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Dear Fr iends i n J e s u s ,

2 0 2 S u n a b o r l i r u

5-39, 2-chome, Izue HesakaHlgash l -ku , Hiroshima 73 0JAPAN

Octobe r, 1982

Last week I was trying to find something under my desk, which i s not easysince t se rves as underflow fo r about h a l f o f what won t f i t ON desk.In th e p ro ce ss of digging, I found some envelopes with some of previous newsle t ters . I didn t open them—I didn t really want to know how long i t s been.But since i t s been a t least a year, I l l try to get a head s ta r t on the Christmasrush and t e l l you th e main h ig hl ig ht s o f the past year.

I do remember wanting to w rite l as t NOVEMBERabout the f i r s t evangelisticf i lm meeting we held a t our Hesaka Christ ian Center. The church members workedhard at preparation and publicity, and 63 people came to see the movie, Voncko,The heroine jumped in front of a train during her college days,but survived and

was le d to Christ during her convalescence. She went on to<marry the youngwho told her about C hri st; h er testimony as a minis ter s wife i s made even morepowerful by her joyous l i fe even without an arm and a leg.

Then we plunged right into Christmas preparations. We had three main programs:a children s program 85 children, 15 adults), an evening of fellowship for our7 church members, and a two-night evangelistic meeting geared mainly to Jr.Hi.through young adults , highlighted by a candle service a t th e close. I t was ablessed Christmas, and made more so by the many cards, letters, and packages fromf o l k s t home .

In JANUARYI started scrambling to ge t a VBS packet ready for the Rising Sun,church... they had a great VBS in June, and I was amazed and grateful for

their record-breading offering. Many thanks to Mrs. Dotti e McKinley who presentedthe missionary lessons fo r me. Dottie said she would be w il lin g t o present ourHiroshima missionary lessens for VBS a t churches within dr iv ing distance ofRising Sun, so i f you re interested, please contact; M/L4 T^AJuf McKinZty,70 MuchSit., Suh, 47040» Pfion cs {812}438 ^ZS44, By the beginningof 1983, I should also have several packets and displays available on request frommy forwarding agent , M/li. Ncutatic Jolm on, Phone {812) 865-2387,

Al l I can remember aboutFEBRUARY i s that after suffering through cold days,cold nose, cold toes, and astronomical electric bi l l s from two miniscule spaceheaters , Sachiko an d I f ina l ly bought a new total—coinbustion kerosene heater.Ah, blessed heat I Oh, yes...and on one holiday, we invited Lonnie ^ngs, amissionary and professor a t Osaka Bible Seminary, to pr esen t a seminar on BibleLand geography. Some of you may have read h is a r t i c l e s in the S ta nd ar d a bo u this study in Israel. The day s program began with a fine lecture enqphasizinghow a knowledge of the land and i ts physical aspects helps in understanding the

accounts; in t he a ft er no on , we saw his splendid s l ides ; we were greatlyenriched by h is coming.

In MARCH, we t r i ed another film meeting, with two showings. SfvLoka/u. P<U6is the story of a young railroad man s conversion and work as an evangelist among

railway workers in Hokkaido. After an evangelistic meeting, on his way home to

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his wedding, the last car comes unhitched from the train at Shiokari Pass; thebrake fail s; the young man ^umpa under its wheels, sacrificing himself to savethe passengers. The book has been translated into English—by all means, findi t and read i t i f you can Our Saturday evening showing brought out severalfamilies and career people; Sunday afternoon, mostly young people—70 altogether.

During APRIL, Sachiko went back to Tokyo to be with her mother during minorsurgery. Her mother came through fine, but just a t the time she was hospitalized,

Sachiko came down with a virus and was in bed over a week. She got well enough« toreturn to Hiroshima the f i rs t of Hay, and proiiq>tly got sick again. X got prettygood at fixing rice gruel and pickled plums, standard fare for ailing Japanese.Whether that combination is the cure or the cause of the ailing, I don*t know...

In HAY our youth group—6 Jr-Sr Hi kids-^planned and executed a j)arty to—invtte-otheir teenagers-ro-churchV'and encoura^ them to thinlTabout^The mea^ng

life We had songs, games, refreshments; except for my short devotional,a l l work done by the kids themselves. The 20 present had a good time, and wewere especial ly proud of our young Bible students developing leadership.

JUNE—absolutely no records of what we did, or even were supposed to do;we must have been getting ready for the summer, which was PLENTY busy:

# The Alt-Japan ChJU tian Convention and HU^tonoAy Convention wtfie. held ai^oon 06 6ckool axu out the. end oi July; we went eMty AoK a little. 6ight6e.eAnQdown the. coa6t oi Shikoku; gHand iellomhlp ho6te.d by Von^ $ NoAmaBuAne.y.

^ A Christian pantomime team from Germany came for a week in August, givingthree programs. Their presentation and Christian witness were ful l of joy andvigor; thanks to thei r coming, one l ady s tepped out for Christ—PTL

# 3 day^ oi Vacation Bible School, Lei^om on Daniel; 1 led 6ong6 andtaught KindeAgaAtneA^ oA uAual. CAaU: eggshell mosaic angel pictwve; Xi>tiJUioccasionally ieel guilty about thAowcng amy eggshells...

^ 5 days at Shinshu Bible Camp, in the mountains north of Tokyo, with Stan andHabel Buttray and Betty Turner. I helped with Husic; Sachiko and I both gavetestimonies; already, we have heard of 2 campers who have since been baptized.. .

# 5 days in Tokyo visiting Sachiko's iamily and home ckuAck.,,# Back to Hiroshima in time to plunge into fal l schedule, with no time fo rle t ters , filing, mending, cleaning., . fa l l is half over, no relief in sight.

Yet, in wri t ing t h i s , I re jo ice again a t the opportuni t ies we have ha d to sharethe Gospel. One--oppoi^tunity-came-^tofruition on August-15^-.^ae a young housewife,Akiko Fukuda, was immersed into Christ. Her husband is also looking for meaningand purpose in l i fe and a way out of the rat—race of business and i t s pressures.Please pAoy ioA Mt and Mas, Fukuda, Sachiko and I need your prayers, too, andwe need help. Every day i s so ful l of opportun it ie s, we can t even imaginebe ing ab le t o meet them a l l

The maple leaves and the persimmons are turning red.. .not too long ago, we

bought some huge chestnuts which we gobbled roasted, riced, or glaceed...the ricehas been cut, shocked, and hung on racks to dr y in th e f ie lds . The f ie lds arewhite is not a cliche, i t s a fact. Hiroshima is s t i l l waiting for His coming—t h e r s t t i m e

P r a i s i n g J e s u s