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l WS JROM THE SSLBYS S urlo ugh Address t
Fa i r f i e ld
Hebraeka
J u l y 12,
1956
D e a r
Bre t h ren
i n Ch r i s t s
As we
w ri t e
th is l e t t e r we
a re in th e B u t l e r S p r in g s C h r i s t i a n
Service Camp,
near
H i l l sboro, Ohio.
This
is
ou r s i x t h week of
camp
th is
summer and we
have s ix
more weeks to
go
f o l l o w i n g th i s one. Since th i s i s th e f i r s t news le t te r t ha t we
have
put
out
since
our
arrival
in th e States,
there
might be
some of
you
who
donH
even
knov/
tha t
we
a re h er e .
We
l e f t
M ani la by
pla ne
on
March
3 I
a t
8 : 0 0
A.M.
an d
a r r i v e d
in S ea ttl e, Wash,
a t 10:30
P.M. th e same day. Of
course
we
ha d
two Saturdays.
Our t r ip home was wonderful
an d i t
is good to be
back in
th e
States again
to
see
our
f ami l i e s and o u r C h r is ti a n b r et hr e n
a l l o v e r Am erica.
We spent about three weeks with ou r fa milies in Nebraska before s t a r t i n g
to
vis i t
th e
Churches.
Since
then,
we
have tr avelled
about
12,000 miles an d
spoken more
than
110 times.
We
began our
Christian
Service Camp work
with
the Minn-Ia-Dak camp
in
Minnesota,
then
Camp Nebowa
a t
Onav;a Iowa,
then
to camps in Indiana, Il l i n o i s an d
back to Indiana, then to this camp where
we w i l l
spend two weeks. We have another one
in Ohio a f t e r these two weeks,
then
one in ou r home State,
Nebraska. Af t er
t h a t , we
v/ill be a t Cedar
Lake
Missions
week,
then
to
Life Recruit
week
a t F l o r a , I l l inois
then
a t
a camp near
Jopl i n, Missouri.
Vfe also plan
to
be in J op li n f or t he N at io na l
Missionary
Convention beginning September
18 .
We
will
hope
to
meet
many
of you
either
a t
Cedar
Lake o r
a t
th e
N a t i o n a l
C onvention.
Our vis its among the Churches began
with
our Living-Link Church, t he I nd ia nol a
Church
of Christ
in Columbus, Ohio, of v/hich
Bro,
Harold
Scott is the Minister. This
Church ha s supported our whole family since we f i r s t went to
the Phillipines
in
19^7
We spent a week
with
t h i s wonderful group of p eo ple in the e a r l y
part
of May of
this
year. They have
be en w onder ful
to us in every way. They provided th e fiinds for ou r
t r ip to
the
St at es
making
i t unnecessary fo r us to make a general appeal to
the
Churches for that money Since our return home, t he congr egat ion has voted to in
crease
the
amoxmt
of
support
they
are giving to ou r
family.
For
t h i s
we are
indeed
g r a t e f u l .
Our
r el at i onshi p
with
t h i s
c o ng re ga ti on h as been very close. We send reg
u l a r
f in a nc ia l r ep or ts
to the board,
itemizing
a l l
gif ts
v/hich
are
received
for
our
work in
the
P h i l l i p i n e s ,
an d al so a l l
expenditures.
We
have a
d i r e c t
r e s p o n s i b i l i t y
to
th is
congregation an d the Campbells
a re
di rect ly responsi bl e
to thei r
l i vi ng
l ink
churches.
V e
know t h a t there
is
no
need fo r an y mission o rg a ni za ti on o u ts id e
th e
l oca l
c o n g r e g a t i o n .
Perhaps many
of you
knov that
our youngest son, Robby, came
down with
Rhuematic
Fever
j u s t about
a
month
af ter
our arr ival i n the S t a t e s .
We
a re thankful t h a t
we
caught i t before t h e r e
was
any h e a r t
damage and
a l s o that
he
has
no t
been rea l ly
s i c k .
He
has been in bed for the
past
2^ months and
may
have
to stay
in bed
for
some time
yet, but he
is g ettin g
along
very, very v/ell.
The
las t
Doctor s report shows liim
very
nearly back to normal in many ways and
for that we give
ou r
Father thanks. W
are indeed
g ra te fu l f or th e prayers of a l l
our brethren
offered
up
in Hobby s behalf,
an d
we
a re
sure
t h a t
Ood
has
answered
those
prayers.
I Icnov that you v/ill rejoice as you read
th e
nev s from
th e
Philippines which
Norval and Dondena Campbell have
v/ritten. The
v ork continues to grow, and the workers
on
th e f ie ld are
much over
burdened.
We
pray that
they
will
have th e financial sup
port necessary to carry on. We are forwarding funds to the
field,
having sent about
1500,00 since our
arrival
in the States. Gifts for the work In Northern Luzon can
either be sent directly
to
the Campbells in Aparri, or to us at Fairfield, Nebraska.
V e have
several
very important
objectives
v hich we want to accomplish while
v e
are in the
States.
F irs t,
is
th e ma tter of regular pledged support
fo r
the work in
the Philippines - gifts, pledged on a
monthly
basis, which can be used for
any
phase
of th e v/ork as
we
see the need. This is important to th e work in Northern Luzon as
we
try to tr a in workers and a t th e same time get those
trained
v/orkers into the field
establishing
nev Churches and strengthening the
weak
Churches.
Second
we hope to
raise funds with which to buy property and build two buildings, one for the Seminary
and one for a boys dormitory.
We
feel that
this
can be
done fo r
about 15,000.
Third, there are several items of eq_uipment v hich we consider
vital
to the work in
Northern Luzon that we v ould
like
to take back with us.
One
of these is a Multi-lith
Offset printer which would be used in publishing tracts and other materials in the
native dialect or dialects. The Jehovah s Witnesses and other groups are flooding
the country v/ith their false doctrines and
we
need to counteract this with the printed
truth.
We
hope to be able to get
some
sort of
light
plant also and other smaller
items
v hich
v/ill be valuable to the v ork there. I can see I must bring
this
letter
to a close.
V e
will try to send another
one
your
v ay
as soon as possible.
We
hope
to be able to
visit
a ll
of you
in
your
home
Churches
and
tell
you
personally of the
v ork in the Philippines.
e thank all
of you for the many v ays in
v hich you
have
helped
i n th e
work
in
th e
pas t .
Yours in
C hrist,
Charles an d
Roberta
Selby
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P HRI CHRISTI N
N E W S
Mr
and l^o
Norval
A
Canpboll
I h o I l o c o n o P i o l d
Juno
195^
Box 49 Aparri^ Oagayan, Hiilippinoe
S e l b y s
on
Furlough
Sinco our l a s t n o v / o l o t t o r vra.s w r i t
ten,
we have bade goodbyo to th e Solbys
and
to our oldest son, JonoSi
V e
hopo
that
you
vdll
have
the
opportiAnity
to
hoar then spook about th is vrark. The
Solbys address l a F air fi old ,
Nebraaka,
Our
son
alao
will
go out
to
places v hon
it can bo arranged. His addresa u n t i l
Soptenbcr ia ^22 Woatcm
Avo,,
V/aahington
0, H,, Ohio, and af ter Septonbor
wil l
be
Ozark Bible College, where ho vdll e nte r
t r a i n i n g . Wo niao a l l of them, and
ask
your
prayers
f o r
u s as
we s t r i v e t o
carry
on
hero a lono dur ing
t h e i r
ab
sence, Sinco they l o f t v ro
have
bus-
led
ourselves
i n
visi t ing
various
places
and
preparing
for the school year . Now
t h a t
c l a s s o s have
resumed
wo a r e a n x i o u s
t o
sharo vdth you our rocont nows,
S u m o r T ri p s
Some
o f our
t r i p s v;oro week-end v i s i t s
tO churches holding preaching r a l l i o s .
Wo
usually go
by bus, vMch
i s
not to
bo
compared w i t h
S t a t e s i d e bussos b u t
v/hich
arc not so bad onco
you
got used
t o t r a v
eling dusty, bumpy roads on
springlcss
seats
v;ith
your foot propped up on baggage t i t and they se c what a
blessing
it
vdll
bo
V e
onjoyod
our
v i s i t s
in
the
homos of
the to
them,
t h a t
many more
vdl l
soon
follow
brethren in thcao placoa. Sometimes vro
t l iat p a t t e r n .
are
given
a whole small house to ovirsolves. When vrc go
to
hold
teaching r a l l i e s
V o
have
nevor
boon
the recipients
o f fin er we
find t h a t
now
tho
brethren
arc
rais ing
h o s p i t a l i t y anywhoro, Sono tir ioo
the
bus questions
concerning
Christian l iving, t h a t
cannot go
a l l
tho way to
the place and vto
walk
or ride
on
oxcart
par t
v/ay,
Ono o f
our r a l l i o s v/as c ut short by a typhoon.
Thoro aro usually
somo converts a t
every
r a l l y . Wo
find
it
much more
pleasant to
s i t through a throo
day
r a l l y now
t h a t
wc
c a n u n d o r e t a n d
a
little o f
t h o
dialect
Many riow
students
wore contacted
through
t h o s e
r a l l i o s .
Perhaps our most i n t e r e s t i n g t r i p
was
tho
one
to
Abra,
whore
buoooo
and
roads
aro l i t t l e used ,
Most o f tho
t r i p
t o
t h e
v a r i o u s c h u r c h e s
v/as
t r a v o l o d
on
foot , following
rocky
r i v e r
bods,
cross
ing
r ivers on stones or by wad ing, going
on the rico terrace r idges ,
climbing
mountaino. The
people
in these i solatod
placoa ooonod
t o appr6ciato
our coming to
thorn so tha t it was a
real i nsp ir at ion to
Summary o f Sumnor
V/ork
Tho second
and t h i r d chapc l oorvicos
of
th o Aparri
Bible Seminary a rc u su ally
s o t
a s i d e
a s
a
t i m e whon t h o s t u d e n t s w i l l
t o l l
o f
t h e i r
summer
work.
This
pas t
V/cdnccday
v o hoard j u s t such
reports . Ac
cording t o tho information given t o u s
thoro have boon
I50
s ou ls bap ti ze d into
Chris t
during
tho vac at ion pe ri od .
Wo
r o -
joico for th ose ,
and
wo
Inow t h at t h is
victory i s
a challongo
t o
those v/ho
did tho
work,
t o
cont inue
i n
t h e t a s k
o f
ooul -
wlnnlng.
For tho past tv/o years , wo havo dis
continued
sending
out
girls
for
DVBS work,
but thoro aro several who have boon going
o u t
on
t h e i r ov/n,
as
tho
churches
c a l l
upon
them. Wo knov/ those g i r l s
have
done a
f ino
jo b
i n teaching tho
chi ldren.
This was
evidenced
v/hon wo wcro i n
Abra,
whon tho
chi ldren canc running
t o sing
tho chorusos-
they
had
Icomod
from
one o f our former
s t u d e n t s .
V o aro beginning
t o
hoar o f a few
churches t h a t arc
asking
for preachers
t o
como, and they w i l l a t l e a s t help
on
t h o i r
support* V o boliovo
t h a t
if
tho
idea over
catches
on, and
they soo
t h a t thoy oan
do
a fov/ years
ago
s t i r r e d up a rash argument
whon mentioned. All those
thin gs arc
bright
signs
in
the
future o f
t h i s
work.
Family A c t i v i t i o s
Now t l iat Seminary clasaos have bogun ,
Hiil ip
and Charlotte
have
also bogun tholr
s t u d i o s . Whon wo l e a r n e d from J i m s o x -
porionco t h a t
corrospondonco
school
c r d d i t s
aro
not
accoptablo
in Ohio, wo decided it
best
t h a t
Philip would study
t h i s
year
in -
tho local high school . Hb
v/as
permitted to
teJco
only
subjoots ho
choso,
thus p reparing
him
for the
J un io r ye ar of High School
in
t h o S t a t e s whon ho w i l l r e t u r n
t h e r e
n o x t
simtior. Tho toachora
aro
very
fi iondly
t o
hin,
soomingly considering
it an
honor
to
have h in th oro . Wo
hopo ho
contributes
something
to t ho c la ss room
bcsidos jus t bo-
us.
Many
of them aro
yot
pagans, but socm ing an -Lmoricon, His report v/ill t o l l .
intcrootod
in
t he gospe l,
Ilcotings
v/oro
usually hold unde r
inprovisod
shel ter as
there
aro no chapels
yet.
Ton days
there
r e s u l t e d
i n
t w e l v e a d d i t i o n s . As v/o loft
each
place, wo wore
given
ponothing to
tolco homo,
such as brooms,
r ico, sugar,
Char
l o t t o
i s
t a l d n g
7 t h
grade
a t
homo.
She
sponds most of the
morning
hours
a t
i t
with
somo supervision. She i s becoming
very
f l u en t i n tho
I locano
d i a l e c t
doing
moot o f her conve rs in g t h a t way.
She
en
joys
tho
g i r l s
in
tho dorm, and
tho baby
and
honey,- V o
hopo
t lmt
v o
l o f t something
belonging to one of our married couples.
o f
tho
Gospol
with
thorn.
Watch
f o r
A r t i c l e
A
story o f
t h i s
v/ork,
i l l u s t r a t e d
by
p i c t u r e s s u i t a b l e
f o r
Icooon m a t e r i a l
w i l l
bo
included
i n
tho
Soptombor
issuo
of The Christian Loader published by
M. B. Book
o f
Orlando ,
F l o r i d a .
Wo have boon hearing good
reports
on-
J i n s
speaking
in
th o
S t a t e s This
bringa
much conncnt
from Hiil ip
over
what
ho might
bo able to
say
whon
ho r e t u r n s .
Ho t e a s e s
Charlotte to
begin
preparing what sho
wil l
say t o
the
Beginners , V hon Jim
v/roto in-
a
l e t t e r
that
ho
helped
in a
DVBS
of
I9S
chi ldren, ono of our
Filipino boys ronarkod
t h a t J i n had tho bigges t report
t o
give
of any o f th o s tudent s .
Wo
arc happy t h a t
ho enjoys
roprcsonting
ua
t l ioro.
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Soninar ' ; -
N6w3
Aparri Biblo Soninary
c lo se d t he 1955*
195^ cchool yoar with 65 students, and
Thc u s u a l round o f a c t i v i t i o s made fo r a
f ine school sp i r i t . Firs t
there
was
the
F i r s t
Musica l Rec i t a l
in
v/hich
all o f th e
Instrur/.cntal Students
of Mrs.
Campboll
displayed
th eir t ale n ts
and
in
v/hich
the
choirs ,
Gcxtotto, and quar te t te , directed
by
Mrs, Solby par t ic ipated. This
v;as
vroll
attended by towno-pooplo also Tlio fo l
lowing wook, Jfrs, Solby prosontod a
fine
drama.
This
required
much
ingenuity
in
making
cos tumes and
scenery, James
Oanpboll applied his a r t i s t i c ta le nts to
help Mrs,
Solby
in t h i s . The annual Can
didates ' Banquet v^as served to the grad
uates and thei r guests. An
al l-school
picnic a t the snai l local
airport
fea
t u r ed s o f t
b a l l .
Bacca l au r ea t e and Sen
io r
Night
had
a
place
in
the
act ivi t ios
follovrcd by Comonconent a t
which Bulogio
Roca,
gradus.tc
of Manila Bible -Soninary
and
now c.
f u l l t ine evangel i s t in I locos
Sur, vfao the
spealcor,
Tv/e r ec eiv ed d c-
groo3,
5
Poceivcd diplomas, and
the
other
s e v e n r e c e i v e d certificates
Nov/
the 195^-57
yoar
has
begun. Our
onrol lnent
i s dov/n sono.
Fif ty- four have
cone and others would if v;o
could
help
then.
Mo have
almost
as rtany
ful l time
students as \ic had l a s t
yoar,
V/o
los t
mostly
par t time students
who
wore hero
talcing thei r
high school and one or more
clasSOS in the
Soninary,
Mo have
many new
ones, to
take the
placo of
those who v ero
graduated l a s t
year , Laureano Lopez and
M^sVlKoporahza-
Aguao,
both
graduates of'
A,B.S,
-arc teaching in
the
absonoc of tho
Sclbys, Bro, Pcncyra
also
teaches
his rcg-
rod about $5^0,
ular tv/o c lasses daily. Wo havo been
able
boy's
dormitory
to
prepare
a
reference l ibrary
by
placing
the
personal
books of Bro,
Solby
and
our
o^m
a fov;
Seminary
books, in
now
oholvoo
in
tho
Sclby garage.
This
v/ill bo
used by
g i r l s in
the
afternoon, -and
boys
a t night, Tlvcro arc about
22
students
this
many of tho troubles
that
come
up
every
year on the self-help program. This help year ,
is
given on the basis of needs and scholar- I f our fcu'iily could havo pledges equal
hip.
Wo
use
then
in ouch work as
super
to
our living linlc support, i t v/ould tako
vising l ib ra ry
sort ing
and
packing
l i t e r
a ture cleaning seminary and chapel,
yard
work,
hauling
sand, carpentry and
some
secre tar ia l
work, 02,00
to 2,50
per wook
wi l l support
a
boy
in
th i s prograa .
At
our
Convocation,
Juno
24 , another
o f our
gro.duatos,
Vi rg il io I ba rr a spoke
on tho
thono, Tra ining
fo r the M in is try
I ' Iccds
Now t h a t
our co-workGrs a ro on
fu r
lough wo
arc
faced
with the fact tha t our
with l4
receiving
dogroos and
certificates
income horo has f allen o ff . Yet, cur ex-
ponsos
in operating this
mission
have not
dropped but arc
incroasod as
v;o
add teach
ers to toko
thei r
places. Furthermore,
until th e churches ho ro a ss un o th e f in an
c ia l
responsibi l i ty
of
supporting
their
own
proachors,
wo not only s t i l l havo the
support of the
older
preachers
and
grad
uates
to
boar , but wo also arc faced with
the
fac t tha t
v;c
must help
those nov/
stu
dents
tha t
aro coning
horo to
be t rained.
Most
of them simply
have no
money. I f
they wore a t homo,
thoy
would oat the food
t ha t i s there but
there
i s no
money
to
bring
horo for
the i r
feed, V/hat thoy
re
ceive
from
us i s
but
a pittance but it
keeps body
and
soi^l
together , and
increases
our cxpcnoo.
Those on self-help
arc
given
work
to
do
to
earn
tho
02
or
02,50
a vrock
that thoy
got, V ith 22
or
more students
on
this soif-holp,
wo need more
than
04O
a week fo r
t h i s alone.
Some
married grad
uate
ovangoliots
are receiving
only 025
month,
sono only OI5
o-nd
with
families
coning
on, i t
is
very hc.rd fo r them. Wo
do expect
tho
brethren
here to
assuno
their
support in
t ine
but
the t ine
has
not
yet cone,
Thoy do
help to
food
tho
vrorkcrs
vrhon thoy
are
there,
V/c
v^ould l ike to
es t
abl ish
some -:ind
of cottage indust ry
to
onploy
tho
s tudent s but as
yet
have not
found
the wa^ .
I t
vrould
take
an investment,
too,
'Jo
need support for the
tvro now
teachers,
05^ a month for tho marr ied
ran,
and
O5Q 0. month
for
tho lady. Our land
whcr^'tho'~girl3'
dornitdry
is
bui l t It n dt~'
yet
paid
for . Our
general
fund
is in tho
Wo
need badly to
build a
Tho one v/o
aro
rent ing
i s in
bad
condit ion. People have entered
and stolen
parts
of flooring,
parti t ioning,
and plja/ood from one
of
oi^r bods, 7c would
l ike to havo tlio dormitoi*y nearer to us 00
v/c
could
supervise i t
bettor,
thus
avoiding
ca r e o f
ou r
sha r e
o f
th e
v/ork,
V/ith
t h a t
arrangement, we could oven build
the boy's
dormitory by
paying
for it in installments.
Wo do not want
to bo
cons ide red begga rs ,
but wo ask
not
those th in gs fo r o urse lv es,
Ask, and
i t shall
be
g iven V/o
thank God for a l l His abundant
goodness
to
u s
i n this
h a r v e s t
field
Riilippino
Mission
Churches
of Chris t
c/o Thurl G, Campboll
522
V/cstom
Avenue
V/ash ington C, H,,
Ohio
See .5^1-, 5)
and
R.
U.S . POSTAGE
PAID
V/ashington O.K., Ohio
Permit No, 55
Form 55^7 Requested