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iTl^ HARVEY ANDASSISTING MISSIONARIES HELEN BEARD

No. 3 March, 1980

PREPARING TO TO

Visas for India were granted without delay, in answer to your prayers.Flight reservations in Manila were confirmed the first week in January.Thanks to gifts from many friends, ourmission fund provided $2000 toward the$2,454 cost of the airplane tickets.

One of the major tasks in preparing to leave was to get our house readyfor others to occupy. A garage saledisposed of alot of things and otherswere donated to a charity organization.A pick-up truck went loaded to the dump.Our children were a great help in doingmuch of the work connected with this

project. Repairs to the house includedwindow screens, plumbing, and a newroof. Our thanks to Paul Wilabee,Warren Christiansen, and Carl McCrackenfor helping on these projects. On Friday, Jan. 18 we packed about 100 poundsof books and took them to the post office. After some necessary errands wewere home about 5 p.m., with the taskof moving out still ahead of us. Wespent the evening moving things. War-^ren and Eileen Christiansen came and

helped until 12:30 a.m. Saturday morning, we finished moving out, and thatafternoon our tenants moved in. We

went to Philip cuid Jeannie's home tospend our last night in the U.S.

JOURNEY AND ARRIVAL _ .. Ôn Sunday afternoon-,' J^D?_ 20,

Evelyn Miller, our capable forwardingagent, drove us to the Los Angelesairport. There we visited with 25-30friends and relatives who came to see

us off. Our flight departed for SanFrancisco just after sunset. At theSan Francisco airport our nephew, BillMiles and his wife, Jan came to visitwith us.

Our Philippine Airlirtfes DC-10landed at Honolulu at 1:00 a.m. The

yplane then f^\:/,.,rion-stop th^,^, 000. miles' from Honolul,u_... to ManÂl in a little over

ten hours. A fine Filipino breakfast was"^served before we arrived in Manila at

7:15 a.m. Tuesday. We saw friends wavingto us from the upper floor of the airportbuilding as we walked from the plane.Sid Boudreaux and I^rrita McKinney hadcome to meet us. After we got throughcustoms they took us to McKinney's house,and we made plans to fly up to Aparri thenext day.

But the flight was cancelled thatday, so we went up on the bus with SidBoudreaux on Thursday. It took all day,7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., to arrive inTuguegarao, the provincial capitol ofCagayan. The day before, our friendsfrom Aparri, SejLby and Romeo

....^^pspe, had come down to meet a planethat did not come, and they came again onThursday to meet the bus. They had cartrouble and had to make repairs beforemaking the return trip to Aparri.

We arrived in Aparri aboi^ 9:00 a.m./ and were given a hig welcome by theêlbys „ and Bpuêauxs, Mary Pruitt and

Joy Collins. We stayed in the home of'CharTes and Roberta Selby and were refreshed by their kind hospitality and

gracious Christian spirit. On Friday

night there was a program by theForensian Society of Aparri Bible Seminary. We were officially welcomed duringthis program. The students presentedspecial music. Scripture recitations andother speaking exercises. The programclosed with Ilocano folk songs.

' asked .„tp preach_in theAparri "church at the Sunday morning ser-

(^4«j£ivCe on 27. and Helen presented alesson to ^'women's meeting on Sundayafternoon. On Monday we were busy sorting things and p^cki^_^to,SSôAt noon the missionary's a^^togetê'r^'^^Boudreauxs' home, and had prayer together.Then we made a hurried departure to getthe bus to Tuguegarao. Sid Boudreauxwent with us to help us. The bus ridetook about one and 3/4 hours, and cost9 pesos per person (about $1.25). AtTuguegarao we got off the bus and tooka tricycle (motorcycle with side car)across the city to a center from whichjeepneys go out to surrounding towns.There we got into a jeepney that was going to Enrile, our destination. I counted 18 passengers in the jeepney besidesthe driver. A Jeepney is a small pickup truck with benches on the sides, aroof on top, and the front end made tolook like a jeep.

We arrived in Enrile about 5:00 p.m.and went to visit ^^ck ^^Mipkey Rich-

'^-aa^s^pnd spent the night at their house,it was a very enjoyable visit. They havebeen translating Acts and other New Testament books into Itawes. We rose earlyto catch the bus from Tuguegarao to Manila. We were i^ Manila at 4:30 p.m. andwere met by the j^cl^nney^ who took us tothe home of Ron arid Jearmie Hoffman. The

evening was spent^^'visTting with them andwith QJiar^s ^d Flor^ Li^(gj.1, whoare missionaries at Davao on the islandof Mindanao.

ON TO INDIA

We spent our last two days in Manila quietly with the Dennis McKinneyfamily, getting ready to leave for India.The live .in .a^rreAted-^^^ on a(short dead-end street"Iri asection ofManila that is full of narrow, crookedstreets, with high walls about the houses.

\ Dennis,, and Lorrita took^s to the airporton and went in with us to the

the departure lounge. Theytreated us to a refreshing cold drink ina restaurant there, and had prayer withus before saying good-bye.

Our flight was with KLM in a 747which was only partly filled. A very finemeal was served after we were aloft. The

plane landed in Bsingkok and then went onto Delhi. When we arrived i^De^hi airport we were greeted by Leah Moshier, andtaken to the Imperial ^"S^^^T^^where Leahhad reserved a room for us.' The.next two

days we saw the sights of Delhi, includingthe Raj Ghat where Ghandi's body :was cremated, the great mosque, and the Sound andLight performance at the Red Fort.

On Feb. 2 we flew to Agra and spenttwo days there, seeing the Mahal andother palaces and tombs of' the Moghulemperors. Sunday evening we attended achurch service in the home of American

missionaries. Tuesday morning Feb. 5, weLeft Agra by plane, and^ .-were met... atKhajuraho by two young men with themission car. Leah drove us tQ_.,_Kplpaharand we were welcomed and made at* home in

the old bungalow occupied by Leah, DollyChitwood and Linda Stanton.

, - p&ext day teaching assignments be-^^J[an. Harvey teaches Old Testament Survey

to about 18 young men, and Helen teachesProverbs to a group of women. Helen isalso repeating her class for a group ofolder girls, and teaching music reading toa young man who plays the piano. 0]^ stay^t Kulpahar continues until ^b. 287 whenwe leave for an overnight train ride toBilaspur.

THE WORK AT APARRI

The Aparri Bible Seminary provides'^Bible studies and leadership training for

the Iloqano speaking people of the Cagayanalley region. During the coiiiijgtg. schooleAt; Jlarvey will be , teaching an Old Tes

tament exegesis class, Romans and Corinthians. He will also have an Old Testa

ment poetry class, and there may be aHebrew class. ^^HeLgn^ will be teachingfirst grade subjects to Carolyn Boudreaux.

The work of the children's home is

carried on by Ma^ry^^^ ^rv^t and jQy,..,Cpl3^s.At present the children are housed in abuilding belonging to the Mission, a shortdistance from the Seminary. Bujt § .he^

^fine home, is heijicr built for them on ajppiec^ôFlmission property south of AparrivCs^verlooking the Cagayan River. It will be

known as the Cagayan ya]U.e^_ Children'sHome-The .pl^c^f is "a topical paradise.with coconuts, bananas, mangoes and papayas growing on it. Rrn, Sp-lhy has dreamsof a recording studio, and ultimately a

radio station, and aschool on the property.

Christian high

THE MISSION AT KULPAHAR

We were given a grand welcome toKulpahar on our first full day here. Itwas held in the school compound, wherethe school children were all seated byclasses on rugs under a large tree.Some of the older girls placed beautifulleis of orange marigolds around ournecks. The children were well behavedand sat quietly, with no talking or disturbance of any kind. Each grade presented a song or skit of some kind asa welcome to us. The colorful clothing,bright faces and smiles, the carefullyspoken "Good Afternoon" in English, willbe long remembered.

Kulpahar village is just like -anyother village in this part of India.People live in brick or mud houses,where many share the same room. Thewater supply is from the public well orhydrant. Bicycle, ox^carts, cows,goats, and people of all ages throng thedusty streets. Piles of cow dung cakesare drying for future use. The mainstreet of Kulpahar is narrow and unpaved,fjwith houses and little shops in a con- /'tinuous row on either side. The Church

of Christ Mission is a short distance

from the village on the main road, andoccupies three spacious compounds withwell-built brick buildings. Those whohave worked here over the past thirty-^some years have done a great work in the

midst of a great difficulty. Here boysand girls are given proper care—housingfood, clothing, and love—and also agood education. The Bible is taughtregularly in addition to the regularschool curriculum. On the mission prop-rerty all the activities necessary tofeeding and maintaining over 200 chil-rdren and the workers are carried on.

There is building, gardening, cooking,washing, housecleaning, teaching, carefor the sick, etc. There are living

quarters for the children, the missionaries, and the workers. There is a

church and a hospital. New buildingshave been continually added over theyears as the work has expanded. Atpresent an îi^diôn to the hospital isunder construction,

Harvey has been teaching a Surveyof Old Testament to the men of the staff.

These are college graduates for the most

part, who teach in the school and perfother services for the mission. Mr. Lai,the headmaster of the school and the

preacher for the church, translates intoHindi. These young men seem eager tolearn, and are quite regular in attendance. They have 2% hours of lecture inthe afternoon and evening, after theyhave done their day's work. The ^.entirecourse occupies 37 hours of lecture time.

HARVEY TEACHING AT KULPAHAR

WEDDING BELLS

We take pleasure in announcing theengagement of our daughter, MarthaFlorence, to Mr. David Van Wormer. Thewedding is expected to take place July26th, and we invite our friends to attendat the Parkcrest Church at 1:00 p.m. The

parents of David are Mr. and Mrs. JamesVan Wormer of Riverside, Calif., where he

is the minister of the Victoria Ave.

Christian Church.

KULPAHAR - By HelenMy assignment has been to teach some

practical thoughts from Proverbs to thestaff women, and also to a group of 25girls from eighth grade and up. Theseare Hindi speaking people, so I must usean interpreter to translate for me. Thishas been a privilege and a joy as theclasses are very attentive, and the a-mount of Scripture they can quote is fabulous. Today (Monday, Feb. 18) as wetalked of rejoicing and singing they surprised me by singing the entire 100thPsalm, and they know others as well.

Last week Leah "ôshier accepted another baby. She named him Raja. His

^andparents brought him and begged her^•take him. The ipother was dead andthey could not afford to feed him. He issix months old and a bright little fellow.He smiles when I pick him up, and obviously he has won my heart. Raja is one ofhundreds of little ones who have been

rescued here at Kulpahar in behalf of theLord Jesus.

The children in this home are well

behaved and courteous. They can say,

"Good Morning", "Good Afternoon", or"Good Evening" in English, and delight todo this every time we meet them anywhereon the grounds. Our thanks to our manyfriends for bringing us here.

HELEN HOLDING RAJA

ON SENDING MAIL

Thank you to our faithful correspond

dents who sent mail to us in Aparri andin Kulpahar. At this writing we will bein Kulpahar another week. Mail can reachus at the following addresses: (Allowabout two weeks for air mail. It costs

31<: per half ounce, or use the 22<?aerogramme form.) Send all gifts to ourforwarding agent.

Our address until April 27th ,c/o Mr. & Mrs. Eugene R. MorseBox 65

Chiengmai, Thailand

After April 28th—

c/o Philippine Mission Churches of ChristBox 49

Aparri, Cagayan 1118Philippines

PRAYER REQUESTS

1. For continued health and spiritualstrength to teach the Word of the LivingGod.

2. Rain is needed in India. There has

been almost no rain for two years in theKulpahar area. The monsoon season is notuntil July.3. For the propagation of the gospel theworld over.

4. For the governments of the world, including our own United States.

Field Address:

P.O. Box 49Aparri, CagayanPhilippines 1118

Parkcrest Church of Christ

5950 Parkcrest StreetLong Beach, California 90808

Non-profit Org.U.S. Postage PaidLong Beach, Calif.

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No. 4 June, 1980

a^ristian training instituteBilaspur, M.P., India

On Feb. 29, we were welcomed and made

^mfortable at Bilaspur by William andJean Roland, and Joan Getter. We stayedin the old Schaefer mission house, next tothe Kududand Church of Christ. An elderlyIndian Christian named Emmanuel helped uswith the housework.

Harvey taught the book of Ezekiel tothe students of the Christian Training

Institute, about two dozen young men, plusthe wives of some of them. Brother

Ishwari Lall, headmaster of the Institute,

translated into Hindi. The school day began with a short chapel service. Theteaching sessions lasted the rest of themorning. Helen had time to visit a schoolwhere Jecin Roland was teaching a group of20 Kindergarten children. Bible teachingwas included. She went along one day whenthe Rolands took the children to a lake

for a picnic.The first Sunday Harvey preached at

the Kududand church and the second Sundayat the Railway Area Church. Weather inBilaspur was hot and dry, but a thunderstorm with heavy rain brought some reliefjust before we left on March 12.

SURGUJA DISTRICT CONVENTION

The 1980 convention of the churches

of the Surguja District was held at Sita-pur, M.P., March 12-16 (Wed. - Sun.). Theproperty of the Church of Christ Mission,Bernel and Joan Getter, missionaries, provided the meeting place. The missionoperates a boarding school for boys andgirls from the villages, and has a churchbuilding, school building, and girls'hostel on the ground where the missionaryhome is located. The boys' hostel is onanother piece of land, which is devoted togardening and farming. It produces foodfor the mission and gives the boys something productive to do.

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During the convention hundreds ofChristians gathered at the mission. Theybrought their food and bedding, some ofthem walking 10-15 miles. Families prepared their meals over wood fires in anopen field. There were games in the afternoons. The young people had a Scripture memorization contest. The winner re

cited 150 verses, giving references in 15minutes without a pause. There were Bibleclasses every morning, and a preachingservice every evening. There was muchmusic, a long song service at each sessionplus many special numbers.

We felt honored to be a part of theconvention. When we arrived in the Get

ters' jeep, Joan and the children of thehostel came out to meet us and sing for usgiving us bougainvillea leis which theyhad made. Harvey preached five sermonsand gave four Bible lessons in the adultsection. Maximiun attendance at any one

session was about 600. The church was

packed with people sitting on the floor,with others on the porch outside, lookingin at the windows and doors.

The Getters have done a great work inthe midst of great difficulty. It is noteasy for a Westerner to live and work inIndia. But they have adapted to Indianways and have taught and evangelized persistently, with the result that many havebecome Christians. They need help. Praythat new workers will be recruited, andthat the government will permit them tolive and work in India.

TRAVEL TIMES

Cars are few in India, the oxcart,horse tonga, bicycle and rickshaw beingmuch more numerous. For going a distance,busses and trains are used. We took the

train to Bilaspur, the Kalinda Express,and had first class sleeper accommodation.All windows to the compartment have ironshutters, with small holes for ventilationThey are closed at night to preventthieves from stealing. This makes it sono one can see in or out. The iron slid

ing door can be shut and securely lockedfrom the inside. After that nothing getsin but .the dust and smoke. You bring yourown bedding and drinking water or do without. On the night run from Raigarh toCalcutta we had Indian sheets given to usby Joan Getter.

Bus travel in India is also quite ane3q>erience. To get a seat, be early atthe station where the bus begins its run.With the help of friends, we did this atBilaspur. The busses are battered anddirty. The windows have dark glass, tocut down the sun's heat. There are not

enough seats, but no one is refused a rideThey just pack them in tighter in theaisle. Our bus journey ended at Ambikapurand there our jeep journey began.

Lisu women in tribal cost\ame after church

service at the Tribal Children's Hostel in

Chiangmai.

Dinner in the home of Jesse and Drema

Yangmi (seated at right with their sonJames) Jesse is chairman of the Lisu

Bible Revision Committee which is working

The Indian Jeep is a well-built anddurable vehicle. Bemel Getter met us in

Ambikapur and we travelled to Sitapur inhis jeep. No diesel fuel could be obtained in Ambikapur, so we arrived at themission house in Sitapur with an emptytank. The next week the Lord blessed us

with diesel for the trip to Raigarh, so wetook the jeep.

In Thailand we took an air condition

ed bus from Bangkok to Chiangmai. A hostess served cold drinks. Free lunch was

provided at a restaurant stop. A snackand coffee were served before arriving inChiangmai. Cars are numerous in Thailand.Motorcycles are more numerous. Pickuptrucks with roof and benches serve as

taxis. Bicycle rickshaws are also used.In the Philippines private cars are

scarce, and most travel is by bus, jeepneytaxi, or tricycle (Motorcycle with sidecarIt can carry up to six passengers. Crowding is the order of the day. There isalways room for one more!)

We have travelled by plane, train,private car, bus, jeep, jeepney, tricycle,bicycle, and rickshaw, and always got toour destination. We are grateful for safetravel on all these journeys.

to produce a more readable Lisu Bible.

David Morse is at the end of the table,with his wife Norma next to him. David

oversees technical aspects of typesettingand printing of the various books in Lisuand Rawang. Next to Norma is Karen Johnson who is a nurse at the Tribal Children

Hostel and schoolteacher for James Yangmi.

Eugene Morse in a moss garden on Mt.Inthanon, 8,500 feet. Eugene has heen amissionary all his life in China, Burma,and Thailand.

MAE SAI, THAILAND

The Mae Sai River forms part of theboundary between Burma and Thailand. Atthe town of Mae Sai in Thailand an inter

national bridge crosses the river toTaahileik in Burma. Although missionariesare not allowed to go into Burma, thepeople from Burma may come into Thailandin the daytime to attend classes. And soa school lasting three weeks was heldthere, beginning March 24. Robert and

Eugene Morse and Alan Bemo were the principal ones in charge of the school.Harvey was invited to help with the teaching. All teaching was done in English andtranslated into Burmese. The students

came from several tribal backgrounds,Kachin, Lahu, Akha, etc., each with itsown language, but all were able to understand Burmese.

During the 2nd and 3rd weeks of theschool a program for children and youthwas added to the adult program. JanetBemo directed this, and Helen helped withit, giving a Bible story each day. Thisbrought the daily attendance to about 80persons, about half of them adults. In

the first week the adults were so eager toleam that they asked for classes to beheld on Saturday also.

Aparri Bible Seminary Building. Libraryand classrooms are dovmstairs, offices andassembly hall upstairs.

Chinese meals were prepared and served at the school each day. All the missionaries stayed in an old Thai house,where we had morning and evening devotionsand singing. Robert Morse had a birthdaywhile we were there and Janet Bemo made

him a cake. She also made strawberry

shortcake several times during the school.On Sundays we went to churches whereRobert Morse or Alan Bemo preached inChinese, with an interpreter translatinginto Thai. At the end of the school 16

persons were baptized.

RETURN TO APARRI

After a pleasant Thai Internationalflight from Bangkok we arrived in Manilaon Monday afternoon, April 28. Dennis andLorrita McKinney and Mickey Richards metus at the airport. We stayed three dayswith the McKinneys and enjoyed a missionary get-together being held there. On May^,1, we took the air-conditioned bus for th^;!'all-night ride to Aparri. We are gettingsettled and adjusted to life in Aparri.Two Christian service camps. Junior andIntermediate, were held on the BibleSeminary campus the first two weeks inMay.

Cagayan Valley Children's Home at Lal-loa few miles outh of Aparri on the highwayto Manila.

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All our friends are invited to attend

the wedding of our daughter, MarthaFlorence to Mr. David James Van Wormer on

Saturday, July 26, 1:00 p.m., at the Park-crest Church of Christ in Long Beach.

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FINANCIAL REPORT

March to May 1980

Income

Knott Avenue Christian Church


Mr. & Mrs. Dave Beard

Mr. & Mrs. Paul BolingMr. & Mrs. Bruce CairpbellMr. & Mrs. Buren Fisher

Mr. & Mrs. Evan Foote

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth FordyceMr. Sl Mrs. Troy Heard

Alice HoeyElizabeth HooperMr. & Mrs. M. Kimbell

Mr. & Mrs. M. Klaiber

Mr. & Mrs. Milo KlinskyJustin McKeal

Park NettingMr. St Mrs. Jack Pullen

Dorothy SmithMr. St Mrs. Harry Tilley

Expenses

Christian Mission Press

Return Home Air Fare

Harvey Beard

Postage

Balance March 1, 1980

Income. . . . .

Less e^^enses

Balance end of May, 1980

48,34

300.00

900.00

29.63

1,376.00

1,277.97

444.67

1,376.001,820.67

1,277.97

542.70

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OUR vork: at APABBI

The school year in the Philippinesbegins in June. The public schoolfl inAparri opened on June 9th, and the AparriBible Saninary on June 16th. For us it wasa rather busy time, as we irere just th^able to get into our apartment at the Sen^-inary. We went to Manila the ni^t of June9th with a number of errands to do, including a trip to the dentist. lorrlta McEin-ney, bless her, met us at the bus staticmat 1 A.M., and had a taxi waiting to taiieus to their house. We stayed three d^rs,returning Thursday nl^t. Friday we movedto the apartment.

Sunday evening Harvey got sick withthe flu. Hel^ had her first day ofteaching first grade lessons to CarolynBoudreaui. Harvey missed the first day ofSeminary classes, but was able to teachafter that. He has a class in Old Testament History, beginning with Genesis, and aclass in New Testazuent Exegesis of FAWAnffand Corinthians. There are 27 students inOld Testament, 20 in Haw Testament. We dohave a language problem. They imderstandfairly well if one speaks slowly distinctly. It is difficult for than to speakin English, so class discusaion is limited.It would be much better in Ilooano, exceptthat the teacher and one student do notspeak it.

On Tuesday evening there is a one hourBible study for faculty and staff, withprayer meeting following. Harvey is teaching the book of EzekLel for the Biblestudy. There are about 20 in this group.Sunday mornings at the Aparri Church ofChrist, Harvey teaches the Bible Schoollesson in English to an adult class.

Your prayers are requested for theApanl Churoh, idiich is without a ministerat present. 'The elders, idio are professorsat tbs Seminary, do the preaehing, buttheir time is occupied wiht the S«Binary. }

LIVIHG IN THE PHIliIPPIHES

In Manila one can find shopping centersand supermarkets much like those in theStates. Out in the provinces these have notyet arrived. The local market is the placeto buy fruit, vegetables, meat and fish.Bread comes fr^ one of the bakeries. Caxt-ned food can be bou^t in siaoy stores.Aparri, being on the river and the sea, iswell supplied with ^resh fish. Chickens areusually bou^t live, and you do the rest.The meat sellers display their wares in the

' open.

Here are a few typical food prices:12 oz. can of corned beef $ 2.20Can of evaporated milk ,5012 oz. jar of peanut butter 1.45Can of tuna chunks .898 oz. cheese .794 bananas .171 egg (eggs are sold'by the piece) .105 ears of com .131 loaf of bread (1.I lb.) .451 large avocado ,131 lb. fish ,58 ,

.We are occupying a three ro<na apartmenton the mission property. It is on theground floor of the Selbys* house. We :Jam

"cii^.electtioityy!;whifth4s :hh:.rreB l.J'.H. td7 A.M. daily. Our bathroom is modem; withtoilet, shower, and wash basin. There isrunning water (cold only) most of the time.The water system oonslsts of well and electric pump, with a tank at rooftop level frtaiwhich water flows by gravity.

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Our kltcheta has a gas rangeand refrigerator. The gas oomesin a large steel cylinder, andcosts about $4? to replace vhenempty. As a health precaution,we boil all our drinkliig water,also the water we make into ice.

Ve bo\tgbt four strai^tchairs with cane bottCHos forabout $16 each, and a woodenbedstead made to order for $60.We got a foam rubber mattressfor it and are . quite comfortable* Other furniture we neededwas already in the apartment, orwas loaned to us.

THE SELBT HOMB, WITH Oim APABTMENT DOWNSTAIRS

HOME POR Tffi WEDDING

ithout the airplane it would have beenimpossible. Our daugiiter Nartha^s weddingdate, . July 26, came in the middle of thefirst semester of Aparri Bible Seminary.But the people here decided that ve shouldgo home for the wedding, and they would fillin for us. Thanks to ItoJ Boudreauz andRomeo ...Gorospe, who tau^t Hairey's classesfor three weeks. Carolyn Boudreauz had avacation. To finance the trip we had Incometax refunds and a deleted Social Securitypayment that came at the right time to payfor the budget fare tickets.

MnsMraKBEARO

THE WEDCONE SIGN FOR OGE ARRIVAL IN HAT

On Thursday, July 10 we made the allday bus trip to Manila. On Friday we tookcare of necessary business. On Saturday wehad dinner and fellowship at the HcKinneys'house (a newly rented place out near FaithAcademy, their children's school). The Mc-Kinneys, Chuck and Mickey Richards, Sid Boudreauz and the Beards had a nice eveningvisiting. On Sunday we attended the Ilocand "service at the Cruzada St, Church of Christ. |There we saw Ver^lio and Esther De Los San- itos, idio were "on their way back to their-mission work in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Monday morning we left Manila on a PanAm 747 and were in Guam by late afternoon.During the ni^t we flew to Honoliilu. There

it was ' Monday Bomiag- again,and we had the day to fly to LosAngeles. That evening we had apleasant reunion with our family. We stayed a few days withPhilip and Jeannie, then a fewdays with David and Sharon, andthe last few days with Roger andKaye.

It was good to see many ofyou at the wedding* It was avery beautiful and spiritualservice at the Parkcrest Church.

The matron of honor was Martha's

sister Ruth, and the bestwas David Root. Martha chose touse all her nieces end nephews

' ^in the wedding. The only onesthat were not used were too

little. They were asleep in thenursery, namely, Joel and JoyRoot.

David 7an Vomer sang "GodIs My Shepherd." Other delict-ful music vas presented by Jei>-nifer Root, Roger and AliceKoexner, and a ^handbell choir.David's father, James Van Vformerand Martha's brother Roger per-foimed the ceremony. Martha'sfather escorted her down theaisle, and also gave the bene-diction

The church was full and thereception line was long. A wed-ding buffet was served at Rogerand Kay© Beard's house. Kaye P^^8Mjwas a wonderful hostess alongwith all her family and our fam-ily. David and Martha remainedwith us for the buffet, then ROBERTleft for their secret destination, which we later leamedwas the Queen Mary. Sunday they flew toSan Francisco to spend a few days. We wereleaving the same evening to fly to ^^anila,and they can« to see us off, along with mostof the rest of our family and our faithfulforwarding agent, Evelyn Miller.

The return journey got us to Manila onTuesday morning, and on Wednesday we tookthe night bus to Aparri. By Friday we wereback at work teaching. We had been awayjust 21 d^rs. We praise God for mwioTig itpossible for us to come, and we praise Himfor our family and friends.

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MORSE (left rear) AHD STDDEHTS AT THE CHIHESEBAPTIST CHURCH IN MAE SAI

MAE SAI

In our June newsletter we told of the

Bible School at Mae Sai, Thailand, March 24-April 11, but had no pictures at that time.Throu^ the courtesy of Alan B^o we canpresent these pictures.

CARDLIN BOUDREAUX

Carolyn Boudreaui is doing very well inher first grade school wozk. She had S + oneach subject for her grades from the Inteivnational Institute. This was her first re

port of grades. Carolyn is learning to playthe piano, and Is taking art lessons.

ROBKHT MORSE WITH HARVET AHD fmsmOS THE BRUXJE AT MAE SAI

ROmiT HORSE

Robert Itorse is one of the missionariespeceiring regular support from the ParkcrestChurch of Christ. He is industrious* woit-isg hard at tasks idiich do ziot appear glasHorous at all* but vhich are necessary to thegsrovth of the churches* He baa be^ busyrwith preparing a revised edition of the Ra^vang hj^mnal, and with the ongoing work oftranslating the Bible into Rawang. The initial work of translating much of the OldTestament is still to be done. In the fieldRobert relates well to the people. We heardhim preach in Chinese at a chapel inTham* Thailand on March 50* wid saw "HHthvisiting with the people on a cordialfriendly basis.

FI'HAMCIAL REPORTJune to August 1^80Incoine •«•••••Knott Avenue Christian ChurchParkcrest Church of ChristMr. & Mrs. William BallFern BoultonMr. & Mrs. Bruce Campbelllorraine ClarkMr. & Mrs. Kenneth FordyceMr. & Mrs. Troy HeardMr. & Mrs. Charles HeritageAlice HoeyElizabeth HooperMr- & Mrs. M. E- KiiribenMr- & Mrs- Milo KlinskyMr- & Mrs- Bill Lowe

Justin McKealPark NettingRosemary FattenMr- & Mrs- Harry Tilley

Pbcpenses —. —Christian Mission Press 28-55Postage 39.53Retum Air Fare Home 300-00Harvey Beard 500-00

Balance June 1* 1980Income

Less expensesBalance end of August, 1980

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1,268-08

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MINISTRV OF

HARVEY ANP

HELEN BEARD

December 1980

GREETINGS AT CHRISTMAS

In the name of the Bright, the Morning Star, Jesus, the Root and Offspring ofDavid (Rev. 22:16), we greet you at thetime when we celebrate His birth.

This will be our first Christmas in

another land, away from any of our family.On December 22nd we are invited to the

Brewsters', and all of us Americans will

journey to Tuguegarao to be with them fora Christmas celebration. They are Southern Baptists who have invited us all totheir home. How nice! Chuck and MickeyRichards will be there. We also will have

a Christmas Eve service at the AparriChurch, as well as a service Christmas

morning. The missionaries will have dinner together.

The Seminary closes for three weeksbeginning December 12th. The choir ispreparing a Christmas concert the eveningof the 12th.

In our family, the big event of theyear was the marriage of our daughter Martha and David Van Wormer. They are nowliving on the Milligan College campus inTennessee, while David studies at Emmanuel

School of Religion. Ruth and David Root

and their six J's are still in Eugene, Oregon where David is in his second year ofteaching at Northwest Christian College.Our three sons, David, Roger and Philipare all living in their own homes in LongBeach, with their wives and children.

David continues as a counsellor for Lake-

wood High School, Roger is a minister ofthe Parkcrest Church of Christ, and Philipis employed by the Automobile Club ofSouthern California. We thank God that

they and their families are all active inthe church.

We wish you all the very best ofGod's blessings in the coming year.

Harvey and Helen Beard

EXTENDED TERM

On November 15 we received a letter

from Mr. and Mrs. Charles Selby asking usto continue into the 1981-1982 school

year. They wish us to stay at least forthe first semester, because they will notbe able to . return in time for the beginning of the school year in June. We haye^

_on, at least through thefirst semester, ~^ich ends in October. Ifwe are needed for the second semester, wewill stay for that, also.

We are considering the possibility ofa trip to the U.S.A. in the summer vacation, that is, in April and May. If ourfriends and supporters would like us tovisit and report on our work, please writeto us at our field address as soon as possible. Air mail, which costs 31<? per halfounce, reaches us in 2-3 weeks. J'he 22

aerogramme is the best bargain. After

write to our fowarding agent.

HOME GROWN

Yesterday at lunch we had a dish ofbananas with fresh grated coconut for ourdessert. Both grew in our yard. We cut astalk of bananas, and a few days later aripe coconut fell from the tree into ourgarden plot. It was delicious.

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"FISHERMEN AND NETS

THE TYPHOON

In the first week in November Luzonwas hit by one of the biggest typhoonsever. The Cagayan Valley had a flood reported to be the worst in 100 years. Manylives were lost, and there was much property damage. The road to Manila was cutby landslides in the mountains, as well asbridges washed out.

The Northern Isabela Academy at Cali-naoan, one of our two Christian highschools, suffered damage from flooding.It was not only water in the buildings,but due to the wind, the waves beat a-gainst them with destructive effect. Mr.and Mrs. Charles Richards had five feetof water in the downstairs part of theirhouse at Enrile. Tuguegarao, capital ofCagayan province, was flooded. The cement

""b'lock" waTl~bn the mission property at Lal-lo was undermined by flood waters and collapsed. The Children's Home is located onhigh ground and escaped damage.

Aparri, at the mouth of the CagayanRiver, was unhurt. We had heavy rain andf^ii^ly heavy wind. With the ground saturated we had running springs in the streetin front of the Seminary. People- heregathered much driftwood from the river andfrom the beach.

Travel in and out was cut off at atime when our people needed to get out.The Lord was good to us, and five men wereallowed to fly to Manila on a private airplane on November 7th, and Joy Collins andMary Pruitt left on another one on Novem

ber 9th.

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FUNERALS AND WEDDINGS

The last few months we have been

introduced to Filipino customs about weddings and funerals. On Aug. 10th we wereasked to go to services for a man who haddied the day before. Two services wereheld, one in a nieghbor's home, where refreshments were served, and one in theman's home, where his body lay in state.There were daily services in the home, until the funeral was held in the church onAug. 20th. After a long service, themourners walked to the cemetery, followingthe hearse.

On Sept. 10th we attended a service

in the Peneyra home on the occasion of the86th birthday of the late Faustino Penev-ra, who had been pastor and evangelist formany years. After speakin.g_.and singing,_adelicious meal was served. This was acustomary memorial service.

On Sept. 19th we were invited to a

25th wedding anniversary celebration forMr. and Mrs. Sergio Banggo, at the Maxing-al Church in Lal-lo. Bro. Banggo was oneof the first graduates of Aparri BibleSeminary. A wedding service was held inthe church, with Dennis McKinney officiating. Then there was a dinner in the home.After this a rally was held in the church,for area churches and preachers.

On Nov. 20th we attended a wedding atthe Aparri Church. It was similar to our

traditional wedding services. Afterwardsa dinner was served at the home. In the

Philippines the bridegroom has to pay forthe wedding, which includes the meal.

a SUNSET

NOTES FROM HELEN

Dear Friends:Nov. 23, 1980

Even though we can't be with you atthis time, you are very near in our prayers. It is wonderful that God keeps ustogether this way — "His Way."

Today is our 42nd wedding anniversary. There was a wind this morning whichreminded me of the Santa Ana wind whichblew in Covina, California on the day wewere married. The years have gone fastfor us, and we never realized that we

would be foreign missionaries at thistime. God is so good! "His compassionsfail not. They are new every morning,great is thy faithfulness." Lam. 3:22.

We will have a Thanksgiving dinner onNov. 29th. There will be 12-14 of us Amer

ican missionaries. It will be a time ofpraise and thanks to God for America andfor His blessings upon us. We will especially miss our families at home, butpraise God for His faithfulness.

We are expecting --.Shirley Toledo tojoin us in the'"work in Aparri. willfj-y to Manila Noy^ 30th and a few daysafter that slie~should be with us here.She will work in the office. We needjier,as Mary Pruitt has been doing "'^is~and sheneeds to give all her time to the Children's Home at Lal-lo. We are also__^peet.-ing the Rutherford,, family from Porter-viTle, Califi to come after the first ofthe year.

cont. pg. 4

NEW STUDENT TALENT NIGHT

This was held Aug. 1st. Glomer An-cheta and Leonila Palomo are singing.Both were in Harvey's class in Old Testament. Leonila helped in our home for atime.

EVANGELISM

When thefirst semester closed on

October 3rd, there was a week off beforethe second semester began October 13th.This was called "Week of Evangelism," andspecial meetings were held in our two highschools in Isabels Province. Some of the

Seminary students took part in these, andthere were many baptisms.

The second week in November LloydSelby, Dennis McKinney, Romeo Gorospe anda number of our preachers attended a Congress on Discipling a Nation at Baguio.Dr. Donald McGavran and others were there

to encourage the leadership of the churches in the Philippines to begin a greatevangelistic thrust, with the object ofhaving 50,000 churches by 2,000 A.D.

On November 28th and 29th a confer

ence of preachers of the Philippine Mission Churches of Christ of Northern Luzonwas held at Aparri. The men who had been

at Baguio reported on what they had learned. It is hoped that this will result ina great increase in evangelistic activityand the planting of many new churchesthroughout the Cagayan Valley and adjacentregions.

Notes From Helen, cont.

The women of the Aparri Church haVe ameeting once a month on Sunday afternoon.I have been asked to speak two differenttimes for this group. It was a pleasure.They are a wonderful group of ChristianFilipino women. They take turns havingthis meeting in their homes.

The bells at the Catholic Church ringat 5:00 A.M. About that time also youngboys come through on our street callingfor people to buy hot steamed rolls or hotrice. Once I heard something else andlearned that the boy was saying, "Do youhave any pigs for sale?"

CHILDREN ON THE BEACH

"And it shall come to pass that all who call upon thename of the Lord shall be delivered;...

Joel 2:32a

But how are men to call upon him in whom they havenot believed? And how are they to believe in him of

whom they have never heard? And how are they tohear without a preacher? And how can men preachunless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautifulare the feet of those who preach good news!"

Romans 10:14 - 16

Rejoice always, pray constantly, give thanks in allctcumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ

Jesus for you.— _ 1 Thessalonians 5:16—18

FINANCIAL STATEMENT

Expenses

Printing 27.50Postage 32.70

Return Air Fare Home 400.00

Harvey Beard 1200.00

Balance September 1, 1980Income

Less expenses

Balance end of December 31, 1980

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789.62

2242.00

3031.62

1660.20

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ARKCREST I^HDRCH OF1 MINISTRY OF l|fi||||i^HARVEY AND

HELEN BEARD Hr ^September, 1979

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It was the end of January 1979 whenHarvey decided not to teach another schoolyear at Pacific Christian College. We werepraying for a decision about what to do whenan invitation came from Charles and Roberta

Selby to fill in for them at Aparri BibleSeminary, while they were to be on furloughIn 1980-81. Aparri is a seaport town at themouth- of the Cagayan River in northernLuzon, Philippines. We did not respond tothis invitation at once, but set April 15 asthe day for a final decision. By then itseemed to us that this is what the Lord

would have us do, and we wrote to the Selbysthat we would come.

The Lord gave us preparation for thiswith Harvey being chairman of the MissionaryCommittee of the Parkcrest Church of Christfor many years. He read missionary newsletters. froBL the four comers of the earthand kept informed. He taught in the European Christian Service Camp ten summers.Last year he taught a semester at KenmoreChristian College in Brisbane, Queensland,Australia. While travelling to and fromAustralia we visited missionaries in Asia

and Europe, including a visit to Aparri inthe Philippines.

Since April we have been occupied withclearing away things to get ready to go. Theschool year at P.C.C. had to be finished; wehad to move out of our apartment in Puller-ton and back to Long Beach; the Long Beachhouse still has to be set in order for rent

ing to someone during our absence; and Harvey had agreed to go to to Europe and teachin two camps, one for Americans, the otherfor Italians, both in Italy. He returned toLong Beach August 22nd. Another projectthat has taken much of his time is the updating and revision of portions of the bookL^ds. of the Bible, by J. W. McGarvey. Muchof this work remains to be done.

The Selbys have requested us to be inAparri before they leave for their furlough,which will be some time in March, 1980.Since we have been asked to visit Kulpahar,

India, and do some Bible teaching there, weplan to leave early in January, 1980 and gothere first and then go on to the Philippines. Travel plans still have to be workedout. We are excited about the prospect ofserving in this way, and we do request yourprayers. We cannot undertake this workwithout your intercessory prayers for usboth pi^sically and spiritually.

Our needs with reference to moving toAparri and living there are estimated atSI,000 for transportation to the field, andS300 per month for living expenses. Any whowish to contribute to this need may send toour forwarding agent, Mrs. Evelyn Miller,10317 Sudora Avenue, Buena Park, California,90620. Make checks payable to PhilippineMission Churches of Christ of Northern Luzon,

Inc., or send through your local church.Gifts may also be sent to the ParkcrestChurch of Christ, 5950 Parkcrest Street,Long Beach, California 90808 and designatedfor our work. A large part of our livingexpenses will be cared for by our retirementincome, so that we do not need to seek fullsupport at this time. We will also need toaccumulate a fund for our return from the

field at the end of our term of service.

Travel expenses to India (or any other placewe may visit enroute) are not included inthe estimate.

With our love in Christ,

Harvey and Helen Beard

APARRI, CAGAYANAparri is on the north shore of Luzon,

on the South China Sea, at the mouth of theCagayan River. It is a seaport town, and ahub of commerce for the lower Cagayan Valley. In the early days of the mission workin the Philippines by the Churches of Christand Christian Churches, the gospel spreadfrom the Ilocos provinces on the west coastto Aparri and the entire Cagayan Valley. TheAparri church suffered the loss of itsbuilding after an agreement between Discipleand Methodist missionaries in the 1920'sturned the whole Cagayan Valley over to theMethodists. Under the leadership of Fausti-no Peneyra the" church was able to get another building.

When Charles and Roberta Selby arrivedat Aparri- in 1947, Bro. Peneyra -was the onlytrained native leader there. In 1952 theAparri Bible Seminary was established. Mr.and Mrs. Norval Campbell worked there in theyears 1953-1957. In the years up to 1969»the Seminary had 60 graduates. At that timeenrollment was about 50 students each year.In 1947, after the war, there were twopreachers and ten churches. In 1969 therewere 40 preachers and more than 60 churches.

In 1978 there were over 700 baptisms.An average of 12 student preachers were outevery week-end preaching in various places.The two Christian high schools. NorthernIsabels Academy and Southern Isabels Academy, had about 1,000 students enrolled inthe past school year, with 214 graduates.In these two schools, 183 of the studentswere baptized into Christ during the schoolyear. The schools are south of Aparri, inthe Cagayan River Valley, in the province ofIsabels. In 1964 Sid and Marge Boudreaux

came to help with the high schools. Mrs.Boudreaux has also been teaching at AparriBible Seminary, In 1970 Dennis and LorritaMcKinney arrived to work with Southern Isabels Academy. Later Dennis devoted his timeto the evangelistic work in the Cagayan Valley, with his family living in Manila, wherethe children are in school.

Other aspects of the Christian work inthe Cagayan Valley are a radio broadcast sixdays a week, the Aparri Christian Press, andthe Cagayan Children's Home. The radio

broadcast brings in many inquiries. Thepress provides printed materials for thechurches, an Ilocano newspaper and BibleSchool lessons, and this year a revision ofthe Ilocano hymn book. Ilocano is the principal language of this part of the island.The Cagayan Children's Home, under MaryPruitt's supervision, is just'getting started. A building is under construction southof Aparri on a beautiful hill site overlooking the Cagayan River. A recordingstudio will also be built on the same pieceof property, and ultimately a radio station-.rA Christian liberal arts college is alsoplanned, and when realized, should provideleadership and support for the churches andall the Christian enterprises of the CagayanValley.

The Bible seminary at Aparri is thereal key to growth in the area, for it provides trained Christian leadership for thechurches. The Filipino peoples have provedthat they can evangelize their people betterthan the missionaries can, if only they areeducated in the Bible and related subjects.This education is being supplied by theAparri Bible Seminary.

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