Mission Services

Horizons Magazine
P.O.

Box 177

Kempton, In

46049

Dear Editor,

My name is Mary Pruitt, I am a recruit to the mission field in the Philippines. I will
be working with Charles and Roberta Selby in Aparri. I first met the Selbys when i was
a member of the Traveling College of Puget Sound College of the Bible in 1973-74. I was
very impressed by their work and now they have asked me to come and work with them. I
will be leaving in April.

The first year I am there I will be doing the work of Ann Tolliver who will be coming
home on furlough. After that I will be getting more into the specialized area of

Children's work, with the possiblity of an orphanage in a few years.

I am a graduate of of Puget Sound College of the Bible (1975). I was a member of the
Traveling College, now the Traveling Christian College, and traveled for nine months

visiting different mission works in Asia.

major in missions.

I have a Bachelor of Arts degree with a

I have worked with and taught children since my freshman vear in

High School.

My forwarding agents are Mr. & Mrs. Bob Pruitt, H

i 2784 S. River Rd., Grants Pass, Or

97526

I am a member of Central Church of Christ, 1440 S. Oakdale, Medford, Oregon

97501.
I have been a member here for 16 years. I became a Christian when I was 13 years old. T
am now 25. In this time I have learned to trust God for everything. I have been inter
ested in missions all of my life and have always wanted to be a missionary. I know the
Lord has a lot of work He wants me to do and I know that I will not be happy unless i am
doing it, no matter where it is.

I don't know how much of this you will want to print in an article.

Use whatever you need.

I am enclosing a brochure also.

I really enjoy getting the Horizons Magazine and reading about the work the Lord is doing
in other-countries and right here at home.

Thank you for this service that we can all

benefit from.

In Christ's service.

Mary Pruitt.

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Please send along with this form copies of recommendations from churches which will encourage
other churches to support your missionary work. There are churches which will not allow a
visiting missionary to speak unless a church recommendation can be shown. Since it is impos
sible for any one person to know all Christians in the world, this recommendation by a respon
sible New Testament church is a vital help in persuading others of your worthiness and the value
of your mission. Mission Services stands ready to help you inform HORIZONS readers about
your church recommendations. Since the church is sending you to the mission field (Acts 13:1-3)
and will help provide the necessary needs on the field, naturally the church should share the
credit in your missionary ministry. One of the ways that the church can do this is to share their
conviction regarding your missionary ministry with others. Certainly, their words will help
convince others regarding the worthiness of your work. Please help MISSION SERVICES to
spread your news through HORIZONS, Packets and Slide library by sending your church recom
mendations as soon as possible. Thanks. Send what you have now, and the others later.

Recommendations by Christian Leaders: (List names and addresses here and enclose a copy of
each letter, thanks.)

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If funds are to be sent directly to the missionary on the field, please explain the details of how to
do it, so we can give your explanation to HORIZONS readers and others who may inquire.
Use the remainder of this sheet or an additional sheet to supply other information which you think
might be helpful to the staff of MISSION SERVICES in preparing news stories about your ministry;

From the elders of Central Church of Christ,

Medford, Oregon:

"You also joining in helping us through your

prayers, that thanks may be given"

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II Cor. 1:11

Mary has shown her faithfulness and will

ingness to work hard at any task she attempts.
She has been serving as church secretary and
doing a very superb job. She has also taught

Aparri

Mary's needs:
Your prayers
$200 living link

various Bible School classes and worked with

youth groups.

$200 service link

$800 travel expenses

It is with this that we could heartily recom

mend Mary as a worthy servant to serve her

Lord wherever she might go and deserve the
prayers of any who support her financially.
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John V. Heberling, minister of Central Church

of Christ, has been Mary's minister for 14

years. To quote from his letter of recommen

dation:

"Mary is mature and settled; she is friend

ly and easy to work with; she is self-relient

Forwarding agents;
M/M Bob Pruitt

3092 Wells Fargo Road

Central Point, Oregon 97502

Telephone 503-664-1722
After June 10. 1977
M/M Bob Pruitt
2784 S. River Road

Grants Pass, Oregon 97526

Telephone 503-476-2429

and self-motivated. Mary is, in my judgment,

exceptionally well qualified and prepared for

this kind of service. Her basic personality,
her character and her family background have

been prepared of God for mission work."

Home Church:

Central Church of Christ

1440 South Oakdale

Our church is 100% behind Mary Pruitt.

Medford, Oregon 97501

We are already deeply committed in missions,

having given more than $20,000 to outreach

causes last year as compared to $37,000 spent
locally. Yet we are going to increase our com

mitments to provide Mary's living link to $200

per month and we hope to do even more. We
are asking other congregations to join us in
providing the $200 service link and outgoing
funds, a small investment we believe will bring
a large return.

The effective prayer of a righteous man can

accomplish much. Jas. 5:16

and

HELP US
Act. 16:9

"...as servants of Christ, doing the will of God

from the heart. " Eph. 6:6

For the first year in the Philippines Mary

will be doing office work, replacing Miss Ann
Tolliver, who will be on furlough. She will al
so be teaching and helping prepare materials
and train teachers for Vacation Bible Schools.

Charles and Roberta Selby have been in

Aparri for 30 years.
In 1947 there were 10 churches now 100.

In 1947 there was one national preacher

now more than 60.

Aparri Bible Seminary was started in 1952

to train preachers, and church workers.
Aparri Christian press provides tracts, teach
ing materials, and other printed matter need
ed for a wide-ranging evangelistic program.
Two Christian high schools. 970 are enrolled
this school year and 215 were baptized in
to Christ during the first semester. Since
1967 there have been a total of 1,221 bap
tized into Christ. These young people are

Charles and Roberta Selby

Missionaries

1947-1977

Aparri, Cagayan, Philippines

"Thank God... for your pamership in the Gospel"
Philippians 1.3-4.

the

foundation

for

Christian

homes,

and

a source of preachers, teachers, leaders for

Christ.

Mary Pruitt has been invited by Charles

and Roberta Selby, veteran missionaries in
the Philippines, to come work with them in
Aparri.

Radio

Broadcast reaches

hundreds

started as a result of these broadcasts.

Mary has been a Christian since she was

13. She learned at an early age to depend on
God. She has been interested in missions since

childhood. God has been working in her life,

preparing her for this service.

She majored in Missions at Puget Sound

College of the Bible, where she graduated in

1975. She was with the Traveling College of
Puget Sound College of the Bible (now Trav
eling Christian College) in 1973-74. The Lord's
leading to a position as church secretary at
Central Church of Christ, Medford, Oregon,

has prepared her for the office work she will

be doing in the Philippines.
She has taught since she was a freshman
in high school in nursery through Junior High
departments. She has worked as camp coun
selor, teacher and dean. She has taught Good
News Clubs and other youth groups and ac
tivities.

iPARRi BIBL^f EMINARY

After the first year she will be helping to
develop and expand the children's work, such
as camps. Vacation Bible Schools and kinder

gartens, with a possibility of starting an or

phanage if that is where the Lord leads.
Mary's goal is to work wherever God wants

her to further His kingdom. He has opened

the doors to the Philippines.

She would invite you to share her opportunity

for service.

of homes

every day. At least seven churches have

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VOLUME I No.

MAY 1977

MEDFQRD, OREGON

Dear family at Central,

Praise the Lord for His love and grace that is beyond comprehension!

It is wonderful to be

in God^s family and doing His work.

Thank you alL so very much for all you have done for me.
I used that money to buy a camera. Thank you a11 so very
send them back for you to see before too long C'lhope). I
have all shown.me and the help and prayers you have given

me

because I need,it every day.

The money tree amounted to $140 and

much. I wiII take some pictures &
really appreciate all the love you
for me. Ptease keep on praying for
r

y j

Aparri on .Atonday April J I.' :H arrived in Manila on Good Friday and Easter week

end so there were no domestic flights or much of anything happening, although there was more"
open and happening on Easter Sunday than on Good Friday. But praise the Lord Jesus was not
crucified but rose again to bring us victory and life. Most people here are Catholic and so
bood Friday is a more Important day. I spent my time in Manila with Dennis and Loreta McKinney and also some with Ron and Jeannie Hoffman and Chuck and Mickey Richards. It was so

wonderful, to get to know all of those other workers for the Lord.

The first week that I was here in Aparri they had a Spiritual Retreat for all of the teach- '

ers from the two high schools and the seminary. What a beautiful way to start a new life In
a new country-being fed from the Word and having the sweet fellowship fhat can only come

s, people This last week we had a DVBS Clinic where 41 ladies (high school age on
p) were trained for teaching VBS. Now they have gone out and will be teaching anywhere from

f
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^ i d p and afhav2
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places
there
will
be
only
two
-to
teach.
for these
have the strength, wisdom and protection they need from the Please
Lord. pray
We figure
they ladies
will beto

children in this time, depending on how many come. Some places may have
only 30 chi Wren and others may have 80 or more. That-is a lot of work for twoTiir s'Count "

your biessings^you VBS workers at Central. This was also awonderful time or^Hng togelh-

er in Christ, having a program of some sort each evening. On Friday evening the children of'

lo cdl'^T'k^o"

to. practice on! had aprogram. I.! waf

mLv iT+r
but W hI !'"|"+ ?

f'"- ' i"e miss teaching children since I have been here. . Not m
communicate much to them,

^
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of smiling
at each
other.
Someand
can wespeak
understand
some English.
a I come
In my office
or gather
around
outside
make and
an effort
to understand
each They
other.
ere are also many, many who live around who have no education or any hope.in this life

or the one hereafter.

These are the ones I really wish 1 could communicate with so that I

could tell them of the hope in Christ. Please pray for me to learn the .language quickly so

can teach them the Good News. I will be sta rt ina-J-U^cano-. Iessons this week and it will be
a miracle for me to learn quickly, but I believe that" God sfT11 works miracles.

We are now keeping our eyes and ears open for children that we can bring in and help. Char_es IS hoping that we can help several without having to have

and then grow

into that in the future. But if we have to have one now, God wiI Iing, we wi11 start soon.
Please pray God's guidance in this matter and in leading us to the children that need the
e p. There are so many 1 see here that I would just love to brinq home and take case of &
bring up properly. There, are many who are the children of prostitutes, e'tc":- But there are i

many that we never see th^t are beaten, kept in dark places and sentou-f-.on the streets,etc.'
that:really need help also. Many,> many unwanted babies are in the Philippines. They are
raised to. rob. and beg and become prostitutes. Pray as we work on this that we will not run

^ead of God and for His leading us to the right children.

^'Next week we should know for sure and make the purchase on the high school here in Aparri.

! Mease keep this in your prayers that the money will come in to" finance it and the personal
f to teach and all. The building really needs much work on it and will eventually have to be

I rebuilt. But sgto-Ustarts here in June so much will have to be dome in a short time to pre
pare the building fof^+h-i s

These people here are really wonderful and I love them, i hope that soon I will be able to
do even more for the Lord, fiight now I am working in the of/^i^. as secretary and tyjsiness
^manager. This second part Is something new for me so I ask your'prayers as I train and do"

this work.

I would love to be teaching again but right now all I can do is pray &try to

l^rn the language. Yeaterday I had to teach the Ladies Fellowship. I was scared to death

iD^ausg I had never been to one of their meetings, and didn't really know what I was doing.

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We are studying Out of Mark and so ! studied the lesson many, many times and then justpray-

ed that God would lead me in the giving of the lesson.

I stood on the poomise of the Spirit

giving me 'the right words to say. i really felt unprepared because I didn't quite know what
to do. But, praise the Lord, He gave me the right words and relaxed me so t wasn't nervous
and we had a great lesson. He taught, me through the ladies and I was able to teach them. I
just thank God for being in control of that for me. That was my first real experience in
teaching adults. It wasn't half as bad as 1 thought it would be. But only because I turned
it over.to God. By myself. I would never have been able to do it. Thank you Lord foryour ,
help.

Right now, I am living with the Selbys but when Ann leaves on furlough I wlI I move into her
apartment. I- .enjoy being with the Selbys and we have a lot of fun together. They are pood
hard workers for the Lord and the people here really love them. The Christians would do any-,
thing for them and so would some of the non-Christians that they know, because of the love
that shines out from them, the love of God.
I hope that I can have as much of God's love .
for these people as they have. I really feel at.home here, felt like 1 was coming back home
when ! arrived, although I was a little scared and wonderina what I- had gotten myself, into.
But i praise God for removing those doubts and for bringing me to- this place. I do miss all
OT you and think of you often, even though I feel at home here.
I really miss ail my babies
in the nursery and all my Whirlybirds. I hope all are doing okay and really growing in the

Lord.

'.....

1 have gotten to play some tennis.

We are going to try to get quite a bit in these next two

weeks before the camps start because then there will not be any time for any extracurricular

activities.

They have three weeks- of it. here at the seminary.

time of the year.

in the house,and-that was with a light breeze.

in this heat.

That is also the hottest

I'm not sure that I am looking forward to that.

Today at noon it was 92

But the Lord has really been keeping me OK

I have not tied any trouble sleeping at night, most of the time there is a nice

breeze. An advantage of living on the coast. But it isn't always blowing, like last night,
and most of the day yesterday. If nothing else I should lose some weight by just sweating

it off. During the Spiritual Retreat and the VBS Clinic I ate most of my meals in t.hp dining
ha.ll.. If was aH very delicious. The food is not spicey but very tasty. We had a lot of

fish, from tiny baby fish called "Ipoon" to bjg fish like Tuna (not the whole fish per per
son though).'The dried and salted fish

ecially

1 do not care for too much but they are edible, esp

if you have alot of rice to take out some of the salty taste.

We have quite a va

riety of vegetables, although there is very Iittle lettuce so.no green salad.

But'they do

have Chinese cabbage and it makes good salad.

It has been wonderful to see my old friends again, that 1 met here on Traveling College.

Many are no longer here but I have seen some because of the Retreat
Clinic. Even though
there are many that I do not know It is wonderfpl.^,to know they are my brothers and sisters
in Christ, and so already there is that bond of,love that being a child of God brings.

Lola, you think that mifnog''3ph tnachine Is a crank, you ought to see the one here.
to crank it all the time.

YOu have

It had not been used in ages so Charles and I cleaned and fixed

it up and now it works beautifully. It inks and runs better than that one at Central. No
one here except Charles know how to run it so now we are using It quite a bit. But the

paper is quite expensive here. We have only used white, I don't know if they have other

colors or not. Anyway, I can be helpful in that because I know how to,do It and I can do it
in both languages, as long as I do not have to know what I am typing.
1 think I better close now, 1 will send this out on the plane Wed. The plane comes Mon.,
Wed., and pri.

Thank you ail again for your love, prayers and help. Please continue

the other things I have mentioned in this letter. Without your prayers I know that I will
not be able to do as much. There is so much to be done for the Lord and together we can do
it.

Without, your help 1 cannot.

1 praise and thank God for you and for being a member of His Family and for the great love
inSTr^y He has for us. He is always here with us and we
'-YS .n H.s
less" we let ourselves out of His presence ourselves. Always stay near to ^od and trus
jn alI things.

Piecise forgive all mistakes. These foreign typewriters can't spell any better than the

American ones.

Love in Christ,

Mahy

RRAi'ER LIST:

1. P/iau that HoAjj mZL.lzoAn lUcayio qiuckly.

2. P/iau <o/L the.. 41 qVUU> voho'cULZ't^-CLciving VBS ion, 6

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3. SpeciaC pfuxyvi ion a ginl named re64>te,

one teac/i^ng.
4'. Pnay ion God*.6 gaCdance In ilndtng cA-cCcken and ion H-U Xeadxng A,n t.iz need ion ..n

5. pTa^^tlS: the. money ivtU be aomtng _tn ion the nee) Ugh school ivlUch MlU 6tant A,n J ne,

They need money ion teacheM and pen^onaZ, 04 iveU a^ ion the
,
Plea&e eontlnae to pnay ion Hany each dat/, ion ^tnength, wudom, and guidance oa Ane .et6
new chattengeA tn a dtHe/Lent ctiltune.

LDPXDSj'l'sston Churches of Christ

U.S. Postaoe Pa id
Permit Mo. 561

jjary 'F^itt
P.O.

T'edford, 0regon9750

Box 49

Aparri, Cagayan 11 18

Hori 2ons

Phi Itppines
FORHARDING AGENT:
M/M Bob Pruitt

CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST

M40 South Ookdalo Av.

r , t Sox 177

i!^^' ^"<5:

2784 River RD.

Grants Pass, OR 97526

m e 5 s

46049

p/ ..AW-djord, Oro, Fh. 773-3144

from
June

Volume 1, No. 2

fedfprd, Oreoon.;.

1977

How wonderful'to be able to trust in HlM for everythingli! Thank you for your;-prayers
and support and for raising me In the love of Christ so that I can serve Him. It sure
ly is a help to -know that all of you are praying for me. I know that is why everythina
is going so great for me., PRAISE GOO!!!
'

Thank you for your prayers concerning the high school -on May 15, they voted on CVI
(the hi-school) and they turned down our proposal.

We are disappointed but praisethe

Lord anyway because we know it is His will. We had a great prayer meetina about it
on the night before the election so we can praise God and look forward to His other
plans.

Since I've been here I have eaten a.lmost all my meals in the dininn hall.
naimas(dericious).

The food is

Praise the Lord i have not been sick one but(the cooks in the-din

ing hall are surprised). Even tho' I have been drinkinn the un-treated water and many
others are having diarrhea., I have not. Praise God!! I. am sure part of the reason is,
because my folks made us eat we,l L. at home and so I have been healthy already. VBS MEWS: Tessie came home last v/eek, from VBS teaching. She
had a great three weeks and so did almost all of the others.

There was. uiily one~pldue IIid II hey liaU any-trouble-;

In one-

place 7, teen-age girls v/ere baptized and in some of the places

some of the older, men nd women would come and sit in on the

classes.

f%ny have heard the gospel in these three weeks.

This A.M. several more left to teach in other VBS camps. Pray
for them and for more victories. Some are aettina into non-

Christian homes, but Satan is also trying to discourage and

cause trouble. Keep praying. In one place, they had III , but
there were 4 there to teach.

In one barrio where they have no

church, but some students from the high school ahve become Chris
tians and the pricicpal of the school, who is Roman Catholic,
said he wished they could find someone to come and be there all
the time to teach, the Good Mews.

because they are ready!

Pray for a prea char there

The girls stayed in the nome of non-

Christians and had a great influence on them.

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Junjgr camp was really tun, but very frustrating trying to

communicate with the kids.

Have you ever tried to teach,

lllacano Kids or any non-English speaking) to play softball

when they only understood about one-fourth. If you are luc
ky, of what ybu said? You get those blank stares ,and a po
lite "Yes MOm'\

It was very hard to be useful to. my co-sp

sponsor for a group.

This was the first time, I've felt any

really miss teaching.

There were li\ baptized from Junior

^^^reaI homesicknesswanting to be able to be a counsellor &

r^^j^eacber and really get to know and v/ork with the kids. I
camp.

PRAISE GODl!!

SENIOR CAMP:

There

were over 63 registered and more to come.

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This camp is 4th year hi-schoo,l gp or 16 yrs. and up. They have no Jr. Hi here so they
graduate from hi-school about 16 depending on what age they started and how. .Iono-between;. , ,
grade and hi-school. Some of the campers only went to 6th arade. We witnessed the birth

of 7 new members to the family of God this week of camp.

One of the oirls I paid for this

week (because she couTd hot afford to go otherwise) as one who was baptized .

I^raise .

God I was able to help her!! Her sister and father were baptized just before i came.

T told ifou In my loAt IzttVi 1 intgfit get

my ilMt civild to ctue ion. ^oon
On lioij 24tk, ^Itckazl carm to 6ta.y I'llth me.
He ^

Tei^te'^ nepfiew.

dt6 motken, jiUit

leit kirn hoAe a nHitle ago with Ted^te'^

HotkeJi, i^ho no tongen. mnts to keep kirn.
She wa^ going to -see ti 6ke could itnd ..

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IvU mothen. and, li not, put him in an OH.phanage tn Manila. He ti a heautliul lit

tle boy, th/iee yeoM old, anda good hoy.

Te^^le and Mlnda, Itl6 11 ya. old ^l&tet
[both children a/ie Illegitimate] uHl kelp

me In taking coJie oi him.

'Unda already

llvei) hene and v:lll be In school.

Tei-dle

(AUll be coritlng dom to the apoAtment to ultli me and Mlnda may olio.
keep the iamlly togetken..

It cull he good to

MlcJiael doesn't undeMtand Bngllik yet, but loe get alongthe

glnlji ciWi help me, but T am H.eMpo\'Uilble ion. Ivim.

60ineone a good Hie and one In Cl-yvUt.

I PI^AISE GOi)

Kvu chance to give

'^lecue pmy ioA me to be iea,e In what I do and

Tethle and kilnda, alio.

('J have met a lady who li a social welioAe woakeA, a member oi t(vU ckuAch, who H fiealhy
excited about ouA hope to build an oaphanage. She aHo ha6 tAouble ilndlng ioHen. /tome6

and tills may be ouA opening In this woAk.

Ue want to stoJxt bringing chlldAen In to help

Alght away ans then aiteA Ann AetciAns go iull pledged Into the oAphanage.

on the pAopeAty they own outsld.e oi town. Please he pAoylng about this.

Ole will build,

I would like

to be able to Aolse the suppoAt ioA the oAphanage myself) since Selhys alAeady have so
much to keep support foA, and. moAe plans. I know the Load will supply but pAay that He
icltt stoAt laying.the need on people's heoAts. This Is Aeally exciting hut we don't want
to Aush ahead of God. My vocabuloAy Is gAowlnn and 1 am taking Jllacano lessons--veAy
necessoAy ioA that woA!i--Keep that In youA pAayoAS also. I have seen the pAopeAtu at. I
Lal-lo and WHAT A GREAT PLACE fOR AH OPPHAHAGE!!!! 11!!!!!

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THAT'S HOW IT IS If/ APARPJ,

i'^eH, heAe It Is 5^30 In the moAiilnn.

I ^dt up at 5:00 and went to the ofilce to type

some lettcAS to send to Manila with Sid. foA the change of my visa.

tlfjul!! They have some Aeally goAgeous sunsets also.

this countAy.

The sunAlse Is heau-

Plus lots of otheA beauties In'

PAalse.God ioA the wondcAS and beauties ojj ills cAeatlon. I had to stop '

avid take a skoweA because X was na pudot [hot] and na bangslt [smelly) . It Is Aeally h
hot and hut>iid_now. I'Hien I told you how hot It was hefoAe, In tite house, I fiope you
Aeallzed that we have no Insulation and must keep the wlndoigs open.

The humidity Is

getting-woAser ondStCr-bA-e-ezesHess-.-All d-oysweat .Auns djown .my back.,

tliAee showeAS oa moAe If, I get dJAty oA go scximmlng at the beach.

heAe.

Ho wateA pAobiems

I am eating a good banam Algkt now--They have at least 40 voaIHI^ In the Phil

ippines.
woAm.

Some days I take

He just got back fAom the beach about 8:30, It cm beautiful and the wateA was

TheAe Is a hali moon and a little bAeeze.

go down and go swimming.

KEEP PRAVING

I can't unit till, a. full moon and then

I heoA It Is Aeally beautiful.

THAT IS fJHAT I AiLRUis/HLVG Ofl.

PRAISE nov TOP: HIS STRH/GTH .A'/t? LOl/B.' /.'

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Dear Br6thers-and iSisfers. i.h Ghri'sf,

Praise the liord tor His-areat^ercy and love -for-us.

How wonderful -to.know ofrHfe fprvgi-ve^-^H-

ness, even In our..: continual sin.' How v/onderfuT to be able to liftour prayers to,..^Bim and "
know that He^fis listen.inp and answering, even as we are praying. I'praise- and thag.k.Him.
for the answered prayer;S: that I have been experiencing an,d'for all of you who are prayinb'''^'d
for me. PI ease icontinge to pray, for I need It.
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I am very happy to announce the arrival of tv/o more chi ldren, bringinn the number of .chi Id-'^"
ren to four. Mlchaells andjiinda's two brothers have joined us, from Nanila, where they "
were 11ving with;anotber. grandmother.

1 praise God that we are able to have them here and

teach them the Word of God. Elmer, age 6 and Ariel, age 10, came to"join us In the middle
of June.' SI nce,.tnen they have really blossomed out, becomlna very act! ve,, .normal children;"
Because they are normal we have the regular problems that come with raising,.children, but '
nothing' that the Lord has not been able to work out. Because these boys had bee.n living'"'
in Manila they are Taoolag, which Is "a d If ferent dial.ect from the one spoken In Aparri'.
This has caused some trouble.in communication, but Praise the Lord, He Is working,that out.

At first Ariel v/as very reluctant to try to learn llocano and English, and v/gs not gnjoylng^
school because of the lack of friends and understanding.

But throuoh prayer and eoCourage-

ment he is now trying very hard to learn and has friends and likes school... Praise the Lord!-

Eimer Is in the kindergarten and is learni.nn quickly the llocano and Enollsh. .1 praise God
for this because it makes it much easier for^ me to communicate with them. 1 praise God'for":h.
His help to me as I am learning to speak and understand llocuno. I still.'have m'uch to ieaf'n'
"t)Ljt am able to undersTand and spealcmoT'e^each d"ay*, "And" "with "the -cirridren a|-ifearrrin'g-rriorer'
English it Is a great help. Michael Is growinn 1ike a bad weed and being a normal 3 yr. old.

They are all very sweet and wonderful chl Idren, each an Individual and norma.l . We al I'praJ--'
ised and thanked the Lord as Mjnda gave her life over to Jesus Christ, accepting Him'as her^
Lord and Savior and being buried with Him in Christian vaptism on July 31 .;,,-,Ve,,ha;.b. been

praying for her and were..very happy for the decision she made.
all about, bringing the lost to Jesus Christ.

That is what'this'W6r is

I praise God fo.r my partner, Tessle Masigia,

who is very diligent in teaching the Bible to the children, having a devotion and study time
almost every day. The children love this time-and look forward to it each day. It is also
wonderful to hear them singing praises to God as they do their work or are playfi.hg';H'(Please

continue to pray for Tessie, myself and for the children.

Because of the smailness of the place where we are living, and because it will be some time
yet before we are able to build on the property in Lal-lo, about 10 miles south of Aparri,

we.are trying to purchase or rent the property right next door so that we may expand and
bring in more children. I v/ould ask your prayers for this. Negotiations are going on right
not and it seems that v/e will at least be. able to rent it. There is an old hpuse on. the

property that we may be able to use, or If not we will put up a building, tefnnprary' or per

manent, depending on how we get the property.

know the love of Christ.

Then we will be able, to ehlp more chlld'rWn''

We have been in contact with the Department of Social Service's

Development (welfare) and they are very excited about the plans for a home because there is
none in Cagayan Province & all children must be sent to Manila. Theyare wiTIIng to"help~
us any way then can and have sent people to contact us. Please keep all of this in your
prayers.

It is exciting to see the work of the Lord!

I am kept very busy in the office, keeping the books and talking with the students, evangel
ists and any others that come in. I praise God for this opportunity to be able to share
the Joys and problems of those that comein, praying together and rejoicing together. Some
times I do get very tired of being in the office but the Lord always helps me with that, by
showing the need for me to be here or giving me a briak away.

The first part of Sugust the Traveling Christian College visited here for one week.
time we traveled to the two Christian High Schools.

At that

I prai s God that 1 was able to accom

pany them, this being my first time to visit the schools.

I spoke at the Induction of the

officers at the Northern Isabela Academy and just enjoyed the fellowship at Southern Isa-

bela Academy.

It was a wonderful trip, dlsolte bridges being washed out and getting stuck

in the crddk and having to wait two hours at one of the ferries because a truck was stuck

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I thank God for this wonderful \vork that is ocinq on in the hiahnSOhool-S; - In the

two there are a little over 1,000 students, esjch attendino a Bible class each-day, for 10

months. Also they have two weeks of special classes and evaaaelism, one'each :semester, with
teachers and students from the Seminary and preachers poinq there. One of those weeks^ is

comino up very shortly and v/e ask your prayers for those students who need to make decisions
for the Lord.

I am .now a-lso helpinq in the Aparri church, with the Beqinners church.

much,'beinq able to help, even thouch I am nof'able to^-teach,

1,'enjoy this very

t am the coordinator and one

of the helpers. 1 am wa 11i.nn.an.d,.pray 1nq. tor Jtie.-da.y ,when. Iwl I! apain be-abf-e-te-4each. I
"really miss that. But I know that I can teach by my actions as well as by my ^wortls^. , ,1 am
"atsO one of the sponsors for the Christian Youth in Action, that meets on Sunday afternoons.

-Thi-s group-rs-made up mostly'of the SemrnaTy" students ahd is makiho a specral effort to

reach>he high school aae youth of Aparri. V!e have not had too many visitors but the meet
ings that we have had have been good for those vjho are Christians, and I can see-j-that-d'hey
have many questions and areas of growth yet, ;and so maybe the Lord is going to teach them
before they reach out, to, those .around them. But the number of visitors is increasinprand
,we praise God'for this. 'Please,keep.thfsi work in your prayers. This is a great,opportun'ity to reach, the youth and. hqme.s .of Aparri with the^eospel. Pray for boldness on:-,ther..p.art
of. those., who,iare, invit.!ng and .wt.tn.ess-i.n.g: for the Lord* Busides th-is mee.tino;,)n the; after
noon, some of the students go out to the,areas around and teach the chi:ldren. i This also Is
very important work. If you have any old Sunday School materials that you would Iike to get
.rid of we can use them in

teachi na the chi .Idren of Aparri.

1 hope to have,out.a set of slides and a tape,soon. If you would like to use themiolease
contact, my forwarding ageutq, .^V'and Mgs:Bob Prultt^ and make arranaements for. them-.:.::-}am sorry for the delay ."in netting them .out but it takes a month for the pIctgres. to. return,
and they.have to be>aken to^-Yanila to be. .developed. Thank you for your patience .in ^th is.

Thank you aM who. have been praying.and hel.ning financially. Without the heip ofieach;Of
you I would. not be able,to continue In this work. 1. .praise God for His leadino and strennth
and.this opportunity to. work for Him in this beautiful country with these beautifui, :peoDle.
I hope that each of .you..sees that this is your mission work alsoas well as any wgrkiiVQu
do where you are. There' is so much to be done for the Lord in every place, and ;eac;h rday
His -return comes closer.

Let us work,hard fo - Him,-that when He returns v/e do ;notj have To

be sorry that we did not tell others.

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Please continue praying for me, for Tessie asj she hejps me and teaches the chMid.ren.) for

the children, for the obtaining of propertyand foV'the work of the Semi nary-.apd eyangelists.

We know the Lord hears and answers .prayers. Just as He promised. Qa 1!;y ,-J

vjers to prayer and can only praise the Lord,

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Mary Rruitt

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Philippine Mission Churches of Christ

P.O. Box 49

Aparri, Cagayan 1118, Philippines

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please do not send them in the original wrappers. The ;duty gs so much sometimes Itjs not
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