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.MAY AND JUNEf - 1966. NEWS

.LÎTTER

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..3iêthren

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. hâye lêep

.pûitfe-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 xegûlar

preachers._enE..Seminary

stu dents . The re are several

êvangelistic

campaigns in

progress

r^tSg^t-now -apd aeye.ral..

more_^plânned 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 âbeia^

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- tlîs

evangelistic work îs the Daily Vacation iBibJe-:School program that is. going

.on.iyiTêije. 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, cîte 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.


4/12

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.


5/12

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)


6/12

Page

4

APARRI

CHRISTIAN

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


7/12

August 1966

P RRI HR IST I N

Page 5

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. *


8/12

Pa^e 6

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-


9/12

August 1966

APARRI

CHRISTIAN

Page 7

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&


10/12

Page 8

APARRI

CHRISTIAN

August

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

print

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.


11/12

, X PihilL ^

S13P1^. AND OCTOBER, NEWS LETTER FROM CpARDE^tA m vROBrESTA SEiLBY

' - ^ i :

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 ê

l iats

of

those

wh:o

have given to tiie work betweeh the midd le of

Jtdy

ând

end

of Seprtemher. On Oct.

21v^:we

reêivedi

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^^^ô^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^/feroughoît 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- esênses, e specially in so far;

as

the* ^dinin'g halk is cohi-

cerned. - Prices on';MT Cbmmoditie up, ihowever; ' and^thLs. increases :our costs

âll: 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

iSneîn; 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


12/12

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 ôui4:?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^ vâs ::; ;?i.POQ>0(^..

-QCt' ^.9^-^rsp

-their -price -was.

in

>pe

sos>.v

This:

is

an

International

Har^ynstej ;

ftraqtq^^

with-

a

-dê^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

- i

-i - i - r -

: n/ nr ; ur.r-;,-

si

- ; ' -. / j'

-vXharlps jand,

Roberta.SieLby-j

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