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I h a v e b e e n b a c k i n H i r o s h i m a n o w a l m o s t t w o m o n t h s . B o x e s Im a i l e d l o n g b e f o r e I l e f t a r e a r r i v i n g i n a s low t r i c k l e . Unpackingi s n t much o f a p r o b l e m i t 's j u s t w h e r e t o p u t them a f t e r w a r d

My l a s t few m o n t h s i n t h e S t a t e s was a r e a l w h i r l w i n d o fa c t i v i t y . Mom and Dad a n d I ha d a d e l i g h t f u l t r i p t o F l o r i d a ;e n jo ye d C h r i s t m a s w i t h b r o t h e r R a l p h an d f a m i l y ; s t a r o f t h e showwas g r e a t - g r a n d - b a b y K r y s t a l , 2 mo. o l d n o w I am o f f i c i a l l y ag r e a t a u n t . A v i s i t w i t h Aunt Marg i e i n F t . Meyers was f o l l o w e dby a q u i c k s w i n g- a r o un d t o F t . L a u de r d al e t o s e e t h e Ta k e y a m a s ,f r i e n d s f rom C i n c i n n a t i d a y s . We w e n t a c r o s s F l o r i d a on A l l i g a t o rA l l e y b u t do y o u t h i n k we saw a n y a l l i g a t o r s ? N o p e , n a r y a o n e .

S p ea k in g e ng ag em e nt s i n J a n . a nd F e b . i n c lu d e d S o u t h p o r tH e i g h t s ( I n d p l s ) , A l p i n e , D i l l s b o r o , Moores H i l l . A week i nC i n c i n n a t i w a s s h ar ed w it h f r i e n d s a t W e s t e r n H i l l s a n d t he

l e a d e r s h i p o f F e l l o w s h i p C h r i s t i a n , p l u s t h e p r i v i l e g e o fs p e a k i n g f o r c a m p u s f e l l o w s h i p s a t t h e U. o f C i n c i n n a t i an dNor the rn Kentucky U n i v e r s i t y. I hope y o u ' l l pray w i t h me f o rt h e s e v i t a l campus m i n i s t r i e s . I w as e s p e c i a l l y g l a d t o b ea b l e t o show my s l i d e s a t t h e c h u r c h a t P l e a s a n t R i d g e , w h e r e grew u p , a n d a t R i s i n g S u n , w h i c h has g i v e n me so much l o v e an ds u p p o r t . I t was g o o d t o b e b a c k i n t h a t p a r t o f t h e c o u n t r y

a g a i n , t o r e n e w o l d f r i e n d s h i p s a n d make new o n e s .The m i d d l e o f F e b r u a r y , Mom a n d Dad a n d I made i t t h r o u g h t h e

snow t o F t . Wa y n e , I n d , a n d I w e n t on t o v i s i t w i t h f r i e n d s i nD e t r o i t . I t was t h e r e I l e a r n e d o f t h e s u d d e n d e a t h o f my b r o t h e rR a l p h . He h a d b e e n s i c k o n l y tw o w e e k s ; w as h o s p i t a l i z e d onF e b . 1 3 t h , d i a g n o s e d a s h a v i n g a c u t e l e u k e m i a , a n d w e n t t o b e w i t hJ e s u s t h e n e x t d a y. I t was r e a l l y a shock he was o n l y 4 1 , andh a d seem ed q u i t e h e a l t h y a t C h r i s t m a s t i m e b u t we w e r e a m a z e da n d t h an k f u l f o r t h e many p r o v i s i o n s God h a d m a d e . L i f e w i l l b emore d i f f i c u l t f o r F l o r e n c e a n d t h e 4 b o y s s t i l l a t h o m e , b u tGo d i s g o o d , a n d R a l p h i s w e l l a n d h a p p y now.

On Monday, F e b . 2 3 r d , I w as s c h e d u l e d t o f l y t o J o p l i n , MOThe n i g h t p r e c e d i n g , I k e p t an a l l - n i g h t work and p r a y e r v i g i l .The theme o f th e e v e n i n g was , I Want t o b e R e a d y. At 6 Monday m o r n i n g , s t i l l h o v e r i n g o v e r b o x e s a n d b a g s , I r e s c h e d u l e d

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w e r e t r e m en do us , f o l l o w ed by f e l l o w s h i p o n S u n d a y a t V i l l a H e i g h t sa n d t h e n a week o f g u e s t - l e c t u r i n g a t O z a r k B ib le C o l l e ge . Thet r e k t o t h e We s t C o a s t w a s b r i g h t e n e d b y s t o p s i n T u c s o n , A r i z .

w i t h A a n d S u z a n n e M e l r o y , C a m a r i l l o , CA w i t h t h e C a w e l t i f a m i l i e s ,a n d a g r a n d w e e k w i t h B a r r i c k l o w r e l a t i v e s i n t h e Bay a r e a .D a l l a s M e s e r v e c h a u f f e u r e d me t o t h e a i r p o r t a f t e r two s u n n y d a y si n S a n J o s e , a n d I w as o n my w a y t o T o k y o . S / a c h i k o w as t h e r e t om e e t me a t t h e a i r p o r t a t 7 AM Sh e t h o u g h t i t w as b r i g h t a n de a r l y ; I w asn t sure by then about a ny th in g e xc ep t I was sure

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glad to see her Af te r one n igh t with the Turners , an o ther w ithSachiko s family, and a look a t Mark and Lynn P r a t t s campus housei n p ro g r e ss , we headed on home t o H i r o s h i m a . What a r e l i e f t ounpack those su i t cases without worrying how to get every th ingb a c k i n t h e n e x t t i m e

I t s c e r t a i n l y good to be back in H iro shim a, b ut t he re havebeen l o t s o f changes. KIMITAKA AND REIKO MIYAMOTO, our f i r s t

C h r i s t i a n c o u p l e , were t r a n s f e r r e d to th e Nagoya a r e a . Kimi t a k a sjob with P f i z e r t he re i s much b e t t e r ; he had q u i t once i n Hiroshimadue to p r e s s u r e t o use d i s h o n e s t s a l e s p r a c t i c e s . He has found oneo th e r C hr is t ian in the product ion p l a n t , and they are s t a r t i n ga B i b l e s t u d y , b u t t h e c l o s e s t New Te s t a m e n t c h u r c h i s a n h o u r sd r i v e away. Ptea6e pfiay the. l^^ijamoto6,

Th e week a f t e r I go t back , we had a f a r e w e l l pary fo rMRS. YAGI,whose husband was t ransferred to northern Japan.M rs . Y a g i was n o t a b l e t o be b a p t i z e d b e c a u s e o f h e r h u s b a n d so b j e c t i o n s , but was f a i t h f u l in Bible c l a s s , came of t en to worsh ip ,a r r a n g e d f l o w e r s f o r t h e m e e t i n g h a l l , and h e l p a d o u t ^ w i t hSunday School a c t i v i t i e s . I r e a l l y miss h er v i v a c i o u s n e s s , andh e r r e a d i n e s s t o do a n y t h i n g t h a t n e e d e d t o be d o n e . H er t h r e edaughters were a l l members of Bible c l a s s e s , too , so pea.4e pA.a.yt h a t the. Vagt^ M t l l continue, to Aead the. Bible, and 6e.e.k God 6 (/oil l .

Not a l l th e c h a n g e s have been sad o n e s . KAZUKO NISHIMURA,an E n g l i s h t e a c h e r who h as been s tu dy in g w ith us f o r 2 y e a r s , wa sbap t i zed a t Chr i s tmas t ime . Pea4e pKay j{oA hch. QKOiJOth a6 aChA.i4tian, MARI ARIKI, who a cc ep te d J es us through the work ofth e Lee Jones fa mi ly , g ra du ate d from Osaka B i b l e Seminary andcame back to Hirosh ima to work. She now t e a c h e s Sunday S c h o o l andof t en plays the organ. Thank God j oA hcA. help , and pA.ay ^O hcA.6tA.cngth to 6tand a6 the only l i g h t ioA. ChA.i6t i n hen. oHice,>

EISUKE MASUDA, a l so an Osaka Bible Seminary gradua te , i s them i n i s t e r o f a h o u s e c h u r c h n o t f a r a / ay. He spoke f o r t h e C h r i s t m a s

e v a n g e l i s t i c m e e t i n g , and has v o l u n t e e r e d to speak f o r o u rworsh ip s e r v i c e s tw ice a month and work w i t h us a s a p a r t - t i m em i n i s t e r fo r the ne x t yea r. ?A.ai6e God, and pA.ay jjoA ouA. woA.k

I know a l l o f th e s e names mean very l i t t l t o y o u b u t i f youw i l l w r i t e them on your p r a y e r l i s t s , and pray f o r t h e i r needsevery day o r e v e r y week, God w i l l draw you c l o s e r to t h es e p re ci o uspeople and give them s t r e n g t h th rough your p r a y e r s . I r e a l l ye n c o u r a g e y o u t o m i n i s t e r t o u s i n t h a t w a y.

P l e a s e c o n t i n u e t o p r a y f o r S a c h i k o a n d me a s we m i n i s t e rto e a c h o t h e r and t h e community h e r e . Pray t h a t o u r new, s m a l lchurch fe l lowship w i l l gain more and more s t r e n g t h to evange l i ze .Pray f o r me as I c o nt in ue s t u dy in g J a p an es e ; my g o a l i s to be a b l eto do a l l o f my t e a c h i n g i n J a p a n e s e by t h i s t ime n e x t y e a r .

B e f o r e I f o r g e t , A SPEC IAL B IG THANKS t o l l t h e c h ur c h e s an di n d i v i d u a l s who made my f u r l o u g h a r e f r e s h i n g and w o r t h w h i l et i m e . I t r u s t t h o s e memories w i l l h e l p me t o f i g h t a g a i n s tl o n e l i n e s s and d i s c o u r a g e m e n t . God b l e s s you a l l .

W i t h t h e L o v e o f J e s u s ,

ROSHIM CHRISTI N MISSIDK

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