FEBRUARY, 1957 ^ ^ ^

Apo/Uu ChAlMUUl
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The Selbys - Charles, Richard, Robert, Lloyd, Roberta
SELBY FAMILY PLANS TO RETURN TO PHILIPPINES IN JUNE
$13,500 NEEDED TO COMPLETE
APARRI BIBLE SEMINARY BUILDING FUND
THE SELBY FAMILY, pictured o-
bove, have been in the States a little
over 10 months. The children are in
school in Fairfield, Nebraska and will
finish some time in May. We plan to
return to the Philippines shortly after
school is out.
In speaking throughout the States,
we have emphasized the 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
SEE INSIDE PAGES FOR DESCRIPTION OF BUILDING PLANS
Present and Proposed Prof,
This is what we have. . .
Garage
Campbell
Dormitory
200 Feet CITY 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, whichwe value
quite highly. To the west, between us
and the great Cagayan River, are mar-
shy tidelands. We hope to be able to
get the Philippine government to give
us a portion of these tidelands, enough
just back of us to about double what
we already have. We 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 additional land, what we
have and what we propose to purchase
erfy
This is what we want. .
L
Seminary
Building
m
I J
R E E T
200 Feet
will be sufficient for 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
very little monetary volue, if any. It is
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. Will
you help us hove this money by then?
We ore enclosing o self-oddressed
envelope for your convenience. Theod-
dress is simply, Charles W. Selby,
FAIRFIELD, NEBRASKA.
of interest
Mr. and Mrs. Norvai A. Campbell,
our co-workers in AparrI, hove been
carrying on the work in a wonderful way
during our absence. They have had the
help of some of our very fine Filipino
leaders in the work of the Aporri Bible
Seminary. Brother Faustino Peneyro,
Brother Laureano Lopez and Mrs. Es-
peranza Aguas have been sharing the
teaching load of the Seminary with the
Campbells. The Seminary has enrolled
OS many as 65 students this past year
according to reports we hove received.
The evangelistic work has moved for
ward with quite a number having been
won to Christ. We hope to be able to
give a more detailed report of oil the
phases of the work upon our return to
the Philippines this spring. Since our
arrival in the States, we have sent near
ly $5,000 to the Campbells for the
work there.
t
Most of you perhaps know that our
son Robby was in bed all last summer
with Rheumatic Fever. We are happy to
report that he has recovered nicely and
the doctor tells us that there has been
no heort damage. Weare so grateful to
God for His wonderful blessings, and
we want to thank each one of you who
prayed so much in his behalf.

Many people hove asked us if our

furlough isn't harder on us than our
work on the field. It is true, a furlough
is rather grueling at times, but surely
there is no greater joy that comes to
anyone than that which comes to the
missionaries as they travel throughout
the country making new friends in so
many places. We have driven 40,000 in
the last 10)6 months and have enjoyed
every visit we hove mode. We apprec
iate the fine reception we hove re
ceived in the churches throughout the
land, and wish to express our thanks
to the many who hove kept us in their
homes, and those who hove otherwise
mode our visits pleasant ones.
In many places we have spoken of
the value of a printing press in getting
the message of New Testament Chris
tianity tothepeople of the Philippines
in their own dialects. Several churches
and individuals have contributed $900
to this cause. The church in Fisher,
Illinois gave $700 of this. Two Off-Set
presses are under considerationthe
Davidson Model 241 which costs at
$2,200 and an A. B. Dick Model 350
which costs $2,950. The latter model
is being considered because of its ver
satility and parts may be more readily
available. Other equipment will be also
needed, such as a generator to provide
electricity to run it, on IBMtypewriter
with variable spacing and a camera for
making the negatives with which the
printing plates are made. This sounds
like a lot of money, and it is, but when
we realize that the communists ore
spending $13 Billion a year for printed
material alone, it doesn't sound like
so much after all. We must remember
that the people of the Philippines will
read anything they can get in their own
dialects. Let's let them reod about New
Testament Christianity.
Do you knowthat $50 a month will
keep an Evangelist and his family in
the field establishing churches and
winning souls to Christ? That $10 a
month will keep a student in the Sem
inary, and an extra $5 will send him
out to preach on the weekends? Regu
lar pledged support such as this en
ables us to expand the work of winning'
souls in the Philippines. Will you, or
your class, your young people's group
or your church pledge support for an
evangelist or student?
t
Other needs include: (1) GOOD
BOOKS for the Seminary Library, and
(2) MUSIC of all kinds such as Song
Books and Choir Numbers and Cantatas
which are not too difficult. If you hove
any of the above that you can share
with us, send them right away to us in
Foirfield, Nebraska and we can take
them to the Philippines with us.
^ 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,"at 10 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 inthe 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 Itole morethM
prepaiations L sailing. Just amonth "f leaving Manila fot Ae
Xt an^tvTniitl^rr' -y"day"we'V Z
with our livinglink church, the InS "'Ij P'' '^PP''
Ola Church of Christ. We have had a their oldest son, Ja^s who has
wonderful relationship with theIndian-
Ola Church ever sin they took our P=' will come as
entire family as their livinglink u"""Ti T?
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
a pleasant stay here at the Home of in the Aparri Bible Seminary. Brother
Peace" in Oakl^d, a place iovided Campbell and I feel that as many
especially for itinerant missionaries students can be enrolled in each of
these two Seminaries as 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 able to concentrate 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 attention to the
problems of that field on the west
coast that has been much in need of
the presence of a missionary for a
long time.
We 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 sent to them or to their
forwarding address.
SEMINARY PROPERTY
On the back page of this issue is
a reproduction of the sketch which
appeared in the last "Aparri Christian",
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
been received for this fund or about
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 their house and then add
quite a large addition 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
printing press and dark room, as well
as provide space for a garage and
office.
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
month will keep a young couple such
as this in the field establishing
churches and winning souls to Christ.
NEWS AND NEEDS
The news from the field has been
rather scarce; what with all of the
preparations being made by the Camp
bell family to come to the States, and
those of the Selby family to return to
the Philippines, our letters have been
pretty much filled with all of the
details connected with these two
journeys. However, the work in North
ern Luzon has not slackened. There
have been a great many {teaching
rallies held among the churches; the
Campbells have made at least two trips
to llocos Sur and Abra; and a Christian
Service Camp was held in Aparri with
much success. The work is going and
growing, and with this growth comes
increased demands uponjsur financial
resources. Probably our greatest need,
as we return to the field, will be reg
ular pledged monthly support for
students in the Seminary and for
trained evangelists in the field. Just
$10 a month will keep a student in
school and another five dollars added
to that will send him out to preach on
weekends. Fifty dollars a month will
put an evangelist and his family in
the field on a fulltime basis. Any
amount will help greatly in getting
these men out where they have been
trained to be in the "fields that are
white unto harvest." We feel that the
Lord will siq>ply the great needs of
this field, and He will supply them
through faithful brethren such as you.
You can have a great part in bringing
the Philippines to Christ through
regular support of Filipinos who are
being trained and haye been trained in
the Aparri Bible Seminary. Your
prayers and regular financial support
are greatly needed!
WHERE TO SEND
Letters and gifts for us and for
the work in Aparri can always be sent
to us at Box 49> Aparri, Cagayan,
Philippines. Regular mail costs eight
cents and arrives in four to six weeks.
Airmail is 25^; airforms, 10^. Airmail
arrives in six to eight days. Gifts may
be sent to us at Fairfield, Nebraska.
We will send receipt and letter for
such gifts from Aparri.
THANK YOU . THANK YOU
Diuing the past year, it has been
our privilege to travel more than
30,000 miles, speaking among the
churches and camps of this great land
of ours. Some places the entire family
has gone, sometimes there were only
two of us, sometimes only one; but
wherever we have gone, we have been
received with the utmost kindness and
hospitality. It has been enriching and
an encouraging experience to meet
Christian brethren everywhere, and to
witness your zeal and interest for
sending the Gospel of Christ around
the world. The first thing our Filipino
brethren will say is, "Tell us about
the churches in America." We are
happy to-be able-to tell them of your
growth and expansion in every ptese
of the Lord's work. Thank you for
your hospitality, your generosity in
giving, and for your {xayers. It means
much to us to know you are sharing
with us in our work for the Lord in the
Philippines.
Perhaps we should say "thank you"
publicly to our families who have been
of such tremendous help during the
past year. Their help has been given
not only because of their love for us;
but more because of their great love
for the Lord and a desire to serve Him
in this way. Mother Selby very gra
ciously provided us with a house and
furniture in Fairfield, Nebraska rent-
free for the entire year. Mother and
Dad Ridgway cared for the boys a
number of times when it was necessary
for us both to be away. Charles'
sisters, Harriet and Betty, also helped
with the boys, and Betty was very
generous with fresh eggs and milk
from the farm. Roberta's sister, Mar-
jorie, gave Robby the best of care
last summer when he was ill with
rheumatic fever, besides helping with
the office work. Charles' sister,
Lydia, and Roberta's brother. Dean,
also helped with typing, and everyone
pitched in to help with last-minute
packing. Now Charles' brother-in-law,
Richard ToUiver, has consented to
take care of oiu correspondence that
goes to Fairfield. We are so grateful
for all their help.
Present and Proposed Property
This is what we have. . .
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This is what we want
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Qiarles .and Hoberta Selby
3dx 491 i^arri, 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 last
issue of the ^Iparri Christian
for printing. V7e sailed on Sun
day morning, June I6, on an un
usually'- slow ship which was go
ing direct to- I-^ila. Vfe had a
veiy pleasant trip ;all the way
to I^ilay except, of course,
for the first 24 hours. Hoberta
and Rob^ were able jto make ev-
eitSrbut the:rest of us
miesed'' some, the I "old man"
boing the worst of ill^
We had a most h^^ppy reunion
iwith the HcElr*^ fai^iijy and Mrs.
Wolfe and mapy of our close
Filipino friends uWdn our arri-
shocks to~hear of the death of
Hrs. .John Hasty, We had known
she Was sick,, but certainly did
not expect such a tragic result
You will rejoice with us to
know that our prayers and yours
were answered in ; a wonderful
w^ in regard to our Jeep Sta-
tioh V/agon and other equipment
coming into the country free of
duty. The new law foi' which we
had prayed was signed by the
Number 3
President while we were at sea,
lender the old law, duty on the
Station Wagon alone would have
been fe.QOO. We are so- gi^vtef-ul
to tho loixi for this answer to
prayer.
We arrived in Aparri on July
26, more thap a mohth and a
half after we left our Nebraska
home. It is good to be bad:
again. The brethren and the
people of the town seem liappy
for bur return, We were'si^v
weeks late for the opeping of
the Sendnab!^, so had to begin
teaching iii^a^iately. Sveiy-
thing seined at a standstill,
momentarily, at least, and it
has taken quite a lot of tims
and effort just to get things
rolling again. We many
pL^s for expanding aid s:&rehg-
thening- the- work. Wewish once
again to express our deep grat
itude to all of you who havs
made it possible for us to re
turn 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*^
HAPPY N S W YEAR
As inost of you knowr, "IJie
Caiiip^ll Family is moving to
liie west coas^ of Luzon and
will assume full responsibility
for the work on that side of
the mountains. This leaves us
to concentrate our work in the
three provinces of the Cagayan
Valley, - -Cagayan, Isabela ajxl
Kueva Vizcaya, and those parts
of Mountain province that can
be -reached from the east side
"of the~mouhtari rahge. It is a
wide territory, and presents
many opportunities for preach
ing the Gospel* We have a total
pf 28 Churches in. these three
provinces at present with about
16 places ..w^here work has been
.started - and where preaching
services are frequently.
The students are working in
several of these places on the
week-ends. There is only one
Church in the province of Nueva
Vizcaya, 8 in Isabela and 19 ^
Cagayan. -Many cf these Churches
are weak because of lack of
proper leadership -and regular
preadhing.
We have taken a bold step
recently in promising full sup
port to two of our finest young
preachers, both graduates of
the Aparid Bible Seminary. They
will be giving their fu^l time
to the establishment of new
Churches in this three province
area. Both of these young men
are outdtanding personal work
ers and ivery good preachers
the Gospel. They can defend the
faith when need be in public
debate or otherwise, and both
have a great zeal for the pro-
clanation of the Word. Their
plan is .to enter, the larger
cities of this aroa to open new
Churches. Already, Bi^. Virgi-
lio Ibarra has begun the work
in Solano, Nueva Vizcaya, and
has several prospects the^. He
will ; soon begin doing personal
evangelistic work from bousji ,t,o_
house in the town of Bayoirijong,
the Capital of ,the province.
Besides this, he. has sevei^
prospects tin a vallage betweeh
the . two towns. Sergio Banggo
wants to begin as soon ab pos
sible In the Capital pf Caguyan,
Tuguegarao,. but is willing to
work aiy place where the pros
pects are good for the estab-
255^nt.of .ai nex^ ..Church. We
feel justified in giving full
support to these preachers
*since they will be working in
new places. We are sharing in
the support of other preai^ors
who are working with establish
ed congregations..: The Churches
are usually able .to supply them
with, food and a. place to live.
We look forward to the day when
the- Churches . will be . taking
full responsibility for the
support of their preachers. .We
ask for your prayers on behalf
of- this great work of evangel
ism, the work of consorving
what we have and of esfcablish-
, ^ng new work in this wide area.
PRINTPIG PRESS
We had: hop<2d that the i^dlti-
lith off-set press would be
here hy ^now so that we could
prtnt this issue of-the Aparri
Christian on it, and so that we
could assure those of you who
have given so generously for
the press and its 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 its arrival, the other day^^
when one of our preachers came
in to see us> and asked to bor
row one of our typwriters so
hp could type some things to
use in his personal evangelis
tic work He said that many
times he goes into a home to
talk to them about Christ, and
finds many people there idio are
talking about eveiything imagi
nable and he never gets an
opportunity to begin a conver
sation concerning Christ and
the Church. "BUT", he said, "If
I Just had some. tracts or print,
ed material of some sort "ttiat I
couid"^ pass out to those in tfi^
house, it XTOuldn^t bo long be
fore they ^ould be asking ques
tions about the tract. Every
one here is very happy: about
the prospects of having the
press* are hoping to get
started ri^t away on transla
tions of tracts of all kinds
and teaching materials that can
be used in the Churches^ We are
more convinced than ever that
this press is going to be a
most significant addition tc
our work here in the Philippine
Islands* Again we wish to. ex
press publicly our deep grati
tude to the Churches of Clay
County, Illinois, who purchased
the press and are paying for
its shipment to the Philippinesj
also to the Church in Fisher,
Illinois, which gave the ini
tial gift of $700 and to the
Church in Hondamin, Iowa, which
gave $2^ for the purchase of
the copy camera which is needed
in order to use the press to
the best advantage. We would
not forget all of the others
who have given . that we- might
have this most;valuable equip
ment for the work of the Lord
here* To all of you, wesay,
TH^ IDU. ,
BOILDim KEWS' !
As yet we have been ., unable
to purchase any of the property
that we sq much desii^ to get,
though Vwe have made . several
contacts concerning it. It is
our feeling right now, thau the
owners think- we want it .quite
badly and are refusing to sell
hoping we will offer them more
money ; than , we hay up to-now*
We are, not going" to do that. We
ask that you pray Td.th us that
we will be able to get this , or
other property very soon so
that we can have a new boys*
dormitory before the opening of
the new School year next June*
sEmsAPj m4s
We were quito disisreesed and
ncjt a little puzzled at the
great decrease in enrollment in
the Aparri Bible Seminary foT
this schooi year, UO students
tiave enrolled and a few of
those have been forced to drop
^ut for various reasons. The
Campbells' departure for the
States and our late arrival
probably accounts for this in
some measure* We have a fine
group of students this year,
however, i^ost of them are doing
Well in their classes, and mai^
are doing good work on the week
ends, the boys in evangelistic
work and the girls in Childrehs
woi'k. The boys have reported
several baptisms already this
$chool year as a result of the
week-end work, and the girls
have been teaching more than
200 chUdren- eveiy week-end We
are ^re that some new Churches
will be established as a result
of this work. We have several
students taking advantage of
the Self-Help program, which is
designed to help worthy aind
needy students get a Seminary
education. Most of our talent
ed and .able young preachers in-
the field today have been help
ed ' in this way to get their
education* $10 pays for a stu
dents food for a month, and an
other $5 xTill send him out to
preach each week-end. This is
a worthy project for any jgro'ip
of Christians* v .
HEEDS
I suppose that mpst of you
get tired of herring missionanr-
ies say tliat their . greatest
is money, but that is usually
the case on every mission fielt^
and this field is no a:cception.
Our monthly expenditures have
been averaging more than $800.
$550 o^" this has been going for
the support of Evangelists and
Seminaiy te.nchers alone. The
res^ is spent for the Self-Help
progr^ and other expenses con
nected with operating a Seini-
nary and am extensive evangel
istic program.
Our needs are; (1), regular
supporters who pledge a specif
ic amount for the work on a
monthly or quarterly basis. (2)
giftsI for the building fund(for
boys':dormitory and a Seminaiy
build^Jig)* (3)f extra financial
help 'in order that we might
carry[ on an expensive printing
ndnistry for all ;^he Philip
pines! did (0, YOUR CONSTJm
Al EilRNS^^ PHAISRS FOH T^
WORK,' NOT ONIY W TH7C PHUIP-
IW ; m MISSION
FIEil) TiRtONCmClH? T^ WORED.
Letters aixd gifts for us and
for the work in the Cagayan
Valley can be sent to us at our
Aparri address. We prefer that
gifts of money be sent to our
States address, Fairfield,Nebr.
Just son! them in our name and
thsy will be banked there and a
rsceipt will be sent from here.
STATEMENT for "HORIZONS"
JUH 18 1061
A new program for expansion of the work in northern and western
Luzon in the Philippines has been outlined and the ground for it has
/been laid.
In liarch, 1953 Norval A. Campbell family joined the Charles
W, Selby family in Aparri, Cagayan, Philippines. This joint work in
the "Ilocano Field" has dealt with many phases of eTTangelism^a^d not
the least of which has been the Aparri Bible Seminary. During the
past four years 120 students have earned credit; 25' young women have
earned their two year certificates and l6 young men and women ha.ve
completed the four year course of study. Until the past school year,
the Selbys and Campbells have done most of the teaching. The amount
of teaching done by Filipino teachers was increased as they v/ere pre
pared for the work. The Selbys v/ere in the States during the 195^
1957 school year and for the first time, Filipinos did more tlian half
of the teaching in the'Sbmihary. The work of Laureano Lopez and Mrs.
Esperanza Aguas is of such high caliber that they have proved their
value to the work in Aparri.
For a long time we iiave known .the need for a Seminary in Western
Luzon. Luzon is the largest island of the Philippines and it is sep-' . :
arated into east and west sections by a rugged range of mountains.
Travel from east to west is difficult at all times and is sometimes
impossible. Students have been coming from the western section to
Aparri each year to study, but they are not able to labor for the
Lord in their own places except at vacation time. Furthermore, many
can not afford the trip to Aparri, but could study if a Seminary was
located in that area. With the week-end work of the students we could
increase the number of congregations in the provinces of Ilocos Sur and
Abra, and open churches in Ilocos Norte, La Union, and Mountain provinces.
Aiik of these provinces are in the western ase^tlon-of - Lz;ai.
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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:
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first of August. If the necessary funds for the new Seminary can
bo raised quickly, the Campbells will return to the Philippines
after six months in the States. This will be done in order to 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^
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rles W, Selby
Ndrval A. Campbell
Mac! Add this note to the last before the signatures;
In the future, gifts for the work of Aparri Bible Seminary and +he
Aparri Area should be sent to Charles W, Selby, Box 49, Aparri, 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
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BRIEF HISTORY OF THE WORK IN NORTHERN LUZON, PHILIPPINES
The Lord's work in the Cagayan Valley, northern Luzon, Philippines, was begun about
1917 by Brother Faustino Peneyra, who had moved from the province of Ilocos Sur on the west
coast of Luzon to Aparri. During the apostasy here when the UCMS (United Christian Mission
ary Society) entered into the "Comity Agreement" and the practice of open membership. Broth
er Peneyra, along with Bro. Leslie Wolfe and others, took a firm stand for the truth. When
the Cagayan Valley was "turned over" to the Methodists under the terms of the Comity Agree
ment, Bro. Peneyra courageously refused to become a party to this arrangement. At his own
expense, he took the case to the courts when the chapel building (built by the brethren) was
given to the Methodist church, and when they offered him a lucrative job in Manila, he wrote
in an article published in the Restoration Herald, the famous statement, "My faith is nei
ther saleable nor transferable."
In an article in the "Manila Christian" in 1946, entitled "Come Over Into Macedonia and
Help Us", Brother Peneyra pleaded for a missionary family to come to Aparri. When Charles
and Roberta Selby read that article on Sunday night in the small parsonage in Clay Center,
Nebraska, it proved to be God's call to them. Bro. Ben Allison had contacted them prior to
this, challenging them to be one of 3 missionary families to go to the Philippines right af
ter World War II. They made a decision to go when he visited them on Dec. 22, 1946. Within
three weeks, they had full living-link support pledged from the Indianola Church of Christ
in Columbus, Ohio, W.R. Walker, minister. For 43 years, the Indianola Church has never
failed to deliver that monthly check to the Selbys, increasing it on their own initiative
through the years. On June 22. 1947. exactly six months after making their decision, the
Selbv's wai f^nwn tho 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
Marjorie Schondelmaver. They were greeted by the Allisons. Mrs, wolte. Kurh Smitn ana .
and Mrs. J. Willis Hale in Manila. With Charles and Roberta was their son, Lloyd, who had
his first birthday aboard ship, crossing the Pacific Ocean.
Looking back, it seems the first three years were spent in learning and absorbing the
culture. In addition to teaching in the small training school Bro. Peneyra had started for
part-time students, Charles and Bro. Peneyra travelled up and down the Cagayan Valley, and
over into the Ilocos provinces and Abra, gathering brethren together who had been scattered
by World War II during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, encouraging and strength
ening the churches, and urging them to meet regularly. They held many evangelistic meetings
and baptized large numbers of people into Christ.
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During that first term, a second son, Richard Charles, was born.- in Manila in 1948, and
Robert William was born during their first furlough, in Hastings, Nebraska. The Selby boys
grew up in Aparri playing with their Filipino friends and speaking Ilocano fluently. Part
of their schooling was in local schools, part at home, with furlough intervals every 4 or 5
years in U.S. schools. Lloyd stayed in the U.S. for his last year of high school; Rick and
Rob each had 3 years as boarding students at Faith Academy high school in Manila. Lloyd re
turned to the Philippines in 1979 to become Administrator for Philippine Mission Churches of.
Christ of Northern Luzon, Inc. He married Marivic Tenorio Dec. 19, 1981; they have an
adopted son, Jerry. Rick and Carol, with children Jennifer and Warren, own and operate a
Pizza Inn in Galveston, TX. Rob and Lory and children live in Camarillo, CA. Rob is a dis
trict sales manager in charge of 8 western states for Kennametal; Lory teaches in a Chris
tian school. All are happily active in the Lord's work.
EVANGELISM is the primary goal of the work here: - to win people to Christ, to estab
lish churches, and then to teach those churches to be strong centers 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 Filipinos, primarily those trained in Aparri
Bible Seminary. Many are now completely self-supporting; all are self-governing and self-ex
tending, reaching out to nearby communities with the gospel. The "web system" works natural
ly in this country where the people are family-oriented. PMCC still helps with the support
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of some preachers through the local elders, but the pattern of "total self-support" is gath
ering momentum. May the day come when the churches totally support themselves, their own
Bible colleges, and their own missionaries to unreached parts of the Philippines and even to
other countries of Southeast Asia.
The Lord led in 1952 to the establishment of APARRI BIBLE SEMINARY by Charles and Rob
erta Selby, who along with Bro. Peneyra, were the only teachers. Norval and Dondena Camp
bell came in 1953 to help in setting up the curriculum and teaching for 4 years, before mov
ing to the west coast to start a Bible college there. Marj Boudreaux was academic dean and
registrar for many years as well as teaching many classes. Other missionaries taught brief
ly, including Harvey Beard for 3 years, but the main teaching staff is made up of Filipinos
trained in ABS. Some have other college degrees as well. Roger Fletcher is presently Aca
demic and Administrative Dean and has been working with the Seminary since 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
are now living and based in Baguio City.
In 1967, two Christian High Schools opened in the province of Isabela, south of Cagay
an. NORTHERN ISABELA ACADEMY is 100 miles south of Aparri, 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 administrator of NIA and SIA
for 18 years. He has retired, and Rogelio Tenorio now supervises all three schools. Roge
lio 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 have been won to the Lord
since 1967.
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 seminars 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 acceptance of Christ as Lord.
CAGAYAN VALLEY CHILDREN'S HOME was established in 1977 with Mary Pruitt as director.
Mary was married in 1982 to Gilbert Bureros. Bert is a registered social worker with the
DSWD, (Department of Social Welfare and Development), and filled that need at the Home.
Bert and Mary have two sons, Jordan and Jacob, in addition to the 90 children at CVCH. This
is the only Home for abandoned children in all of Northern Luzon. The children and the
personnel of the home were happy to welcome Bert and Mary Bureros back from an 8month fur
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 for two years previously with Littels in Davao, recently returned from a 6-month fur
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 sponsor a Conference on Evangelism each
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 for
church leaders unable to attend the Seminary, Kindergartens, the CGT evangelistic team who
cooperate with local churches in conventions, rallies and other programs. PMCC has no over-
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FUTURE PLANS include a CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL here in Anarr^ T<- ^ ^
TaulT" 100 yards from the Seminary building. Withirafarefo^l
DeparLLt^orLalth is'T^ services such a facility can offer. T
thprrrr : encouraging construction here to serve these people. At present
P? ^ar ^: han^Lf^; architect.s drawings of the" :
LtiorioLf pr " a5jfe^^&^^the Dept. of Health, along with the proper a
abl^L needed i T T'' ^ -construction can begin soon, and that funds will be ava
ject PlLL ; expressed his desire to work with this pro-
^utu;e PerLorL't" facility, and the continued funding in
Umrto J,rT/ r 6 months or a year of t: to such a venture as their missionary offering.
miles'^onth^^rr"^ complex on the same property as the CVCH in Jurisdiccion. Lallo.
is beinrILefed''r"'\;' r"" property development phase. La
to provide buildings Excess dirt from this operation will be u
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to nr-otri^ci 4.V . ^ WW-IPS. MXiL. iium mrs operarion will be U;
for thlrL \ ! Seminary buildings (Admin., classroom, etc.) and grounds. Asit
worklfouf V " prepared in this same area. Many details need to be worked out. Your prayers are urgently needed.
include an airplane especially for opening a new work on the east coast
y^rsltl .t mountain range, an area inaccessible except by outrigger boats traveling 1
in e Pacific Ocean, a very dangerous and laborious trip. Anew recruit, Stan Sm
r, is preparing for this last ministry as he attends Moody Flight School for bush-pilot
raining in Tennessee. Stan is making a survey trip to the Philippines this summer of 1
EVANGELISM - reaching people for Christ - permeates this entire work, and is the ain
and purpose of every aspect of it. The Holy Spirit has led in each new phase of develop
ment, and God has supplied what was needed through His people. Following is the prayer c
your missionaries in Northern Luzon, Philippines: Psalm 90:16-17.
"Hay your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendor to their children. May the
favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish the work of our hands for usyes,
establish the work of our hands."
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