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Missionaries:
George
E t h e l
Beokman
8 - 4 0
Kamizono -cho
Nlshinorn lya 662 ,
Japan
(of
America)
Apri l
3. 1976
Forward ing
Richc.:,^C Margayrct
Snf^vre
Rou t e - 1 -
Brodiiead ,
Wisconsin
53520
Behold, I am doing a new
th ing ;
now it spr ings
for th , do
you
not perce ive i t ? I sa iah
43:19
D e a r
O h r i s t ia n
F r i e n d s :
Spr i ng is
a lways a
t ime o f newness
-
new life i n
God s
c r e a t i o n .
Here in Japan
it i s th e
b eg in nin g o f
a
new
yea r - in schoo l s and i n
th e government . Thus t l .e re a re very bu;-:y t imes
es
thf-^ -^Id yea r draws
t o a c lo se wi th g radua t i on s , en t r ance e:
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0-S-A-K-A C-H-R-I-S-T-I-A-N
M-I-S-S-I-O-N, I-N-C.
(of
America)
Missionaries: ^ Forwarding Agents:
George Ethel ^eckmanj Richard Margaret Saevre
8-40
Kamizono-cn^=='^ Route 1
Nishinoralya 662, Japan Brodhead, Wisconsin 53520
June
2 ,
1976
Therefore
we
do not
lose
heart, but though our
outer
man
i s
decaying, yet
our
inner man
i s
being renewed day
by
day.
NAS\0
2
Cor. 4:l6
Dea r
hristianF r i e n d s :
On
Apri l
13th three young women began the i r s tudies In Osaka
Bible
Seminary. Miss Inonue comes from the Tanabe Church
in
Wakayama
Prefecture, Miss
Tsuruda
from
the
Kajaki Church in Kagoshima
Prefecture,
and Miss Takano from
the
Asashina
group
in
Nagano
Prefecture. Miss
Takano i s
helping in the Sunday
School
a t Koyoen unt i l summer
vacation
in Ju ly , t ak ing E t h e l s p l a ce .
^ Mrs. Miyake and daughter , Seiko, moved in to our
home in^KIshinomiya to take care of i t while
we
are gone. Mrs. Miyake
is
a member
of
the Rokko
Church and is happy to
be
there to
be able
to
attend regularly
and
to take
an
active part. We are a l l praying
for
her
husband to learn more
of
Christ and accept
Him as his saviour.
During our absence
Miss
Vivian Lemmon is teaching Ethel 's
women's
Bible
classes in
a combined
class
each Wednesday. On
May
12th, the
women honored
Ethel
and
welcomed her
with
a feas t of
Japanese
dishes
a f t e r
th e B ib le
s tudy .
l e f t
Japan on
Saturday evening
for Los Angeles,
where
we
arrived
five o'clock the same day.
We
were
met
by Harold and
Leone
Cole ^
and spent Sunday with
them
before going
on
to Wisconsin.
We
re jo iced to
see
Harold
looking
and
feeling
so
well
af ter
his
surgery. He wil l have
to
take chemo-therapy treatments every s ix
weeks un t i l
March, 1977 .
Qn M y^22nd, we were happy to
take
par t in the
Baccalaureate
and
Commencement
program of Minnesota Bible College and witness J_gpann
graduate m^^gn^cum laude, and
receive membership in Del ta Epsi lon Chi,
a
national
honor
Traterni ty
of the American Association of Bible Col
l e g e s .
The directors
of
Osaka Christian
Mission, Ind.
(of America)
held
t he i r annua l mee ting, Tuesday evening,
June
1s t a t Footv i l l e a f t e r a
sukiyaki
dinner served by Ethel, Margaf'btT^and'Jenann with
the
help of
Ella
Dunbar,
Kay Roth, and Carol Demert. At, the
meeting
the directors 2-
voted to include^^enann as a third missionary of ' Osaka
Christian
Mis-
.sion.
Inc.
(of Ai erlca ) t'6
help
her
obtain
her visa
to
Japan.
Jenann's
forwarding address wi l l be
th e
same as ours as th e
Saevres wi l l
be he r
forwarding agen ts a l s o .
PRAYER
REQUESTS:
1. Vivian Lemmon and Ethe l s Bible classes in Japan.
2. Miss Takano
and the
Sunday School
a t Koyoen.
3.
.-.Jenann as
she
seeks
to raise her
support
as a
missionary
to Japan.
4. R^h^^ancLIDavid Hinson on
their
wedding, June .26th.
5. A
specia l prayer
of
thanksgiving
fo r
Dick
and
Margaret Saevre
for
the wonderful help they are to us.
They
plan to v i s i t
each
of our
liv ing link churches
with
us
this
summer so as
to
be identified y
with
us
6. Mr Mrs Higakl as they
will
be studying on
their
own during our
absence. Mrs.
Higaki
plans
to be
baptized
on
June 6th,
Pentecost
Sunday. Mr.
Higaki has given
h is consent but does
not yet
see his
need fo r baptism. Pray tha t his fa i th wil l grow
to
obedience.
I n
H is l o v i ng
s e r v i c e ,
George
E t h e l
Beckman
says,
Thank you a l l for your prayers and encouragement; I
Tifihally
graduated
1 I
t rust that
prayer
will
be answered and I
will
be
able
to
return
to
Japan in September with
ray
parents
and
begin
learning
the
written
and
spoken
Japanes language
on
an
adult
level .
Pra i se
th e Lord
Aloha i n J e su s ,
Jenann
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Miss iona r i e s
Gorge & Ethel Beckman
8 - 40
Kamizenocho
Nishinomiya 662,
Japan
De a r Ch r i s t i a n
F r i e nd s :
(OF
AMERICA)
(not for Profit corporation)
OSAKA
B IBLE
SEMINARY
September 4, 1976
Forwarding Agents
Richard &
Margaret Soevre
R. R. I
Brodhead, WlKont in
53520
J esu s h as promised to all
those
who
would
follow Him
that
they would receive a
hundredfold anything
they
had left to follow H im . Time
and
time
again we
have been re
minded
of this dur ing our brief stay here
this
summer, as we
have been welcomed
into
your
homes, fed
and
shared in fe llowship with you and been sent on
our
way rejoicing. To any
of you tha t
we
have not
been able to t ha nk w it h
a personal note,
we want to
express our ap
precia t ion for your
k indnesses
to u s .
This summer
has been
qui te different than many
other s ,
but
no
less
busy .
We were
ab le to vis i t three
of
our
l iv ing l ink churches ,
Beloit and Foo tv i ll e, Wisconsin
and
Rockford,
I l l inois ,
in
June
before going
to
Kansas
for
Ruth s
wedding.
I . ^ J||j|||n j I m
The
wedding
was lovely and we
were able
to
I >4 see the bride and groom one evening during their
B ^ ' I honeymoon.
They
are
now settled
in
an
apartment
jw ^ t Jl on
the
campus of
Manhattan Christian
College
I
jm 9*
p
k Ijj and have
completed
two
weeks
of
classes.
Their
I 4 ^ E
aim
after graduation is to
come
to Japan as mis-
jff
A
mm
sionaries , for which we praise the Lord and ask
M 'J Hi te His blessing upon them.
Following the wedding Jenann and w e paid
a
br ief
vis i t
to Oden and Rema Brown in
Moun ta in Grove ,
Missour i , John and Tsa i
in
St i l iwater ,
Oklahoma and Paul a nd Marc ia
Nie l sen in
Del
City ,
Ok lahoma, b ef or e going on to Denver for the North
American
Chris t ian
Convent ion , a
rare t r ea t for u s .
From Denver we r et ur ned t o Wiscons in
by
way of
South
Dakota to vis i t George s
s is
te r and brother and the famil ies of h is
two
brothers . On our way from
South
Dakota we le f t
Jenann
in
Counci l Bluffs, Iowa , where she w as to
be
the miss ionary for their
DVBS. We
a lso
v i s i t e d th e Kenn e t h
End e r s i n
Oma h a .
The l a s t
Sunday in Ju ly w e
vis i ted
ou r l iv ing
l ink
church in Waukegan,
I l l inois ,
and
the f i rs t week o f
August
found us
with
the
Traders
Point Chris t ian Church in Indianapol is ,
I n d i an a .
The highl ight
o f th e month of August was a
family
reunion of
Ethel s brothers and
s is te r s . They were
a ll able
to
be
together except one brother , Kenneth i n Ca li fo rn ia .
Two
brothers , Roy in Pennsylvania and Lloyd in Colorado
had
not
seen
each other for twenty-two
years
One more t r ip in to so uth ern I nd ia na c om ple te d
our
i t inerary
for
th e summer.
A
spe
c i a l
th an ks g oe s to
brother- in- law
Donald Nelson for the u se of h is car for
a ll
our
summer s
t r a v e l s .
Now
we
are on
our
way to the coas t on
our
return trip to Japan
with
stops along the
way
to
say
farewell
to
John and Tsai and
Ruth
and David. Mary
wil l see
us of in San
rancisco
Reports
from
Japan have
been
encouraging.
Ethel s
Bible c lass
has
b ee n well a t
tended and
ab ly taught by
Vivian Lemmon.
The
Miyakes
have_ t aken exce ll en t
car
of
our
house
and
yard .
We
are
r eturn ing wi th
g r eat an ti c ip a ti on
and
expec ta t ions .
In Chr i s t ,
George
&
Ethel Beckman
Jenann says : I thank God for the p le as u re o f attending seven Vacation
Bible
Schools ,
a Christ ian camp and the North Americ an
this
summer. I
made
new f r iends , s poke about
J ap an , ta ught
a
c la s s twice
and
led
songs a t VBS, ass is ted a team leader and was
also
a
cabin mom a t Jun io r Camp an d c ha pero ne d children a t the convent ion. I
could
wish for
severa l more
weeks of
th e
same
ac t iv i t i e s i f
I
weren t
so
anx ious
to
ge t home
to
Japan .
Thank
you for
keeping
me
in
your
thoughts
and
prayers
a ll
along
the
way .
Sincerely ,
Jenann
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Ciaaka
Cijrtsttan
Mission
3nc
Missionaxi^
George
Ethe ^el mOT^
8 - 4 0
Komizono-cho
Nishinomiyo 662, Japon
De a r Ch r i s t i a n Fr i end s :
(OF
AMERICA)
(noJ for Profit corporation)
O SA KA B IB LE S EM IN AR Y
November 8 ,
1976
Forwarding Agents
Richard
Margoret
Saevre
R. R. I
Brodhead, Wisconsin
53520
On Friday, September 17, we were met a t Osaka Airport by Mrs. Motobayashi ,
the
mother
o f Sho ji,
who had
become a
Christian while an
exchange s tuden t
a t Pryor, Oklahoma
.
We
found
every
thing well taken care of by Mr.
Mrs. Miyake during our absence,
so
i t
d idn t
take u s
long
to ge t
set t led
back in a nd re ad y to go to work.
The next
Monday
Jenann went to see about
enrolling
in l anguage school and began
c lasses that week
-
five days
a
week
from nine
until
noon.
The school is in Ashiya
City,
c lose
enough fo r her to r ide he r b icy cl e to
school .
George began teaching
four
days a week, three hours a day from Tuesday , t he 21st.
During his
spare
time
at
home
he
has trimmed
th e hedge , c leaned out the garden
and
planted
strawberries,
peas and onions for next
summer.
We miss the
brocolli,
brussel sprouts and
cauliflower we usual ly have
in
the win ter, but it
was
too late to set out
the
plants by the
t ime
we got the garden
ready.
Ethel s first class of
women met
on Wednesday, September 22. The
women
brought
food
fo r lunch to welcome her back, and one new member joined
the c lass ,
making a total
of
sixteen
in the
c lass studying the book
of
Acts together .
Since the
twenty- thi rd was a
national holiday
the English Bible
Class
did not meet
that first
Thrusday. Since
they
began three
new
members have Joined
the
class ,
each
one
brought in
turn
by
a
new
member
who
had started the
week
before,
They
are studying
the
b o o k o f H e br e w s.
Friday,
October
29
was
the date for the Kobe
Women s
Luncheon. We had an over
flow
crowd
of
nearly
530 women so
that about
150 had
to eat
in
separate
rooms
across the
hall
from
the main room a ft er th e program
was ov er.
On N ov em be r 2 and 3
w as
th e 14th an
nua l
Tanemak i Kai
a t Osaka
Bible
Sem
inary, with
a
to tal regi s tra tion
of
about
160.
(See picture
at
left) George
had
the keynote message
on
Tuesday even
ing on
the theme
My Grace Is Suffi
c i en t For
Thee .
On
Wednesday
af ter
noon the alumni p re se nte d Geo rg e,
Mart in
Clark and Ray Mings
with spe
cia l recognit ion fo r their
26 - 28
years
o f
serv ice
to
Osaka
Bible Seminary.
Mr. Mrs . Higaki a tt en ded t he meet
in g fo r the first t ime, and Mr. H igaki
was especially well
impressed
with the
mee t ing .
PRAYER REOUESTS :
1.
Mrs.
Higaki finds
great
joy in
her Christian
life
since her
baptism in
June.
Mr. Higaki
is becoming more and more receptive. We pray
his decision will
be made soon to ac
cep t
Ch r i s t .
2. The Rokko Churh
is
planning a special evangelistic meeting from Sunday, November 21
thru Tuesday, November 23,
which
is Japanese Thanksgiving Day,
with
two meetings on
tha t day.
Mark and Lynn Pratt
will
be our
evangelists.
We pray
that
some young people
may be led to come to church, and
that
Mr. Kita, a high school student who
has
been
attending regularly for over two years, will become a
Christian;
so Shoji
Motobayshi s
s i s t e r
-
Yur i .
3. We are all rejoicing
that
Jack Makishima, who lives
with
Vivian Lemon, has
become
a
Christian and is studying Acts
at
the Seminary. He is trying to
win
his
friend,
Mr.
Tak ak i to
Ch r i s t .
4.
Pray for Jenann
as
she
studies
the
language.
Also,
that
she
will receive
regular support
so that she
will
not have
to
find
a part time
job in
order to stay here and work.
5.
Some of the women
in
Ethel s classes are beginning to bel ieve . Pray
that
they may have
th e conviction to s te p o ut and
become
Christ ians.
In
Chr i s t ,
George Ethel Beckman