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CENTRAL JAPAN MISSION

Ebgers Ople Stevens, 2k03 N. W, 30th, Oklahoma City, Okla.,-Howard Kathryn Davis, Box 19 Chikusa, Nagoya, Jap

Rogers t': c::t:s'ja;r'SLfo™ fe:i Sora fo hrihiring in the mission duties with such.a

j-ori rhr ist ian cou Dle as Rogers and Opleo They have one son,

another chanter has been closed on the preaching of the gospel in Central

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gs.rJi. grsg:. :rshS'g: S s. ..uo f 1959o

• t •Kn+ i 4- Q Tn Finenee wi l l - o on* so we br ing jo i

^hlslS ef reror? roAr :^^ dLinftrChristmas season. Judy wrote apây oa the Birth of Christ, and she and Janet

Tr\-p *i-hA fYP to T)r6S6iit i t o Psrh-Qeps uh.0 nigASst o P ^

oHL^seven Christmas meetings was presenting ^he play atrr- r. u n rriKxiM nft »r the* olav Howard was ca l led on to speaK/co

students°Ld faculty (about 6 P®°f 5^p°êS--Jhfminutes in Japanese. At ThfCritation totL IrgLS^ÎcLofwLTsource of yoy to us for it invested yu^



Church in Arcadia., Ind,,, exght famil ies received new fu ton (Japanese he::vycomforters}5 some food i tems inc luding candy for the chi ldren , towels in J

ooapj and 'we thought v ery impor tan t , a Japanese New Testamento One of the

f am i l i e s we v i s i t e d was l i v i ng i n a conve r t ed shed wi th th e paper doors -nd

windows so broken t he r e was no th ing to p ro t e c t them from th e co ld and having

no hea t , the chi ldren were in bed to-keep warmo At another place the man

has been in the hosp i t a l for more, than ten years w ith tuberculosis . , Then

t h e r e was th e mothe r wi t h f i v e c h i l d r e n who had been de s e r t e d by he r hus;

and the oldest childy a son, had been ki l l ed an. acc ident only a .,cnr..ri

before o V7e s incere ly thank a l l of you who sh are d w ith us and the Fuj:.to b r ing a littl happ iness to these e igh t fami l ies . ,

Janet i s still holding out in her dai ly t r ips to schoolo I t i s dark when

we take her to the bus in th e morning, then she has the subway, tv-.c t r a i n s ,and ano ther bus to school. . t is dark a ga in b ef or e she a r r i ve s back home

in the eveningo She has been making a par t of the t r ip with a classmate•/ho a l so l i ve s in Nagoya but t'hr-s •we-ek--tne g i r l is . .parents took her cu

of school., because they felt , the long t r ips to S'- iiool were too hard for her

I f you not iced our disbursements ex;ceeded the 'budget we proposed in cur-Ju ly news l e t t e r , perhaps we should give some of rhe reasons.. The f i r s t

and perhaps the l a rge s t reason i s the opening of the work in Tsushiuia.,

where Kubota S an i s preaching . The added toad to the mission expenses

shows up in severa l i tems.. I t shows up in such th ings as added -oar o:.:,.-en-s e s , c ru i s ing every day v/ith the publ ic address system to adver t i s e tne

meetings o I t also caused added expense for bui lding r en t , pr int ing.

materials, and native salar ies and transportation (many of the memborsfrom th e H ig ashi and Nagashima churches cams da i ly to help in the • oioent •s

tasks of es tab l i sh ing a new church).; The l i s t ing Rent Tsushima' i s for

the bui ld ing from the meetings th ru February Another ext ra expense- •v as

o^ n a t i v e s a l a r i e s d Kiibota San who chose d^Jhrist i n s t e a d o f th e secur i ty ;

his fa ther offered, drew a salary from the mis.sion un t i l he could find^ob and earn his own we y while preaching a t Tsushima. He found worn Jen1s t , but v/e paid his salary unt i l Jan.. 31st , vrhen he wil l drav; his f-im-tpay checko After tha t he wi l l receive a smald amount each month to co -erh is expenses to and a t Tsushima..

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17 February 1959

^HE JAPAN STORY . NAGOYaTT^j HAR ^

KAGOYA Japan, February 1?, 1959 - The home church of Howard and Mrs. Kathryn Davis,

Central Christian Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has assumed forwarding

secretarial duties for the Davis family. They take the place of Clyde and Mrs. Virginia

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Birney who were led away from the Christian ^hurch by followers of Herbert Armstrong

£>This group started a church at Garden City not far from their Sublette home ^^All con-

t t ibutions for the Davis family and their work in Japan should now tee addressed: \

Cht lsLlaTT Gl iwWls S^iget^-and C^le -Stevens, 2^ta5.N W .,30th, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

HE CHOSE THE HINISTRY

In the fa l l of 1958, the family of Kubota San decided that he should give up

the ministry and enter a business they had planned for him. In Japan such a decision

i s an ultimatum. I f the son does not accep t his father s word, he is counted as dead

Kubota San was converted and entered Bible college during the Davis family s f i r s t

term of service in Japan. HI

The Davises wrote: T he Birneys have s ef ve d w it h us s ince 1950, have done a very

wonderful work as secre ta r ies laborers fo r Chii-st, and f r iends We regret they

must terminate the i r service witji us. Natural ly when they l e f t the Fai th , they could

not continue. The Davises have known the Stevens famil^who will do the forwarding



The Japan Story 1? Kebruary 1959

I f he followed h is family•s wishef, Kubota San would be se t up in a business with

a new s tore bui ld ing and in l in e to i nhe r i t t hr ee q ua ft er s o f a mil l ion dol la r s He said

to Brother Davis, IF I follow the i r wishes, I wi l l be deprived o f fu rth er service to

Chris t for a t l eas t the next three years and maybe longer, I am concernfed though as to

what Christ would have me do. They conferred together , but the decision was l e f t to

Kubo t a San

Later Broth r Davis wote We were thr i l led when Kubo ta San decided for ther iii

ministry of Christ . Familjr t ies and custom a re strong in Japan, and the ddcision was

not an easy one to make or keep. Praj fo r him.

They have received cal l s to present the gospel in other places beyond the l imi ts

of Nagoya, a t Kanie where they were prevented from entering by Buddhists; in Yatome,

in Tsushima—a city of 100 000 people where servps were begun in November a conswqqence

they can cal l the i r work Central Japan Mission. ob and Mrs. Hazel hambers continue

in the c i ty and with th e name Nagoya Chris t ian Mission.



Forwarding Agents: ^ Missionaries:Mr iS Mrs Clyde Birney Howard Kathryn DavisSublette, Kansas Box 49 Naka

Nagoya, Japan

pear f r i ends in Chr i s t ;

At last we have completed the journey we se t out upon, some six mon

ths ago. Through a Japariese friend we found a small apartment in a Jap

anese home in Nagoya After a six hour drive from Osaka, over unpaved

mountain roads through the heavy rains,we arr ived j u s t a t dark. found

tha t the freight company had l e f t the crates containing our re f r igera tor

and mattresses s i t t ing in the f ront yard th rough a l l the ra in , and our

washing Machine was s i t t ing four Inches deep in the mud Never the less

eve ry th ing turned out a i l r i gh t and we t:;ank God tha t He has opened the

doors for us to come to Nagoya to begin work among these people. I t willnot be possible to hold services in the place where we are now l iv ing

but we hope to begin bui lding our home and m is s ion s t a t i on as soon as

funds are ava i lable . In the meantime we are seeking the leading of t^

Lord fo r a place to hold se rv i ces .

We owe a vote of thanks to our many fr iends and co- laborers in Ch

who have helped us in our time of need. Many have responded with praye

and funds,making i t possible for us to begin laying plans for our futui .

building project. May the Lord rich ly bless each of you made inquiry

regarding the surp lus army barracks and found tha t a l l tha t were avai l

able have been sold. I t will be necessary now to plan to build of concrete blocks. The cost will be greater but we t rust God will provide.



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Dear Fr i ends i n hr i s ty

TH NK you once again for the wonderful way you have continued to support the work of Christ here in Central Japano Through your sharing

and sacrifice we have been able to preach the gospel for another monthwith no financial difficultieso We pray God will ric hly bless youo

Some vime ago we wrote in these pages the story of Kubota San, one ofcir young preachers who was made to choose between his family andserving Christ o At the time.j we thought i t was a great sacrifice hehad made for the sake of preaching the gospelo For sure i t was agreat test of faith in the precious promises of Christo Recently.^

Kubota San became i l l and in his time of need his father took himback into the family and cared for him through his illness« Now,Kubota San has a renewed and stronger tie with his family while atthe same time he has been strengthened in the preaching of ChristyThis made us realize anew that as humans we cannot really sacrificefor Christg for without fail He restores and blesses a hundred foldfor each bit we can giveo V e know all of you who prayed for thisyoung soldier of the cross will rejoice with us in this particular

blessnng of Godo

We would ask your prayers again for another of our young preachers,Yoshida San, who was told by the doctors that he had contacted T^oBcand would have to suspend his Bible College training.. He is st.i.j.1carrying on his church work at Nagashiraa, but he needs your prayers



JANUARY & FEBRUARY 1959•, f .

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ear riends in hr is t

Please forgive the lateness of this news letter. No missionary evefhecome so busy that they don-t have the ^xme to tellof the news victories., and blessings, to those who share

lorT fink that is exactly what has happened. Pleaseaccept our apologies f be Sirto ItLmpliL themake us bet ter stewards o f our txme ana oe aoxet a s k s He has g iven uso

•Almost a year ago we asked that you support our work on an expandedtidg ; LSrthe summer of 1959, at which time we would ret^n toAmerica free of debt and report to you. The second mile ist f dLLiction of how you have responded to our needs.The Lord willing, about the middle of September we will return o-lahoma and begin itlill be Xla^ fsoheduL.

^dfdf s ~:v:rwaran e«ra fu^d aLlhL is alLst complete at the/ preLnt time. e thank God for each of you who have had such a^ great share in the Central Japan worke.

The All Japan Convention was a wonderful inspiration to all whoatt-nded. Truly, the presence of God has never been so greatlyfelt as in those few days SrGreaf Commission



The last of March,, Judy s C.I.F. Christian Young Friends andJanet s Young People s Bible School Class went to Osaka in a groupfor a first hand look into Bible College life The Osata missionaries and Japanese workers prepared a special schedule to gi ®them a sight into every part of the school programowith the impression i t left on our young people and think i t willbe a great influence in their decisions as to how they can best

serve Christe Judy because of a two weeks illness was J;°accompany them, so Kathryn and Janet made the trip with the group.

The Osaka Bible Sem inary has been conducting classes in surplus armybarracks for the.-past twelve years. Those buildings were onlytemporary at the best, now we are faced w ith the need of a morepermanent and adequate type of building to replacebarracks. 925,000 seems like a large sum of ®° ^®y ®

that this is our only Bible College in Japan,, and the importantplace t plays in training our young Japaneseseems small. If you would like to invest toward ^®•Christian Japan , designate your offering -Osaka Bib,.e Seminaryor send directly to any of the Osaka missionaries«

On Thursday evening Howard teaches English Bible^Class atYoM C.Ao Sometimes su-ch a class seems smaa.1 in ^

immediate hut who can say what increase God will give whenwe plant the seed of the Gospelo

•I was in prison and ye visited me -o Last week we were able tovisit a young American Airman, Benjamin Owyang, at a prison nearTokyo. This young man was convicted of a crime which almost all



CENTRAL JAPANMISSION

Dear Co Labore r s i n Chri .s t . j

This news l-etter carr ies some news of .3cysome of sadness9 some of

victory for Christy and some hear+ache , Through i t allwe

are assipedthat you have been with, us in praye?; and spirit- y and ir- has oeen agreat source of strength tc keep us from -vosing sight of the Cross ofChristo Thank you for sharing wxth us rn the preaching of the Gospelo

In our l as t l .etter we stated a meeting was to be- hej.d,,.Atwth.6..TsushimaChurcho Instead,, c three day meetings were held at the Higashi andthe Nagashima Ch'orchesu Two young men made their confessions duringthe Nagashima meeting,} and one your .g man during the Higashi meetingg

In spite of much bad weather the ser--'*ices were well attended as HaroldSims preached stirring Gospel messagrco Two Sundays after the-meetingclosed another,} a young lady,, walked down the aisle and accepted Christas her Saviour g All cf these yoinng people are friends of Judy and Janetand members of the i r CgY.Fc and young people s classeso One i s the son

of a Buddhist priest„ His parent.s gave their consent for him to becomea Christian after a long discussion of the hardships he would encounterliving for Christ- in a Buddhist land > Truly, this is a wonderful i llustration of Christians working together as Harold Sims. Judy and Janetcontr ibuted to th is joyful victory in Christo

Early Sunday morning May I.7thy yamaguchi San. minister of the HigashipChurch came to us with tears in his eyes to t e l l us the day before h is

younger brother (age I8) had suddenly passed away in his sleepo e



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Tsushima work instead since it was thef ewest and thus weakest of thechurches„ It was decided that Mr. Kubcta would take over the Mcriyamawork smd tli© work a t Tsushima l)6 .clos6do

In order to give you a clear picture of the Central Japan work we listhere the remaining Central Area Churches and workers.

Evangelist M^rukiHigashi Church âmagucnx, ^nxster

♦ u k o j i m hurch - ^vSu^^KsLtantNagashima Church

Moriyama Church Kubcta, mxnxster

Mr. Maruki, a man having several years experience in the ministry inNagoya, has had a great part in leading the other five men in.o thministry. These men are taking over the responsibility 'for this next year when we will be in America, Each °buropendent congregation, planning and carrying out most of its own work,but the ministers have worked out a program where they will all sharetogether, and Maruki San the oldest Japanese minister will be in aresponsible position to see that the work is f edbe in our absence. We are grateful to God for suchmen to labor with in Japan. Please remember these servants of Christi n your prayerso

_Two_j«fifikLE_in June Howard Kathryn with the two youngest children willbe in Korea. Howard will be-teachpFanûtynS-lve;-ê Ko r e a n How a r a o e ueetuixu-iiB cin

training program of the Christian Radio Missions We go at the invitationof Vo Alex BettyBills with whom we have had the pleasure of servingon s;veral projeoL in the Lord s harvest fields ofpast several years» We are very busy and we find our time is limited,




Howard K a t h ry n Da /isRogers Ople Stevens

^ if29 So Wo 51st StreetOklahoma ity 9? Oklao

Dear- Friends in hris t.,

The sômer schedule has gotten into full swing in Nagoya„fo- V3.sr. Camp, and Evangelistic Meetings are almost oompletedo Theregular monthly Preacher s Meeting has been stepped up toin order. to. work out the details of the extra work. Work the ^bIu.and Mukojima Church Buildings is nearing-compxetron, hu, Oetorewe go into detail on these things, we would like to share new» of ah a p p y e v e n t c.

Aue:U£ lith., our daughter Judy will be given in mairiage to Willia-.g,5-âent cf California, currently serving in the UoSe Navy as a

A r 5 . t A£t(=^ a short honeymoon Bill and Judy wiil makefc^rhom; 'nih'Yo'kchama where Bxll is stationed. They will to-.r-r—'-e

ir•^''reinher' 1960o

For thosewho

would like to write to Judy,she hn stih reoeiv^ maxl at Box 19 Chikusa, Nagoya for the next yeara n d a h a l f u

gent furds for Judy s return to the States. This fund wxll hePlaced in fê regular mission account until we hear from each donor. Itwtn heReturned® or re-designated as you direct and an accountxng gxven.Kathryn's mother has been seriously ill for several weeks ®^®T m r jlS— re tu rn ing to Oklahoma anead cf T.ne rest of the famxly.

Ihfw^Srêâgcya only a week ahi^d'ofTWra^yTJut wo^^nn nk-ahoma more than three weeks earlier , since she would be ta^ng theShorter route and would not he delayed by such things as the customs clear-ance and arrangements for our personal effectso

The Higashx Churoh Building was built orxginally S®^?®: ^vl^was



While we are in the States Mr Maruki a man well qualified in preachingand leadership in the churches of Central Japan, will be in charge othe worko Maruki San first began his work in Nagoya in 1951 when hemoved with us from Osaka to open the work herco He has helped to start

each of the four churches and played the most important role in lea^ngthese other five men into the ministryo Because of his proven serviceto Christ and the value of his leading while we are gone, we feeljust i f ied in making this pleas .1 „ 4 ^

We would like to ask some church or two churches together totake Mro Maruki on a regular link basis of S25. per monthoIn addition to his church and mission work Mto Maruki worksat a regular job, but taking on the added duties in our absence

he needs t h i s amount fo r expensescPlease make th is a prayer project with uso

According to present plans we will arrive in Oklahoma on the 15th ofSeptember Since we plan to start back toward Japan in less than oneyear, we will begin immediately reporting to you who have shared in thiswork with uSo We would like to send an advance thank you to each ofyou for your many prayers and material assistance to the Central Japanworko We truly pray that God has blessed you in full measure, as wehave been blessed serving as your missionaries to Central Japan.

are presently trying to make up a tentative travel plan for the nextyear and will shortly contact some of you regarding a convenient dateto visit your church and report on the work done this term in CentralJapan From now until we return to Japan we can be reached by writing



> 1 July 3 ^ 959 \i y^'

DAVISES PLAN FURLOUGH FROM JAPAN i ^ OM'1 N to the States

Howard and Mrs Virginia Davis and family plan to teturn/for fuilough arriving

OHlahoma City by September l^th They have completed a second term of missionary

service in Nagoya, Japan, Forward address is Roge^and Ople Stevens, k29 S, W. 51st

Oklahoma City 9» Oklahoma I ^py Q ZVo n0 ^ ^1 OftS

SarJ I s c^nrrJerC t^co>jKsi~o^^ces .




Howard 8e Kathxyn Davis

^ Rogers 8c Ople Stevensk29 So Wo 51Oklahoma C i t y 9o Okla©

D e a r hr i s t i an Fr iendsy

Busy is tbs word around the Daris house during our lastNagoya,, Judy-s wedding, camp, D.V„B.S. and prsparatxons mer i cao

The wedding day was the only cool and sunshiny dayover a month. We have been having rains andthe hottest days in 78 years. Then came the typhoon,floods. Hagoya experienced two typhoons xn one week. The wedding daycame between them. About 100 persons attended theOsaka the Clarks, Mings and Beokmans from g^Af'Paula Maxey came from Kyushu to bring ^<1 greeting and well wishes ofthe Mark mLs - family. Martin Clark was the ®°l° lXlvrc5arrplan and time the ceremony. Reception hostesses weremttie Mings., and Lois Walker. Janet Davis wasMitchell best man. All in all the wedding was a huge success and^Bill and Judy launched their new life together amid^manywell wishes. Kathryn and I would to add our th ^ from AmAL^aJudy's and Bill s for the many gifts they receivedy both frand here in Japan. They will make their home near Yokohama for tnenex t y e a r and a ha l fo

several, have written for Judy's new adtoess, so ^ case others areinterested it iss Mr. Mrs. William J Wells, YN2 j oaiif



The Mukojima building less than

re Lfa^ficiStfdnu^ exp^dit^^ was ûst under SaoO instead ofthe 1^500o we had estimated«,hi. b b„ i«tx ss

be from Oklahoma City where «« will ^ States we will maintainseveral months JapS Chôhfs through letters, tapesa close contact with the Centr^ jap^ reporting to you xnand with bear the financial burden of the missxon

Ifofdrrl: -otdTslS in the work while

are gonelb t. b bbj... ~=;.s .srbSSf xS«* o°«work with us, in the vear to visit all on Sunday so ifthere are not enough xn ,e will êatlyyour e=li®dule will ^t of your preferance pleaseappreciate it© x there i r».«io qt-^^vensa I f i t i s imperativeteite to us in care of ®°Sers Ople Stevens. f^ P^^^^

that we visit your church on Sunday please wrire usarranged in our schedule©

we a re look ing

lZ-X<^l lo hJ^ry ou^Teturn to dap-but praytêryûte will be used to the glory of Christ.

o-pofv and use in the Lord s service as we represent—plâse—prajr for our safety and u —you on the field of Central Japan©

ee you soonl



^ Ifliese newspaper headlines aid articles as well as the cables from Bill andJudy and Martin Clark teU of the death, suffering and destruction left in the wakeof T^hoon Vera which struck the Central Japan area on September 26, 1959.

Nagoya Is 'Cify of Dead' S- luiibi

r e l i e f .

.IeO f uN S F0R .BjJ.V.^ 441^briSi,rief An4 T

5w c«e« of / /o^ ^fJr/

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IMA FLOODED-Ti3e havoc wrought is almost

unbelievable.

The typhoon with leo-mUewinds roared in Saturday. Butabout 7,000 residents ot the

o.^ ° * Nanyo-Cho district are still cut^ o « hom all relief, and 160.000

other residents in this central•Japanese city of two million can

MiserY^§,§S« E • Nanyo-Cho district® t,.- » -S assemblymen believe most

'be reached only by rowboat.

Rule tify1 N. ^GOYA Japan (UPP—Endless rows of wooden coffins anasodden straw mat^for^the dyin| ^ ât^st1Striken per —

» ii MARASH IMA SUBMERGED INACCESIBLE rfe.;-

SECOND FLOOR OF HOUSE DEMOLISHED

j,o. ^4X/arch.^ 5 a _ - - Provin coffins. bQS_9^„e 7^// a

than iMn j. . ® sreas. /tons m abound the fauiJding/g-^^ây (- ^ê/derf

?»•

CBn lr al < fg a Chu rchg s

Kigashl Church a> Christ

Muksj ima Church of Christ

Naggshlma Church ot Christ

Morlyaffla Church of Christ

OEIMTR^L JMPiM MSSSim

THAT THE LAND OF THE RIStNG SUN MIGHT COME TO KNOW THE RISEN SON

ROGERS OPIE STEVENS • 429 S. W. 51, OKIAHOMA CITY, OKIA.

HOWARD KATHRYN DAVIS • BOX 19 CHIKUSA, NAGOYA, JAPAN

casualties occurred. The

- • Claimed land

nf

WatlYg HInistgrs

Eianggllst • Mr. Miriki

Mr. Tamagoehl

Mr. Toshida

Mr. Xubata

Mr. Tsst

Mr. Sakloka

I tear Ch r i s t i a n Fr i ends



The Mukojima Church building was conpleted l es s than a month bef or e th e typhoon

s t r u ck Most o f th e ro o f til s w ere b lo wn o f f and abou t ll o f th e windows broken ou t

A large bui ld ing nex t doo r b lew over against this building breaking the eaves so nowa l l r a in water from both bu il di ng s d ra in s in to the church bui ld ing. This i s causing

the f locr to buckle as much as 5 or 6 inches in some places.

At Nagashima the church building, with a l l of i t s contents was completely washed

away. All that remains i s the foundation blocks. These were found by probing witha pole from a boat. Most of the vil lage i s s t i l l under water. The rice crops justready to be harvested were a l l los t And because this i s ocean sa l t wate r cover ingthe island the people th ere s ay the land will not produce to any extent for at leastte n y ea rs and not as it did before for a whole generat ion.

We are very thankful to report though, that although more than 5000 l ives werelo s t as fa r as we knew not even one Christian was ki l led Surely God must have been

watching over them. We are saddened, however, over th e death of some who were regularin attendance but had not yet accepted Chris t as t h e i r Savior.

The Chris t ians in Nagoya have been working very hard to take re l ie f goods to the

l es s for tunate, A group of young men together with two of t he p reache rs went by

b icy cle to take medic ine and clothing to Nagashima, I t took hours by bicyclein the ra in but Maruki San t o ld us t ha t not one of the young men cocq j la ined even one

t ime

We want to share something with you tha t we f ee l wi l l t h r i l l you as it did us

At Nagashima whare the church bui lding was completely washed away and the suffer ingwas so great , the Chris t ians missed worshipping together only th e day af te r the

typhoon which struck during the night Saturday. The very next Lord's Day services

were he ld t th e home o f Kato San one of th e l a d i e s who is n o t a Ch r i s t i a n b u t who

a t tends se rv ices The people had to go by boat but most of the Chr is t ians were

there and also others who have not yet accepted Chris t , We are thankful to God fo r

cons ec r a t ed Ch r i s t i a n s and l e a d e r s who r ema in f a i t h f u l even t t im e s lik t h e s e

Cttie day as Kato San was going around in a boat she found the cross t h a t had been

on top of the Nagashima Church building. This i s the only thing t ha t has been found

of tha t bui lding or i t s contents . Kato San took the cross to her hcme and since her

home was spared she has opened it to be used by the Christians and those who attend

se rv ices a s a r e l i e f c en te r a s well as a place fo r worship.




Howard & Kathryn Davis

Rogers & Ople Stevens

429 S . W. 51 St ree tOklahoma Ci ty 9 t Okla*

J u l y , Aug . , Sep t . 1959

Joan Boyd

Libera l , Kans, Ruth Circ le

Nowata, Okla, Hi l l s ide

Hepler , Kans, Miss .

A Chris t i an Fr iend , Arcadia, Ind .M rs* M ike Ven a r d i

Valley Center , Kans, Women's GroupMrs . C la ra F ro st

Sheridan Lake, Colo.

Lincoln , Kans, V.B.S.A hristianF r i e n d

Jop l in , Mo, Vi l l a HeightsM iss N ora Hohn

Mr. 'Mr8. Roy Gant

Grove, Okla .Cashion , Okla.

Arcadia , Ind , Ruth Circ le

Arcadia , Ind , C.W.F.

Mrs . Fred Savage

Ta la la , Okla .

Mr. & M rs . C lau de H end e rso n

Griswold, Iowa, Miss. Workers

Griswold, Iowa, I n t . You th G roup

Lone Wolf, O kla .

>White Bear Lake, Minn.

Mr. c Mrs. Lindsay Smi th

M r. & Mr s . R . E . Combs

Mulha l l , Okla , S .S .

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San Jo se , 111 .

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Mission Rece ip t s

Def i c i t Ju ly 1 , 1959-

Balance Rece ip t s

DISBURSEMENTS

Pos tage , Mission Business

Pr in t i ng

Car Expen se s, M is sio n Use

Na t i v e Salaries

Transpo r t a t i on

Church & S.S. Expense Inc .

Off ice Equipment & Suppl ie s

Conv e r t e r f o r Mis s i o n Use

Car Repai r

Mukojima Church Bui ld ing

Photo & Suppl ie s

M i s si o n House Tax

C a r T ax

Mission House Repai rTelephone ~

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Car Payments (3 months)

10 .00

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286.19321 .90

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Nagashima Moriyama

MAIN ACTIVITIES

Nagoya Christian Leaders Institute—training for preachers and workers. Summer Vacation Bible School at each church

^Evangelistic Meetings at each church at least once a year

Christ ian Service Camp

Specia Activities at Christmas, Easter, Young Peoples services, Outings, and

Outdoor Meetings

FUTURE PLANS

Expansion of Nagoya Christian Leaders Institute training program

^Establish at least two new churches during our next term



t / \Wi\ih \ _ jir-WWU ^

Mr. Yoshida Mr. Yuse Mr. Sekioka

NEEDS FOR OUR THIRD TERM IN JAPAN

1. 600 per year iving ink to bring our salary back up to the accepted

s t nd rd

2. 2000 each for church land for each of the four churches.

3. 2000 return transportation freight charges.

4. 1000 equipment and supplies for the field.



JOctober 6 , 1959

1 X

^^N OOY TYP OON INTERRUPTS CHRISTI N WOR ^

3 HOW RD DAVIS RETURNS TO JAPAN TO RALLY CHRISTUNS CL

In la te September a tjrphoon swept Japan near Nagoya leaving

1,158 dead, 1,563 missing, 4,433 in jured and more than a mil l ion homeless.

The mission property and church propert ies suffered extensive damage, but

none o f th e Ch r i s t i a n were l o s t * Both th e Chambers and Davi s f am i l i e s

were In the Sta t e s , bu t Howard Davis—Wiljtk he had J us t a rr iv ed fo r

r e t u rn to Nagoya to

furlough—quickly made arrangements to/ ra l ly the Christians and ass is t

O

thenuin every poss ib le wtK^ (Davis)

Daughter Judy/and her husband spent a ?H^-day leave In Nagog[e a8 did

Martin Clark fron^eaka Bible Seminary helping out. They furnisheddetails of this report by cable and radiophone. On October ^th Brother

Davis l e f t fo r Japan, a r r iv ing in Tokyo October 11 th . He would have gone

sooner i f passport^ had not been delayed. He went alone and plans topr<,

Stay until-pms^erty can be restored and the Christian rallied. He said

Perhaps some of the loss can be rec la imed by my going. I expect I t wi l l

be s e v e r a l months befo re I r e t u r n to th e S t a t e s to con t i nue r epo r t i ng



Y cH^be forwarded the^r h is agents; Rogers and Ople Stevens 429 S W 51s t ,

Ok5.ahoma City Oklahoma Address on f ield i s Howard Davis Box 19 Chikusa

Nagoya J ap an .

The Damage

No Christ ians were lost—but personal property and church propert ies

s u ff er ed e x te n si ve ly . Sadde s t to th e Chr i s t i a n s and the mis s i ona r i e s

was the loss of many proppective Christians who were being taught but who

had not ye t accep ted Chr i s t as t h e i r Sav io r .

MISSION HOUSE. The second s to ry o f the Mission House was blown

offiij^ Destroyed along with i t were mission equipment personal belong

ings of the Davis fami ly most of th e m ission records—stored in a t t i c

rooms The upstairs was complete^demolished; the downstairs was a wreck

b u t u sab l e

NAGASHIMA BUILDING-. The Nagashima church building was swept away

by the waters tha t completely engulfed the Island and i t s only ci ty—

Nagashima means Ijong Is land. I t was about a mile wide by f ive miles

long—800 died In t ha t small town alone among them many who had at tended

services regular ly but had not yet made the good confess ion . Martin Clark

>



hBrother Davis said This i s a grea t set-back to the Lord s work

in Nagoya, but i f we have the sincere prayers af the Chri stia ns in the

States nd the financial esistance of the churches it n yet in

some measure, be turned in to a vic tory fo r Chr i s t



NAGOYA TYPHOON VICTIMS NEED HELP

MORE NEWS DIRECT FROM JAP*N

Mrs. Hazwl Chambers forwarded the f o l l o w i n g l e t t e r from a Japanese

woman in Nagoya the^Chambers now live at Hugoton, Kansas, having returned

from missionary service in Nagoya ^t w s y great oy to get your

n i c e l e t t e r l a s t week, and I was so glad to know t h a t you and your family

were all w e i l a t your new home i n S t a t e s .

Did you h e a r about the b i g t e r r i b l e news about Japan, about Nagoya?

t was the typhoon which was the b i g g e s t one t h a t Japan had ever met. t

was sad to say t h a t Nagoya was i n the midst o f it t was very unusual and

^0 the damage was beyond our expectation. About more than 5,000 peopleo

were k i l l e d . You remember the typhoon i n Izji^ l a s t year d o n t you? They

say t h a t th e damages a r e much more b i t t e r than t h a t i n I z u even more

O c t o b e r 2 1

m i s e r a b l e than t h e w a r - t i m e .

In Chikusa ku by the heavy rains and strong winds our roofs, windows

and walls were broken. Many fences and t a l l t r e e s f e l l down. But no one

was k i l l e d . In Minato ku harbor) and Ninami ku southern) it was the



Nagoya Oct 21, 1959

your fr iends in America to help these needy people in Nagoya. The l e t te r

was handwri t ten and signed 3 . Yamada,

n appeal to the i r home church a t Hugoton, Kansas by the Chambersr turn to thofiol

family brought a cash g i f t of 325, Brother Howard Davis Ixcxoxcmnxitiie

from fur lough to render a id

fe^ld/and may be addressed at: Box 19 Chikusa Nagoya Japan All funds

should be sent to his forwarding agent: Rogers and Ople Stevens, 429 .

S, W l8 t Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,

3 Letter from Brother Clark C-

President Martin B Clark of Osaka Bible Seminary vis i ted the area,

and rendered aid to the Chris t tans . He sent the following report with

l a t e r information than tha t published in October 17 Horizns;



October 8 , 1959

Brie f r epor t on Typhoon Ise Bay

Kyushu, Shikoku and Tanabe areas escaped with littl damage to l i f e~ r prope r ty Osaka rece ived s l i gh t damage to proper ty Othernor thern pa r t s o f Japan had only s i i e h t damage i any, U th e c en t r a la rea in and around Nagoya along the I s e pen in su la re ce iv ed th e ha rdes t

typhoon, as f a r as damage i s concerned t h a t Japan has ever r eco rded

About 4100 people a re dead More t han a mi l l i on a re h om eless .

yOur own people in the Nagoya a re a s uf fe re d along with th e o the r s

Higashi church building had s l igh t roof damage. At the same locat ion,the residence of Howard Davis family l o s t most of the roof the fromtporch and a l l of the windows on the south and west s ides They areon furlough and a l l of t h e i r personal proper ty i s a near t o t a l loss

from the ra ins accompanying the wind. Mukojima church building wasdamaged to the extent of about 150. Half of the roof on one side isgone, and a l l of the windows on the eas t s ide The house next to it

f e l l onto the church bu i ld ing Two of the Chris t ians in Nagoya c i tyl o s t h a l f o f t h e i r houses and t h e i r p e rs on a l p ro p er ty damaged. The

worst pa r t of the d i s a s t e r i s on a long i s land s i tua ted between twor ivers jus t as they enter the sea . This i s land i s a l l below waterl eve l and depended upon dikes to h^ld out the water . These levies

are gone and houses are flooded to roof top level. The church building was between two rai lway s ta t ions All of these bui ldings aregone. Pour persons who at tended th i s church are l o s t

Davis i s f lying to Nagoya to supervise the reconst ruct ion andr e l i e f work. The Higashi and Mukojima buildings have been repairedtemporari ly. A re l i e f s ta t ion has been se t up in the Mukojima building and the Christ ians are doing t he i r best to get help to the people

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Nagoya Oct 21 1959

—UHo To elp IZ^—

ash gifts may be forwarded through the missionaries onjthe fieldby send to t he i r forwarding agents—see address in ea r l i e r pa r t of t h i s

s to ry i s always be s t to give the money to your church and have them

i s sue a c hu rc h ch ec k fo r t h i s purpose

Gif t s of c lo th ing bedding e t c may be gathered to se nd . M ission

Services a t th is wri t ing iSctober 21 i s seeking quickes t most economical

way to send them and wi l l supply the in fo rmat ion d i r e c t to a l l i nqu i r e r s

Wri te to Box 968 J o l i e t I l l i n o i s



Centra l Urea Chufches

HIgaehl Church o Christ

Mukojlma Church o1 Christ

Hagashiflia Church of Christ

Morlyama Church of ChristTHAT THE LAND OF THE RIS ING SUN MIGHT COM E TO KNOW THE RISEN SO N

ROGERS OPLE STEVENS • 429 S. W. 51, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.

HOWARD KATHRYN DAVIS • BOK 19 CHIKUSA NAGOYA, JAPAN

Native Minis te r s

Evangelist • Mr. Maruki

Mr. Yamsguchl

Mr . Yoshlda

Mr. Kuhota

Dear Chr i s t i an Fr i ends :

I t has been 7 weeks since Typhoon Vera swept across Japan leaving suffer ing and des

truction beyond descr ip t ion , espec ia l ly in the Central Japan area. Much work has been doneand some progress has been made but condi t ions are still unbel ievable . People are l iving on

roof tops , in comers of a t t i c s with the i r houses washed out under them and the roofs being

supported only by unsturdy frame work, some in t iny shacks, others in school buildings orwith those whose homes a re t l st l i v e ab l e .

The death to l l now stands a t more than ^^00 with more than 1000 s t i l l missing. Justa few days ago more than 80 bodies were recovered a t Nagashima, Bodies now being found must

be put in to plas t ic bags under v;ater bef or e t hey can be taken from the water . Three pi t s

have been dug in the school yard and th e bodies are burned in these pi t s . Cremation is the

practice in Japan and some ashes are taken b y the fam ily o f the deceased. The bod ies b eing

recovered now are beyond identif icat ion so people who have los t loved ones tha t were notfound now go and take scsne ashes from the p i t s thinking tha t one of those may have been one

o f t h e i r l oved ones .

Some have a sked about the ef fec t th is d isas te r has had upon the new Chris t ians , To

answer th is I would l ike to r e f e r to a l e t t e r J an e t r ec ei ved from a young man in Nagashima

who was baptized only a few months ago. The English used may seem ra ther strange but it i s

typ ica l of the J apanes e u se of the Engli sh l anguage . This young man said, The disas te r

damaged greatly. But we, a ll church members are never disappointed, or rather, we are happierthan before when we are singing some hymns together on Sundays a t Kato San s house, and we

f ind ourselves as i f we were in heaven. Most people who were suffered are much disappointedor always very angry. But we are always happy in Jesus name, I know a l l the Christians in

America are always praying fo r us, V e were great ly surprised and very grateful Tdien Mr, Davis

came to Japan on puipose. (Because of the typhoon,) We are indeed very happy, Howard says

that those who were only babes in Christ have grown very quickly and are now mature Christ ians

doing very cOTimendable work,



have a week—10 days or two weeks to go. I t i s a nasty job and about t he h arde st woikl ive ever done^ but t has a reward beyond a ll the work. The people of the town are

working along with us now and of course, we a re get ti ng personally acquainted with every

one. I have never been thanked so many times by so many people. The g reeti ng to us inNagashima i s not »Good Day but Thank YouJ .

The newspapers Mainichi , Asahi , and Chubu Nihon (as one man told me) are in competit ion for stor ies and pictures of our work and daily progress. Even the Nagoya ci ty

papers and Osaka papers carry the stor ies have been in ar t ic les in several papers

every day since we s tarted a week ago Sunday.

The N.H.K. news broadcasts have been mentioning us on the radio and they want to build

a special program and interview this week. Of course, they give me more credit than Iearned. The whole story of ny return has been published and that par t th ey got fromthe people in the town.

As tory in today s Mainichi was about the town and how they were without hope anddidn t know where to s t a r t— The Christians came in even before the water was goneand began cleaning up the town for them. From this they received the hope and wil l to dig out and s ta r t over again. They said, I f the Christians and the AmericanMissionary could do such unpleasait work then we had to help . And they are helping

hour fo r hour as we work up to our boot tops in the black sl iny muck that has rot tedfor 5 weeks under tiie salt water. There is eveiything imaginable, including decayedfood, tatami (rice straw mats), broken dishes, furniture—and personal things of a lldescr ip tions, t oys, tr inkets , books, pictures, clothing. I t is a heartbreaking taskfor them to see so many of the i r things destroyed.

The Christians not only in Nagashima b ut also in the Nagoya churches have worked daily

to bring re l ie f to the needy and eveiything has been done in the name of th e church. Assoon as land can be obtained in Nagashima a quonset hut wil l be erected to be used as a

place of worship and a relief center for a ll of Nagashima. are indeed very grateful toGeorge Beckman for giving th is quonset hut for only the cost of transporting t to Nagashima.

Howard asked me to e3q)ress his appreciation as well as th e appreciation of the Japanesepeople for the Christian love you have shown to them by your concern for their welfare. Thevery genej oujs gi f t s you_sent have been gra te fu l ly received and are, bejlng inrayerfully used

JAPAN



MORE PROM XXfflSXX TYPHOON AREA

Osaka M ia s l o n a r ie s Unharmed

Nagoya Area Mopping

Funds, Clo th ing Bedding Heeded

Mrs. Harold Cole wrote from Osaka, Japan to re po rt th at a l l the

Osaka a re a m i ss io n a r ie s wer e unha rmed . She wro t e : We lost a few til s

off o u r ho u se and a s a r sult l e a k e d into one o f th e bed rooms

damaging the cei l ing a smal l b i t . At the Clarke, a back fence was blown

over . That i s a l l . . . The Clarke Pau l P r a t t and a Japanese ca rpen te r

and a preacher flrove to Nagoya to take clothing and bedding. They found

one church bui ld ing gone in the f lood and another t ha t had l o s t the

roof and windows. The aavises home was seve re ly damaged and much o f t h e i r

household good des t royed . . .The fo lks in Nagoya need a l l o f our praye rs .

The Cole had arr ived back in Japan a f t e r furlough on Sep tember 2nd ,

and had not ye t rece ived t h e i r f r e i gh t a t t ime of typhoon. Mrs. Cole

said that a Seminary work-week was a big success when Japanese students

alumni and f iends, together with the missionaries Joined to paint,repair and fix up the Seminary property. School is in progress with

four new s tudents en ro l l ed

interrupted his just-star ted furlough

V.3 typhoon



I s s t a r t i ng many o f the d l l d r en were st In summer c l o t he s The ch l ld ran

p res sed around us with thousands o f i jues t lons abou t t h e i r homes, f am i l

ie s and f r i ends Most o f them have been separa ted from t h e i r paren t s

s ince shor t ly a f t e r the typhoon — 200 of them are orphans as a r e su l t

o f the typhoon. As f a s t as we can ga the r c lo th ing and supp l ies we a re

ge t t i ng t to thdm. *

Brother Davis a l so wrote : Nagashima i s st under three t o s ix

fee t of water and the pumps are working. A sand bag dike has been thrown

across the center of the i s land and hal f i s being pumped out . The other

ha l f wi l l be under wate r f o r s eve ra l months ye t GOOD warm c l o t h i ng

bedding, and food suppl ies are needed, Ihkkkkkk Food item s should be

s en t d i r ec t l y to us a t the fo l lowing address : Cen t r a l Japan Miss ion

13-3 Tokugawayama oho, Chlkusa ku, Nagoya Japan, and marked Vfor typhoon

relief^ and ^or free distribution. ^

Warn blankets and c lo th ing ( includ ing underclothing) may be sent

parcel post to the same address, but Mission Services is trying to

arrange cheaper shipment and wi l l furn i sh l a t e s t Informat ion o n th i s

di rec t to a l l those who inquire .



[jjerald owney sends word that the October l6th typhoon x^hich passed over Okinawa caused

loss of 46 lives,buifi we are ahappy to say damage to personal and church property was

minor and mostly confined to th e Mormrai church building . , will cost perhaps a 10£ - 125

to repa|Dr the damage to roof and in te r ior of th e buil di ng . .We thank God was no

worse and none of those with w om w work suffered serious loss^^

~1 saka iss i ona r i e s Unharmed

Nagoya Area Mopping Up

eed Funds Clothes ^^dding

Ekinawa 'fessionaries ^Safe



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MISSION HOUSE a t Nagoya where Howard Davises l ive Second f loor

porch and most o t a c on cr ete b la ck f ence WEili gone . You can see the

l i ne of the porch to the l e f t of the do ub le d oors B ro th er Da vi se s

study) and covering the entry way.

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Gat h er up a l l th e good be dding and c l o t h i n g you can s p a r e ; as k y o u r ^

neighbors to help too. While you re doing I t w rite a I8XXi£KXiM5i 08tcard

to M i ssi o n Serv ices Bo x 9 6 8 J o l l e t I l l i n o i s fo r l a t e s t I n f o r m a t i o n

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December 15, 195^ •



fsvis RETURNS TO STATES; REPORTS ON N OOY TYP QO ^

Howard Davis returned to th e Sta tes on Christmas Eve and i s ready to

report on the work in Central Japan sinc^on the needs caused by the typhoonad the way in which many Chris t ians banded together to help out .

Before l eav ing Japan , he vn?ote: \ Ie a re t r u ly thankful to our f r i ends

in America who responded so generously to our p lea in behalf o f the Japanese

people The f i n an c i a l as s i s t ance has b ee n marv elo us and we r e a l i z e many

of you sac r i f i ced in order to rel ieve the su f fe r ing of the people in Centra l

Japan. Besides f i nanc i a l ass is tance many of you sent viAamins, bedding,

clo th ing and food i tems—the things Ahat are so badly needed i f many of the

people are to survive All of these t h ings as well as the many prayers and

letters of encouragement and hope are greatly appreciated/

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Sacrifioial help was also given by the Christians in Central japai^ bf

many Americar in Japan and^^tudents of Osaka Bible Seminaryj^^ who asked fortheir two-weeks Vacation at Christmas to be advanced so they could spefld i t

helping out in the emergenc:^ Martin and Mrs. Evelyn Clark of Osaka Bible

is - PavlB - Decembeo 15 X9 9 Bro t h e r Dav i s wro t e :



The lower Jiart of Nagashlma and many other towns a re s t i l l flooded

and thousands of people are still homeless. I t wi l l be a long long time

before conditions will be even near normal ^h^ughout Central Jaoan, but

much progre ss has been made.

The work of Chr i s t was advanced cons iderable by the way Japanese

and American Christian responded to the emergency. Newspapers gave much

space to the^ work the Christian^ did In helping to relieve the suffering

caused by Typhoon Vera. One ^paper had a series of articles telling aboutthe history of the Nagashlma church frorl^the very beginning One of the

a r t i c l e s t o ld about the 1958 Chrlst ihas p lay they had presented a t a publ ic

school and the church bui lding KHX As a r e su l t of t h i s Radio NHK

government -operated s t a t i on asked Bro ther Davls to p re s en t the Chr i s t i an

s t o r y ove r t ir s t a t i o n .

Color s l ides about the Typhoon damage and clean-up work a re ava i l ab l e

through Mission Services Box 968 JoUct I l l inois—11 service charge.

You may write to Brother Davis in care of Rogers and Ople Stevens 429

W 5l8t Oklahoma City 9 Oklahoma Funds for Central Japan Mission or

for Typhoon re l ie f should be sent to same address. For send ing other

SEN GOO WfiRM LOTHING ^^2 ^



ND EDDING TO J P N i ^ ^ ^Mission Services has t r ied to arrange economical transporation

of such items but has not succeeded, A Maximum of 22 pounds in eachpackage may be sent for 5,73 by par^l post—address as follows;

BeUifiaCDaetDiQ central Japan Mission, Box 19, Chikusa, Nagoya Japan—

plairi^ajat Typhoon Relief. In this way no customs duty will be

charged. The Post Office requires an itemized l ist with valuation, but

keep value very low on list you provide Brother Davis also suggests ivitsmins canned meats f ish vegetables soups

fruits and ried beans, spaghetti macaronior noodles and powdered

milk. Cash gifts designated for Xtyphoon relief should be sent to

Brother Davises Po3?warding Agents - Rogers and pple Stevens, 429 SW51st Oklahoma City 9 Oklahoma

Cantrt l Arta ChurcbaaWitlvB iHBlatafs

Cvangal ia t - Mr. Hamki



Mr. YamagBcbi

.. o f th e r is ing sun might come to know t he r is en son •bsrcb of Cbrlst Kg|

Mr YobROGERS OPIE STEVENS • 429 S. W. 51, OKLAHOMA CITY OKIA

Mr . Sa k

HOWARD KATHRYN DAVIS • BOX 19 CHIKUSA NAGOYA JAPAN

CHRISTMAS GREETINGS

FROM THE

DAVISES AND STEVINS

TO WISH FOR YOU AT CHRISTMAS THE PEACE THAT ONLY HIS LOVE CAN BRING

Christmas Is giving and sharing.

Rejoicing and t rus t ing anew.

Believing ••• and t ru ly enjoying

All that is beautiful to o •••

Christmas i s faith fo r the future.

Peace comfort and Joy from above •••

May a l l these be yours and forever

Ihe wonderful g i f t of God*s love.

At this season when we remeirber with thanksgiving the bir th of our Savior we arealso th ankful to

youand for you

i^ohave shared so wonderfully with

usin the

work of the Lord in Central Japan especially since I^hocn Vera l e f t so muchdestruction and suffering in tha t area.

I t i s with real thankfulness and hapiness we t e l l you because of the manyways you have aided in the rebuilding reorganizing and rel ief work in Japan



There was a day of great rejoicing recently in Nagashima The school children,

who had been taken to other towns after the typhoon so they could continue theireducation, were returned to their homes. They had been gone about two months sothere was much happiness in being re-united with their families. The parents andthe children expressed their appreciation to Hovrard and the Christians fo r dealingthe town so the children could return. Some 200 orphaned children were not returned to Nagashima.

As soon as the quonset hut, given by George Beckman, reached Nagashima workers

s tar ted putt ing i t togettier. There were no f loors or windows but th es e have been

purchased. However services were conducted in the building without the floors orwindows. The Christians as well as the Sund^ School children were very eager tomeet in the ir new building. The Dedication Service was to have been held December

13th with George Beckman as guest speaker.

The lower par t of Nagashima and many other towns are s t i l l flooded and thousands

of people are s t i l l homeless. t will be a long, long time before conditions willbe even near normal throughout Central Japan but much progress has been made.

Many of the Japanese people have ejqpressed their appreciation for the many waysyou folk in America have helped them. They have learned something of th e Churchand Christian love t hrough your gi f t s and your prayers. V e can find no words to

t e l l you tha t is in our hearts because of a l l th e wonderful wsys you have workedand given to help those we have learned to love so much in Central Japan. Thankyou very .very much seems so i nadequat e but these words come from our hear t s

Neither can we find words to express our feelings to Rogers and Ople Stevens forthe i r fa i th fu l services. They receive no salary for the i r la bo rs as forwarding

secretar ies , but do the i r work as a service to God. Since Typhoon Vera struckand Howard returned to Japan, Ople*s services have been invaluable. Because ofthe wonderful response her work has increased many times and bes id es r egu la rcorrespondence she has helped with each news l e t t e r and in many other ways. ToRogers and Ople we take th is opportunity to say Thankyou for everything, you

are t r idy a blessing to us and the work in Central Japan .




Howard Kathryn Davla

Rogers Ople Stevens

^29 S . W, 51 St ree t

Oklahoma Ci ty 9* Okla*

Oc t . e Nov. 1959

Joan Boyd 10.00

Hepler , Kans. 120.00

Libera l Kans, Pershing Ave, Ruth 15*00

Nowata, Okla, Hi l l s ide 62.11

Glencoe, Okla. 25 .00

Mr. f Mrs. Lindsay Smith 115.00

Sher idan Lake, Colo. 540.00

Mr. 8e Mrs . LaVerne Morse 20 . 0 0

Mr. Mrs. Lee Stevens 25 .00

Mr. Mrs. Russe l l Browning 250.00

Okla. City Okla, Air l ine V 40.22Tracy R. M i l le r 15 .00

Shat tuck Okla. l40.00

Okla. City , Okla, Forest Hil l 104.48Mr. Mrs . Vernon Marsha l l 35*00

Mr. Mrs. Forres t Burkholder, J r . 14.00

Syracuse, Kans. 65*00Jop l in Mo, Vi l l a Heights 10.00Suble t te Kans. 141.2?

Arcad ia Kans. 55*00

F l o r a P i c ke t t 50*00

Okla. Ci ty Okla, Draper Park Women 25*00

Purdy, Mo, Women's Dept. 25.00

Okla . Ci ty Okla , A ntioch , Crusader 20.75

Mrs. Fred Savage 5*00

Mrs. Ray Smith 28.00El s a Fern Reiswig 5*00

Dodge Ci ty Kans, F i r s t Business

Pro f e s s i ona l Cla s s 80 .00

Martel le , Iowa, S. S. 26.72Fletcher, Okla, 51*60

Sg t . Mrs. F . C. Basye 20.00

Okla. Ci ty Okla, Cent ra l 137.00

Cashion , Okla . 148.62

Mr. Mrs . Rufus E . Combs 10 . 0 0

M r. Mr s . I E . S t i c k e lm an 2 0 .0 0

Fowle r Kans. 50 .00

P la i nv i l l e Kans, Sen io r C. E. 100 .00

Mr. Mrs . P . D. Posega te 5 .00

Mr. Mrs. Rodg er Stewart 6.00P la i nv i l l e Kans, Pi lgr im H.S. C. 32.00

P la i nv i l l e Kans, Crusader Class 25.00

Grove , Ok la . 57*50

Okla . Ci ty Okla , Mimosa Heights 53*55

Okla . Ci t y Okla , Fo re s t Hi l l CYBS 25*00

M r. Mrs . R . D. Sm i t h 1 0 . 0 0

Marlow, Okla , Miss . Group 2 15*00

Mr. Mrs . I v a l Wor th ing ton 10 . 00Mr. Mrs . C . E . Vogan 25.00

Dodge Ci ty Kans, F i r s t 300 .00

Clovis , New Mexico, Central , Y.P. 8.00Ta l a l a Okla 10 .00

Mr. 8t Mrs . Bob James 5 00

Mar t e l l e Iowa 152.00

Sc io New York 25*00

White Bear Lake Minn. 10 .00

White Bear Lake Minn, Mis s . 25*00J . Thomas Segroves 1 .00

Rolla, Mo, Fi r s t 569*00

Mr. M rs. D on ald R. Co l l i n s 25 .00

Arco l a Mo. 50.00

Savonburg , Kans, Lad ies Aid 10 .00

Mlnneola , Kans* S 62*4^

Delburne, (Alta .)CanadaWhit ing, I n d . 5 . 0 0

Hill Kans, Gleaners Class



Great Bend Miss* Group 24,00Dewey, O k la . 1 0 0 0 0

F a l l Round-up f o r C h r i s t

Oklahoma Young People 35 67T u t t l e Okla , Women's Group 19.13

Daisy & Joan L i s t e r 55 00San J o s e 111. 2^,00Dodge City , Kans, Central 47.06Mr. & Mrs. Elburn Ferguson 5*00Bads, Colo, Co-Workers 20.00Mr, & M r s Wm, P . K ee l e r . 5*00

Ralph Reiswig 44,00M e t c a l f M i l l e r 5 0 0

Baldwyn, Miss, Evening C i r c l e 5.00

Mr, e M r s O s c a r Hanson 2 5 . 0 0Carbondale, 111 , Sou th Side 31.84H a s k e l l Texas 5 . 0 0

R o c h e s t e r N. Y. 75.00Washington, 111. 100 ,00Mr. & Mrs . John E . Standage 1 0 0 0

M i s s C h a r l o t t e H e r z e l 1 0 . 0 0

Englewood, Kans, 100,00Lone Wolf, Okla, 86,75

Griswold, Iowa, Miss, Workers Class 20,00A r l i e S t e f f e n s o n 1 0 0 0

Rivers ide , C a l i f Mis si on s S tudy C. 25.00B r i s t o l Tenn, C e n t r a l 33.00P a i n e s v i l l e Ohio, Miss. 10,00Creve Coeur, 111 , 50 ,00Lockwood, Mo, 5 0 0

Grover B, Gordon 6,50Smithers , West V i r g i n i a 20,00Amar i l lo , Texas , Washington Ave,

Homebui lders 3 5 . 0 0

Mr. e Mrs, F r a n k N. Horn 5 . 0 0

Whit ing, I n d . 1 0 0 0

Vandal ia , Mo, Miss, Fuhd 10,00Mr, & Mrs , Rufus E Combs 5 . 0 0

City, 5Q.boJ e r r y Rader 5 . 0 0

F r e d R e i s w i g 1 5 . 0 0

T h a i l a n d Pua , Nan P r o v i n c e 7 . 5 0

Worth ington , Minn. 5 . 2 5

Algohac, Mich, S t C l a i r River Dr. 1 0 . 0 0

New M a r s h f i e l d Ohio 5 . 0 0

Trximan, Minn, Ho r i c o n 5 0 .0 0

Ow068o,= Mich, 58,80Mr. & Mrs. Claude Henderson 5.0O

Mr. & Mrs., C. V. Duxin 2 8 0 0

Mrs, E H, S c h e f f s k y lOi'OO

M r s . H. Lo Bowser 5 . 0 0

Okla, C i t y Okla, Antioch 56.06S Peavey 1 0 . 0 0

Washington, 1 11, L oyal C ir c le S .S . 5 0 0 0F l o r e n c e Adsunson 2 0 0 0

Leon , -Kans, M i s s S o c . 2 5 0 0

S p r i n g f i e l d Kentucky, S . S . 25,00S t e w f i i r t v i l l e Minn, P l e a s a n t Grove

J r . S . S . 5 . 0 0

F l o r e n c e Colo , 50,06

Salem, Ohio, Greenford 5 0 . 0 0

C o u n c i l B l u f f s Iowa, Women's Coun. 5 0 . 0 0

Miss F l o r e n c e Brown 5 . 0 0Arcadia , Kans, Class 10 25,00

A r c a d i a Kans, C.Y.F . 1 0 0

N a s s a u Bahamas, C h r i s t i a n F r i e n d 3 0 0 0

W. C. Ryan 2 5 0

Edw. Hami l ton 5 . 0 0

Hugh W. Armstrong 3 0 0 0

M i s s i o n R e c e i p t s

D e f i c i t October 1 1959

Balance R e c e i p t s

DISBURSEMENTS

S I I O 5 5 . 3 9

738,37

10317.02

Howard ' s P a s s p o r t 1 2 . 0 0



M a t e r i a l s - f l o o r , cement, p a i n t 1^2.00 alaries

To Kondo Family ^1*75

Rel ie f 831. 97

Bedding 30 se ts Futon-Japanese beds)M e d i c i n e , Transpo r ta t ion f o o d a n d

l odg ing fo r O s a k a Bib l e S e m i n a r y

Studen t s a t Work Camp. F o o d fo r

Nagashima, C h il dr e ns C l ot hi ng _____

To t a l Di sbu r s emen t s ^012 .23

To ta l Rece ip t s & B a l a n c e 10317*02

Ba lance 6304 .79

N a g a s h i m a C h u r c h L an d Fund 3000.00

B al ance December 1 1959 3304. 79

LIVING LINK

Hepler K a n s .

Arcadia K a n s , S .S .

C a r n e y , Okla .

B r o o k l y n , I o w a , M a d i s o n

Morr is town T e n n .

O k l a Ci t y O k l a , Cen t r a l

30 . 0 0

30 . 0 0

1 2 0 . 0 0

^ 5 . 0 0

25 . 0 0

2 0 0 . 0 0

Avoca, A rk. 3 0 . 0 0S h a t t u c k , O kl a, Women s M iss. 2 0 .0 0

E a d s , C o lo . 5 0 . 0 0Stewa r tv i l l e M in n , Pleasan t G r. 2 0 .0 0

T h a y e r , K a n s . 2 5 . 0 0Scran ton I o w a , Miss . 50 .00

F re d R eiswig 10 .00

Living L i n k Rece ip t s 655*00

Arcadia Ind Orphanage C h r i s t m a s 12 .00

Mr. & Mr s . Edwin Thomas f o r

Mr. & Mrs . Kazuo Tanak a 1 0 . 0 0

Sebr ing O h i o , Persona l T h i n g s 2 5 . 0 0

O k l a . Ci ty O k l a , Cen t ra l N . W.

C l a s s— V i t am i n s 13 00

Okla . Ci ty O k l a , Cen t ra l

Crus ade r C l a s s—Vi t amin s 30 . 0 0

Pos t age 30.00

M r. & Mr s . arl R e a d e r—P e r s o n a l 2 0 . 0 0

y j i ch i t a K a n s , W e s t Side

N a o m i C i r c le— Pe r s o n a l 25 . 00

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