selby charles roberta 1971 philippines

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JAJSrUARY m

J EBRUARY, 1971 ITEWS LETTER

PROM

CHARLES

AND

ROBERTA

SELBY

^ Furlough Address: Fairfield Nebraska 68938 Telephone: 402-726-468I

Forwarding

Agent: Mrs.

R. L.

Toll iver j

Fair f ie ld

Nebraska

6893

Be a r

F r i e nd s

i n

Ch r i s t :

In grea t

antic ipation

we are making

f inal preparations

fo r

our

re turn t r ip to the

Philippines via Texas Arizona and Los Angeles.

During

the time we have been in the

States

we

have had

a

very busy

speaking schedule

which has included

several

Fai th Promise ra l l ies

and

other types of missionary

ra l l ies .

In early February Roberta enter ed the famox^

Ochsner

Clinic in New Orleans where she underwent a ll of the traditional tests with essentially the

same

results

as those obtained in earlier tests in other clinics in the Philippines and the

U. S. In all of the places she has been the doctors are amazed at the fre(iuency and inten

si ty of her migraines and a l l seem

equally

puzzled as to what to do about them. V/e seek

your con ti nued

prayers

in her behalf .

Reports from the

Philippines

indicate

another

fruitful

year

for the Lord. 70

students

have been enrolled in the

Seminary and

they are looking forward to

their annual commencement

exercises

in

early April A

total of

540 were enrolled

in the

two

Christian

High Schools

in

Galinaoan and San Guillermo.

Up

to Dec. 30, 46

students

had been baptized at San Guillermo.

No

report has been received from Galinaoan, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis McKinney

are

novf back

in

San

Guillermo.

They

spent several

weeks

in

Aparri

in

late

December and

early January

after

having received a threatening letter demanding money

from

the school.

We

are happy nothing

serious has come of this Sid and Marj Boudreaux along with our many Filipino co-workers

have

done

a

great

job

at

the

Seminary

and

in

keeping the printed material flowing

from

the

press. Ann Tolliver has had complete responsibility in the office especially in the hand

ling of finances fo r the entire work, and has done a fine job with that.

The press has been very

bxisy

with the regular publication of the two

monthly

papers,

the Sund^

School

quarterly,

and

the printing of

100,000 copies

of some I4 different traots.

In addition to

this

a large

volume

of printing

is done

for the Christian

High

Schools.

We

are praying

for

special funds for the purchase of a 17 by 22 inch off-set press to augment

our present equipment. This additional equipment would enable us to print several tracts by

the

hundreds

of thousands of copies

and

would also permit us to develop

and

print a Bible

Correspondence

course. A

fund

has

been

started for the

purchase

of this press

and

related

equipment by an

anonymous

donor who sent 0445 10.

If

you are part icularly interested in this

part of our

work,

we would surely appreciate gifts to add to this special fund.

Much interest has been manifested concerning the plan to establish four more Christian

High Schools. Potential

sites

in two different provinces have been

chosen

for the location

of these schools. 20,000,00 will build and fully equip a school building to house

4OO

to

500 students.

TV/ENTY

MEN

COULD BUILD

A SCHOOL SIMPLY

BY BORROWING

1,000.00

APIECE

AND

TRUSTING

THE LORD TO

PROVIDE

THAT AliOUNT DURING THE NEXT YEAR

OR TITO. Such

a school would

make an education possible

for

thousands dircing the next twenty to thirty years. We feel i t

extremely

urgent

that

these

high schools get under way just as

soon

as possible.

Your

help

now,

will enable us to acquire

sites

and get buildings started. The

earlier

we

get these

schools

started, the

sooner

they

will

become

self-supporting

and

the

sooner they

will

begin

to reach thousands of young people who will

someday

become the leaders in every segment of

society,

^One way

in

which

many

can

help

with

these

schools

is

through

the

donation

of

books

or the libraries.

\7e

would

also appreciate

information

concerning any

used

laboratory

eqxripment which can

be obtained

either through

donation

or

purchase, e

are hoping to get

a Christian Liberal Arts College started very soon and will need all kinds of library

books

and

laboratory

equipment fo r th is as

well .

We are

getting

quite

excited

about

our proposed radio work.

Many

people

a ll

over the

U. S. are extremely i nt er es ted in the possibility of our broadcast ing th e Gospel over the

small commercial stations now

operating

in the Cagayan Valley We can

have

a daily 15 minute

program

for about

50 00 a month, \7e

are

also being urged to establish a powerful station

of our own on Northern Luzon for the purpose of broadcasting

via

short wave into Communist

China and

other

countries

of

S, E,

Asia.

This

of

course

will

depend on

our

getting

a

permit for

such

a station from the Philippine government. A

special

fund

of more than S7OO

is now available

to

help v/ith

the

purchase of top quality professional

equipment

for

the

set t ing

up of a recording

studio

which

will

be used

for

preparing

and

recording our ov/n pro

grams

for

broadcast ing. Spec ia l gif ts

to

help in the

purchase

of this equipment will be much

appreciated.

Regular

monthly support

for

this radio

work

will

help get the message

of

New

Testament

Christianity

to hundreds of thousands of

people

in the Philippines right now.

These next few

years

are going to be

crucial ones. I f

our

future

plans are realized

i t

will nearly t r iple

our

present

budget.

Regular

monthly support

for a ll phases of

the work

is

most

important.

Please do remember us

in your prayers

and

we

thanlc

each of

you

for your

g i f t s and concern fo r

the

work. OUR

MOST IMfiEDIATE NEED

IS

FOR

TRAVEL FUNDS

FROM LOS ANGELES

TO

APARRI

AND

FOR

ADDITIONAL

FUNDS

TO

PURCHASE

AND

SHIP

EQUIPMENT.

Send

a ll

gifts

to

our

forward ing agent a t the address

shown

above


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PHILIPPIIVE MISSIOIV CHUHGHES OF

CHRIST

Missionaries

P.O. BOX 49, APARRI, CAGAYAN, PHILIPPINES

Forwarding Agent

Charles W. Selby Anrii L-Tolllver

Roberta

Selby March

and

April, 1971

Falrfleld

Nebr 68938

De a r

Br e t h r en

n Ch r i s t :

This

i s

the

f i r s t

time

tha t

many

of

you have

received

a

l e t t e r

concerning

the

Lord*s

work in Northern Luzon in the Philippines. Because of t h i s we would l ike to acquaint

you briefly with tha t work, past , present and

future.

Ro berta and I

went to

the Phil ippines the f i r s t

time in

1947* By

the time

you

re

ceive this

we wi l l

be

back

there ready

to

begin o\ir 25th year of work.

All

dur in g t he se

years we have l ived in the town of Aparri on the very northern sea-coast of Luzon Island

a t th e

point where

the

Cagayan River, the largest

r iver

in the

Philippines, empties

into

the China

Sea.

Our f i e ld

o f lab or i s primari ly in

the

Cagayan Valley which i s composed

of three provinces,

Cagayan,

Isabela

and

Nueva Vizcaya.

We are helping with a very su c-

^ss foL

Vvangffln

t ic w6rk~in the Province

of Abra

and

have some

rk in

th e f r i h^s of

some of the provinces

adjacent to

the Cagayan Valley. Working with us in th is

area are

Sid

and

Marj Boudreaux,

Dennis

and

Lorri t ta

McKinney and Ann Toll iver .

During the past 24 years, a Bible College Aparri Bible Seminary), a

printing

press

and two Christian High Schools have been established

to

augment

the evangelist ic program

of the area. As a result, there are 40 to 50 preachers in the area at present (all trained

in

Aparri Bible Seminary),

at least

60 Churches have been established and thousands

of

souls

have

been won

to

Chris t . The High Schools a re permi tt ing us

to teach

the Word of God

to hundreds

of young people each year. 540 were enrolled in the two schools in th e

19707

school

year. At leas t 70

of

these were won to Christ dur ing t he f i r s t

Semester. In

the

1969-70

school

year with

5OO

enrolled, 155

were

baptized

into

Christ .

Since these High Schools are

proving

to be so

effective

in the ir evangelis t ic impact,

plans

cal l

for the establishment of four

more such

schools. We

were thri l led beyond

measure when on March 21st the Church in

Flora, I l l inois a t

a special congregational meet

ing, voted

overwhelmingly

in

favor of

making available, whenever t i s needed,

the

sum

of

20,000.00 which

i s

the

estimated

cost

of a

high school

building,

fully

equipped,

to house

from 400 to

500

young people.

We

have heard unofficial ly

that

a

group

of young couples

in

a

Bible School class

have commi tted themselves

to b ui ld

a

second of t he se s chool s,

and

word

has been

received from

another congregation tha t they plan to lead

out

in

an effor t to

raise

20,000.00

from

among the

Churches

in the ir area for

a

third

school. Because

of

this t re-

mehdou^response

from

bre thr^

in ^

three differeht^S'Eates,

we aire

sure i t l ^Gdd^s

will

that

we proceed

with

a ll possible

speed

in getting

these

schools

opened.

Future

plans

also cal l

for the

establishment

of a Christ ian Liberal Arts College,

primari ly

fo r t ra ining Christ ian

teachers,

teachers not only for our own

High Schools,

but for the other

High Schools

of the

area and fo r the

vas t

elementary school

system of the whole Cagayan Valley.

Radio

i s

another

f ield

tha t

has

opened

up

especially

since

the

development

of

th e

t ransis tor

radio. We are

excited

about the opportunit ies in th is f ield I t i s our

plan

to

set

up a recording studio using professional equipment. We will need two tape recorders,

two

turntables

and a mixer and

a t l eas t

three

high

qual i ty microphones.

This

would

en

able us to prepare

excellent

programs ,on tape

to

send out to at least three different sta

tions in

the

Cagayan Valley.

Several

hundreds of dollars have already been pledged and

se t aside

for

this

eq\iipment.

We are

hoping

to

have this purchased in

Seattle

and shipped

to us directly from there.

We are

not

sure just yet

as

to the

exact cost of this equipment,

but

will find that out

soon.

Anyone desiring to help with the

purchase

of

this

equipment

may do so by sending your designated

gifts

to our Nebraska address.

I t is

possible that

this

recording

studio may

sometime be expanded into a

radio

station and used

to

broadcast

the

Gospel no t only

in

the

Philippines

but into Red China and other

countries

of Asia.


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are facing some very c r u c i a l years in

Southeast

Asia pol i t ica l ly and

in

every

o the r way. We a r e f i r m l y convinced t ha t th e Gospel o f Chris t i s th e o n ly rea l and l a s t

in g answer to the

problems

o f tha t tr ouble d a r e a .

t

i s ve r y p o s s i b l e however tha t we

are g o in g

to have to get

t h e Gospel

to

t h e se

m i l l i o n s of Asians through

A s ian s .

The

Phi l i ppi nes w ith

n e a r l y

500 Churches

of C h r i s t

throughout

th e

country a nd h un dr ed s

of

w e l l

t r a i n e d an d hi ghl y

experienced

pr e a c he r s

as w ell a s f i v e B i b l e C o lleg es t ra ining

dozens o f a dd it io n al young

p e o p l e

e v e r y

year

i s th e o n l y

c o u n t r y

in a l l o f

A s i a with

the p o t e n t i a l fo r t he e v an g el iz a ti on o f Asia

by

Asians supported by Asians. Ou r job o f

th e n e x t fe w y ea rs b es id es winning s o u l s and

es tabl i sh ing

Churches

i s to

br ing th o s e

Churches to the place where they a re able an d

w i l l i n g

to

accept

the

tremendous responsi

bi l i ty

of

the

e v a n g e l i z a t i o n

o f

S ou th ea st A si a.

Our t o t a l program in th e

P h i l i p p i n e s

i s aimed a t th e accomplishment

of th i s task.

Th e B i b l e C ollege

c on tr ib u te s t o

th i s en d

by

p r o v i d i n g well t rained and h i g h l y m o tiv ated

preachers fo r

soul-winning.

Church

p l a n t i n g

and ins t ruc t ion o f th e b r e t h r e n . The pr in t

ing

work s u p p l i e s

mater ia ls

in

th e

language of th e people

fo r

b o t h s o u l - w i n n i n g

and

i n s t r uc t i on of

th e

Church

members.

Th e

Hig h

S chools

an d

Chris t ian

C o l l e g e

w i l l

r e a c h

hundreds of men

and

women who wi l l move into posi t ions o f l ea de rs hi p in th e

Churches a s

w ell a s th e

p r o f e s s i o n a l

f ie lds such a s Medicine Law an d t e a c h i n g . These a re th e

people

who wil l make t possi bl e

fo r the

I l i i l i p p i n e Church to

s ta nd

on i t s own

fee t s uppor ting

i t s own

work an d

a m is s io n ar y program

in

th e other c o u n t r i e s

o f

A s ia

a s well .

Because o f

th is

expanded

program

o f evangelism an d

C h r i s t i a n

e duc a tion o ur monthly

f inanc ia l

needs wil l

i n c r e a s e a grea t d e a l .

R eg u lar

monthly

su p p o r t r e g a r d l e s s

of

th e

amount becomes a

most urgent

need

a t

the

p r e s e n t time. Another

way in which y ou can

help

i s by

col l ec t ing

books which

c an

b e \ised fo r g e n e r a l r e a d i n g

p u r p o s e s

and

fo r

r e s e a r c h in

both High School an d

College.

T he se b oo ks

can

be s e n t to Mr . Steve T o l l i v e r 2139 Yosemite

D r iv e Lo s Angeles Calif . 9004 ewil l se e tha t t h e y a r e shipped on

to

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

lyiay we hear from you soon?

Yours

in

Chris t

C h ar les W

S e l b y


4/5

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iin-

.time since we bave isent.iyxju

ansr

news^

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in

NioirtJffiBnanLuzojij

The

time,

has passed rapicUyt iwcaiiê/ t^

,isi ailWiay S sonpiuieb

been htones ;oj snirow

and

limes of joy in our pierseiiial

Hyes. aP, jWfllb

as in

'29. Jloy./Ridgway, / the

failher

of Roberta Soiby

and Minrj Ii^ûidreftWl.

sudifenly.

iThis

bamfii as;a tsboek to all ol us for

DiadiiRidgwayi

tbcjngb 79

#

been a

very

active and

hard

working man. We will find a great gap in the family circle the

next time we return home. The incident that brought persona) joy to Roberta

and

me was

th e

news of the birth, on November 8 (l^V>berta's birthday), of our first grandchild, Eric William. His

parents are Rob

and

Brenda Selby who are now at Milligan College, Tennessee.

We are sorry to report

that

Roberta's health is no better. She has been in bed almost every

day s ince-our return -to the Philippines-last May. -There just seems ta be nothing we-can--do for

the migraines from whicb .she suffers almost daily. To add to her problems, in early November

she came dQ^7jwith\ ,a4;^yere sêp,Infection which

seems

to have developed into what we hope

is a slight case of

Rheumatic

Fever. She is under

treatment

for

that at

present

and

is

not

feeling

at

all well. We would

surely appreciate your prayers

for

her

at

this

time

especially.

Ann Tolliver, our niece, is just now beginning her

third

year in the work here. She has taken

over

the

major

responsibilities in the office where she

puts

in long

hours

every day, often up

until 10:00 or 11:00 p.m. She has also taken over

much

of the responsibilities in our home during

this very difficult time of Roberta 's illness. She has made herself essentially indispensable. I really

wonder, at

times,

how

we

ever got

along-

without her.

.

The work is coming along very well. We would likp to share some of

the

highlights of what

has been^ going on

and

some of

ou r

plans for

the year

ahead.

Aparri Bible

Seminary: More than ninety

young people enrolled in the Seminary this

year,

the

largest enrol lmeri t in the h is tory of

the

school. 12 of this

number

have been. .bap%^

Christ. Several of the upper class students as well as the faculty members are ou t eaim week-end

in evangelistic work of some

nature.

The

Seminary choir under the leadership of Marj Rtradreaux

^presented a Christmas program of music in f9ur different Churches in. mid-December. Miss Barbara

Mangskau, a senior student from Ozark Bible College, here for a one year internship, is making

a terrific contribution to

our

Seminary program. Besides

the

classes she teaches

and the

piano

lessons

she-gives, she has trained a

male

quartet which is inv great demand

nmong

the^bretlên

everywhere. The quarte t participated in the Week of Evangelism at one of the High Schools

and made

quite an

impact upon the students

through their singing, preaching

and

personal witnessing.

- ^Bvfmgefwm^-222 baptisms

have-beett-reporled

from July througb December,

197t.

Dennia-Mc-

Kinney has been woTking with several of the preachers throughout the Cagayan Valley holding

Bible Ins ti tu tes and Evangelis tic meetings in var ious places. These

have

resulted in a

number

of

souls,

won to

Christ

and

much

good

has

been

done

in

strengthening

the Churches. We are mak

ing plans

for

forming two more such teams, mostly from among our Seminary faculty rnembers.

At

present we are rebuilding and overhauling

our

two old Jeeps which

Will

be used*for this work.

These teams will be involved in full time Evangelism during the summer months and on week

ends during the school year. We hope to be able to initiate a tract distribution program that will

ût

at .iâst one tract in every

home

in the. Cagayan Valley. Plans are being made for our annual

youth

calhps, as well as

ah

extens ive DVBS program.

. - ,

The Print ing Work:

60,000 copies, of various

t racts have

just

come off

the

press. All of these

are in I locano,

written

by our Filipino preachers and teachers.

This

is in

addition to the

two

papers

that are pu t ou t regularly, one for

adults and

one for young people. The

Sunday

School

quarterly

is also

being printed

in Ilocano

and

is quite widely

distributed, even

as

far away

as Mindanao.

It

will be necessary to

print at

least one of our present

tracts

by

the

hundreds of thousands if we

are able to carry ou t

the

plan to put a tract in every home in the Cagayan Valley. We need

to expand this work a

great

deal

and

in

order

to do so, We will need

another

press.

It

has been

suggested that we acquire a Hiedelberg KORD offset press. We are waiting, upon the Lord in

this.

A new

one

costs

about

$15,000.00. We

can ge t it here just

as cheaply as we

can

in

the

States.

Do

pray

with

us

about

this.

Christian High Schoois:

Around 500

young

people enrolled in our two Christian High Schools

this

year.

80 of this number were baptized into Christ .dgring the

annual

first semester week of

evapgellsm

held

-in

Npveraber. Another

such

week

will

be held

in

each

school

in

latfe

March

or

eari 'iApril- i: Ttfere wilf be mbrri- ihan 100 young people graduating from these-schools in April.

We are enthusiastic about

the poten ti al

these

young

people represent for Chris t and

His

Church

in th e

years

to come.

The Radio Work:

At

present

we

have two

radio programs, one once a wec;k..andjQQe three

times a week on stations in the

provinces

of Isabeia and Nueva Vizcaya. We are still planning

^lo ppt up a

recording

studio of our

own

during 1972. It will

^then

be possible to

record

all of

our programs at

the

studio

and send

them ou t

on

tape

to

the various s ta tions

fn

Northern

Luzon.

We-plan to haye at

least

three and perhaps four daily programs on as many stations

in

North-

,ern Luzon by the end of 1972.'

The

recordiiig studiri Will -be built in such a way as to be fully

.vadequate. for, a radio station of our own if we find it possible to

start

a such station.' We would

like to broadcast both here in

the.

Philippines and to >011 of the

cour^tries

of Southeast

Asia,

via

short wave, including Communist China. We have around $2,000.00

set

aside for equipment for


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the recording studio and

will

need more tlian that to get all that wc have been advised to get.

This equipment

will

be the kind that can be used in the radio stalion when and if we get it set up.

Christian L ib er al A rt s College: These plans are still in the formative stage as are pla ns for

add itio nal Chris tian Hig h Schools. Some rad ical chan ges are tak in g place in the Philipp in e s edu cation al

system at present and we are watching these very closely. Most of these changes have to do with

th e high school system. I feel it is very wise to get a Christian College established just ns soon

as possible. Please pray with us about this also.

Many

of you

Who

receive this letter will find receipts enclosed covering the past several rnonlhs.

We are so grateful for your continued faithful s upp or t. Y our gifts are what keep this work moving

fo rward . Souls are being won Chu rch es are being estab lish ed and s tren gthened and tomorro w s lead

ers are being reached and trained in

many

ways. This is your work. Do pray for it. We do

no t

know ho w th e devaluation of

Die

dollar

will

affect

us.

We trust

the Lord

to

lake

care

of it.

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