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THE

CEBU

CHRIST IAN

Pub l i c a t i on

o f

Cebu Chri st ian Mission,

P. O.

Box

41 ,

Cebu City, Philippines

A M ER IC A NS A N D

TH E

HUKS

A

recent article

in

th e

Chicago

Daily

News f rom Mani la r epor te d t he follow

ing:

Americans are No .

1 Targets

of

Philippine Huk

killers.

Communist

H uk ba la ha ps g un

fo r

Yanks , Defense Secret ary Ramon Mag-

saysay

warns,

i n o rd er

to discredit

this

republic

an d it s government

in

Uncle

Sam s

eyes and to

sabotage Phil ippine

ef for t s

to

se cu re a dd it io na l f in an cia l

and arm s aid f rom Wash i ng ton .

It

is a diabolical

game

of

hit-and-

run a t tacks . Magsaysay

charges,

opera

t ed upon o rd er s

f rom ou ts ide

th e coun

try.

Americans killed

by Huk maraud

ers

in recent raids,

he

says, were vi c

tims of

a

deliberate at tempt to lessen

Amer ican fai th in

t hi s r epub li c s

abil

it y

*0

main ta in interna l peace and

to

play it s full

role

in the

Pacific

defense

pattern.

They

hope

tha t

Washington, alarm

ed by this weak ne ss , w ill d im in is h its

handouts

of

money

and weapons to

Mani la , Magsaysay repo rt s.

The political probl ems in th e Philip

pines do

not m ean in any way that

op

portunities

to

p re ac h t he

Gospel

there

ar e at an end. T he re are m an y areas in

which the-Huks-arc

n ot a ct iv el y o pe r

at ing.

E ve n w h er e th e c om m un is ts a re m o st

active,

Filipino

p reache r s a r e

going for

ward w ith

evangelism.

These troubled

t imes

require

m ore than ever before a

vigorous

presentation

of

the p lan

of

s al va ti on i n C h ri st J es us t h a t is th e on

ly hope of

th e

world

and^he

Philip

pines.

Is

th i s

t h e c on v en ie n t season

in

the

Philippines?

Perhaps not,

but if we

wait

for p rop i ti ous occasions to do

the

Lord s work

we

will

never

go to

any

fo reign mission field.

A young woman was recently ap

p ro ac he d by her well-meaning friends

who tried to discourage her f rom going

into

th e possible dangers

foun d on

th e

foreign

mission

field. Y ou

miglit not

come back, th ey w arned. The

Great

Commission says that I

must go,

sh e

replied courageously,

it

doesn t say

anyth ing abou t

coming back.

BERNABE IN D A V A C

Brother

Santiago

Bernabe

in the

great

c ity o f Davao

j.s

doing good work

in

establishing

a

New

Testament

people in

that

are?. Th e city lim its o f

this impor tan t abaca (Mani la hemp)

producing center cover a

larger area

than those of Los Angeles, California.

Brother

Bernabe tells of preaching to

five di ffe rent groups

every first

day

of

th e

week.

Thr ou gh t he wee k

he teach

es sc ho ol

to

support

himself

and his

family.

He is

one o f t ho se converted in

the jail

in Cebu and

t ra ined

in Cebu

B ib le S em in ar y. D av ao i.s th e largest

city o n t he immense and undeveloped

island

of Mindanao,

Wc ar e happy that

someone is bearing a witness f or C l ir is t

in

this

place.

RAY

and

IMOGENE

CARLSON

Miss ion ar ies

R EA DY TO R ETU RN

Ray C ar ls on

T he A m er ic an P re sid en t

l ines

ha v e

informed us tha t t he f re ig ht er faces

now

from San Francisco to

t he Phi li p

pines

is 385.

Each

of

o ur th re e boys

will require a

half-fare

ticket. We

would l ik e to be ab le

to

leave on o r

about

th e

firs t

o f Aug us t. D es ig na te d

gifts

toward

this

t rave l

f un d s ho uld

be

s en t

within th e nex t s ix w ee ks. W o uld

your mission group like to be recog

ni zed a s

among th e thirty sending

50

fo r

passage

of

th e

Carlson

family

that

we

might

beg in the

eleventh

year of

work in

Cebu? Rec ogni ti on

and

reg

ular

reports of this project will be

made

in

t he C h ri st ia n S ta n da rd .

VILLAGRACIA

LETTER

April

1I held a two S un day ev an

gelistic

mee ti ng i n B al amba n a nd

have

found many prospects. I baptized

tw o

and o ne o f th ese

is a c le rk

in

th e m un i

c ip al b ui ld in g a nd anotl ier is a fa i thful

brother living near Brother Bantilis.

Mrs. Pagba

is active

in t he as signmen t

I

have

given her in

th e

jo b of

gathering

the children every

Sunday

afternoon

in

Ab u n o .

I am

closing t he Sem ina ry tiiis

12th

of

April. The Mart ir es

church is pro

gressing bu t we are .still w ork in g fo r

th e

monthly

land rentalespecially

since s ome h av e

failed

in th ei r

respon

sibility in this recently.

We arc going

with

Sister

Pagba and

some of

the

others

to

M edellin and

Daan Bant ay an

nex t Sat urday

an d

se e

thing.s o ve r th er e again . I ll talk

with

Brother

Ibanez

abou t how to secure

that

land

he spoke of tor the church

buildingwill

have

m eetings for two

nights .

Sta tes Address :

P. O. Box 7, Latonia Stat ion

Covington,

Kentucky

On

th e

15th, Ti l

go to Negros to

dedi

cate

the new

Camingdangan church,

and hold meetings for tw o weeks. We

have f ou r

prospects

to be baptized this

week in

Mar t i r e s .

H av e n ot b een able to do much call

ing

recently be cau se o f

th e classes

I

teach

in th e

Seminary from

9:30 - 11:30

A.M. Then I go

home

to

Talisay and

am

back in the city by 1:30 P.M. and

visit a bo ut u nti l 4:00 P.M. Afte r

this

I

have

my

tw o classes in Southwestern

College working

toward

my

A.B.

From

7:00 to 8:00 P.M., I teach

th e

evening

class

in th e

Seminary.

I

have received many inv it at ions and

calls

to

preach, but

I

cannot please

ev

erybody of course. How hard when

you

are no t here

BOYS SUPPORT

The church

at Cherokee,

Iowa and

that

at

Corona. California have each

indicated their purpose or supporting

on e

of our t hr ee boy s t o

th e extent

of a

dollar

a

day. Thank

God

fo r t he f ai th

of

t ho se who hold up our hands

in

this

respect.

Who will do

the same for Teddy

ou r

three yea r

old? We are

praying.

MISSIONS: HOME OR FOREIGN?

I f We

wa i t

un t i l a l l

a t

h om e are

con-

verted, we will never do any

foreign

mission

work .

The New

Tes tamen t

church

sent

i ts b est w ork ers abroad.

Paul

di d

no t stay eith er at Jeru salem

nor

Antioch.

He was ever

anx ious

to

preach C hrist w here H e

had

not

been

named. He was

unwilling

to build on

other men s foundations.

T he p ro blem is not missions: home

OR foreign : but mis sions: home

AND

foreign.

Are we doing as much for

others

as

we are

doing

for ourse lves?

Eve ry chu rc h suppo rt ing a full-time

minister

could

probably

support

an

evangelist abroad if a ll loved an d gave

as they should.

Every

person is

either

a

missionary

or a mission field.

Harry

Schaefer

COMPARISON

We have ten missionar ies in the

Philippine.s

t.o

evangelize eighteen mi l

l io n p eo ple on over

seven

thousand

is

lands .

The Roman Catholic church has

282

Amer ican mis sionar i es a lone in

th e

Islands

after

430

years of papal effort.

Catholic

missionar ies

never

take fu r

loughs,

T H A N K S

We tha nk the

Lord

every day fo r

your

unselfis n

help in making this

min

istry

possible

to

th e

pe op le o f

Cebu.

Please

pray that every p rovi sion wil l

continue to be

made and that

we

might

have

o ur tr av el

fund

bv the first ot

August.

Wo cannot fail th e

Filipinos

and our eight Cebua nn Chu rc he s

in

t he se d ay s when t he y must

build

every

spiritual

an d

moral force po.-sible

to

meet th e days

of

t es ti ng ahead .


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MAHCH MISSION MEETING

*Iiiiogene Carlson*^

Bir thday Gree tings to

Cebu

Chiistian Mission

On March 22nd, Cebu

Christian

Mission

celebrates i ts

thirteenth birthday

As we

glance

backward we must

stop and thank the Heavenly

Faither for

His wonderful loving

care and constant guidance. learned to

rely

on Him as never before for everything

w

had or did, fikjmetimes

w

have been a

bit

discouraged

and

blue, but when w think back

to early 19/1 when there

were no Ch\irches

of

Christ and

reneanber

how lonely we

were

for

the fellowship of Christian brethren and then look at the

field

today and see

the many

churches and hundreds

of

Christiana,

w feel

a s

i f much

has been accomplished

in spite

o f

o u r

human

weaknesses .

There are now 18 Qiurches of Christ

in the

Southern Philipoines and many Philippine

C h r i s t i a n s

How would you

like

to

take

a tr ip

with

me

today

to one

of

the

Provincial

Churches

and meet

some

of

the brethren.

We'l l go

to

Santander, the S outhern most

tip

of

the

Island

of Cebu about eighty miles south of

Cebu

City. Ranember now you are only

ten

degrees

from

the equator so dress accordingly in cool cottons. Before

w

start

out from our house

in

San

Isidro,

w

must

check to be sure everything necessary for the

trip

is here. Drink

ing water, lunch, generator, mikes, speakers, recorders, records,

slides

and machine pic

ture

screen, song books folding cots, mosquito nets, pillows, and sheets. Well, maybe

i f

so many of you

want

to go, we'd better dispense with the cots and

just

go native and

sleep on mats on the

split

bamboo floor. Well here

w

go, The roads

are

awful, You say.

Oh,

these

are good roada. The

bad road don ' t s t a r t fo r

awhile.

Then

we have

bad roads

and

awful roads and then a stretch of good

roads

before the terrible roads begin. That's one

reason for t he p il lows, besides

a t

night of

course

Was

that

a

t ire?

Ch, Well,

we'll

just

have

to

take

i t

off

and

roll

i t

back

to that

last town. Yes

i t s pretty

hot

in

the sun, even at seven in the morning, but

this

is

stfill winter,

friend.

After a vrtiile

i t

will be really hot. Oh,

the

crowd? Of course-

they love

to

stare at Americans, They are really

very

friendly and want

to

be

helpful.

We'll give them some

tracts

and Sunday School papers. See, those big

children

can read

them. They've been to

school.

Well,

here

we

are

back

in the

l i t t l e town.

Now

to find

a service station.- Ch, brod, Hain be ang mangayo sa ligid? Salamat uh . He says the

service station

is

a block over that way. Ch yes

here

i t

is,- Say bred, we want to get

this

t i re fixed What?

He

says

they

only have a

bicycle

pvmp.

I t wil l take

a t

least

an

hour now, maybe two- Well

nothing to

do,

but

wait.

Let 's

go over

to the

beach and res t

under

those

coconut

trees,-

Oh

yes

-

the

crowds again. Well, why

not

have a meeting

here.

Let's sing

sokb

choruses and

hymns.

Then we'll

talk

a

l i t t l e bit

about

the

Church, Yes,

t hey a re really

interested. Too bad

we can't

stop here

a l l

day with

the

equipment and

hold

a

real

meeting. Perhaps

seme

day we

can,-

Well, wonder

i f

the t i r e s

finished

yet?

I^et's go over and see- Cfti not

yet?

Well, they were

tired

and had to rest awhile 1 guess.

can't rush them Well, at last

now

we

can roll i t

back to the car. Well what do you

know? These folks

are holding

a

meeting

here too.

Well,

that

was quickly put on.

Were

on our

way

again. Yes, here

come

and bad roads.

Somebody

i n

bac k b e t t e r

hlld

the records. Watch t h a t

recorder.

See t h a t old Catholic

Church? I t boks centuries old. Probably one of

the

first on the

island.

We'll pass many

of

them

pretty soon,-

Say

who's

hungry,

'i^at

old

woman with th e basket

on

her

head i s

selling babinkas, rice cakes,.,Pretty good aren't they?

I t s

about noon so l e t s

stop

and have

lunch.

This rice i s s t i l l hot.

You know

i f

we

r o l l i t

up

i n

banana

leaves i t

stays hot for ever

so

long,, ,Would anybody l i k e to l i e down fo r a few minutes under those

t rees, we can

cut

same banana leaves and make a bed,,. Well, better s tar t

aga in . We'll

be

passing thru mountains soon

and

drive

along

the coast a t

the

same

time.

The

scenery


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is really

beautirul^

i s n t ita See

those

old towers along

the

c oa st t he re ? Those are

old Spanish

watch

towers. Cebu was ttie first Spanish settlement in the islands. They

had

lots of trouble

from the tribes

in Miit j Uiao

the

Mohammedansfor

a long times

Those

towers

a re probably a t l e a s t four hundred years

old an d

maybe o ld e r. They re s t i l l in

good condition t o o . The

Spaniards

r e a l l y b u i l t good w alls an d

stone

churches. Of course

most

o f i t

was

slave labor. We

ca n

be glad t h a t a l l o f t h a t f i n a l l y

stopped

with the

Spanish-American

war.

We re

been d r i v i n g f o r almost f o u r h o u r s . Now w e l l soon be i n S a n t a n d e r . Th e

f o lk s

will have a lusbh ready for us probably in

th e

store

o f Brother

Januario

Hoyohoy. Ah-

here we are.

I t s

j u s t l i t t l e town. There s th e eleaentary

school.

Over

t h e r e s

-ttie

church.

Quite

a n ie e

building

i s n t i t ? I t s a l l made o f hard wood. The Mission gave

t h a th e aluminum f o r th e r o o f when

t h e y

f i r s t s t a r t e d t o b u i l d i n 1947. Each y e a r

a t

Christdias

time

we gave them a l i t t l e t o help on th e building^ but they h av e d on e most

of i t themselves.

This

Church has quite a history. The old ^ s . Hoyohoy was one of the

f i r s t P r o t e s t a n t s

o n t h e i s l a n d .

S he

a nd

h e r h us ba nd w er e c o n v e r t e d o v e r

o n

t h e

i s l a n d

o f Negros there a t t h a t

point

across th e channel a t Dumaguete. They came back by s a i l

boat with t h e i r New. BLble

hidden

i n a la rg e

c la y

J a r

o f

r i c e .

He r husband was t h e band

leader for th e Roman Catholic Churchy Nhen

they

qui t

going to Churchy th e

p r i e st

g ot

a f t e r

them.

Then he

discovered

t h a t

they

ha d

Joined

t he P r es be te ri an

Qiurch an d ha d

in

fluenced some o f

t h e i r

f r i e n d s t o do

the

same. The

p r i e s t was

very

angry

an d g o t many

Catholics to got

after tha in their service

in

their

hone one Sunday. The new converts

went out 6f their house

to

hide and were chased

wi th c lub s

and bolos long

knives . One

o f

t h e mean waskilled a f t e r th e y had,run

t h r u

the r i v e r bed a long

way.

The

p r i e s t

wa s

i n the penetentiary fo r awhile

because

o f h is

crime.

There i s a marker a t

th e

spot not

far from

the present

church building where

the man

was killed. Tiiese people later left-

th e

Pr esbyt er i an

church

and

Joined anot her church c a l l e d U niversalist

Church

o f C hr is t,

I t was the same as the Pre8byterim bixt no t affi l i at ed with them. One of

the

daughters

of

Mrs. Hoyohoy

visited ihe Martires

Qiurch o f

Christ

in Cebu, and

wa s

l a t e r

baptized,

sh e an d

a l l h e r

family. So th e word sp r e a d t o Santander a b o u t

f u r t h e r

t r u t h an d a church

o f

the

N.T. So Brother Ray Carlson was

i n v i t e d

to go

an d

hold

a meeting t here in June

1947.

Aft er

a two

weeks meeting,

th e

whole

church

came

f or wa rd a nd

everyone

old

e n o u ^

wa s b a p tise d . They l e f t

the

o ld b ui ld in g a s they wanted no trouble with

t h e o th e r

group.

So they bbarted th eir own building.

Most

o f

th e churches put u p cheap bui l di ngs i n a hurzy. These fplk d i d n t .

They

sai d th e y wanted t o have a

building

t h a t would be

standing

fo r t h e i r grandchildren s

c h i l d r e n t o

u s e .

Well th e folks have a hot lunch

i t

will really be ou r suppoer, so e a t h e ar ti ly

ready

fo r

us

here

i n

the s t o r e of Brother Joyohoy.

I s n t tiiis

roasted

pig good? You l l

have

t o se e

scmetime

how they r o a s t them on long bamboo pol es o v e r open f i r e s .

We w i l l have t o

s e t

up

th e generator and s t r i n g up t h e

l i g h t s

before

dark so

w e d

b e t t e r

get s t a r t e d .

R oll the

generator back of

the Church. Some o f

the

local boys w i l l

climb up on th e r a f t e r s and arrcmge the wires for

th e l i ^ t s .

W e ll have to g e t th e loud

speakers up high on the

outside

o f the church. Now everything i s in readiness. A

fe w

records coming

over the speakers w i l l

announce

to everyone

i n town

about th e

meeting,

tonight. We ca n nudce

announcoaents

concerning

i t

and tomorrows

meeting.

Time t o begin the

meeting.

Miss Cresencia Labrado is

going

to

lead th e song service.

How

do you l ik e t he ir singing? Pretty good,

i s n t i t .

Mrs.

Carlson wi l l

play

the folding

organ. Qie s teaching some

of

the g ir ls

to

play. Perhaps in

another

year Patria Hoyohoy

ca n play

fo r

th e

hymns. Hear those

children^

Miss

Betty

Yarbrough i s

giving

a

fine

fan-

elgraphy. She

t e l l s

i t so well,

and

the a d u l t s press

close

to see i t too.

Now

comes

time

fo r

the

sermon.

Brother

Ray

Carlson

w i l l

preach

i n

th e

d i a l e c t .

r e a l l y speaks v e r y w e l l i n t h e i r language.


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6rot]:^r Alston Knight \4ill show

slides.

He i s new here

and so hasn t

mastered the

language yet. But give him a few years.

He ll

be running i t off his tongue as

glibbly

a t

t h e rest

Brother

Villagracia

will e^lain

the pictures

in the dialect. ow closely tiie people

are

pressing inl All the seats were gone long

ago.

They stand in

the aisles

and even out

side and lean

in

the

windows. They

are

hungry for

God s

Word.

I f they

just

weren t so a f

raid

of

the priests maxyr more would take a stand for Christ and

leave

the Roman Catholic

C h u r c h

Four young men came forward tonight

to

confess their Lord.

They ll

be baptized in

ei ther

the sea

or

the

r i v e r

tcmorrow ri^t after

morning

worship. One

of

the

boys says

he wants

to

go to Cebu Bible Seminary and learn a l l about the

Bible

and be a preacher.

e must make i t possible for him to study there.

The

boys can scêeze him into the dor

mitory arri I m sure

the

Lord will provide for his food i f he is resLlly sincere and

will

work l i k e th e o th er boys.

The records are being played again. Such a crowdl I t s hard to

get

to

the

door. The

brethren are so happy

to

have us ccmie. So many of the town s people are here. Perhaps the

w i l l

be

Chris t ians

some

day.

Scmie

of

the boys

of

the church

will sleep here

tonight

in

the church watching the

equipment. We 111

wheel

the gerator inside the church. They ll take good care of every

th ing.

Are

you

all

very

tired?

I m sure you

are

after

that

long tiring

trip

over the bad

roads

amd no s ies ta

this

aifternoon. The

brethren

have infomed us that we wil l

a l l

sleep

^tB8t}êr Melchizedek Hoyohoy s house. les^ the

Hoyohoys

are one

of

the main families

here. Bach of them has a large family too.

The

mats are

a ll

down on the

floor.

Th

^ r l s

and

ladies w i l l

sleep here i n t h is room and the men there . Everyone hang

your

mosqîito

net

before

they

blow

out the

lamp and get

your pillow and

sheets

arranged.

Good n i ^ t

Good

morning, do we a l l look l ike zebras with stripes on our backs? e should,

af ter

sleeping on those bamboo floors. The p|gs and

chickens

and goats have been running around

under the house for a t

least

two hours making hungry

noises.

-

This

way, folks, to the

faucet. Just stand i n l ine

here

on

the

road

and

wash your face and hands.

Put

your mirror

i n the car and you can âve very well . Here I ll pour water fpcaa

t h i s

coconut

shel l

over

your hands, then you do

i t

for me.

Just

wet

yoxir

tooth brush and

spit

over the side.- The

bus is

stopping loaded

with people. How they stare

at a l l the

Americans performing their

abolutionsi

Never;,mind.

Just

grin

and act

l ike

you ve waêd

yp

in

front

of the mult itude

a l l your

l ives.

Really

there s

nothing to i t l

Ch, breidcfast

is

to be at

the

Chief of Pol ice s house. Brother Alejandro Joyohoy s

house.

They a r e

the

most

hospitable familyalways feeding

and

sleeping

us.

What exce ll en t f fe sh

f i s h

I And

the papayai

lia. So good. And

the

hot r i c e and

scrambl

eggs.

How

do you like the thick chocolate? Tasty i sn t i t They always serve more than we

c a n eat

Daghang salamat

for

the lovely breakfast , folks , everyone says.

And

now to the

church. e

must check

the equipnent

before Simday School bîns .

Tes, everything is

a l l

r i g h t

Sunday School

with

such a

fine audience.

The singing

is grand.

Everyone

joins in the

c l a s s d i s c u s s i o n s

Now

for

the morning

worship.

They are

singing

more

slowly

now,

but are just

as happy


5/25

-

Scme

of

the

Seminary girls

are singing a quartette number. ow sweetly they sing.

Two m re

additions a t this service. There will be six to baptize

now.

I t i s t o be

in the sea as the

river

is too shallow now. See the expression on a ll their faces. Joy

is

written

there. All of

their

burdens

seem

to go rolling

away

Down at

th e

Savior s

Cres s

The t r i p h hard

t r i p

but

so

much

good has been acc


6/25

T I N

Mr. &Mrs. Ray

Carlson,

Missionaries

Published Quar ter ly

By the

Cebu Christian Mission

P. O. Box 41, Cebu City,

Republic

o f th e Philippines

V o l

I I

THE

COST OF

A

MISSION

Is independent missions cheaper

than organized missions? Indepen

dent missions have no paid propa

gandists publicizing prodigiously

padded proclamations. Elaborate

ly furnished private o f f i c e s with

many stenographers are unknown.

No

independent missionary

that we

know of travels

in

drawing rooms

and

few

even have

berths

on trains.

We have

no f unds t o

establish

credit

unions loaning money to natives

for business purposes.

Independent Missions Is Cheaper

However, this does not mean that

the work of establishing well the

gospel

in distant

lands

can

be ac-

comphshed on a shoestring. White

people among our brown, hlack and

yellow brethren cannot fal l below

cer ta in economic levels wi thou t real

handicaps. The work of the Lord is

often seriously hamstrung simply be

cause of

the

lack of

money. There

are some independent missionaries

who have recently gone to the field

only to find that expected help has

not

come

forward and

they

are

faced

with the real possibility of returning

home

as

a result .

Thanks to Latonia

and

Ingle\vood, this is

not the

case

with us, but many more are ready to

give themselves if others would give

their money.

Living Link Support Alone

Ca n n o t S t a rt a

Miss ion

Native workers must be helped.

Filipinos are proud of independence

and the brethren are doing their

best to achieve self-support.

In

the

meantime, they must

be

nurtured.

A

dol lar a day for a worker went far

before

t he war, but now it is a bare

minimum.

Until

we stop paying

the wages of the common laborer,

we cannot expect to demand full

time of men with family responsi

bilities and hav ing talent.

Travel expenses are not over when

the missionary gets on

the

field. Go

ing

as

the Great

Commission de

mands, means gasoline or fares

and

October, 1948

the

night

is

fa r spent, t he day

is at hand.

Rom.

13.12

meals

away

from home.

We

will

no t

coun t

on bamboo

beds

and

bath

ing in pubUc.

The

equipment of an active mis

sion includes Bibles, books,

litera

ture, tracts, mineograph material,

bulletins, correspondence, sign paint

ing, hghts of some sort and tools

of

every

kind. We

have found

our

selves

from t ime to t ime

in

the

roles of doctor, carpenter, plumber,

electrician, mechanic, gardener and

teacher in addit ion

to

the ful l - t ime

task of preacliing the Gospel.

No work can be permanent with

out permanent buildings.

The

least

we

can

do

in

starting

a

church

is to

put up a bamboo building

that

costs

in the neighborhood of 250. If we

do not rent buildings, we

must

rent

land.

This

does

no t amount

to a lot,

but there are times

when the

20 a

month

rent

we pay for the Mart ires

Street chapel is very hard indeed to

find. In most places in

the

Phihp-

pines, we m u s t rely on kerosene

lamps for light. A portable , electr ic

plant would be a valuable asset, but

300w, lOOv outfits

run

about 175

from

the

Surplus.

Relief problems on

the

mission

cONTmUED O XT PAGe

No.

2

DEATH

AS AN

O C C S I O N

FOR EVANGELISM

Once

in

a while, Catholic tradi

tion helps us as in the case of the

custom

after funerals.

Romanists in

the

Phihppines

have nine nights of

prayer

and singing a ft er the burial

seirices are over. They, of course,

are praying for eternal repose of the

soul. W e have o ft en u se d th is

as

an

opportunity

to hold

small preaching

sei^vices where

families

ar e wilHng.

We explain carefully that we do

not pray for the dead since a

man

is judged according to

the

deeds

done

in the

flesh and then go

ahead and

preach

the gospel. We

sometimes get a hearingin this fash

ion that

would

be

quite

impossible

in

any

other way. Many have been

won through this device.

PROGRESS

Since

the

first of

the

year, one

hundred two have been baptized

in

Cebu

and

two added by transfer.

Our growth

has not

been

as

large

as

that

of las t year because we have

been spending more time

in

the Cebu

Bible Seminary. We have felt that

effort

in

the Seminary

will

be more

profitable

in

the

long ru n than to

neglect entirely the educational part

of mission work. The FiHpino breth

re n in

t l i is t ime have contr ibuted

a

total of

401.56

to

the

work of

the

preaching of the gospel.

MAILING LIST

We are constantly in the process

of revising

our mailing

list. If you

are interested in having

the

Cebu

Christian continue to come to you,

please write and indicate your de

sire.

T h e Cebu Christ ian is sent

free to supporters

and

friends of

the

Mission . Wri te

Cebu

C h r is t ia n M i s

sion, P. O. Box 41, Cebu Cit y, Re

public of the Phihppines.


7/25

Pag e

Two

THE COST OF A MISSION

{continued from page one)

field are just so great that one hard

ly knows where to begin. We are

often tempted to do nothing since the

needs are so many. As an example,

people at the leprosarium of Cebu

have recently been raised from the

daily allotment of

7V2C

subsistence

to

37V^c

The papers praised the

Secretary of Plealth and Welfare of

the Phihppines for his generous act

Prisoners

cannot

subsist on the jail

ration alone. Men making $1 a day

are expected to feed, clothe, house,

educate and give medical treatment

to their families averaging five and

six in number. Needy folk are given

from the mayor's and the governor's

office the right to beg in the form of

an affidavit stating that they are

worthy, etc How would you like to

be faced with the problem of a sick

person you knew could be healed

with

that

medicine

that costs $8.50 a

vial per day? If you did not buy it,

no one else would and the person

would surely die. How responsible

are we for these

needless

deaths?

Our DutyYour Duty

We

have a

duty

to

help young

people study for the future Chris

t ian

service. In th e Cebu Bible

Sem

inary we charge no tuition, but

many

cannot afford to buy paper on which

to write

their

examinations

We have

students coming to

class

without

their mea ls . Some have

been

known

to walk long distances

in

the tropi

cal sun to

classes.

Out-of-town

stu

dents we

cannot

house.

Just imagine

trying to study in a house 8' x 10'

in which live

tw o

other

adults

and

maybe four children. Imagine hund

reds

of house s l ike this crowded

to

gether with no yards and pigs and

chickens running around underneath.

There

are no

sewers

in Cebu or in

any other place in the Philippines

that

I know of except Manila.

These a re some of our problems.

We are not complaining. We count

ed

the

cost long before we came to

the mission field and are happy that

God

has

called us

to do

our

little

bit

in

this place. We know you

want

to know. If you know, you will

pray more effectively and givemore

purposefully.

FILIPINO CHILDREN

The boys and girls of America

will enjoy knowing something of

those

their

own age in

the Phi lip

pines. We should notice that there

are many ways in which the child

ren

here a re like those in the

United

States.

They

like to

play and

have

fun. Tiny tots are just as sweet and

lovable

here

as anywhere in

the

world. They

enjoy candy and

chew

bubble gum.

Swarms of them gather about the

many small sugar mills in the barrios

to get tira-tira

(taffy). They

climb

our

trees for chicos, santols,

mabolos, tambis,makopa and guavas.

They make pop guns of bamboo and

shoot corks in them by means of

a little

plunger in the

hollow tube.

Tlie boys

cut

old inner tubes to

make sling shots. A popular var ie ty

of

our

game

of jack

straws

is

play

ed by blowing on a pile of rubber

band. It is called

huypanay.

A

lot of surplus

rubber

gloves used by

army electricians are now on

the

market .

The chi ldren have these

blown up for enormous balloons.

M a r b 1 es a re

ever popular

and

the older boys en

joy volley ball

n basketbal l

which they

call

bolly

bol

and

besket

bol. A

game whose

aim

is to keep the ball

''Takyan always in

t he a ir

by hitting it with the side of

the

foot

and the ank le is called

tak

yan.

A

ball

woven of

rattan

is

used. These

and

other games prove

that

Filipino children can have

fun even though they have very

l it tle money.

They

make their

own

toys

and

are seldom able to

buy any

sort of plaything.

While they

tr y

their

best to be

happy,

there are many sad prob

lems in

their

lives. Most c hi ld re n

must live in

rather

dirty

surround

ings

and

as a

result

many die

when

very young. Few even

have

beds

in

their

homes.

They simply

lie

down at

night on a grass mat on

the

floor

in the

clothes

they have

worn all day. Bathing is public at

wells

in

use by the whole neigh

borhood.

The Cebu Chr i s t i a n

Fihpino children eat with their

fingers while sitting on the floor.

The custom is to wash after eating

r a the r

than before. The

die t h a s

little

var iat ion and

consists

fo r the

most part of dried fish, rice or corn

and a few vegetables like

greens

or squash.

Des ir e Educat ion

Since

the war, public

schools are

crowded. Some boys

and

girls can

not go to school

simply

because

there

is no room. Children

in

many schools

still must carry their own chairs

with

them because adequate class

room furniture is

l a ck ing .

Boys

and girls come to school

either

bare

footed or wearing bakias. These

are wooden clogs held on by a rub

ber s trap made from

used

auto

tires.

Children are

f requently known

to

come to

school

wi thou t breakfas t .

They

are taught what foods are good

to

eat

bu t seldom a re able to use

their knowledge because their par

ents are poor. Most boys and girls

never know what

a glass of fresh

milk tastes l ike. Now

an d th en

can

ned milk

may

be had, but

rarely.

M ost A merican child ren would

not like to live as do Filipino boys

and

girls. When we see how others

must live, we shouldThe grateful that

God has given us so many more

blessings. After all, we had no voice

in

choosing where we were born.

Have you

ever

asked yoursel f th e

questions:

Why

was I

born

here?

Why

wasn't

I bom in

China

or

India

or Africa or some other place in

the

world?

Only

God

can answer

Since we have

more

than most,

we have a duty to share with those

who

are less fortunate.

The Bible

says

that

the strong should help the

weak. Will

you

not consider these

little brown children of God

who

are living

in

such spiri tual dark

ness and help them every way you

can?

Exchange Letters Asked

If you, as a child,

would

like to

write

to

one

of these Fil ip ino Chi ld

ren, please send us

your

name, age

and address and

we will have one

of these boys and girls writ e you.

They understand Emglish and will

be happy to hear from you.

If

you

would like to help them, we suggest

that you send aU sorts of cotton

clothing, shoes and money to help

us

plan

a Christian party for

the

children. Pray

for

these

our

brothers

and sisters i n Chris t .


8/25


9/25

CEBU CHRISTIAN

215

E.

Hillcrest

Inglewood, California

(POSTMASTER: if undeUyer-

able for

any

reason,

no t i f y

sender stating reason

on

Form

3547 postage for

which

is gua

ranteed.)

WHAT

YOU

CAN DO

You who

cannot

leave

home

but

who are interested in bringing the

cause of

Christ to t he a tt en ti on

of

those in spiritual darkness may

do

the followmg if you would like to

share i n

this task:

1.

Pray

that we may do God's

will and then men s

hearts

may be

opened to receive the truth.

2. Encourage Christian workers

to give their lives to this field

and

assume their support as a regular

mission project,

3. Send al l the financial help you

can for the support of workers and

the expenses of evangelizing and es

tablishing churches.

4. Mail by parcel post or ship by

freight

any

of

the

following-. Bibles

and testaments, books for the Semi

nary

Library,

Bible School li te ra

ture and Quarterlies that you have

just finished using, cotton clothing

for

children

and

men

especially, ana

med ic in es l ik e

the

home remedies

you

have in your chest.

Film

Strips

5

mm. film strips on the work

of the ebu h ris tian

Miss ion

a re

being prepared. These

will fit

in

the projectors being sold by the

Standard Publishing Company and

any other s tandard size machine.

If

you would hke

to

borrow

one

of these strips for use in your church

or missionary society, please

write

fp r a rpcprva tion for them to Mrs.

--Eleanor -Watldns- Firs tChris t ian

_Church, 215-E.-Hillcrest,Inglewood,

California. You wi ll be expected to

^fake good~care of these films and

pay transportation from and to In

glewood. You will be permitted to

keep

them

one week

only

unless a

previous understanding is made.

GIFTS RECEIVED FROM

MARCH

I.

1948 TO AUGUST 31.

1948

CALIFORNIA, Inglewood,

Mary

Ann

(thru

Mrs. Faddis), 5; Women s Coimcil,

25;

Los

Angeles,

Miss. Soc.,

Cardiff

Ave.

Chr. Ch., 60; Mrs. Fai th Parke sons,

40; San Femando> Chr. Youth Group, 10;

Santa Rosa,

Mrs . C la ra

McCauley Memo

ri al , Chr . Ch., 3; Women s Miss. Council,

Chr.

Ch., 1 2; GEORGIA , Atlanta, Miss

Hazel

Jean

Davis, 10; E as t P oin t, Four

fold Class , Chr. Ch., 10 ; ILLINOIS,

Chi

cago, Chest er Real, 25; Maywood, Bible

Study Group, Mrs . Edna Meiller,

35 ;

Mt .

Carmel, Isabel Denham Miss. Soc., 5 ;

W.

Frankfort, Harmony

Miss . Soc ., 1st Chr.

Ch.,

10;

INDIANA,

Burlington,

Miss. Soc.,

Chr. Ch., 10; Fort Wayne, Mrs. F. L. Ford,

5; Indianapolis, W. Morri s St.,

Chr.

Ch.,

22 ;

Tipton , E tl ie l

and

Pearl

Self. 10;

IOWA,

Cherokee,

Clarence Cave, C of C.,

5 ;

KANSAS,

Hugoton,

Chr. Ch., 60;

KENTUCKY. Covington, Willing Chr.

Workers, Latonia Chr. Ch., 44,251 George

town, Miss. Circle, Chr. Ch., 100; Gray

son. Vol. Miss. Band, Ky. Chr. Coll., 10;

Mason, Lystra C of C.,

75 ;

MARYLAND,

Rohrersvifle, Chas. V. Summer, 15; MI

CHIGAN,

Buchanan,

Bible School Miss.

Soc..

3.50; Duplain,

C. of C., 1 0; For es t

Hill, C. of C., 5; MINNESOTA, Worthing-

ton.

Miss. Soc., C of C.,

25 ;

MISSOURI,

Mt. V ern on , Miss. Soc., 10; Spr ingf ie ld ,

Miss. Soc., Walnut St. C of C.,

8 ;

MON

TANA, Conrad, F. G.

Hulburt,

60;

NE

BRASKA, All iance, Orvil le Deal,

50;

Ba

yard, C of C., 37; Wild Horse C of C.

15.27; NEW YORK. Tonawanda, C of C,

1 5; OHIO, Akron. Miss. Soc.,

Noble

Ave.,

C of C, 25 ;

Ashland, Miss Mable Kline,

2 ;

Mrs.

Laura Megie, 3;

Cincinnati,

Montgomery Road C of C., 15 ; Hillsboro,

Loyal Home

Builders

Class,

60;

Jeromes-

ville, C of C.. 37.30: OKLAHOMA,

Bu f

falo, Miss. Soc., Chr. Ch., 20; Sand

Creek,

Fairview

Chr. Ch., 2 5; Sh id le r,

Women s Council, 37 ; OREGON,

Eugene,

Mrs. L. E. Allumbaugh, 15 ;

Ind.

Miss.

Grp. No. 1, 25; B. J. Whiteley, Rock-

away

Chr . Ch.. 10 .60; Por tland, Nathan

Sams,

18; PENNSYLVANIA, Meadr il le ,

Miss Soc., 1st Chr. Ch..

20 ;

Monogahela.

Loyal Friends Class, 1st C of C., 5 ;

P.

I. , Cebu. Santander.

C of C,

1 ; TEN

NESSEE. Johnson C ity,

Mrs.

F.

D.

Hill,

R. 3,

10 ;

VIRGINIA.

Church

Road, T.

P. Cl arke , 5 ;

WASHINGTON,

Colville,

Ch. at 9th

Main, 17.50; Everett, Miss.

r a n c e s e

Franklin, 4 ;

WYOMING,

Wheatland,

1st Chr. Ch., 27.23;

Payments

on loa n (ARC ), 750; Sal e

of books, 9.27 .

Total: 1,986.92.

Tot al pa id out in the same time includ

ing previous debit balance: 2,079.83.

Present deficit: 92.91.

Cebu

Bible

Seminary

The

first

year

of

the

Cebu Bible

Seminary is offering a curriculum of

classes in the Life of Christ, Acts,

Church of the New Testament,

Per

sonal Evangelism, Public Speaking,

Old Testament History, Elnglish,

Church Music, Teaching Methods

and

Training

for Service. The teach

ers are

Mr. and

Mrs.

Ray

Carlson,

Mr.

Santiago Bernabe

and Mr.

Jose

Villagracia. Nine students are doing

creditable work and

others attend

i rregularly. Our beginning is small,

but the spirit among the

students

is

high

and

each

of

the nine are

actively engaged in some phase of

Christian service already.

THE PROVINCIAL

JAIL

For some t ime

we

h av e w an te d

to secure for

you

a picture of mem

bers of the church of Christ (Iglesia

ni Cristo)

in

th e Provinc ia l J ai l.

The necessary permission from the

Provincial Governor

was

finally

granted.

In

this pic ture

are

most

of those who have been baptized who

are s till serving their sentences.

Brother Ignacio Tagalog who regu

larly ministers to this group, is

shown wdth them. He is standing

second from the right .

Most

of those

already

released

have

not forgotten the

cLurch

that

remembered them in

th eir h ou r

of

trial. A few have proven to be ex

c elle nt wor ke rs fo r

God.

A num-


10/25

OUR

LIF IN THE

PHILIPPINES

urin World War

THE CARLSON FAMILY

November

948


11/25

Harroid

KcFarlaud\^

SE ^

r^irmaanolls

Purpose o f This

MSoohlet

Many times we ore asked by people to tell

about

our experiences

during the Japanese invasion of the Philippine Islands

and our internment

in

the

Japanese

consecration camps

during World

War

II.

There

is so

much

to tell

that

we find it

hard

to

give everyone on

adequate

word

picture

of what happened. With this

thought

in mind, we

are

publishing this small

booklet to help give you a better understanding of

Our

Life in

the

Philip

pines During World War II.

chnowledgmen t

We

wish to acknowledge

and thank the

STANDARD PUBLISHING

COMPANY, 20 East Central Parkway, Cincinnati 10, Ohio, for its courtesy

in permitting us to use its plates in publi shing thi s booklet.

Larry Corlson s,5tpry on pages 3 through 10 of this booklet,

appeared

in the

Christion

Home Life, Spring

and Summer Quarters, 1947, and

The

Carlsons on pages 11 through 16, appeared in

the

Boys Life

and

Girlhood Days in

the

issues of

December

16,

1946, through March

2,

1947.

C e b u hristi n m i s s i o n

The E U CHRISTIAN MISSION was founded in 1941. For ten years

we have con tinued the mission work under many difficulties. Our goal is

to establish

50

Churches of Chr is t on

the

Island of Cebu

and

to enlarge,

the

facilities of Cebu Bible Seminary. At

the

time of this writing and)

printing (April, 1951), we ar e in

th e United States. We

are available for

speaking

engagemen ts to

present

th e

work of

th e

Mission.

We con

be

contacted at

our

forwarding address by writing

to

P. O. Box 7, Latonioi

Station, Covington, Kentucky, or by telephoning AXtel 3093. Wejhope

and

pray that if the Lord permits, we will be

able to

return to the Philip

pines in th e nea r f ut ur e to continue in

th e work

of

Christ

there. Our mission

address is P. 0. Box 41, Cebu City, Philippines.

We

ask for your prayers in our behalf and we hope to merit a portion

of your financial giving to support our mission work.

Yours,

In

His service.

IMOGENE AND

RAY

CARLSON

Missionar ies


12/25

LARRY CARLSON

S

STORY

Story by

Imogene

Carlsof

Pictures by Ruth Pistor

Where we were supposed to meet my father

but

mountains

are big and bat

tles are long and my father did

t find us.

Traveling began in earnest

when

my

mother

toolc

me with Robin my

two year old brother to the mountains

.


13/25

After a

while

wegot to Sudlone, the

camp where

all

Allied

nationals lived

together.

Robin said,

Where s rny Daddy? when we got to

camp,

bu t no one knew.

Finally

we

decided

to

give

up

to the Japanese. Guess who

came

to help us

move.

Daddy

He was a prisoner, too.

Daddy

cleaned

up

the

porch

of the Junior College

so we cou ld have church

After

the Japanese planes strafed the camp, we

liv in

caves,

and when 1

got

a bath, in one-half cup

of

water,

Iwas

lucky.

Then I

began

my

career of

making

friends

with

Japanese sentries. I couldn t help itI was born

When I was

learning

to sit up and crawl,

my

parents were

learning

to

laugh

at

being

hungry.

ne

Japanese

said,

I no under

standwhite man. When he wins he

laughs.

When he loses he

laughs.

Very funny.


14/25

1

was happy in

the ptay pen Daddy

made me from swinging doors but

we had to leave it to go to another

camp in Manila.

b

w i

The kind Filipinos gave us

warm

cloth

ing. They were afraid we were going

to Korea or Japan It was December.

My first ocean voyage

was

not pleasant.

But a Japanese soldier lent me

his

nice thick sleeping mat.

My first

birthday was spent

in

Santa Tomas. To

celebrate 1

had my

first haircut and

my mother

had a

partyshe

opened a can of fig

pudding

and put a chicken

bone

on a cup cake for a candle.

n May Daddy

was

allowed to build a

shack

where we could

live

together

in

the

daytime.

With 6 000 other internees we

were

happy

to

have any place

we could

call

our own.

r >;

fj

n October when Robin was sent

to the hospital I ran away to see

him. Then I got tied to the bed

post.

But Robin

came

back.


15/25

I learned some good music In

November

and

December. Daddy

sang

in the

Hallelujah Chorus

and I sang

AHeluiah all

the time at home.

m

In December, Mother and

Robin

and I started

making Christmas decorations. We made chains

nd

st rs nd ells

from

When

Robin was four,

he

had

a little chocolate

cake made from rice and cassara flour. And

^ \ Daddy

made

him a

cart out of

an

Thanksgiving Day we

had

a big meal. The

Leslie Wolfes and Willis Hales sent us a chicken

dinner

with cornbread, hominy,

vegetables,

and

bananas. We shared it with our friends.

On

December

I9,

Mother

got

very sick from

Dengy fever. But

for

the first

time

she could

sleep

without

hearing babies crying for

something.

^ She

came home

from the hospital in time

for

^^Christmas ve She was our Christmas

gift

had a cake,

too,

for my

second birthday.

Now I

could only have

two

cups

of

milk

a day instead of three. I wished I

could

go

outside

the gate

To be conf/nued

J


16/25


17/25

Mother and

Daddy

tried to

grow onions, but Robin and

I ate them up. There was

no

more milic

or

[dim. We

never whined,

Now we found many

friends:

theWolfes the Males

Miss

Schimmel

and

Miss Jones. They liked me too

One day when I

was

A.W.O.L I

discovered

a friend of my par

ents. She Icnew

me

because I looked like

my

father She said>

m

it

Tell Mother and

Daddy

the Males are here, too.

fter I was well

two friends

brought Robin

an d

me

a duck

egg. Mow good

it

tasted


18/25

Robin and I wanted a party every day

In November we began getting wallpaper

paste rice soup to eat. We ate cooked ferns

and weeds. Morning-glory honey was dessert.

Christmas was more beautiful than last year

Daddy made a tree

from

palm

leaves

m

%

One night, whenwe had

not had s lt for thr

months

one of my ad

mirers brought us some.


19/25

Quickly

we

left

os

Bancs and did not stop to watch the flames eat it

up

Now

am

in

America

but hope to

return

soon to Cebu City where my father can

preach

to

the

Filipinos

every night

want to unpack the suitcase that was my cradle


20/25

THE

CARLSON

FAMILY

]. left and 2. right Cebu in

the Philippine Islands is In

vaded by. the Japanese. Ray

Carlson, missionary, accepts a

V jo^ OS censor in

t he American

-Arrriy telegraph office.

5: left Ray Carlson goes to the

telegraph office to help remove

valuable

equipment before it

con

fall to the enemy.

6. right Imogene Carlson

nd

the children wait for Ray while

: refugees from Cebu City stream

past

th e house.

l

rc-7^ \

3. left His wife, Imogene, and

their two sons,

o in

two years

old

and

Larry three weeks old

are removed to Guadalupe, three

miles from Cebu City.

4. right On April 10, 1942, the

Japanese

invaded Cebu City. The

Carlsons hear the bridge being

blown up

at

5:00 in the morning.

s

1. left Finally, Imogene Carlson

st r ts fo r

the

hills with

the

tw o

c hild re n. Fo ur t imes she has to

hide under

Filipino

houses f rom

th e low-flying Jap planes.

8. (right) They walk

until

2:30 in

the

afternoon, when a family,

cooking

rice

by the roadsi^i,

gives them

food.

Their meal

is

rice

n d b n n s

^


21/25

9. left The natives bring leaflets

dropped by

the

Japanese to Imo-

gene Carlson to read. The leaf

lets offer

rewards

for

the cap

ture

of

the

Americans. She fears

there may be spies among the

n a t i v e s

10. right Imogene Carlson deter

m i n e s to c l i m b a m o u nt a i n to

reach a certain colonel , who

may

give aid In finding her husband.

The

soldiers tell h er s he

will

nev

e r m o k e it w ith t h e chi ldren.

1 ^

13. left The next morning, Imo

gene Carlson and the children

s t a r t down

t h e

troll o f

t h e moun

tain. A few

minutes

after they

leave

the

fort,

th e Japs

bomb

it.

As the Japanese are bombing the

fort,

14. right Mrs. Car lson sees on

American plane bombing a ship

in th e

harbor.

One ship

goes

down.

This

Is

the

lost American

plane she

sees for a

year

and a

hal f o f complete

Japanese dom

i n a t i o n

m

w

11.

left

She receives help

from

a d o c t o r s a s s i s t a n t

who

c a r r i e s

the baby and gets someone to

carry

Robin.

12. right

When they

arrive

they

f ind

t h a t th e

American

officer

hod left,

and

Imogene Corlson

is

forced

to sleep that night on

t h e

floor.

5.

left

She

l ea rn s o f

o n Ameri

can encampment,

and

on

th e

ad

vice

of

o n Ameri ca n n av el o ff i

cer,

decides to go

there.

As they

approach th e encampment,

6. right a Filipino woman tells

h e r

t h a t h er h us ba nd is a t t h e

inn. This proves to be false. Her

wotry to the fate of her hus

b a n d increases .


22/25

17. left)

The encampments o f

Americans are well supplied with

food, b ut

ar e

bo thered by

th e

bombings an d strafing of th e

camp, an d by th e monkeys t ha t

tear

th e

clothes,

hung

ou t to d ry ,

o f f

th e

clothes line.

18. right) Mrs.

Carlson l e a r n s

that

h er h us ba nd ,

Ray, is in

terned

In

th e

jail

of Cebu.

m

21. left) The

Japanese take th e

people s food

from them after

promising they ca n

keep it.

22. right) The

Carlsons

e nt er t he

j ai l, w hi ch is

only one

of

th e

places

they ar e to be

interned.

MX

iftn

i>Ow,

nn r.

19. left) The encampment o f

mericans

d e c i d e to surrender

to the

Japanese

an d

send a

signed

paper of

surrender.

20. right) Ray Carlson is released

from

t he J ap an es e

p ri so n to ai d

his w if e an d

children

on

th e

jour

ney to Cebu, and they

or e

re

united

after long

months

of

se p

aration.

I n t er m e n t a w ai t s al l

o f

them

23.

left) Th e

prisoners

ar e

forced

to feed

themselves

by w ha t p ur

chases t hey ca n make from th e

Filipinos.

24.

right)

Many of

t he J ap an es e

guards yielded to Larry s the

boby) cooing

an d

would some

times

give th e

children presents.


23/25

25. (left) The harder the

life,

the

Americans laugh and joke. The

Japanese disappointedly say, No

white men, when he

winf^. je laughs. When he

loses,

he laughs. Very funny.

26. (right) The long ordeal con

tinues as everyone loses weight.

There is little food except on

special occasions. The Filipinos

or e

allowed

to send food

in

Thanksgiving; the prisoners re

ceive several turkeys.

29. (left) The prison-camp life is

continuous searching for food,

standing in line for soap, etc.

Sickness breaks out. The time

drags for the prisoners.

30.

,

right)

But

church

services are

held, and even an orchestra is

formed among the prisoners. A

Hallowe'en par ty Is held for' the

children.

i

m

27. (left) News comes that the

prisoners are

to

be

taken to Ja

pan or to Korea, and they ore

loaded on a dirty Japanese

freighter. The 165 prisoners are

loaded into the hold of the ship-

with

two

hundred Japanese sol- ,

diers .

28. (right) The ship docks at Ma

nila and the prisoners

are

tgken

to the Santa Tomas Camp. Here,

it is somewhat

better,

as

they

are able to buy clothes and food. .

31 .

left) Christmas is-celebrated

in

th e camp

with

a

traditional

Santa. When

Larry

sees

hjrp^,] ^

.

cries, Candy man.

Mama

'''--Re-'

remembers

candy

received

oth^.

Chris tmases .

32 .

right) The Corlsdns^re

together with other-'.prispners).

by

th e

arrival of Red Cross sup-;-

plies. They learn that the Jap- -

anese

are,

selling .part

of

th e

plies in

Manila.

'


24/25

33. jeft The Carlsons volunteer

to go to

the

Los Bonos

camp,

and

are

taken

on a long

t r u c k

convoy w ith other prisoners to

that

camp.

34. right Larry Car lson spends

much time

imitating th e

Jap

anese soldiers.

Some

grow to like

him very much and obey

his

or -

ders .

37. left The prisoners ar e driven

to

eating

boiled leaves,

weeds,

or

anything they

can

find.

38. right he American

l i ne

comes close, and the

Japs

leave.

The

prisoners kill an ox

and

have

a rea l feas t

m

1

35 . . left Air raids by American

planes

start. Rat ions become

scant

and the

prisoners

suffer

f rom

malnut r i t i on

36. right They see an American

plane go down and learn that

the

Filipinos have saved the pi

lot f rom the

Japanese. They re

joice thot the

coming

of th e war

to the Philippines

may

mean lib

erty.

39. left The Japs return, and

when they find

t he ir bar racks

looted, d emand th e re tu rn o f ev

erything.

40.

right When g radio is

no t

turned in, they

threaten

to kill

one

of

the

prisoners.

Another

radio is turned in, but

th e

Jap

an ese are still angry.


25/25

41 left)

The American

Army res

cues

the

prisoners

and all th e

Japanese

guards

ar e

killed

42. right) The

Carlsons

boa rd

amphibious t an ks an d a re taken

to safety.

45 .

left) The

Carlso ns d ec id e to

stay

in th e Philippines

and

Ray

flies

to Cebu.

46. right)

Later,

Imogene

and

the

two boys

return

via Libetry

ship. They find th e chapels

ar e

burned,

and

build

onother

of

na

t ive mater ials .

I

43. left) Twice they are fired up

on by Japanese

machine-gun

In

stallations.

The tanks le t the

Instal lat ions have

i t .

44. right)

They

are taken across

th e

bay

to

safety, and

food

and

health.

They have lived through

an

ordeal

fo r

Christ.

47 .

lef t )

The number of

Chris

tians grows ond when

th e

Carl

sons are forced to

leave

in June,

1946, there

are

108 members o f

th e new

Cebu Church .

48.

right) As

this

story Is

written,

the Carlsons are

in

America.

When you read it they will be

on their way back to Cebu for

their future

dventure

fo r

carlson ray imogene 1948 philippines

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