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Ch i ldren s

Home

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ROGUE

VALLEY CHRISTIAN

CHURCH

1440

S.

OAKDALE

MEDFORD, OREGON 97501

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MESSAGES FROM MARY

&

BERT

To our Dear

Friends,

If

you,

O Lord, kept a record

of sins, O Lord, who could

stand? But with you there is

forgiveness;

therefore

you

are feared. O Israel,

put

your

hope

in the Lord, for

with the Lord is

unfailing

love a nd

with him

i s full re

demption.

He himself will

r e de em

Is rae l

f rom a ll

the ir

s ins

Psalm

130:3 4;

7 8

The Lord did redeem us from

all our

sins

through His Son.

Jesus,

whose

birth

we have

just celebrated. By sending

Jesus, who grew to

be

a man,

an

innocent

man who was

killed

on

t he c ross for our sins,

and

whom God raised

from

the

dead, we can have our sins

forgiven No matter how

great

or small the sin, God s grace,

shown through His Son, is big

enough to

forgive it.

How

wonderful to know His grace

and

to be

a

recipient of

it His

grace is shown to

us

in so

many ways - forgiveness daily

for all

confessed

sin,

wisdom

given to us as we walk in this

life,

peace,

comfort, provision

for

our

needs,

and

godliness.

Praise God for

the

Holy Spirit

He gives to us to

help

us walk

in that grace and to reap its

benefi ts.

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and they

are

doing fine. Keep

them in your prayers.

PRAY FOR CHURCH

The

church

that mee t s a t the

Home has had some problems

and

is making

some

changes.

Please keep them in your

prayers.

This is very vital,

as

this

is w here our

children are

trained. Pray for

the

leaders,

their decisions,

and

for

proper

change.

NEWS

FROM

THE

HOME

Two

new

chi ldren

have

joined the CVCH famiiy. They

are

two years and three years

old.

Their

mother

was not

able

to

ca r e

for

them

after th eir f a

the r

had

died.

W e thank the

Lord they came

before

their

malnutr ition was severe

Erwin Piano ,

with

leukemia,

is

doing well. We

have

one staff

member designated for his

care. Pray that

he will stay in

remission.

SATELLITE HGP.1E

In

Solano,

Betsheba, 2 years

old,

has gone

to live with he r

relatives who plan to adopt her.

Francis , one year old, is going

to a fos ter

home which Intends

to

adopt

him.

They

are

just

waiting for completion of the

paperwork. This

leaves

few

small

children

in

the Home,

and not many referrals

are

coming in.

Kay

Davidson,

manager,

is looking into other

outreach

possibilities. As time

goes by,

needs

change and we

certainly want

to meet

those

needs in the

l ov e o f Ch ri st .

Pra i s e s

For the Lord s l ov e care

For a very good place for Jordan

For the computer

For the counseling your support

For

Enwin's improvement

For God s family

WEDDING BELLS

Other exciting news is that

Norman Paat, who graduated

last March as an electrician

and has been in

the

Home

since he was

four years old, is

getting married in January

Norman has been doing con

struction

at

the Campground in

Cebu, and also holding activi

t ies and devot ions with

the

young people in that area. He

has found a

special

young lady

and we

ask

that you pray for

them

as

they

start

their new life

together.

CEBU

At the Aivin Ray

Carlson

Christian Camp, construction

and maintenance continues, as

designated funds are available.

The children

in th e

Cebu

S a t

ellite

Home are

participating in

school,

devotions,

and

every

day activities.

AGTA MINISTRY

The

outreach to

the

Agta is on

going. Sponsorship for chil

dren

to go to school is coming

in, making it

possible

to

keep

them in

the

boarding houses

and

c lasses The

children

continue to be taught

the

Word

of God in the boarding houses.

Other designated support

makes it possible for

us

to con

tinue to

give honorarium to th e

part-time pastors to th e Agta.

CHANGE OF

PLANS

The September 11 terrorist

attacks have brought about

some changes

in activities this

year. Several groups that

Prayers

come

to visit

and serve on

a

yearly or bi-yearly basis have

cancel led due

to

th e

uncer

tainty of things. We have not

been in danger or threatened in

our

areas of

work, bu t the re a re

known terrorist

organizations

operating in

the

Philippines.

The

terrorist

at tacks

have also

affected

the

economy, but we

pra ise God

that

you, His peo

ple, con tinue to

be

faithful in

your support of this ministry.

GENEROSITY

LOVE

We are

thankful

for wonderful

friends who

have given

us a

laptop

computer

and printer to

use I know several of you

have

been

praying for

this

need and have expressed

your

hopes that it be met.

VIDEO

AVAILABLE

A video of our work

going

on in

th e Philippines is

now

available

for

churches and

groups

to

bor

row fo r

missions

functions and

presentations. Please contact

the forwarding agents if you

a re

interes ted

THANK YOU

Thank

you for your continued

t rus t and fai thfulness even in

this time of change. May

the

Lord return

upon you 100

fold

for all your prayers and sup

port.

In

Christ,

Bert

Mary

For

the changes in the

church

For Jordan s continued growth healing

For the Lord's continued provision of all our needs

For continued funds for our

counseling

needs

For

the

staff

as

they lead in our

absence.

For Norman his new wife

Sta te s ide Contac t s

Bobby

Jean

Pruitt, PO Box 5625, Grants

Pass,

OR 97527 e-mail: [email protected]

Doug HoiiyAddington,PO Box 5625, Grants Pass,

OR 97527

e-mail: [email protected]

Field

Addres s

Bert Mary Bureros,PO Box 49, Aparri,

3515 Cagayan,

Philippines


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CVCH N E W S L E T T E R

To o u r

Dear

Friends,

But because of his great

love

for

us, God, who is rich

in

mercy,

made us alive with

C h r i s t e v e n w h e n w e

w e r e

dead in

transgressions-it is

by grace you have been

saved. Ephesians 2:4 5

Since celebrating this Easter

season,

I am once again in

awe

of

God's

grace.

What

love,

t h a t

c a u s e d Him

t o

s e n d His

s o n to d ie for o u r

sins W e d o

not d e s e r v e this kind

o f

love.

B U R E R O S FAMILY

In th e l a st n ews le t te r I

informed

you

that

we

were

moving, but

did

not

know where .

W e a r e

now living in Portland, Oregon.

As many of you know, we

c a m e to t h e S ta te s b e c au se

of

problems in our family. Part of

our problems were related to

the

busy

lifestyle of

our

ministry

and the time and

energy

that it

d e m a n d e d of

us.

Most

s t e m

from relational problems and

the subsequent dysfunction

that h a s taken control of

our

whole

family. This condition

d o e s

not

honor the

Lord

or

bless

His work. Our primary

responsibility at this time must

be

to seek healing for the

sake

of

our

ability to proclaim by

word

and

action

t h e life-

changing and sustaining power

of God's love. For this pur

pose, I have taken two

steps:

1.

B e c a u s e

Bert

h a s

refused to

consider

change or to

accept

the help provided for

us here

in

the

States

in the way of coun

seling, I

have asked

for

sepa

ration from him in order to pro

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vide some stability

and

means

of

counseling

and personal

growth in the Lord for our boys,

ages

17

and

15. This is a cru

cial time period in their devel

opment

into Christian young

men. The

boys

and I have re

ceived

much help from

profes

sional

counselors and Christian

family. Jordan, in response to

our

problems, had gotten him

self

into

trouble

with

the

law,

a n d h a s

b e e n

r e m a n d e d

t o

a

year at

a Christian boy's ranch

in

place

of jail time. He has

been there

5

*'is now, and

we

are

pra' ird for his

growth in mecord and

changes

of attitude and action.

On

Easter Sunday,

Jordan

made a

public

stand for the

Lord

and

was re-baptized

Jacob is living with me, at

tending

Milwaukie High

School,

and

is involved in

the

youth

group at Milwaukie Christian

Church.

He

h a s m a d e s o m e

positive changes in his life

also. He loves the youth

pastor

and his family, who are former

missionaries.

T h e

Lord h a s

certainly put us in

the

right

place

for

this

time.

Bert has

said

he will

be

returning to the

Philippines, but not to work at

the

Home

in

any

capacity.

Please keep

him in your pray

ers

that he

may seek and

re

spond to the Lord's will in all of

his life.

2.

Bert

and I

have

resigned

as

directors of CVCH, but

the

ministry of

the

Home will con

tinue

on . It is well

established,

it is

th e

Lord's work, and He will

c o n t i n u e

to

u s e

it

t o r e a c h

young

people,

families, and

th e

Agta tribal people with His

Word and love. I ask that you

continue to support this minis

try through

prayer and

through

A P R I L 2 0 0 2

financial means

as

you have

done

in

the

past.

The

s taff is

continuing to carry on

the

work,

you

will

continue to receive

the

newsletter,

the

fonwarding

agents will continue in their job,

a n d w e will c ontin ue to s e e

God working in

the

Children's

Home. T h e s e

e v e n t s

and our

departure are hard on the chil

dren

of CVCH. P l e a s e comfort

them

with the safety

and

secu

rity of continuity in their lives in

th e Home.

I

am

asking

the

Lord

to

strongly

call those

who will r ep lace us. Remem

ber that He does not always

call

the

equipped, but He

equips those He has called.

G O D S PROTECTION

We praise

th e

Lord that all

seems to be going well in

the

Philippines and t ha t everyone

is s a f e . T he r e h a s not

b e e n

any activity in th e area

that

would

endanger

anyone.

The

true

danger

is

Satan

and his

attacks,

so

pray for the

strength and protection of the

staff

a n d t h e kids

from S a t a n s

attacks.

Pray

for

the

staff as

they carry on without us .

GRADUATES

The

end

of March

was

gradua

tion and closing of all the

schools . O ur schoo l h a d five

6th

grade

graduates: Eivy

Quiiino, Joseph

Mansaiapuz

Jomark Marcelino, Joey

Gal'

izo, and Marites

Mapiii

Please pray for them as

the\

make

the next big step Intc

high

school

in June.

igh

school

graduates were ia r

Bubod,

Jaypee

Marceiinc

a n d T e r e s a P a b l o . If f u n d s are

available they would like to gc

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^ attending college as

well

even

, though funds have been tight.

Not

all

who wanted were a ble

to go, but they

are

patiently

waiting

and

helping at

the

Home in th e m ean

time.

Arce-

^ nio Ouges finished his course

in Criminology earlier this

year

and

is helping

at

the

Home

as

one

of

the

representatives to

the

Executive Working Com

mit tee (the group that makes

the decis ions and

works to

gether to run the Home), and

also

in an advisory capacity to

the

younger children. This

s um m er th ere will b e teache r

training, as well as

some

of the

teachers

working on up

grading their

degrees.

B CK HOME

Twins Nicole and Novie J u a n

(1 yr.) recently returned to their

family. Their parents were

struggling financially and could

not care fo r

them,

but are now

ready

and able

to take on

th e

responsibility of their twins.

Pray

for

the

girls,

that

their

parents will continue to raise

them

in the Lord. W e

a re also

pieced to inform you

that

Er-

wln (with

Leukemia)

continues

to do well.

SOL NO HOME

Two new children have joined

the Solano family. Precious

Mary (10 days old) and Charal

Malla-ao (lyr.), whose mother

died

in childbirth. Her

father

is

caring

for his

other

four chil

dren. The ringing of wedding

bells can be heard from

So

lano, also.

Paula

de la

Paz

will

be leaving for Hawaii on May

10th to be married on May 25

to Eric Frisk.

Paula

met Eric in

P r a i s e s

1996 when he

came

with

a

group from

YWAM

(Youth With

a Mission). It has taken them a

year

to

get Paula's

fiance

visa.

Please pray for this young

couple as they embark on their

new life

together

in

Texas.

S U M M E R

FU N

Be

praying for

the

children and

the staff, as they

are

involved

in many summer activities.

There ar e Bible

camps.

Vaca

tion Bible

Schools, conven

tions, and other activities going

on

throughout

the summer.

Some of the older children are

working for the summer. It

can

be

a

busy

time,

but

also

a time

for fellowship, growing, and

sharing. Pray for the staff, as

al l the children are home

the

entire

day.

AGTA

CONVENTION

The Agta

Christian Conven

tion will

be

held during the

summer.

Many children who

have received help to

attend

school are now old enough to

take part in leadership roles

and

help

with

this

convention,

a s well

a s

the

Vacat ion

Bible

schools held in different vil

lages. It is

our desire that

through academic knowledge

these children will grow to be

com e the leaders of their

communities, to

be able

to

get

jobs

and support themselves,

and most importantly become

leaders in

the

Agta churches.

We a re t hankfu l for the leaders

we

have,

both

llocano

and

Agta, but pray for

the day

when

all their

preachers

can be Agta.

PTayers

THANK YOU, RVCC

I want to

express

a personal

thank

you

to the Elders and th e

Mission Board of the Rogue

Valley Christian

Church

for

their faithful support, encour

agement,

and help through

these

l as t few months, as

well

as all our years in

the

field.

They

have been

so

patient and

helpful. The congregation also

has

been

a steady and firm

foundation for us. They have

faithfully

backed us spiritually

-and financially since they first

sent

me to

the

Philippines in

1977. We thank the Lord fo r all

of

them.

TO ALL O F YOU

Thank

you

so

much for your

faithful support for the Home

and

its

ministries,

and

also

for

our family. May the Lord con

tinue to bless all of you

as

you

continue

to bless His work

through your prayers and

sup

port. It is truly wonderful to be

in

th e

family of God

and have

a

God

that

we can depend on

and whose

love draws us

all

close together.

In Christ,

Mary Bureros

Mailing address:

Mary

Bureros

1 04 33 S .E . Coo k

Ct. 237

Portland,

OR

97222

For the

Lord 's work

in

Jordan's

life

For faithful support encouragement for our family

For the good staff at the Home

Lloyd

Selby s help

For RVCC Milwaukie Christian Church

For the Lord s constant care strength

For wonderful forwarding agents

For continued growth protection from Satan

For our

family;

adjustments, healing, etc.

For wisdom strength for

the

staff board

For Jacob's spiritual growth influence on friends

For getting on our feet getting jobs

needs

met

For continuation of the work support of CVCH

States ide

Con tac t s

Bobby

Jean

Pruitt PO Box5625, Grants Pass, OR 97527 e-mail:[email protected]

Doug HollyAddln0on,PO Box5625,GrantsPass, OR 97527 e mail: [email protected]

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In doing God s work here in the

Home, love is

the

only founda

tion

that

will hold us together. It

is the heart of God impressed

in

our

hearts,

and

so It gives

us

the passion and vision for the

Lord s ministry. Everything will

hold no meaning when

done

by

mere human

effort

so we str ive

to do all things in the power of

Jesus

name.

The enemy

con

tinues

to hurl stumbling blocks,

doubts,

and

disunity

among

us,

but

Satan

is

powerless

before

God. It is

our

hope to con

stantly be reminded of God s

will

fo r

all

of

us, that

our. . .

Love mu st b e s incere .

Hate

what

is evil;

cling to what

is

good.

Be

devoted to one a n

other

above

yourselves.

Never be lacking

in

zeal,

but

keep

your

spiritual

fervor,

serving

the

Lord.

Be joyful

in hope,

patient

in

affliction,

faithful

in prayer. Romansi2:9 i2

We ask you to continue praying

for us. Pray for more faith and

God s

salvation

from the trials

that

come our way.

CVCH LIST

At present there

are 105

chil

dren housed in

the

Cagayan

Valley Children s Home; 5 in

the

nursery, 22 toddlers, 38

school age kids (6-12

years

old), 31 teenagers (13-19 years

old), and 9 college age kids.

ADOPTION STATUS

Seven children

are

ready for

adoption; five of these children

are

listed in

the

Inter-Country

Adoption Board (ICAB). They

are Lovely

Jove (14),

Eric

Sumait

(11),

Tessie

Tumbali

(10),

Romeo

Antonio

(6), and

Ronald

Victory

(1). Ruby

Maricris Costales (13)

and

Jaime

Viloria (3) were de

clared abandoned

and they

have

now been

released

fo r

adoption

as well.

There

were

three

new adm is

sions to

the

Home in April for

temporary care: Shane

Bais

(15),

Sherwin

Bais

(12), and

SaldyBais

(10).

HEALTH _

Ofelia Raranan, now 18 years

old,

will

go to

the

U.S. in

Sep

tember

fo r

her female

hormone

treatment. She is showing

progress and has grown into a

strong, healthy,

and

normal

teenage girl.

Our leukemia patient

Erwin

Piano is now six years old. He

is responding well to his medi

cation and

has

become

stronger.

Erwin will

have an

other chemothe rapy

appoint

ment

in April

and

his Intra-

theccal (IT) and Bone Marrow

t reatments in June. W e need

your prayers for

God s

healing

power. Erwin s family has not

come to know

the

Lord

and

we

need your intercession that

they will open their hearts to

receive

Je sus

salvation.

JCLC MINISTRY

(Jurisdiccion Christian Learning Center)

We

were

proud to have

Arce-

nio Ogues, Jr. as our

guest

speaker for JCLC s graduation

exercises on March 27. He

spoke on

the theme

Building

Christian Leaders for a Brighter

Future .

Arcenio is

one

of our

own

kids

who grew

up in

the

Home, had

a successful col

lege education,

and

is now

working on the CVCH staff as

Guidance

Counselor. He is an

example

and inspiration to the

children

here

to keep reaching

fo r their d re am s a nd work har d

to have a bright and stab le fu

ture. P as to r John Parsons ,

national chairman fo r YWAM

(Youth With A Mission) Philip

pines, was the guest speaker

for our Awards Banquet Pro

gram. The theme for our ban-

o ue t w a s

Bright Future

fo r

Our

Children in the 21st Century .

Our

new school building s

brary is completed and fur

nished with many books.

One

wall of

the

library-computer

room is painted with a

huge

world

map.

This map-making

project done by the Level-6

students was supervised by

Holly O Neal and Tina

Grumbo of Pe a c e Cor e s

Philippines

as

part of their in

valuable service in this region.

The proposed high school

room, which is a wide and spa

cious hall adjacent to

the

brary, is almost finished. The

floor Is tiled

and

electricity is

installed . It will

soon

be ready

to accommodate high school

classes.

Meanwhile, the hall is

used

as

venue for holding

conferences and seminars

in

th e

area .

Fencing of

the

CVCH

com

pound and the school grounds

is improved and completed

as

required by

the

Department of

Education Culture and Sports

(DECS) for the accreditation of

JCLC. Hence, at present,

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school is recognized by DECS

for its operation an d for th e

quality education it offers.

L I V E S T O C K

Th e farming an d livestock re

source s o f the H o m e were de

veloped

an d

maintained

a s a

source

of produce for th e

Home s consumption. This

helps lighten

th e

budget for

f ood. T he re w ere 1 76 sacks

o f

rice harvested in this

year s

first quarter. On e sack has an

average content of 37 kilo

grams

and

one

kilo is

P9.00

pesos)

in

th e

market. We are

also

blessed

with a big

vegeta

ble

harvest.

S e v e n t e e n c o w s

a n d

t h r e e

calves

a r e raised on

th e CVCH farm, while

si x

fe

male goats and on e male goat

a r e raised

in

o n e of

th e

settle

ment areas

in

G a nz a no , G a tt a-

r a n

S T A F F

A N D

C R E W

Five new

m e m b e r s

were ad d ed

to

th e

CVCH working staff in

February. Jasmine

Past,

caregiver in the nursery,

Doro

thy Lobos, communication

analyst

an d

researcher,

Melinda Gorospe, Registered

Social Worker (RSW),

Jane

Salipnget, RSW, and a new

pastor

fo r

the

CVCH

Junior

Church, Mherieen Agluba.

A G T A O U T R E A C H

Aid

to the Agta community

continues.

T hese indigenous

Prayer Concerns

brethren

a r e in m u c h

n e e d

o f

ou r

help

and ar e

blessed

by

th e Lord's ministry. In Ca-

gayan region, Agta settlements

are blessed with services pro

vided by th e CVCH. Fifty-one

(51) Agta children from

th e

set

tlement

areas

are

sent

to

s c h o o l u n d e r the H o m e s

edu

cational program through

the

sponsorship and assistance of

CEDAR (Christian Education

Development an d Relief)

Fu n d s in Hong Kong. To date,

t h e r e

are 1 9 children w h o are

privileged to enjoy this

bless

ing.

The month of April marked th e

10th Annual Agta Christian

Convent ion T h e re w e re 4 5 0

registered delegates, not in

cluding

the

many visitors who

came

to

sit in a n d th e children

from th e area w h o h a d

Bible

classes during the convention.

This gathering is always much

awaited by all of th e Agta

brethren

because

many

are

blessed

by

th e

fellowship

an d

by th e words of God.

O T HE R U P DA T ES

Bert a nd

Mary Bureros re

signed from th e CVCH direc

torship in March.

This decision

has greatly affected th e chil

d re n a nd

al l

th e

staff a n d c re w

in th e h o m e .

W e

a r e s a d d e n e d

by this

change

but continue to

pray for

zeal

an d passion to

serve

God and carry on in His

work. Moreover, we pray for

new d i re c to r s t o

b e

s e n t to

lead

The opening of secondary education (high school) in JCLC.

- Thanksgiving

forthefournew

staff

members.

-

th e

Home.

Please

pray for

ev e

ryone s

smooth adjustment.

In

the

meantime,

th e

daily

ac

tivities in

th e

H o m e are m a n

aged by th e

EWC

(Executive

Working Committee), com

posed

of an Officer- n-Charge

together with eight members

representing

th e

various

d e

partments or

areas

of ministry

in

th e

Home. Attention is given

to ev ery co ncern from each

area

a n d

a c t i o n s are

t a k e n

re

spectively so problems are

avoided.

S i n c e

th e E W C

is a

recently

organized

body,

diffi

culties in decision-making

are

often e n c o u n t e r e d . W e

n e e d

your prayers in this aspect.

We n e e d

to be

united

in

th e

Lord, to labor in love, be pa

tient in affliction, and to keep

hoping in prayer to

d ef ea t t he

s c h e m e s

a n d distractions

of

th e enemy.

T H A N K

Y O U

We never

cease

praising the

Lord an d giving

thanks

to Him

for

th e

support, love, and pray

er s

that

you selflessly extend to

the Christian Home ministry.

Without

God s

provision, we

could not stand this long, en

joying His blessings everyday.

You

ar e

a big part of God's

work

h e r e .

Submitted by;

Aladino

Jove,

Officer in Charge

Executive Working Committee

To

encourage involvement of CVCH youth n the

community,

especially n

the

activities that w develop them.

To develop

and

improve

the

Listening Ministry

n the

Home through counseling, where

the

children would have

confidence n sharing their thoughts, fears, feelings, and opening up their problems to adults

they

can trust.

More unity, teamwork, trust, and

humbleness

in

th e

staff.

N ew d ir ec to rs t o lead the Home

S t a t e s i d e C o n t a c t s :

Bobby&Jean

Pniitt,

PO

Box

5625, GrantsPass, OR 97527e-mail:

[email protected]

Doug &Holly

Addington,

PO

Box

5625, Grants Pass,

OR

97527 e-mail: [email protected]

F i e l d

Address

Cagayan Valley

Children s Home, PO

Box

49,

Aparri,

3515

Cagayan,

Philippines

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