Prevost Walt 1981 Philippines
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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
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
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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.
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