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CEBU CHRISTIAN
Pubitcation of The Cebu Christian Mission P. O. Box 41, Cebii City,
Philippines
States Address-. P. O. Box 7, Latonia Station, Covington, Ky.
Missionaries .
Kay and Imogene Carlson
Tlo TyWicudbL
In an age of fraud, religious, economic
nd political, the Catholic Church showed
sel f the
other
day as a pillar of honesty
t was officially announced, through a
ecial commission headed by the Arch
shop of Manila,
that
the rose petal showers
d other extraordinary happenings at the
ipa Carmelite convent were anything but
Neither God nor H is
Mother,
om the evidence had anything to do with
e miracle. If so, man obviously was the
behind it. The Church warned against
alse miracles, stood for true faith as
ainst gross superstit ion. True f ai th , one
say
brings
salvation; superstition
brings
someone.
Yet the people who flocked to Lipa by the
ousands and contr ibuted to the building
f a church there of magnificent propor
ons and brought the town such prosperity
s it had never known are hardly to be
amed. The ignorant
masses
merely follow
t he i nt el le ct ua l lead of su ch m ind s as
of former Chief Jus tice Manuel Moran.
man who had weighed evidence carefully
or years and based his decisions thereon, he
ronounced the Lipa phenomenon mira
lous. The less enlightened could only fol
So
there was no miracle But tha t an
ouncement does not satisfy the people,
ether they believed or disbelieved. There
re some serious questions to be answered:
here did the petals come from? Was there
me d ev ic e which caused th e showers
of
etals? Who were the perpetrators if it was
fraud?
Thousands of Filipinos including the late
rs. Quezon were duped into believing
this was a heavenly manifestion.
ousand of pesos have been taken from be
ving Filipinos because of the miracle.
ow it is pronounced no miracle at all. The
racle maker
should be brought
to
justice
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nsi i n
THE DIFFERENT FAITHS
Greece said: Be moderateknow
thy
Rome said: Be strongorder thyself.
Confuc iani sm says: Be super io rcor
ct thyself .
Buddhism says: Be disillusionedanni
late thyself.
Hinduism says: Be separatemerge thy
Mohammedanism says: Be submissive
nd thyself.
Judaism says: Be holyconform
thy
JOSE G. VILLAGRACIA
A few days ago Father urged me to go
to Negros because my poor Auntie, who
reared me, was seriously ill. I took the
plane for Negros and was not able to preach
last Sunday at Martires. However, I let
Brother Claridad take my place. Brother
Rendon is supported by the Guiljungan
church,
but
I think he might as well stay
there only a
month
or two as they are
still summing up how will they make both
ends meet. I went there again and encour
aged them to keep Brother Rendon, and I
I told them to build a little parsonage.
I am glad of your policy to have each
worker be supported by the Filipino
Churches. I have contemplated working in
Negros even without the support of any
church there, provided you can help me
even 70 pesos a month. I will
try
to estab
lish churches and let these churches support
me. I think I can even lead other congrega
tions to support Brother
Otadoy
and Broth
er Remo who are commendable preachers.
They are well-trained preachers now. I
have personally directed them and they are
capable. They are also long suffering and
h umbl e. B ro th er Lacson now is
worried
about how may he send his daughter to
school. Please recommend
her
t o t he b re th re n
there for support in her studies. I know
how Brother Lacson has labored in
th e
Lord's vineyard. He has abandoned his job,
his means of livelihood for the Gospel. We
have to help him. His
intention
is to let
his daughter study in the Seminar)' after
SabkA. p}A
ScdsL
The
Manila Free Press recently carrie
the story of a baby girl who was sold fo
200 pesos ($100);
On
Nov.
17, 1950, Marcela Encabo,
25-year-old widow from Negros Occidenta
arrived in Manila having been recruited b
a local employment agency. With her w
her two-year-old daughter O felia. T he
were taken to the agency's
office
in Ca
loocan where they spent the night. Whe
;Marcela awoke the next morning her bab
iwas
gone.
The agents of the employme
Icompany admitted having taken the bab
but
they assured Marcela
that
she woul
have her baby back soon as she was em
ployed.
The following day, Marcela was hire
out
as a maidbut
her child was
no t re
turned to her. The agents told her not t
worry: The baby was in safe hands. Bu
during the next four months
Marcela
kep
returning to the agency demanding he
child, until the agents told her that th
child
had been taken back to the
Visayas.
Furious, Marcela sought the help of he
employer, who helped her file a complain
with
Assistant Provincial
Fiscal
Goco
of
Ca
loocan for the recovery of her child from
the agents. At last the agents confessed tha
they had sold the child to a Mr. and Mrs
Santos for 200
pesos.
The child had been re
named Maria Pili; she no longer recognize
Marcela as her mother; and the Santoses re
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BABIES FOR SALE
(Coiit.)
Poor Marcela did
not
have the money; she
ought help from the Women Lawyers As
ciation's free legal aid clinic.
The clinic sent a social worker to ap
eal to the Santoses. Moved by Marcela's
ears for her lost child, the Santoses finally
greed to return Ofelia to her mother.
eanwhile, the Women Lawyers Associa
ion urged Asst. Prov. Fiscal Goco to pro
ecute the agents who had sold Marcela's
aby. The agents have
been
charged with
dnaping a minor. The case is still pending
the Caloocan Municipal
court.
VILLAGRACIA
(Conf.)
Brother Tagalog baptized two last Sun
ay and is doing fine. The Martires congre
ation is in
go od sh ap e
and they are long
aiting for you. Brother Claridad is quite
ll right now. Please, if you can send Mrs.
.igba I'ials of sfri'jtfomyrin. She is on her
irst stage. She has been spitting much blood
month .
I
told her
to
rest in the
work
f the Lord. We had been helping her.
Brother Ibanez wrote that you sent him
5.00. He is busy looking for the land now.
am opening the Seminary this July 9,
for
the
full
time
students
I wish to
fer the following:
1. Typology IBy Patrick Fairbairn
2. EthicsMoral Philosophy
3. Bible Criticism(Continuation)
4. Modern Heresies(The Chaos of
Cules) By Van Baalen
5. Histor)' II(Greek Eastern Churches)
By Adeney
or the part- time students: 2nd year:
1. Christian System(Continuation) By
A. Campbell
2. Church History(Continuation) By
MISSIONARY
LESSON
ON THE
PHILIPPINES
1. Ca l l o f Mee t i ng t o O r d e r
Isaiah 2: 2, 3.
And it shall come to pass in the last
days, that the mountain of the Lord 's house
shall be established in the top of the moun
tains, and shall be exalted above the hills:
an d
ALL
NATIONS
s ha ll f low
into
i t .
3 And many people shall go and say,
Come ye, and let us go up the mountain
of
th e
Lord, to
the
house of the God
of
Jacob: and he will teach us of His ways,
and we will walk in His paths: fo r
ou t
of
Zion shall go forth the law, and the Word
of the Lord from Jerusalem.
2. H ym n
Onward, Christian Soldiers. (Sing
four verses.)
3. P r a y e r
Thank God-for-thc gospel which-is uni
versally
potent to save and for the example
of Christ which is able to guide all men
aright. Express appreciation for the past
victories of workers in the Philippine field
and especially for the pioneering in free
Christianity by the Wolfes and their as
sociates. Request
that
the present threat of
communis t enemies in the Islands may be
successfully overcome and
that
the conver
sion of souls may continue. Ask that the
needs of Filipino Bible students and evangel
ists may be met. Pray that this lesson may
inspire all of us to be more sacrificial.
4 .
H ym n
Brighten the Corner Where You Are.
(Try singing the chorus in the Filipino dia
lect used in Cebu. You can do it.
Just
re
member that all a's are long and sound like
th e a in wash. All
i s
ar e shor t
and
sound
like th e
i
in
th e
th e
word
in .
Each
vowel
must be sounded separately. You will en
joy it.)
Chorus of Br ighten the Corner :
Dapit di-in ka ha-yag-an
Ug ha-in ka pa, sid-lak-an
Kin-sa nga na-ha-lay-o Dios ka-an-da-an,
Ug ha-in ka pa, sid-lak-an
5. S c r i p t u r e Re a d i n g : Acts
1:
6 -11 .
6. Leade r s Ta l k
This incident took place just previous
to the ascension of Christ and during the
forty days after the resurrection when the
Lord was appearing to the disciples.
Verse 6. The disciples evidently
think
that the load of the work of the kingdom
is still to be Christ s. Note th e
us e
of th e
pronoun thou.
Verse 8. The Lord puts the emphasis in
the proper place when He tells them: YE
shall be witnesses. The burden of responsi
bility was to be with the disciples. Christ
had done His part in the plan of salvation.
When
He
said on
the
cross, I t is finished,
he meant that His labor was completed.
The disciples were to receive power.
They were to do the work. They were to
go to Jerusalem, Judea and the uttermost
parts of the earth. They were to have help,
but
they themselves were to bear the brunt
1957
Today we still have Christ's promise
help
in
carding out
His
will. There is
most no limit to the possibility of o
achievement if we use the available assi
ance from on high. None of us make fu
use
of God s power. Perhaps this is the e
planation for our meagre accomplishments
Now is the time to step up the tem
of
our
service. The Philippines are
bei
threatened from within and
without
enemies who would devour her. Communis
making
many promises
she cannot ho
to fulfill.
Ten
or fifteen thousand
Filipi
revolutionaries
are
now
bearing
arms
again
the Philippine government.
Defense
Secr
tary Roman Magsaysay is leading a very e
fective progra m a gainst them. The com
munists he has captured he is helping
settle on homesteads in Mindanao and seei
to it that they are
supplied
with the mea
to begin farming.
He is
bringing to
reali
the thing they were
fighting
for.
The challenge of
faithlessness
is bei
met by brave men and women who are wi
ing
to face the foe
with
the Truth. Th
many
opportunities
to stand fo r God in th
Philippines must be used.
In Cebu, 350 miles south of Manil
there are no arms-bearing communis
Evangelism marches forward unhindere
Since
1941, when the Carlsons first went
Cebu, the growth
has
been steady and e
couraging. The Cebu Bible Seminary h
been
established
and a number of youn
people have been trained for service. Te
churches and~almost seven hundred brethr
labor to extend the cause of Christ in an
around
the
Island
of
Cebu.
The
million
pe
ple on the island and the 150,000 in t
city present a promising opportunity to t
Word. Fifty-two incorporated municipa
ties on the island demand at least fifty-tw
churches of Christ.
Your
prayers will he
make this possible.
(A background of war-time inciden
in the Philippines may be had in our ill
strated booklet: Our Experiences in Wor
War II. Send for your copy in time f
the meeting.)
7. Discuss ion
A. What should be ou r
attitude
Christians toward those uns av ed who a
living in areas threatened by war and vi
lence?
B. Are the Carlsons a part of the Phili
pine Mission Churches of Christ?
Ans: No,
but
our fellowship is close a
assistance mutual .
{Continued on Pg. 3, Col. 2)
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1951
Mathia Crossing, Davao City
Mindanao
BERNABE
I was exceedingly glad to receive an
shipment
of picture
rolls. This
is the
cond lot and we hope some may be com
to us later.
Our number is increasing every Lord's
More
than thirty
have
been
added
e Mr.
and
Mrs. Hale visited
us
here
in
atina. The children are very much en
uraged by the picture' rolls which I have
ceived. We give them some Beginner's
Please send us more of these.
We badly need a church building. We
ve collected 20.00 for this purpose.
100.00 more will pay for the material we
We arc packed like
sardines
in the
tle room during our service. We pray
at the Lord will provide us with the
ings we need.
We will be glad to have you with us
Davao. If you could bring with you
communion cups, wewill be very glad
cause at this time, it is very dilhculc to
nd money to the States.
Please
pray for us that the Lord may
ive us the building we need.
ACCOUNT OF
CEBU
CHRISTIAN
MISSION,
P. O.
BOX 42 ,
CEBU
CITY, PHILIPPINES
or the eight months Period: November 1,
1950
to
June
30, 1951.
1. Native evangelists - 1,503.55
2. Equipment 2,316.22
3. Printing, Mailing &
Office Supplies 1,256.02
4.
Travel 1,473.23
5. Boy's Living Links 139.28
6. Miscellaneous - - 109.05
Total -56,797.35
1. November, 1950 727.80
December
-
679.50
January, 1951 - 586.91
February - - 561,93
March -
750.38
April - - 711.90
May - 882.91
June
- - - 729.54
Total - - 5,630.87
-
1,166.48
ctober, 1950 1,555,595'^
RESENT TOTAL DEFICIT
2,722,072
Fraction in reducing pesos to dollars.
Living link churches: Latonia Christian
Church, Covington, Kentucky (Ray); First
Christian Church, Inglewood, Californi.r
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JhAsis
I [
m
BERNABE
IN
DAVAO
MISSION
LESSON
(Cont.)
C. Who
a rc some of
the other American
Missionaries in the Philippines?
Ans: Mrs. Carrie Wolfe , Mr.
and
Mrs.
J. Willis Hale, Miss Ruth Smith, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Shelby and Mr. and Mrs. Bar
ton L. McElroy.
D. Who arc some of the outstanding
native leaders in th e work?
Ans: Dr. Orlina,
Manila;
Juan
Baronia,
Manila; Faust ino Peneyra, Aparr i; Querico
Napone, Cotabato; Jose Villagracia, Cebu;
and Santiago Bernabe, Davao.
E. How many islands are there in the
Philippines?
Ans. 7,089.
F. What is the approximate population?
Ans:
17,000,000.
G. In what area are the communists the
most a ct iv e?
Ans: In the mountains of Luzon to the
north of Manila.
H.
Is
it
possible to
carry
out the
ail
the world part of the Great Commission?
How
I. How have we failed in world evan-
gelism?
_ ,
J. In what way is
missions
the duty oi
every Christian?
K. What can
each
of us do for the
Filipino brethren?
Ans: (a) Pray (b) Go (c) Give liter
ature, clothing, food, money.
8. Consecra t ion Hymn
I'll Go Where You
Want
Me To Go.
9.
Of f e r i ng
God
has
given America more
than ny
other nation. Let us share His blessings.
10 . P r a y e r
11 .
ismissa l
INFORMATION
PLEASE
Some
of the requests for material for
sion lessons remind us of a letter sent
U. S. Department of Agriculture. It
tained a clear and concise request, bu
really stumped the agricultural expert
Dear Sirs: Please send me all the i
mation you can.
Do you
keep
a file of mission
publica
as
they
come to you? All missionaries
w
be
happy to send
you
their
papers
as
c om e ut
NEW
HELP
Mattie Lou Dumas is now helping
time
in the Mission office at Latonia
keeps your addresses up-to-date and
about
the
mailing
of the Cebu
Chri
We welcome her to the Mission
family.
Latonia Christian Church is permittin
Mission
to use the church's addresso
machines thereby saving us considerabl
pense.
TRAVEL FUND
The
generosity
and sacrifice of t
brethren has brought us within
thousand
dollars
( 1,000) of t
amount necessary to take us to Ce
We are confident that we have o
to remind the friends of the Phil
pine work
to
have this amount for
coming. We
would like
to
sail
first part of September. Will you h
make this
possible?
CHILDREN'S
LIVING LINKS
It
is
always a pleasure
to announc
attainment of a goal. For the first tim
children
have
definite support pl
Robin
aged
eleven will
be
cared
for
church at Cherokee Iowa under the l
ship of Felix Walker. Larry aged nin
been taken by
the
church
at
Peter
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TEODORO P.
RENDON
^Ve have
made many
improvements.
We
evangelized as far as Da-an
Bancayan,
Inayawan,
Lorego, back of the Pro
ncial Jail, Pacna-an,
Mandawe and Com-
and Talisay.
Our summer classes are going forward
Otadoy, S.
Palite,
Remo, Kho, Panoy,
Pagba and
myself
in attendance. Sister
is conducting our
training for
Ser
Class.
*
Next
week all Seminarians are preparing
go out in the
field
for preaching. Brother
is planning to send
me
to Guiljungan,
Negros.
I cannot object to it for it is
will
of
God. But
the
needs of
my family
me with my greatest problem.
In Tinubdan, there arc six who have ac
Christ
and many sympathizers
who
ait for our
next
visit. They_are practically
us
to
build
them a chapel A
of
ground has
been
donated by one
of
Our
family prays
that the
Lord
help
you
with us
always. May
the
Lord help
me
my problems.
Hoping and waiting for
return for there
are
still lots of prob
to solve regarding our
church.
Chdiiicm.
WHAT
SHALL
I GIVE?
What
shall
I give? I asked as I
stood
at the gate of life,
A coin will
do,
the crowd replies.
That's
all it
takes to get
you
by.
I
put
it there,
the
coin so
small,
a
thing
I'd
miss.
It opened the gate, but that was all. I
stepped inside but I never saw the child who
was coldI
failed
to touch the ones who
were down.
It's a
cheap
affair, I
said
as
I turned to
go,
but
an
Angel stood in
my
way.
Try again,
he
said, give more and
more.
So
I gave
and
gave and gave again
the flowers
sprang
up and the
children
played.
How much? , I asked, and the Angel
said, Itwill be enough when every
hungry
child
IS
fedwhen every fevered brow is
IS coolwhen every shred of hate is gone
when love
dwells
deep in every
heart, and
God,_
the. Father jreigns supcen^e.'-
But
I
shall die.
I
cried,
if thus I
give.
No, the
Angel
said, You will live.
Beulah
H. Squires
p h i m p p i n k s
'
November i.
iit.-.o
to joxh
.30,
iyr,i
I fECEIVJOD:
A.VOXVMOUS;
3mJ; ARKAXSVS' Boon..
vVrvt^i''- ?50; cam:
01.Ma. Corona. C of C, $7- O V.r
;
Ing-Iuwootl,
Clir. Ch., i;G; Airnos fEim
inon, $10; Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Watkiris
S7(i-
Lennox. C of C, 96.22: Los Anstdes mVs' l'
C. L over, $20; Cardiff av., Chi- c)i 4o'
I on e.ster. C of C, $10;
Port
Mvers T'll) Phr
Ch., $4164: Orlando. Tab. Ch ' Ch '
Jamjni. Broad St. C of C.
18.88;
GEORGTa-
Colletre Pk,.
VV
ni's Miss.
.Soc.,
$15- Mrs Wait
10r
r-oint.yoar-Polci aaS
of
C, 55.67; Mr.
and
Mrs. Perry Thomas, 20:
lOVVA:
Clierok:..:
ol-n^ ^ (Robin-LL) 54.28;
V P , .^ r J12o, Clarence Cave, $10- Viret
Noble. 525;
Council
Bluffs, Women's Councfl.
1s t
Chi.
Ch., $2o; Goidtield, C
of
C S7 86-
Hampton,
C of C, 53.50? Keota%ks
Leo'
btoutiier, 2o: Meriden, Helen Nelson, 10-
Sioux City, i\Iorning.si 'i Ih' Conf,
Fund,
$8
ill Creek, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ward.
Lusliyil e. Ben Davis Creek Chr. Ch., $50
Russmvlll Chr. Cli.. $15; South Bend,
and Mrs Ted Parker, $5;
Waveland,
Bro
M , Hiigoton.
Miss. Soc.,
dir .
Ch
I
Medi
k-Pvmi-Wr-V
C'-
Carlisle. Anon., $1; Miss. S
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a
Imogene an d Ray Carlson
f i r s t v/ent t o Cebu City
on
th e islan d o f
Cebu
in
19iil. They had on e l i t t l e bo y
Robin who wa s on e
y ea r o ld . That w in te r th e war began.
On
a p r i l
1 0 ,
19a2
v/hen Larr?;-
t h e i r
second
l i t t l e
boy
wa s o n l y
s i x weeks
o l d t h e J a p a n e s e in v ad ed Cebu C i t y .
F o r a ^ h i l e t h e v f l e d t o t h e hills an d t h e n t o a n e n -
camnnent o f
Ai^eri.cansand
A l l i e d n at io n al s. F in a ll y they
s u r r e n d e r e d t o
t h e J a p a n e s e
an d
the -
w ^re
i n t e r n e d i n
th e i a i l i n Cebu.
L a t e r rrjoved
t o S an Tomas
i n Kianila
an d
s t i l l
l a t e r
t o
Los D ano s ca mp . The.
l iv ed c on s ta n tl y
v/ith
hunger
and i n
f e a r o f
s i c k n e s s b r e a k i n g
o u t
from
m a l n u t r i t i o n
and
n o t
p r o p e r
s a n i t a t i o n . Imogene ha d
Dengy
Fever, then
l a r r y
^ ot
pneumonia an d
l a t e r
wa s
ill again an d s e n t t o
t h e h o s p i t a l .
L i t t l e Larry became
tw o
an d uobin Five years old an d f i n a l l y on Feb. 2h
19h Ameri.can
paratroopers
and
tank corps
opened
th e
d o o r s t o th e
p r i so n
f o r good
and
they were f r e e .
They did not r e t u r n
t o
United d t a t e s as
expected
b u t
went back
t o Cebu
to rebui.ld th e
bui l di ngs
an d
again
p r each an d
te a c h
an d
s t r e n g t h e n
th e
people
i n
t h e i x
g r e a t
t a s k o f b ui ld in g am ain a c i . v i l i z a t i o n . iVhen
t h e i r h e a l t h m a d e i t
n e c e s s a r ; / f o r them t o
r e t u r n
t o
th e s t a t e s i n Ju n e
o f
19li6 t h e r e we re lOo members
o f
t h e
c h u r c h o f C h r d . s t
i n
C e b u .
A f t e r a
r e s t
Ra y t r a v e l e d among th e
churches
o f th e
country an d Imogene sp e n t
more time
r e c u p e r a t i n g from
th e y ear s
i n
th e
i n t e r n m e n t
camp an d
i n
Nov.
1 9 u l i
Teddy C a r l s o n was b o m .
In 19hB thev afrain sa ile d fo r Cebu. They began to
broaden
th e work.
F our mopnings
a
week, c l a s s e s
were
held f o r
t h o s e w ho w e r e i n t e r e s t e d i n t a k i n g s t u d i e s
i n
t h e
w o r d o f
C od
f o r
t h e o u m o s c
o f makinf ? t h e m s e l v e s etter
C h r i s t i a n w o r k e r s . S i x t h s
I n
19ii9 t h e r e w e r e e i g h t
r e g u l a r s t u d e n t s an d t h e y
a c t i v e l y
e n g a g e d i n f i e l d
work
and
a s s i . s t e d J u a l l
e v a n g e l i s t i c
m e e t i n g s
and r e g u l a r
services.
^^I^e^^ere getting a well trained corps of Bible
t e a c h e r s
and
p r each er s
and t h e r e b y
a s s u r i n g
th e growing
f u t u r e
o f
th e church
r e g a r d l e s s
o f what might
become
o f
them. The.y a l s o began a Bible book
s t o r e
t o encourage
th e d i . s t r i b u t i c n o f C h r i s t i . a n l i . t e r a t u r e .
They
s o l d
Bible, Testeme t s and Gospel
Porti.ons
i n Knglish an d
Cebuano.
a l s o
T r a c ts ,
c om me nt ar ie s a nd
le s s on h e l p s
were made
a v a i l a b l e .
In Llarch o f 1950,
t h e r e
-were
oOO C h r i s t i a n s i n
C e b u .
In S e pt e mb er 1 95 0, t h e i r ship docked i n Sa n Franci.sco.
Ra y
had b e e n s u ff er in g f a in t in g s p e l l s and t h e
g e n e r a l
h e a l t h
o f th e
w h ol e f am .i ly wa s
a
c a u s e f o r c o n c e r n .
a I s o th e
growing
needs o f th e Cebuano
churches
made
th f f is t tr ip hom.e i m p e r a t i v e . Ra y and Imogene were
b o t h
found to b e anemic
and
v;ere
p u t
u n d e r t r e a t m e n t . a n d
r e s t . They came back w ith a g o a l
s e t
f o r
themselves
i n t h e i r f u t u r e work, t h a t o f e s t a b l i s h i n g f i f t y ch u rch e
o f C h r i s t o n
t h e
isl nd o f C e b u
a n d t h e
t e a c h i n ^ r o f
t h e s e
c h u r e h e s t o
a
f r u i t f u l m a t u r i t y . B u t t h e y n e e d e d
m.ore m i s s i o n a r i e s
and
more
money
to
h e l p
t h e m .
On e
o f
their
l i v i n r ?
link
c h u r c h e s o r o v i d e d a
f u r n i s h e d
rent free h o u s e for their u s e w h i l e t h e v w e r e in
t h e
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s ta te s
and th es e th ey
res ted
and
recuperated
before
beginning
to
speak among the
churches t e l ling
o f
thei r plans and their needs. The Bible
Seminary
had
grown so much,
they needed
housing fo r
out
of town s tudents and
th i s need
was grea tes t
i
they were
going
to have
t r a ined
preachers
fo r the f i f t y churches
to
be es tab l i shed
New
church
bui ldings
needed
to
be
b u i l t and
other needs
t ha t go
with the growing expenses of
evangelis ing
the
is land. They stopped
here
in
S t
Pa\il where Ray
has
a s i s t e r l i v ing
to spend a
few
days. They
happened
to come to
our house for supper on a prayer,
meeting
night
and
went to prayermeet ing with
us
Perhaps
some
of you w ere the re
and
met them .
Then'on Feb li of this year t hey aga in were
home in ebu
City.
At
least fifty Christians
.
/jlW
met them. There was no doubt of eir
had been w y too long.
w
they
are
back in ^
fu l l
swing of the
work
with
two
hundred hav ing
been bapt ized by the workers while
they
were
gone. They future i s br igh t t he i r l iv ing l ink
church
has
increased t he i r salaryMr. and Mrs.
Elston Knight of Los Gatos, Ca li fo rn ia a re
pre
paring
to jo in them in Cebu and Betty Yarbrough
wil l
fi.nish
tidcsxschool th i s June and wil l s a i l
in
the
f a l l
to work
there a lso So the
work goes
on