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Meanwhile the iVIaxeys had

decided

to go to Kyushu

and

to an

area

where

no missionary

had gone

nor

was

likely to go. Their

decision

was matched

by

Mr

Motoyoshi s invitation. Kanoya would

be the place

for

their

life s work.

The

pre-fab

house the

Maxeys built in 1950 still

stands Here

Pauline has raised and taught

her

five children and

sent

them forth

into the world. It is the home from which

her

blessing

and influence

has spread through the hundreds who have enjoyed her hospitality,

talked with her through the long hours of the night and listened to

her

teaching

both there and

in

the churches

It is

because

of her

presence

and unwavering

commitment

that

her

husband was able

to spend fulltime

at the missionary

task in

the

Kagoshima

area

The goal from the first

has

been to establish completely indigenous

churches

with Japanese leadership That

goal

has largely been

reached though there

are three

churches that have

missionaries

as preachers

These are the Kagoshima area churches:

Kushikino,

Naganori

Tanijiri, minister; Kagoshima, Koichi Homori, minister; Yoshino, Walter

Maxey, minister; Kajiki Junko Daikusono, minister; Nishinoomote,

Tadayoshi Ikeda, minister; Tarumizu, Takeo limure

and

Koichi Homori,

ministers; Sueyoshi and Kushira,

served

by Mark Maxey;

and

Kancya,

Hideo Yoshii, minister

The

ministers

and missionaries

meet monthly for prayer,

preaching

and

planning

The

Kagoshima

churches

have an annual conven

tion every November 23. The

churches

have a small but fine camp

ground

which is

used

for

the annual

youth

camps

in

August and

year round

for

smaller groups The 35th summer camp

will

be held

August

1985.

There are

additional ministries at

the Kagoshima

prison by Walter

Maxey. And by Mark Maxey at the

leper

colony near Kanoya, and

at

the

Osumi Gakkusha a prefectural

orphanage

in Kanoya. Three

churches

operate

kindergartens

Next to

the

mission

house

in Kanoya

stands the

Christian Center.

One part

of

this

is a Christian

book

store.

The

writing, printing

and

distribution of

Christian books booklets

and

materials representing

the New Testament

plea

is a major,

but

not self-supporting, ministry.


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coming): Isabel Dittemore, Aland

Eleanor

Hannmond,

Paul

and

Kathleen

Pratt, and

Walter

and

Mary Maxey. In August of 1983

Al and Rhonda Juve

were

welcomed.

They

will

work in

the

Sueyoshi

area.

Osaka BibleSeminary is a part

of

th e outreach

also. This in

cludes financial support, serving

on

its

board

of

Councilors, and

sending students.

All

but

one of

the

local ministers

were Osaka

trained. Kagoshima

students

who have graduated from Osaka

are serving the Lord in many

parts of Japan.

The

Kagoshima churches

have

the i r own

l and and

buildings which they maintain

themselves.

One more church

building will

soon

be

debt

free.

Kagoshima

churches,

for the

most part, will survive

and

grow.

Without leadership developing in

the nea r future, however,

at least

two of the

churches may

have a

difficult

t ime.

The challenge

now is to

break

out of the

mold

of

an establ ish

ed

church

into the

mold

of

evangelism, outreach and new

church planting.

Brethren, rejoice for what has

been done Pray that, with God's

help, we may do what needs to

be

done

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A Report by Mark

and

Pauline Maxey

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To

the Friends of the Kyushu C h r i s t i a n Mission

Kanoya, Kagoshinw 893 Japan-Box 417 N.Vernon

IN

47265

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LINKLETTER

JANUARY 1985

THE

YEAR OF

THE

OX

Chris t ian f r i e n d s .

This

y ea r th e O rie nt al

Zodiak

points

to

th e

Ox,

but

don t be

I f you we re born in 1901, 1913, 1925, 1937,

1949,

1961 or 1973,

time has come again. The

year

of th e Ox is supposed to be a year of

an d contentment .

The newspaper said that

people

born under th e Ox ar e very pa t

endowed

with

perserverance,

say

l i t t l e

and can be t rusted. However,

have

many l ikes and dis l ikes and are

inclined

to be

stubborn.

When

i t

is hard to

calm than

down.

Take t

o r leav e i t .

One

thing that

has been hard

to

calm down in 1984

is our neigh

volcano,

Mt.

Sakurajima. I t

erupted 332

times last year,

including

times

in December

alone.

The cold,grey

ash

either drifts down from

the

or

is

swirled in

ou r

faces

by

the

wind.

Either

way,

i t s

misery.

are

th e

people driving cars

painted

metallc.grey,.. They ar e r ight in

every day.

Christmas

comes

but

once a

year

and I

s ay , T ha t s good.

I

also

y

i t

comes sooner each year and lasts

longer.

Maybe t h a t s

no t

so good.

t any

rate,

we had a good Christmas.

Together,

Pauline and I participated

or had responsibi li ty for 15 Christmas gatherings.

One of th e

nice

things

about Christmas this

year was th e number

people who shared

i t

with us. Fiona Brown of South Austral ia was with

for

two weeks before Christmas.

and Rhonda Juve

down

from language

hool and Paul and

Faith

Axton from

their teaching

in Meikei Gakuen,north

Tokyo were with us for two weeks. Walter and

Mary,

Shelley and Trent

with us

f o r h al f

t h a t t ime.

Special

guests on Christmas Day were two other

foreigners

now

in Kanoya: Sophia Shang,

Hilmette,

Il l in o is English teacher

at our

College

of

Physical

Education

and

Patricia

Stengle, New York

City,

by Kanoya

City

as an

English

teacher

and

consultant

in

th e

city

There

were

twelve

o f us

f o r

t he d e li ci ou s

Christmas

dinner t h a t

ine prppared.

Before

t h a t

we

a l l at tended t h e 8.30

A.M. Christmas s e r v i c e a t

e

leper church, Bro Yoshii preaching.Then in the early

afternoon

to

th e

Gakkusha orphanage fo r a Christmas service and sharing of

gif ts .

By

we were

ready

to

eat h ear ti ly

and to li ng er

longer at

t he d in ne r

We do want to thank

everyone

who remembered us a t

t hi s

time of

ar in so many

special

ways.

We

may be

fa r

away

bu t

we know that we have

t

been forgotten. Thank you

Please

know

that

one

of

th e major aims

that

and I have in

l i f e

is to

pass our

blessings on to others.

Well, l e t s

back up a

l i t t l e

bit . Since

leaving

t he hospi ta l a t

e end of

August,

we have been back to se e Dr. Tdeta three time. He re

improvement in the eye each time. I have gotten new glasses and got~

n

used to

a new way

of seeing

- one eye

see s things larger than

th e

1.

WE LL

BE

HOME

FOR

CHRISTMAS

SURROUNDED-AT KUSHIRA

CHURCH

PAR

CHRISTMAS CAROLERS-LED

BY HIDEO YO

CHURCH HOSTS KAGOSHIMA CHURCHES

31st

FALL RALLY

-^^^TING

PAULINE S ENGLISH BIBLE CL


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other eye. I resumed my preaching and teaching the

last

of September and recentlii began driving at night again.

No problem so

far .

I

have

been able to keep up

my

monthly articles

in

Hon zons magazine and to write a lesson each week

fo r two books fo r

English Bible

classes. One

is for

Juniors, All About

th e

Church and the other for

adults,

a

re-wri te of Guide

to

Chris t , th e Church and t he Ch r is ti an

Life.

I teach these materials

to

three classes on

Friday

night and

five

classes on

Saturday

afternoon. I have a

l ively

and

interested group of

students

fo r each

o f these c l a s s e s

Pauline

maintains he r

work in

spi te of marginal

health. One

of he r

joys

is teaching

an

English Bible

class

to

a group of keenly interested

women twice

a month

in the

Christian

Center.

Each of

the class

members has

a pen pal

in the

church

of Christ at

Pierre, South Dakota.They can

all find

Pierre on

the

U.S.

map

even

i f

they

can t locate

Chicago.

October 31 , Pauline

was

th e

speaker

fo r

th e joint

women's

meeting of the

Kanoya

church

and

th e

ladies

of

the leper chu rch, h eld a t the leper church.

Her subject was Love. She

prepared

a

l i s t

of 135 references on

this topic

to share

with each of those

who attended. I t

was a tremendous time of teaching and

fellowship.

November 1, 2 .&-3 we.traveled to Osaka to at ten d th e

board meet ing

of th e c ol le ge and their annual

Tane

Make

Kai - a

preaching convention. I t

is always a time o f b le ss ing and

renewal.

We

le f t before

i t was

over

in order to lattfend

the fall

E (English Bible

Class)

Camp that Walter has held twice a

year

fo r many years. Six

of

my

students

joined

Walter s group for this week-end of stuc^and

recreation.

Mark

Pratt

had two lessons on Are

We

Here by Chance? Then

the three of

us

l ed discussions for smaller groups

after

h is les sons . We enjoyed perfect

weather

and a splendid camp.

Our annual rally

of the

Kagoshima churches is

held

each November

23 ,

a national

holiday. This

year,

th e

Yoshino

church, where

Walter

ministers, hosted

th e

convention.

They

planned

and

prepared

a

superb

convention.

Each church was

represented

and most of then had special music or some other part on th e program. Prof. S aito of

Osaka

Bible

Seminary was

th e

special

speaker

fo r

the

morning and

afternoon sessions.

Katsuo Shimoda from

th e Chri

tian Center Bookstore brought

a book and

Christmas display.

The

bookstore

has been an

active

supplier

o f mater ia ls this fa l l

especially

at Christmas time.

One

project

has been publishing

the

book,

Workbook

on

Christian Doctrine ,

for

Bill

and Betty Turner. I t

will

be

sol

through

our

bookstore.

This

year

I have had the added responsibli ty of being on th e Board of Governors and Chairman of the In

national

Committee for

th e

Kanoya Rotary Club.This has taken a lot of time and preparation.

Six

more months to g

So

far,

so good. I challenged the club to give a

1000

offering at our Christinas party (Dec. 26) to dig a well in

India. We

missed

th e

goal by 150

but

I was

satisfied.

Our

furlough

begins sometime

in

June this year.

We ar e

anticipating the joy of seeing many of your fac

again. At the same time we are sad at the thought of leaving Japan for^ye^s ±^e. It has become our land and

i ts

people

our people.

Keep us

in your prayers.

IN HIS SERVICE,

H

^ tnaiifi

E B C EVENING BONFIRE-NOV.-WALTER S PROJECT

AN UNLIKELY TRIO - DRYING THE SOUP BOWLS.


7/16

iOrUSHU CHRISTIJU^ mission:, . BOX J4 :k^0YA,, KAGOSHIMA 893 JAPAN

A TEA. PAR-TY ̂ LEmR

^ . • March 1985

Please ceme in and

sit

down/.I w.ili heat

I t s

late

and:

quiet,

a good

time

tb

talk, i f

areh:*t too

t i red

from

travel.

Two

or three

times a ^ I go with Mark to

Osaka

when he attends

-the

Osaka Bible Semiriary Cbur.cilors meeting. We alw^s stay with Martin and

ahead to

this

time for Evelyn and I have one night to

..

visiU

talking into tjie wee hours of this morning. There

is

always

the

stiaring of joys and sorrows, the prbblemk and

victories,

the hope and dreams

for, the future and our needs for physical arid^spiritual strength. And, with-

;out :fail, we excha^ recipes and new ideas for

hand

^c^^ I always feel

refreshed

for;it

is

spiritual

therapy to

talk and listen and

be

listened

to.

•The

w^ter

is

hat

now

we wn have our regular green

tea, grown

in this arM^^^^

or

lemon is added. T have some herb teas and flower

tea^ and lenion tea. I n

make

what ypu think

sounds

good and then we can

talk.

Firsty

le t

me

thank you

for

coming

to

visit

me

in

your

letters,

your thoughts, and gifts of loving concern. T always feel

God

sends His love,

comfort,

strength

and encouragement through

you9

my Precious Sisters in

Christ.

What

a miracle that

words written on

paper can

travel

thousands of

miles and can

l if t

you

up

and give strength for the task; greater

sti l l

the

intercessory prayers

that

brings power

and

guidance of God s Spirit

for daily

work, i^ty deepest

thanks

for

your love.

Forgive

me

i f 1

weep

a

l i t t l

as I share with you for

this

is both

joy and sorrow.

We

were near the

close of

the worship

service in the

Kushira

church

when

a man opened the church door and said, /Mr.

Maxey,

call

Kanoya

church. . Everyone sensed that something had happened but hoped for

the

best.

When the service was over and the ladies Were preparing.tea,

Mark

went out

to

make

the

call.

He

returned

saying

that

Maeda

San (my-da)

of

the

Sueyoshi

church died that mprhing. If you remember in my

last Tetter

we visited her

in the

hospital

where she had been

for many

months.

Each

Sunday

we

went to

visit her, taking

communion,

singing and praying with her,. A few weeks

before

this

I had taken her a Bible verse written in

large

Japanese charac

ters. We framed i t and hung i t by her bed so she could see and

read

i t any

time.

It was

Isaiah 41:10, Fear not

for

I

am

with you. Do not be dismayed.

I am your God. I will strengthen you: I will help you with My Victorious

Right Hand. She got

up on

her

knees

in her

bed

and read the words aloud,then

bowed

her head and

said,

I believe,

I

believe.

We changed

our

plans

for

the rest of the day and drove to the home

of the niece and her

husband where

Maeda

San had been

living. Her niece was

also

in

the

hospi ta l but

was

permitted

t.o

come

home

for

the

funeral.

We

were

greeted by the fami ly.

Maeda

San

herself

had never married so had no immediats

family. But she made a home

fo r

many children

of

relatives and had, through

the years, taught

great

numbers of children piano

and

organ.

They

were a part

of

her lov ing conce rn .

As we entered the room, her body lay on the tatami (thick straw mats)

floor

on

her

futon (a thick cotton-filled pad) and was covered with another

futon.

As

I knelt b«| her

side

I

was

thankful to see a look of peace on her

face as she slept. Yes, asleep

in

Jesus.. The Bible verse from Isaiah had been

brought

from

the

hopsital

and was displayed near the body. I could hear again

her words when sh e f i r s t read

i t

I

believe.

I believe.


8/16

-page 2-

Mark and Bro. Yoshii from Kanoya helped the family, niake^ for

the

service that

night and the following day. Tea was served several times.

We

then weint to the

church

where the Christians were gathered and waited with

them until the.evening service. The

family

had supper sent to the church for

all of us. Tea

again

was oart of

tJfisr

fellowship. It is a

custom

for a

Christian funeral to have a service the night before the funeral with the

family

and

church family

attending.

e

all

went

to that service at

seven

o clock.

e sang several hymns and Bro. Yoshii preached.

Afterwards

we had

tea and

talked until late

with

the

family.

We

returned the following day

for

the

service which

began

at

one

o clock.

Everything had

changed.

The room and

the

entrance were completely

curtained in white. One end of the

room was covered

with

hundreds

of white

chrysanthemums.The body

was now

resting on

a casket

made

of

wood

and

her^

picture

was

in the center of the flowers.

Mark

4)reached the funeral

sermon. Every

one was given a program

with the hynihS -arid s for

many

non-Christians were present. I was

asked

to

pTay^^t^^^^

for the service. I hesitated knowing that there

would

be

marly

more

talented

than

I.

But

they

said

it

would

have

pleased

her very much.

Then.I

remembered each time

at

church

after^she could

no

longer play she would ask

me

to take her place

and

she never failed to thank

me

I knew, too, that

she would

truly

want

me to play this last time.

Not every

one who came

could

get into the small

room

of the home,

so

a tent

covering was

put

up

in the

yard

for the rain

was

falling),

the

sliding glass doors

were opened so

they

al-l

could

see and hear

the service

as they stood

there.

When the sermon was finished, tributes were given

by

family

and

Christian sisters. Then came the time for each person present to

pay their last respects. The

niece announced

that this was a Christian

fun

eral and there would

be

no burning of incense or candles which was Buddhist

custom. Each oerson took a flower from a basket

and

laid

i t

on the coffin

while

I

played

over

and

over,

softly,

Nearer

y

God

to

Thee.

I

was

the

last

to

place the

flov/er -

and

as I held her

cold,

lifeless hand for a moment, I

thanked

God that I had

been

permitted to enter into her earthly life in the

love of

Christ

and

that

she could

call me daughter.

Then the

family

and Christians

followed

the hearse,

which

looks

like a

Buddhist

temple

on wheels,

to the

crematory. The

coffin,

made

of

wood,

was

place

on

a

metal

rack. e sang a

hymn

and

prayed.

Then the rack was

push^ed into the

oven,

the door

closed

and

the

nearest male relative

was asked

to

push the button

that started the oil-fire burning.(In former times, wood

was used for burning and that took many hours. The new way is

much

faster.

The most

modern

crematories use electricity.

This

is all very hard for me

to

experience.

We

went back

to the

house

to wait

and had

tea again.and

some

food

while we

talked to the

family

and close friends. A Christian funeral

a good

time

to witness to

non-Christians.

The

Victorious Hope

of eternal life

and the joy of being with the Lord gives

cause

for rejoicing.

But

the

Budd-

his ts f r death and have no

hope.

After two hours of waiting, the phone call comes that the cremation

is finished

and we go back again

to

the crematory. This,

to

me,

is the

most

heart-breaking

of all . There

on

the

long

metal rack are the bonc^ and ashes.

I

can hardly

bear to look at

them^ The

attendant

has every one

to line

up

-

first

the

family, then

Christians

and

friends.

Each one

is

given

a pair of


9/16

-page 3-

long chop

sticks. The

attendant picks

up special

bones beginning

the feet

and

gives them to

each one

in

turn and

they

place

+

urn. I could not do

it

and

turned

my head

away

Jherfppl

all the

Les

could be

put

in that

small urn.

Just the

bones that they

feel

are

most important

are

used. (The Japanese feel thaf the the

votcr^x.

i^the most

important

bone of

all)..The

remaining bones and

shes

flrp

left

And

they

are

place

by

the

attendant

in

a

special

pile

of ashes

whicJ

Is

no?

to be disturbed. In one

Christian funeral

we witnessed

however,

the family carrieda small,new bucket and

in

it they carried all the

rema

ing bones home. . j -^.u

When

the

urn was

full,

it was placed

in a wooden

person

to

get down

into and

place

the ashes on

the stone shelf *

The

shelf

s

big

enough to hold all the urns of

one fami

y^

In this^case.

the niece herself

got

under the

monument

and placed the asnes

there

as

her

last act of

love

and

responsibility.

I realize this is

our earthly body; that our Spirit

God's Holy Spirit has used it

®

®-th

the incorruptible

that

is

corruptible

but some

day we m« il?pr

Haeda San,

is in

the

Presence

will not know suffering a '' u^

not

meet again

of the One who

said,

Do

not fear. I am

with you we snaii

a

here

but

her face

is photographea in my heart. I am thanktui sne

Manv times

I

have

experienced with family

members here the home

,.„g

.f

. iKiKS. i.m o,» ^

od always for

bringing

us

to this far

av/ay place

to

sha

salvation with the lost. . . i

Yes,

this

tea

time has

been

a

time of

sharing

a

sorrow

but also

the joy

of

victory in Jesus. (2 Corinthians 5:1-9)

If just

one

soul has been enriched

Because

you trod this, earth.

Or

if

one

doubting heart

can

trust

And

realize t

worth.

And turn to Christ because

you

shared

Your joy to ease his pain, ^ . r.

You'll

know

beyond

the slightest doubt

You'll not have lived in vain.

Ccopied)

Thank you

for

listening

as I

have

peace b yours

feel

free to share our

tea tine

with others.

ay Grace and

Peace

y

in full measure. ^ tV . .


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To th e F rie nd s

of

the Kyushu

Chr i s t i an

Mission

Kanova.

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1985

SOME ENTRIES FROM MY DAYTIMER:

January SUN,13th.

Naomi

Omura

Sueyoshi church wantsto go to

Bible college. Rejoicing.

M0N 14th.

Lecture to preacher's meeting

on the book almost never used by evangelicals, the

Book

of Acts.

TUES 15th. Pauline and I have arranged a marriage between Atsu-

ko Iwashige of Kushira church and

Toyoaki Nishiyama

of

Yunogo

Okayama Prefi.Audrey West, missionary.She named Toyoaki, Roy .

Pauline named Atsuko, Ruth.

Today we

are a part of the yuino

ceremony, the

fomal

exchange of

betrothal

gifts between families.

SAT,19th. Non-Christian family of Bro.

Miyauchi

of Kushira church

has a Buddhist funeral for

him.

Painful to be a par t of. Buddhist

priest returns my greeting with a glare. TUES 22nd. Pauline speaks

to

Kanoya

church

women.

I

join them fo r

a

delicious

meal.

WED 23rd.

Pauline meets with her bi-weekly ladies English Bible class. At

night, Bible study, Takenoshita

home Koyama.

SAT,26th. Daughter,

Faith,

comes from Tsukuba to spend a week.

SUN,17th. preached at leper colony,

8.30

a.m; at Kushira,

10 a .m.; bap tized Noriake Harada, student

at Osumi

Gakkusha where

Christian services have been held

fo r

34

years,at Kanoya

church,

12 noon;

at

Sueyoshi church

at

3 p.m. and attended Tarumizu church

at

7.30 p.m.

Bro.Stephen

lijima,

minister at

Minato Church

of

Christ,

Yokohamaand

editor

of

his own

magazine, Bokka. with a nationwide

circulation, has

come

to hold our 23rd Winter Training Session. His

subject, the study of I

and

II Thessalonians. He has already

spoken

a t Kagoshima church, Bro. Homori minister and a t Tarumizu.

I go with

him

to Tanegashima

island

by plane for 2 nights

with

the

Nishlnomote church, Bro. Ikeda minister. Then

take

him

to

Kushikino church

fo r

two nights with Bro.

Tanijiri,

minister.Then

two

nights

at Yoshino

church, Walter Maxey,minister.

February: SUN 3rd. Bro.l ij ima teaches at leper C riony Kushira and

Sueyoshi. M0N,4th, Preacher s meeting at Christian Center. Bro. l i

jima gives us encouragement and teaching. 4 night session, 2 hours

each night, Monday through Thursday. Average attendance:40. Perhaps

our most

successful

training

session

so far. FRI-SAT,8 &

9,

Three

hours of English

Bible

classes on Fri.

aft

and

four

hours on

Sat.

a f t a s u su al

SUN,10th. Drove 60

miles,preached

twice,

showed

film

twice, took conriunlon to three people in

their

homes.TUE,nth.Mon

thly Bible study at Tarumizu. WED 12th joyful baptismal service

for Sophia

Shang

at Kanoya church. Sophia teaches English at our

local college. SUN 17th. Miss Kumi Maeda 86 long-time member of

Sueyoshi church, dies of heart

attack.

Prayer service

at

her home

that

night. M0N 18th. Bro Yoshii and I hold funeral . Pauline plays

piano. Most

beautiful

Christian funeral I have ever seen. Cremation

followed. Then drove 5 hours to Kumamoto. All night with

Andy

and

Masae

Ellis. TUES

19th. Appointment with Dr. Ideta, eye surgeon.

All is well.

Drove

to

Kanoya.

WED 20th. To Sueyoshi fo r ceremony of

placing her ashes in

crypt

under Maeda-san's

monument.

SUN

AFT,24th, Attended

wedding

reception of daughter of

Katsuo Shimoda. He has worked for

me

for over 30 years.

March:

FRI,1st. Funeral of Shizu

Shimago

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funeral. She and he r

husband

raised a

Christian

family. SUN, 3rd.

s Omura's father forbids

her

to go to

Bible

college.

Pauline

and I

he r tears.

TUES,

4th. Attend bapt ismal service

by

Bro . Yoshi i of

Nari

and

his friend,

Kamada-san. Nari-san

has been

a f a i t h

member

of

my

English Bible c las s f or

three

years.

WED»6th.

Japanese

p i l o t

Lt. Sato, comes

to ou r house.

He was a

student of mine

12

ago.

Remembered I

said

I would

spend

my l i f e in Kanoya. Comes to

e i f i t was

true. Tells of

taking hi s family to Disneyland (Calif.)

year.

An American

approached

and asked, Are you from

Japan?

Mr.

said , Yes. Then do you know Mr. Maxey? Mr. Sato, I certainly

The man

said,

He keeps

at his

task

doesn't he,

and walked on.

e chances of that happening again

is TOO million

to one (more or less.)

has three burdens he wants to ge t

rid of

before

becoming a Chr

He

can

talk

about

two

of

them,

but not

th e

th ird .

We

t e l l him,

your burden to

th e

Lord,

and

leave

t

there. We teach,

we

pray

t

he

takes his burdens

with him into t he n ight .

We will

meet

again.

Dr.

Suzaki says

Pauline must have

surgery fo r

an

ulcer

and

veins on

her

right leg as soon as possible. That

afternoon

to

e leper

colony fo r

Bible

study.

Afterward, they all bought copies of

book,

From Here

to

There,

MY STORY.

Since

they c a n t

read

English

boughf

i f

fo r th e

pictures.

MON,llth. Pauline and I go

to

Osaka

to

Councillor's

meeting.

The

debt

on

th e

new dorm

will

be

paid of

Sept. WED,13th.

Tibbs phones

fran El Paso,

TX

to say his wife Norma

jus t

died.

We

cried

together

on

th e phone, 10,000 miles apart .

I was

man at their wedding

almost

50

years ago.

I flew t he re t he

next

to

with him and th e

families

a t th e

funeral, both

sad and

victorious.

back

home in a

week.

SUN,24th. Miss Omura

h as b ou gh t

new rug and

set

fo r Sueyoshi church. Church

preparing

to

modernize their

They

ar e

expecting A and

Rhonda

Juve to be with them fran

M0N.25th. Beginning of a long

ca r

journey.

At Kita-Kyushu a t

a

planning

session regarding

a

Bible

school

fo r

laymen soon

to

TUE,

26th, Drove to

Okayama

Christian Center.

WED,

27th. Wedding

Roy and Ruth in

th e Center. Keith

Sunmers

officiated. Pauline

and I

g and

prayed.

Reception in Japanese inn

that

aft . Then drove to Nago-

.

THURS.28th. Drove to Tsukuba

with s tops to

v i s i t

M M

Motoyuki

Nomura

Stephen

and Rhoda

lijima

in

th e mountains of central

Honshu. FRI-SUN,

with Paul and Faith, visiting

their school,

meeting their friends

seeing Tsukuba Expo 85 . A wheel cha ir fo r

Pauline

rated iimiediate

to all

exhibits

so we saw a lo t of pavilions in a

short

time. SUN,

Preached a t

Tsuchiura

Church o f

C h r i s t where

Paul

and

F a it h a tt en d

d work. To Taipei that night. All airports provided wheel chair service

r

Pauline

r ight to the

a i rp lane . Gra te fu l.

MON,TUES,WED,1-3. Complete physica ls for

both of

us at Adventist

Results

to

be mailed

to us. Got to

se e and

eat

with all ou r

mis

t he re .a nd a ls o o ld friends, th e

Unruhs, as

well.Did

some shop

at stores that carry c lo th ing

in American

zizes a t bargain prices.

Chien,

t ru e f ri end

and

helper

of missionaries , invi ted

us

to

meet

r

parents

and

family.

She

is

th e only Christian.

The

parents speak

fl u

t

Japanese so we had wonde rful

time

in

their

home.And

hopefully

l e f t a

that

will

be

helpful

fo r

Jenny,

Special

thanks

to

Greg and Be th

hnstons meeting, seeing us of f and

many

kindnesses in between. THURS,4th.

ck to Japan.

Overnight

with Paul and Faith

again.

FRI, 5th. Drove car

to ferry

at Kawasaki

port near

Tokyo. 23

hours la ter off

a t Hyuga in

SAT,6 th . Four hours o f d riv in g brought

us home by 8 p.m.

Total

1380 miles . P ra is ing God fo r a safe and successful journey.SUN,

a t

Kushira.Church is

rejoicingin a renovation of

i ts

build

g and grounds, all

fully

paid

for.

TUES,9th.Surgeons set APR 15

for

to

enter

hospital

and

19th fo r s urge ry . We' ll b eg iir t he re th e

time we consult the diary. God bless. IN HIS SERVICE, * ̂ ̂ *^*^

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Che

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Kanova . KaKoshlnva 893 Jaoan Box UM N.Vernon IN 47265

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Chri^lan_fri-ends,

-- -- —

/ The

last

time

we

wrote

we

were on the way to the hospital with

auline.

She

became

a

hospital patient for the

13th time in her

life

on

pril 15. Dr. Tashiro, a specialist, operated on her right leg for

treat-

ent of an ulcer and varicose veins on April 19. As

far

as we can te ll a t

his time the operation

was

successful. She

was

in the hospital

25

days,

uring

that

time her

rocwn

was always

filled

with flowers, family,

friends,

t well cards and gifts. The day she went home the patients and nurses on

floor

©me

to say good bye the cleaning ladies cried and Dr. Suzaki,

of

this

large government

hospital,

personally escorted her to the

door. He has been a very^-good

doctor

to

her

indeed.

She has not attenped any long

waTks

but she is doing very. weTl

ith her household

duties.

There

is

one cloud on

the

hon zon, however. Her

bladder is

full

of stones.

We

are hoping an operat ion can be delayed

a more favorable

t ime.

Meanwhile,

Pauline

had arranged

t he kit chen

and the food so I

find

i t

and explained the hitches and glitches of the washing mach

ne and dryer.

They

agreed to cooperate in her absence. I

cooked

a l i t t le

ate out a lo t and managed to

spend

some time with her twice a day.

Older brother, Tibbs

Maxey

arrived here April 20 from El Paso,

exas. The state

of

Texas

is

twice as big as

the

country

of

Japan but Japan

ten times

th e

population of Texas. Anyhow after a coupl e of days of

rides

and bus

rides

he allowed that Kanoya was a ' fur piece from his

of chili beans and hot tamales. His presence here was a time of healing

r

him and fellowship fo r us both.

Walter's

semi-annual EBC Camp was held May 4 and 5.

Paul

and Faith

xton came

fo r

that . Paul taught and Faith had some t ime with

he r mother.

I

d

my

part a t camp as discussion leader.

Juve, hi s

brother,Peter, a dentis t in Denver, and

h is p ar en ts ,

and

Leo,

retired,

of

Lincoln,

Nebraska were

with

us

May

6-9.

Tuesday,

7 was a big day

fo r

them. The Sueyoshi

Christians

had been praying and

fo r

suitable

housing for and Rhonda when they moved there this

One of their choices proved to be ideal. All

arrangements

were soon

mpleted and we

all

had a joyful and thankful meal together. On

the

way

ome I showed them some of th e beaut ie s o f

our

peninsula, including the

ach where the allied l anding was supposed to have taken

place

40 years ago.

Tibbs was a

faithful

and long-suffering companion on my preaching

teaching

rounds. Sunday May 12, we concluded the day by

flying to

Osaka,

had

fellowship

with George and Ethel Beckman, Martin and Evelyn

Clark,

the Seminary board meeting,and then Harold Sims accompanied him as

ar as Tokyo on

his

way back home.

Preacher's

meeting

every

month

is

an

important

part

of

our lives.

turn to preach came in May, My subject, Preaching

with

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that

i t wasn't special clothing,vocabularly, tone of voice or assumed

functions that made

i t

possible. Rather

i t

came from biblical preach

g and

personal,

Christian

integrity.

Bro. Yoshii,

Kanoya minister,

has a younger brother who

is

a preach

r

also but

in

th e

northemend

of

ou r is land. The

l a s t

two years I have en

uraged him and two other ministers, Mr. Abe and Mr. Yamaguchi, in

their

plan

start a Laymen's Bible School in Kita (north) Kyushu. On May 18 I went up

by plane and bus to give a speech at

its

opening. The

same

day I also

to 1000 g irls at the

school

where

Hideto

Yoshii is chaplain. Also in

e morning I preached at the

Onga

Church which meets in his home As always,

from

Kagoshima are

a

part

of the congregation. Everywhere I

visit ,

t

i s so

Heading

home

by

train

on

Monday

I

visited

my

eye surgeon in

Kumamoto

said my eyesight continues to improve.

Due

to infection, however, I can not

eep a

contac t lense

in

i t

A problem I must take

care

of when I arrive in U.S.

The

older

I

ge t

(and the longer I

stay

in the Orient) the more impor

family relationships mean to me.Our family

is

pretty well spread ou t over

e

earth but getting together

is

s t i l l possible. I made a four day round tr ip

Taiwan, May

28-31,

to attend the graduat ion of grand-niece , Beth Bemo, from

Academy Her mother is my sister's(Isabel Dittemore) only daughter.

Daren.ts,

Allen

and

Janet

Bemo. are

missionaries i n nor thern Thailand.

was a ls o p re sen t

so

a great

f amily t ime

was combined

with

Beth's

school

I f th e l as t l et te r t a lked a lo t about funera l s

tnen

t h i s on e must

three weddings. Al l

three

are important

because

th e

three

brides are

daughters to us . April 29,

i t

was n\y joy to perf orm th e wedding fo r

Atsu-

i Otsubo

Nozomi

Ikeda . She

i s

the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ikeda who

serve

e

Tannegashima

church.

We have known

he r since sh e

was

born.

The

church

wed

was

joyful

and

th e

r ecep tion the same. They planned

i t themselves includ

th e

menu. They sang

themselves

and had everybody

else

singing,

too. Great

he same week.

May 3, Tibbs

and I

a tt ended the church

wedding and

reception of

sato Tobo and Junko Inamoto. She was a wonderful Christian

girl f i r s t in

Sue-

shi church

and

then

in Kanoya.

I t

was good to be a part of

their

new

l i fe

to

The third wedding was

held at

Nakano

church,

Tokyo,

June

22.

I t

was

long journey fo r

Pauline

I: bu t an

impartant

ane. .Bo.thYasuo Fukudome and Nori-

o Kusumoto have been our

neighbors fo r

over 30 years.

And

Noriko was

Faith's

dhood playmate.

They have retained tha t f ri endship int o

their

adult years.

Pauline and I a ttended the wedding and

reception

as members

of

th e Kusumoto

Christians weddings ar e

different.

They

ar e

joyful.

They ar e

full

of

Faith and I both spoke at

th e

reception.

Pauline

and I ahd Faith and

attended

Sunday A.M. services at Minato church, Yokohama,

Bro.

lijima min

before heading back home Bro. Oka met us at the

t ra in s ta t ion

to lead us

th e

church.

Special reunion there with Makoto Motoyoshi and his three sons,

e

of

whom i s namec

Well, we are ending our

sixth

term of service in^Japan and heading to

U S

for a time ;We are bringing our teaching, preaching iS-classes-to-an-end.

Indies,who meet twice monthly,have

hand made

paper

dolls

to

serve

as

for Pauline to take

home

as gifts. I have been

trying

to ge t a lot of

done that should have been done a long time ago. One of those

things

is

a new catalogue

ou t fo r th e

Christian

Center Bookstore. We

have also

or revised

or

reissued

or

reprinted 6 books and 4

other

books in

loose-

the last month. The walking space there is

now

filled withJiookSi

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leave

Japan June

18.

We will

be

visiting

family.inembers and

churches

to Pierre SD where we have a ca r

in storage.

From September

1st t i l l th e

nd of November we will be

teaching

at Minnesota Bible College, 920 Mayowood Rd.

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that write

us at

Box

208, Amelia, OH 45102.

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preparation

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ians were

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us

and give

us a

tearful

U\ departure. It was hard to leave them, our family,

Walter

and

l\

Mary, and our new missionaries, A1 and Rhonda Juve.

\ Though extremely tired, the Lord has been with us throug

out

our very long journeys. We

spent

our first month

visit ing

as

many

of our family members as pos sib le: PAULA

and

Kiyoto Yanagimoto

and

f o u r c h i l d r e n i n Millet , A l b e r t a C a n a d a ; FAITH a n d P au l A xto n a t

I Phoenix,

Arizona; HOPE and Nathan

Reader in

Houston, Texas

and GRE

I Mi and Beverly Maxey in Amelia, Ohio. (They have a new daughter born Nov

/ / /

/

ember

18, Meredith

Ann.)

/

/ /

j

We

visited

our

family

members: Alvin

and

MARY

ELLEN

Giese

in

/ V

j

Storm

Lake, Iowa; TIBBS in El Paso, Texas; my mother s grave in Claremore,

1 /

Oklahoma; ISABEL Dittemore in Tulsa, Oklahoma;

VICTOR

and Lois in Cincinnat

f Ohio

and t h e i r

c hild re n a nd

families;

my b r o t h e r JOHN s (deceased) wife, Lois

and h er d au gh te r

and family,

al l in

the

Cincinnati

area

and BRYAN

and

Kathryn

in

Defiance, Ohio.

We visi ted my f a t h e r s

g r a v e

in Circleville,

Ohio where

also on

Aug

ust

24,

Pauline

and

I attended the

50th

ann iv er sa ry o f the graduation of the 1935 class of

Circlevile

High. It

was a memorable occasion of

recollection

and

renewal

of

friendships.

I

had seen

only

two of my

classmates

during

that

50 year period.

We visi ted Pauline s family: GUY and

Coleen

Pethtel

in

Salt Lake

City;

ROY and

Margeret and ALLEN in A kron , Ohio and BOYD and Edith Pethtel

in

Brecksvil le,

Ohio.

Also Pauline s

niece, ROBERTA

and Jay Longawa

of La Moille,

Illinois,

where I

also cele

brated

my

68th

bir thday.

The re newa l

of

all

these

family

relat ionships have been

very

p re cious t o u s a s

you can

imagine.

And the

chance

to

spend some

time with

one s family

is

one of the very important reasons for fur lough.

m.

ELCO


16/16

Along the way we

have

spoken at these churches; King Edward Park chu rch,

Ed

monton, Alberta;

East

Tulsa(OK) Christian, Second Chri st ian Chu rch , Houston, Texas, Firs

Church

of Chr is t, P ie rr e,

South

Dakota; Christian

Church,

Ancona , I ll inoi s;

North

Ridge

C hurch of C hris t Circleville,

Ohio,

F irs t C hurch of C hris t Defiance,

Ohio;

C hurch of

C hris t at

Defiance,

Ohio and

for

the Loyal Berean

Class,

Chri st ian Chu rch ,

Nor th Vernon ,

I nd ia na . This

was the

occasion

of the dedication of

their

new build ing. Thre e other former

mi n i s t e r s

a n d

t h e i r w iv es w ere a lso

t h e r e

P a u l i ne

a n d

I w e r e

t h e r e

f rom 1941-1944

a n d

N o r t

Vernon

still

remains our

legal

address and home

of

the

Kyushu

Christian Mission. It

was a

thrill to meet

our

young people of yesteryear

still

firm in

the

faith

40

years

later. Rozanna

Hartwell, our

forwarding

secretary,saw

that

we were

well

ta ken care

of.

I

also

was able to

get at

new

Indiana

driver s

license.

I

had

to

take

a

d river s t es t

because

of

my

age

and

the

fact my

old one

had

expired

a few

years back.

The

1979 Chrysler that Walter and I had used on previou s furloughs had

been

in

storage

at Hoist Motors, Pierre SD. Bill Hoist had i t revived

and

ready

to

go

when

we

arrived

there.

So

after

a wonderful welcome

at

P ierr e, t ha t became our means

of transpor

tation.

It

is a very

comfortable

and economical car .

I had

promised

John Cachiaras, Academic Dean

at

Minnesota

Bible

College, Roch

ester MN, that I would

teach

a

missions

course for the fall quarter. We spent a week there

in August_getting^the course, outline

prepared

Also_the^feculty_wiyes

.and frieads at the

_

Meadow

Park Church of Christ had furnished

a

two

room

apartment for us in the

married

couples dorm. So we were able to

set up housekeeping and

get on with

our

work immediatel

Getting

the course

prepared and teach ing, day

by

day,

has been far more

work

than

I

imagined.

I

had

no

previous

long-term

classroom material

in

hand

so

i t

was

a

matter

of

keeping

ahead

of

my

s tuden ts eve ry day.

I

exposed them to much of the

material I

have

written in

addition

to the text, A History of Christianity in Japan by Drummond. I had 22

students and four

auditing. As usual ,

the

teacher

learned more

than

t he s tudent s. Pauline

attended the class every day

.

For Missions

Emphasis Week, I

preached three times

and

Pauline

gave

the final message. 8 students pledged

themselves

as missionary rec ru it s and

approximately 5000 was promised by the students to use for missions during the year.

Pauline also taught

the

class once

but

was prevented from doing more because of

her

health

I

was asked to give

the

address

for

Convoca tion so had

a chance

to walk down the aisle

with

the other augus t p ro fe sso rs i n full regalia.

Once is

fine

but I wouldn t want

to make

a

h a b i t o f i t

Along

the

way,

Pauline and I flew to Florida for the combined sta te an d mission

ary

convention. The fou r

Maxey

brothers

with

Isabel playing

sang

fo r

a

morning

breakfast.

I had a workshop on Life Time Committment and gave an address to the Friday afternoon

session. Spoke also at the Pine Hills church

in Orlando

and

the

Eau Gallie

church

in Mel

bourne.

We

spoke seven

times for the

Faith

Promise Rally

at the Wentzville (MO)

Christian

church

and

have held

three

al l day Mission Seminars at White Bear Lake, Redwood Fall s

and on

the

college campus

in Minnesota;

three times for a missions fair in Wisconsin and

for

17 Minnesota-churches,-including Madelia £tnd Truman, my first two minist ries 47 years

While

here,

Pauline I had physica l

check-ups a t

Mayo Clinic

and Pauline

had surgery

for

gallstones.lt

was a

rough

operation for her

but

she is

gradually getting

her

strength

back. Now

we have moved to Amelia,

Ohio

somewhat

east of

Cincinnati where

we will make our headquarters near Greg

and

Bev the rest of our furlough. Our mailing

address will be: PO BOX 208, AMELIA OH 45102.

Our

actua l house address will

be:

BLDG 3

APT 5, 1296

WHITE

OAK RD,

AMELIA

OH 45102

and our

phone number

is:

(513) 752-1799

May

you be

full

of

God s cheer at Christmas time and throughout the New Year

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