Ramblings

Vol. 2, No. h

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Typhoon RuBING

"And the rain descended, and the

rivers came, and the winds blew,
and burst against that house; ..."

{Mat. 7:25-27, NASB).

We had just returned toAparri from

meeting Charles and Roberta Selby

at the Tuguegarao airport as they
came back after a year

and a half

of furlough. Late Saturday after

noon the rain began with a strong,
northwest wi nd. Charles said,
"This Is theway a typhoon normally
begins." Then the Manila newspaper
arrived with a front page story
about Typhoon RuBing.

The wind iTic?^5S^ to its maximum

of 132 mph by bedtime Saturday
night and continued all night and
Sunday morning.
By noon the wind
was coming from the south, indi

cating

that the

away.

Late Sunday

storm was moving

evening the

storm was over.

The occupants of each of the build

ings he Id their own Lord's Day

services.
Our meeting included
Charles, Roberta, and Lloyd Selby^
Harvey and Helen Beard, and three
seminary students.

Monday m o r n i n g Aparri was ali ve

with people cleaning up the downed
tree limbs and other debris.

Dam

age to nipa houses along the beach,

which

took

the full

force of the

northwest wi nds, was

than 1 had expected.

much

less

I would not ask for a typhoon, but

this was a valuable part of my ex
perience in the Philippines.

IN THE

MAIL

Bro. Walt flew to Bangkok on Octo

ber 10 from Manila.

His visa has

been granted toreturn to Thailand.

He is spending this week getting
his materials cleared through cus

toms

and arranging

for attending

language school. Walt is still not

sure about the type of visa the
Thai Embassy has granted.
It is
important that it can be extended.
Walt has been busy teaching at the
Aparri Bible Seminary while wait
ing for his visa toreturn to Thai
land. Also, he writes, "My preach
ing four times at theAparri Church
of Christ is the latest case of
'foot in mouth' disease.
I made a
comment to one of the leaders of

the Aparri Church of Christ after

a congregational meeting in which
they had decided to send a contri
bution to the llocano congregation
at

the Cruzada Church of Christ

in

Manila. The result was being asked

to preach on 'giving' on each of
the five Lord's Days remaining be
fore I leave. Typhoon RuBing took
out one of those speaking dates,
so 1 will be doing four.
I have
done two from my 'barrel' and am
preparing two new messages for the
series.

"The typhoon was an interesting

event, although not one I'd ask
for.
Fortunately, I have heard of
no injuries or loss of life and my
own hike around town and along the
beach, to get lots of pictures of
the damage, found little damage,
even to the nlpa shack-like
houses along the beach, where the

full

force of

were felt.
make it land."

th e 115 mph winds

Maybe this time I'll

next report from Thai

RAMBLINGS of WALT
News Letter of W^aJi Prevosi
SOUTH EAST ASIA EVANGELIZING MISSION BOX 59 CHIANGMAI, THAILAND
MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO WEST SEATTLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 4400 42ND. AVE. S.W. SEATTLE, WASH. 98116. c/o DOROTHY WEBER, FWDC. AGENT

November 1981

Volume 2

FILIPINO

PHOTO

Number 5
ALBUM

Perhaps the best way I can tell you something about my six months of travel between Seattle and Chiangmai
is to show you some pictures taken in the Philippines where I visited friends, waited for my Thai visa, and did some
work for our Lord Jesus Christ.

Next to Leyte, >

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where there are *

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reminders of

First, to Siargao Island, where I participated in

the Annual Convention of the Visayan Churches

During the convention, 36 were added to the

Kingdom by being obedient in baptism in the

of Christ.

sea.

. and where there was Gospel singing and preaching,...

World War II, including tliis memorial at Red

Beach, where General MacArthur returned to
the Philippines as he had promised.

. . . and more precious souls re

sponded to the Lord.

A visit to Santiago on the east coast

of Mindanao

saw Florence Littell

ministering to medical needs ...

. and Charles Littell teaching, and some lovable Filipino children.

1 was asked to do some teaching on tlie

Holy Spirit.

[At left] Student body of Manila Bible Semi

nary, where I shared in daily morning devotions,
a slide report, and several special assemblies.
[At right] Dennis McKinney and group of men
at Church Growth Seminar at Southern Isabela

Academy in San Guillernio, Isabela. 1 reported

on the work being done by our brotherhood
missionaries in Thailand.

The chapel of the Church of Christ in

Santiago.

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While waiting for my visa (which required IV/i weeks to receive approval from Bangkok), I be

came a tourist. Among the places I visited was Banaue, where there are tl*eifamous Ifugao Rice
Terraces and where they perform tribal dances.

... to visit Joy Collins and the kids in the Cagayan Valley Children's Home ...

I visited the island of Corregidor, at the entrance to Manila harbor, which older readers of the
ROW will remember from the early days of World War II. My fatlier speni lime here in the U.S.
Army about 1920.
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... to hdp welcome Roberta and Charles Selby

back from furlough to their own house ...

In Apairi, on the far nothern coast of Luzon, it was a great blessing to tt'ath several classes at
Aparri Bible Seminary . . .

I hope this photo album will give you some idea of my aqt vities during the six
months it took me to travel from Seattle to Cliianginai.

Now, back in Chiangmai, 1 am beginning several months of f l-time Thai language

study. Will you pray with me that 1 will be able to apply good
personal discipline so that I may soon be able to teach in the Thai
With love in Christ.

10^

... and to experience Typlioon RuBINC.