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P. O. Box 49 Aparri, Cagayan, Philippines A-305

Sid and Marj Boudreaux 43^ N Moffet Forwarding Agent:

PhiHppines

!^arr?, Cagayan A-305

Joplin, MO 64B01

January 25$ 1975

u. s. a.

Howard, Ohio 43028

The Lord's Reapers Ozark Bible College

1111 N. Main

Joplin,

MO 64801

Dear Christian friends,

With the coming of the New Year, our plans to return to the Philippines are taking shape. TM fare from Joplin was quoted at $4300 for oxir family, but we think we can get a less e:q)ensive fare through our travel agent and are checking on that now. Be praying with us that we'll receive vrtiat we need.

We've just received the information we've been waiting for regarding the encroUment of our children at Faith Academy this year. We MUST mail the

required advance fees by February 1$240 for registration ($10.00 each) and boarding deposit ($50.00 each) for our four children. We expect a 25^ increase.
in tuition, board and room feesthis means it will cost over $Z|00-^ust to send

our children to school, approximately 2/3 of our present pledged support. Be

praying with us that the Lord will provide. We're sure He will! We have a special urgent need to receive gifts for the enrollment fees immediately.
A visit with Barb, Mangskau at Christmas time made us even more eager to return. She took the Aparri Bible Seminary choir on a tour to churches in the surrounding area^the churches helped pay for the transportation costsr and reported that the Christians seemed strengthened and refreshed by this

visit.

Our Filipino "son" recently became head-teacher (similar to principal)

in one of our Christian high schools. I know imder Rogelio's direction students will continue to be won to Christ100 accepted Christ this year through the Christian high school's Bible teaching and evangelization. We praise God! Some of our first graduates from the Christian high schools are graduating next

month from the Aparri Bible Seminary.

school.

These boys are outstanding preachers and^x

leaders, and have had concentrated Bible study since they were freshmen in high
I'm sure this has contributed to their devotion and zeal.

We're glad to report that Barb was reported well in a medical check-up she had vAien her parents had her return home for a couple weeks in December.

She's back in Aparri, now, teaching English, Greek II, Music, Choir, and special groups. We'll be joining her in June, just in time for the opening of the Seminary in Aparri for the 1975=76 school year.
Please be praying with us for the matters we have mentioned specifically above, and always for our spiritual growth. May God bless your work.
Yours in Christ,

j j^
Sid and Marj Boudre

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PHILIPPINE Missionaries;

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Forvjardlnp: Ansnt t

Sid & Mar j Boudreaux

431 N. Moffot

February 7j 1975

Hobert P- Olson nt. 1

Joplin, KO 6/(.S01 (417) 7S1 1216

l^ILL YOU E^?TER INTO A

Howard, OH 43028

PEA.YER-PARTr'ySRSHIP ^TH US?

Vfould you be willing to take five minutes a day and pray specifically fpr the needs vie list below? I*m convinced our Lord will supply our needs if you*ll just take the time to lift us up in prayer to Him If you*11 promise to do this, drop us a short note let us know if you have prayer requests and v;e*ll promise
to pray for you each day, too A kind of PRAYSR-PAHTIIEPiSHIP* I think the Lord

will accomplish great things if >;e*ll enter into this to//:ether

'BIMEDIATE NEEDS:

$400 extra this month to mc;et current living expanses, medical

bills, and to repay friends v/ho loaned $200 for our children's registration and boarding deposit fees due Feb They must be repaid by March,

TRiWEL FUI'IDS;

A deposit of $720 to reserve space on a special low~cos"t Los Angeles-Manila flight (saving $1500) must be paid in March^
Balance of fare, approximately $1300, to.be paid in April>
Additional $800-$l,000 for travel to Los Anjrelcs, immigration, shipping, and travel" from Manila to Aparri. Needed in May.

CHILDREt^! *S NEEDS: All four of our older children will be attending' Faith Academy

(a boarding school) in July. Our pledged monthly support is

about $500 (some churches give a percenta^-e of their mission
givinfT rathor than a set amount), Ne need $700 a month if we
are to pay their tuition, board and room at Faith Academj'. '

Besides thj.s, the Academy requires a fee of $200 per child,

payable in installments due in October and January.

VJORK IN APARRI:

Harj vdll continue to teach in the Aparri'Bible Seminary, and

v;ork as registrar, dean, counsellor, and mother of five. Sid plans to work in the radio ministry; the opportunities in this
are limited only by the personriel and funds available. Four
churches have been established as a dircct result of the one

broadcast already'- going out? many people have been won to

Christ.

There are hundreds more, I believe, vjho vjill accept

Jesus if they are given the Good Fews via this means of com

munication. I'm asking for $400 monthly scrvice linlc to help share in tlie vjork already Going on, and to be put in the radio
ministry.

You can see that we really need your prayers.

This is not some kind of

back-handed effort to ask you for money.

great.

If you want to give, that vri.ll be

But what wc vjould really like is to establish a PRTiYSR-PARTI'IERSHIp with

give.

you so that v;e'll knov; each other's needs and keep them before the Lord and LET HIE-1 DO THE SUPPLYING. I know He'll do it through His people, but we vri.ll let Him.
move those He v;ants to
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PHILIPPINE
Missionaries;

EPISTLE
Forwarding Agent: Robert P. Olson Rt, 1

Sid & MarJ Boudreaux

431 N. Moffet

Februaiy 11, 1975

Joplin, MO 64^1 (417) 7S1-1216

Howard, OH 43028

WILL YOU ENTER INTO A PRAYER-PARTNERSHIP WITH US? .

On February 7 we mimeographed a letter and sent it just a few friends asking them to pray for us in some very special needs. I was just getting ready to re-type that letter for printing, but praise the Lord! It needs revisingi Already this month's needs have been met with gifts of $500, $109, and $43 from churches and individuals. We will be able to use some of that for passports, etc. I see more than ever the need of asking you to pray for our financial and spiritual needs, for the Lord Himself will do the supplying far above all that we ask or think. Are you willing then to listed below? If you'll let needs, too. I really invite will accomplish great things
TRAVEL FUNDS:

take five minutes a day and p;ray for us in the needs us know, we'll lift you up in prayer to God for your you to share a PRAYER-PARTNERSHIP with usthe Lord to His glory if we'll trust Him together.

A deposit of $720 to reserve space on a special low^cost Los Angeles-

Manila flight (saving us $1500) must be paid in March.

Balance of fare, approximately $1300, to be paid in April. Additional $800-$l,000 for travel to Los Angeles, immigration, shipping, and travel from Manila to Aparri. Needed in May.

CHILDREN'S NEEDS; All foiar of our older children will be attending Faith Academy

(a boarding school) in July.

Our pledged monthly support is

about $500 (some churches give a percentage rather than a set amount). We need $700 a month if we are to pay their tuition,
board and room at Faith Academy. Besides this, the Academy requires a fee of $200 per child, payable in installments due in October and January.

WORK IN APARRI;

Sid plans to spend most of his time in the radio ministry, using Filipino preachers and helping in the follow-up work. Four churches
have been established as a direct result of the one broadcast already

going out? many people have been won to Christ.

We need $400 monthly

service link to help share in the work already going on, and to be . put in-the jadio ministry. Marj will continue to teach in the Aparri Bible Seminary and work as registrar, dean, coxmsellor, and mother of five. Your prayers for our spiritual growth and wisdom in doing His work are greatly needed. We want Him to lead us to do what He wants. We really praise God for the recent news we've had from Aparri. Some of our first graduates from the Christian high schools will be graduating from the Aparri Bible Sem inary February 21; Jose, Quirino, and Felipe have a3jready shown themselves to be mature

Christian leaders and good preachers. Our Filipino "son," Rogelio Tenorio, writes that he is hoping to transfer from the Christian high school he's now teaching in to one that

will be established soon. He writes: "I know the place would be ideal for evangelism. I want to be a missionary in that place where no church has been established.'* We are looking forward to returning to work with people like Rogelio, Jose, Quirino, and Felipe.
ENTER INTO THIS PRAYER-PARTNERSHIP WITH US TODAYI

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Missionaries:

April 22, 1975

Forwarding Agent:
Robert P. Rt. 1 Olson

Sid Marj Boudreaux

431 N. Moffet

Joplin, MO 64801
Dear Fellow-Christians,

Howard, OH

43028

As 2,000 or more Americans seek to leave South Viet Nam to preserve their lives, we seek the funds to return to the Philippines and continue the Lord's
work there while this freedom, which is diminishing in other Southeast Asian countries, remains intact. Bible Seminary June 9. We want to be back for the opening of the Aparri

Charles and Roberta Selby are in the U.S. on furlough

until 1976; Ann Tolliver and Barbara Mangskau will have to shoulder the respon

sibility for opening the Seminary unless we can leave here by the end of May.
Our need for travel funds is acute! Our departure date is dependent upon

our having the $3,600 needed for car expenses to California and plane tickets
to Aparri. It will be almost impossible to get one of the low-cost air-fares
from the West Coast to Manila unless we can make our reservations early; the

regular fare would add $1,300 to the above figure.

We're just not able to

borrow the money as we did once before, nor avail ourselves of the Fly-now-Paylater Plan. We are claiming the Lord's promises to supply our needs; we ask you to join us in trusting the Lord for our travel funds.

We rejoice that the Lord's Reapers and other Christian friends have given

$581 towards payment of the children's school expansion fee; we have good reason to believe that all of the $1,000 required (it was raised to $250 per child) will
be received before our payment is due in July.

In the meantime we are packing cartons of clothing for Filipinos, packing some of our own possessions for mailing, preparing for speaking engagements, and preparing
full steam ahead to leave Joplin May 26.

Praise the Lord and rejoice with us for the 17 young people who accepted Christ 4uring the Intermediate and Junior Camps in Aparri this month. We'll be hearing
more exciting news about the Senior Camp which ended on April 19.
Pray for the church in the Philippines. Now it seems more urgent than ever

that we train Filipinos who can preach the gospel of Jesus Christ in other countries.
Yours in Christ,

JrJ Sid and Marj

Boudre

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Missionaries:

Forwarding Agent:
Robert P. Olson

Sid and Marj Boudreaux

431 N. Moffet

Rt, #1

Joplin, MO 64801
Dear Brethren,

Howard, OH 43028

The time for us to leave is coming closer. It*s just about all we can think about: the preparations of sorting and packing and mailing, the necessary shots and documents, the last-minute dinners with friends, hurried letters to our co-workers assuring them of our return, and prayers that God will provide all we
need and guide us in our decisions*

What makes it

even more exciting is that we have money on hand for only one

Carolyn) from Joplin to Aparri. This amount will just suffice ^ we can drive
our own car to the coast and IP we can get the low-cost airfare from LA to Manila.

conservative estimate places our individual fares at $425 each (lO^ for baby

fare, and our departure date (June 3) is less than three weeks away!

The most

We must be in Aparri as soon as possible*

Sid is needed as classes open in

the Aparri Bible Seminary June 9 he will be acting Dean while Charles and Roberta Selby are on furlough. Besides acting as Dean, he will be the purchasing agent for the Seminary and the Christian high schools, take care of government requirements for both, and begin evangelizing through radio. Marj is responsible for the curriculum, registering, and will be teaching two classes in the Seminary. Barb Msmgskau and Ann Tolliver just cannot handle these duties along with their
own responsibilities.
I know you've been praying with us about our needed travel funds. We're

grateful for the gifts we have received from individuals and churches, often at great sacrifice. We'll be very thankful for any amount you can send; please mark
i t : TRAVEL FUND.

Three youth camps in Aparri in May saw more than 17 young people immersed into Christ as they accepted Him as Savior. Students and teachers from the Seminary are out evangelizing this summer, and we are eager to hear the reports of their work when we return. Do continue to pray for our work in the Philippines that our co-workers may continue to grow in leadership and Christisin maturity, and that doors to evangelism
may remain open for years to come.

God bless you in your labors for Him. It is great to work with our wonderful loving Fathera real privilege to serve Him.
Yours in Christ,

Sid and Marj Boudreaux

P.S.

The Lord has really blessed us with gifts for our children's education.

To

date we've received $906 towards payment of the $1,000 expansion fee. Praise His Name!

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Missionaries:
SID ajid MARJ BOUDREAUX

Forwarding Agenta
R. P. Olson

P. 0. Box 49

Rt, 1

Aparri, Cagayan MII8

Philippines Dear Friends in Christ,

Howard, OHIO 4-3028

U.S.A.

May 26th will forever remain in our minds as an indistinct blur of packing, sorting, packing always with more in the next room to be packed. Without the kind help of the
Messimers who let us use their home as a refreshment and rest station for the weekend;

the Rushes who provided a pick-up and help in moving loaned furniture; the Wilsons who provided a delicious noon meal and Jon, Tim, and Joy who actually helped pack; Brother Fields who mailed cartons for us; plus other friends we wouldn t have been able to

leave Joplin even by 9:00 p.m. A 4^ hour trip took us to Ada, OK where we were waimly
welcomed by our good friends, Ray and Doris Barrick.
although too brief#

Our visit with them was great,

Tuesday morning we departed for Kerrville, TX where we spent two nights with friends
and Sid's folks prior to traveling west. On Wednesday night we learned we had to be in

Los Angeles before the Philippine Consulate's Office closed at 4:00 Friday thus we

drove 1,000^ Phoenix in a 24 hour period in order to make it. Praise the Lord! No

f l a t tires or breakdowns.

e had such a short time in L.A, with Marj's sister and husband; Saturday was final

purchasing and repacking day, but we were able to spend the afternoon with our niece. The
children enjoyed the swimming pool except for Carolyn who thought it was just too big a bathtub! Sunday Sid spoke at the University Christian Church; and Gordon and Liz Little took us to the airport immediately after chuixh. Bob and Louise Stockberger met us for a few minutes' precious fellowshipLouise and Marj would have gone on talking indefin

itely if Bob and I hadn't pointed out only ten minutes remained before take-off.

In the

San Francisco terminal while Berta and Sharon explored the gift shops, Carolyn and Marj

napped in the quiet nursery before commencing the long 24-hour flight out at 8:30 p.m.
The boys and I spent the time transferring our luggage from one wing of the terminal to

the other (23 checked baggage; 6 carry-on!).

Upon o\xr arrival in Manila at 5:4o ^.m, June 3 we were met with such a wonderful
welcome: the Dennis McKinney family, Barbara Mangskau, and Kioto and Paula Yanagimoto (the Maxey's daughter) met us with leis of fragrant ilang-ilang, and all helped in trans

ferring our baggage out to McKinney's sedan and taxi. The McKinneys opened their home to us while we were in Manila, and while there we had a good visit with Ray Carlson, Ron and Jeanie Hoffman, Lelan and Cinda Galloway, and William and Nita Bagain (preacher of the Ilocano congregation in Manila).
Because we couldn't all get reservations the same day, Berta, Scott and Jamie made the trip to Aparri via Tuguegarao Friday and the rest of our family followed Saturday a.m. We had a great welcome from our Christian brethren here, and we are happy to be back.

Classes began at the Aparri Bible Seminary Jvne 17. Our enrollment is lower than in previous year, 82, but we pray that those vdio have come are dedicated to learning the Word
of God. We do need a lot of prayer to bring about a spirit of harmony and love among our

faculty and staff.

Pray that we will have wisdom to set the right exanrple and give the

right teaching to encourage unity and cooperation.

We are still rejoicing that the Lord made it possible for us to return at such brief
notice. We are so thankful to Him and to you for the gifts for our travel fund. Listed on the hack are gifts designated for our travel fund, and omt expenses. Individuals who
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Missionaries: Sid & Boudreaio:

P.O. Box 49

Aparri, Ca^ayan 1118 Philippines

Dear iJrethren,

SeT3tember 16, 1975

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Jorwardin^ tont: Robert P. Olson

Howard, OH 4502b U.S.A.

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Just call our home the "Boudreaux Hostel!" I'm glad now that hospitality was bred into me when 1 was growing up, for ^ests arrive frequently in Aparri and axe

waimly welcomed, Dionisio Manuel, a student in the Seminary who helps us in our home, asiced several weeics a^o if his parents could visit him. When they arrived two weeks a^, we were delighted to have them accept our invitation to stay with us, To
get here from their home in the mountains, they walked for two daysat one point fording a river shoulder-highthen spent 1^ days riding the bus. Long conversations in English, Ilocano, and Balangao their dialect; took place in our living room as they talked with other Seminary students from the mountains, ana with us. One of
the few men who icnow Christ in his village, nr* nanuel wants to study at the Aparri

Uible Seminary so he can teach and lead in C;irist's work there.

hi m "to come second semester ^OctoberJ and will attempt to give him a crash course

We are encouraging

with special teaching from our men faculty members oesides the regular classes. I wish you could meet this very special couplethey're so eager to leam God's Word.
Last Saturday our missionary friend Dennis McKinney was w-th us overnight; then Sunday Sid met two Canadian tourists backpacking their way through the country and invited them to spend the night. Tuesday evening- Francisco and Dardanilla Domincel

(graduates of the Seminary who minister in near-by Buguey) came by, and we asked them
to spend the night. They are a really dedicated couple and we enjoyed talking to them. The st\idents jokingly call Sid "Dr. Boudreaux" as he dispenses eyedrops prescribed

by Dr. Peneyra for an epidemic among our stiidents of "sore eyes" (similar to pinkeye
but more painful). This is along with teaching and counselling students, handling administrative problems, and the long discussions necessary to clear up our faculty
relations. God has surely been working, for we are at all-time hi^s in frank, open, harmonious relationships among our faculty and staff. His Name be praised!

heated but edifying discussions in Exegesis class (II Corinthians) regarding the true
church and the body of Christ. Opinions varied from the strict idea: "A person must be baptized by a Church of Christ minister" to "As long as a person is sincere, he'll
be saved." I trust that our discussions cleared up both of these errors.

91 students registered in the Seminary in June. I can honestly say that they are unusually responsive to teaching and guiding. Just this past week we had quite

Our healthy, happy Carolyn is already speaking at eleven monthssaying "Dere"

and Da-nia," occasionally "Ma-ma-ma" and some words in foreign tongues. She stands up
alone once in a wiiile and does all kinds of impossible exercises, nearly standing on her head. Sid is in Manila now and will bring the four older children home on the bus for a week*s vacation. Scott is manager, and Berta and Jamie will be running in a

cross-country meet Saturday the 20th.

Sharon is in Pioneer Girls club and enjoys it.

Rejoicing and thankfulness fill our hearts for the many Christians who have con
tributed toward o\ir children's educational expenses at Paith Academy; tneir expansion

fees ($1,000) were gladly paid in August.

Our forwarding agent assumed the responsi

bility for raising Jamie's expenses and exceeded his goal of $1,000 by $65'.

We deeply

appreciate the Olson's efforts as forwarding agents; they have often provided important support just when it was needed. Roberta and Scott's monthly fees now will be $86.50 each; Sharon's $79.00. We praise God, too, for the regular support from faithful friends
and churches which enables us to go on with o\ir work.
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Missionart'es: Sid ^ Marj Boudreaux Box 49 Aparri, Cagayan Philippines Forwarding Agent: Robert P. Olson Rt. 1 Howard, Ohio 43028 U. S. A.

December 3, 1975

Dear Brethren,

October began well--during our semester break 142 high school students and teachers confessed Jesus as Lord at our two Christian high schools. Our
Seminary teachers and the preachers who participated came back filled with excitement and praises to God. Enrollment for 2nd semester started Oct. 13

and we welcomed the Manuels from Mountain Province, the couple I told you about our September letter. Henry & Julita Manuel stayed with us until a small room could be partitioned off the kindergarten downstairs for them to use. This week their son, Dionisio, will accompany another student, Leonardo Fangonan,
back to his home in Mountain Province. Leonardo's father has a rare incurable

disease, and Leonardo can hardly sleep at night for his concern--all he can think of is the need to go and talk to his father about the lord. So we are allowing the boys to go home early; they must go together in case they have to hike two days. Dionisio was planning to return during Christmas vacation anyway to teach the children in his village. He is a 17 year-old Pied Piper possessing unbelievable amounts of love and patience for children with only an occasional streak of orneriness to make me know he's very human. Pe praying for Leonardo's fatherfor his healing and his salvation.
"WhileSid and I were in Manila the last of October we attended the operetta,

H.M.S. pinafore at Faith Academy in which Scott played the Captain, a leading role. Howproud we were of him and his singing ability! This month Jamie went with other Boy Scouts to a football game at Subic Naval Base--a real treat for these American boys. Sharon, learning how to cook in Home Ec, made cookies for us when we were at the McKinneys in Manila; fortunately Lorrita added flour to the thin batter for Sharon had used what she thought was flour but was in reality powdered sugar. The cookies were eaten up, though, I want you to know! Berta has really enjoyed being in the Madrigals and Guys singing group at Faith and is excitedly planning for the singing tour they'll make on the "\Aest Coast immediately
after school is out on April 30th. Right now we need $368 forherfare THIS MONTH so that money can be saved on an expected 10% fare increase.
Since Barb Mangskau left in November to return to the U.S. to live, Marj

has been teaching English along with Greek and Thessalonians; Rebecca Lop^z
very ably took over the preparation of the choir for their Christmas program. The choir will go to several churches near-by, and Rebecca is frantically busy handling all the details of travel. She's doing a splendid job, too.
We appreciate very much all of your prayers in our behalf and know that it is God working through you that enable:s the Kingdom to grow here.

In Christ,

Sid & Marj Boudreaux