Bureros Bert Mary(Pruitt) 1987 Philippines

7/21/2019 Bureros Bert Mary(Pruitt) 1987 Philippines

1/8

Forwarding

Agents

M/M Bob Pruitt

2784

So.

River

Road

Grants Pass, OR

97527

CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST

1440 SO. OAKDALE

MEDFORB, OREGON 97501

January 1 , 1987

M/M Bert

Bireros

P.O. Box 49

Aparri, Cagayan 1118

Ri i l ipp ines

Anew year? Already? tt

MESSAGES

FROM f-iARY

AND BERT

say: as we write

i t is

almost the end of

another year and the special holiday season that we celebrate as

we remember

the

birth

of our

Savior, and the beginning of a

new year

and a new page in our lives. Ws would like to express our

special greetings to

you

1

and

pray

that

the

new

year

will

be

one

filled

with

many

blessings,

joys,and

growth in

th e

love and woric of

the

Lord

for a l l of you.

This

last

year has had

many

blessings

and

joys,

some

sorrows

and

hard times,

and

all of

them

times

for

growth

as we learned to praise the Lord, and to

trust

in

Him

more. What a peace we can have

as

we start

a

new

year knowing

that no

matter

v^at

happens

in

this year of

1987

the Inrd

will

al

ways

be with us and

we

can

always

turn to

Him. May we

also

make

i t our mission this

new

year to

let

more

and

more

people know of the loving Savior who is there waiting for us to

call

upon Him.**

**We want

to

thank a l l of you for your

gif ts

of love for

th e o hil drs n -and the

Home.

Not

only have the regular

gi f t s come in but many special gi f t s

to

help with

spec-

i l

need s and

f o r Chr is tmas . We a re so t h a nk f u l f o r

them a l l . Because of

your

sharing th e ch ild re n a ls o

learn

to love

and give and give

thanksgiving to God.

,

i -

As i t

says in

II

Cor.

9ilU-12s

Now

he

who

supplies

Bw

seed to the

sower

and

bread

fo r food wi l l also

supply

and

increase your store of seed and will enlarge the

P *,*

*

harves t of your

r i^ teousness . You wil l be made r ich

in

every way so t h a t

you

can be

generous

on ev ery o c-

casion, and through

us your generosity wil l r es ul t

in

thanksgiving to

God.

This service t ha t

you perform i s

not only supplying the needs of

God s

people, but i t is ^ B

also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God. 3

We do praise the

Lord

for each

one of

you7 because J

without

your

support and prayers the Home could not

t i n u e

and t h e c h i ld re n would n o t be ab l e t o

l e a r n o f

the

love

of

our

Lord

Jesus Chr is t .

Bsr t ,

Mary, Jordan

on

f h r l ou^

We traveled much Sept. through Nov. and we praise

the Lord for

His

care and

p ro te ct ion o f

us .

We

had

a

wonder fu l t ime on the School of

I4issions,

although the

f ive

weeks

o f

t r ave l

did

get

t i r ing .

Biit we met

so

many sweet and wonderful brothers and

s i s ters

in Chris t tha t the t i redness jus t seem,

ed

to melt

away

with

each

t ime o f

shar ing toge ther .

Tnank you

so

much

to

a l l

o f

you

who

held

us

up in prayer

during

tha t

t ime.

We

not only

had

safe

t rave l

and good

times

but were kept strong

and

healthy. We express

our

thanks

and

love

also

to

a l l the sponsor ing churches

and

the many

famil ies who

shared t he i r homes

with

us

as

we

t raveled . I t was

a

time o f blessing

fo r

u s .

MEANWHILE, BACK

AT THE HOME,,

. Thank you

to a l l who

have been praying for

Ernest

and

Veda

Hondrick.

We

praise

the

Lord fo r them

and

the i r

wil l ingness to

serve WTm

in

the

Home

idiile we

are here in

the States. Wb

pra ise God

for the strength

He

has

given

them and the wisdom to

carry on.

Their

heal th

has stayed good

and

we ask tha t you continue to hold them

up

before the Lord. They s t i l l

have about

f ive

months to

go

and

need

to be remembered dai ly .

I n th e l st news l e t t e r

we t o l d o f

a tw o m onth

o ld

new a r r i v a l named t f a r i v i c .

S ie

and

some

o t h e r s

became ill

and

because of her malnourishment the bat t le with the

whooping

cough was more than sh e

could

handle.

Ws praise the Lord

for

the assurance t ha t sh e i s with

Him.

Msnchita.

\iho

i s 14

years old , had

to be t ransfered to

a government-run

rehabi l i ta t ion

home

because

of the

problems

they were

having with

her .

Wa

ask t ha t

you would

pray fo r he r .

Sie

knows

t

i s r igh t and

wrong, but for some

reason

the

temptat ions have been too

strong fo r he r .

Vfe

laaow there

are

coun

se lors

there

who

can

h elp h er

in ways

we

could

no t .

Pray t ha t

she

wi l l real ize

the

Lord s love

and

d es ire s fo r

her and wi l l fol low them. Anal yn and

Alex,

who came

in

Apr i l , were able to re tu rn

t o their mothe r .

SCHOOL ACCOMPLISHMENTS ?feny of the children

are

doing

well

in school th is

year . There are

some

wio

are

not

apply ing themselves

as

they

could,

bu t

most

of them

are

doing

wel l .

Jess ie ,

who

i s

in

3rd year high school (at one of th e mission high schools) has made remarkable

progress.

The

teacher and

h is

wif e i di er e Jess ie

has

been boarding have been a great encouragement to him

in h is

s tudies

and

leadership among the

s tudents and in

the

church.

He i s now

th i rd in h is c lass

and

working toward

the

top . He

has

won

contests

over

upperclassmen

and

has

been

involved in

naisic

and

o ther

specia l

extra-curr icular ac t iv i t i e s .

Vfe

praise the Lord fo r

h is

progress and

pray t ha t

he

wi l l be

a

s t rong example

and

influence on the

o th er c hi ld re n

in the

Home. Another

vho i s making

remarkable progress i s

tfeureen. who

i s

in

the school

fo r

deaf and bl ind .

Vfe

j u s t received repor t

tha t

she

i s now reading

and

writing in Braille

and

tha t

she can also speak in sign language.

She

has

only been in

school

since

July and

we are

happy

to

hear

of the good progress

she

i s

making.

She i s

also

able

to

do many of the

chores

ground the

school

and i s growing

spir i tual ly . Vfe

praise

the

Lord

fo r

t h i s Chris t ian school to

meet the specia l needs of

these

children who

otherwise

would not be able to get an education

and

know of the love of our Lord. Vfe are also

happy

to see

t ha t

most

of

our f i r s t

graders are

doing

well

in

school .

Many

of

the

older

ones

are

get t ing

bet te r grades than l a s t year also. Please pray tha t a l l of them wil l grow in the Lord andwill be

l i gh t s fo r Him in th e sc ho ol.


2/8

A

NW

PROJECT

**Ihe

Home has been given the loan of

a cow

from the government fo r

the

purpose of

star t ing a herd of our own* I am not sure of th e arrangements, but I do know tha t the f i r s t

ca l f

goes

back to th e government* But th is can become a real help to

us

also* Ih e goats have not

been

doing

too well* One

of

them came down with a

contagious virus

and

had to be put

to

sleep*

Ife

pray

that

eventually Uie goat project will

becomej

profitable

in the milk and meat departments

**Ih November9 after we finished

the

School

of Mssions

we spent two weeks

a t

ny

sis ter s

and were

also

able

to

see oy

oldest

brother

and

his dauîer ô

were here on a quick

trip

from

New

Zealand* lhat was a real joy as i t had

been mor^

than 5 years since I

had

seen them* Vfe wished

we

could have

seen

his

wife

and

older

dau^te r

also,

but

they were not able to come* During that

time

Bert

had

his tonsils

removed* We

praise th^

Lord

that

he

had

a

quick

recovery*

Since we are not able to see everyone we would

ikke

to, and also so that those in the areas

idiere

we

will be speaking can have a chance to

hear

about th e work of the Home

we

are again

including our

I t inerary :

Jan. 6-10

At Pacific Qiristian College

ê re

Bert wil l

be

taking a seminar

11

Speaking

at the home of

Warren and

B J*

Atwood in Los

Angeles (PH)

18

Sunday

School

a t

the

Firs t

Christian Church,

Yucca Valley,

OA

22 PM at

Gray

Ave Church

in

Yuba City, CA '

25

AH Firs t Christ ian

Church

in

Flairfield, CA

25 PM Town and Country Church of Christ

in

Carmichael, CA

Fbb 3-6 Attending

Gospel

Fbstival at FUget Soun^

Christian

College in Edmonds

WA

(not

speaking)

Mar. .1-8 Faith Promise Rally at Central

Church

of Christ

in

Ifedford, OR (Both of us speaking

a t

different

t imes.)

From then

on

unti l

we

leave

in M^

will mostly

bej

family

time and the arrival

of

the new

l i t t le

Bure ro s .

Christmas has been different for us this year* ^ had a wonderful time with

family here and

sharing together with

the

family

of the

Lord

also *

But how we missed our family

in the

Philippines Vfe are sure that they have had a nice Christmas

also,

but missed being with them*

And

has

been different* Sometimes was

discouraging tcr

see a ll

the

commercialization and

what seemed tiiat no one ever thou^t

of

Christmas as the

Lord's

birth, but

just

a time to got and

give* Yet

we know that i t is

because the

Lord gave to

us His

Son that

we

even have a Christmas

season* I t has been busy and tiring at

times,

as we rush

here

and there and spend time with

this

one and

that

one,

but

i t

has been a joyous season' as

we

shared

together

in

the

Lord's love* In

the Philippines

most

churches

have

services

on Ch^stmas Eve and Christmas day and

the ^ft

giving

is

a

much

smaller thing there* Also, especially

in the

provinces,

there

is no thou^t

about Santa daus* That

makes much e asie r to

center on the

rea l

meaning

of

Christmas.

As we shared

together

with our family here around the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve, reading

Scripture,

singing songs and having

the l i t t le

ones

recite verses or sing, i t was

a time

of

blessing as

we

remembered

the gift of God

to us* Ws thank the Lord

that we

were able to be here^'

and share with the

family

and wo also thank

Him

that we can always remember His love and praise

Him throuôut

the

year whenever we wish, just by l if t ing our prayers and praises

to Him*

How

much He has done for us and given

us,

no

matter

idiere we

are

or how

much

we have His love i s

the same for

all

in

the

world and we praise and

thank

tiie Lord that we can share

that

love with

the children in the Hiilippines* VIb thank each

ojf

you who makes i t possible for us to be in the

Philippines

to

share,

and

ô

make

i t

possible

for

the

children

to

have a

Christian

home*

May

the

Lord richly

bless

each of you as you share in His work in the

Philippines

and other pa rts of

t h e

wor ld*

In His

love

and se rv ice ,

Mary

and

Bart


lAÔ SO.

OAKDALE 773-31^

MBDFORD, OREGON 97501

MISSIONS DEPARTMENT

4rtjons Hagazlne

j^Mlons

Services

Knoxvllie,

TN

37901

Non-Profit

Organization

U.S . P os ta ge

Paid

Permit No* 56I

Ifedford,

Oregon


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Agents

M/M Bob

Pruit t

278^ So. River

Road

Grants Pass, OR 97527

CE1>JTRAL

CHURCH

OF CHRIST

SO. OAKDALE

i'iEDFORD, OREGON

97501

April 7, 1987

M/M

Bert Bareros

P.O.

Box

^9

Aparri, Cagayan 1118

Phi l ippines

Bells of hapoiness and anticipation ring in

MESSAGES

FROM M RY N

BERI. Hiey say

Our

furlough

has been a wonderful time of fellowship, sharing, being with the family, and

just

getting to toow

the family of

God

better. It has been a real joy to us to get to know those who are a part of

our

work in the Philippines as they

share through

prayer, financial

and

other

gifts. Now

as we share

with the children about those

vho

make

i t

possible

for

us to be

there,

and

for

them

to have the

things they need, we can

make

i t more personal. And i t has

been

a real blessing to us as we have

shared

together

in the Lord. And of

course

the time

with our

earthly family has ^en so

wonderful,

getting to know

all

the

new members

of

the family since

I

was

in

the States

in

I98I,

andfor J^d^

to get to know all his cousins,

aunts

and uncles, and

grandparents

here in the States.

And

fert

has

enjoyed

seeing the beauty of

America

and getting to know his brothers and sisters inthe Inrd

on this side of the world.

It

has been a joyful time for us and we praise the Lord for i t . Bit

we

are also

anxious

to get

back

to

our

family in the Philippines and to

our work

there. We pr^se

the Lord

that this

has been such a wonderful furlough and for His grace and care for us as we have

boon traveling- We

have had

hardly any sickness or

colds

(and

those

only when we were not travel

ing) and no

car

problems or

accidents.

DEPARTURE DATE:

We will be leaving for the Philippines Ifey 7. ^ will fl/

fi'o

Portland OR on

N.W.

Orient

flight

798

at

10:40

AM,

arriving in Seattle,

W

at

ll:l6.

We

leave Seattle

on

N.W.

Orient

flight

19

at

2:05

PM.

We would enjoy visiting time with friends between flights.

In January we

traveled

in California. Bart took

one

week

of classes

at

Pacific

Christian College,

which

he really enjojred and will

benefit

from, and

we

were able to visit the tourist places In^

that part of the State.

We

enjoyed seeing Harvey and Helen

Beard,

who have

worked

at Aparri Bible

Seminary,

and

sharing much time

and

fellowship with others that we have known in the past, and

making new friends. The first of February we headed north for the

Seattle

area and Gospel

Festival at Puget Sound Christian College, and

other

speaking dates there and in the Portland

area. Prom the middle of Pbb.

we

spent more time relaxing, getting ready for the new arrival,

and packing andsorting for going back to the Philippines. We want to express our thanks to each

one who helped us on our way and in Tdiose

homes

we stayed.

Diere

were also

some special

personal

gifts given

to us

that

made

i t possible for

us

to visit Disneyland and

other

special places and

we

are

so

thankful

for

those

gi f t s

also .

JOYPULLY ANNOUNCING

Jacob

Alejandro

Pru i t t Bireros

March 23, 1987

5:13 A. M.

7 l b . 7 oz 21

inches long

Mather,

Fhther,

Brother,

Baby

and

Grandparents

doing

wel l

I

Thank

you

a l l

for your

prayers

that

attended

t his b ir th .

5

1

He s my

new

brother I

a t

the

home News from

t he Ph il ipp in es t e l l s us

tha t we

have two

new

chi ldren. Arbie

came to us

jus t

four

days old. He has 4

older

sis te rs and both parents.

Bit

the

mother

was suffering from

some other i l lnesses and

problems c au sed by the bir th

and

could not nurse

and care

for the baby

and

they could

not a ff ord

milk

fo r him, so

he was

brought to the Home for temporary help.

Janice

is about 1-| and is

in

theHome because her father broke

his

le g and cannot work and

the

mother had

to

find

work

to pay the bi l l s

and buy medicine,

as well as feed the

family. The babies are both

sweet looking and they

are

growing because

of a l l of

you who make th i s work possible .

PROJECT PROGRESS We are also growing in olher ways. Last year we purchased 10

milk go ats, bu t

because

of

various reasons we

have

los t 4 . Bit our g oat h erd now has 9 kids. They h ave begun

milking two of the nannies, and plan to

begin

milking 2 more in

Apri l .

We thank the

Lord

tha t

th i s

project i s now making i t s e l f productive. I am sure the l i t t l e ones are enjoying and

prof i t

ing from the milk and others wil l as

we get more milk.

We are so thankful for

a l l who

have had

a

pa rt in get t ing th i s pro jec t going.w

/THREATS''^ Other news

has

been

a

l i t t l e

more excit ing,

although

not

necessarily

the

type

of

ex-

^citeraent we like.

We

all know that there are political problems in the country and that there are

communist rebels there .

There have

been a few threats to the Hondricks, but we praise the Lord

t ha t He has put His protect ive arms around them and tha t

nothing

has been done to

carry

o ut th ese

t h r ea t s .

We would ask

your

continued prayers fo r Ernest and Veda and the other missionar ies fo r

the ch^dren and the Home, and also prayers for the Hondricks as they prepare to

come

back to the


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States after our arrival there.

They

planned to come back the end of May but the

airlines

are

all

booked until after

June.

They are on

standbyj; pray

that they

can

get on the flight and get

back

home

to their friends and family. How we praise the Lord for these willing

workers

and all

that they

have

done

while

we

have

been in the States. The Lord truly blessed us by their labors.

I am sure they

have had days

of

enjoyment

and blessing as well as days of discouragement fear,

and tiredness. Bit the Lord has seen them through and

we

know they have benefited from

their

time

the3?e-..âs we

have. Please continue

to

uphold them

in

prayer until

we

arrive.

W

are thankful also that the Lord

is

sending a yminpr to help us for a few

motvtns^

Tim

and PlîgL-lgdafromZcrQv;e.rdale-._OR. and their

two

children, are planning to

come

in

July

and

help us

with some

construction and

other work around

the

Home. Tim

will halp

with

the

expansion

of

our

nursery,

and

maybe

on

the

construction

of

our

new

building,

and Diane

is

an

excellent seamstress and

will help

inthe area

of

clothing

the children.

Tfe

are thankful for

their

desire to

come

and share their abilities with us and ask your prayers for them as they prepare.

NEEDS Vfe hope

soon

after we return to begin the extension of the nursery

we have

18 beds

and

between 20-25 babies most of the time). Vfe

also

plan to build a new building that

will

have a

chapel/multi-purpose room downstairs and staff housing, office and infirmary upstairs. Any

funds

sent

for

these

two

projects

should be

labeled as such.

Vfe are also in need

of

sponsors for the children. The actual cos t per

child

per month is

50.00, but sponsorship functions on any

amount

sent. Vfe will have the child correspond with .you,

send pictures,

etc.

Vfe now have 72 children and about 20 have direct sponsors. All checks

sent

for

the

Home should

be

made

out

to

Fhilippines Mission CJhurches of Christ and

sent to

the*

for

warding agents

addres s (see

f ront .

^ also

ask

for

your

continued prayers for the government and GomrfcryT^^lXir prayer is that

the

cbun'toLmav remain free-sotheMbrd of God may

continue

to be

preached. Pray

for wisdom for the

President and peace in the

country.

Also pray for safety for the miss ionar ies.

Again we want to express our thanks to

all

^dio make i t

possible

for us to be

in the

Fhilippines

and

to

be able to

help

these

children,

both

physically

and

spiritually.

Vfe cannot express the

proper thanks in words. Vftien

we are a l l

together

in

heaven

and

there

are

those

with

us there

who have come to know the Lord because of your lov^ and giving, then you can see the

fruits

of

your love. Until

that

time we can

only

t e l l you thank you for a ll your financial and other

gifts and prayers

for

t he chi ld ren and us. May the Lord bless

each

one of you with special

blessings

as

you

sh are w ith

us

in

His

work.

Vfe

love you

with the love

o f

our

Lord.

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to t i l l

outrâuid s^d^toûs

i

you

d6~

hot ^ s h

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going

through and updating our mailing list^ so i f

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AND BERT

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P r u i t t

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River Rd.

Grants Pass, OR 9752?

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CHURCH OF CHRIST

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MEDFORD

OREGON

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iyiEDFORD, OREGON 97501

July

17, 1987

M/M Bert

Bireros

P.O. Box 49

Aparri,

Cagayan III8

Phi l ippines

Homesickness

is

no more in

MESSAGES

FROM MARY

AND

BERT as they say

Meetings

to you again from

the land of heat, rice

and

wonderful people, many of

whom still

need to hear of the Lord

and His

love.

How good

i t

is

to be

back

in the Philippines

and

home

with

our children. We

had

a

wonder

ful furlough and good fellowship, but i t is good to be back here. Vfe praise the U>rd for Ernest

and

Veda

Hondrick

and

all

the

good

work

that

they did

managing

and helping out

at

the

Home

while

we were in the

States.

They l e f t to return to the States on Ifey 29. We cannot

say

a proper

thank you to them

for

their help and for the sacrifice

they

made in their retirement

years to

s e r v e

t h e

Lord h e r e t t h e Home.

We le f t the States on May 7j arrived in Manila on the n i ^ t of

the 8th.

Did we feel the change

in temperature, even though i t had been good and

hot

in Oregon before we left j

On the 9th

we

went to Cebu to vis i t Bsrt s family. First we visi ted Ray and Dnogene Carlson in Cebu City,

missionaries

there

for

many,

many

years. Then

we traveled to Bert s

home

town and had a wonderful

vis i t with his

family.

All of his brothers and sis ter were

there

as well as

relat ives

from other

areas. I t was a joyous family reunion. Jordan and

Jacob

both traveled well , although Jordan

ended

up with bronchit is . We arrived a t the

Children s

Home on the

l8th

and was that a joyous

reunionJ

We a re thankfu l

for

a ll

the

safe travel, the blessings

of

His family, and His care for

us. Thank you

to

a l l of you vho

held

us up

in

prayer while we were t ravel ing.

REJOICING IN

HEAVEN

A

lo t happened

in

the year tha t

we were gone.

We

p ra ise the Lord tha t His

Word was continuing to be taught, and that

in

the l a s t

year

4 of our

children

accepted

Jesus

as

t he i r Savior

and were bapt ized.

Norma,

Olive, Salvador and Richard

are

our new brothers and

s i s te rs

in the Lord.

We

ask your

prayers

for them as they

grow in His love

and service.

Please

pray for

a l l the

children

tha t they might

grow

in to wonderful

Christian

ci t izens

and servants for

t h e Lo rd .

HOME

NEWS We are

sad

tha t

two

of our chi ld re n a re

no

longer

with

us.

We

are happy tha t they are

back with t he i r famil ies ,

but

miss t he i r pre sence with

us

here . Zenaida. 13j returned to the

home o f her uncle and

aunt

\dio

had

brought her to us

severa l

j re ars ago . We a re th an kfu l t ha t she

i s

still

in

a

Christ ian

home

and

wi l l

continue

to

hear

the

Word

of

the

Lord, and

pray

she

wil l

continue

to

grow.

Liza

i s

also in

a Christian home,

as her parents have

become Chris t ians

since

she

came

to

the Home. Liza came

a t

the age of 2 months and

i s

now

three years

old . Wb

miss

them

and

pray

fo r them.

P^welyn jo ined our family

in Apr i l .

Her

mother

died soon a f t e r

she was bom .

Ihe family could

not buy m ilk and

care

for her properly

so

they

brought

her to

the Home. Because of the

lack

of

care

and

food

she was a

t iny

l i t t l e thing

weighing only

4

pounds

CHir nurse

was

sure

that

she

would not l ive through the

night

because she was so th in and weak. We praise the Lord t h a t

Rowelyn i s now a

beau t i fu l

littl gi r l idio i s s tead i ly

ga in ing we igh t.

Thank you to a l l of you

vho help make

th i s Home possible, so

we

can help l i t t l e ones l ike Rowelyn.

SCHOOL DAZE Our children are now beginning

thei r

3rd week of school. We have 4 in high school,

25

in

e lementary, and l2

in

kindergarten.

Bssides

them

we

have

two

>rtio

are

in

the

D.E.A.F.

school

outside

of Manila. Maureen (14)

is in her

2nd year a t the school for deaf and blind and James

(6) is

in his

f i rs t year. We praise the Lord

for the school

and the Christian teaching they

receive

there , as well as the

other teaching.

We

also have two

children \dio are

in f i r s t grade,

but

are being tau gh t here a t home. Dolores, one of our cerebral palsy children, and Bissi , who

i s

a

Negrito g i r l

temporari ly

p laced wit h us

while

recovering from

surgery

on her

sp in e, are

in

t h a t

c l ass . So

a l l

together we

have

Thank you to all of you ^o have sent T-shirts or

money

to purchase -B

the shirts so that all of our

children

have

their

uniforms.

We

only ^

had to make two skirts. Thanks to everyone who made

the

school ^ ^

bags

that

our children use.

You

are an important

part of

this 1W B

ministry

and

we thank the Lord for

you,

each one. t 1 8

VISITORS Cur

time

has been very busy since our

return.

We

ar

V-v B

r ived a t the

Home May

18th .

On

the

22nd Bert l e f t with

Emest

and m

Veda

fo r Man ila and

some tour ing . On June 12 Eldon

Pot ts

from m %

Jplin, O his wife and 11

others

came to

the

Home and put on a Jf fxlHH

party for the children.

And

boy

was

i t a party

They had

sent a- ^ ' JyXt

head

10 cake mixes

and

cans of frosting that

we

made up.

They

also HJI

purchased ice

cream and

soft drinks (real treats).

They brought

a -MjaBpill

gift for

each

child as well as

two

tricycles,

and money

to

make

a

K 9

swing set. We visited, ate lunch (like a

Qiristmas dinner), sang

BjHHHjjjjjHt EIj %

| |

songs and pra i sed

the

Lord toge the r and

then the

ch i ld ren

received

the i r gi f t s . What a wild and happy

time it was.

They were here

fo r

7

hours

and

the

chi ldren

wi l l

never

forget

those

7

hours .

Vfe

Maureen

and

James

want

to

express

a spec ia l thank you to the Potts and the i r gang,

and to a l l the o th ers who were involved in the par ty

by

purchasing

the

gi f t s or giving

to the

fund fo r the spec ia l ea ts and candies

and

toys .


6/8

INTERN On June 21

Jodi

Summers,

from Lebanon, OR a rr iv ed to

spend 5 months

with us.

She

has

jus t graduated from Puget Sound

Christ ian

College with

a

Christian Education

major.

We are

thankful fo r

Jod i s p re se nc e w ith us and ask your

prayers fo r

her as she a dju sts to a new cu l

tu re and

as

she

works with us .

She

wi l l

be

working espec ia l ly

xd.th

our

Sunday

School

teachers

and workers

in the

Home,

to help

them

in t he p repa ra ti on of the i r lessons and curriculum so

t ha t

the i r time te achi ng th e

children

may

be

used

to t he u tmost .

STAFF NEWS We are going to

featuie a

dif ferent

member

of our staff

in

our newslet ters

so

t ha t you

may get

to

know those

who

are work-

I

ing with us

in

this

ministry. Please meet Marilyn

Eclar.

Marilyn |

is 30 years

old

and has been with us for about 6 years.

She

grew j

up

in th is

area

and

then

went

to

Our

Lady

of

Fatima

College

in

I

Manila and studied

nurs ing.

Sie i s

a

l icensed Registered Nurse.

She comes from a family of 6 children and is the 5th in

that

group.I

A

few

months

a f t e r

Marilyn

s ta r ted working here she a cc ep te d t he

Lord and

in

June of I98I was baptized. e

praise the

Lord for '

Marilyn and

her

good

nursing skills. e also praise Him for

how

she

has

grown in

her

spiri tual

l i fe

through the

years

and for her |

love and dedicat ion

to

the

minis t ry

o f

th i s Home

and to

the

chi ld-

1

ren.

She

is

a

bless ing to us.

i

Thank

you so much

each

of

you

who have been a part of this minis- | fr \

t ry . We thank you for your

prayers,

f inancial support , clothing,

etc. that

you

have

sent

nd

cards

nd

letters

to

the

children.

|HK

jjk

e

appreciate

you

so

much.

e

now

have a request for those who '

are

sending

clothes. As

of

r ight now we

have

plenty

of winter Marilyn

Eclar,

Nurse

c lo t he s , e spec ia ll y

nursery s izes .

So we would ask

tha t

you

not

send any more unti l further

notice.

Hitwe are

s t i l l

needing and using

long pants for the

school children, niere was some

question

when we

lef t

the

States

about customs on used clothing.

e

are

not having any customs problems on the boxes of clothing that we

are

receiving. e

praise the

Lord

for tha t i

Mariljm Eclar ,

Nurse

The new washer and dryer are

here

and

waiting

to be hooked up. Thank you so much each one of you

who

had a part

in that

There was a customs

charge, but praise the

Lord,

much

lower

than

could

be

expected. e are thankful that they

were

able to get

them in on a minimal

charge.

Please keep us informed of

address

changes so

postage

is not

wasted.

SPECIAL HELP We are

anxiously awaiting

the arrival

of

Tim and Diane Lyda and their

children

toward the end of

July. e

have a

lo t

of work

awaiting

them.

Please pray for

them as

they

prepare to come and join

us for

a short while as support

missionaries.

Their knowledge and

ab i l i t i es wil l

be

grea t ly used.

BUILDBKj We are

in

t he p rocess

of bui ld ing a house,

for the lydas to use

now, and

as our

residence in the future. ^ were

planning

to

add

on to

the

p re sent bui ld ing to extend

our nur

sery

and

our apartment, but i t has

been proved

th at th at is not the

best way

to ej^and. So vre

will

be

building

a

separate building that

will expand

our nursery

and

will also

include space

for the kindergarten ( idiich now meets on the balcony) and for the chapel.

We

are needing funds for the building

projects. Please

designate your

gifts i f

you wish to

help

this project. e also

need

sponsors for our

children.

Children

are sponsored

at

any

amount, al thou^ the

fhl l

cost i s

$50*00

per month.

Again

we

would like

to

express

our thanks to a ll of

you who are

partners with us in this

min

is try.

e could

not

do i t without your help. May

th e

Lord bless each one of you. Please

continue

to

hold

us and the

s ta f f up in

prayer

as

we

raise

and lead ttiese

children,

and th e

children,

that they may grow into great servants of the Lord. Please pray for the needed

funds fo r our bui ld ing a lso .

In His l ove ,

Mary and

Bert


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P.O.

Box 49

Aparri,

Cagayan III8

P h i l i p p i n e s

Great rejoicing peals in the MESS GES FROM M RY N BERT as

their

ultimate des^ is aooompUshed.

^ and 4e

eum^

said

-Look,

here

is

water. Why

shouldn t

I C

believe with

all

your heart,

you

may. The official answered, I

believe

that Je^s

the

Son of

God. ...Then

both

Hiilip and the eunuch went down

;the

water and

him.

We

nraise

the

Lord

that

several of

our

children

have

made

f.^3^ho^n

to

have been

baptized

into

the

Lord Jesus

Christ

for

the

renasssion of

their

broultt

make

Jesus tL Lord of

their lives. Most

of these children

are quite

7^

up on

the

Word

of God. We are thankful that they have chosen

to

follow

arist ^d k

your pr

y

ers

for them as they begin

their new life in

Him.

The

temptations are strong, but with toe help

of the Spirit

they

can

be

great

witnesses

for the

Lord.

Those

baptized

since June are.

Carmelo, 10,

Joy,

9,

Paula,8, Jocelyn,9,

Emelyn,8, Merma,?,

and Nelia,9.

Also

the

daughter of

on e o f our

s t a f f was baotizsed. j

EXPLOSIONJ This has also been a time of growth in our number. Jerry,?, Marlon,Zg,

and

Jenniler,,

i mos.,joined us after their

mother could

no

long

feed

them. Sie

and

her husband

^re separatea,

her husband staying in Manila looking for work, and she in

the

province trying to

find

some way to

feed her

family.

Bat

after several

months with

no

word from her

husbandanîoêin^bi^^^

provide for her family, she brought her children to us so that she

might be able to

work

and hopefully be reunited with her children

in th e future. Because

they

ar e

here

she ha s been able

to

find

work

and we are thankful for that. They have a Christian back-^ ^ g

ground and we

pray that

they will

all

grow

in their love

and

faith |

jBBjK

J

in the

Lord.

Michael,3 mos.,

is

also from a broken

home.

He has ^ J

3 older brothers

who

have

stayed with

relatives.

The mother

could Jggj^^

not

work to support the others and the relatives could not care

for

^ S

the baby. Benie came when he was 3 weeks

sold.

His father had j^g*

jg

j

left

the

family

and

married

another woman. Benie s

two

older sib-

-^ggg

gB||ggpB^>

J

l i n e s are

w i t h

th e

f a t h e r The

family d id n o t want

to

h e lp th e

mother so she

left

Benie with

a distant relative

and went to find v^

g j | | ^ l k S

work.

After

2^

hours

they

brought the

baby

to

us

because

they

ha d

-g

nothing

to feed him. The mother just came to visit (after almost hHH||K| J

1

month)

and

has

found work,

but

is

not sure

that

she

will

get the I

baby

back.

Mark.Zj,

and Jerry.ly,

come from

a family of 10, where M

poverty is the problem. Jerry only weighed 1^ lbs., and couldn t

walk.

Now, after

3 mos. he is c ra wl in g, l au gh in g, and standing

holding onto

furniture.

We praise th e Lord

for

t he p ro gr es s he

has made. They have all adjusted well,

and

we are thankful. ^Ê^Hgg^gHgg^^Hjj^^^Bgg

We are hao-y to be able to help

these

children,

but

we are sa d

when one leaves o ur f am il y,

e so e c ia lly

i f they

are

young and have

not had time to r ea ll y l ea m of the Lord, Samuel III so-called A destitute family

because he

was

our

t h i r d

Samuel) l e f t u s r e c e n t l y . We a re

happy

that

he can be returned to his father and grandparents (he was abandoned by the mother and was Jr d

degree malnourished vdien

he

came Ig years ago), but

we miss him. We just

pray that

he

will

remember

th e

l i t t l e b i t t h a t a 3

y e a r

o ld can

l e a m

EXPANSION

As

you

can see, with so

many new

ones

and

only

one

leaving

we

are getting

crowded,

especially in the nursery. So we have

made

a

temporary

solution. Anew house

(3

bedroom) has

been

b u i l t

where

th e

Bareros

family will

be living, and anyone

else

who

comes to work here. Our

apartment will then be an expansion of the nursery until further building can be done. One reason

fo r building the house

was

the fact that we have

many visitors

and no place for

them

to stay - So

now w

will have

an

extra

room

or two,

and some

space fo r

them

to move about.

HELPERS

On

July

21

Tim and

Diane

lyda and family arrived from the States to help for 5 weeks and

to see i f

there

would be

future

work

for

them.

Vfe

are so thankful

for

\iha.t they did

in th e short

time they were her and are thankful that they are also planning to come back in the not too

distant

future. Tim

helped a lo t on the

building

and we would like to have him here before

we

do

any more building. He also did a

lot

of repair work around and shared a lot of wisdom and know

ledge with the men who work here. He had a lot of good ideas for the future. Diane helped in

sorting clothes, figuring

how

to

fix

the bed-sheets,

etc.

I also

found

out

that

she

likes

to

work

in the office, a job that I

do

only

because i t

has to be

done,

and

so I

will

be especially

happy to have her take over

that

work. Their two children survived also, although there were

times I m sure they

wondered

i f they would, with the crowded situation and

different

food.

nTSflPPnTNTMRTjT On Aug l6 two

staff

with Dolores and Julio, two of our cerebral palsy children,

and Mary went to Manila to get visas

fo r

the children to go to the States

fo r

therapy and other

help,

felt

very sure the

Lord

,was giving the

go

this time. W e had been able to secure seats

for them on the same flight with the Lydas.

We

had gotten the okay

from

the MSSD (welfare) (the

hardest

part, we thought), and had everything but the visas. So we went to Manila

anticipating

saying good-byo to them. Bat after two

visits

to the Embassy and being denied both times,

we

were very discouraged. We had prayed and done all that we could and i t was in the I/jrd s hands,

and

st i l l

is .

Although

we

do

not understand

vrtiy

we

went

and spent so

much

money,

etc.,

the

Lord

is

the one who supplies and He

is

the on vriio knows. On

good

thing, though, ^ i l e we were in

Manila Julio became sick and w found out he had pneumonia, and he ended up being hospitalized

for one

week.

It is possible

that

w would not

have found i t

out and had i t treated so well

here. He has been a much happier and more responsive boy since getting over

his

pneumonia.

A d e s t i t u t e f a m i l y


8/8

Vie w re s t i l l in

Manila

^ e n the

Iiydas came

to catch

the i r

f l ight

home

to the States .

Uie

had

some

excitement9 as

you

have

a l l heard on

the news, fiat

we

praise the Lord

tha t we

were not in

any

danger. We also praise

Him

tha t

we

have no t

Home. T here h av e

be e n

some ctivities a b o u t a nd

had any

danger

or problems

a t

the Children s

we can hear shooting a t

t im es, bu t

we

are safe .

Jus t

before re turn ing

home

from

Msoiila

we

received

word tha t Mr. Ray Carl son , mi ssiona ry in

Cebu

since

19^1, had

died

of a heart attack, fiert

had

spent many

years

in

their

home. Vfe were

saddened 1:

his passing but

we

praise the

Lord

tlliat we

know

that he

is

with Him

and we

will see

him again. Imogene Carlson, h is wife, i s continuing the work in Cebu.

Flease

remember her in

your prayers. This

is

a

re^

time of adjustment, fiert

went

to

Cebu

for

the service

and

i t

was

a time of praising the Lord. |

While we

were in Mianila

we had an o u tb r eak o f

f lu

in th e Home.

I fos t

ll

o f

th e

ch i ld r en

and

many

of the s ta f f

came down

with it

But

everyone i s back on

the i r

fee t

now

and doing f ine

except for a few colds . But

^ e n

everyone i s sick l ik e th at

it

i s no fUn. We also had

one

5 month

old baby

in

the hospital with menengit is . We are

so

thankfu l they

were

able to

diagnose it properly and t reat

i t .

Wb thought we might

lose

her. She is home, fa t and healthy,

but somewhat affected on her right side. Sie is |also included with the others irtio have therapy.

We want

to thank

each of

yon

-sdio are

in any

way involved

in th is ministry.

So many

of

you

hold

us

up daily

be fore the

Lord, and how we need those prayers Many of

you

support us so

faithfully

f in anci al ly , o r

with

special

gifts . How

we need

that Many

of you

send

clothes,

cards,

le t ters e tc .

and

each is

as

important

as the

other.

Thank you

to

each

of

you

for

your part . Vfe could

not

do

it

without

you. Man^r of

you

are

awaiting

answers

to your l e t t e r s

don t give up hope. You are remembered in our prayers, and eventually

will

be remembered on

paper. I do not know where

all the

time goes. I suddenly

realized

the

other

day that i t was

newsletter

time again, and i t seemed I just finished one I Three months disappeared while I

was

changing Jacob s diapers, I guess. I

Thank you also to those who have been

praying for

us as a family. Vfe have been healthy most

of

the

time and the boys continue to grow. Jacob is

now

6 mos. and thiks he

is

pretty smart

sitting up al,1 alone and running all over the place

in

his walker. He chases

the tricycles

and anything else that moves. He loves a ll his brothers and

sisters.

Jordan will soon be

three

and has really

grown

since

we arrived

back

here. He

is using more and

more

Hocano

all

the time,

especially i f

he cannot get our

attention.

He is

spoiled by everyone and

sometimes

has a hard time waiting

his

turn

(a

common

ailment

for

his

age).

We

thank the

lord

for

such

healthy

and sweet boys and for

all

of you who haye been a

part

of our family in one way

or

a n o t h e r .

larstedr

below

arer^soine neenstnatr-we-i*h3tirld l ike-you-tobring before-^theLord.:

1 .

Prayer

fo r the Nation and

i t s

leaders

2. Prayer

for

the

new

Christians in our family and

for

our outreach

into

the community

3. Prayer

for Mrs. Carlson

in the

loss of

her husband

if. Prayer for the lydas and

others

\dio are contemplating

serving the

Lord

here

5.

The need

for a physical therapists,

speech

therapist

and

special education teacher

be

they foreign

or

national)

6 Sponsors for our children.

Vfe

have 79 children and 25 of them have sponsors, ê cost

per

month

is

50.00,

but

any amount xd.ll

make

you

eligible to

be a

sponsor.

7.

Rinds

for

the

future building project.

The use of th e apartment

for

nursery

is just

temporary. Our other rooms are quite crowded

also.

Thank you again to all of

you

who are so important to this work, life praise the Lord

we

can

servo

Him

here and that you back us up so

well. May

His

great

blessings and joy be on each

o f you .

3h h is l ove

fiert

and Mary fiureros

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