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The wedding o f Mary P r u i t t t o G i l b e r tB u r e r o s o f Cebu w as a Fi l -Am F i l i p i n o -American wedding . S ince i t t ook p l a c eh e r e i t n a t u r a l l y h a d many F i l i p i n o c h a ra c t e r i s t i c s . T h e r e were 19 p e o p l e i n t h e

p r o c e s s i o n a l , along with p a r e n t s , whoe n t e r e d a s s p o n s o r s . They h ad f r o n ts e a t s . Most o f them g ive money t o h e l pprov ide th e wedding, a l though th e groom sp a r e n t s a re respons ib le f o r th e whole we dd i n g . The re were b r i d e s m a i d s and groomsmen wh o e n te re d n e x t , a nd t h e n t h e maid o fh o n o r . L i t t l e ch ild re n o f th e Home w e r e

t h e r i n g b e a r e r s , B i b l e b e a r e r , co in b e a re r s , a n d f l o w e r g i r l s .

Th e b r i de e n te re d , a cc o mp a ni ed b y h e rf a t h e r . T h e r e w e r e tw o m i n i s t e r s , RayC a r l s o n o f Cebu a n d C h a r l e s S e l b y o f A p a r -r i T h e r e w as t h e u s u a l e x c h a n g e o f vows .N e x t was t h e p r e s e nt a t i o n o f l ove symbols :Th e B i b l e , Th e Rings , Th e Coi ns . Then t h ev e i l and co rd sponso r s e n t e r e d an d t h ev e i l and c o r d were p l a c e d a roun d t h e b r i d eand groom Symbolic o f t h e t i e t h a t b i n d st h e m a s m an a n d w i f e ) . T h i s r e m a i n e d o v e r

them a s t h e y were k n e e l i n g u n t i l t h e mini s t e r h a d g i v e n s c r i p t u r e an d a s h o r t s e rmon o f c o u n s e l . A f t e r t h e p r a y e r o f d e d ic a t i o n t h e y were p r o n o u n c e d h u s b a n d a n dwife and du ly i n t r o d u c e d . The Wagner andM e nd el s so hn m a rc he s w er e u s e d , a s w e l l a s

some wedding songs and a hymn chosen byt h e b r i d e . Helen p l a y e d t h e p i a n o f o r t h ewedding . The h o u s e was f u l l o f p e o p l e .A n i c e wedding mer i e nda was s e r v e d on t h ene w p a t i o a r e a . I t wa s a b e a u t if u l , c l e a rsunny day; t h e Lord prov ided t h i s f o r t h i ss p e c i a l w e d d i n g .

Many v i s i t o r s were h e r e f o r t h e we dd i n g . Mary s p a r e n t s , Mr. an d Mrs. BobbyP r u i t t , a n d M r s . Naomi Goode cam e f r o mG r a n t s P a s s , Oregon . From Cebu came t h eRa y C a r l s o n s , R o l l e i L u s o c , t h e Delmar De-

b a u l t s , a n d t h e B u r e r o s . Fr om D avao C i t yc a m e th e C h a r l e s L i t t e l l s

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What does fu r lough t ime f e el l i k e?Two t h i n g s : I t i s h a r d t o l e a v e t h e p e op l e we have grown t o l o v e , and y e t i t w i l lb e s o good t o se e fam ily and f r i e n d s i nt h e U.S. a g a i n . We w i l l l e ave ; ^ a r r i onMarch 10 p robab ly ) and go t o M an i l a t oc o m p l e t e a r r angemen t s f o r o u r j ou rney t o

t h e U.S. Mrs. Jo y C o l l i n s , wh o w i l l a l s obe r e t u r n i n g on f u r l o u g h , w i l l t r a v e l w i t hu

March 1 5 - 1 8 we w i l l b e i n B a g u i o f o rt h e g e t - t o g e t h e r o f t h e Church o f C h r i s t -C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h m i s s i o n a r i e s in t h e P h i l

i p p i n e s . Then we w i l l r e t u r n t o M a n i l af o r f i n a l p r e p a r a t i o n s f o r d e p a r t u r e . Ourt r a v e l s c h e d u l e i s as fo l lows

March 22 M a n i l a t o Hong Kong A r 6 : 1 0 pmMarch 24 Hong Kong t o Kagosh ima 5 : 0 0 pmA p r i l 1 4 T o k yo t o S e a t t l e A r 9 : 3 0 amA p r i l 16 S e a t t l e t o L X t o b e a r r an g ed )

The purpose o f t h e s t o p i n S e a t t l e i st o a t t e n d t h e G o s p e l F e s t i v a l a t t h e P u g e tSoxmd C o l l e g e o f t h e B i b l e .

A f t e r a s h o r t s t a y i n Long B e a c h wew i l l t r a v e l n o r t h i n C a l i f . Oregon a n dWa s h i n g t o n , v i s i t i n g f a m i l y an d f r i e n d s .We w i l l be happy t o r e p o r t on o ur m is sio nw o r k t o t hose w h o w o u l d l i k e t o hear a b o u ti t We w i l l n o t b e s e e k in g s u p p o r t . Wew i l l a l s o go t o V i r g i n i a t o s e e o u r y o u n ge r d a u g h t e r a n d o u r new g r a n d d a u g h t e r . Wee ^ ^ e c t t o b e b a c k i n Long B e a c h b y t h e

m i d d l e o f J u l y .


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So d o e s A p a r r i . Most o f t h e p a r a d e sb e g i n a t t h e town h a l l , cn e b l o c k f rom t h eS e m i n a r y. T he p a r a d e p i c t u r e s w e r e madeDec. 1 , on t h e o c c a s i o n o f t h e F a m i l yP l a n n i n g P a r a d e . A l l t h e s c h o o l s a n d c i vi c o r g a n i z a t i o n s a r e r e q u e s t e d by t h emayor t o p a r t i c i p a t e . V7ith t h e h e l p o f a

P. A . s y s t e m , each group i s a s s i g n e d ap l a c e i n t h e p a r a d e , which moves t h rought h e c e n te r o f t o w n , a n d t h e n r e t u r n s to

t h e town h a l l o r t o t h e p l a z a n e a r i t f o rsp eech -mak ing , e t c . The l i t t l e c h i l d r e ncame t o w a t c h t h e p a r a d e . They a r e s t a n di n g d i r e c t l y a c r o s s t h e s t r e e t from t h et o w n h a l l , i n f r o n t o f t h e c h i l d r e n sp layg round . The l a r g e cement f r o g i s t h ee n t r a n c e t o t h e p l a y g r o u n d .

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A f t e r many weeks o f t e a c h i n g , t h eA p a r r i Church o f C h r i s t h a d i t s f a i t h -p r omise p r o g r a m on J a n . 1 6 . A g o a l o f

5 0 , 0 0 0 p e s o s was s e t , f o r t h e p u r p o s e o fb u i l d i n g a p a s t o r a l h o u s e . The B i b l eS c h o o l s e s s i o n w as c a n c e l l e d , a n d f o u rs p e a k e r s p r e s e n t e d a s p e c t s o f t h e f a i t h -p r omise i d e a . They were C ha rle s S elb y,Amador A gu as , H arv ey B e a r d , an d L a u re a n oL o p e z .

F a i t h - p r c a n i s e c a r d s r e c e i v e d t o d a t et o t a l more t h a n 2 5 , 0 0 0 p e s o s . T h i s i ss i g n i f i c a n t , s i n c e t h e C h ri s t i a ns g en er a ll y have been v e r y s low t o s u p p o r t t h e i rc h u r c h e s w i t h t i t h e s a n d o f f e r i n g s , a n dt h e A p a r r i church i s l o oked t o a s a l e a d e ramong t h e c h u r c h e s .

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b i r t h d a y c e l e b r a t i o n a t t h e i r home. T he rewas s i n gi n g o f hymns and s p e c i a l mu s ic .T h e r e was r e a d i n g o f S c r i p t u r e an d a

b i r t h d a y sermon was g i v e n . Then m e r i e nd a r e f r e s h m e n t s ) w as s e r v e d . Harvey w asl a t e b e c a u s e o f t h e p . m . Hebrew c l a s s ,

b u t a rr iv ed in t i m e f o r m e r i e n d a .


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Dec . t h e C . V. C . H . c h i l d r e n p r e s e n te d t h e i r C h r i s t m a s p r o g r a m . The y o u n g e rc hi ld re n p re s en te d t h e i r songs and r e c i t at i o n s and t h e i r manger s c e n e , and t h e n t h eo ld e r c h il d re n d id t h e i r p a r t . D e l a i Ag-r e s o r d i r e c t e d t h e prog ram. We p r e s e n tt h e C h r i s t m a s acros t ic ( P a s k u a = C h r i s tmas) a n d R o m e l i e r e c i t i n g John 3 : 1 6 .

Dec. 16 t h e Seminary c h o i r o f 76voices p r e s e n t e d a Chris tmas c o n c e r t , T heStory o f Love, i n th e Apar r i Church o fO i r i s t T h e r e w e r e 2 1 m u s i c a l se lec t ions

and 8 speak ing p a r t s , r e p r e s e n t i n g I s a i a h ,Mary, J o s e p h , a s h e p h e r d , a wise man, Pet e r , Mary Magdalene , and J o h n .

Dec. 1 7 t h e Seminary C h r i s t m a s p a r t y :w as h e l d i n t h e e v e n i n g . Wi t h e v e r y o n eg a t h e r e d a round t h e C h r i s t m a s t r e e , an imp ro m pt u p ro g ra m was f o l l o w e d by g i f t e xc h a n g e .

Dec . 1 8 t h e r e w as a n a n n i v e r s a r y d i nn e r i n h o n o r o f Lloyd and M a ri vi c S el by ,w ho w e r e m a r r i e d D e c . 1 9 , 1 9 8 1 .

Dec . 24 w as t h e A p a r r i C h u r c h o fC h r i s t C h r i s t m a s p r o g r a m . T h e r e w e r e s p ec i a l numbers by e a c h d ep a rtm en t o f t h eSunday S c h o o l . Harvey b r o u g h t t h e mess a g e

Dec. 25 we began o u r day by g o i n g t oC.V.C.H. t o s e e t h e c h i l d r e n open t h e i rg i f t s . At 6:00 p .m. t h e m i s s i o n a r i e s h adC h r i s t m a s d i n n e r t o g e t h e r a t S e l b y s and ag i f t e x c h a n g e .

D e c . 3 0 t h e B r o th e r h o o d C h o ir f r o mC r u z a d a S t . C h u r c h i n M a n i l a p r e s e n t e d a

C h r i s t m a s c o n c e r t i n t h e A p a r r i C h u r c h .The young p e o p l e wh o s i n g i n t h e c h o i r a r es tuden t s i n M a n i la . T h e d i r e c t o r i s R u t h

Lopez o f A p a r r i , d a u g h t e r o f Mr . an d Mrs .L a u r e a n o L o p e z .

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D ec . 31 New Ye a r s E ve p r o g r a m a t t h ec h u r c h . We cam e home e a r l y .

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Seminairy s t a f f h a d a p o t l u c k d i n n e r an dt e s t i m o n y m e e t i n g f rom 12 t o 3 : 3 0 . O une w y e a r began w i t h a b e a u t i f u l sunny day.

J a n . 7 6 p . m . New Ye a r s B a n q u e t ,g a l a o c c a s i o n f o r Semina r f a c u l t y a n ds t a f f . Hairvey gave t h e b e n e d i c t i o n a t 11H e l e n p r e s e n t e d a p i a n o s o l o .

REPORT OF MISSION FUND, 1982B a l a n c e o n h an d J a n .

R e c e i v e d i n 1 9 8 2

E3q>enses :Salary 3 ,600.00Transpor ta t i cm ( A i r Fare ) 3 ,000 .00P r i n t i n g 82.46P o s tage 22 0 .43

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Our g r a t e f u l t h a n k s t o t h o s e wh o haves o g e n e r o u s l y c c a i t r i b u t e d t o o u r m i s s i o nfund o v e r t h e p a s t t h re e y e a r s . Our n e e d shave a lw ays been s u p p l i e d , and we haven e v e r b e e n i n w a n t . We t h a n k God, whmoved you t o g i v e , and d i d s o e s p e c i a l l ya t t i m e s when o u r e s q s e n s e s f o r t r a v e l w e r eh e a v y. We a s k t h a t s u p p o r t b e ccx i t i nuedt h r o u g h t h e month o f J u n e . We hope t op u b l i s h o n e more i s s u e o f t h e n e w s le t t e rt o i n fo rm you o f o u r r e t u r n and t r a v e l s i nt he U . S . a n d C a n a d a .

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Househo ld Help 6 7 3 . 4 0Misc . Househo ld E i ^ e n s e s 7 0 . 0 0Gas f o r Stove and R e f r i g e r a t o r 5 8 6 . 4 0F o o d 9 5 2 . 5 5

l o thes 2 2 . 5 0

S t a t i m e r y 3 3 . 5 5P o s t a g e 5 1 8 . 7 5

T r a n s p o r t a t i m 3 1 . 0 0P e r s m a l I t ems 2 3 . 5 0

M e d i c i n e , D r . , Vi t a m i n s 9 5 . 9 0I lo ca no L es sm s 8 5 . 0 0

Te leg ram 7 5 . 6 0V i s a E x t e n s i m 6 0 3 . 2 0

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w as o b t a i n e d i n J a n u a r y.To t a l 1982 peso expense , - 33 ,532 .80 .

Approx. monthly ave . - 3,725 = 438.

NOTICEABLE CHANGES IN 3 YEARS

When we f i r s t came i n 1 9 8 0 t h e r e w e r e

very, very few ca r s . There are many oft h e m n o w .

L i t t l e c h i l d r e n have grown a l o t i n 3yea r s , and some who did not t a l k much nowsay, Good morning, Lola, i f we meet int h e morn ing on t h e campus .

The Aparri Church has grown. Recentlywe h a v e u n d e r t a k e n o u r f i r s t F a i t h - P r o m i s eProgram. There are Bible s tud ie s in thetow n, and t h e F i l i p i n o f a m i l i e s , seem t ow e l c o m e a B i b l e t e a c h e r i n t h s i r h o m e s .C m v e r t s c c r o e f r o m t h i s ^

F I N A N C I A L S TAT E M E N T

B a l a n c e 1 , 1 3 9 . 9 1

Income - D e c . , J a n . , F e b . 1 , 4 5 0 . 0 22 , 7 2 1 . 9 1

E : ^ e n s e s :Harvey B e a r d 900 .00 i r Fare 3 0 0 . 0 0

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The s e a s h o r e h a s changed . The c u rr e n t h a s e r o d e d a I m g s t r i p o f t h e s h o r e .H o u s e s t h a t w e r e n e a r t h e s h o r e a r e g m e .The o i l companies have l a rg e s t o ra g e ta nk sn e a r the^ s h o r e . They a r e n e a r e r now.

M o r m m s a n d J e h o v a h s w i t a i e s s ^ a r ehe re . How good i t i s t h a t o u r s tudentsa r e o u t w i t n e s s i n g i n t h e community.

Th e Seminary dorms a r e f u l l t o capaci t y t h i s y e a r . The Seminary c h a p e l wa s enl a r g e d with a ne w e n t r a n c e a t t h e reau:.Ne w s i d e w a l k s w e r e l a i d a r o m d t h e b u i l di n g t o t h e new e n t r a n c e .

A h o u s e i s u n d e r c m s t r u c t i m f o rLloyd and Mar iv ic Selby. I t adjo ins t h eSelby res idence and has tw o f l o o r s withg ar ag e s pa ce m t h e ground l e v e l . Thereare p l ans f o r a new Seminary bu i ld ing onn e a r b y p r o p e r t y .

Th e C h i l d r e n s Home h a s expanded w i t h

o v e r 30 c h i l d r e n n o w. Wa l l s a n d t e r r a c e sa re no w b e i n g b u i l t i n f r m t o f t h e Home.A graded and rock sur faced ent rance roadw a s f i n i s h e d t h i s y e a r .

Mail service lias improved. Mail usedt o come t o A p a r r i m c e o r twice a week-Then i t came t h r e e days a week, and s i n c e

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Ou r l a s t days i n A p a r r i were q u i t eb u s y w i t h c l e a r i n g o u t o u r apa r tmen t s o r ti n g , p a c k i n g mai l ing . S a t u r d a y March 5was t h e b i r t h d a y p a r t y a t t h e C h i l d r e n sHome. H e le n s p ia no p u p i l s a t t h e Homegave a r e c i t a l b ef o re t h e p a r t y .

On Sunday March 6 t h e Apar r i ChurOho f C hr i s t gave a d e s p e d i d a f o r us a n d Jo yC o l l i n s a t 4 p.m. I t wa s h e l d i n t h e p a t i oa t t h e c hu rc h, w i t h s pe ec he s, g i f t s f o r u s ,a nd m e r i e n d a f o o d ) .

Monday March 7 P r u d e n c i a P e ne y r a i nv i t e d u s t o c o m e t o h e r h o u s e f o r a d e l i c i

o u s s u p p e r o f F i l i p i n o f o o d .E r n i e a n d J a n i e R u t h e r f o r d i n v i t e d u s

t o have suppe r a t t h e i r home on Wednesdaya n d b r e a k f a s t on T h u r s d a y March 1 0 t h eday we l e f t . They a ls o o ff er e d t o d r i v e ust o t h e a i r p o r t i n Tu g u e g a r a o . We a r e

g r a t e f u l f o r t h e i r k i n d n e s s . At 10 a . m . wes a i d goodbye t o t h e f r i e nd s wh o h a d come t osa y f a r e w e l l , and g o t i n t h e c a r . S e v e r a lwere going t o Tuguegarao w i t h u s . We s a i dgoodbye t o them when i t was t ime t o boardt h e a i r p l a n e . We were met a t t h e a i r p o r ti n M a n i l a b y C h a r l e s S e l b y, wh o h e l p e d usg e t t o t h e C h r i s t i a n M i s s i o n a r y A l l i a n c eG u e s t H o u s e .

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e r , Mrs . B e l l a Te n o r i o , s a n g s o l o s . H e l e na c c o m p a n i e d t h e s i n g e r s .

F i n a l e x a m i n a t i o n s w e r e T h u rs d a y a n dF r i d a y , Feb . 2 4 - 2 5 . T h u r s d a y a t 4 p.m. t h e

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T h u r s d a y , F e b . 24 a t 7 : 3 0 p . m . w as t h eS e n i o r N i g h t p r o g r a m . The p r o g r a m a t t h i sl a s t c h a p e l s e r v i c e o f t h e y e a r w a s p r es e n t e d by c a n d i d a t e s f o r c e r t i f i c a t e s a nd e g r e e s . The p r o g r a m i n c l u d i n g t a l k s ,S c r i p t u r e r e a d i n g , s p e c i a l m u s i c , a n d S e n

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i o r P r e d i c t i o n s a n d B e q u e a t h a l , w as g i v e nby th e 7 men and 7 women c a n d i d a t e s .

F r i d a y, Feb. 25, was th e Cand ida te sBanquet, on e o f th e very s p e c i a l even t s o ft h e y e a r . Nine o f t h e c a n d i d a t e s gave ademonstra t ion on persona l evangel ism. Theg ue st s pe ak er f o r th e even ing wa s Bro. RoyMayfie ld , a Wyc li ff e B ib le Tr a n s l a t o r v iow o r k s w i t h a N e g r i t o t r i b e .

Su nd ay, F eb . 27 B a cc al au re at e S e rv ic ewas h e l d a t t h e A p a r r i Church o f C h r i s t a t7:30 p.m. Bro. Charles Selby was th e bacc a l a u r e a t e s p e a k e r .

Monday Feb. 28 a t 5:30 p.m. was th eAparr i Bible Seminary p i c n i c . The meal wa sse rved i n t h e Seminary ya rd . At 7:30 th eA . B . S . Drama C l a s s , w i t h t h e t e a c h e r Mrs .Leolinda Colunvna presented a program^ Sixdrama t i c r ead ings and t h r e e comple te dramaswere p r e s e n t e d .

Tuesday a t 7:30 p.m. th e f i r s t meet ingo f t h e a n n u a l

C o n f e r e n c eon E v a n g e l i s m was

h e l d a t t h e Seminary. Th e conference themew as C om mi t T h o u t o F a i t h f u l M e n . M e e ti ng s c on ti nu ed a l l da y Wednesday and Thursda y with some s p e c i a l meetings fo r thewomen I / iwel l Applebury l e c t u r e d on Dis-c i p l i n g . Most o f th e program wa s p r e s e n te d by F i l i p i n o s i n t h e I l o c a n o l a n gu a ge .

F r i d a y, March 4 a t 7:30 p . m . Commencem e n t e x e r c i s e s w e r e h e l d a t t h e A p a r r iC h u r c h o f d i r i s t T he commencemen t s p e a k e rwa s Mr Lowell Applebury o f B ak ers f i e ld ,C a l i f . Rogelio B Guillermo was va led ic

t o r i a n , and Alejandro A Agresor wa s s a l u t -t o r i a n . Spec ia l music was presen ted byTh e A . B . S . Conce r t Cho i r, d i r e c t e d by Mrs.Rebecca D Lopez . Mr . Char l e s S e l b y, p r e si d e n t o f th e Seminary, presen ted th e d i p l om a s a n d c e r t i f i c a t e s

F U T U R E P L A N S

Ou r f i r s t p r i o r i t y i s t o g e t s e t t l e da n d make o u r h o u s e l i v e a b l e . O ur t e n a n t s

l e f t t h e house i n good c o n d i t i o n , with seve r a l rooms newly p a i n t e d .

Harvey w i l l devote himse l f t o w r i t i n gas soon as he ge t s h i s s tudy s e t up again .We w i l l speak on b eh alf o f missions when wea re c a l l e d upon. We w i l l a t tend th e N a t iona l Missionary Convention in Des Moines,Iowa. We w i l l p a r t i c i p a t e in th e Cal i foim-i a S c h o o l o f M i s s i o n s i n N o v e m b e r. N e x tApri l Harvey w i l l teach fo r tw o weeks in EP a s o S c h o o l of M i s s io n s .

We a re keep ing open th e p o s s i b i l i t y or e t u r n i n g t o th e mission f i e l d . Pray fo ru s, t h a t we w i l l follow th e L ord s le ad in gi n t h i s , and i n a l l t h a t we do .

A SHORT V I S I T TO HO NG KO NG

S i n c e we w i s h e d t o s e e Da n R e e s , w i t hwhom we had worked in Tha i l and in 1980, wdecided t o stay tw o days in Hong KongDan s p a r e n t s , William and Melba Rees.kindly prov ided us a place t o s t a y. BroRees me t us a t th e a i r p o r t and e s c o r t e d ut o t h e i r apartment. We found Dan in goos p i r i t s a f t e r suffe r ing so much from h ia c c i d e n t ove r a y e a r befo re . He had r eceived h is pros thes i s a r t i f i c i a l leg) anwas beginning t o l e a m how t o use i t .

Wayful and Helen Je w he lped w ith our

e r r a n d s i n Ho ng K on g. F i r s t t h e y t o ok uto a C h i n e s e r e s t a u r a n t f o r t ea H e l e n J e w

e s c o r t e d us by subway t r a i n from Kcwloon tHong Kong I s l and . On th e way back she leus t o McDonald s f o r app le p i e . T hu r s d ay,March 24 we lef t Hong Kong t o go t o J a p a n .

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1 5 -18 . From Aparr i came M M Ern ie Rutherfo rd and Ja son , M M Char l e s Se lby, M MHarvey Beard , and Shi r l ey Toledo. FromCebu came M M Ray Carlson and M M Del-mar D e b a u l t . F rom D av ao Ci ty came M/MChar les L i t t e l l . Apartments a t th eB a p t i s t T h e o l o g i c a l Sem inary w erer e n te d f o r a c c o m m o d a t i o n s . We m e t t oge ther mornings an d evenings fo r s ingin g , p ra y e r , r e p o r ts by ead i missiona ry f ami ly, and B ib le s tu dy . Harveywa s t h e B i b l e t e a c h e r , w i t h s t u d i e s i n

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SHOKT REPORT ON A LONG TOUR

We l e f t Long Beach, Cal i f , on Apr i l 28in our Volkswagen M ic ro bu s, a nd re turned onJuly 9, a f t e r t r ave l l ing about 10,300miles . We had speaking appointments ineight churches during t ha t time. Gif ts andoffer ings from those churches an d from ind i v i d u a l s came t o 920 .98 . E : ^ e n s e s o f t h et o u r came t o 1 ,034 .13 . Of th e 72 n i g h t s

we were away f ro m home, four were spent inmotels . We s tayed in the homes of s i x r e la ti v es f o r a t o t a l o f 29 n i t s Othe r swho hospi tab ly received us fo r 1 , 2 o r 3nights were 23 persons an d 3 Bible Colleges. All were most gracious t o receiveu s , provide fo r o ur n ee ds , an d send us ono u r way r e j o i c i n g .

We drove nor th t h rough C a l i f o r n i a ,which was b e a u t i f u l i n s p r i n g c o l o r s , t henon t o Oregon, where we spent a week withdaughter Ruth Root an d family. In S e a t t l ewe s tayed 3 days with Mrs. J imenez, daugh -t e r o f t h e l a t e P a s t o r Peneyra o f Apar r i -After 4 days in B r i t i s h Columbia we hur r i edt o F a i r f i e l d , Nebraska , where we s p e n t aLord s Day. Then on t o Vi rg in i a , where wespen t 11 enjoyable days with o ur d au gh terMartha, h e r husband David Van Wormer, andAbigai l Joy, who was j u s t l ea rn ing t o walk.

Th e r e t u r n t r i p took us t o L i n c o l n ,N e b r a s k a to s e e D r . a n d M r s . S t e v e ple t tner

and family. Then we went t o Spr ingf ie ld ,Missour i t o see S i d and Mary Al l sbury andfamily. In Joplin we v i s i t ed members oft h e Morse f a m i l y . I n T u s l a we saw J , Ru ss M o r s e .

A very i n t e res t ing fea ture of our t r i pwas s eein g m is sio na rie s from Aparr i . InGrants P a s s , Oregon we sa w Joy C o l l i n s ,whom we h a d l e f t i n S e a t t l e a f t e r t r a v e ll i n g w i t h h e r from A p a r r i . In Eugene, Or egon we saw Sid and Marj B ou dr ea ux a nd Carolyn. In Sea t t l e we met Shir ley Toledo a t

the a i rpor t . In Vemon, Br i t i sh Columbiawe met L i s a Lewis , wh o i s going t o A p a r r it o be Carolyn Boudreaux s fourth gradet e a c h e r . In S u t t o n , Nebraska we met Lloydand Mar iv ic Selby, who l e f t Apar r i somet ime a f t e r we d i d . In J o p l i n we v i s i t e dwith Jamie, S co t t an d Dar la Boudreaux, an dR o b e r t a Pommer t . We h a d s e e n D e n n i s a n dL o r r i t a McKinney i n F u l le rt on , C a l i f , a fe wdays before we s t a r t e d the t r i p . We hada l s o seen Chuck a nd Mickey Richa rds i n LongBeach. In Gi l l e sp i e , I l l i n o i s , we saw theRoger Fletcher family, r ec ru i t s t o theP h i l i p p i n e s .

O t h e r s v i s i t e d i n c l u d e d H a r r o l d M c F a r-l and i n P l a c e r v i l l e , CA; Don and Mari lynLewis i n Vemon , BC; Dr. and Mrs. Pau l

Baker i n S c o t t s b l u f f , NE; Orr in Root i nCincinnati ; Mrs . Howard Davis an d daughterJudy in Artesia, N Tibbs Maxey and LelandTyrrel l in El Paso, TX; M M George Deckerin Amari l lo , TX; B i l l an d Sarah Gates inR io R anc ho, NM Wycliffe Bible Tr a ns l a t o r sHerman and B e s s i e Aschmann i n Tucson , AZ;Don But l e r, Ethe l Maupin, and the GordonC l i f f o r d f ami ly i n Campo, CA.

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We a r r i v e d a t Kagoshima Airpoi r t on ac l e a r and b e a u t i f u l a f t e r n o o n . Mark andPaul ine Maxey were wai t ing f o r us when wecame o u t o f customs. They drove us around

Kagoshima Bay t o Kanoya with a stop inTa r u m i z u f o r s u p p e r .Fr iday the Maxeys took us t o places a -

round Kanoya. We saw the church camp int h e mountains , t h e l i t t l e church a t Kush i -r a , and th e h i l l with th e fox s h r i n e andth e s ple nd id view from t h e summit. S a t u rda y in Kagoshima City we saw the monumentst o F r a n c i s Xavie r, t h e f i r s t C h r i s t i a n m issionary t o Japan. Sunday was a busy day,w it h f o u r c h u r c h s e r v i c e s . F i r s t t h e l e p e rcolony, then the church in Kanoya. In thea f t e r n o o n we went t o Sueyosh i , and from

there t o Kagoshima Ci ty. Here we met Wa lt e r Mark Maxey and h i s wife and tw o c h i l dren , an d had supper w ith them. Then theevening church se rv i ce i n the Yoshinoc h u r c h in t h e i r h o u s e .

Monday morning th e Maxeys took us t oth e Kagoshima r a i l r o a d s t a t i o n . We had ana l l da y r i de t o Kobe. At th e Shin-kobestat ical George and Ethe l Beckman an d Mart inand Evelyn Cla rk met us and took us t oB e c k m a n s h o u s e .

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Beckman H i n s o n i n w h o s e h o u s e we s p e n t t h en i g h t . T h u r s d a y we w e n t t o s e e Vi v i a n Lem-m o n i n h e r h o m e i n T a n a b e . That a f t e r n o o n

w e r e t u r n e d t o B e c k m a n s house

S a t u r d a y we t o o k t h e t r a i n i n t o O k a -

yama P r e f e c t u r e w h e r e K e i t h Summers a n dLeone C o l e m e t u s a t t h e H a y a s h i n o s t a t i o n .T h e y t o o k u s t o t h e C h r i s ti a n C e n t e r i n Yu-n og o w here we h a d s u pp er a n d v i s i t e d . N e x td ay w a s E a s t e r a n d t h e r e w as a s u n r i s es e r v i c e o n a h i l l a t E m i . A t 1 : 3 0 f o u r

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c h u r c h e s m et t o g e t h e r a t t h e C h ri s ti a n Ce nt e r . T he re w ere tw o se rm o n s an d s p e c i a lm u s i c a n d a p o t - l u c k d i n n e r .

Monday A p r i l 4 we r e t u r n e d t o B e c k -m a n s w h e r e Wa r r e n C h r i s t i a n s e n m et u s a n dt o o k u s i n hi s c a r t o h i s h o m e i n A s a s h i n a

Nagano . We s p e n t a week w i t h t h e C h r i st i ansons W h i l e the re w e v i s i t e d t h e S h i n -

s h u B i b l e Camp K aru izaw a a nd Mt. Asamaw e n t s h o p p i n g i n Baku C i t y an d v i s i t e d t h e

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C h r i s t i a n s o n s E n g l i s h c l a s s e s . Sundaym o r n i n g c h u r c h s e r v i c e was h e l d i n t h em e e t i n g room i n C h r i s t i a n s o n s home .

Monday A p r i l 1 1 Warre n t o o k u s t o Tok y o w h e r e we s t a y e d w i t h B i l l an d B e t t yT u r n e r . Tu e s d a y t h e T u r n e r s t o o k u s t oSayama t o s e e t h e c h e r r y b l o s s o m s an d . toh a v e a p i c n i c w i t h t h e Dale W i l k i n s o n s .T h u r s d a y A p r i l 1 4 W arre n t o o k u s t o N a r i t a

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