Beard Harvey Helen 1982 Philippines

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98

THE

ASSISTING MISS IONARIES

RK REST

H R H

OF HRIST

No .

11

M arch 1 98 2

CHANGE OF PLANS

The

day

was Saturday,

Feb.

6 , the

h o u r

late

afternoon

When He l e n

returned

f r om an e r r a n d

in

t own

s h e

saw

a letter

addressed

to

us

l y ing on

th e piano bench.

It

was a no te from th e Se lbys ask ing

us

if

at

t h i s l a t e

hou r

we

cou ld

change

o u r

p lans

and

s tay here fo r

ano the r schoo l

yea r . The Boudreauxs wi l l

be

on fur lough;

Gorospes

are tak in g a minis t ry

in Hawaii .

Thus

t h r ee good t e ache r s

wi l l

be

missing

n e x t

y e a r .

prayed and thought abou t

it

fo r

severa l

days, then

t o ld

Selbys

we would

s t ay . Having already agreed to teach in

Ind ia and to v i s i t

Japan,

we wi l l

follow

through

on

those

p l an s .

Lord

wi l l i ng , we

ejqpect to be in Kulpahar , I nd ia

March 4

to

Apr i l

19 .

Af te r

a few

days in Thai l and ,we

w i l l

be

in

Japan

Apr i l

27

to

May

18.

Then

we w i l l

r e tu rn

to

Mani l a , i n s t e ad o f

going

t o th e U.S.A. a s we had

p l anned

at first

Ou r return to the States will b e in

th e sp rin g o f

1983. We

wi l l

be

here fo r

th e miss ionary ge t - t oge the r

in

ea r l y March

and then r e tu rn by

way

o f Tokyo and Sea t

tle

From there we will travel s o u t h to

California F r i e n d s on

the

w e s t

coast

who

would l i k e us to visit them a re encouraged

to wr i t e

t o

us at

ou r

Apa r r i

a dd r e s s . We

are so rry no t to get

home

to our family

and

f r i ends

t h i s

yea r ,

e spec i a l l y

so

s ince

we a re

looking

forward t o th e b i r t h o f two

more grandchi ldren t h i s year . Martha

and

David Van

Wormer a re e xp ec tin g t h e i r s

in

June , and Ph i l and

J eann ie

Beard in

Sep

tember

The

co s t o f th e t r i p

to

Ind ia , Thai

l and and

Japan

wi l l

be about 4,000 fo r

a i r f a r e .

We w i l l be

away

f rom Apa r r i f o r

abou t

80 days . Our g r a t e f u l

t h anks

to ou r

con t r i bu t o r s who have made it pos s i b l e

fo r

us

to fulfil

this

min i s t r y .

A

SELBY-TENORIO WEDDING

The

b ig even t

o f

the

year was the

wedding o f Lloyd Selby and Marivic

Teno

r i o . This took p lace on a pe r f e c t l y beau

tiful morning ,

December

19th a t 10 :30

M ar i v ic s

sister Mercy Gorospe , was he

matron o f

hono r ,

and th e

b e s t

man was Mer

cy s husband,

Romeo

Gorospe. Carolyn

Boudreaux

and

Chr i s t i anne Goro sp e w ere th e

two

little

f lower g i r l s . Carolyn wa

b ea ut i fu l in

he r

long pink dre ss and

he

blonde h a i r ( cu t

s h o r t e xp e c ia l ly fo r

th e

wedding.) She i s

th e

cous in o f Lloyd Selby

bu t she

c a l l s him U ncle

Lloyd . There

were o t he r

a t t e ndan t s ,

most ly r e l a t i v e s .

The

groom's mother , Rober ta

Se lby

sang

tw o

s o lo s , At Dawning

and

I Lov

You Tru ly .

Lloyd

and M ariv ic sang

due t , Each For

The

Othe r , by

Pe t e r s on

The g room s

f a t h e r , C ha r le s S e lb y , con

d uc ted th e ceremony. G race Lopez p l ayed

all

th e

mus ic

ex cep t

fo r

th e

p r e l u d e

whic h H elen

was

asked t o p l ay . (The Sem

i na ry piano

was

brought to

the church

fo

th e

o c c a s i o n . )

The

b r i de was lo ve ly in t r a d i t i o n a

whi t e ,

a l ong d res s with a crown and v e i l

The church was

packed , as

Lloyd was

wel

known

in

Apar r i

and

in

all

th e chu r ches

M a r iv i c is a

student a n d

w as

in

s ome o

Harvey s c l a s s e s .

She

i s

a

very

g r ac iou

F i l i p i n a

girl

Lloy d and Mar iv i c

wi l l

r e

main

in

Aparri w ith

Lloyd con t inu ing

o


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the

mission

s t a f f . There

was

a wedding

dinner

complete with

wedding

cake a t the

Pipe Hotel

bal l room

in Aparri . Pr inc ipa l

s pon s o r s

were At ty .

Mrs .

Manuel Mol i n a ,

Dr.

s

Mrs.

Faust ino

Peneyra

Pas to r

Mrs.

Sergio Banggo

and Mr.

Mrs.

Sidney A.

Bou d r e a u x .

LLOYD

SELBY

CHO IR

CONCERT

On

December

13

the

Seminary

conce r t

c ho i r

sang

fo r

th e d ed ic a t ion

o f a new

church i n B a ll es te ro s . The cho i r had

gone

by

bus

the day before to

s ing

a t Bago

Pamplona and then

go on

t o B a ll es te ro s .

But t h is p a rt ic u la r Sunday

th e

Selbys

took

Helen in

t h e i r

car .

Romeo

Gorospe drove

th e T oyo ta an d we had a

b ea u t i f u l r id e

ou t

through

the

coiintry

in the

ear ly

morning.

Harvey

d id

not

go

as

he

had

to

teach th e

English

Bible

c lass

a t

Aparr i

t h a t

morn

i n g .

^^hen we arrived

at

allesteroswe

we n t to th e h o u s e of D r .

Mrs . Ar c a d i o

Aguas . Mrs.

Aguas

is one o f th e

s ev e r a l

daugh t e r s o f th e l a t e Pa s t o r Fau s t i n o

Pen-

ey r a ,

th e v e te ran

N.T. church

evange l i s t

in th e Cagayan Val ley . Mrs. Aguas

cind he r

husband have

a hosp i t a l and a

doc to r ' s

p r a c t i c e

at .Ba l l e s t e r o s . The

town

i s

love ly

with

wel l bu i l t

homes and

wel l

kep t

f a rms on

th e

outskirts of t own . F o r s e v

e r a l

yea r s

Dr. and

Mrs.

Aguas

had

been

a t

t end ing a Methodi s t Church ac ro s s th e

street f r om their beautiful m o d em home .

Mrs . Aguas

t augh t

th e people in

th e

Meth

od i s t Church to bap t i ze t h e i r

conver t s

and

to observe

th e L ord 's

Supper

weekly. But

she still be l i e v ed t hey

shou ld have

a

sep

a r a t e cong r ega t ion .

There was a r ibbon

cu t t i ng

ceremony

befo r e

th e

church s e r v i c e , and th e new

bui ld ing

was

f u l l o f

people

who

were joy

ou s ove r t h e

o c c a s i o n ,

a s

was their

first Sunday in th e b ui ld in g. The Semin

a ry

Choi r gave t h e i r Chr i s tmas can t a t a ,

Ring the Bells .

Our

helper Joselyn Bo-

s i t o ,

who

c leans ou r house , was in th e

cho i r . He

played

th e p a r t o f

I sa i ah

and

d id it very wel l . The choir gave the can

t a t a f ive

t imes in d i f f e r en t

p laces

and

th e

per formance

a t

Ba l l e s t e r o s

was abou t

th e

b e s t o f a l l . The f i r s t performance

was at th e A pa rr i Church

o f Chr i s t .

Mrs.

Marj Boudreaux d i r e c t e d

th e

cho i r . Grace

Lopez

was

t he a cc o n^ a nis t.

Helen

accom

panied Grace

as she sang 0

Holy

Night .

JOSELYN

BOSITO AS ISAIAH

CHRISTMAS PROGRAM

Christmas

Eve the chi ldren a t Aparri

Church o f C hr is t gave

a

program.

This

was

presented by

age

groups with r e c i t a t i on s

and songs and some drama.

The

chu rch

was

decorated fo r Christmas

with a

s ign

M RRY

CHRISTMAS

and little bells

made f rom

p la s t i c

egg car tons

t h a t

Evelyn Mil ler had

sen t .

At the

end o f

th e program the

chi ldren received

sacks

of candy

and

sn ac ks w ith an a pp le in cl ud ed .

On Chris tmas morning

t he r e

was

a l so

a

p reach ing

s e r v i c e and

mus i c t o

c e l eb r a t e

the

Lord ' s b i r t hday .

NEW YEAR PROGRAMS

New Year s Eve we m e t

at

t h e c h u r c h

fo r

a

l o t

o f r e c i t a t i on s and songs . Some

gave

th e ones

they gave on Chr i s tmas

Eve .

Only t h i s

t ime

it was in

th e

form

o f

a

t a l en t

con t e s t with judges

and

p r i z e s .

They h ad

a

mo t h e r s '

s o l o d i v i s i o n .

Guess

what? Helen en te r ed t h i s

so lo

con t e s t ,

and

s ang h e r first

so lo e v e r She

won

3 rd

p l ace ,

and a

txibe

o f Colgate

too thpas te .

There was p l en ty

o f

no i s e

all

over

Apar r i

to c e le b r a te th e

adven t o f a

new

yea r f i r e c r a ck e r s , guns , and horns fo r

about

tw o

hours . The

morning

o f New

Year ' s

Day found us in church

a ga in w ith a

preaching se rv ice . Some were very

sleepy

from being up

so

l a t e th e

n igh t

before .


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OUR CALENDAR O F EVENTS

Nov. 23

Wedding

anniversary; cake made

by

Linda Peneyra;

ro ot b eer

f l o a t s a t

the

Magnolia;

I locano

c lass ; love ly she l l

p ic

t u r e gift from mis s i ona r i e s ; cake and co f

fee

with

Antonio

Columna family

a t 8:00.

Nov.

28

Thanksgiving

dinne r a t Se l -

bys : f r ied chicken,

mashed

potatoes

and

gravy, e t c . , apple

and

pumpkin

p ie s ; songs

and s c r ip tu r e , with

prayer ,

Nov.

29

H elen gave

l e s son

on

Es the r

a t

women s meet ing .

Dec. 5

Children s

Home Christmas pro

gram;

r e c i t a t i o n s , songs ,

ac ro s t i c s ,

sc r i p t u r e

r ead ings .

Dec. 11 Christmas

Cantata

a t

Aparri

Chu r c h

o f C hr is t

Dec. 12

S id

and Carolyn Boudreaux and

Dennis

McKinney

had supper w ith

us.

Choir

performing a t

Bago, P amplon a.

Dec. 14 Christmas t ree and

g i f t

ex

change a t the Seminary. Helen rece ived

cookies

made

by

Jan ie Ruther fo rd .

minm

Dec.

18

Midsemester examinat ion , cho i r

s ang Chr is tmas canta ta a t Seminary fel low

s h i p .

Dec . 1 9

WEDDING

Dec. 21 Nine Aparr i

miss iona r i e s

went

to Tuguegarao

fo r

Christmas fel lowship

and

dinner (turkey and

trimmings)

with other

missionar ies ,

including Chuck Mickey

R i c h a r d s .

Dec. 25 Shi r ley

Toledo

i nv i t ed

to

have

lunch with us.

Helen f ixed

Spanish omelet

and

f r u i t salad. Dinner

in evening

a t the

Boudreaux

apartment;

14

a t main t ab le , and

3

chi ldren; roas t

chicken,

potatoes, veg.

s a l ad , f r u i t

sa l ad ,

comotes

( l ike

a

sweet

pota to) ,

apple

pie ,

ice cream. Missionary

g i f t

exchange: We gave s h i r t mater i a l

and

a she l l pic ture ; we rece ived a vacuum p i t

cher and a handbag.

. i

TABLE

SET

FOR

CHRISTMAS

DINNER

De c . 2 7

Funeral for fat he r

of Mr s . D

Peney r a .

Dec.

31

At

Se lbys

fo r opening o f we

ding g i f t s

and

p i c t u r e s

o f th e weddin

P a n s i t

and rolls

w ith co ke s ,

etc

Jan . 3

P o t- lu c k d in n er

after

morni

church service

Helen

too k baked beans

a

potaoe

s a l ad . (Complete ly devoured , ev

if it

was Amer ican f ood . )

J an .

10

Lef t

church

s e rv i ce

ea r l y

meet

Richards

a nd App le bu ry s a t

bus

s to

Dinner

and

p r aye r

meetdLng a t Se l by s . Lo

ell and Helen

Applebury

had

s up pe r w it h

in

our

apartment . Lowell preached a t

t

e ve ni ng c hu rc h s e r v i c e .

Jan .

16

Dinner

a t Se lbys fo r s t a

and

a l l who

h elp ed w ith

th e

wedding.

J an . 19 Welcome Home supper fo r M

Pru i t t a t th e Boudreauxs ; tamale p i e ,

c

conu t

and

mel ib idu ( l ike cherry)

p ies .

J an . 24 January b i r thday pa r t y a t t

Children s Home .

ERNIE RUTHERFORD AND CHILDREN

J an .

26-29

Harvey

was devot ions spea

e r a t

the

Seminary 4 mornings and

chap

s p eak e r Thursday Evening .

Feb. 2

Memorial se rv ice

a t cemete

and

merienda

cena a t Dr. Peneyra s .

Feb. 5

Forens ic Li te r a ry Socie ty pr

g r am , The

Powe r

Of

J e s u s .

It was

drama

o f

the

r a i s i ng

o f J a i r us daughte

wel l done in Engl i sh. No e lec t r i c i ty f

ear ly

pa r t

of

the

program. Helen

accompa

ied th e songs on the

piano .

Feb.

7

Children s

Home February b i r t

day pa r t y .

Feb. 8 Dinner for

Columna family

ou r ap t . fo l lowed

by

I l ocano l e s son , th

committee

from s tudents asking

us

to s ta

Feb. 9

Richards

brought Sher i Kaft

and

Tom Oswald

to visit Apar r i ;

d inne r

Se lbys .

Feb.

13

Se lbys

he re f o r l unch and

t a lk abou t

nex t school year . Steak,

f r u

and macaroni sa lads ,

r o l l s

and coffe

c o c o n u t

ice

c r e am .


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A FT ER -C H UR C H M E ET IN G I N O U R S A L A

Walt P r e v o s t S c o t t Boudreaux

Lloyd

Selby

E r ni e R u th er fo rd

Marj

Boudreaux

Helen

B.

Feb.

14

Harvey

t a u g h t

a d u l t Bible

S c h o o l

c l a s s at

C h i l d r e n s

Home;

H e l e n

p l a y e d t h e

new organ

f o r

church

s e r v i c e .

Dinner

w i t h

m i s s i o n a r i e s

and p r a y e r . B i b l e

s t u d y i n a home.

F e b .

1 5 P i c n i c

l u n c h at b e a c h w i t h

Sheri Kafton.

F e b .

21

S l i d e showing a t

C h i l d r e n s

Home; s t a y e d a l l n i g h t because

t h e r e

i s no

way

t o

r e t u r n

t o

A p a r r i a f t e r d a r k .

A f t e r r e a d i n g

t h i s you

w i l l

t h i n k we

do n o t h i n g b u t h a v e p a r t i e s . N o t t r u e ;

t h e

r e g u l a r

s c h o o l work g o e s on

week

a f t e r

w e e k . And we do ea t

r i c e ;

b u t that s n o t

n e w s ; we

eat

t all t h e t i m e .

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Address:

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Box 4 9

Aparri Cagayan

Philippines

1118

Parkcrest

Church

o f Chris t

5 9 5 0 Parkcrest S t r e e t

Long Beach CA 90808

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A i r F a r e 1 8 0 0 . 0 0

P o s ta g e 5 7 . 7 4

P r i n t i n g 3 0 . 1 6

2 7 8 7 . 9 0

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HELEN BEARD

Sep tember

1982

SATURDAYS IN APARR I

by

Helen

Usual ly

our

a larm c lock sounds

o f f

a t

4:30

a .m .

The church b e l l s start r i ng ing

a t

5:00 a .m . , c a l l i n g t he p a ri sh io n er s

t o

mass .

The

b e l l s

a re

e l e c t r o n i c

t h e s e days

bu t they

r i ng ou t

loud

and c l e a r .

I r e a l

ly

enjoy

th e sound o f th e

be l l s .

Lo t s

o f t ime s I

mix

up banana pancakes

th e

n i g h t

be fo re

as

pancakes

a re no t

one

o f Nora s t h i ng s . They a re no t

F i l i p i no ,

t h ey

a re American . Nora

bake s them

f o r us

for breakfast

By 7:30

a .m. I am on my way to

down

town Apar r i

where I g e t a f i e r a going to

La l l o . The f i e r a

t ake s o f f

when

it

ge t s

full o f pa s s e ng e r s and n o t

be f o r e .

Some

t im e s

I s t

a n d

wait for

30 m i n u t e s for

t h i s

t o t a ke p l a c e . Once

we start

th e

d r i v e r goes p r e t t y f a s t . He may s t op

t o

l e t passengers on

or

of f . It

cos ts

I s pe

so s

(20


6/12

MARIA P ENEYRA

Sunday,

June 6 Mrs.

died . She was 88 years

old ,

th e

w i f e

of

Pastor

Faustino

d ied

in 1980. Her l ov ing

h e r

in her golden

wedding

dress .

Services

were he ld a t the Peneyra house

every

n igh t

Sunday

to Fr iday , with th e fu ne ra l in

th e

Apar r i Church o f Chr i s t on Sa tu rday , June

12. Harvey preached a t

th e

Monday n igh t

se rv i ce .

Bro. Char le s S elb y

was

pr inc ipa l

s p e ak e r

a t th e

fune r a l in

th e

church .

The

Peneyras

had

been

i n

Aparr i

fo r

many

yea rs

when th e

Selbys came

i n 1947.

Bro .

Peneyra an d B ro . Selby

worked t oge th

e r on

evange l i s t i c

t r i p s ,

and

in e s tab

l i s h ing A parr i B ib le Seminary. B lessed

ar e

th e d e a d who di e

in

th e L o r d

f r om

h e n c e f o r t h .

Rev .

14 : 13 .

Maria Peneyra

a n d

had b e e n

Peneyra ,

who

fami ly bu r i e d

OUR

CLASSES

AND

TEACHING

Helen i s

o f f i c i a l l y

p i a n i s t

fo r

th e

A.B.S .

Cho i r ,

which is

d i r e c t ed

by Be l l a

Tenor io .

She a l so p lays fo r morning de

vot ions Tuesday

to Friday mornings

every

week

a t 6 :25 .

She

has a number o f p riv ate

p iano

s t uden t s who come

t o our

apa r tmen t

f o r their

l e s s o n s ,

b e s i d e s t h o s e sh e

teaches at th e

Children s

Home .

Harvey

t eaches

Greek I , with a c l ass

o f 9

s t uden t s , and

Hebrew I wi th s tu

den t s . He has a c la s s in BOoks o f Poe t ry

w i t h 9 s t u d e n t s , and a

c l a s s

in

Archaeo l

ogy

with

13

s tuden t s .

It

keeps

him

busy .

Regular

schoo l work began

Monday,

June 28,

a f t e r

th e

two-week

sem in ar con du cted

by

P ro f . Se th Wilson

o f

Ozark B ib le C olle ge .

RUTHERFORDS NEW HOME

E r n i e

a n d Janie

Ru t h e r f o r d moved into

a

r e n t a l house

d iagona l ly ac ro ss th e

s t r e e t

from

us . They had

been

s tay ing a t

th e C h ild re n s Home,

a nd w ere

happy

to ge t

i n t o

t h e i r

own

house

e a r ly in

Ju l y .

They

have

been

busy

ge t t ing

th e p la ce f ix ed up

fo r themse lves .

They

a l so had vis i to r s

Sherry Engelking and Buzz Danske, s tuden t s

a t Scui Jo se B ib le Col lege who were

he re on

a

six-week

i n t e rnsh ip program. B ro . Rus

s e l l Ingraham

from

Po r t e r v i l l e ,

Ca l i f o r n i a

came

o n a

visit f r om Rutherfords home

c h u r c h . Janie s sister Mrs .

J a n i c e Amett

w as also here

fo r

a visit The R u t h e r

fords

have adopted

Ja son ,

a t h ree

yea r

o ld

boy from

Cagayan Valley

Ch i l d r e n s Home.

SETH WILSON SEMINAR

B r o . S e t h W i ls o n arrived J u n e 1 1

a n

s tayed in

Aparr i

tw o weeks , l ec tu r ing

a

Apar r i Bib l e

Seminary

on

th e C h r is t ia

M in i s t^ and

Chr i s t i a n

Uni ty . A

welcom

program

was

h e ld fo r

him on Satu rday

even

i ng ,

June

11. His l e c t u r e s were

g ive

Monday

a f t e rnoon and evening, and morning

a f t e rnoon and even ing

Tuesday

t o

Fr iday

about

seven hours

da i ly . The s tuden t

were r equ i red

t o

a t te n d the le c tu re s f o

co l l ege c r e d i t .

Examinat ions

were

g ive

on

th e su bje ct mat t e r

o f th e

l e c t u r e s

o

th e two

Saturdays .

The Selbys t aped

th

l e c t u r e s , and now

th e

staff

hea r s

Dr. Wil

son

aga in

a t

t h e i r Tuesday n igh t Bib l

s tudy .

SOME SPECIAL EVENTS

The Forens ic Li t e ra ry Socie ty

had

fo rma l i n s t a l l a t i on o f o f f ic e r s

on

Ju ly

30. Bro.

Char les Selby

le d

in th e induc

t i on

s e r v i c e ,

a f t e r

a var ied program o

mu s i c a l

numbe r s

and recitations

He l e

was

th e

accompanis t

fo r

th e

program.

New Studen t Ta l en t Nigh t . A l eng th

program

was presen ted by

38

new s tuden t

on August

6 .

This showed

what

t a l e n t

ha

recent ly

come

t o Aparr i

Bible Seminary

The re w er e

r e c i t a t i on s , songs ,

in s t rumen ta

music

and drama by s tuden t s and group

from

I l o co s

Su r ,

I s a be l a ,

Abra ,

Mountai

Province , Kalinga-Apayao, Cagayan and Bon

toc

M i d s em e s te r e x am i n a t i o n s

we r e hel

Augus t

12-13.

This i s

a formal grad in

pe r i od .

Gra de s w ere due

in

th e o f f i c e o

A ugus t 30 .

T I wppV was he ld thisyea

August 23-27 . The

theme chosen

fo r th

week

was

In

A ll Thin gs Lov e. The

day

began

wi th

s p e c i a l p raye r

groups , fo l low e

by ea r l y morning

preach ing meetings o

Wednesday, Thursday ,

and

Fr iday mornings

Bro . Roge l io Teno r io , Bro . Fede r i co Bueno

and Bro. Ben Cas t i l l o each spoke a t one o

th e morning

meet ings .

Morning

c l ass

p e r

i o d s we r e s h o r t e n e d 15 m in u te s e a c h to al

low t ime fo r th e mee t ing s .

There was a p raye r and p ra i s e se rv ic

a t

noon ,

and a

preach ing

meet ing on Tues

d ay , T hu rs da y,

and

Fr iday even ing s . Bro

Char l e s

Selby

spoke

a t

th e even ing meet

i ngs .

Mrs. R oberta Selby w ro te a them

song fo r th e week

e n t i t l e d In

A ll

Thing

L o v e .


7/12

The Norva l

Campbel l s

They v i s i t e d

Apa r r i on Feb 2 they

worked

he re

f o r

s eve r a l

yea rs w i th

th e

Se lbys in th e e a r l y days o f

t h e i r

work

Helen i n

th e

Roya l

Gardens

The k ing o f T h ai la nd h as summer

pa l a c e

on Doi Suthep mountain nea r Chiang Mai

t s open t o th e pu b l ic when th e

k ing

s

n o t in r e s i d enc e Photo made Ap r i l

25


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Eileen Christiansen

a n d G u es ts

Two

Japanese mothe rs and

Helen

in f r o n t o f

Chr i s t i a n s en s

house May 8 .

Stan ley

and

Mabel

Bu t t r a y May 9

They

are th e ca re take r s a t the

Shinshu

Bible Camp in Mochizuki Nagano Prefec

t u r e

Japan .

Photo made

a f t e r

church

s e r

vice in As a s h i n a .

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We a re

p lann ing

ano the r visit t o

Japa

when we l e av e h er e nex t March o r Apr i l

From Japan we

w i l l f ly

t o Sea t t l e . Di f f i

cu l t i e s

with baggage

and

t r a v e l

cons t ra in

us t o

go

from t he re d i r e c t l y t o sou the r

Ca l i f o rn i a .

Sho r t l y a f t e r ou r

r e t u rn

w

w i l l

make

a t ou r

t h rough

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th e

Pa c i f i c no r t hwe s t and t h en

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e a s t a

f a r

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t o Ca l i f

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who

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t o

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o r

hav

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tell

o f

ou r

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p l e a s e

wr i t e t o

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our

f i e l d

add re s s in

Apar r i .

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o f

th e mis s i ona r i e s who work

t oge th

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88

F a r k c r e s t

L h u r c h

o f L - h r i s t

THE

ASSISTING

MISSIONARIES

No. 14

MINISTRY OF

HARVEY

AND

HELEN BEARD

D e ce ir be r 1 98 2

GREETINGS

Vfe

w ish you a

Jferry

Christmas,

Vfe

wish you a Merry Clur is tmas,

We

wish

you a Merary

Christmas

and a

Happy

New Year

Good t i d i n g s

b r i n g

t o you

and y ou r

kin;

We wish you a Merry Christmas

and

a

Happy

New

Year '

Yes,

vre t r u l y

do

send

you

t h i s g r e e t

ing frcm

an

old English c a r o l .

What a

wonderful

t ime t o

remerrber Tât happened

i n

Bethlehem o f

Judea

n e a r l y 2,000 years

ago. What jcy and

b l e s s i n g

t o a l l vô

be

l i e v e i n

Jesus.

His

b i r t h was

s i g n i f i c a n t

and

His death

f o r our s i n s i s so g r e a t it

i s

hard

f o r

us

t o

cci tprênd;

b u t

His

r e s -

u r r e c t i c n

i s

even

more

sti^êndous, and we

p r a i s e God f o r these events t h a t have a f

fected the world so

g r e a t l y .

Christmas in the

Philippines

i s c a l l

ed

Paska. There

i s

much ertphasis p u t

en

this c e l e b r a t i o n . T h e

bells

a n d

m u s i c

f r a n the nearby Cathol ic Church w i l l be

sounding loud

and c l e a r

very

e a r l y

every

morning

about

3

o cl o ck f o r an hour o r

more. Children c o n s t a n t l y

come

t o our

door and f o r a l i t t l e singing they want

sane

can


10/12

TRIP TO MANILA

I n

th e

week b e t v ^ e n

s e m e s t e r s w e n t

to Manila to see a t r ave l

agen t

about

our

t r i p hcrne. L lo yd and

Marivic

Seli^ drove

us to the a irport in

Tuguegarao

Oct. 12.

The plane was th ree hours

l a t e .

Vie took a

t ax i from the Manila a i rpo r t

to

the S.I .L.

gues t house,

where

we

stayed

fo r 3 n i ^ t s .

Wednesday

vre

v^t

to

the

ai rpor t to

look

fo r

ou r

l o s t

su i t c a s e

with

no

r e su l t s .

A f t e r

l unch we w e n t

to

s e e t h e

travel

a

gent .

She to ld us t h a t to

ge t our

visas

e x t e n d e d t o

a l l cw to

f i n i s h th e s ch o o l

year vte would have to be fingerprinted.

She

sen t

one

o f

he r g i r l s with us to

the

Imnig ra tic n O ff ic e vhere

th i s was

done.

Not j u s t one f inger , but a l l t en and

sev

eral

t im e s e ac h.

Thursday vje

made plans fo r the

return

t r ip Friday, did l a s t minute shopping, and

vis i ted

with

the

Selbys,

vho were

also

in

Manila

a t the

t ime.

Friday we todc the 7

a.m.

Pan tr anco bus

fo r ^ a r r i . The

bus

took us t h rou^

the

area

devastated by the

typhoon the

night

before , in

Isabela and

Cagayan provinces. Trees and power l ines

were dcwn and houses destroyed. People

vrere

t rying

to

pick \jp

belongings,

get

th ings

d rie d o ut

and

ge t

seme she l t e r

fo r

the n i ^ t . fe learned l a t e r t h a t many

vrere ki l led . In

Z^^arri,

elec t r ic i ty was

o ff fo r 27 days.

THE HOUSE

BUILT

CK THE SAND

For

the pas t

year

the waves have

been

eroding

the I^garri beach unt i l \jp

to

fee t

of land have been washed away. Sdte

houses have f a l l en

others

have been

re

moved b efo re th e

inevi table collapse. In

t h i s

photograph th e

wreck

age was

a

bui ld ing belong

ing

to

an o i l

ccnpany.

The b eac h u se d to b e

g in

a t th e com er o f the

tank farm and s lo pe v ery

gradual ly

dcwn

to

the

wat-

e r a

smooth, wide beau t -

iful be a c h . The t a n k

f a rm

had

to

r ebui ld

col lapsed

pa r t s o f its

wal l and pro -

tect w i t h a r ock and

n earest the

se a

there

w as

a Fi3J.pino

hoiose

with n ipa

roo f a

v ^ l l

and a dozen

c o c onu t

trees.

T he

h o u s e

was moved

away, bu t

the

w a v e s

t o c k all

th e

rest.

T h i s s c e n e

of destruction

r e m i n d s

u s

o f the words o f Jesus:

Every

one t h a t

hea re th th e se

words

o f

m ine, and

doeth

them no t s h a l l

be

l ik e ne d u nt o a foo l i sh

man,

vrtio

bu i l t

h is house

upon

the sand:

and th e

r a in

desc2ended, and th e f loods

came,

and

the winds

blew, and

smote upcxi

t h a t

house; and it f e l l ; and g r e a t was

t h e fall t h e r e o f . Mat t h ew 7 : 26 - 27

RETURN TO U . S . A .

Piparri Bible

Seminary

wi l l have i t s

cd imencemen t e x e r c i s e s

o n

March 4 . T he

missicnary get - together

wi l l be

in

Baguio

March

15-18.

fe plan to leave Man ila on

March 24 and

f ly to

K ago^im a, Japan

by

way o f

Hong

Kong.

fe

w i l l

be

in

Japan

fo r

th ree weeks

v is i t ing

the

Mark

Maxeys,

th e

Warren Chr i s t i ansons and o the r s and then

wi l l re turn

to

Cal i fornia .

e plan a tour

to

v i s i t family

and

fr iends

short ly

a f t e r

our

r e turn .

fe wi l l f i r s t go no rth as

f a r

as

Br i t i sh Colurtbia, then e a s t to Virg in ia

and

back

to

C a l i f o r n i a . Thos e vh o w ish to

h e a r

a b o u t

o u r wor k

are a s k e d to write to

our forwarding agen t and ask t h a t

vje

ccnie

t he i r way.

SECOND

SEMESTER CLASSES

The secxnd senes te r beg an Octo be r 1 8.

Harvey s

class schedule i s the same as in

t h e first s e m e s t e r .

A few

s t u d e n t s d id

not r e turn

so

seme

o f

the

c lasses

are

smaller . Helen continues

to accorrpany

the

A.B.S.

choi r

vhich

i s

being direcrted t h i s

sertester

by Mrs.

Rebecca

Lopez. They

a re

new

busy

preparing the

Christmas

ccncert .

Helen s piano

students

c cn ti nue, both here

a n d

at

the C hildre n s Hcme .


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Duet,

Have F a i t h i n God

Rolen a an d Luzma

F.L.S.

T rio s in gs A Fellowship

Sweet .

Helen

Beard

accompanies

F.L.S.

singers

FOREMSIC LITKKAKY b U C l i i T l

Fric3ay, Oct. 8 the

F.L.S.

presente

i t s

annual program on the

theme, Faith

I

The Victory .

There

v^re about a dozen

se

le ct io ns o f s pe cia l music by the groi:^ i

chorus, or by enseiile

groins

or solos

Helen accotpanied

many of them on th

piano. Medina

Eusebio

gave a dramati

reading. Solomon Valdez spoke

on

Faith .

Harvey

gave

the

benedict ion.

S P E C I A L DAYS

Friday, Sept. 10

was

Faustino

Peney

r a * s

90th B i r t h Anniversary.

A

program

was

held in the ^^)arri

Church

of Christ

a

3:30

p.m., with

merienda t h a t s

food)

i

the church yard

afterwards. Pastor Peney

r a

e s t a b l i s h e d t h e

work o f t h e Church o

Chri s t i n

the Cagayan Valley.

Saturday, Sep t. 11 was President Mar

cos birthday.

There

was

a

parade frcm

th e town h a l l

through

t h e town

and o u t

t

a municipal property

hy the

beach wher

school ch il dr en p l an ted

t r e e s .

Seminar

students and faculty

marched

i n the

pa r

a d e .

Tuesday,

Sept. 21

was .Thanksgivin

D ^ ,

a

school holiday. The

Seminary had

special chapel service in the evening

Charles

Selby spoke

and

to ld us o f th

th ings we

c ou ld b e

thankful f o r . He

r e

minded

u s

t h a t

P r e s i d e n t

Marcos

h a d

t u r n e

back t h e t i d e o f communism,

s o

t h a t t h

Phi l ippines

a r e

still f r e e .

V I S I T O R S

COME

B i l l McClure, D i r e c t o r

o f Gospe

Broadca st ing Mis si on , v i s i t e d Piparri

o

S ep t. 6 -7.

t

was good t o renew acquaint

a n c e w i t h a

f o r m e r

s t u d e n t a n d to r e m e r t b e

o l d t imes a t P a c i f i c C h r i s t i a n College

i

Long Beach. Bro. McClure

spcke

a t a spec

i a l

chapel service Txjes. evening

Sept.

7

B a r b a r a R u s s a n d S a d i e T h i e s s e n

o

New

Tribes

Missicn

v i s i t e d Piparrx Oct.

2

3.

They

g o t on a

bus a t t h e i r

missic

station a n d came to t h e e n d of

t h e

line

In

P p a r r i

they stopped i n a Singer

s t o r

t o g e t scmething f o r a sewing mach ine .

was

Sergio

Banggo s s t o r e .

He

i s

a

gradu

a t e o f

i ^ ) a r r i Bible Seminary

and

preache

a t

Maxingal, l a l - l o .

He

t o l d them how t

f ind

the

Seminary.

They

came

t o our

door

a n d

we

invited

t h e n to cxme

in Vfe

t o o

them t o

the

beach;

we

gave

them

s r5^)er an


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b r e a k f a s t ;

R uthe r f or ds

gave t h a n beds f o r

the

n i ^ t

Early

Sunday morning,

with

De-

la i Agresor a s gui de,

t hey vrent to

th e

Cagayan Valley

C hildren s

Hone. A fte r the

church

s e r v i c e

t h e r e , they took a bus

back

to t ir

m i s s i o i

M a ri vi c S el by

l ea d s s in g in g ,

June

22.

C h a r l e s

and

Llcy d S elb y l is te n t o S e t h

W i l s o n ,

J u n e

2 2 , 1 9 8 2 .

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Christ

i

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B a l a n c e

Income -

Sept

Oct Nov.

L e s s e2^ enses

Expenses

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S e t h Wilson f ro m O zark

B i b l e

College

wa s

h e r e June

12-26 and

l e c t u r e d

cn Chris t ian l e a d e r s h i p and

C h r i s t i a n

Unity. We told a bout

t h i s

in o u r l a s t

n e w s l e t t e r , bu t

h ad n o p ho tos a t t h a

t i m e .

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