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8/11/2019 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
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:
V,. ' o:::
::
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iin-
.time since we bave isent.iyxju
ansr
news^
.Qfr-tbenVF^rl^/jOf
in
NioirtJffiBnanLuzojij
The
time,
has passed rapicUyt iwcaii^e/ 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^^uidreftWl.
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 s^ep,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^bretl^en
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
^ut
at .i^ast 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.
Y o u r s in C h r i s t
^CVji yyiA Tuu
JZm..
M j
Mo
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