Selby Charles Roberta 1983 Philippines

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^HUR H SOF

^HRIST

OF MORT RM LUZON

P .O.

Box

2 19207 Hous ton

T e x as 7 7 2 18

Fie ld A d d r e s s

P.O. Box 49 .

Aparri.

Cagayan 1118. Philippines

Lloyd and Marivic, and C harles and R oberta Selby

M I S S I O N A R I E S

May 1983

5KSRCIS S

Fea tur ing

Aparr i

Bible Semina ry

The 29th CommencGment exercises of

Aparri

Bible

Seminary

were held

on March 4, 1983 at the Aparri Church of Christ, with Lowell Applebury of

Bakersfield, California, as guest speaker. Seven young men received diplomas

and degrees, and seven girls their Christian Education certificates. Rogelio

Guillermo left), an outstanding student and preacher, was valedictorian of the

class. He preached at the last chapel service of the Seminary.

All

these young

men are now out preaching in various places.

Harvey and Helen Beard

were presented with

a s pec ia l C erti fi ca te of

Appreciation

for their three

years of dedicated

life

and teaching at the Seminary.

Their presence has been a great blessing to students

and faculty alike, and they

will

be missed greatly.

Music plays a big

part

inSeminary life Mrs. Bella

Tenorio s Voice Class presented a recital in

February. The choirs and various small groups and

soloists

had

a very successful Chr is tmas concert ,

presented

in Aparri and five

other

nearby Church

es. Roberta taught a girls trio and men s quartet

which alternated at the two high schools for the

Weeks

of E va ng el is m in

October and March.

Above Charles Selby presents the Certificates

of Appreciation

to

Harvey

and

Helen

Beard.


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_ -f ;r Charles taught his Exegesis class inthe Seminary Hall. Federico

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Bueno

held

his large

Acts

class in

the

dining

hall, and

Harvey

Beard

^

taught

Greek

in

the

library. This shows

the

great need for more

classroom space. More than 100 students were crowded into these

and three other small

classrooms

this school

year.

As soon as the architect finishes the blueprints and a permit to

build is granted, construction

will

begin on

the

new Seminary

building. The property is paid for, fenced, and materials are being

gathered. This will be a two-story building with a large chapel,

library, recording room

and

music practice rooms, as well as six

large classrooms. It

will

provide

some room

for growth in

our

Top left, Harvey Beard in the student

body.

Although there are

no

funds on

hand

for this project,

library; right,

Federico Bueno

in

the

we move

ahead

in faith that

the

Lord will supply,

since the need

is

so

dming^li:^ikhoverChurfe5 S-e/6s'-great, and it seems to be

His leading

to

move

forward.

Any gifts for

in the

Seminary

Hall.

this

should

be

sent

to our States address,

marked Seminary

Building Fund . Pray with us that God will meet this need.

. j

hrist ian

High

Schoo l s

WwlijW Graduation exercises at the two Christian high schoolswere

the last week ofMarch, with the largest graduation classes in the

gg Southern

I sabe la Academy and

139

at

Northern

Isabela Academy. Bible classes were taught every

* were won to the Lord, including 4 teachers. The Lord is

continuing to bless this ministry as a tool of evangelism.

An irrigation

well

at NIA ismaking itpossible tohavecontinuing crops,as

well

as a new fish pond, which

will

be a blessing to the school as well as to the community.

Romeo

and

Mercy orospe

Romeo and Mercy

Gorospe

and three daughters arrived inManila on March 10,

from

Hawaii, where

they had ministered to the Waipahu church for eleven months. Exactlya month later, April 10, Romeo

Gorospe, Jr., was born to them here inAparri. Romeoand Mercy are happy to be backhome

again,

and

are

looking

forward eagerly towhat theLordhas for them todohere in

His

work

in

theyearsahead.

Mercy

will resume her work in the office later, and Romeo will be working full-time in the fieldsof evangelism and

radio.

We praise God for them and

look

forward to

working

with them here. Romeo did a good job as

manager

of

Senior camp

in April.


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C a g a y a n

V a l l e y

h i l d r e n sH o m e

On December

11, 1982,

Mary Pruitt director

of

th e CVCH became

of wife of

Gilbert Bureros

from

Cebu. Ray Carlson performed the ceremony

with

Ch a rle s

rK^vT^ Selby

assisting. Mary s

parents, Bobby and Jean Pruitt, andNaomiGoode

came

\ n Grants Pass Oregon and Bert s

family

from Cebu

as well as Carlsons and

A Dclmar Debaults from Cebu and Charles Littells from Davao. All of the

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children

took part

in

th e unusual an d

lovely

c er em on y e xc ep t the

babies.

No w

th e

n children havean Uncle Bert to helpAuntie Mary incaringfor them,and he isfitting in

^

very well.

He

had the

opportunity

to

really

get to know the hcildren when

Mary

had to

gone for a month inMarch. Little three-year-oldHomydeveloped encephalitis and

^ ^ airlifted by U.S. rescue

helicopter

to Clark

Air

Force Base where he and Mary

I spent a monthwhile he

was given very

wonderful treatment in theBasehospital. How

lhankful we

were

for this help a nd c ar e from our U.S. government for a little

Filipino boy in

desperate

need. Romy is backhome an d improving daily as he learns all

over again to eat, walk, talk, etc. He seems very alert an d we trust

Go d

to continue to

h ea l h im .

,

This

is Sammy who had

a

very bad hare-lip and has had two

operations ffi

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to correct

it.

A

wonderful

doctor

in

Manila

performed

these

without charge.

K]

Mary also has tw o

little girls

with cerebral

palsy, a n d s he has received help

with their therapy through the Elk s Club. H

The oldest

child in

th e home

Minda,

graduated

from high

school

at k .

Northern

Isabela

Academy

and

will

bea student

in

Aparri

Bible Seminary P

next year. Her brother, Ariel attended

SIA.

Not all the children respond as \

we

would like. Two older boys have

recently chosen

to leave the home S H h k y

rather

than

obey

th e rules. W e c ont inue

to pray for them

and

Mary

ha s

told

them they

can

return whenever they like but that

they

must obey the rules. jlSi- I

Summer

Activities

J

During

th e week

of April 18, the S

\

premises of

Aparri Bible

Seminary

fir R

/ j} were filled with fun

and

noise

as

asli

S young people

from all

over

th e

/ft^A f Cagayan Valley

came

for

Senior camp. This includes 4th

year

high

school

an d

college students up to 20

years

old. A very

successful

I Young Adult Retreat was held here April 4-9 for young people 20

/ years old and above, college students and graduates,

including

many of our high school teachers. Charles taught

Colossians

an d

Roberta taught

Philippians to this group. April 11-16

wa s

the

DVBS

Clinic, with 51

women an d

girls here. A

number

of

tea ms h av e

n ow g on e

ou t

to

teach

an d

will be

teaching

somewhere between

1,000

an d

2,000

children during

th e

summer.

April 29-May 1

th e

Cagayan

Valley

Convention

wa s

held in

Aparri

with

over

250 in

attendance. Junior and Intermediate

camps are

th e

middle ofMay.

Many

students

and preachers

ar e

busy

in various evangelistic meetings, rallies, an d general evangelistic work.

U p d a t e o n M i s s i o n a r i e s

Lloyd

an d Marivic

Selby left April 17 for furlough. It is nearly four

years

ago that Lloyd

arrived on

a

business trip and

visit,

and th e Lord

laid it

upon

his heart

to

stay

an d fill

a

great need

in administration of

th e

over-all work.

They are

available for

speaking on

behalf of

th e Lord s work

in

Northern Luzon and

can

be


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