsnn, and

we

hope

e

ventually

th ey w ill take

i tover .complete ly .

The

miss ion

pay s

t ravell ing

and

other

e3q>en-

ses and guarantees

every .girl

$2 .50 a week for h er

work. If

they

receive tha t

much f rom the

Church where they

go,

that i s

igppd, but i f not, yre add to what

Ihey iêceive to make i t

that

a m o u n t . . . . j;

.

.

I t . ia

ha rd to iâs^^^

v a

lue,

pf

this

work. Las tyea r

more

than 1000

children

were taught

i n o n e o r tw o

w e e k s

o f D V B S .

Usually the :chi ldren and their

parents beg the

gir ls to

stay

longer .

Last y ea r the Churches

Ke

r p

g a v e

j?152.60,

and the

Miss ion

put ?433.45 into DVBS

work.. It is cer ta in ly vor th every

centavp spent

on

i t

r

Perhaps

you

a re looking

fo r

a worthwhile

place to

send

your DVBS offer

ing this

year . Any gift

se nt fo r

this

project wotildbe

greatly

ap

prec ia ted .

8

S U M M A R Y th e

W O R K

1959

) . . .

226 Sou l s Won to .Chr i s t

5

C h u r c h e s E s t a b l i s h e d

2 C h u r c h e s

R e v i v e d

60 Studen t s E n r o l l e d

A P A R R i

B I B L E S E M I N A R Y

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kV6

(Jan.' ir it6'May ^

1 2 3 S o u l s w o n to . C h r i s t

1 C h u r c h

Es tabl i iShed

82

enr

olle

d

Chr

i s

t ian

Se

r .

Camp

SUMMARY o f

N E E D S

;

Special

oGifts .

to help pay off

Seminary^

Debt .

.

$600.00

for Bpys ' Dormitory

:

1Z5. 00for DiningvHall and Kit-

chen>

Sei^nary

Building.

Books

for

the.

Seminary

Library

Us.ed

Literafuiê;

Choir Mvsic b^^

Used sunppperrwpight clothing

:

Baby clotheSj

[ne:W,

o r

uped

Student

supppjrtj.(

1;

ai nip-.)

Sppport

for Seminary

faculty

Gifts for

Evangel ism.

, - i

P R A Y E R S

NOTICED

A new

setof

sl ides

has

been sen t

to Miss ion

Services

and is available

.upon,

reques t .

Also

a\^sb^bna^^Pap^^

pf

our

wprk

.will

sppxL.

be.

ready, and

aV a i 1 a b 1 e upon reque s t

f rom

Mission s

e^.y

i p e s ,3 ,iBpx 968,

J o l i e t

D l.

if ,

nrr r;


9/13

BRJMS HIS TOR,y

i .. y .

The

work o^^:preachiTig>-the

Gospel in no rthern Luzon was

begun

zn^y

years

ago by

Mr.

^

H. Hanh ai>and w as c a r r i e d on

/faithfully

through the yeafs

uh-

d e r ^ e

leadership of BtTother

Faus li no Peney ra .^

In ?''june 1 9 4 7 C h a r l e s

and

Roberta Selby with their one

year old

son, U oyd,

arr iyed

in

Aparr i

Cagayan, to

jo in B ro .

Peney ta

and others in carrying

on

th iAwork.

Bro . Selby

began,

immediately

t o t e a c h a night

dlassih a smallNtraining

school

in Aparrp and

spent

much

time

woiking Biro..

Pfeneyra

a

mong the

Churches

of the area.

during the war/êitrs . In 1948

a second

son

Richard,^

w as b o r n

to the

Selby

s in Manila ahd in

1950

Rober t w as b o r n in l l a s t

i n g s

In 1952^6 Selbys established

the

Aparri.îtde S A

yeair

latter,' they were joined in

this work

by

NorVal

add

Dondena

WoncMti^

mrM

ef

CHAR).Eê.^ ÊRTA

SELB^

tn^tilwip

JSftjfiihfhilipph

O f

T H E WORK

Cpnipbell,. and Bro.

Campbell

.became^êan of the Seminary.

Afterfpuryears

the

Cam|:niells,

challengedbythe needof a Sem

inary on

the

western

coast

of

N o r t h e r n L u z o n t r ia ra m s f ei rr e d

their

field of

endea ijor to

Vigam,

ilOcos Sur.

The

work

of Aparr i

Bible Seminary con tinued with

Bro .

-iPeneyra and two of

the

f i r s t

graduates

of

the

Seminary

ass is t ing the Se lbys

in

^teaching.

A youth

camp

was s tar ted in

1955

has

been quite suc-

cessf id . : . I t

i s h e l d fo r

o n e

w e e k

jus t pr ior to

the

Aparr i 'Conven

tion

in April , on

Ihe Seminary

campus .

I t i s a wonderf ul week

of felIoyrshii>j orship

and

study.

A

n u m b e r

o f n e w

C h u r c h e s

have

been

established in the past

few years espec ia ll y a s g radu

ates of

th e Senainary have gone

forth

to

proclaim

the

Word of

God> There are

how

45 Churches

of Chris t in

this three-province

area ,

and each-year around 200

have

been bap tiz ed

into

Chris t ,


10/13

A.

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n

P R O S P E C T I V E c h u r c h e s

M P O R

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11/13

APAER I BIBL SEMINARY

The-

Apai r i Bible

Semina ry

wd'S e s t a b l i s h ed i n 1952 und e r

the leadership of Charles . Selhy..

ea c h e T s

we

r e

Cha r l e

s

an d

Robe'r taSelby

and Bro . Faust ino

TPeifeyTar ad* abaut-35 stcrdents

w er e e n ro l l e d . C la s s e s We r e

held in the chapel

of the Aparr i

Church

of

Chr i s t

and the Selby

home .

In 1953 , Norva l ahdDon--

dena Campbell joined

the

facul

ty,

and

45 s t u d e h t S

enrolled

f rom

Abra, llocos

Sur, '

Caga-

yahV

and I sabe la p rov inces . In

Sept. Ihe Selby

house

was turned

into a Seminaiy Building

af ter

the-Selbys

and Campbells naoved

in to the n ew Selb y home.

Fou r

we re g r

aduate

d

from

the

Sem-

inary in

1954 in

the

f i rs t

Com

mencemen t

exerc i ses .

Of

these

first.

graduat


12/13

hous e

to

houseu.

Becau s e o f t h e

e x t r em e -poverty of the bre

th ren

none

ofv thj^.

Churohe

s, is

able to suppprt la worker/ on a

fu l l time

b a

i

s . -It

has been

iêai9llcx,gfith

give some help:ttO;ô9ythyvy^pr-

kejTS

in order

i|:o

kepp them

iin

.the.: Jield- preaching tbe^ GospeJ.

The-souls

wQUitp

Christ;and

the

.Chur; .

d-i

aôusa

e d

.e lfsre

whe; f

e

in

this

.paper,

_is

proving i ts

w^rth

as:a preacher

-

training

institution.

It ,

is. | e l t

that

Filipinos;

c

bes t preach

ito Filipinos}.

therefore

a

prog^

ram

fo r t raining Filipino prea

chers

is

highly impor tant . Such

a :

program

-

should resul t in

a

self-supporting,

self-;

sustain

ing,;

s elf-eactendii^-work .

Throughthe

generosi ty

of the

Churches c f .Clay County, :HI . ,

F i she r

111., Mondam in , Iowa,

and

many others a

Mult i l i th

'Offset:Pre s s

and'

c o

n^p

a n i

o n

equipment

we re provided

fo r the

wo

rk .

Thi

s:.

i s

-proving

to:

be

a

wonderful

aid

in spreading:^the

Word. , A numbe r o f

t r ac t s

have

beenprinted and, circidated, and

a. ,

quarter ly

paper , . Ubbog

ti

Biag , , (Fountain of .

Life), is

being.publishedby,

the

preache r s

of the area ,

which

according to

repor ts is b ringing some very

good results ,

.

The

mi s s i o n a r i e s a n d , t h e

Filipino

wo r k e r s

.are indeed

to th e C h u r ch e s

o f A m e -

; ri.ca fo r the i r gen er ou s s uppp rt

of this t h r ee - fo ld ip in is t ry .

V : - t : .

NEEDS WHlCIi YOU CAN

SHAI^ IN THE LORD'a^WORK

L.

Books for . Seminaryj j l ibrary.

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UsedBible ;School l i t e r a tu r e

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Used D.YBS matOfia la ,

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to

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;Used s umn i e

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c l o t h i n g .

6,.

Baby clotherr new

o r

used.

7. Student suppo . r t j r fo r

needy

:r. Seminary

students,

$10 amo.

8. Gifts for evangelistic work.

R. Additional suppprt fo r Sein-

- inary /acui ty . >

10 . PRAYERS

fo r

the work and

workers^

. ^

.

NQT I C E

: .


13/13

^ Property of

* t t b B R ^

OZ RK I LE COLLEOa Cg^an. Philippines

4 Joplin, Mo.

Dear

Friends in Chris t :

i

know

that many of you have been

desiring

news of the

latest

developments in the work

of the lord in the Cagayan Valley and we hope this letter will cariy with i t sufficient

information

to

answer that desire..

On June 13th

we

began another year in the Aparri Bible Seminary, We are indeed happy

to inform you that

we

have another increase in enrollment this

year

over that of

last.

At

the present time, 6? young people are enrolled in the Seminary, Only 12 of these are part

time students, the

rest

being fulltime

in

the

College and

Institute

departments.

The

dormitories are really

full

this year with 35 boys

in the boys*

dormitory, and 24 girls

in

the girls* dormitory. We have a small

house built

next to the boys' dormitory where a married

couple and their children are living.

Both

are full time students in the Seminary,

We

have

fixed a small one

room

apartment

doxsmstairs

in the girls* dormitory for the wife and baby of

one of our full time preachers, Bro,

Virgilio

Ibarra Mrs,

Ibarra

is

attending the Seminary

full time while Bro, Ibarra is out most of

the

time

in

his

evangelistic activities.

We can

still

f^

up

one more apartment downstairs in the boys dormitory, and may have to

do

that at

the beginning of the second semester i f things work out as we expect

them

to .

We have a

common dining

hall this

year

and

are feeding

about

50 students at

each meal.

This

is

proving

to be quite a task,

and

a bit expensive, but

we

feel

i t

is

doing

the school a world of

good

and the students as well. It makes i t so much nicer when we don*t have to worry about each

student

finding time to cook his own meal and besides that a ll of

the students

eat at the

same

time

and

have

good

fellowship together as they do so.

We

feel

that i t

is

a great im

provement

over former years. The kitchen, which adjoins the dining room is stilti^he process

of being

built.

ThisHt

quite

an expense

for

us right

now,

but

we

are get ting

i t

done l i t t le

by

l i t t le

Because of

the new policy

concerning

the dining

hall and

the fact that

each

student eating in the dining

hall must

bring one

cavan

of rice (about 120 pounds) per

semester we expected quite a drop in enrollment

this year

over that of las t . We

are

pleasant ly surpr ised to

have

a substantia l increase ins tead.

The

evangelistic

campaign

which was held during the

summer

months was veiy

successful.

During the months of April and May there were a total of 120 baptisms, I have not received

a l l of the

reports

for June as yet. The total number

of

baptisms for the fi rst six months of

the year

is

I83, but I

feel

sure

that i t will

be close

to

200 by the time

all

reports

are in.

This compares

with

226 for

the

whole year

1959

So far th is year four new churches have been

established.

Some

of the

congregations have

built

their

own

chapel

buildings

also.

I t

has

never been the

policy

of

the

mission to

build

chapel

buildings. Each

congregation has always

built its own. We are trying to help these congregations to have a preacher

whenever

possible,

but are always working toward

the

time when

they

will be supporting their own preachers

entire^. This evangelistic work is going on constantly in five provinces of Northeastern

Luzon,

Up

unt il this year, we had

work

in only the three main provinces of the Cagayan Valley, but

now a Church has been established^ in the eastern part of Mountain province

and down in

the

extreme northern

part of

Quezon

province.

We now have a to ta l of 48 Churches of Christ

in

this area. 2|- years ago there were only 30

Churches

in

this

part of Luzon,

We

believe we

are on

the

verge of some rapid growth in this evangelistic work. More preachers than

ever

are

in the

field

and

some

in particular

are

doing a wonderful job of reaching new places.

As the work

here

grows and

as

souls are being won to

Christ

and

more and

more con

secrated young

people

trained

to preach

the

unsearchable

riches o f Christ to a nation so

deep in sin t i s natural

tha t

our f inancial n eeds s ho ul d increase

also

As I

have been

going over our whole program I note that we need at least 1,000,00 per month to keep this

work going.

About

^0,00 per month is put into Evangelism, nearly

500,00

a month

goes

into

the

work

of the

Seminary, The

other

50,00 goes for

other

mission expenses. This leaves us

nothing

for

our printing

ministry.

We have been doing what we caii

along

that l ine

as funds

permit but not nearly what we should do. Several tracts are now ready to be printed but

funds just are no t

available

right now with which to purchase paper

to

do the printing. We

are veiy much in

need

of more

regular pledges for

Evangel-ism,

for the

Seminary and for the

printing

work*

We

would be most

g ra te fu l for

any pledge

of

any size given on a regular

basis

for aiy

par t of the work here.

Perhaps most of

you

noted from our las t Aparri

Christian

the fact tha t we are in

debt.

We have received a very

wonderful

gift from our

Living Link

Church, ~t5e~lndiah61a Church of ^

Christ

to

be

applied

on

the debt

on

the

Campbell House,

That

debt

has

thus

been

reduced

to

3850,00,

When

the

2,000

which

we borrowed

to

complete

the Seminary building

is

added to

that i t makes a total debt

of

5>850, This

let ter

is going out only

to

those who have at

sometime

in

the

past given

for the work here. I f each one

or

each

group

receiving

this

let ter would send just 10,00 over and above their regular giving for

the

work, we could

pay this entire

debt and have a

l i t t le l e f t over for

con5)leting

the

boys*

dorraitoiy

I

would so

much appreciate

your giving

this your careful

and

prayerful considerat ion. Your

gif t at this time

will

be of great help in this

veiy

tiying time.

Y o u r s

C hr

selby charles roberta 1960 philippines

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