selby charles roberta 1957 philippines

7/21/2019 Selby Charles Roberta 1957 Philippines

1/17

FEBRUARY

9 7

^ ^ ^

Apo Uu ChAlMUUl

\ -

/ i

The

Selbys

- Charles Richard

Robert Lloyd Roberta

S E L B Y FAMILY

P L A N S

TO

RETURN T O P H I L I P P I N E S

IN

JUNE

13 500 NEEDED TO COMPLETE

A P A R R I B I B L E S E M I N A R Y

B U I L D I N G

F U N D

THE SELBY FAMILY pictured o-

bove have

been

in

t he S ta te s

a

little

over 10 months. T h e children are in

school

in Fairfield Nebraska

an d

will

finish some time in May. We plan to

return to

the Philipp in es

shortly

after

school out.

In speaking throughout the

States

we have

emphasized th e

importance of

the Aparri Bible Seminary to the work

in Northern Luzon. A

Boys

Dormitory

building and a

Classroom

building are

badly

needed if

this school is

to con>

tinue and grow 15 000 will buy the

land and put up these two buildings.

1 500 has already been received and

the other 13 500 is yet needed. 450

gifts of 30 each will complete this

much-needed fund. Any gift in any a-

mount will be

greatly appreciated

and

acknowledged. Will you be one of the

450 who will make

these buildings

a

reality? Please send your gifts to the

Selbys at Fairfield Nebraska; yes that

is all the

address

you need just

FAIRFIELD NEBRASKA


2/17

Present and Proposed Prof

Th i s i s wh a t w e h a v e

. .

Garage

Campbell

Dormitory

2

Feet

IT Y S

THE above sketch pretty well

speaks

for itself. The whole property both

present and proposed fronts on a city

street

and

faces

the

east

The Aparri

Municipal building is just one block

east of

this

property giving us very

good police protection which we value

quite highly. To the west between us

and the great Cagayan River

are

mar

get the Philippine government to give

us a portion of

these

tidelands enough

just back of us to about double what

we already have.

e

can fill

that

mar

shy land with sand

from

the seashore

and make good usable land out of it.

However even though we may never

obtain this addi tional land what we


3/17

h is i s w h a t w e wan t .

Seminary

Building

m

I J

200 eet

will

be

sufficient fo r

the basic needs

of the Aparri Bible Seminary.

The property which we wish to pur

chose

consists

of obout four lots holf

of which orevocant ot the present time.

The other two lots ore occupied by two

families who ore living in temporary

Nipo ond Bamboo houses which hove

quite certoin that we can purchose oil

of these lots if we hove the cosh in

hond. Thot is why it is importont thot

we hove

this

fund complete by

June

first our proposed soiling dote.

ll

you help us hove this money by then?

We ore

enclosing

o self oddressed

envelope for your convenience. Theod

dress is simply Charles Selby


4/17


5/17

^ JULY 1957 ^ -

ApWuu CnJuMui

Charles and Roberta Selby

P. 0. Box 49, Aparri, Cagayan

Philippines

Volume 1 Number 2

SELBY FAMILY SAILSJUNE 16th

- . and

their

families. They

have

been

it Is Soturdoy, June 15th. The big most helpful in last-minute details of

day

IS

here

at last,

and

the boys

are

packing,

crating,

getting

baggage

to

counting the hours until-we

can

board the pier, etc.

Our Jeep and

baggage

our

shipj,-

the--Fern Sea, at10

tonight,

are now at the pier waiting to be

We

are scheduled to sail

for

the

open

loaded

tonight

on

the

Fern-Sea. We

sea tomorrow morning, and will finally ask for

your

prayers that the

customs

be

on^

our

way^

work

and

charges on these will

not be

exces-

home in the Philippines. We are

really

sively high and

that

the Lord

will

looking

forward to

those

two and

one-

provide for this particular item of

half

weeks

of rest

and

relaxation on expense,

board ship, and are looking ahead

eagerly to getting back to our work

CAMPBELLS

TOTHE STATES

in Aparri.

The last few weeks

have been Campbells, after

having been

unusually

busy as we

have made

final J

Philippines

fora ItolemorethM

prepaiations

L sailing. Just amonth f

leaving Manila

fot

Ae

Xt an^tvTniitl^rr -y day we V

Z

with

our

livinglink hur h the InS Ij P PP

Ola Church of

Christ. We

have

had a

their oldest son, Ja^s

who

has

wonderful

relationship

with

the

Indian-

Ola Church ever sin they took our P= will

come as

entire family

as their

livinglink u Ti

missionaries ten

years

ago, and we .

C^pbells will not be returmng

to

are very grateful

to

them for

their

PPht . P

continued support.

Brother Harold

W. P summ, but

wUl

be going

Scott

is

minister

of this congregation, f P =?t of

Every day of our three weeki

4 home

P P

f Seminary

was filled with activity _

packing,

Pf .

correspondence,

visiting

relatives

aid P

ooessitated

by

a peat

moun-

friends,

and

taking

care

of

a

few

last

>,

go

hf

speaking appointments.

We

left home <

o

a week ago Wednesday

and

had a very

always

been a peat barrier be-

pleasant

trip west

in out

Jeep station ^ ost

wagon.

coast, and has presented

almost

in-

*. surmountable travel problems for

During

the

last

week we

have had

young people who would like

to study


6/17

these

two

Seminar ies s

have be-,

enrolled in the one up to

this

time

Another advantage

that

will come

of

this

new arrangement will be

that

we will be ab le to concentra te our

time and efforts solely on the provin

ces

of

theCagayan

Valley

and

portions

of Mountain

Province,

while at

the

same time the Campbells will be able

to give personal atten tion to the

problems of that field on

the

west

co s t

th t

h s

been much

in

need of

the presence of a

missionary

for a

long

time.

would

request that gifts

for

the work in Aparri be sent to us either

at our Aparri

address

or to us at

Fair-

field, Nebraska. All gifts for the

Campbells and their proposed work

should be

sen t to them or to the i r

forwarding

address.

SEMINARY PROPERTY

On the

back

page of this issue is

a reproduction of the sketch which

appeared in

the

last AparriChristian ,

of our plans for buying property and

building buildings for the

expansion

of the work of

the

Aparri Bible Semi

nary. We have

asked

for 15,000 to

buy this property and build two large

buildings.

A little over 3,000

has

b ee n r ec eiv ed for t h i s

fund or

bout

one-fifth of

it.

We

are

extremely

grateful to each church and individual

who has

given

for

this very

important

project.

We

still

need 400

gifts

of

30 each to reach our goal. Won't you

be one who

will

give for

this particu

lar cause

in order

that

we might be

able to take care of those young

people who desire to attend

the

Aparri

Bible

Seminary?

Since

the Campbells

are

leaving

Aparri,

we

will

probably

move into the i r house and then

add

quite a

large addit ion to

our house,

making it into a U-shaped building to

be used for a

Seminary building.

The

cost

will

be

somewhat less

perhaps,

but not a

great deal,

it will

house

our

Adelina Ser9/o Banggo

Shown above is one of our very

fine

Christian

couples who are

devot

ing their lives to the preaching of the

Gospel of our Saviour. Before coming

to the Seminary, Brother Sergio had

completed his two years of Junior

College training which prepared him

to teach in the public schools of the

Philippines.

He has now graduated

from the

Seminary

and

has taken

some

graduate work. His

wife,

Adelina, is

a High School graduate and an advan

ced

student

iri

the

Aparri

Bible

Seminary.

This

young couple is

typical of several who

have

graduated

from

the Seminary and

are now

out

among

their

own people preaching

Christ.

These young preachers and

their wives and families are worthy

of your support, particularly as they

work in new fields, attempting to

establish

new

churches.

They are

engaged

in a very difficult

task, and

certainly

should

have our encourage

ment and help in every way we

can

possibly give

it. Fifty dollars

a


7/17


8/17

Present

and

Proposed Property

Thi s i s wha t we

have

. .

GitU

Dpmileiy

GoroQ

fMii

Mb

Conpbell

Home

Hawt

Thi s i s wha t we wan t

BwlMiag

CITY

STREET

Offset P'W' 9

. V C

Offset Pr.n ^

e happy ' eSfV SS

note in

which

f

publications.

con

Viaoif

gift

of ^ ^^ded

f '*^3 and

indiT ^';ê

church

ôjd

minister of

to

TjiroVt

assistan

q-^s

and

chS:h

\

FUta

Sunday

^ ^ Illinois off-set

Clay

County, phiUppi

puicbase a

the

F P

^^he

Less

and

sMP

^hoot

S28 êeotly

Ix. a total

âroio,

1 '

e ill

choich the copy

LotVon

sent

450

t

contt*

needed,

a ^ e

tt

t'

geo'''

otchase ^ typea ^

oo-

a Ve

Paise

ont JSotbanks

1U

Weyi|^lttn

w have ad


9/17

lioveiTiber 19

Qiarles

.and Hoberta Selby

3dx

491 iârri , Cagayan

States

Aidress:

Philippines FairfieM,

Nebraska

Volume 1

HOMS iiQAm

We. were

in

San Francisco

ready to

sail

for the Philip-

pines when we

prepared

the l a s t

issue

of

the

Îparri

Christian

fo r p rin tin g . e sa i led on Sun

day

morning, June I6, on an un

usually'-

slow

ship

which

was go

ing

d i r e c t

to- I ^ i l a .

Vfe

had

a

veiy pleasant t r ip ;al l the way

to I ^ i l ay except, of course,

fo r th e

f i r s t

24 hours . Hoberta

and Rob^ were

able

j

to make ev-

eitSrbut

the:res t of us

miesed some, the

I

o ld

man

boing the worst

of

i l l^

We had a most

h^^ppy

reunion

iwith the HcElr*^ faiîi jy and Mrs.

Wolfe and mapy

of our

close

Fil ipino

friends

uWdn our a r r i

shocks to~hear of the

death

of

Hrs. .John

Hasty, We had known

she

Was

sick,,

but

certainly

did

not

expect

such a

t ragic

r e s u l t

You w i l l rejoice with us to

know that our prayers and

yours

were

answered

in

; a wonder fu l

w ^ in regard to our Jeep Sta-

tioh

V/agon

and

other equipment

coming

in to

the country f ree o f

duty. The new law foi which we

had prayed was signed by the

Number 3

Pres ident

whi le we were a t

sea

lender

the old

law, duty on

the

Stat ion

Wagon

alone

would have

been

fe.QOO. We are so- gi^vtef-ul

to

tho

loixi

fo r th i s

answer

to

p r a y e r .

We arrived

in Aparri

on July

26, more thap a mohth and a

h a lf a f t e r we

left o u r Nebraska

home. It is

good

to

be b ad :

again . The

bre thren

and the

people of the town

seem

liappy

f o r

b u r

r e t u r n We were s i^v

weeks

l a t e fo r the opeping

of

the

Sendnab , so had

to

begin

teaching iiiâîately. Sveiy-

thing

seined a t a

s tandst i l l

momentarily, a t leas t and

it

has

taken quite a lo t

o f

t ims

and

e f f o r t j u s t

to get

th ings

ro l l ing

aga in . We many

pL^s for expanding aid s: rehg

thening-

the-

work.

We

wish

once

again

to

express

our

deep

gra t

i tude

to

a l l o f

you who

havs

made it possible fo r us to re

tu rn to the

work

here, 5ind to

those who

shared

your bomoc.

with

us

and helped in

so tn.?jiy

ways

while wo wero

in

iimorica.

We Wish You ALL a Ve*^

H PPY N S W Y R


10/17

As inost of you knowr IJie

Caiiip^ll

Family

i s

moving

to

liie west coas^ of

Luzon and

wil l

assume fu l l

responsibi l i ty

fo r the work on

t h a t

s ide o f

the mounta ins . This

l eaves

us

to

concen t ra te our work

i n th e

three provinces of the Cagayan

Valley

-Cagayan Isabela ajxl

Kueva Vizcaya and those parts

of Mountain province

that

can

be -reached from the e a s t s ide

o f

the~mouhtari

rahge.

i s

a

wide

te r r i tory

and

presents

many opportunities for preach

ing

the

Gospel We have

a

to ta l

pf

28

Churches in .

these

three

provinces a t

present with

about

16 places ..w^here work has been

.s tarted

and

where preaching

services

are frequently.

The s tudents are working in

several

of

these

places

on

the

week-ends. There

i s

only one

Church in

the province

of Nueva

Vizcaya

8

in Isabela

and 19 ^

Cagayan. Many

cf

these Churches

are weak

because o f

lack o f

proper leadership

and

regular

preadhing.

We have

taken a bold

step

recently

in

promising

ful l

sup

port to two of our

finest

young

preachers

both

graduates of

the

Aparid Bible Seminary. They

wil l

be giving their fu^l time

to the es tabl ishment o f

new

Churches in th i s three province

a rea . Both o f

these

young men

are

outdtanding personal

work

ers

and

ivery

good

preachers

the Gospel. They can defend the

fa i th when need be in public

debate

o r

otherwise

and both

have a great

zeal fo r

the

pro-

c l ana t ion

o f

the

Word.

The i r

plan

i s

. to

enter

the

l arger

c i t i e s

o f

th i s aroa

to open

new

Churches.

Already

Bi^. Virgi-

l io Ibarra has begun the work

in

Solano

Nueva

Vizcaya and

has several

prospects

t he^ . He

wi l l ; soon begin doing personal

evangel is t ic work

from

bousji t o_

house

in

the

town of Bayoirijong

the Capital

of

the province.

Besides this

he.

has sevei^

prospects t in

a

vallage betweeh

the

. two

towns. Sergio

Banggo

wants to begin

as soon

ab

pos

sib le In the Capital

pf Caguyan

Tuguegarao . but i s willing to

work a iy place where

the

pros

pects

are good

fo r

the estab-

255^nt.of

i

nex^

..Church.

We

fee l ju s ti f ied in

giving f u l l

support

to these

preachers

since they

wi l l be working in

new places .

We

are

sharing in

the support of other preai^ors

who are working

with

establ ish

ed

congregations..:

The Churches

are

usua lly abl e .to supply them

with

food and

a.

place

to

l ive .

We

look forward

to

the

day

when

the- Churches

.

wi l l be

.

taking

fu l l resp onsib ility for

the

support

of

the i r preachers. .We

ask fo r your prayers

on

behalf

o f

th i s

great work o f evangel

ism

the work of consorving

what

we have and

o f

esfcablish-

^ng new work

in

th is

wide

area.


11/17

PRINTPIG PRESS

We had: hop d

tha t

the i^dlt i-

l i th

off -se t press

would be

here

hy ^now so tha t we could

prtnt this

issue

of-the

Aparri

Chris t ian on it and so tha t we

could

assure those of you who

have

given so generously for

the press

and i t s equipment

that

it

had arrived safely and

was being put to good use

in

the

Lord s work here

We were

made even_inore eager

for

i t s

arrival ,

the other

day^^

when one of our preachers came

in

to

see us> and asked to bor

row

one

of our typwri te rs

so

hp

could

type

some things

to

use

in

h is personal evangelis

t ic

work He

said that

many

times he goes into a home to

talk to them about Christ, and

f inds many

people there

idio are

talking

about

eveiything

imagi

nable

and he

never

gets

an

opportunity to begin a conver

sat ion

concerning

Christ and

the

Church.

BUT ,

he said, If

I Just had some. t racts or print,

ed mater ia l

o f

some

so r t ttiat

I

couid ^

pass out to those in t f i^

house, it XTOuldn^t

bo

long be

fore

they

^ould

be

asking

ques

tions about the tract Every

one here i s very happy:

about

the

prospects

of having

the

press*

are hoping to get

started ri^t away on transla

t i ons o f t r ac t s o f a l l kinds

and

teaching

materia ls

tha t

can

be used i n the

Churches^

We

a re

more

convinced

t han

eve r

t h a t

this

press

is

going

to

be a

most s ign i f ican t addi t ion

tc

our

work

here in t he Philippine

Islands* Again we wish to . ex

p re ss publ ic ly

our

deep

gra t i

tude

to the

Churches

of Clay

County, I l l ino i s , who purchased

the press and

are

paying fo r

i t s shipment to the Phil ippinesj

a l so

to

the

Church

in

Fisher ,

I l l i no i s , which

gave the i n i

t i a l gi f t of $700 and to

the

Church in

Hondamin,

Iowa, which

gave

2^

for

the

purchase

of

the

copy camera which i s

needed

in

order

to use

the press

to

the best

advantage.

We would

not

forget

a l l

of the

others

who have given . tha t we- might

have th i s

most;valuable equip

ment f o r th e work

o f th e

Lord

here*

To

a l l o f you, wesay,

TH ^

IDU.

,

BOILDim K WS

As yet we have been ., unable

to

purchase

any

of

the property

that we sq much

des i i^ to

get,

though Vwe have made . severa l

contacts

concerning i t . It i s

ou r

f ee l i ng

r i gh t now, th au th e

owners think-

we

want it .quite

badly

and

are

refusing

to

se l l

hoping we wi l l offer

them

more

money ; than , we hay

up to-now*

We

are,

not

going

to do

tha t .

We

ask that you pray Td.th

us

that

we wi l l be able to get th i s , o r

other property very soon

so

t ha t

we can

have

a

new

boys*

dormitory before

the

opening

of

the

new

School

year

next

June*


12/17


13/17

STATEMENT f o r HORIZONS

JUH 18 6

A new program for expansion of th e work

in

n o r t h e r n and w es ter n

Luzon in

t he P h il ip p in e s

has been

outline d and th e

ground fo r it h as

been l id

In l iar ch

1953

Norval A.

Campbell family

jo in ed th e

Charles

W

Selby family in

A parri

Cagayan

Philippines.

This

joint work i n

the Ilocano Field has dealt with m ny phases of eTTangelism^a^d not

th e l eas t o f which

has been

th e A parri B ib le

Seminary. During

th e

p a s t four

years

12 0

st udent s have

earned cred i t ; 25

young women

have

earned

th e ir

two year certificates and

l6

young men and

women

ha ve

completed th e

fo u r y e a r co u rse o f st u d y .

U ntil th e

p a s t school y e a r

th e

Selbys

and C am pb el ls h av e done most

o f

th e t e a c h i n g .

Th e

amount

o f t e a c h i n g done b y Fi l ip ino t e a c h e r s wa s

i n c r e a se d

a s th e y v/ere pre

pared

for

th e work.

The

Selbys

v/ere in

the

States

during the 1 9 5 ^

1957 s ch o o l y e a r an d

fo r

th e f i r s t t i m e

Fi l ipinos d id

more tlian half

of

th e teaching

in

the Sbmihary. The work

o f

Laureano Lopez

an d Mrs.

Esperanza Aguas

i s

o f

such

high ca l iber tha t they

ha ve p rove d

t he i r

v a l u e to

th e work in Aparr i

For a lo ng tim e we

iiave

known .the need fo r a Seminary in Western

Luzon. Luzon i s th e la rges t

i s l a n d

o f

th e

Phi l i ppi nes

and

it i s

sep-

. :

ara ted in to eas t and w e s t sec t ions by a rugged range o f mountains.

T r ave l

f rom

e st

t o we s t is diffi ult

t

ll

t ime s

and is somet imes

impossible.

Students

have been coming

from

th e

western

section

to

Aparri

each

y e a r to s tudy b u t the y

a r e

n o t

a b l e

to l a b o r fo r

th e

Lord

in

the i r own p l a c e s e x c e p t

a t

v a c a t i o n

t i m e .

Furthermore

many

can n o t

a f f o r d th e

t r ip to A pa r r i b u t could study i f a Seminary wa s

l o c a t ed in

t h a t

a r e a With

th e week end work o f

th e

s t uden t s

w e

cou ld

i n c r e a s e th e number

o f

congregations in t he p ro vi nc es

o f I lo co s

Sur an d

Abra

an d

open churches in

Il ocos

Norte

La U n io n an d M o un ta in pr ovinc e s .

Aiik o f t h e s e

p r o v i n c e s

a re in th e w es ter n

ase^tlon-of

-Lz;ai.


14/17

^01.

Much prayer and

consultation

has

gone into

the plans

for

expansion.

The

Selbys are returning to Aparri for the

1957-1958

school

year,

and

t]ir

ima:

r

?,

the

Campbells

will

return

to

t>ie

States

about

the

__y;

first

of August. If the necessary funds for the new Seminary can

bo raised quickly,

the

Campbells will

return

to

the

Philippines

a f t e r s i x months

in

the S t a t e s . This w i l l

be

done i n order t o open

the new seminary

in

June 1958 The Campbells will be assisted

in

the

new

venture by

trained Filipinos. Will you

join

us

in

prayer

for

this phase of the extension of Christ's

kingdc^

/ /

/ /

r l e s W, Selby

Ndrval

A. Campbell

Mac

Add t h i s

n o t e

t o

t h e

l a s t

b e f o r e t h e

s i g n a t u r e s ;

In

t he f ut ur e, g i f t s for the work of Aparri

Bible

Seminary and +he

Aparri Area should be sent to Charles

Selby,

Box

49, Aparr i,

Cagayan, and

gifts

for the

Campbells

work

should be

sent

to theit forwarding address,^>* 0/0 is

Ifrs.x-.Rsrn

Campbell, Wahington Court House,

Ohio

Add'the

c o r r e c t

address

of

Jfrs. Campbell p l e a s e .

.. .

o.-'.d' -X?:- i :? . . ;.ry

'> t

. . j . o

(.DT-'un::-vJ' yi i

kf

TS 1 t.'.dfi.J

t i o

'

Z8\f I--':-:.-' '-jR .i ybi;ro tdLi-.-o i-'j- ^

.1-..

. i r r b i t a

jo ;. na o

bXjrvo. e** a:Sjieb.' ^-:3 - >(*sow .loi.ir o,;-;

xLil ,

.ao-x a n i u e s o o l

/ A luL lo Btj- lvoi . ' :; r ri .

le-;.nfn

syid

3Xiii04:.c

-..-'hrc'rcf tr /o i/c M jffv.jr xi . ii-i .ieqc; , -vt;,..

1 .ntidz w e;:d js i vo-rrr 'K

iub-

-

tr


15/17

BRIEF

HISTORY OF

THE

WORK

IN NORTHERN LUZON,

PHILIPPINES

The Lord s

work

in

th e Cagayan Val ley , nor thern

Luzon,

Phi l ipp ines , was begun

about

1917

by Brothe r Faus t ino Peneyra , who had

moved

from th e prov ince

o f

I l o cos Sur on th e

wes t

coas t o f Luzon to Aparr i . During th e a po sta sy here

when

th e

UCMS

(Uni ted

Chr i s t i an

Mission

ary Socie ty)

entered in to

the Comi ty Agr eement

and the prac t i ce

of

open member sh ip .

Broth

e r Peneyra , along w ith Bro. Les l i e Wolfe and o the r s , took a f irm s ta nd fo r th e t r u t h . When

th e Cagayan Valley was t u rned

over

to the Methodis t s under

th e

te rms

o f

th e Com ity Agr ee

ment,

Bro.

Peneyra courageously

refused

to become a par ty to th i s

arrangement.

At his own

expense ,

he

took

the

case

to

th e

cour t s when

th e chapel bui ld ing

( bu i l t

by

th e bre th r en)

was

given to

the

Methodist

church, an d when

they

of fe red him a luc ra t ive

job

in Manila , he wrote

in an a r t i c le

publ ished

in

the

Restorat ion Herald, th e famous s ta tement , My f a i th i s ne i

the r saleable n o r

transferable.

In an

a r t i c l e

in

th e Manila

Chris t ian in

1946, en t i t l ed

Come Over

In to Macedonia

and

Help Us , Brother

Peneyra

pleaded fo r a miss iona ry f am il y to come to A parri. When Charles

and

Roberta Selby

read t ha t a r t i c l e

on

Sunday n igh t in the small

parsonage

in

Clay

Center ,

Nebraska, it proved to

be

God s ca l l

to them.

Bro.

Ben Allison had contacted

them

prior

to

th i s , chal lenging them

to be

one of 3 missionary fami l ies

to

go to the Phi l ippines r ight a f

te r

World War

I I .

They made a

d ec is io n to

go when he

visi ted them

on Dec.

22, 1946. Within

three weeks, they had ful l l iving- l ink support pledged from t he Indianola Church of Christ

in Columbus, Ohio, W.R. Walker,

minis ter .

For 43 years , the Indianola

Church

has

never

fai led to d el iv er tha t

monthly check

to the

Selbys,

increasing

it

on

t he i r

own

i n i t i a t ive

th rough th e years.

On

June 22. 1947.

exact ly

s ix months af te r making the i r

decis ion,

the

Selbv s wai f^nwn th o

gangplank

of SS General Gordon onto the docks of Manila. With

them

were

two

other missionary families, Robert and

Eleanor

(Wolfe)

Hanson

and Robert and

Marjor ie

Schondelmaver. They

were

gree ted by th e

Al l i s ons .

Mrs,

wolte.

Kurh Sm itn ana .

and

Mrs.

J .

Will i s Hale

in

Manila. With Charles

and

Roberta

was

t he i r

son,

Lloyd, who had

h is first bi r thday aboard s h i p ,

c ro s s i ng

th e Pac i f i c

Ocean.

Looking

back,

i t

seems

the

f i r s t

three years were spent in learning

and

absorbing the

cul ture . In ad ditio n to

teaching in the

small t raining school Bro.

Peneyra had started for

part-time

students, Charles

and Bro.

Peneyra

travelled

up

and

down

the

Cagayan

Valley,

and

over

into the

I locos

provinces and Abra, gathe ri ng b re th ren toge ther who

had

been

scat tered

by World

War

II

during

the

Japanese

occupation

of

th e

Philippines,

encouraging

and

strength

ening the

churches,

and

urging

them to meet

regularly.

They

held

many

evangelist ic

meetings

and bap t i zed

l a rge

numbers

o f people in to C h ris t.

/ ^

During

that

f i r s t term,

a

second son, Richard Charles,

was born.-

in Manila in

1948

and

Robert

William was born during their f i rs t

furlough,

in Has tings, Nebraska. The

Selby

boys

grew up in Aparri playing with the i r Fil ip ino f ri ends and speaking

Ilocano fluently.

Part

of

the i r

schooling

was

in local schools, part at

home

with furlough

in tervals

every

4

or

5

years in

U.S.

schools.

Lloyd

stayed

in

the U.S. for

his l a s t year

of

high

school;

Rick

and

Rob each had 3 years as

boarding

students a t Faith

cademy

high school in

Manila.

Lloyd

re

turned to

the Phi lipp ines in

1979 to become

Adminis trator for Philippine

Mission Churches

of.

Chris t of Northern Luzon, Inc. He

mar rie d Mar iv ic T enor io

Dec. 19 ,

1981;

they

have

an

adopted son, Jerry. Rick and Carol, w ith children Jennifer and

Warren, own

and

operate a

Pizza

Inn

in

Galveston,

TX. Rob

and Lory and

children

l ive

in

Camarillo, C

Rob

is

a dis

t r i c t

sales

manager

in charge of

8

western

states

for Kennametal;

Lory

teaches in

a

Chris

t i an

school .

All a re h ap pily ac t ive

in the

Lord s work.

EV NGELISM

is

the

primary

goal

of the work

here:

-

to win people to Christ, to estab

l i sh churches, and then to teach those

churches

to be s tr ong cen te rs of

evangelism.

In

1947

there

were

around

10

local , active congregations. Now that

number

has

grown to

around

150. These churches have

been

established by Fil ipinos,

primari ly

those t rained in Aparri

Bible Seminary. Many are now completely self-supporting;

a ll

are self-governing and self-ex

t end ing , reach ing out

to

nearby communities with the gospel.

The web

system

works

natural

ly in th is country

where

th e

people

are family-oriented. PMCC

s t i l l

helps with the

support

1


16/17

of some preachers

through the lo ca l e ld ers

but the

pat tern

of

to ta l

se lf -support i s gath

ering momentum. May the day come when the

churches

t o t a l ly

support

themselves, the i r own

Bible col leges and the i r own

missionaries

to unreached par ts of the Phil ippines

and even

to

other countries

of Southeast Asia

The

Lord

led in 1952 to th e e st ab lis hm e n t

o f

APARRI BIBLE SEMINARY by

Char les

and

Rob

er ta Selby,

who

along

with Bro. Peneyra, were

the

only

teachers . Norval

and Don dena Camp

be l l came in 1953 to help

in se t t ing

up the

curriculum

and teaching

for

4 years , before mov

ing

to

the west coast to s ta r t a Bible college

there.

Marj B oudreaux was academic dean and

registrar

for

many

years

as

well

as teaching

many

classes .

Other

missionaries taught

br ief

ly , including

Harvey Beard

for

3

years, but the

main

teaching s taff is

made up

of

Filipinos

trained

in

ABS. Some

have other college degrees as wel l .

Roger

Fletcher i s

presently Aca

dem ic and Administrat ive Dean and has b een workin g w ith the Seminary s ince 1984.

Other

missionaries

who have worked in the Cagayan Valley

are

Dennis McKinney and Mike

Carman, who have formed

their

own mission

organization, Philippine Christian

Mission , and

a re

now l i v i ng

and based

in

Baguio Ci ty .

In 1967, two Christian High

Schools

opened in the province

o f I sa be la , south

of Cagay

an.

NORTHERN ISABELA ACADEMY i s 100 m ile s s ou th

of

Aparr i ,

SOUTHERN

ISABELA ACADEMY 150

miles. CENTRAL ISABELA

CHRISTIAN

ACADEMY

halfway

between

NIA

and SIA, began

in 1986.

Brother Amador

Aguas, son-in-law of Bro.

Peneyra,

was the

able administ rator of NIA

and SIA

for

18

years.

He

has

re t i red, and

Rogelio Tenorio

now

supervises

a ll

three

schools.

Roge

l io graduated

from ABS and

has his

A.B./M.A. in

Education

from secular

colleges.

Arotmd

1200

students are in

Bible classes

every

day, and more than 4000 hav e

been

won

to

the Lord

since

1 9 6 7 .

A RADIO MINISTRY has been

going

on since 1970 over local radio stations.

Many

have

been won to the Lord through followup work,

several

churches have been established, and an

active correspondence course in

two

languages

is

being

carried on by Francisco Domincel,

ra

dio preacher,

with

the help of his wife, both graduates of

ABS.

Francisco also heads up the CHRISTIAN GOSPEL TRAVELERS a 4-man evangelistic team

working constantly among

the

churches in church growth s eminars and evangelistic meetings.

Recently

they investigated the

needs

of

typhoon victims, then

distributed

rice which had

been supplied by I.D .E.S ., in many areas. Resulting

evangelistic

endeavors brought several

to an accep t ance o f C hr is t a s Lord .

CAGAYAN

VALLEY

CHILDREN S

HOME

was

established in

1977

with

Mary

Pru i t t as

director .

Mary was married in 1982 to Gilbert Bureros. Ber t is a registered socia l worker with the

DSWD Department

of

Social We lf ar e and Development ), and f i l led that need at

th e

Home

Bert and

Mary

have

two

son s, Jordan and Jacob,

in addition to the

90

children at

CVCH This

is the

only

Home fo r abandoned

child ren in

all of Northern Luzon. The

children

and the

personnel of th e home were happy to welcome Bert and Mary Bureros back from an 8month fu r

lough

in

January.

Bert became a

naturalized

U.S.

citizen while they

were

there. Filipinos

were

in

charge

of

the

Home

while

they

were gone, and did a good job. They have a

very

fine

working

staff.

At

the

urging

of the DSWD

and with their encouragement and

help,

a branch

of

CVCH

will

be opened

in

May

1990

in

Ifugao

Province.

Dick and

Kay

Davidson,

who

had

worked fo r two

years

previously

with Littels in

Davao,

recently

returned from a 6-month

fu r

lough and will be taking charge of the

new

branch. They

will

be working there with the help

of

Dionisio

Manuel and his

wife

Jeannie.

Dionisio

graduated in 1990 from Aparri

Bible

Semi

nary

In

addition to

the above,

PMCC

and

the

Seminary s pon sor a Conference on Evangelism e ac h

March, a

VBS

clinic

in April,

two

Weeks

of Evangelism

at the

high schools, three youth

camps, an in-service SALT Service and

Leadership

Training) Seminar two times a year fo r

church leaders unable

to

attend the Seminary, Kindergartens, th e

CGT

evangelist ic

team

who

cooperate

with

local churches in conventions, ral l ies and other programs. PMCC has no over-

2


17/17

FUTURE PLANS

include a

CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL

here in Anarr^

T

selby charles roberta 1957 philippines

Documents