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1/11

Ramblings

of

Walt

vol .

3,

No 8

THANK YOU

This is to thank

many

of you

who

wrote or

expressed

your concern to

me

and dad over the

graduation

of

mother.

Although

I

will

miss

her,

real ize tha t

she

has j u s t

gone

on

to

be with the Lord a

l ttl ahead o f th e r e s t

o f u s . I

intend

to

respond

in

writ ing

to

t hose

who

have

wr i t t en .

But ,

t

w i l l t a k e

some

t ime becau s e

o f

t h e

number

who

were so

grac ious . Mean

while,

thank you

very much fo r

your

thoughtfulness .

A

NEED:

AN

ACCORDION

Doroteo Bojos, a Fil ipino friend

and

co-worker

in Cebu, has

brought

to

my

at tent ion the need fo r

an

accordion to use

in

evangel is t ic

outreaches.

I f you

have

an

accor

dion which you are not using and

would l i k e to dona t e t and

s e e t

put

to

use in the

Lord s

work, le t

me know i n Cebu, o r care

o f

WSCC

With

love

Walt


2/11

Ramblings

of

Walt

ol 3 No 9 k C

FIRST YEAR IN CEBU

This i s th e t tl fo r

a new

s l i d e /

casse t te

program

which I have pre

pared about

my

work here in

Cebu,

Phil ippines.

I t shows

something

of the l i fe and

people

of Cebu

Bible Seminary and some

of the

o t h e r a c t i v i t i e s

I

have been

a

par t

o f

The

program

takes

about

28

minutes.

I f you would l ike

to

use t h i s program, contac t :

Mrs.

Dorothy

Weber

3814

SW

Myrtle

St.

Sea t t l e WA

98126

206 937-4423

Another se t is being made avai l

ab l e

a t ;

Miss ion

Se rv i c e s

P 0 Box 2427

Knoxvi l le ,

TN

37901-2427

615

577-9740

I

hope t ha t

many

will take the

op

por tuni ty

to

see

and

hear

what

I

am

doing

here

in Cebu

Philippines.

With love Walt


3/11

Measurable positive results are evident

One Year ofFeeding Program in

Cebu

By

WALT

PREVOST

ONE year of Feeding Program has

shown it to be attracting chil dren to the

food, the children and their parents to

Bible studies , and converts

to

th e Lord

Jesus Christ among the churches here in

Cebu, Philippines.

OnJuly 20, 1985, the originators of the

program, Mrs. Fedelina Servano and

Mrs. Teofista Carpiso, organized a Feed

ing Program Seminar to celebrate a year

of showing love for children by providing

them with physical and spiritual food.

The seminar was held on the campus of

Cebu Bible Seminary. More than 500

children and adults attended, giving some

idea

of

the n um be rs

of

p eo pl e b ei ng

reached by this program. Well over 200

baptisms have come as a direct result of

the feedings in fourteen locations.

What is the feeding program?The

Philippines is presently in a period of low

economic f or tu ne s. As w it h

many

coun

tries

of the

Third

World, t he re a re many

poor people here. The Feeding Program,

organized as Love Mission for Children,

began when two ladies saw the need to

Page

Twelve 1 96)

help some of

these

children who areobvi

ously poorly nourished.

The program consists of giving the

children one good meal each week. The

o ne -d ish mea l is rice with meat and vege

tables. The children bring their own eat

ing utensils. Spiritual emphases are at

tained by having some en th us ias tic

singing of gospel songs, a time of prayer,

and

Bible

lessons

for the

children

a s w el l

as for parents and any other adults

present). The spiritual program comes

before

t he f oo d

is

served.

From the b eg in ni ng , these have been

the goals of the program: 1) To extend

love to indigent children spiritually and

rnaterially; 2) To win parents and mold

their children toward a new

life

in Christ;

3 reach indi| nt

neighbors,

both

children and parents, in every local con

gregation of the churches of Christ; 4)

To help the outreach program of local

congregations.

Most locations for the feedings are

where there are already existing churches

of Christ, making a convenient place for

interested

children and their

p aren ts to at

tend Bible school and Lord s Day

ser

vices. Although no pressure has been ap

plied, many of the participants in the

Feeding Program have attended services

and many of these have accepted Jesus

Christ

as

Lor d an d

Savior.

It has been the author s privilege to

preach at several of these feeding loca

tions and see responses to the invitation, a

result

of

the insturction given during the

Bible le ssons at the feedings. Many

of

these have been mothers holding babies.

In several cases, when

mothers

have gone

to

the

sea to be immersed

into

Christ,

they have been joined in baptism by their

husbands .

How

many

ar e involved?Three teams

are presently involved in these feeding

programs. Mrs. Servano and Mrs. Car

piso work with Ben Curacha, Max Ser

vano, Victor Vargas, and Diosdada Mar-

tenez in holding feedings at eight loca

tions. The feedings usually involve sev

eral

students from

Cebu

Bible Seminary,

who helpin the music and in teaching the

children. As the program becomes estab

lished in a particular location, the local

people

become

involved

as well.

A

second team

consists

of

Mrs

Vico-

triana Joyohoy, Mrs. Adela Maramara,

and Mrs. Pacita Lubid. They also involve

CBS students as

well

as

church elders

in

the work. The team has feedings at three

locations near the Peace Valley Church

of

Christ in Cebu City, where Mrs. Joyohoy

is a member .

-A third team is made up of Mrs. Dulce

Labrado and her daughters Jackie and

Cheery and also includesother CBS stu

dents. They also have three locations. All

of the teams are closely associated with

Cebu Bible Seminary, living close to the

campus or as faculty and students. Other

faculty members of CBS, including this

writer, have been asked to teach a nd /o r

preach at the feedings.

Ray Carlson, veteran missionary here

in Cebu, obs erved that it is good that the

ladies have

shown

the initiative in the

program; and are continuing to see that it

happens each week.

A large number of children and adults

have been reached. During the first year

of

feedings by the S er vano /C ar pi so /

Curacha team at eight locations, 554 chil

d re n and

184 adults

wer e r ea ch ed e ach

week

with food children and Bible

teaching childrenand adults). As a direct

result of the programs, 191 were im

mersed into Chr is t, mostly parents

of

ch i ld ren invo lved .

Mrs. Joyohoy reports that weekly at

tendance averaged 130 children and 45

a du lt s at

her three

locations.

Seven bap

tisms have resulted since December 1984

when she began

her

program.

Beginning in May 1985, the programs

at three locations operated by Mrs. La

brado

and he r team

have seen ave rage

attendances of 122 children and 50

CHRISTIAN STANDARD


4/11

adults. Twenty-six baptisms resulted.

Totaling these

numbers

forthe

fourteen

locations, we see that 806 children and

279 adults have been reached to some de

gree

each week and

that

224

baptisms

have resulted. Perhaps we

should

not be

concerned with numbers. But, these num

bers are one way to measure the

success

of these

feedings

in sharing the love of

Christ and the people s lovingresponseto

H im . We A me ri can workers here are

proud of

what these fine Filipina Chris

tian ladies and their co-workers are do

ing. Praise the Lord

The support for the program isreceived

from numerous individuals and congrega

tions here in Cebu and in America and

from the missionaries here on the field.

Support

has

been in

the form

of funds

and

used clothing for the children. In one

churchin America, thejunior

church

de

cided to send its regular Lord s Day of

feringschildren

helping children across

th e Paci fi c Ocean.

l

The future of

the

feeding

program

The ladies and others who help them are

excited aboutthese feeding programs and

the results which are being realized. They

continue

to

receive requests

to have

feed

ings at new locations. The opportunities

seemto be

limited only

by the

number

.of

hours in a week which the t eams can ap

ply

the work. The time has come when

those who are doing these feedings now

must turn over the programs in specific

locations to local people who will support

and do the

programs

in

those places. The

ladies whohavethe experience are seeing

the need to train local personnel so that

Rainbows

and

Radiators

By JOLENE HANNUM

for

March

2.

1986

they may

be useful in

beginning new

feedings in

new

locations. In some places

the feedings are being used as part of a

larger

strategy

to

establish

new churches.

We

pray that God will continue

to

bless

these ladiesand their co-workers and that

the Lord s church will continue to see

growth

as

a result of their

efforts

in

the

Feeding

Program.

Perhaps

this

is

an idea

which will also work in your mission lo

cation, both in America and overseasas

it is here in Cebu. Philippines.

Walt

Prevost

is a missionary teaching in Cebu

Bible

Seminary.

Cebu. Philippines.

LET

me

tell

you

about our

vacation

Oh, I won t bore

you

with all the details

or

make

you sit through hours of out-of-

focus slides. I won t even show you any

souvenirs

Now I know a lot of peoplethink vaca

tions are frivolous. But John and I view

them asan

important

partof our family s

experience. Our

oldest

child is almost

thirteen. That means that, if the Lord

wills, we have only about five more years

to do all the things that we want to do

with our whole family.

We

decided that

by

traveling ona

shoestring and by

doing

without some material things, we could

build

many

great memories together.

And so last summer we headed for the

southwestern United States. There were

two

excited parents, four

ecstatic

children

(ages seven to

twelve),

two

pup

tents,

six

sleeping bags, assorted

camping equip

ment,

food,

clothing, and our

trusty

road

197) Page Thir teen


5/11

Rambl ings of

Walt

Vol

3,

No

2

V d

HISSIOHARY RETREAT

One of the

great

blessings in being in the

Lord s

work

here

in

the

Philippines

is

the

annual r e t r e a t in

which our

brotherhood

missionaries

gather for

several

days of

fellowship and sharing what is happening

i n each

of

our m i n i s tr i e s

This year

the

Missionary

Retreat

was held

March 19-22 in Davao City, Mindanao, and

was hosted by Charles and Florence Littell

and

t h e i r

co-workers

in

the Ambassadors

for

C h r i s t

team. I t was held a t

V i l l a

Victoria,

a beach

resort .

In addition to

our

formal sessions,

time was

allowed

for beach

activities

as well as shopping

sprees and lazing

around.

During our

planned

sessions, each mission

ary was allowed time to

talk

of his/her

work and

how

the

Lord

is blessing through

t

We

were

t h r i l l e d

to hear

of

the work

for our Lord Jesus

Christ

being accom

plished

throughout the

Philippines.

These

sessions also

included singing together

(in English ), special music, devotions,

lectures,

and prayer.

Perhaps the best part was the informaiy

fellowship

where we got to know each

other

b e t t e r and to l e a r n of

each

o t h e r s vic

tories

as well as

some

times of

personjl

difficulties

which needed prayer suppori


6/11

Ramblings o f Walt

Vol

3

No 2

^ j>

77th H TIOH L COWVENTIOH

About 3000

brethren

gathered in Aznar Col

iseum

in

Cebu

City

on April 10-13

for

the

77th

Nat ional Convention of

the

Churches

of Christ in the Philippines. People came

from ll over the Philippines.

In

many respects

the convention was like

the N CC with good

preaching, singing,

workshops and fellowship. In each main

session

there

were two messages, usually

one in English

followed

by one in one of

the

dialects

Tagalog Cebuano Ilokano

Ilongo et al . There was much good spe

cial music several individuals and/or

groups

singing

in

each

session.

Many

ta l

ented

musicians are

among our brethren in

the Philippines

My personal

participation

included

a work

shop,

leading

the

singing at one

session,

and taking

nearly

400

pictures

in

my

capa

city as Official Photographer.

The fellowship was great I saw

many

brethren, both Tilipino and American,

whom

I

remembered

from e r l i e r v i s i t s

I hope

to

be back

in

the

Philippines,

af

ter my furlough, in time to attend the

78th

convention

next year in

Pila,

Laguna.

With love, Walt


7/11

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RAMBLINGS of WALT

News Letter

of Walt

Prevosi

KD7Zj^/DU7

m

CEBU

BIBLE

SEMINARY

27 June

1986

968

SAN ISIDRO

TALISAY, CEBU 6453 PHILIPPINES

W, E#

McGilvrey

MSA Ind iana

Re gi on al C e nte r

2600 Rockford Lane

Kokomo, IN 46902

De a r Brother

Bill:

Mrs. Weber

s en t a long your

l e t t e r of

June

10

fo r

me

to

answer

Yes,

I am indeed planning a furlough.

I t

wil l be a

nominal six

months of furlough,

November

through

Apri l ,

next .

That

i s

November

I986

thru

April

1987,

I

wil l

leave

here about 31 October and spend three weeks of November in Chiangmai, Tha il and, t each

ing in Chiangmai Bible Ins t i tu te where I once

served#

I wil l arr ive home to the

,

Seattle/Portland

area

just

in time

for

Thanksgiving. Beginning abot 8 December, I

will

be on the scene at West Seattle Christian Church. My availability

for

speaking

dates had best be

limited

to the January-March 198? time period. I do not know just

when I will return to Philippines, except that i f

possible

I want

to

be back here by

the time of the 78th National Convention. That date has not been

set; i t will

probably

be in April.

If

that

date is

not

too early

in

April,

I

will try

to

come

back in

time

for i t If not , then

I

will

be

in

Seatt le

for

most

of April . But,

I

think

I

can

be

sure of the J anua ry -Ma rch t ime

per iod

On

my earlier

furloughs

I

did not

have a lot of speaking

dates.

That is

due, in part,

because

I

receive regular

support

from jus t

four

congregat ions,

a l l

with in fiv e

hours

of

driving from

WSCC.

But, I do

t ry to

speak where I am

invi ted

I wish I could be there for the

BIG

convention. But, Ray and Imogene Carlson plan to

be

there.

They

are

taking siK^

months

of furlough now, partly because they

want

to

be Part of

tha t

grand occas ion

We

have

just now

completed the second

week

of the

f irst

semester of our I986-87

school

year in

Cebu

Bible Seminary. It is

good

to be back with the

students;

the

campus is

sort

of lonely during the sumrrer break.

We have kO students,

including

13 new

ones.

That IS a

slight increase

over last year.

As usual,

many of the students

are in

need

/ of financial help while they are here. About 20 per

month

will keep a student in

food

:f\ Cor,

rather,

keep

food

in him/her ). I am continuing my extra curricular activity of

coaching

two

CBS

male

quar te tslots

of

fun

I am hopeful that propagation conditions will be good during the convention.

The

Christian

Amateur

Radio Fellowship hopes to have a station in operation and to

make

contact with some of us at that time. I

have

a regular schedule of every day

from

22^0 to 22^^ MT

(late

afternoon in

Indy)

on 1^.235

MHz

Unfortunately third

party operation

IS

not allowed between

US

and the Philippines, meaning

that

I will be

to talk only to other

ham

radio operators.

My

call is

KD7ZA/DU7 Others

can

course,

listen in while a

ham

is talking to me. '

I

pray that God will

continue

to

richly bless

you as you continue to serve Him

With love in Christ,

C ^

of


8/11

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News Letter of Walt Prevostj KD7ZA/DU7

CEBU

BIBLE

SEMINARY

968 SA N ISIDRO

TALISAY,

CEBU 6453

PHILIPPINES

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CHRISTIAN

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SEATTLE, WA

98116

Volume

September

1986

Number 3

A Busy

Summer

Between the end

of our

1985-86 school year in March

and

the begin

ning of our 1986-87 school year in

June

I

had

a very busy active summer.

At the 36th Commencement Exercises of Cebu Bible Seminary we awarded degrees to four: Lydia Ablen, Eliezer

Mayaki, Crispin Millendez, and Mrs. Eileen Debault. The first three were regular CBS students who had completed

their work with us. Mrs. Debault was a student here while her husband Delmar taught for a semester. We anticipate

reports

of good work

accomplished by all of these former students.

The Annual Missionary Retreat with

many

of

our brotherhood

missionaries was, as usual, a great time of

fellowship and sharing. The retreat was hosted this year by Charles and Florence Littell and others of their

Ambassadors for Chr is t team in Davao City.

The Second Anniversary Celebration of the Church of Christ in Matlang, Leyte, was on the last week-end of

March and brought together brethren from other congregations as wellas the local brethren. It was myprivilege to

preach for the Lord s Day morning service. Two responded to the invitation and were immediately immersed into

Christ.

The 77th National Convention of the Churches of Christ in the Philippines in Aznar Coliseumhere in Cebu City

10 13 Aprilwas the BIGeventfor our brethren in Cebu. Thiswas the first timein its history that the conventionwas

not onthe

island

of

Luzon.

Themain

sessions

included many

special music selections followed

bytwomessagesthe

first usually by one of the Americans in English and then a

message

byone of the Filipino brethren in one of the

dialects. There

were

also manyworkshops, led by both Filipinoand Americanbrethren, both menand women. My

participation consisted of leading the singing at a main session leading aworkshop, and takingnearly 400 pictures in

my capacity as Official Photographer. I was blessed in seeing the Seekers and the Sowers the

CBS

male quartets

which I coach, sing separately and together as a double quartet.

Immediately following the convention was two weeks of Youth Camp and Seminar sponsored by SPKK.K

(Samahang Pangkalahatang Kapisanan ngmga Kabataang Kristiyano) and held on the CBScampus. I taught two

ourses

- My

24 28

April trip to Ubay,Bohol,with the SowersQuartet wasmyfirst-visit to that island,lyingdirectly^ast of

Cebu.

We

were with

Nemesio Carbonilla and thenew work there. Thequartet fellows taught classes and I

spoke

foran

afternoon

seaside

Feeding Program. We participated in the same way on the Lord s Day morning.

5 12

May was a busy week on the island of Negros. First was the Revival Camp in Magsaysay. The program

included classes duringthedayand evangelistic meetings intheevenings. Theevening programconsisted ofa segment

of the movie Jesus, some special

music

and preaching, and thena second segment of the movie. I preached thefirst

night and Paul Wilson preached the second night. FollowingPaul s

message

nine responded to the invitation. The

Sowers Quartet sang special music and the invitation song. On Saturday morning, beginning at six, was the

Terry Knippers/Amparo Millendez wedding. Terry isa youngman fromOklahoma whospentseveral monthsin

construction/repair/maintenance work on the

CBS

campus and on a new church building in Dumaguete City.

Amparo isa CBSgraduate ofseveral years ago. I

was

the photographer for the wedding. The Sowerssang I Wanta

Girl in barbershop harmony.

We

were

with

thechurch in

Bacolod

City

on the Lord s Day

following

the campand

wedding.

I preached and the

quartet sang several times. We had barely enough time to wash clothes and repack before leaving for

ThreeWeddings in Candelaria, Leyte.Three youngcouples in the church inCandelaria scheduled theirweddings

for the same week

13 19

May. The Sowers and I went to attend the weddings and to participate in someevening

evangelistic services. Two were immersed

into

Christone of the new

husbands

an d a brother ofanother of

the

new

husbands


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The Seekers Quartet and I were on the program for the

Youth Action Fellowship in Libuton, Mindanao. This was a time of good fellowship with the Ambassadors for

Christ team. I had a couple of lecture series and preached once. The Seekers sang several times and, by their presence,

promoted Cebu Bible Seminary.

Ham radio

has

been a

good adjunct

to my life here. 1have h^d several good ragchey^ with Jim

Penney.J^HGZ.

of

West Seatt le Christian Church, and with Jim Aguirre,

WB7DHC,

of Issaquah Christian Church. I have a daily

schedule: 2230 - 2245 GMT on 14.235 MHz

and

will be glad to hear from anyone. My call is KD7ZA/DU7.

Furlough plans. I plan to leave Cebu early Monday 27 October, spend three weeks teaching in Chiangmai Bible

Institute,

and

arrive in Seattle on Tuesday 25 November. My return to the Philippines is tentatively set for Monday 20

April 1987. 1will be available for speaking dates during January, February,

and

March. For a speaking date, please

communica te with Russ Galbreath

a t

West Seattle

Ch ri st ia n Chu rch .

Physical Property Needs of Cebu Bible Seminary. There are a number of items which the CBS campus needs or

which would greatly aid in the teaching

program

of CBS.

. . . Wall around the CBS campus, needed for security ofstudents and property. About $3,000. Top priority item.

. . . Typewriters for t each ing typing. 2 needed

at

$250 each.

. . . Overhead f an s. 10

could

be used

a t $100

each.

. . . Overhead projectors. 3 at $150 each.

. . . Video System. Color TV and VCR will cost about $1,100 here.

. . . Regular income for CBS. Funds are needed for many improvements

and/or

repairs, as well as the regular

expenses of operating

CBS.

. . . Regular support for individual students. $25 each

month

will keep a student here at CBS.

We are in the computer age I have concluded that having a computer will be a big help in my work. A word

processing program will expedite work such as I am doing in writing this ROW. A Bible text/concordance program

will speed up study and lesson/sermon preparation. A computer will be usable as a lab for helping CBS students

learn computer skills. $2,000 will buy an IBM-compatible computer with monitor, disc drives, and printer.

Will you

pray

with

me

Praising God for His greatness, love, and mercy;

Thanking Him for letting me live and work for Him here;

That the Philippines will remain a free country, and that President Aquino will be able to lead the country

into a new era of peace

and

prosperity;

That the

Christian

brethren

here will

remain strong

in their faith;

That funds will become

available for

the

physical

property needs listed

above;

That

funds

will become available for a computer;

That I will be God's man

and

that 1 will have patience to relate to the people here.

Slide/Cassette

Set now avilable. 28 minutes, 95 slides. If you would like to use this presentation, please

contact

West

Seat t le

Ch ri st ia n Chu rc h

o r

Mission

services.

Thank you, each one, for your interest, love, concern, prayer, and support for me and my work here in Cebu,

Philippines.

With

Itive

k j a ^


10/11

Ramblings of Walt

Vol Ill

No

4 rio^

THE CBS LIBRARY

One of the essential parts of

any

inst i tut ion

of higher learning is

a good l ibrary. Accrediting bodies

require a

good

l ibrary

before

granting approval of

a

school.

The

faculty

and

t rus tees

of

Cebu Bible

Seminary

aspire to

having

govern

ment-recognized accredi ta t ion We

need more l ibrary.

We were delighted recently to re

ceive

a

g i f t

of

500

for

the

CBS

Library

on a

matching fund basis .

Provided 500 in other gifts can

be received, we have the

opportu

nity of

obtaining 1000 worth

of

additions to

the

l ibrary. Here is

a

time

when

gi f t s

wil l

be

twice

as

e f f e c t i v e

Perhaps this will be a good

proj

ect for

you,

your class , your

group,

or

your

congregation.

Will

you

pray

fo r t h i s?

With

iQye^

- Walt

PS1: Gifts

of books,

both

Chris

t i an and secu la r wil l

also

be

gra tefu l ly

received

PS2; As I

write

t h i s 1 am

less


11/11

Ramblings of Walt

Vol

Ill,

o

25

JX.O

A

GOO TRIP HOM

I t

began with most of a week with

Mr.

Mrs. Hale

a t

Mani la ible

Seminary. I spoke four times for

early

morning chapel/devotions to

th e

two dozen s t uden t s

st

on

campus

during the break during

s eme s t e r s

Teaching

for three

weeks in Chiang-

mai Bible Inst i tute brought memo

r ies of several years of

enjoyable

service

there .

I

spoke

two times

in

a Lahu

vil lage

on a weekend

t r ip

with

Yawla one

of

my former

s tu

d e n t s

I spent

Thanksgiving

and

the

week

following with my

dad and

my

s is

t e r

in

Oregon.

Dad

seems

to

be

doing

a ll r ight living alone

now.

I t

is good to be here I will ad

m it

t h a t th e

co ld wea the r

makes me

long

fo r Cebu; but

the

warmth I

feel

in

handshakes

and hugs and

fellowship

more

than

makes up

for

th e

wea t h e r

I

ant icipate

a

rewarding time

of

service and

fellowship

during the

nex t

s e v e r a l

months

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