"Let them give glory unto the Lord and declare His praise in the Islands"isa.

42:12
VOL. 4

WILLAMINA, OREGON, JUNE, 1951

NO. 2

Mew Recruits To Mission

After basic training I was sent to Louisiana, along with my outfit, for futher training and then over seas. 1 served with the 43Cth AntiAi craft Artillery Battalion, attr.ehad to the 4th Armored Divi sion of 'the Third Army in the Eurr^psan Theater of Operations. Af ter V-E Day I served a tew months in the Army of Occupation and was honorably discharged the 28th of December, 1945. I had served
a total of 42 months with the army

GRACE FISH It was in the city of Buffalo, New York, on November 22, 1924, that I was born, the youngest child in a family of four children, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Herget. My ele mentary education was received
at number 74 scihool in Buffalo.

Little

Orphan Danny
Little Orphan Danny has come
to our house to stay

To satisfy our longing and

scatter sunshine's ray. For ten years we have desired a child, and now in God's own time

Fosdick-Masten Park High School brought new experiences into my

life as I becrnme active in music

and sports. I was graduated from high school lin June 1943 and be
gan work at the Bell Aircra't Plant

He has given to us a

baby boy.

before I resumed my old job wi.h

the rallrrad company.

Sad circumstances surrounded the

in defense work.

I accep.ed Christ as ai tlie a^e of fifteen, wise ci;unsel of my duriirg the ministry of

my Saviour under the mother and D. P. Shal'er

At that

I wa^ fortunate to have a

Chris

tian home and as far back as I can

of the Meadville cihurch.

older and

tims i:he;e was a strong group of

more mature Christians

ie;nem';er thei-e was always a per iod of family devotion and prayer. I attended Sunday school and ciiurch services regularly and soon
realized mv need for Christ as

baby's birth. Hi.s story as follows came to us froni some of the Nago Christian student nurses. A young lady, sister O'f one Christian stu
dent nurse, came from her home,

forming a young people's Christian

Endeavor
were

Lord and Saviour.

It was under

in
and

the
as

church.
"Crusaders

They
for

the preaching of Ernest H. Wray,

minister of the Church of Christ in Buffalo, that I was converted. I had realized that my life would l:e empty and without hope should I go on living it without Christ.
I became obedient to His com

a neighboring island, to Okinawa to find employment. As a wash girl in an army unit (where hard ships and temptations are multi plied) she became involved with
an American soldier. What is

known

Christ."

became

active

in

called a "G. I." baby was the re

A week later, due to a com plicated delivery, the mother died in a village hospital. Words from a dying mother to her siser revealed 'that the father, identity not verified, was seriously -hurt in an accide.'.t and died lan;r. She entreated the sister to care
for the child.

CARL and GRACE FISH

this group immediately following my ccnversion. Active participa'tion in this group and Its Christcen ered program brought me InLo a closer walk with my Lord and greatly aiiieti ni'! in my C.hri.stian gi'owih and IKe. Much of the in
struction and influe^ce from this

sult.

mands and was buried with my Lord lin Christian baptism on Sep
tember 15, 1940. It was then that

I felt the import of the apostle's

words recorded in Galatians 2:20: "I am crucified with Christ: nev

CA?:L FISH
1 was born on the 5th of Jan

roup e.^entualiy led me to dedi cate my whole life to the preach

ing of the go-spel message. To

uary, 1925. in Frankfort Springs,

a small coal-mining town in southw3stern Pennsylvania, the oldest Ol five children born lo Mr. and

Mrs. Raymond Fish.

In 1933 my

parents moved to the northwestern part of the state near to the city of Meadville. My first six years
of grade school education was re
ceived in one-room schools, both

the grace of my Heavenly Father, the prayers and inteiests of these young people and my loved ones. I owe my survival, both of physical and spiritual life, during World
War II.

Having gone off to war at the age of eighteen. I had grown up

rapidly, just as did many of our

ertheless I live; yet not I. but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of G-od, who loved me, and gave himsel: for me." This new life brought new knowledge and new knowl edge brought new responsibilities.

That care would have meant nu merous problems though, as her

nursing examinations and gradua

tion

were

impending,
child of a

Marriage

was in the offing, too. for this sif

ter. and a mixed mar

riage in their family would always

be questionable. So after much discussion, we received the baby to love and care for as our own. We named him Dan(ny) Ray, At present we are

1 began serving the Lord Jesus by

teaching the children in the be ginners' department of the Sun day school. I also sang in the choir, taught Daily Vacatiion Bi

in the southern and northern parts

o; the state. The final two yeai's I attended a consolidated school
nearer to Meadville. The follow

boys during that period.

returned home I viewed

When life more

making plans to adopt him,

Danny boy needed a monnnie and daddy; we needed a son. How strange and wonderful are the ways of God, Again Paul's words,

seriously

than

ever

before.

Re

ing four years in high school brought varied experiences as 1

became active in the high school
band and ivi.ies. I inter-mural sports actwas graduated from

turning to my old job with the railroad 'company, I soon grew rest less and dissatisfied. Only after
\ had entered Atlanta Christian

ble School, and led in the young

people's group. In the fall of 1943 I enrolled in

College did a calm and feeling or deep satisfaction ccme into my

Atlanta Christian College, Atlan ta. Georgia, to better fit rafc'self

for Christian service and leader

"My God shall supply all of your needs . . . " is being fulfilled.
Emeline Woodruff

Meadville high school in the spring

of 1942, and immediately landed a

heart.
work I

Here was the only kind of

could ever do in life and

ship. Down deep in my heart I longed for the day when I could
tell the Good News of Christ to a people that had never heard it. It seems that I entertaiined these

job as teletype clerk with the Erie Railroad Company. Here was my oppertunity to earn money for a college education later, although I Ind vague ideas at the time as to my choice of vocation. Our .ountry had been pluiigod into war the winter of my last term in high school and I was not
permitted to continue my personal

be

thoroughly happytelling

oth

ers of the

Lord Jesus Christ and

His paving message. I began my training at Atlanta Christian College, Atlanta, Ga., in 'September, 1946. There I met Miss Grace Herget who was to be come my wife a year later. Grace was graduated in the spring of
1947 and we transferred to Minne

Carl Gets Pledge For Living-Link

The Okinawa Christian Mis

thoughts from the very beginning

of my Christian life. While still in Bible college I met Carl Fish
who also had similar ambitions to

sion is happy to announce that the Austin, Minnesota, Church of Christ has accepted Carl

sota Bible College late that same

winter.

plans and ambitions after I had reached my eighteenth birthday. Within three months of this day I was indu.'teJ into the army, and began my basic training in Texas.

It was definitely the leading of

the Lord that brought us to Minne(Continued on page four)

serve Christ on a foreiign field. I was graduated in June, 1947, with the A.B. degree, and Carl and I were united in marriage in Au gust of that same year in Buffalo. Carl completed a year and one
quarter at Atlanta Christian Col-

Fish as living-link missionary and have pledged his support

of $100.00 per month. This is encouraging news to us as well as to Carl and Grace, who are making plans to go to Oki-

nawa Just as soon as necessary

funds and equipment are avail
able.

(Continued on

page three)

Page 2

OKINAWA CHRISTIAN MISSION

discovered a very happy thing
that our sickness is not Divine

Words of Thanks
"Dear Brothers and Sisters of Sakimotobu Church:

the even'lng service. We have wor

ship, study, and the Lord's Supper

punishment.
I discovered

It is a plan of God.
After a few days
thing that another

in the village meeting house for

the twelve Christians and about

Financial Statement
January, February, March, 1931
GENERAL RECEIPTS

(The following is a letter of thanks 'from a patient at Airalcuen leper colony;)

How glad I was! made me happy:

that we must

"Thank you very tnuch for your kind ChPistmaa present of much firewood which we received yes

have God's Judgment day, and that the Lord is the only way of Salva tion. At that time a hope began to burn in my empty heart. This hope was that df we obey God's
commands we shall be saved from

terday morning.

You have no idea

how glad we were to get it because we were suffering from lack of

God's judgment.
that our sickness

Now I can say

is Heaven's

thirty others who come for Bible study. This is Che home of Mr. Kinjo, one of the three native pas tors, who helps in two of the three services held weekly in his village. His pastoral work is limited to this participation as he must give full time to the providing of a living for his large family. The second weekly service is

Church of Christ, Cottage

Grove, Ore

50.00

Lt. B. M. Land, Okinawa ..

Chaplain Griffin's Chapel

100.00

firewood.

'We divided your firewood among the old and disabled peo ple. They like tea very much and
in order to have It they usually go
wood which drift in from some

blessing, and those who laugh at us lepers seem to me very poor.

held at Yabu for the young people

in the meeting house. There are about twenty young men and wom en of college age attending this class, and their number is gradu ally increasing as is their interest and participation in the Bible study. 'There is much opportunity to sow good seed among the young
people and we are confident of a good harvest in due season. There are also about the same number of children in attendance with their unlimited possibilities for
Ohrist.

I am wondering why my heart changed like that? I can't under

stand it.

to the seashore to get pieces of

where, for it Is the only wood avail*

able. But now I see many old peo ple drinking tea with a smile and whenever they desire it. What a happy sight 4t is! "We are living on this small island whlc'h people dislike and are afraid of because we are lepers. Many people outside say, 'It is Di vine punishment.' But literally on this island it is a garden of love
We call the island

"When we recall the history of Airaguen, there are many sad stories. The older lepers were greatly persecuted by the people of the island. There were the per secutions of Yabu, Arashiyama. and the Sumuide persecution. Af ter the persecution the lpers went
to the government and asked them

and com'fort.

Airakuen: -Ai, meaning love; -raku, meaning comfort, and -en, meaning garden, it is very diffi cult to explain this to you. It is only when you become a leper that you understand it. People outside say to the lepers, "There Is only one 'way of salvation for you, and that is If you parch beans, sow them, and then if they put forth buds you will be saved by God.' Before the war many people sa'id, A leper is not a man.' Even tea chers said this, and the govern ment did not care about lepers and yet they said, 'I am a teacher' and 'I am a politician.' After the va.r, however, our love garden be came a happier and more beauti ful place and we are having a bet ter life because of the great un derstanding of the Americans. Lit tle by little Oklnawans are begin ning to understand about leprosy also. It OMikes us very happy. "I have good news to tell you. We now have hope because a new medicine has come to this garden, and is having good results. (This oaediciue is promine.) Please be aappy with. us. "Do you know what was in my mind before I passed through thei gate of this garden? At that tilme I had nothing In my heart. I was the same as a dead person. Of course, I did not have hope, be cause many people said to me, When you pass through the gate >f Airakuen you must forget and rou must throw away your hopes.' 3o I entered this garden without aope. Then I found a strange julldlng here which people used jnly on Sunday. It seemed to me I very wonderful building. What io you think it was? It was a Uhurch. I go there every Sunday :o beguile my hours. One day I

to bu^ild some place for lepers to stay. There was nothing else to do. It moved the government at last and the result was good, Therefore we got about 6000 tsubo (1 tsubo equals 6'x6'; 1200 tsubo equal about one acre) for the lep
ers and after the war 4000 tsubo

Group, Okinawa 23.55 Refund from Agric. Exp. 'Station for tomato seeds 23.05 Mrs. Lois Bankhead, Port land, Ore BO.OO Connie Koch, Indianapo lis, Ind 2.00 Mel Hu'cklns (part payment on freight on H.H. goods) 22.15 Mrs. I. J. Bartel, Dallas, Ore lOO.OU Church of Christ, Elmira, Ore 22.14 Mrs. Thomas R. Booker Jr., Cunningham, Wash 10.00

Now back to Sakimotobu again

for a Wednesday afternoon class In the elementary school. An av
erage of 175 students attend tlhis

Okinawa Shrine Club, Oki

nawa 30.00

First Chris'tiian Church Bi

class and are eager to hear the Bi ble stoiies. Three of the teachers

ble School, Ore

Salem, Ore

Lebanon,
43.50 16.50

Court St. Christian Church,

First Christian Church, Lexington, Ky High School Class, Church
of Christ. Zillah, Wash.

more, so today we "have 10,000 tsu

are Christians and they help and encourage the children In every
way possible. We feel that two other teachers will make their stand soon. One Christian teacher is the music instructor and we cer tainly are tihrilled as these chil

bo for our people. In this garden we have many houses and fields and many huts for domestic ani mals. Some of the young people
work in the fields with horses or
cows.

27.46
10.50
5.00

Mr. and Mrs. John Perry.

..Indianajolla. Ind.

"In this garden there are aboui 900 patients, and 25 children who
are not leprous. Of course they are living away from us and at tend a school, like yours, in the next village. "Every year with each season we have lovely guests come here on cheerful visits. We ask them about our <lear home and our dear country. Many people are afraid to visit here, but you know there
are some small birds who come

dren sing the Gospel hymns. On Wednesday evening we meet with the Yabu adults for Bible study. Mr. Higa is the native pas
tor here and a very capable leader of his people. There have been many harvests in this village and

Christian Church, Florence,

Ore Church of Christ, Anacortes, Wash 22.00 21.12 iq.qo
5.00

Church of Christ, Pipestone,

Minn

Mrs. Holly, Tacoma,

Wash CIX Class, Pine St. Chr. Ch., Tacoma, Wash

there will be many more. Mr. Higa

is present at the three services

5.00

(Continued on Page Five)

here to play very happily with us, and some birds make their homes
(Continued on Page Four)

Mel Huckins (payment on freight of H.H. goods) .. Church of Christ, Sisters Ore Christian Church, Woodburn, Ore
Chap. (MaJ.) James C. Grif fin, Oli'Inawa Christian Church, Wllllamspsrt, Ind

22.15 25.00

25.00
50.00
5.00

"That All

Rolyne Kammerer Family,

North Bend, Nebr Christian Church, Sclo, Ore Church of Christ, Bow, Wash Sgt, Richardson, Okinawa C. E. Group, Christian
Ch., St. Helens, Ore

20.00 50.00 10.00 10.CO

20.00

Vlight Hear'
We need more men to take this

island for Christ, but we are well armed and not retreating! With the help of Yoshimltsu Higa we are now teaching in four more vil lages a total of nine times a week. This is in addition to spe
cial classes which are held when

(Contlned on Page Three)

OUR MOTTO "A Missionary Volunteer Is
A MIND

ever there is opportunity in other villages and the personal contacts In our homes where people often come with questions or for teach ing. On the first day of the week we go to the village of Sakimotobu. 45 minutes by Jeep from Nago, for

Through which Christ thinks,

A HEART

Through which Christ loves,

A VOICE
EMELINE and HARLAN

Through which Christ speaks,

A HAND

WOODRUFF

Through which Christ helps."

OKINAWA CHRISTIAN MISSION

Page 3

Financial

guerite) West Seattle Christian Ch.,

30,00

Seattle, Wash. (L.L. for

Interested In The Word

Statement
(Continued)
First Christian Church.

Elmeline for Jan, and

Mill City. Ore

Christian Church, Oak-

9.

Feb.) 20().00 Mr. and Mrs. Noble Walton, BelKngham, Wash. (L.L. for Marguerite) 2B.00 Church of Christ, Willamina, Ore. (for Native Pastor) 30.00

ridge, Ore
Court St. Church of Christ,

14,
10.

Ths Dallas, Ore

Cliurch of Christ, Council

Grove, Kansas
Lucille Slatter, Jerome,

24.
5.

First Christian Church, New berg, Ore. (L.L. for Harlai, Jan.-June) 600.00 F'irit Chrisfan Church, New berg, Ore. (Support of Marguerite) 31.75
Bible School. First Chi is-

Idaho
Jlel Huckins (final pay

ment on freight on H.H.

goods)
Church of Christ, Anacor-

22.
19.
5.
25.

tes. Wash
CIX Class, Pine St. Chr.

Ch., Tacoma, Wash

Christian Church, Canby,

Ore
Mr. and Mrs. John Perry,

Indianapolis, Ind
Lt. B. M. Land, Okinawa Christian Church, Rosalia, Wash
ChurJh of Christ, Winona.

5.
100. 4.
10-

Minn Ladies' Mission C'rcle, Ch.

16.18 For photosraphic printing papsr fcr Okinawan pho tographer 50.00 Dan A. Jackson. Nanipa. Ida ho (for postage on slides) 1.00 Church of Christ, Thorp, Wa-h (L.L. for Mel for March, April and May) .. 300.00 DicK Juneinann, Brawley. Cal if. (Support of Margue;ite) 10.00 Sisterhood, Chui':!! of Christ. Amity, Ore. (for medi cine) 6.ro $1,481.43
DISBURSEMENTS

tian Ch.. Newterg, Ore. (-'o>- children's work) ....

This is a portion of the Bible class at Izume.

roofed shack.

This class meets

in a dirt or, when it rains, a mud and water floored, leaky metal But they do not mind especially when it is one of

their daily classroc-ms and then the Bible teaching is more important
than the mud and rain anyway.

of Christ (Christian), Je rome, Ic!aho

Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Morse,

15.

Minneapolis, Minn
Chris ian Church, Florence, Ore
Central Christian Church,

5.
26.

Living-link to Harlan (Jan uary-June) ^ cor.o)

Living-link to Emeline (Jan

Univ. Church of Christ C.E.

Mission Fund, Minneapo

GRACE

FISH

(Continued from

pane one)

lis, Minn
Amkassadors for Christ,

15.11

lege before we transferred to Min

uary-February)
L:\'iig-link to Mel

:
(Febru

200.00
400.C0 300.00
50.00

Minneapolis, Minn
Church of Chii.:t, Cleveland. Minn
Mr. and Mrs. Harrold McFar-

?4.08
28.50

Prosser, Wash 56. Missionary Circle, Ch. of Christ, Willaniina, Ore. 5. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ford, Kansas City, Mo 10.' Chu ch of Christ, Anacortes, Wash 22. CIX Class, Pine St. Christian fan Church, Tacoma,
Wash 5.

ary-May) Living-link to Magueiite (February-April) Photogi-a."hic printing pape;

nesota Bible College in January, 1948. It was in the spring of this same year that we became ac quainted" with Harlan and Emeiine
Woodruff. Our hearts were stirred

iand, Willernie, Minn. ..

Mr, and Mrs. Cloyd Christ-

5.00 23.00

as

they

brought
of the

the
need

stories
for

and
and

pictures
their

Okinawans

Renewal cf nviiling permit Ai-miil postafe. stamps and

MO. fee?

10.CO
14.69

man, Minneapolis. Mlun.

Scandinavian Church of

immediate

Christ.

When we expressed our desire to

go to some miss'ion field after com

Christ, Minneapolis,
Minn lO.OO

Postage on bullet'ns

15.94

2000 copies bulletin

rost of cuts

169.20
16.18

Church cf Christ,

Staples,
29.52

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fish,

Minneapolis, Minn Mr. ?nd Mrs. M. C. Smith, Minneapolis, Minn W. H. Boyce, Akron, Ohio Cpl. Richard L. Sarrazin, Yalesville, Conn
Lucille Slattsr, Jerome,

25.i
10.' lOO.i 5.' 15.'

St'atiDnery-letterheads
PoninPlii

14-.30
S.fO

Minn Miss June Enabnit, Minne

pletion of college training. Harlan immediiitely suggested that we seriously consider working with
them on Okinawa. Our answer at

apolis, Minn
Students of Minnesota Bible

1.00

that time was not definite, but our thoughts from that day on were of
the Okinawans. It seemed that

Streptomycin Rubber stamps and

pad?

12.00 ink
3.45

College.
Minn

Minneapolis,
126.74

newer and stronger linterest grew

Interpreters
Caruenters

75.00
664.82

Mr. Wairen Canfleld, M'inneapolis, Minn

1.00
19,00

within our hearts as time passed. We also received much encourage ment from one of our college pro
fessors at MBC who had also been

Idaho
West Seattle Christian

Native pastors

40.00

Church of Christ, Farihaiilt,

Minn

Ga-joliae, oil and grease,

tire and Jeep exhaust repa r

Church. Seattle, Wash.

25.' $1,429.1

59.lo

Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wood, Minncar-olis. Minn

Kodachrome
SPECIAL AND LIVING-LINK

tUm

12.00
2";0.7.? 35.33
for

6.22 $348.67 $

Harlan's professor and friend dur ing his college days. Tlie following fall brought Melvln and Marguerite Huckins to

Plumbing sur plies

House roof tile

Church of Christ, Walterville. Ore. (L.L. for Mar-

DISBURSEMENTS

Sieel rainforcing rods 37.1

water house

Car expanse
Picture Balance cut in Fish account

13.98
3.50

MBC and we grew to be very close friends. Carl and Mel served sis
ter churches in Wisconsin. At the

f-iievlte) $ Mary Leona McKav, Port

land, Ore. (for Mar

11.95
io.08 6.80 1.00

Truck rent for hauling

Telesr.im

17.48

time

we did not realize that

we

guerite)

3.1

Sawing lumber at mill

March

31,

1951

331.19

would be working together on the same mission field a year or two

later.

Chi'rch of Christ, Selah,

Wash. (L.L, for Mar

$3,014.30 37.1
CARL & GRACE FISH ACCOUNT

RECAPITULATION

guerite) Church of Christ. Zillah,

Wash. (L.L. for Mar guerite)

91.1

$ Gpva'd ^\'il;iAms, Minneapo

lis, Minn

Ml', and M's. Carl Fish, Minneapolis, Minn

Gene-al Rece'pts $1,429.89 Special and living-link .... 1,481.43

Brouqht forward 328.62

We hope that our present stud ies of the Japanese language will
help us to better acquaint our selves with these people of the Orient whom we live grown to iove. We constantly look forward
to the day when we can make these desires of our hearts a real

10.00
30.00
9.50

TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS
BALANCE Due Harlan on Loan

3,239.94 3,014.30
225.64

Primary Dept., First Chris tian Ch.. Newberg, Ore.

(Special) 12.1

Church of Christ. LaCrosse.

Wis Mr. ani Mrs. Nicholas J.

ity.

Pray that we may be able to

Christian Church. Sutherlin,

Ore. (L.L. for Mar

Mulchin,

Titusville.

Pa.

10.00

.$1,500.00

go soon to the land of OPPORTU NITY FOR CHRIST.

Page 4

OKINAWA CHMSTIAN MISSION

strengthening their faith In
tait that Jesus lives which

Communion At Eastertime

the
she

CARL FISH
(Continued from page one)

strongly believes. Several briei' messages of appreciation and fare

well were given by Christiana rep resenting the various villages, and
at the close of the service an el-

sota Bible College.

It was at MBC
Emeline

that we met harlan and

de.ly gentleman suggested that they "pass the' hat" for Yurika. They did and the offering amount
ed to nine dollars.

Because ol' the faith and hope the Resurrection instills, the

Woodruff as they toured the mid west before returni ng to Okinawa. It was then we first learned of the need of the Okinawan people for Christ, and ol their Immediate response to the teachings of New Testament Christianity. When the
Woodruffs saw our Interest they

hearts of many Okinawan Chris

tians now burn within them as

they walk the Emmaus road with

Christ. Somehow good came out of that terrible war and the price

tnat was paid was not too high if it opened another door for the Gos pel. Now, though there be "wars
and rumors of wars" the hearts

o: these who believe In God will be

Jk

still.

Marguerite Hucklns
LSTTETR OF THANKS

urged us to ser.ously consider working with them In this needy field. From that time to the pres ent We hare never ceased praying that the Lord might richly bless the Okinawans with the Gospel of Christ and if It be His will, we might be two of the channels through which His love story would flow to them. Again, MBC brought us into close friendship and fellowship with Melvln and Marguerite Huckiins. We became
fast friends and icio-laborers in the

Easter Sunday fellowship communion service. This was Yurika's

last communion service with the Christians from the many viilages.
West Seattle will no doubt be interested particularly as the two

(Continued from Page Two)

in the trae.=< of this garden. We are separated from society, so we want to see you and to talk with you very much. Therefore, if you have time please visit our garden
of love and comfort."

ministry, travelling together every

weekend to our places of ministry

in Wisconsin where we preached for neighboring mission churches.

At that time we did not realize we

pictures they sent are very prominent in the front wall.

EASTER 19al
in their throats and there is every

would
field.

be again laboring side

some far

by

side on

distant mission

Six years have passed since in

ih Btillnesfl before another Easter dawn our troops landed on Oki nawa, and the hearts of an island people, throbbed with fear as they wormftd their tortuous way back

where the promise of Sprang. Soon

the Christians will be on the road

"Dear Students of Saliimotobu

Sunday School:
School also and many students attend ev ery Sunday. Almost all of these
s-udents do not have brothers, sis

AJLer serviing nineteen months with the church at Billings Creek, Ontario, Wisconsin, Grace and I

happy and with the refrain of some hymn on their lips as they
walk to the little white Church to

"Here we have Sunday

made definite plans to go to Oki

nawa. I had been graduated from Minnesota Bible College 'in June, 1950, with the A.B. degree, and
continued with the church in WIs-

into the hills, or crawled into the black depths of a bomb shelter somewhere and waited. The battleOeet and carrier planes and
wave after wave of the invasion

knew

what

they

had

come

for.

Well, you know the rest of the story. War took its inevitable toll
on both sides and left its indelible
mark which time can blur but nev

er quite erase.

Many Okinawans

never saw ihe valleys of their home again. Mav of the soldiers instilled with Jac-an's militarism took the only "honorable" way out.
Somatimes I think there are more

widows on OkinawA than anyone else. One hundred young people, kO'th boys and girls, vook a narrow, winding i-oad that led up to a jag ged cliif and leaped to the-lr death. You can sea the place today it
Is called Suicide Cliff. Those who

hold 'in sacred and joyful remem brance , the resurrection of their Lord. Forgotten are the fears of that other Easter morning, and where black despair once smol dered on the altar of their hearts, hope now burns. A sunny day In Mat'C'h is as rare on Okinawa as a snowstorm in any othsr month of the year, so we had rain. The day itself is significant, however, not the w^eather. About 200 people, including Christians from Nago, Yabu and Togiichl. met for the morning service. After the song service and before the messaee a medley of hymns was played on the ciannet, and a group of Toguchi girls sang "There Is Sunshine in My Soul" in memory of the day one year ago when they
became Christians. Mel Hucklns

ters or parents, yet they do not say 'We are lonely.' They go to Church and they pray for health. Have you, with brothers and sis
ters and parents, experienced a loneliness in your hearts. This loneliness I cannot adequately explain its meaning to you. Now I will present a children's verse to you. This is one of the verses ex pressing loneliness which was written by a student o! the Sunday School: 'Even the carp can swim with their parents, why cannot I walk with my parents?' We never forget our brothers and sisters and dear parents. Brothers and sisters who are living with your parents!
Make this a nation of love. Which
Is the best worker for Christ

co'nsln until the tail term of school.

On December 31. 1950, I was or dained to the ministry lin my home chur:h in Meadville, Pa., by Broth
er D. P. Shafer. The GI Bill of

Rights gave me further opportu nity for one year's schooling, so we returned to MBC to take post

graduate work and to enter the University of Minnesota to study the Japanese Language. After school ends in mud-June we plan to lour churches of the mid-west, east
and southeast In the Interest of

the Mission and for the purpose of raising the amount of money
necessary for passage and other

additional supplies. The Lord will ing, we plan to sail for Okinawa

you or our leper children?

You

brought the challenge, "Why seek and

i^d come back faced the hopeless '.3k of piecing together what re, ixained of their homes, and of turn farm

ye the living among the dead?" Yoshimitsu Higa interpreted. We had tentatively planned a hike to Todoroki Palls for a picnic
lunch and -the afternoon service

can do more than they can, can't you? "In conclusion, I hope that you can go to Church every Sunday

by December of thi!s year. \\'e have great joy as we anticipate going to the Ryuku Islands with
the Good News of Christ. We

and that you will become a very fine worker for Christ, and that
Sakimotobu Church will grow. God

thank all of you who have helped and are helping to send us. Pray
for us.

ing that dry, bloodstained soil to land again.

- Th'is >aster in the stillness be fore the dawn a B-29 roars over head and there is the drone of oth-

with- baptisms at the foot of the falls, but it was stilt raining at noon so we decided not to go and
ate our lunch here instead. The

bless each Christian and every in

dividual's mission.

For a presentation of the work in your church, please contact us at 1507 University Ava., S.E. Min
neapolis H, Minnesota.

"Yours sincerely, in Christ "A Representative of Airakuen"

(This le'.ter was translated from

.ers in the distance.

A. few hours

afternoon

meeting

began

at two

All

gift

parcels

and

packages

later the boom of heavy field ar tillery echoes acrofJs the bay in .practice for war, but the island is peaceful, fresh and green in the

o'clock and lasted until about five.

The Christians had fellowship about the Lord's Supper and Yurika, who is leaving soon to at

the Japanese into English by our interpreter and although it has un doubtedly lost qu'lte a bit through translation. It still has an unusual

should be sent to the missionaries in care of their A.P.O. address. Send them to Harlan Woodruff or

morning rain and the dry brown

earth drinks deep and Is refreshed. The ong of birds is fudl and sweet

tend Tokyo Bible ,Seminai*y, brought her last message to the people ^he has so faithfully taught.

ly powerful and appealing

sage, we believe.
guerite.)

mes
Mar

Mel and

Melvln Hucklns, as follows: c/o Office of Chaplain, Rycom A.P.O. 331, c/o P.M.
San Francisco, Calif.

OKINAWA CHRISTIAN MISSION "THAT ALL MIGHT HEAR"

(Continued from Page Two)
conducted in Yabu, and has wor

Page 5

ship, study, and communion ser

vice for the Christians each Lord's Day evening. He also teaches each week In the villages of Naka-

gathered. Wire had to be strung from the generator to the school where we then set up the equip ment out in the open, using the jeep as a platform. Our hearts were thrilled as the service final ly besan with a chorus the school
children had memorised. Then a

yama and Asahigawa where there

have been several conversions. It

great hush came over tlie multi

tude as Yoshimitsu told the story of the Prodigal Son. Many ex clamations could be heard throushout the group as the people began
to understand the love of the One

is always a thrill to meet with Mr. Ki^a and the Yabu Christians.
Our fifth Bible study is held

again at Sakimotobu for the young people. Most of the older young people are working for the army away from home, so this class is attended by all ages. During the
week of Christmas, the village

God. When the story was finished a teacher rushed forward and pleaded for us to "come again
soon and teach with the 'eclectric

pictures' because it is so easy to undersland." That night the Word

completed its first electric light system, and on the evening of Jan uary 4, we began to teach with colored slides. They certainly like this type of teaching, and their in
creased sions. attendance since then

of God went out to over 750 peo

ple, the majority of whom had nev
er before heard of the true God.

The last service of the week Is

held cn 'the little island of Scscko.

Ths Bible class at ToguchI, the village that Is the home of Pastor

Nishihira.

Third row from bottom left, beginning with third person, Next is

brings the hope of many conver There were over 100 peo ple present for the last picture presentation of Gospel truth. Our greatest joy comes as we

One of the tv/o classes is held in

the school where about 200 stu

is Mr. Nakasone, who is being trained to help Mr. Nishihira; he Is a fine man who will be a great asset to the cause of Christ. Yoshimitsu HIga, our interpreter.
in the row.

dents eagerly listen to the Bible

stories. Afterwards a study is pre sented for the adults. The work
on this little island will be slow,

Yurika Shimada is the sixth person

wind our way back Into the hills and finally come to a beautiful little valley and the little village
of Izume.
field

This is an entirely new

the Bible had ne^er

where

before besn taught. It 'is much to the advantage of the Gospel that this village is ba^C'k away from the inHuenee of the larger cities. The elementai"y school mnsier was

as we can only go when the sea is calm enough for the little con verted landing craft to safely car ry the jeep across, but there Is a wonderful opportunity when it is possible to go, and we will be ready.
We have received calls from otiiei' villages and islands to coine
and teach. To some we can say

only for yourseir? Won't you p ay go give that every person might hear and come to
the knowledge of salvation?
Mel Huckins

in

Old

Testament

first

five

books.

eager for us to hold classes In the

school buildings and requested that we begin the following week after we first Inquired as to the possibil ity. When we arrived on the ap pointed' day we found that not one ef the several class buildings would hold the more than five hun dred atuuents who wanted to hear ths "Jesus story." It was a beautiful, warm day so we had them all gather in a semiclrole out on the grounds and began to teaeh them the simple Gospel choruses, and told- the story of the Good Samaritan. Since then win ter has come and made it impos

Annual Report
May 31, 1950 to May 31, 1951
Baptisms, 76;
22.

"Yes," but to many more we must say, "Not now, but perhaps some day;" words that are cold and ne> er quite understood. Our hope and

One wedding solemnized in Mi yazato Clxurch Miyazato Chris tian young people. First aid administered dally. Clothing distributed in great quantities. Medicine providM I'or several patients suffering from tuberculo
sis and other diseases.

Greatest number

prayer is that more teachers will

come so that we will not have to

at any one time, 18. Classes scheduled weekly. 20 to

Packages and mail distributed to designated persons or families

from friends In the States.

refuse a plea for help. Oh, that Chrlitlans everywhere might pray
the Lord of the harvest to torust

cut laborers into the fields.

Oki

sible to meet outside, but this has

net kept the children from hearing more about Jesus. Each week more! than 400 students pack Into one of thai class buildings. Several of the teachers became very much 'interested and requested a class for. aduks, so we conducted a class for about 25 adults and young peo ple a-'ter the children's hour. Sev eral weeks ago Yoshimitsu menzioned to one c the teachers that

nawa needs Christ, and, m.ore than that, tkey realize their need. The people are calling for help, but how can they hear imless more come to them? Through our ef forts "5ome" can ihear, but the Bi ble says "aL" must hear. Are you who have salvation withholding from those who do not? Is your cup of salvation full and running over lo others, or are its contents

Villages reached: Nago, 5 class es; Yabu. 4 classes; Awa, 1 class; Sakimotobu, 3 classes; ToguchI, 2 classes; l2.ume, 3 classes; Asahi gawa, 1 class; Nakayama, 1 class
each tih'Ird week; Sesoko Island, 2 classes: le Shima Island, 4 class es monthly. New villages reached: Awa,

Two new Interpreters Yoshi mitsu Hlga and Fumiko Matooshi.

TRANSPORTATION
For some time

NEEDED
there has

been real and desperate need

for a vehicle for Mel and Mar

Izume, Nakayama, Asahigawa. le

Shima, Sesoko. New classes in old villages: kimotobu, Yabu.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Sa

guerite l-luckins to use In trav elling to their teaching points In other villages. The Jeep, taken to Okinawa by Harian in 1948, has been the only
means of travel for both mis

sionary families. This natur ally causes inconvenience and

Sakimotobu Christians observing

Lord s 'Supper. Yurika attending Bible College in Tokyo. Yabu Church building under con
struction.

slows up work at times. There is around $17.00 In a fund to

ward a vehicle for the Huck

ins

at

this

time,

but

there

needs to be much more before

one can be purchased. Per haps you would like to share in

MIyaiato Church building nearry

furnished.

we had. equipment for a:howing slides. The teacher quickly said thai the village dispensary had a small electric generator that could be used, and would we please bring them next weet. We had an ticipated a large crowd and so we

this project and send a tribution designated so.

con

Permanent

Mission

home

built

and nearly completed. A second missionary couple ar

rived on the field.

GIFTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS

It will expedite matters If you

A third couple recruited to the

work.

send all financial gifts for the mis sionaries or the general mission

fund

took along a portable public ad dress system, We lindevesimatad

at that, because the school grounds was the only place large enough
to assemble the multitude that had

Another native pastor working;

a total of four.

Willamina, Oregon.
record tary. it will

Mrs. Fendall at Since all mon ey has to go through the Mission

save time to

directly to

MARGUERITE, CONNIE, and

MUL HUCKINS

Two

natives

teaching

Sunday

send

School classes at Miyazato. Five students completed course

it directly to the Financial Secre

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OKINAWA CHRISTIAN MICSICN

The building is of cement blocks made by the mission carpenters.
At this date the walls and re-en

Work Startec On Yabu Church

Friday, February Tiie 12, the was little busy road

forcing posts are up to the top of

the windows. The next job is to

make
ment
ceived

the

forms (Later
this

and

pour a
the
been

ce re
com

village ul' Yabu was in a beehive

beam
that

around
had

entire

Df activity.

building.

word

was

with people coming" from every di rection I'roni Nago on this end iud from as far as Toguchi the oth-

pleted as of April 18, 1951.) We can certainly thank God for His provision of the material. We
started out to look for material

^r way. They were all dressed eady for work and the little "fuoshiki" tied bundles they tarried and supper. A

one day and

were

met the first

thing with cold facts about the im

mense cost tliat would be entailed

were tins of rice to fill the gap be-

;ween- breakfast

ittle plot of ground in Yabu was heir destination and soon quite a ;i-owd had gathered. Before the lay ended the Yabu Church had a
foundation.

in the undertaking. For some rea son, however, we did not accept
this and decided to look some

;olid

more. At last we wei'e guided to the right place and could hardly believe what we were told, but
arter papers were presented and a few te;e:)hone calls made we be

It was a big day for the little 'illage iind especiiillv for the faithul Christians who live and work

gan to praise God. For this rea

son:

here. 'ream

Their cherished hope and became a reality as they

brothers the and even Crews

law

Christian to

nany who were not Christian bend

heir backs work.

6,C00 or 3.000 at

ft. of lumber at .08 per ft. $480; ft. of re-enforcing iron rod .022 per ft. of 166.00;

The high school girls that came to look over the "American

vere selected to mix and pour the

cement, others drew water from
he well and carried it to the mix-

300 bags of cement at .6327 or a

houcie." The girl in the front row, far right is a Christian girl of IV.iyasato. The uniform is the high school uniform for all girls. The badges; o: the blojse shew the name of the schcol ar.d the girl s narr.e.
to say gootlbyo to Yurlka Shimada, who has fa';'.fully interpreted for
Kailan and Emerne these two and one-half years, but we were

total of $189.81;
2 kegs of nails for $13.00.

ng sheets, and so^me broke rocks

the 'forms. Horses and carts

vhile others carried it for the men

This makes a total of $748.81. The total on hand is ample for :r.e job with perhaps some left over.
When a Church can be build for

irere busy hauling sand and gravel

presented with a camera and a beautiful pictu e album with iacquer covers. Two young boys played harmonicas and one of the

at the same time happy for the op

portunity she has to attend the Tokyo Bible 'Seminary to further
prepare for the Lord's work.

.nd even the little red jeep hauled ts share. Men and women, boys

that price sure-y no one can doubt

the hand oJ God in it. The Yabu Church is under con

,rid girls worked side by side hour

ne knew his job was essential and
reat structure of God's house

fter hour. They were 'tired, but here were no complaints, as each

Ciiriitlan carpenters with a lo\ely tenor voice sang "This Is My Fa ther's World." Two young men and one of the women gave speech
few words of thanks, and assured
them of her return to Okinawa and
es of appreciation and farewell to wluch.A'urja--nefi.poiided with a

struction, It is our hope and praver that this- debt can be paid off soon.

Easter Sunda/ night the young

people here in Mlyasato Ku had-a

hat by all working together the

firm founda-

The material

has

been provided,

little farewell get-together for Yu-

won't the

brethren now

provide

?ould stand upon a

ion that no typhoon could shake.

Lt last the work was finished and ach went home tired and mus

the funds to pay for it? These people have a mind to work, surely they have Christian brothers who have a mind to give.
Melvin Huckins

rika, which her family also attend ed as they were here for the day.

Okinawan young peo^le really en

joy our American games, and their enthusiasm over "hot potato" and "ziic and zac" that night was some thing to see. They calmed down

to her wo k again. We fang "God Ce With You T-li We Meet Again"

and closed with praver. Yurika is at her i^ome now await

ics aching, but with joy in their

earts that compensated for it all. 'he foundation had been laid and

"SAYONARA"
"Sayonara" is perltaps the most musical word in the Japanese lan guage and also the saddest, for it means goodbye. We were sorry

suf.'iciently after the games, how

ever, to eat carameled pop corn

tie Yabu Church was on its way

p. Where people have a mind to 'ork, God's house, both physical
nd spiritual, is constructed.

and apples and drink Bireley's or ange, which they greatly prefer to
coke,

ing her delayed saQUng, which is now scheduled for May 1. i-leace rememhe.- her in your prayers. At least $290.00 is needed yearly for her tuition this would be a worthy proj2ct for some person or
group.

After refreshments, Yurika was

Marguerite Kuckins

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