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CEBU CHRISTIAN MISSION

Ray and Imogene Carlson

P.O. Box 70

Downey, California
ROBIN CARLSON

LARRY CARLSON MARRIED

We are happy to announce that our

Our eldest son is enjoying his study
second son, Larry, was married to Miss at Ozark Bible College and plans to

Yolanda Aballo on Sept. 29.

The cere- return to the Philippines in two year^

ony was performed by Donald Davis in following his graduation. Me is engage chapel of Cebu Bible Seminary in ed to Miss Margaret Landry of Lake
San Isidro, Talisay,Cebu, Philippines. Charles, La. Her experience among the
Miss Aballo was a student in

the Sem- French Acadian

Catholics

should

be

inary, and comes from a respected fam- useful in the Philippines.ily. Larry expects to be transferred
soon-by-the-Marine Corps from Okinawa
SOUTH BEND MISSIONARY CONVENTION
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to Southern California.
All who had a part in making the
16th Annual Missionary Convention in
South Bend, Indiana last month deserve

MOBILE UNIT

The mission is purchasing a Chevrolet truck to be used for evangelism in

the mountains and remote areas. This
is a four-wheel drive 3/4 ton vehicle
which will be used to haul personnel
and equipment off the road where necessary.

Any who care to

have fellow- report that the medical care hs is re-

ship in this project should consider

the following;
Balance due on payments $2000;transportation of truck to Philippines

$1,000; electron!

every credit for making this wonderful

gathering such a success. Over 1600
were registered,and a fine spirit prevailed, Mr. Carlson was sorry that his
physical condition prevented his attendance. We are happy, however, to
ceiving has been most effective. The
doctor believes that has ansemiLc oondition, as that of Imogene,is one of the.
results of Japanese internment.

equipment for sound

and lighting $500.

GDEN GRIFFITH
Friends of this fine Christian ser-

DATE OF RETURN
Our present schedule calls for return to the Philippines in April of
1964. The Downey church is making arrangements to pay for flight on Pan

vant probably have now heart of the

passing of Guen on A^ugust 26. She served in Cebu for 18 months until her
physical condition wou3.d not allow her
to remain. After some hoopitalization.

American.

she v/as an

inspiration

to the Sunset

Christian School in Hawaii for several

CITY CHURCH AT MARTIRES

For a long time we have

felt

years.

Since the cataloging and clas

that sification of

the books

in the

Cebu

representation of New Testament Chris

tianity in the second

Bible Seminary was done by her,we feel

largest cit-y in that the library should be named in

the Philippines deserves more adequate her memory. Anyone wishing to desighousing. Our brethren need at least nate a gift for this purpose may do sa
one

modern structure dedicated to woiv

ship to which they would not be asham**

ed to invite

their friends of reputa-

PUBLIC SCHOOLS RECEIVE BOOKS

Bill and Betty Turner report that a

tion. After all these year the church number of children's volumes,

surplus

of Christ still owns no land and has from the Seminary lihrat^''# have been

no adequate worship or classroom space donated to 2 public sehbolfe in the ma

in this city of 1/4 millior peopla nicipality of Talisay. The principal

We estimate that at least $25,000 will teachers of each of the barrio schools
be needed for this purpose.
in Tabunoc and Lawa-an have written

the mission expressing their thanks

for these donations. Many other communities could use any kind of children's or educational books that you
might be willing to send to the mission. Just remember that your parcel,
should be addressed Cebu Christian

Mission, P.
ipp^nes-,

for economic and social improvement of

a
number of nonChristian minority
groups in Mindanao. He is himself a
Manobo who was educated by government
grant and converted in Meinila while
attending the University of the Philippines. His wife is a school teach-

Box m;, Cebu City,Phil- er who was educated at Silliman

?>

' versity.

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RELEASED TIME BIBLE CLASSES

. Uni-

The high school they contem-

plate will be selfr-sufficient once the

building and equipment are set up. The

We are. happy Philippine law allows program calls for opening in 1964 for
us to offer religious instruction in the freshman class only. Each of the
the schools where Christian children three years thereafter facilities will
are in attendance

and with their par- be added to

ent*s approval..This year Seminary stu

dents are presenting Bible classes in
4 publicrschoois-in the city-area^-on a
onerclass-a-week.basis.

accomodate

new class

each year.
The Bureau of Private
Schools assures us that once the basic
curriculum is establishedv we will be
free to "enrich" it anyway we like.

This will give us opportunity to offer

VISUALIZED LIFE OF CHRIST
Bible courses to Catholic, Mohammedan,
One of the most popular and eagerly pagan, aoid denominational students who

received projects that we have ever had "are expected.

,The major equipment
in the Philippines was the printing of problem that is being faced has to do
the Visayan text in the colored Life with laboratory instruments for physof Christ pamphlets published by the ics and biology. Bro. John Haaty, To-

Standard,

The ip,000 copies which were ledo, has offered to help obtain books

prepared were easily sold at cost,aft- and. literature prepared for schools in

er their arrival in Becu.

ceived.since

We have re- underdeveloped countries,

then continual

requests some of these

fer, their re-publicatipn. The Standard provised - out

showing how

instruments

of

can.be in

native material

at

can supply, us large, flaty uncut, four hand. We estimate that this school can

foot square sheets in color without be started for $10,000, since much of
the imprint. These can be printed in the building material has already been
the_Visayan. texts in the Philippines, donated by the Filipino brethren,
but we be3.ieve i t would

not be worth

while to plan any less than 100,000 of

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1963 SEMINARY ENROLLMENT
these booklets. We think that the PhilThe Philippine school year started
ippine., work would be_greatly aided by in July, and Cebu Bible Seminary opendoing this time the Visualized Book ed with 43 students from 7 provinces,
of Acts.
One boy, unaccustomed to double-deck
bunks,fell out and had to go home with
MINDANAO CHRISTIAN INSTITUTE
a broken arm. For the second year the
Our brethren in,; the backward Manobo school has had the pleasure of a fortribe of the province of Cotobato have eign exchange student from Madras, In
laid plans for a Christian high school dia. Miss Heather Holley was sent to
in the barrio Baronges of Libungan mu- study in the Philippines by Brother
nicipality. . The Roman.. Catholics wish Arthur Morris. Another Anglo-Indian

to establish a high school in the same student from the same

place is study-

place because

Seminary.

of its

strategic posi- ing in

tion, but our brethren will not

sell

Manila

Bible

Our

churches have five Bible Seminaries in

suitable land to them for this purpose.the Philippines, which are

justified

A fine tract of land has already been by the distance they are from one andonated by Panares Bidangan. Bro. Bi- other and the variant dialect groups
dangan is an attorney employed by the which they particularly serve.

Bureau of National Integration.

Organization is directly

This

responsible

ROOTS AND FRUITS

. p o l i c y of Cebu Christian

Mission to encourage

Filipino

Chris- First of all we want to.be understood

tians to do everything they possibly

can for the Church and its expansion,
We feel that our brown brethren should
not be denied the privilege of bearing
spiritual fruit as the expression of
their Christian maturity. In other
words, the mission with its limited resources should plant the roots of the
Christian tree in eveingelism and nurture it in Christian education in such
a manner that these tasks will be taken over by Filipino Christians themselves. Filipino consecration and sacrifice properly directed and motivated
CEin and is taking over the tasks of
such things as evangelism, education,

benevolence,

and social

balieve" that these

welfare.

fruits

by saying that money is always welcome

and appropriate. In many cases the
growing industrial capacity of the Republic of the Philippines makes it possible for some items to be purchased
more economically in the Islands than
in the United States. However, if any
mission group would care to consider
the following projects, these items
should be shipped directly to Cebu
Christian Mission, P. 0. Box M-1, Cebu
City, Philippines. Please note that
we run into customs difficulty on any
items addressed to a missionary in
care of the mission. A missionary may
be specified if his name follows that

We of the mission on the

cannot be customs declaration.

parcel and

the

Please consider:

had without the true Scriptural roots

1. Bible School literature of any
of the faith "once for all delivered kind. (Our people read English.)
unto the saints." We think that no
2. Books suitable for the Seminary
institutions should be started by for- library.
eign missions T^ich cannot eventually
3. Clothing and shoes suitable to
be locally autonomous. Then, too, we the tropics for all ages.
feel that it is foolish for missionary
organizations to duplicate or overlap
services which are being done by agen
cies of wealth such as governmental,
foundational, international, or other
philanthropic groups. For instance.

M-. Baby layettes.

5. D. V. B. S. material.

6. Audio

United

Nations* social pro-

grams?
CHURCH LOAN FUND

This effective fund was set up sev

supplies

of

all

7. Multiple vitamins.
8. Household remedies and first-aid

how can we hope to effectively compete material.

with the

visual

sorts.

(Mo torn sheet bandages.)

9. A Guillotine paper cutter for

the press room.
10. Foot operated stapling machine
for binding of booklets.
11". BOOOwatt gasoline powered elec-

eral years ago by Betty Yarbrou^ be- trie generator.

fore she became Mrs. Bill Turner. The
12. A 220 volt electric centrifigal
1500 pesos which it represents really water pump.

amounts to

less

than $500

under the

13. A high powered

transistor

present foreign exchange rate.

In plifier with heavy duty
spite of this, it has helped several speakers.
churches who

are repaying their small

lif. A modern 35 mm

am-

all-weather

slide

and

film

obligations. This fund should be sub- strip projector.

stantially increased so that more can
15. An electric typewriter.

benefit by aiding themselves.

16. 2 2M- inch electric exhaust fans.

RUNNING EXPENSES

The Seminary
received

to date

$1100 since May.

and the
from

This is

Mission have
the

Carlsons

much

less

than is needed, and we hope that the

faithful work being done there will be
undergirded more substantially.

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WHAT CAN WE DO?
Often people ask us what they can
do to help the forty-three churches in
the Vasayas and Cebu Bible Seminary.

17. 20 rolls of copper window screen.

13. 2 upright pianos.
19. 2 new folding organs.

20. Student aid at $10 per month.