davis howard kathryn 1958 japan

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The Vord of

Chmim J9psn TomTrci^rVo l um e 2 Boo k 2 February 1958 Num b e r 1

Do The Best You ConLeave The Rest to GodSometimes at nigh t when President

Eisenhower is tired and perhaps mightbe justified in being worried, Ike getsinto bed and says something like this,Lord, I ve done the best I can today,and I m g ra te fu l for y ou r Help. Doubtless I muffed a few . You t ake overf ro m h ere .

And, added the Presiden ts wife,he just turns over and goes to sleep.

Pres iden t E ise nh ow er k nows t h a tGod is w ith him while he is working,and he also knows t h a t God work s onwhile he sleeps. That is real faithand real prayer. A wonderful secretof life is simply to do the best youcan, with God s help , and then, whenyou have done your best, to put it allin God s hand s and t r u s t in H im t h a teverything will come out all right.

from an a rt ic le b yNorman Vincen t Pea le

EVERETTE says the Forwarding Agent IsTHE PERSON WHOReceives the high salary*TRIES to answ er all mailSends out hundreds of receipts and bullet insTRIES to moke the dollar do the work of

t e nSometimes wishes he was twinsTRIES to make out a signatureWould like to meet all people who give

offeringsWonders at night if the offering will be

big enough?????(*This of course is a pun because no

Forwarding Agent to our knowledge receivesany financial reimbursement.)

500 is st i l l owed on CustomTax for the *50 Pon tiac . Wil l youor your class relieve Everette sanxiety over this matter by g iv inge xt ra th is mon th?


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Dear Friends in Christ,The pen begins to write; the ar ticle is re-read; no pe that s no good ;

into the trash; beg in aga in ; and thus i t goes on and on when we a re try in gt o d r a f t t h e b u ll et in i nt o i t s f inal f o r m We n e v e r cease to b e a m a z e d a tour Father s goodness, and your fai th and t r u s t in th is work, but to e xp re ssi t in words so you will understand is mighty hard to do. Since our returnlast July our monthly budget has been on top or just below the 500 neededto func tio n properly. You all have been just wonderful and we thank yousincerely from our h ea rts .

There are always unexpected th ings aris ing t h a t require extra moneyabove the bu dget and so f a r you have gone the 2nd mile with us, and forthat we are also thankful. I know, from personally know ing many of oursupporters, that many haven t much to give, but that they gave becausethey loved tosee the church spread. Many churches have also gone theextra distance with us financially. All we know to do is say, Thanks forseeing the work through another year.

Annually from February-April we plunge away down f inancial lyhelpus this year not to take the plunge, huh?

We still need 500 to pay the blood money they took from us on theold jalopy for customs. This is the final debt of 1957 and we tried hard toeliminate i t but i t had tattle tale grey and wouldn t rub out before thes u n s e t o n 1957.

I m glad you all are over there sometimes because if you tried to keepup with us each day here, you too would be living every day on nerves.We try to main ta in and run a big business (the Lord s); write out sermonsand work and study over them a f t e r translation; Hazel run the house, takecare of the girls; and toge ther , we study language; do shopping; go to class;writ e l et te rs ; do the oflSce work; etc. We will never live to a ripe old agebecause our boilers will blow first. I know, you have problems and worriestoo , and believe us, we would rather hear yours and pray with you overthem than have to always tell you ours. The Lord has to hear ours somuch, thought maybe His load would be lessened if we let you hear ourups-and-downs, in-and-outs. Really people you have all been marvelous andwe are hoping that we will have all eternity to reminisce over these thingsthat were important at the time. Enough for now God bless you eachand every one.

Yours in Him Always,Bob, Hazel, Jeanne, Joan


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FINANCIAL STATEMENTBob Haze l Chamber s

Box 7 ChikusaNagoya, Japan

Nov.-Dec. 1957GENERALLoan for Customs on Car 600.00Dominguez Ch. of Christ 50.00Mrs. J.W. Grimm Memorial 35.00Women's Grp.Farmington, N. Mex. 33.50Adrian, Missouri 33.00Buss. Prof. ClassDodge City, Kans. 30.00Women's Coun.Rolla, Missouri 20.00Joy Class-Atlas Ch.Joplin, Mo. 18.71Primary Dept.Liberal, Kans. 17.40Rainsworth Chapman 17.00Chr. Miss. Soc.Bucklin, Kans. 15.00Inglewood ChurchInglewood, Calif. 13.00Mrs. Z.F. Bruchie 12.00Mr. Mrs. Ber tis Wh it e 11.00West Reseda ChurchReseda, Calif. 10.90Jr. Jr. Hi. End.Liberal , Kans. 10.00Mr. Mrs . W ill is Fowle r 10.00Loyal BoostersBucklin, Kans. 10.00Mr. Mrs. George Spies 10.00Mr. Mrs M.L. Mar t inson 10.00Leona Car t e r 10.00Fidelis Miss. Soc.Willow Springs, Mo. 6.00Mr. P au l P ain e 5.56Miss. Study Grp.Protection, Kans. 5.00Tr eva Renf ro 5.00Joyce Warrick 5.00Pershing Ave.Liberal, Kans. 5.00H .P. B ell 5.00Mrs G r a d e Goodr ich 5.00Willing WorkersLiberal, Kans. 5.00Beulah Hrabe 3.00C. Hei land 1.50

1027.57L.L. CHURCHES and INDIVIDUALSHugoton, Kansas S 100.00Belle, Missouri 70.00Litt leton, Colorado 50.00South LoopDallas, Texas 50.00

Sigma Sigma ClassLong Beach, Calif. 45.44Friendly Bible Class, Hugoton, Kans. 30.00Eldon, Missouri 27.92Texarkana , Texas 20.00Roby, Missouri 20.00Haskel l Texas 15.00Roberta Kenoyer 15.00Willing WorkersValley Center, Kans. 11.00Pu rdy , Mis sour i 10.00Class 10Arcadia, Kansas 10.00Walnut , Kansas 4,65

200 CLUBG ran d T o ta l

DISBURSEMENTSSalary / States^ JapanCustom Car TaxP r i n t e rOffice EquipmentOilBuilding ExpenseLabo r e rGaso l ineTrans f e r Davis Acc. Nov.Car RepairPreacher's SalaryPostageLanguage TuitionEreight Charge HandlingMiss i onTelephoneTruckingTelegramTOTAL DISBURSEMENTSTOTAL RECEIPTSDEFICITDEFICIT Forwarded f rom Oct .DEFICIT December 31, 1957

+Loan a t HugotonRED RED RED RED RED

31

479.01 179.00$1685.58

350.00200.00499.6282.3778.3271.7469.2753.6250.3750.0047.4447.2440.0640.0015.9514.0011.929.175.34

3 1736.431685.5850.85474.56525.41600.00

1125.41


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NOTHEROn a rather cold blustery afternoon

late in December ano ther young manbecame a new crea ture in Christ . Ibelieve (and this is another of our manygoals during 1958) that before the yea rIf you have writte n us re cently and

as yet have no answer, please writeagain because some of our mail isfinding its way into other P.O. boxesand some I m sure isn t being returned.Anytime you write and don t hearwithin 6 weeks from the day of posting,write again because your mail didn tget to us.

AIN'T IT THE TRUTH?The stinger of a bee is only .03125

inches long. The rest of the 12 inchesis pure imagination.

Wouldn t people scream if they hadto pay the preacher as much for themarriage as they do the lawyer for thed ivo rce ?

Around 150 yearly tax is due oneverything imaginable in March.Will you be one of those who helpskeep the budge t on the level so thiscan be paid?

HRISTI Nends we wil l have his Brother andMother both obeying Christ in Scriptural baptism (both having been sprinkledpreviously); and there is now the likelypossibility that we may even gain hisFather who heus become very friendlyand kind toward us and the church.Pray earnestly for this family that theywalk in this life together in Christ sothere will be no permanent separationupon death. Another young lad hasalready told us of his desire for unitingwith Christ and His chu rch. I thinkthat soon now we will gain a few morefor the Lord.

Will you earnestly pray for all ofus in Nagoya Christian Mission sowe might be useful instruments inHis hands

ddresses to Remembe rHoward Kafhryn Davis

Box 19 ChikusoNcgoyo, JopanOr Clyde irney

Sublette, Kansas

Bob Hazel ChambersBox 7 ChikusoNagoya, Japan

or verette ParsleyHugoton, Kansas


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Because we got at a gallup (us and Davises too) most of the time andMr. Maruki is also carrying the load now of 2 men we deemed it wiseand advisable a t th is t im e to invest in an old rench enaul t fo r an ex t ramivSsion veh ic le. (Now don't anybody get exci ted because this is the cheapest2nd hand car in Japan.) We are paying for half the vehicle and Davisesfor other half o ver the next 8 months. It costs around 450, and we allare agreed it will pay for itself in no time. Mr. Maruki will drive it . Letme explain what he does in a weeks time. He has a full t ime job 5 daysa week; teaches Tuesday and Thursday nights in the Preache r T ra in ingSchool, and interprets for me during my two c la sses on the same nights;tra nsla te s se rmons for Howard and me; interprets Saturday nights inyoung peoples class; preaches at l east twice on Sunday; t eaches two SundaySchool c lasses ; and all of this will carry him many hundreds of mileseach week on buses and street cars and eats up hours upon hours ofvaluable time. Mr. Maruki is the Japanese leveling force in NagoyaChristian Mission. Without him?? ?? well you try to imagine.

This Is the year of the DOG in Japan, but I'll be switched if we aim to go to thedogs during 1958. This is THE year for Nagoya Christian Mission. With God's helpand yours, Mukojima-Gotanjo church is going to have a church building by November intime for their 6^ anniversary date. We have several nibbles from adult men now andwith a permanent meetin' house I'm sure we will land them. To delay any longer isto have our bait stolen by Satan and the opportunity to start winning family men lostpermanently: We have faith I'm sure it will be tried many times during this doggyyear but if we take a defeatist attitude we have no business out here any longer.The prospects look real good for the work now, and all of us in the Nagoya family aregoing to do everything Scripturally possible to nail things down to insure stronger andlarger church bodies.


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e nne ^ o n hrtskmas Mornino

Jeanne - Joan Irene Edna fKenny Davis s inging for th echildren at th e Orphanage during hristmas program.

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Nagoya hr i s t i an issiont ha t th e land o f th e r is in g s un m i g h t c om e to know th e r is e n son

- ^' Japanese Address ^HOWARD 6- K T RYN DAVIS iCLYDE VIRGINIA BIRNEY nc ur ta V 9 ChikusaSublette, Kansas ,Nagoya, J a p a n sir

-i-D ear Friends in Chr ist; *Christmas is a long time past, but this is th e first opportunity we have had to express our

appreciation for th e Christmas g if ts w e receiv ed f ro m f ri en ds in America. T o the C e n tr a l C h ur c h,Oklahoma City; th e Church at H eple r, K ansa s; Missionary Circle, Eads, Colorado; Lois Circle, WestSide Church, W i ch it a, K ansas; an d the Ladies Council, Carney, Oklahoma, we ow e thanks fo r cashChristmas g if ts an d to Arcadia, Indiana fo r 2 food boxes, and Eads, Colorado fo r 3 food boxes. Wesa y t ha nk s t o al l of you fo r th e complete an d enjoyable Christmas you made possible fo r us.

T h e Nagoya Churches held a total of five Chri s t ma s s e rv i ce s , p a rt ic i p a te d in b y all the churchesan d the Davises and Chambers. T he c li ma x w as a program for th e 170 children at th e orphanagene ar t he E ast Nagoya Church. T he o rp ha na ge w as given several boxes of c lo th in g a nd WhiteGifts from all the churches. A t th e en d of th e p ro gr am e ac h child wa s given a sack of candy fo rmany, th e first they h ad sin ce the program last Christmas). These things were partly made possibleby a 25 designated gift from the Eunice Circle, A r ca d ia , I nd i an a.

January 1st, Suzuki San who ha s worked fo r th e Mission fo r over four ye ars, res igne d to accepta position as a n e ws pa pe r r e po r te r . Hi s leaving created a heavier load f or M ar uk i San, wh o ha d toassume th e work of b ot h m en . Besides working at a full time job for hi s living, he must preachtwice on Sunday, teach Bible Class e ve ry S at ur da y night, interprete an d teach three hours eachTuesday and Thursday nights in th e Nagoya C hr is ti an L ea de rs I nst itu te , an d translate an d writeout four extra, full-length sermons a month. In order to accomplish al l this w ork for th e Mission,it became necessary to provide hi m with some sort of transportation. The Mission o wned ve hic lewe purchased is a 20 H P, s ec on d hand F re nc h Renault. It cost the Davises an d Chambers 69.00d o w n , an d 16.50 e ac h p e r m on th for th e n e x t ten months. T h e t i me saved for M r. M aru ki willbe precious t i me spent in th e Lord s work.

W e join Judy in thanking yo u who have s e nt travel funds for h er re tu rn to A merica. T h etotal fare will be about 550. T h a t includes t ra i n fare to Tokyo, A ir fare to th e W est Coast, andtrain fare to Oklahoma City, w her e sh e will attend Midwest Christian College. Judy will be leavingth e mission field this coming su mmer .

P le as e c on ti nu e t o re me mbe r us in your prayers, especially that the Lord will provide th ema t e ri a l ne e ds t o e xpa nd H is w ork h er e i n N ag oy a.

Y o u r s in C hr i s t s service,

Howard &' Kalrhryn Davis


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FINANCIAL STATEMENTHoward Kathryn Davis

Nov. Dec. 1957In Memory of Mrs. J. W. Grimm 35.00In Memory of Dor is Bib le School

Supplies 10.00Hepler, Kans., Miss. Soc. 15.00Mrs. Ida Jackson 5.00Hampton, Iowa, 2nd year Primary Class 4.59Mr. Mrs . C la ud e Henderson 5.00Myrl F. Knox 5.00Okla. City, Okla. , Airline 10.00V e rn o n M a rs h al l 15.00Mrs. Ray Smith 8.00Avoca, Ark., S.S. 17.00Cashion, Okla. 50.00Mr. Mrs. W. B. Dixon 10.00Mr. Mrs . R. E. Combs 10.00Nora Hohn 3.00Seneca, Mo. 2.00Grove, Okla. 25.00Moore , Okla. , Antioch, Crusader Class 15.00Okla. City, Okla., Central, D.V.B.S. 30.00Mr. Mrs. W. S. Ferguson 10.00Mulhall, Okla., S.S. 20.42Okla. City, Okla., Draper Park 52.43Minnie H u n t 10.00Elsie Daugherty 2.00Mr. Mrs. W. C. Massey 25.00M r Mrs O l i ve r P i c k e t t 25.00Viola Forney 15.00Owosso, Mich., Womens Council 70.00Grove, Okla., Lad ie s A id Soc. 30.00Ellis T Wear s 25.00Enid, Okla., 6th grade S.S. Class 5.00Buckl in , Kan s. , M is s. Soc. 15.00McKinney, Texas, Ea st , Ch ri st ian

Wom e ns Union 23.00Fred Reiswig 30.00Arcadia, Ind., Eunice Circle Christmas

Gift, Japanese Orphanage 25.00Sher idan Lake, Colo., Kings Daughters 50.00Okla. City, Okla., Forest Hill Christian

Youth Bible Study Group 25.00Plainvi ll e , Kans. , Miss. Fund 75.00Mr. Mrs . dwin H. T h o m a s 10.00Mr Mrs C. D. N e w c omb 15.00

New Market, Iowa, Ladies A id 10.53Rolla, Mo. 25.00Mr. Mrs. H. B. Siemens 25.00Plainville, Kans., Kum Join Us Class 25.00Moore, Okla., Antioch, Endeavors 22.00Marlow, Okla., C.W.F. Group No. 2 30.00Rolla, Mo., C.W.M.C. 20.00Sheridan Lake, Colo. 3.59Mr. Mrs. J. F. Puckett 50.00Mr. Mrs. Alton Cla rk 10.00Trueman, Minn., Loyal Womens Class 5.00Mr. Mrs. Earl Reader 20.00Washington, 111 Ladies Circle Class 50.00Dodge City, Kans., Loyal Workers Class 25 00Arcola, Mo. 20.00Plainville, Kans., 6th grade Class 14.78She li a Grace Mosher 6.00Griswold, Iowa 32.68Wilmington, Ohio, New Antioch 58.00Mr. Mrs. Harvey Lacock 10.00Mrs. R. B. Andreson 5.00Talala, Okla. 15.00Mission Receipts 1315.02

LIVING LI NKHepler, Kans. S 45.00Stewartville, Minn., Pleasant Grove 20.00Morristown, Tenn. 50.00Shattuck, Okla., Womens Miss. 20.00McKinney, Texas, East, Berean Class. 10.00Avoca, Ark., S.S. 30.00Arcadia, Kans., S.S. 20.00Okla. City, Okla., Central 200.00Eads, Colo. 50.00Fred Reiswig 20.00Living Link Receipts 465.00Mission Receipts 1315.02Total Receipts 1780.02Deficit Nov. 1, 1957 1141.86Balance Receipts S 638.16

DISBURSEMENTSLiving LinkPostageMission Equipment

600.0073.00160.00


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Tuition Japanese Language School) 40.00Tuition Judy, Janet Irene) 159.12House Repair 39.40C ar T i re Repair 27.00Envelopes 16.67Taxes Japanese) 119.85T r a ns por ta tion 12.67Church Sunday School Supplies 23.21G as O il 56.88Office Supplies Equipment 26.75Photo Supplies 5.70Doctor M e d i c i n e 20.00Christmas G if ts f or Orphanage 25.00N a ti ve S a la ri es 228.00

Telephone - 8 C harge fo r Y en Exchange 5.50T o t al D i sb u rs em e n ts 1646.75Total Receipts Balance 638.16Deficit Jan. 1, 1958 1008.59

J U D Y S T R A V E L F U N DGer t rude W i l s o n 10.00Sublette, Kans., Alpha L ink 5.00

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Nagoya Chr i s t i a n Miss ionTHAT THE LAND OF THE R tSING SUN MIGHT COME TO KNOW THE RISEN SONTHAT TUC I AKIn /~*C TU C D IC IK ir^ C IlK l A J I ÛT r /ÂAC I^KI/~MA/ TU e OICCKI Cr^KI A

Japanes* AddressCLYDE iRe^NlTBIRNEY ^ ^ So 1 1 rvcQ ox 19, Chikusa SSublette Kansas Ju ly 195o ^

Nagoya, Japan yDear Co-laborers in Christ, JbL t 9^^Not a day passes that .e don t thank Godus in proclaiming the gospel. If we pray together, Christ will hav^

th e f i n a l v ic to ry in Japane

ru f i : :S;sr=.---Tn Eoite of the lack of rain Kathryn s postage stamp sized

s r.niirLJudy and Janet are busy doing their own sewing as well as the housework while Judy gets out much of the mission office work. ^noticed your letters being jLânrDTOS^ wiS s^;;;that is the reason. Japanese school ^ pro-one-week later. The girls will plan direct and help teach in a program that is designed to reach the parents through the children.Our children have a bonus vacation this year---from ay 15_toSeptember 8 almost four months. Abonus for the children butScLol next year for Irene will be in Nagoya, but Janet must go to as^hooi i^lhl êxt province. will take êr to the bus line at 6:30,She will RO by bus across the city take a traxn to Gifu then aBtLet car to tL point nearest the school, then walk almost a ^le.She will arrive home around 5:30, spending k hours each day in travel.Yoshida San has finished the first part of his studies at OsakaBible Seminary, and will return to serve with ^ thru the sêr^Kubota San, another of our preacher students studying at OBS wi^remain in Osaka to continue assisting in the work of the Joto church.In Japan soft drinks cost about la? a bottle and 9

.rL SS:: trs......Please continue to pray for your work here in Nagoya. We aregrateful to all you for continuing to share in this work with us, andfor your letters of encouragement.


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/Z Iki c ^ June CSTUDENT FROM NAGOYA WORK

ENTERS OSAKA BIBLE SEMINARYHoward Davis of Nagpya Christian Mission reports that Yoshida

Sar^ has conflated one-and-a-half grgatlieof the two-year course foBpreachers in the Nagoya Christian Leaders Institute and entered OsakaBible Seminary for further preparation for the ministry.

Yoshida San ministers to the Nagashima churchywill continue toserve on the weekends. t will cost the mission an additional 30 amonth in travel and other ejqiense. Martin B Clark president of theSeminary says that the cost of training a preacher in the Seminarys about 35 a month.

Howard and Mrs. Kathryn Davis may be contacted at Box 19 ChikusaJppanj CBrwarding agent5 Clyde and Mrs. Virginia Birney

Suble^^L Kansas.


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eepoet U U9 8We wish to beg in by thanking every one o f you ivho took t ime ou t

to wri t e us your sugges t ions and desires Also9 many checks and cashcon t r i bu t i ons were s en t to help us in th i s t ime o f needg fo r which weare very gra te fu lu Thanks fo r sharin g in the preach ing of the gospe lto th e Japanese with us These l e t t e r s s e rve to s t reng then th e t i e between you a t home and we who serve as your miss iona ry represen ta t ivesPlease do not cons ider any pa r t o f t h i s summary as a complaint^ bu t afs t a t emen t s wi th in ou r human ab i l i t y to c le si r i fy our work and f i nancesto youo We must apologize fo r s pe nd in g to o littl t ime in keeping youinformed o f th e work we sha re in j and fo r th e misunders tand ings c rea t edby otir method of repor t ing on the funds you sent Howeverg we have nocause to apo log ize fo r our hones ty in using the fundsg or th e work accomplished with the Lord^s money Although t h i s l e t t e r i s l ong wehope you wi l l read it ca re fu l ly and share your reac t ions with tis Nodoubt I t wil l leave many things unexplained and incomplete, for i twould be imposs ib le to wri te in complete de t a i l as we did in th e i n d ividual answers Please bel ieve us when we say we have hones t ly soughtto weigh the Just ice of each cri t ic ism the value of each suggestion,and the power of every prayer Space here only permits a summary, buti you des i re fu l l e r explanationsg we wi l l be glad to answer your l e tt e r s in complete detail We make no d i r e c t quota t ionsfor we have nopermiss ion to do so However, in most cases the ques t ion i s ev iden t inth e answer

We a re ab l e to show th e l a rge de f i c i t in our f i n anc i a l s t a t emen t sbecause of three circumstances (1) When we write a check in Nagoya iti s en te red in to our books p o ss ib ly th re e weeks before it ac tua l lyreaches oiir bank in Kansas, v ia Tokyo and New York City (2) Loans wehave taken our account for par t of the deficit (3) All beyond thesecircumstances cons t i tu te an overdra f t a t the bank The bank has reques ted we take out a cover ing loan but the papers have not a r r ived yet

In our spring statements 1956-57-58, we l i s ted a disbursement asIncome Tax U,S We apologize, for th i s entry i s misleading We f i lere turns in the trS. and pay self-employment tax However, th i s tax i scredi ted to S ocia l Securi ty and should be l i s t ed as e i ther self-employment tax or socia l security Income Tax (Japan) i s what we are requiredto pay here an expendit i i re we would not have i we were i n th e U.S.on th e same salary

One congregat ion wrote they had wi th -he ld suppor t t h i s second termbecause of Kathryn^ s and Judy s par t in the Sunday School teaching program Perhaps th e re a re othe r unexpressed agreements w ith th ese goodpeop le who were among the f i r s t to share w ith us i n the Nagoya workAlthough th i s was termed, d isobedience of the Scr ipturesthe waysthere of are the ways of dea th we have t r i ed to seek only the way ofChris t and His Word Our family i s l ike a tesim serving in Japan, andeach member has a part The re i s a grea t amount of work to be done, andto accompl ish it Kathryn and Judy must do t h e i r part The only a l t e r n at i ve would be to refuse the knowledge o f Chr i s t to the many high schoo land col lege yoxing people who come to seek Him Alone, I cannot- handleconcur ren t c l a s se s in both chu rche s They do not preach in the regu la rchurch se rv i ces but they do a s s i s t through music and pr ay ers To txirnpeople away who come to le a rn of Chr i s t would be in our opinion, un-scriptural and a great sin For Scriptural authority we refer to Luke sreco rd o f ano ther t eam (Acts 18^2^-26)


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an Tndireot accusationThis next, .nestion .elie.e it was no.f stealing the Lord s money, i,. êant in that attitude at all I oan-t ^3tures have not always Been Hagoya with us woura

rf \ox rL^rro^ror. hmsrclr exp-s^disbursements ^^fes^'ur oraifdlreotly due presentdirect mission all are ahove the ourg4S^ r sionaries; sometimes several a e ^ support the P'êrajz .: i^. ?L\ar. afoS-through their offerxngso Tnrd from our salaryo Utilitiaccounting of what we for the Nagoya Christian Leaselves, t-wo-churches^ ar is ouÎnstitute, comes out the whole expenditureoTh However,

expenses for mission for school tuitionbusiness under normal if they lived in the Statesu We2-r. - rs ln amouht for ^fjen as seems necessaryo We ^ ^::rrsru:Llly rriS-, or o^ ow-nooym^^^^^ ,3douhlb purpose in mission use,, In total ônds whenever ourextravagant. ' :eC eceipts are^lowm^rgo lnto missionê. gard toifmel^dLrtrtrrhfngf( our sal^. is al-a^ rarary t^dsôw nrthere ie no surjAus to cover tL fact of rising prices andeasily cover all items th 4.^hine our children at homesome have told us re-paying. In the case of highchildren. Two points we hav f education we could give them:êsicn wor^ ac^Jan^t (11th grade and Irene (6thhome. Judy is not qualxfieu vo

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and one suggestion was that e give up the work to return and labor int U c S u

One statement was to the effect we were asking the churches to payour debts for us; debts they did not makeo In a strict sense of theword this may be true, but we have never considered this oi^ personalworko Instead, it is our view that we have been xn joined force withyou at home to preach the gospel in Nagoya carrying out Christ s instructions in Matt 28:19-20o We do not feel our reward for the accomplishments here to be any greater than you who sent us and support thwork th ru your money and prayers

n Advisory Committee has worked very well for some missionaries,and we too, would welcome such a committee provided that co^itteewere a Board of Elders However a Planning Committee to plan thework and expenditures of the mission would necessarily have to visitthe field for a long enough period of time to become acquainted withthe problems and needs of the field Of course have always welcomedthe advice of any one who would send i t and in most cases i t hasv/orked to the advantage of the Lord s work hereIt was brought to our attention that those in our supportingchxirches had trouble in securing material enough for study groupsabout the work in Nagoya This is no one s fault but our own andone we hope to correct very soon The Central Christian Chiu:ch inOklahoma City has offered to help us in getting such materials out

to t h e c h u r c h e s oOTHER SUGGESTIONS VffiRE:Publish a different type news sheet giving more news about ourfamily contacts and work with the Japanese people To try througha more complete news coverage to bring about a closer tie betweenth e m i ss i on nd th e c h u r c h e s

To work out a budget, including furlough travel fund and askthe churches tc assume a regular monthly part of i t remainderof this terra only, with the idea of reconsidering i t when we returnto th e U.S. on o u r n e x t furloughThat our support be confined to a smaller area so that furloughtime could be spent working among those churches

Keep a challenge before the churches for church buildings andother projectsit was stated that it is becoming increasingly important to have a challenge of something to be accomplished and notso much a general need of funds

Keep a reminder of the color slides available from HarroldMcFarland before those who share in this work with usThat our financial statement be revised and more in detail to

v o i d m i s u n d e r s t n d i n g s THE H ELP I N G HAND

any of the letters we received carried no actual suggestionsbut they brought many encouraging words and expressions of faith inthe work we share together xn for the glory of Christ Some includedcontributions some did not, but each assured us of the prayers of youat home These le tte r s gave us much courage and shaped the decisionsf o r ou r f u t u r e work


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:everal sent contribnt-ons, many of whom had already gone the: ;.:Lle in sharing the expense of this work- T is with humilxty,- d thanksgiving that we acknowledge their sacrifiufc

The Central Christian Church, Oklahoma City, sent word they wouldattempt to raise S600 to pay for the Nagashima buildxngo They alsooffered to help by mimeographing the study materials to be sent to thechurches. We give God thanks daily for these co-laborers who have ^carried the heaviest portion of the financial lead from the beginningof our work. Some of the elders and members of Central were our BibleSchool teachers thru childhood and teens, so they have a double partin the gospel teaching i n Nagoya.

The church at Purdy, Mo. has pledged a contribution of 5month. Since 19^9 the name of the folk at Purdy has appeared often in bur l i s t 6T coh tr ibutbrs shar ing i n the work.Some who sent money for Judy s travel fund graciously volunteeredv.ormlssion to use i t in t h i s emergency, but we declined because we. lit io would not be fair to those who had desired to help send herbaoi: t : kible College. The funds will be used when she returns next

ye roV. ord came from several people in the churches and preacher friendsstating they would consider regular support in the near future. As somesuggested, we feel too the future success of this work depends uponsuch regular support so that a definate budget can be followed.To a i l these we thank you for taking the time out to write to us.-nd 1-^nd a helping hand that the Kingdom of Christ might be furthered,letter vje received; criticism, suggestion, contribution, or just10 cen.l encouragement, we appreciated and welcomed. Following are thefrom the^e l e t t e r s y o u r l e t t e r s .

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Beginning with the September news sheet we will give a longer moredetailed\ccount of the work, and attempt to give i t from a morei n t e r e s t i n g viev;Slides At the present time we have two sets that you can use inyour services by writing to Harrold McFarland, Box 9^8, Joliet, XllaSet visi t to Japan (Children s Series)Set >d 2Visiting Japan (Adult Series)These are up-to-date, Set 1 has been used in one church, Set 2net t ll

cho f i r s t of the month a printed sheet will be a irmailed to a l lthe churches on our mailing l i s t I t will contain short paragraphsto use in your Sunday bulletins, or your church paper as you please.Tju w i l l hear more from us l a t e r on t h i s p r o j e c tThe financial sheet has under gone some minor changes with thisissue but w i l l be completely revised with the next,A buigc t for the rem aind er of the term .

Ct. i s n t hard to see from this summary of your l e t t e r s and thed--;cisions they brought about that the reason for our present continuedf inrncial d i f f i c u l t i e s res ts in our failure to maintain a clear andro -iv, 1 .ie t i e with you at home. V/e had good intentions-but


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Mar sh a l lHohnCity, Okla, Antioch,

Cru s a d e r Cl a s s -Okla, S.S.ash Vogan (Children)Mo, Royal Circle Miss,McCoyKans; Loyal Winner

1 Reisvif iga in Okla ,j. oy Gant

Mrs, R. E, CombsKans, J r C,E,-a, MOg Womens Miss,vin & Chr i s t i n e Anderson

Cir o Mrs, C, D, NewcombCity , Okla. AntiochMrs J C Pitts

Eay-Smit-hMr' S: Mrs W, S . FergusonMoKinney, Texas, EastHe l e n Wee s eLeon a r d WeeseMrg ^ Mrs Osca r HansonMau r i c e Ren f r ov:. Fg C l a r kVxrg i l SteppLiberal , Kans, Third Year J rI h-s , Fg M, J on e sByrdie Frankl inMiss ion Rece ip t s

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DISBURSEMENTSLiving Link *Tuition (Judy, Janet, Irene)Postage 9 News Letters-

Mi ss io n B u s in e ssTaxg On Mission BuildingsTax, CarMission Car PaymentMission Equip, Paper CutterLease on Land, NagashimaPhoto 8c Supp l i e sSunday School SuppliesGas 8c Oil on Mission BusinessCar Repa i rMission House RepairTypewriter RepairExpenses to CouncilorsMeeting OsakaExpenses to Nagashima ChurchChristian Service Camp (Deposit)Language Study ExpenseNat ive Sa l a r i e sTelephone, Mission BusinessCharge for Yen ExchangeTo t a l Disbu rsemen t sTotal Receipts 8c Def ic i tDeficit July 1, 1958

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Judy^ s Travel FundS 534,15 Mrs, Ray SmithLincoln9 Kans, Central, S,S,

Mr, 8e Mrs, Ear l St ah lMr, 8: Mrs, Edwin ThomasOkla, City , Okla, Central

DVBSColches te r 111,I E S t i c k e lmanWhite Bear Lake, Minn,Scio, New York, Friendship CTotalTravel Fund May 1, 1958Total Travel Fund July 1, 1958

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60 002 0 0 0 0 Mr, & Mrs C, V, Dunn(Designated Church Bldg, Only) $ 100,00


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LYDE 'v^rBIRNEY ^c LI . 1/ Box 19 Chikusdd u b l H e Kansas Nagoya JapanHow does a missionary family spend its vacation? Well, for 10 missionaries there would probably be 10 answersc As for the Davises, .his yearas soon as we returned from Christian Service Camp we loaded^a trailer1 ^ ^ j ^ n r r \ - r ^ iaritiirMnOMT flMrt

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s soo s vv c - . j. j-with-a tent- borrowed, from the Chambers, old service camp equipment andirn a t e i i o - o u a a j h c i o . j-j . wxu ^ , V . -cts the children took their dog and we went up into the mountainsfound a site on the bank of a clear mountain river and fished (^^st timein Japan) for four dayso The longest fish any of us caught was about ban.-hes. but we caught over a hundred enough that we had fish to eatt -u.-e a day while we were there, and some to throw backo In spite of sunburn and insect bites the four days of change and rest did wonders to prepare us for the work ahead, and at very little costo Since most missionaries work seven days a week, and usually long days at that i t seemedgood to us to take a breako Howard injured his foot on the last day, notseriously5 but enough to require a cane and open toed shoe for a few daySoIrene attended the first day of school, then spent a week in bedo Thed-ct-r prescribed the proper medicine and said she needed to rest for adays It was a re-occurrence of a former illness, but she will beable CO continue school a t the beginning of the second week,All four girls are in different schoolso Judy is taking two classes atIfanzan University here in Nagoya City, just to keep xn the habit ofstudy'. Of course, the credit will apply to her degree at Mxdwest Chrxst-xan College. Janet is in High School in Gifu Prefecture, the next provxnce O where we live. Kathryn takes her in the car to a part of the oxty whereShe can catch a street-car- to the railway station. From there she takesa train to Gifu Oxty, then another train to Mikakxno, then a school bus n to the school. This takes about five hours a lay en route. Edna xsattending a Japanese Kindergarten from 9 A M to 2 P M We hadized how pleased our Japanese friends and Chrxstxans would ^little one we have been brought closer into the acceptance of the Japanese people. She goes with the neighbor children and takes part in althe activities just like a Japanese child. Fourschools Kenny likes the arrangement fine, no big sisters around allday to claim t h e i r possessionsoKa-nryn s Fujin Kai (Women s Meetings) are attended by the neighborhoodwomen once a month. They have Bible Study, then spend the afternoon sew-xng for an orphanage or an old peoples home near the ^ssiono HazelChLibers helps in the meetings, leading the song servxceoOnf evening last week we were surprised when one of the Japanese Chrxstxans came to bring us a gift from the people of the Hxgashx Church andtne Nagasnxma Churchy It was dxr wedding anniversary, but we had no xdecthey even knew about it c It was a nice gift but to us, XwS greater cwas in the joy we received from the warm rememberance of these people aswe walk together in the li.ght of C h r i s t s wayo


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ii-r. vices and preparations ran from th ritne Kanie meeting the last of September,, -le .. . . igeajstic meetings at the Nagashima and Higash::.. nurcnes ^/co, . :rea::.. ti->e regular attendance besides bringing ma ly new faces lut..These meetings were very successful and, we feel, well h; many days of work. Judy, Janet, and Kathryn, along with the: .,.-.cse Ghri.stians took the responsibility for the children s servic e nrhrisfcian Service Camp wasn t as well attended as we had hoped hecauu-a typhoon washed out the mountain road just after weand several people who planned to come during the week, ooul^ t p t p.,However, it was a good camp and closed with the conversion of Isutsu San,a high school senior from the Higashi Church who has attended serviceshere at the mission since his grade school days-From k to 6 P.M. was bath time at Christian Service Gamp. The largeTapanese bath was filled with water and then heated. Op day Ka.h_ypilail, and the children went to the bath about 30 minutes early. They/ere told they could not use the bath yetoYes, the tub was filled and hotoNoc there was no one else using the bathoBut ladies, we must use the bath to wash the supper vegetablesbefore you bathe . ^ i trea.riut Butter sandwiches tasted better than usual that evening. . . r , Maruki (Sept. News Notes ) is feeling much better, though it will^:c some time before he can resume his normal amount of church work again,x'êpt for a day in bed now and then, he is able to carry on with the-cesscry duties of his job and the churcho Thanks to all of you who ^.remembered him-in your prayerso-Grdd-c-an-do-wonderful tiiirrgs-, if we buua s k H is assistance o-V The time you read this letter the church at Kanie will be establishedon its way to serving Christ in this field around Nagoya thar.s upto the harvest o Please continue to pray for all these infant/vx hcs nere that their light will grow bright in this land of darkness,x: e.a. letter will carry a fuller account of the services at Kanieo i-ar- aaved this note until last, not because i t is least important,ir* be.auoe to us i t shows clearly the sacrifice and extra effort of you. \ir -rlca in sharing the load of this work with uso God has blessed usr -ilv to have so many faithful Christian friends as co-laborers in

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3s J.apanese worko Words cannot adequately express our feelings for the'i^^rous way voa delivered this work from the disgrace and discouragement . _ . . O A n_ J _ _ ATt. o f rk l r l nf=: . Tf vonf U Uo J ^ VAC juj w i .i. ^ w 1 n j I IT.Pdebts and lack of working fundso A lady in Iowa once told us, If youeeds on the mission field, le t us know about ito We can't help i f.xive

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don-tXnow Well, we diddLetôurknow-ând juu went beyond anytht could be termed just as 'help'o As a lady in Oklahoma recentlywe can go 'full speed ahead now You will tmderstand why we feelso grateful when you study the attached financial report e pray God will bless you as wonderfully as He has us, THROUGH Y UPlease continue to pray for the work here and for the advancement ofLhirisi 's Kingdom a l l over the world

Representing you in His harvest field,


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\ \ 9 1958. Y WE ViS T YOUR NEXT MISS ONARY MF ET HG

0/ course ce can t come in person, butyôuid liê to co..e via recorded taêan d CO I c r s I i d e s Ihe tape tecordinj^s ure i7iu ie at the missionseparately jor each meeting, so lei us /.no.as tar in actvance as possible oy Air Letter.Also if you ôuLd like and could injorm usenouph in advance 6 weeks if possiuie wecan send special Japanese Lea and otherikinps to add a Japanese atmosphere toyour meeting. let us know the date andapproxinio le nuir.uer expected.f rder co i v r t i de s j ran .

iJARBOLI McFAHLANDBOX J68JOlIEf ILimOIS

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Our news letter this time brings some good news, some bad news, and animportant change in our work. So first the good newsTwo years ago the work was opened in Nagashima. The pspel had never beenpreached in the town before, and most of the people heard for the firsttime that Christ had died for them. These two years have ftion of the little prefab building and the steady acceptance of the churchas a part of the community. n the second Sunday xn September, HowardpreacLd at Nagashima and at the invitation three young people ame for-IZTto make tLir confessions. The next Sunday Mr, Yoshxda preached andone more young lady came forward to join the otherbantismal service. These four confessions were the result of the summerevSngelistio meetings. Another young man from the Hukojima Church wherethe Chambers work) was buried with his Lord at the sape time, making fbaptisms in all. Pictured above are the five young people after they becaL Christians. The second picture is Howard, Mr. Tamaguohithe Higashi Church), the four young people from theyoung man baptized at the Higashi Church after camp, andminister of the Nagashima Chmôh . The third H church TwLreattended the baptismal service. They came from the Higashithe baptisms were held), the Nagashima Church, The 1^the Moriyama Church started by the ChambersOur joy was so great when these placed their hand in t twe wLh each cnf of you could have been here to share it with us Attimes every missionary suffers moments of discouragement and dispair,just as you do at home, when it seems the Word of Christ is Reeded.Then young people such as these step out and accept Him and l ldoubts, and discouragements are wiped away by an indescribable 3^în its-place is a new realization that the gospel is the POwer of ôd unto- salvation-^ please-pray with-usôr-these- young people as they-set theirfeet upon th e way Christ has preparedoIn our l a s t news le tte r we made some very definateplanting of the church at Kanie. Perhaps we were guiltyof Christ, or perhaps He had other plans for us. Everychurch at Kanie was blocked. Three times we had a place to ings and had made final arrangements, only to have the people who ownedthe property telephone us and withdraw the permission they had given.Each one gave reasons that obviously were not the real ones. One of theJapanese preachers commented, These are only excuses . The native preaches expreLed the belief that r he Buddhists behind the scenes ere actively opposing the planting of Christ s Church in Kanie In all our


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--yp riences me have never met such solid opposition. One preacher saxdmaybe me should follow Jesus instructions in Matt. 10:1^, and shakethe dust, of Kanie from our feet. Perhaps this wouxd be Cteist s answer,perhaps not. Anyway we must wait upon the Lord and His leading. Thiswas a great disappointment to us but it is not all a dark picture, forwe can take stock of our evangelistic efforts and f.hus be better prepared,if Christ so directs, to launch out in another direction and Perhapsif He leads, return again some day to Kanie to preach His glad tidings.Changing times and conditions sometimes make it necessary to change ourmethods of work. Such is the situation we new face. In December 1950,sailed from America and entered Japan as a part of the Osaka ChristianMission, The Osaka missionaries extended us this p,rivelege because theAmerican occupational authorities required us to come as a part of anestablished mission. Six months la ter we were able to open the work inNagcya... thus the Nagoya Christian Mission came into heingc In^April^l95^Bob and Hazel Chambers joined us in the work here., both families usingfhe name Nagoya Christian Mission^ because the city of Nagoya was thebounds of our v/orko Bob and Hazel, at least for the present time, havechosen to accept the many opportunities this city of a million^and a halfpresents 5 v;hile our own work has become in part far from the limits ofNagcye Nagashlma, 15 miles distant is even in a different prefecturec\Thus we find by using the name Nagoya Christian Mission we are drawingfthe rircle too small and excluding the Nagashima peopleo Japan is dividedinto several designated areaso The Japanese name for this area includingSagoya and many miles in each direction Is Chubu Nihon , or CentralJapan area^ e feel~th^ch^grng ~nature of our work requires us to extendthe name limit of our work to this same Japanese name So we the Davises)in the near future will change the name of our work from Nagoya ChristianMission to the C.=>ntral Janan Mi5siQn \ As far as any legal action inthis change ? and as for the relationship betweenthe Churches5 Christians and missionarieswe foresee no importantchanges of any IcLndo However, i f changes should be required here on thefield they will be taken care of in joint meetings like all past problemsand plans of work have been handled^.7e hope this change in the name of our work vjill cause no inconvenienceamong you at home who share in this work with usq Our work and responsibi l i t ies will remain as they were with the exception of what we feelwill be a better relationship between the churches and people with whomwe work as they become included on an equal standingoThank you again for the wonderful way in which you are supporting ourwork here in Japano You have made i t possible for us to serve Him tothe fullest of our abil i ty as you provide the material means AND weknow a t t imes the sac r i f i ce for you i s greats Pray for us as we prayfo r you^

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Jo PeavyLake , Colo .rcadia, Kans, Misso Fundr S: Mrso Claud e Hend er so nEmily O BrienKans .La, Westview

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DISBURSEMENTSPostage, Mission BusinessChr i s t i an Service CampMission Car PaymentPhoto c Suppl iesNat ive Sa l a r i e sEvangelistic MeetingsCar Expenses for Mission UseDoV.BoSoChurch News Pape rT r a c t sMate ria ls for Mission Bldg.Chur ch es E x pe ns esPro jec to r LampTelephone, Mission BusinessCharge for Yen ExchangeTo t a l DisbursementsTota l Receipts c BalanceB a l a n c eFurlough Travel FundBalance September 1, 1958

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CENTRAL JMEMN MlTHAT THE LAND OF THE RISING SU N MIGHT COM E TO KNOW THE RISEN SON

HOWARD KATHRYN DAVIS - BOX 19 CHIKUSA, NAGOYA, JAPAN CLYDE VIRGINIA BIRNEY SUBLETLE, KANSAS

Dear r i ends i n hr i s t 5 v'We often hear.the question, What price, Christi^d^y? We wouldlike to share with you the story of one of our young Japanesepreache r s oKubota-Sah, who was converted and entered Bible College în Japan, came to us two weeks ago with a very disturbingproblem His whole family wanted him to give up the ministry andenter a business they had planned for hifflo In Japan, ^ âmly meets and passes such a decision, it is almost like a law thatperson abide by the family's decisiono The father delivered an(\ ultimatum -if Kubota San did not abide by the family s decision,- he would be- cut off from the familyhe would become as a son dead.On the other hand he would inherit a sum of about a million and ahalf yen for his business, which in Japan is a sizable fortuneo Hisfather would set him up in a business and even build the small storehe would need for the businesso The young man came to us and sai ,if he followed his familyIs^wishe s_he^ would be deprived of fatherservice to^Christ, for at least the next three years and maybe longeroVHis first concern, though, was; what would Christ have him do? e>We thrilled when he decided to break the strong bonds of custom andcontinue in the ministryo At the same time we were saddened thatsuch a decision had been passed upon him, separating him from. ^ familyo We discussed the ew Testament teaching on the subject, forvl the problem is as old as man's service to Christ, and we were thrill-^ ed with the faith of this one that chose the way of Christ and notthe way of worldly gainoThe first week in November, services will be held in theTsushimaa city of about one hundred thousand people. The Lord s

.-îSaSdêacr us to this city and to these people who need the gospel so badly. Please pray with us that in the years to come, this churchTOill become a great influence for Christ in Central JapanoKenny, like all small boys 'almost' three years old, is hard to keepin sight. Outside to play, and in five minutes he is no where to befound Usually a tour of our Japanese neighbor's homes find him joined in someone's family circle. e is more at home with the Japanesethan the Americans We were spending much time searching for him,then one of our Japanese neighbors hit upon an idea when Kenny comesto visit her, she hangs out a pink flag where- we can see. The lady isalone much of the time and says, Please let him stay I enjoy hisvisits . His Japanese speaking is improving too


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Th.6r6 hsLs be0ii no entry in our f inancial reports of J anet s t ui tioni n schoolo The reasons The school h a s n t decided what the t u i t i o nwill be 9 yeto hope to have woi-d on i t before the next report =A NOTE TO THE TEEN-AGERS-le-^japanese young people of Judy s CoYoFo classes would like to:;â^ê^-^ls among the American church young people o What is a êt^Br~way t^ 1^ of missions and of Japan than by direct correispbJndencewith the church young people here ???? Most ofthem can write i n English^ bu t for those who c a n t we will t ranslate your le t ters into Japanese and their answers into English^

nterested W r it e t o s Judy and J a n e t DavisBox 1 9 C h i k u s aNagoya , J a p a n

We have received some favorable comments on our tape v i s i t s withthe churches a t homso One lady wrote, Everyone enjoyed it agreat deal, and i t gave us a variety in our mission programoI f you would like us to vis i t your mission meeting, 'via taperecording, write directly to us in Japan-as much as six weeksi n advance, if p o s s i b l e oIn closing, we would like to say once again that we appreciatethe wonderful way you have shared in the work here with us throughyour offerings and your prayerso You have made i t possible for ust o c o n t i n u e t h e work and l a u n c h out on new work a s C h r i s t gave usthe leadingo We pray for a l l of you who have a par t in t h i s workwith us, in our daily prayerso May He bless you richly i n boths p i r i t u a l and materia l thingso

As we s h a r e t o g e t h e rI n one g r e a t t a s kYou i n America ,We i n J a p a nA l l i n C h r i s t

/Howard Kathryn Davis


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September 1958

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& Mary RasmussenKansg Misso SocoLake 9 ColooPurdy, M09 WoMoUoV a ll ey C e n te rs KanSoV e r n o n M a r s h a llichita, Kans, Womens Christ ianervi e C o u n oGrove, Oklao

Mrso L l o y d ElmoreMro Se'MrSo Bud B u r k h o l d e rMarlow, Okla, Misso Group 2Worthington, Minn 9 Gardian

G u i l dM a r i a n H o b b sNew M a r s h f i e l d OhioMulhall9 Okla, SS oN o r a H o h nP l a i h v i l l e Kans, V oB oSoA C h r i s t i a n F r i e n dOklao City , Okla9 Cent ra lTruman, Minn, HoriconF r e d R e i s w i gMro & Mrso Ro Eo CombsEnid 9 Okla, Davis Park,Sixth Grade Jrso 5oOOLiberal, Kans, Ruth Circle 5oOOGriswold, lowag Misso Workers 25o00Mrs'o Ray SmithL i b e r a l Kans, Third Year JroJoplin, Mo, Villa Heights, CV MS lOoOOCarrie A Foster 100o00Lone Wolf, Okla 4^700Nowata, Okla, Hillside 66ol9^

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DISBURSEMENTS

Postage, Mission BusinessM i s s i o n Car PaymentT u i t i o n I r e n eOffice Supplies & EquipmentN a t i v e S a l a r i e sB a p t i s t r y HeaterM a te ri a ls f o r Miss ion BldgsDoctor & H o s p i t a lP r i n t i n g S u p p l i e sCar Expenses for Mission UsePhot6~8e S u p p l i e sEvangelist ic Meet ing ExpensesTranspor t a t i 6nC h ur ch es E x pe n se sTelephone , Mission BusinessCharge for Yen ExchangeT o t a l D i s b u r s e m e n t sT o ta l R ec eip ts & BalanceB a l a n c eFurlough Travel FundBalance October 1, 1958

L IV ING L INKArcadia , Kans, SoSM o r r i s t o w n TennH e p l e r Kans.Eads , ColoMcKinney, Texas, East , BereanOkla C i t y Okla, CentralFred R e i s w i gBrooklyn, Iowa, MadisonLiving--Link Receipts . .

Judy-s Travel Fund back to Bible College inOklahoma has reached $27^o to date, leaving2760 yet to be secured before she returnsto the U So in the summer Anyone desiringto have a part in this project please designate your contribution Judy's Travel Fund

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o ra P ic ke ttLake, GciOoO tis C la rkBinville.. Kans, Miss. Fund

c MrSo 01i-^''er PickettHohnr.gZ.ewcod, Kans.Center Kans.

o Fo WaldropKans, Ezpxorer Cos o S o S o McGi.il

Ray Smithiswcld., Iowa., Ladies CircleOkla, HilxsideKans - WestSide Naomi 'La ^ Vêstview WoM >CMr . : Mrs. VJ. S FergusonMr. c Mrs. Roy GantNew Marshf ie ld, OhicT a la l a Okla .Eads, Cole, Misso CircleMr. < Mrs. J- El PuckettHampton., lowa^ Primary Endo Davis Children)Muihall . Okâ.. S-S.Purdy, Mo, W.MlUoSeneca., Mo ^ Royal CircleK e nd all . B a ue rGrove._, Okla .Mr. Sc Mrs, J . FoMr. c Mrs. Ro E.F r e d R e i s w i gG re n o i a KansaOkla. City.; Okla,

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JUDY'S TRAVEL FUl^DC h a r l e s P o r t e rF l o r a P i c k e t tWhite Bear Lake 9 Minn.Mrso Ho Lo BowserOkla, City.) Okla., Forest HillC oY ,B 0 .Mr. c Mrso J Eo Vandervort

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