There was only one person like Spotty, only himself, and no other posses the vital energy fro the expansion of the mission wok which emanated from the Methodist Rural Center. As Mindanao was considered only as an appendage of the Episcopal areas in Luzon, it was seldom visited by its bishops. The absence of episcopal leadership from Mindanao meant a vacuum in overall leadership for Mindanao. As Spotty was highly mobile, in constant contact with church leaders, and extensively enlarged in church work and mission, he was able to coordinate and even direct the activities of the annual conference which pertained to evangelism, development, and expansion in the absence of close Episcopal supervision. Indeed, Spotty best represented the partner church overseas- The Methodist Church in the United States. As he was a vigorous worker, he provided a sustained leadership, a strong momentum t the expansion work of the church in Mindanao.
Due to the undeveloped air transportation facilities in the 1950’s, Spotty had to land on improvised landing strips, thereby losing seven planes to crashes. Anyway, the investment of the U.S. church was worthy of the person who used those planes. Had Spotty used other transport, his contributions would have been minimized.
At the northern perimeter of the Methodist Rural Center (now called Spottswood Methodist Center), land was cleared as a landing strip fro the piper cubs of Spotty. As this was a mountainside, the mystery of the downdraft and turbulence thereof, possibly unknown at that time, caused some of his planes to tumble down on landing. With such airplane, Spotty was able to ravel all over Mindanao, carrying out evangelism programs, inspiring and impelling church workers to seriously carry out their work, risking his life and limbs to the used of improvised landing strips.
Spotty did not only direct the mission evangelism program. He also recruited and trained volunteers and church workers for the growing and enlarging scope of mission.
Unswerving Methodist Faith in Mindanao by Jose Gamboa, Jr. BISHOP, UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Due to the undeveloped air transportation facilities in the 1950’s, Spotty had to land on improvised landing strips, thereby losing seven planes to crashes. Anyway, the investment of the U.S. church was worthy of the person who used those planes. Had Spotty used other transport, his contributions would have been minimized.
At the northern perimeter of the Methodist Rural Center (now called Spottswood Methodist Center), land was cleared as a landing strip fro the piper cubs of Spotty. As this was a mountainside, the mystery of the downdraft and turbulence thereof, possibly unknown at that time, caused some of his planes to tumble down on landing. With such airplane, Spotty was able to ravel all over Mindanao, carrying out evangelism programs, inspiring and impelling church workers to seriously carry out their work, risking his life and limbs to the used of improvised landing strips.
Spotty did not only direct the mission evangelism program. He also recruited and trained volunteers and church workers for the growing and enlarging scope of mission.
Unswerving Methodist Faith in Mindanao by Jose Gamboa, Jr. BISHOP, UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
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