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Ramblings
of
Walt
vol .
3,
No 8
THANK YOU
This is to thank
many
of you
who
wrote or
expressed
your concern to
me
and dad over the
graduation
of
mother.
Although
I
will
miss
her,
real ize tha t
she
has j u s t
gone
on
to
be with the Lord a
l ttl ahead o f th e r e s t
o f u s . I
intend
to
respond
in
writ ing
to
t hose
who
have
wr i t t en .
But ,
t
w i l l t a k e
some
t ime becau s e
o f
t h e
number
who
were so
grac ious . Mean
while,
thank you
very much fo r
your
thoughtfulness .
A
NEED:
AN
ACCORDION
Doroteo Bojos, a Fil ipino friend
and
co-worker
in Cebu, has
brought
to
my
at tent ion the need fo r
an
accordion to use
in
evangel is t ic
outreaches.
I f you
have
an
accor
dion which you are not using and
would l i k e to dona t e t and
s e e t
put
to
use in the
Lord s
work, le t
me know i n Cebu, o r care
o f
WSCC
With
love
Walt
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Ramblings
of
Walt
ol 3 No 9 k C
FIRST YEAR IN CEBU
This i s th e t tl fo r
a new
s l i d e /
casse t te
program
which I have pre
pared about
my
work here in
Cebu,
Phil ippines.
I t shows
something
of the l i fe and
people
of Cebu
Bible Seminary and some
of the
o t h e r a c t i v i t i e s
I
have been
a
par t
o f
The
program
takes
about
28
minutes.
I f you would l ike
to
use t h i s program, contac t :
Mrs.
Dorothy
Weber
3814
SW
Myrtle
St.
Sea t t l e WA
98126
206 937-4423
Another se t is being made avai l
ab l e
a t ;
Miss ion
Se rv i c e s
P 0 Box 2427
Knoxvi l le ,
TN
37901-2427
615
577-9740
I
hope t ha t
many
will take the
op
por tuni ty
to
see
and
hear
what
I
am
doing
here
in Cebu
Philippines.
With love Walt
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Measurable positive results are evident
One Year ofFeeding Program in
Cebu
By
WALT
PREVOST
ONE year of Feeding Program has
shown it to be attracting chil dren to the
food, the children and their parents to
Bible studies , and converts
to
th e Lord
Jesus Christ among the churches here in
Cebu, Philippines.
OnJuly 20, 1985, the originators of the
program, Mrs. Fedelina Servano and
Mrs. Teofista Carpiso, organized a Feed
ing Program Seminar to celebrate a year
of showing love for children by providing
them with physical and spiritual food.
The seminar was held on the campus of
Cebu Bible Seminary. More than 500
children and adults attended, giving some
idea
of
the n um be rs
of
p eo pl e b ei ng
reached by this program. Well over 200
baptisms have come as a direct result of
the feedings in fourteen locations.
What is the feeding program?The
Philippines is presently in a period of low
economic f or tu ne s. As w it h
many
coun
tries
of the
Third
World, t he re a re many
poor people here. The Feeding Program,
organized as Love Mission for Children,
began when two ladies saw the need to
Page
Twelve 1 96)
help some of
these
children who areobvi
ously poorly nourished.
The program consists of giving the
children one good meal each week. The
o ne -d ish mea l is rice with meat and vege
tables. The children bring their own eat
ing utensils. Spiritual emphases are at
tained by having some en th us ias tic
singing of gospel songs, a time of prayer,
and
Bible
lessons
for the
children
a s w el l
as for parents and any other adults
present). The spiritual program comes
before
t he f oo d
is
served.
From the b eg in ni ng , these have been
the goals of the program: 1) To extend
love to indigent children spiritually and
rnaterially; 2) To win parents and mold
their children toward a new
life
in Christ;
3 reach indi| nt
neighbors,
both
children and parents, in every local con
gregation of the churches of Christ; 4)
To help the outreach program of local
congregations.
Most locations for the feedings are
where there are already existing churches
of Christ, making a convenient place for
interested
children and their
p aren ts to at
tend Bible school and Lord s Day
ser
vices. Although no pressure has been ap
plied, many of the participants in the
Feeding Program have attended services
and many of these have accepted Jesus
Christ
as
Lor d an d
Savior.
It has been the author s privilege to
preach at several of these feeding loca
tions and see responses to the invitation, a
result
of
the insturction given during the
Bible le ssons at the feedings. Many
of
these have been mothers holding babies.
In several cases, when
mothers
have gone
to
the
sea to be immersed
into
Christ,
they have been joined in baptism by their
husbands .
How
many
ar e involved?Three teams
are presently involved in these feeding
programs. Mrs. Servano and Mrs. Car
piso work with Ben Curacha, Max Ser
vano, Victor Vargas, and Diosdada Mar-
tenez in holding feedings at eight loca
tions. The feedings usually involve sev
eral
students from
Cebu
Bible Seminary,
who helpin the music and in teaching the
children. As the program becomes estab
lished in a particular location, the local
people
become
involved
as well.
A
second team
consists
of
Mrs
Vico-
triana Joyohoy, Mrs. Adela Maramara,
and Mrs. Pacita Lubid. They also involve
CBS students as
well
as
church elders
in
the work. The team has feedings at three
locations near the Peace Valley Church
of
Christ in Cebu City, where Mrs. Joyohoy
is a member .
-A third team is made up of Mrs. Dulce
Labrado and her daughters Jackie and
Cheery and also includesother CBS stu
dents. They also have three locations. All
of the teams are closely associated with
Cebu Bible Seminary, living close to the
campus or as faculty and students. Other
faculty members of CBS, including this
writer, have been asked to teach a nd /o r
preach at the feedings.
Ray Carlson, veteran missionary here
in Cebu, obs erved that it is good that the
ladies have
shown
the initiative in the
program; and are continuing to see that it
happens each week.
A large number of children and adults
have been reached. During the first year
of
feedings by the S er vano /C ar pi so /
Curacha team at eight locations, 554 chil
d re n and
184 adults
wer e r ea ch ed e ach
week
with food children and Bible
teaching childrenand adults). As a direct
result of the programs, 191 were im
mersed into Chr is t, mostly parents
of
ch i ld ren invo lved .
Mrs. Joyohoy reports that weekly at
tendance averaged 130 children and 45
a du lt s at
her three
locations.
Seven bap
tisms have resulted since December 1984
when she began
her
program.
Beginning in May 1985, the programs
at three locations operated by Mrs. La
brado
and he r team
have seen ave rage
attendances of 122 children and 50
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adults. Twenty-six baptisms resulted.
Totaling these
numbers
forthe
fourteen
locations, we see that 806 children and
279 adults have been reached to some de
gree
each week and
that
224
baptisms
have resulted. Perhaps we
should
not be
concerned with numbers. But, these num
bers are one way to measure the
success
of these
feedings
in sharing the love of
Christ and the people s lovingresponseto
H im . We A me ri can workers here are
proud of
what these fine Filipina Chris
tian ladies and their co-workers are do
ing. Praise the Lord
The support for the program isreceived
from numerous individuals and congrega
tions here in Cebu and in America and
from the missionaries here on the field.
Support
has
been in
the form
of funds
and
used clothing for the children. In one
churchin America, thejunior
church
de
cided to send its regular Lord s Day of
feringschildren
helping children across
th e Paci fi c Ocean.
l
The future of
the
feeding
program
The ladies and others who help them are
excited aboutthese feeding programs and
the results which are being realized. They
continue
to
receive requests
to have
feed
ings at new locations. The opportunities
seemto be
limited only
by the
number
.of
hours in a week which the t eams can ap
ply
the work. The time has come when
those who are doing these feedings now
must turn over the programs in specific
locations to local people who will support
and do the
programs
in
those places. The
ladies whohavethe experience are seeing
the need to train local personnel so that
Rainbows
and
Radiators
By JOLENE HANNUM
for
March
2.
1986
they may
be useful in
beginning new
feedings in
new
locations. In some places
the feedings are being used as part of a
larger
strategy
to
establish
new churches.
We
pray that God will continue
to
bless
these ladiesand their co-workers and that
the Lord s church will continue to see
growth
as
a result of their
efforts
in
the
Feeding
Program.
Perhaps
this
is
an idea
which will also work in your mission lo
cation, both in America and overseasas
it is here in Cebu. Philippines.
Walt
Prevost
is a missionary teaching in Cebu
Bible
Seminary.
Cebu. Philippines.
LET
me
tell
you
about our
vacation
Oh, I won t bore
you
with all the details
or
make
you sit through hours of out-of-
focus slides. I won t even show you any
souvenirs
Now I know a lot of peoplethink vaca
tions are frivolous. But John and I view
them asan
important
partof our family s
experience. Our
oldest
child is almost
thirteen. That means that, if the Lord
wills, we have only about five more years
to do all the things that we want to do
with our whole family.
We
decided that
by
traveling ona
shoestring and by
doing
without some material things, we could
build
many
great memories together.
And so last summer we headed for the
southwestern United States. There were
two
excited parents, four
ecstatic
children
(ages seven to
twelve),
two
pup
tents,
six
sleeping bags, assorted
camping equip
ment,
food,
clothing, and our
trusty
road
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Rambl ings of
Walt
Vol
3,
No
2
V d
HISSIOHARY RETREAT
One of the
great
blessings in being in the
Lord s
work
here
in
the
Philippines
is
the
annual r e t r e a t in
which our
brotherhood
missionaries
gather for
several
days of
fellowship and sharing what is happening
i n each
of
our m i n i s tr i e s
This year
the
Missionary
Retreat
was held
March 19-22 in Davao City, Mindanao, and
was hosted by Charles and Florence Littell
and
t h e i r
co-workers
in
the Ambassadors
for
C h r i s t
team. I t was held a t
V i l l a
Victoria,
a beach
resort .
In addition to
our
formal sessions,
time was
allowed
for beach
activities
as well as shopping
sprees and lazing
around.
During our
planned
sessions, each mission
ary was allowed time to
talk
of his/her
work and
how
the
Lord
is blessing through
t
We
were
t h r i l l e d
to hear
of
the work
for our Lord Jesus
Christ
being accom
plished
throughout the
Philippines.
These
sessions also
included singing together
(in English ), special music, devotions,
lectures,
and prayer.
Perhaps the best part was the informaiy
fellowship
where we got to know each
other
b e t t e r and to l e a r n of
each
o t h e r s vic
tories
as well as
some
times of
personjl
difficulties
which needed prayer suppori
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Ramblings o f Walt
Vol
3
No 2
^ j>
77th H TIOH L COWVENTIOH
About 3000
brethren
gathered in Aznar Col
iseum
in
Cebu
City
on April 10-13
for
the
77th
Nat ional Convention of
the
Churches
of Christ in the Philippines. People came
from ll over the Philippines.
In
many respects
the convention was like
the N CC with good
preaching, singing,
workshops and fellowship. In each main
session
there
were two messages, usually
one in English
followed
by one in one of
the
dialects
Tagalog Cebuano Ilokano
Ilongo et al . There was much good spe
cial music several individuals and/or
groups
singing
in
each
session.
Many
ta l
ented
musicians are
among our brethren in
the Philippines
My personal
participation
included
a work
shop,
leading
the
singing at one
session,
and taking
nearly
400
pictures
in
my
capa
city as Official Photographer.
The fellowship was great I saw
many
brethren, both Tilipino and American,
whom
I
remembered
from e r l i e r v i s i t s
I hope
to
be back
in
the
Philippines,
af
ter my furlough, in time to attend the
78th
convention
next year in
Pila,
Laguna.
With love, Walt
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RAMBLINGS of WALT
News Letter
of Walt
Prevosi
KD7Zj^/DU7
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CEBU
BIBLE
SEMINARY
27 June
1986
968
SAN ISIDRO
TALISAY, CEBU 6453 PHILIPPINES
W, E#
McGilvrey
MSA Ind iana
Re gi on al C e nte r
2600 Rockford Lane
Kokomo, IN 46902
De a r Brother
Bill:
Mrs. Weber
s en t a long your
l e t t e r of
June
10
fo r
me
to
answer
Yes,
I am indeed planning a furlough.
I t
wil l be a
nominal six
months of furlough,
November
through
Apri l ,
next .
That
i s
November
I986
thru
April
1987,
I
wil l
leave
here about 31 October and spend three weeks of November in Chiangmai, Tha il and, t each
ing in Chiangmai Bible Ins t i tu te where I once
served#
I wil l arr ive home to the
,
Seattle/Portland
area
just
in time
for
Thanksgiving. Beginning abot 8 December, I
will
be on the scene at West Seattle Christian Church. My availability
for
speaking
dates had best be
limited
to the January-March 198? time period. I do not know just
when I will return to Philippines, except that i f
possible
I want
to
be back here by
the time of the 78th National Convention. That date has not been
set; i t will
probably
be in April.
If
that
date is
not
too early
in
April,
I
will try
to
come
back in
time
for i t If not , then
I
will
be
in
Seatt le
for
most
of April . But,
I
think
I
can
be
sure of the J anua ry -Ma rch t ime
per iod
On
my earlier
furloughs
I
did not
have a lot of speaking
dates.
That is
due, in part,
because
I
receive regular
support
from jus t
four
congregat ions,
a l l
with in fiv e
hours
of
driving from
WSCC.
But, I do
t ry to
speak where I am
invi ted
I wish I could be there for the
BIG
convention. But, Ray and Imogene Carlson plan to
be
there.
They
are
taking siK^
months
of furlough now, partly because they
want
to
be Part of
tha t
grand occas ion
We
have
just now
completed the second
week
of the
f irst
semester of our I986-87
school
year in
Cebu
Bible Seminary. It is
good
to be back with the
students;
the
campus is
sort
of lonely during the sumrrer break.
We have kO students,
including
13 new
ones.
That IS a
slight increase
over last year.
As usual,
many of the students
are in
need
/ of financial help while they are here. About 20 per
month
will keep a student in
food
:f\ Cor,
rather,
keep
food
in him/her ). I am continuing my extra curricular activity of
coaching
two
CBS
male
quar te tslots
of
fun
I am hopeful that propagation conditions will be good during the convention.
The
Christian
Amateur
Radio Fellowship hopes to have a station in operation and to
make
contact with some of us at that time. I
have
a regular schedule of every day
from
22^0 to 22^^ MT
(late
afternoon in
Indy)
on 1^.235
MHz
Unfortunately third
party operation
IS
not allowed between
US
and the Philippines, meaning
that
I will be
to talk only to other
ham
radio operators.
My
call is
KD7ZA/DU7 Others
can
course,
listen in while a
ham
is talking to me. '
I
pray that God will
continue
to
richly bless
you as you continue to serve Him
With love in Christ,
C ^
of
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CEBU
BIBLE
SEMINARY
968 SA N ISIDRO
TALISAY,
CEBU 6453
PHILIPPINES
MAKE CHECKS
PAYABLETOWESTSEATTLE
CHRISTIAN
CHURCH.4400 42NDAVE.S W .
SEATTLE, WA
98116
Volume
September
1986
Number 3
A Busy
Summer
Between the end
of our
1985-86 school year in March
and
the begin
ning of our 1986-87 school year in
June
I
had
a very busy active summer.
At the 36th Commencement Exercises of Cebu Bible Seminary we awarded degrees to four: Lydia Ablen, Eliezer
Mayaki, Crispin Millendez, and Mrs. Eileen Debault. The first three were regular CBS students who had completed
their work with us. Mrs. Debault was a student here while her husband Delmar taught for a semester. We anticipate
reports
of good work
accomplished by all of these former students.
The Annual Missionary Retreat with
many
of
our brotherhood
missionaries was, as usual, a great time of
fellowship and sharing. The retreat was hosted this year by Charles and Florence Littell and others of their
Ambassadors for Chr is t team in Davao City.
The Second Anniversary Celebration of the Church of Christ in Matlang, Leyte, was on the last week-end of
March and brought together brethren from other congregations as wellas the local brethren. It was myprivilege to
preach for the Lord s Day morning service. Two responded to the invitation and were immediately immersed into
Christ.
The 77th National Convention of the Churches of Christ in the Philippines in Aznar Coliseumhere in Cebu City
10 13 Aprilwas the BIGeventfor our brethren in Cebu. Thiswas the first timein its history that the conventionwas
not onthe
island
of
Luzon.
Themain
sessions
included many
special music selections followed
bytwomessagesthe
first usually by one of the Americans in English and then a
message
byone of the Filipino brethren in one of the
dialects. There
were
also manyworkshops, led by both Filipinoand Americanbrethren, both menand women. My
participation consisted of leading the singing at a main session leading aworkshop, and takingnearly 400 pictures in
my capacity as Official Photographer. I was blessed in seeing the Seekers and the Sowers the
CBS
male quartets
which I coach, sing separately and together as a double quartet.
Immediately following the convention was two weeks of Youth Camp and Seminar sponsored by SPKK.K
(Samahang Pangkalahatang Kapisanan ngmga Kabataang Kristiyano) and held on the CBScampus. I taught two
ourses
- My
24 28
April trip to Ubay,Bohol,with the SowersQuartet wasmyfirst-visit to that island,lyingdirectly^ast of
Cebu.
We
were with
Nemesio Carbonilla and thenew work there. Thequartet fellows taught classes and I
spoke
foran
afternoon
seaside
Feeding Program. We participated in the same way on the Lord s Day morning.
5 12
May was a busy week on the island of Negros. First was the Revival Camp in Magsaysay. The program
included classes duringthedayand evangelistic meetings intheevenings. Theevening programconsisted ofa segment
of the movie Jesus, some special
music
and preaching, and thena second segment of the movie. I preached thefirst
night and Paul Wilson preached the second night. FollowingPaul s
message
nine responded to the invitation. The
Sowers Quartet sang special music and the invitation song. On Saturday morning, beginning at six, was the
Terry Knippers/Amparo Millendez wedding. Terry isa youngman fromOklahoma whospentseveral monthsin
construction/repair/maintenance work on the
CBS
campus and on a new church building in Dumaguete City.
Amparo isa CBSgraduate ofseveral years ago. I
was
the photographer for the wedding. The Sowerssang I Wanta
Girl in barbershop harmony.
We
were
with
thechurch in
Bacolod
City
on the Lord s Day
following
the campand
wedding.
I preached and the
quartet sang several times. We had barely enough time to wash clothes and repack before leaving for
ThreeWeddings in Candelaria, Leyte.Three youngcouples in the church inCandelaria scheduled theirweddings
for the same week
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May. The Sowers and I went to attend the weddings and to participate in someevening
evangelistic services. Two were immersed
into
Christone of the new
husbands
an d a brother ofanother of
the
new
husbands
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The Seekers Quartet and I were on the program for the
Youth Action Fellowship in Libuton, Mindanao. This was a time of good fellowship with the Ambassadors for
Christ team. I had a couple of lecture series and preached once. The Seekers sang several times and, by their presence,
promoted Cebu Bible Seminary.
Ham radio
has
been a
good adjunct
to my life here. 1have h^d several good ragchey^ with Jim
Penney.J^HGZ.
of
West Seatt le Christian Church, and with Jim Aguirre,
WB7DHC,
of Issaquah Christian Church. I have a daily
schedule: 2230 - 2245 GMT on 14.235 MHz
and
will be glad to hear from anyone. My call is KD7ZA/DU7.
Furlough plans. I plan to leave Cebu early Monday 27 October, spend three weeks teaching in Chiangmai Bible
Institute,
and
arrive in Seattle on Tuesday 25 November. My return to the Philippines is tentatively set for Monday 20
April 1987. 1will be available for speaking dates during January, February,
and
March. For a speaking date, please
communica te with Russ Galbreath
a t
West Seattle
Ch ri st ia n Chu rch .
Physical Property Needs of Cebu Bible Seminary. There are a number of items which the CBS campus needs or
which would greatly aid in the teaching
program
of CBS.
. . . Wall around the CBS campus, needed for security ofstudents and property. About $3,000. Top priority item.
. . . Typewriters for t each ing typing. 2 needed
at
$250 each.
. . . Overhead f an s. 10
could
be used
a t $100
each.
. . . Overhead projectors. 3 at $150 each.
. . . Video System. Color TV and VCR will cost about $1,100 here.
. . . Regular income for CBS. Funds are needed for many improvements
and/or
repairs, as well as the regular
expenses of operating
CBS.
. . . Regular support for individual students. $25 each
month
will keep a student here at CBS.
We are in the computer age I have concluded that having a computer will be a big help in my work. A word
processing program will expedite work such as I am doing in writing this ROW. A Bible text/concordance program
will speed up study and lesson/sermon preparation. A computer will be usable as a lab for helping CBS students
learn computer skills. $2,000 will buy an IBM-compatible computer with monitor, disc drives, and printer.
Will you
pray
with
me
Praising God for His greatness, love, and mercy;
Thanking Him for letting me live and work for Him here;
That the Philippines will remain a free country, and that President Aquino will be able to lead the country
into a new era of peace
and
prosperity;
That the
Christian
brethren
here will
remain strong
in their faith;
That funds will become
available for
the
physical
property needs listed
above;
That
funds
will become available for a computer;
That I will be God's man
and
that 1 will have patience to relate to the people here.
Slide/Cassette
Set now avilable. 28 minutes, 95 slides. If you would like to use this presentation, please
contact
West
Seat t le
Ch ri st ia n Chu rc h
o r
Mission
services.
Thank you, each one, for your interest, love, concern, prayer, and support for me and my work here in Cebu,
Philippines.
With
Itive
k j a ^
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10/11
Ramblings of Walt
Vol Ill
No
4 rio^
THE CBS LIBRARY
One of the essential parts of
any
inst i tut ion
of higher learning is
a good l ibrary. Accrediting bodies
require a
good
l ibrary
before
granting approval of
a
school.
The
faculty
and
t rus tees
of
Cebu Bible
Seminary
aspire to
having
govern
ment-recognized accredi ta t ion We
need more l ibrary.
We were delighted recently to re
ceive
a
g i f t
of
500
for
the
CBS
Library
on a
matching fund basis .
Provided 500 in other gifts can
be received, we have the
opportu
nity of
obtaining 1000 worth
of
additions to
the
l ibrary. Here is
a
time
when
gi f t s
wil l
be
twice
as
e f f e c t i v e
Perhaps this will be a good
proj
ect for
you,
your class , your
group,
or
your
congregation.
Will
you
pray
fo r t h i s?
With
iQye^
- Walt
PS1: Gifts
of books,
both
Chris
t i an and secu la r wil l
also
be
gra tefu l ly
received
PS2; As I
write
t h i s 1 am
less
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11/11
Ramblings of Walt
Vol
Ill,
o
25
JX.O
A
GOO TRIP HOM
I t
began with most of a week with
Mr.
Mrs. Hale
a t
Mani la ible
Seminary. I spoke four times for
early
morning chapel/devotions to
th e
two dozen s t uden t s
st
on
campus
during the break during
s eme s t e r s
Teaching
for three
weeks in Chiang-
mai Bible Inst i tute brought memo
r ies of several years of
enjoyable
service
there .
I
spoke
two times
in
a Lahu
vil lage
on a weekend
t r ip
with
Yawla one
of
my former
s tu
d e n t s
I spent
Thanksgiving
and
the
week
following with my
dad and
my
s is
t e r
in
Oregon.
Dad
seems
to
be
doing
a ll r ight living alone
now.
I t
is good to be here I will ad
m it
t h a t th e
co ld wea the r
makes me
long
fo r Cebu; but
the
warmth I
feel
in
handshakes
and hugs and
fellowship
more
than
makes up
for
th e
wea t h e r
I
ant icipate
a
rewarding time
of
service and
fellowship
during the
nex t
s e v e r a l
months
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