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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