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This newsletter has been delayed three months because of family need. James 4:13-15 says we should always say, "If the Lord wills, we shall
live and do this or that".

REQUEST

FROM

KOREAN

MISSIONARIES

In February, Virginia planned to go to Korea for two weeks at the invitation of Korean missionaries (who paid her round trip air fare), to apeak to Korean women in prison and at the opening and closing sessions of the Tae3on Bible Seminary. Because of invitations to speak in churches in America and a reunion of Virginia's home church in California, she routed her trip to Korea via Los Angeles and Oregon.
Virginia completed the Korean tour having a wonderful time with the

Korean people through the invitation of the C.Y.Kims of Tae^on and by

the special invitation of Loretta and David Warner of the Rural Bible
Institute in southwest Korea. An invitation i s extended f o r J u l i u s and

Virginia to go there each year for one month to have Julius teach in the Bible colleges and Virginia to do women's prison work and to teach in several churches. That is on the agenda for 1987, Lord willing, when Julius has a monthly leave (part of January and February) from Japanese Universities.
JAPAN UNION CHURCH RECEIVES $1500

FOR CAGAYAN

VALLEY CHILDREN'S HOME

This gift came from the University Christian Church in Eugene, Oregon through Mrs. Macel Scovell, Outreach Chairman. She invited Virginia to
present the work to this International Church in Tokyo and they are putting this orphanage in their yearly budget. The Mayor of Sayama

City has a son who is a Christian and has done much in the past to ship medicines to the Philippines to help the tribal people. Dr. Tanaka, a member at Sayama Church of Christ, has introduced us to Mr. Hachida and we are working on securing TB medicines and antibiotics to be given
through our missionaries there.
JAPAN PROJECT CONTINUES

After Virginia and daughter Laurie were in the Philippines, we continued our pro3ect to encourage Japanese to help the Philippine Churches in their projects. The political situation made i t impossible for a group of Japanese to go to the Philippines and do something as co-workers with Philippine Christians. Family members of Japanese interested in going feared to allow them to go at this time.

PRAYER REQUEST FOR DANA FLEENOR

In October 1985, Juliua and Virginia received word from their daughter, Dana, that she had a suspicious lump that had been growing since October. At Irvine Medical Center of the University of California
(near the Los Angeles area), the oncology department head. Dr. Wile

said, "This is a tumor and we can only tell if cancerous or benign by

removal and biopsy". Dana, who has been substitute teaching until she
gets her permanent job in September, made the decision to wait a month, praying this would heal without surgery. She had no medical insurance.
APRIL 12, 1986

At 3:30 a.m., Julius and Virginia received a phone call in Tokyo saying
a rather large cone shaped ductule infiltrating carcinoma had been removed. The doctor was suggesting a total mastectomy. By God^s grace, Virginia was able to secure a ticket and a seat on a plane out of Tokyo that night at 5:45 p.m. It was a holiday, there was a train strike on some lines in Japan and the banks were closed, yet God made a way. Nobue, one of the Christians in the Sayama Church, not knowing
anything about our financial need, came running to our house. She had taken all the money she had in the house <50,000 yen which is equal to $275.00) to exchange in the airport for my expenses. She said, "This is very l i t t l e , but my whole household is Christian except for my

hxraband because American Christians sent you^o Japan. Today my husband said, I am going to church tomorrow to hear Mr. Fleenor 9peak". Nobue is the daughter of Mr. Haga who (he received Christ as his Saviour three years before) died of cancer. The week before, our son Stephen had preached at the Haga House on Sunday night service where 80 people were in attendance. Nobue's husband has been most willing to
have Bible studies, testimonies, preaching, and Christian.concerns there in the Haga House where he is now the head of the house. His two
sons are Christian.

April 25,

1986

After many consultations with doctors at the University of California Medical Center, i t was decided that Dana should have the lymph nodes removed by Dr. Wile for biopsy and radium catheter implants for 36 hours to receive 3000 rads of radiation treatment. By May 1 the drain was removed from under her arm. This is not disfiguring as radical
surgery would have been.
GOOD NEWS

There are no cancer cells in the lymph nodes. Starting Hay 12, Dana began treatment which was to run five to six weeks and a total of 7000
units of radiation.

May 23,

1986

Virginia reported that Dana has mononucleosis. Please pray for Dana that her body will be able to handle the treatments needed. Please send her words of encouragement. Her address is Dana Fleenor, Futter Mills, Apt. 82, 1450 East Grove Avenue, Orange, CA 92665

FURLOUGH

PLANS CHANGED

Dana had to move out of her apartment ahe was sharing with two other girla the day before surgery. Virginia has stayed in California and found an apartment for Dana. She will also help during this time of radiation as Dana cannot work and do substitute teaching. During this
time, Dana will finish her l a s t t e s t on "U.S. Constitutional

Amendments" and do interviews for a permanent school position. She has been doing substitute teaching on a waiver of this one last requirement
for her permanent credential in California.

Julius and Virginia had planned on furlough July through September 20, 1986 as Laurie, youngest daughter, will go to Pacific Christian College

and Fullerton Junior College.

She graduates from the missionary school

(Virginia will miss her

Christian Academy in Japan on June 6

graduation). They plan to help Laurie get her driver'^s license and a car so she can take both the cosmetology course and live in the

Christian College dorm and take six units there during her first year in the states. Lord willing, they will be in California as a family by
July to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary and visit some supporters and living link churches on the coast and possibly Indiana.

JAPAN
SUMMER CAMP

WORK

EXPANDING

Stephen (our son) and his wife have been missionaries to Japan for 15 years and they will carry on the summer camp work in Karuizawa. We plan to use $1000 of mission funds with his mission funds to do some bath and shower repairs in the camp building to make i t more
functional.

SAYAMA

CHURCH

Virginia and Julius live in the second floor apartment over the Sayama Church building. Lord willing, we hope to tear out walls downstairs to nake the main meeting room twice the size and make only two rooms for a church office and guest room and multipurpose church activity room.
UNIVERSITY TEACHERS AND STUDENTS

Julius^ ministry with University teachers and students continues. He turned down a chance to teach in the Private High School, unless he could have a weekly Saturday release time Bible class for students. The school approved i t . They have also agreed that Julius could have early time off by July 1 from teaching even though the school continues to July 20. Japanese schools prefer missionary English teachers because
of their character and faithfulness to contract.

He reaches 900 Japanese students weekly in one high school and two Universities besides preaching at Sayama and holding meetings and
seminars in doctor's home. This has taken most of Julius' time this

past year. He also uses his time for Bible study and for Japanese preparation to preach and teach.

WHAT

WE

NEED

HOST

Prayer for wisdom aa to projects and ministry. Japan is an open door and i t has been 40 years since their new constitution gave them religious freedom. Pray with us for a new empowering of God's Church in Japan.
Praise God that He will supply all our needs. Our needs are always spiritualy emotional, and physical. The new dollar to yen exchange means that the former $1000 buys only $750 in year, but the inflation of the yen remains. This is why Julius and Stephen both must do some teaching in the Universities. Pray they will be used to win students and professionals to Jesus Christ as we must be "tent missionaries'* at
times.

Pray we have wisdom for decisions and live daily in faith in the fact and promise of Matthew 6:32-34.
Address for the Fleenor^s during July,
c/o Dana Fleenor
Avenue

August, and September is:

Futter Mill Apt 82

1450 East Grove

Orange, CA 92665

Telephone:

714/974-4739

Please send all money to our forwarding agent.

forwarding Agent in States

Irene E. Crice

Field Address:

Julius & Virginia Fleenor

Box 13 4-15-8 Irumagawa

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AUGUST

"All things work together for good to those that love the Lord.
called according to Hia purposes."

Those^ who are

Since our last newsletter, ao much has transpired that we ahall try to give you some short glimpses of what is happening in our lives.

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and Virginia setting their faces toward

Japan. On this date, Julius was in

Anniversary

of our marriage and Julius

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responsibilities and- Virginia was

finishing

up

his

teaching
with

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three daughters in California.

Laurie arrived in early June to prepare registered at Pacific Christian

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July 5, Virginia sat at the kitchen

table thanking God that Dana, our

H
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preparing to
teaching,

had

go

for the daughter

successfully

into

full

blessing who was

completed
mono

time

two surgeries and radium implants and s i x weeks of r a d i a t i o n treatments and had recovered

from

She was preparing for interviews for a school this coming fall.

Our Japanese adopted sons John and Joe both have full time summer 3obs. John is working at Pacific Christian College and Joe is assistant manager for a car rental company.
Our oldest son has taken responsibility for the Sayama Church and summer camp work at Karuizawa. Steve and Carol have been in Japan as missionaries for 15 years.

July 5 was the date Julius was to fly back to the United States for a summer furlough and we planned to return to Japan on September 1.

Dana

Fleenor

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JXJl-I A

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GAR

ACCIDENT

Julia, our oldest daughter, was employed by Uniden in Indianapolis. On July 3, Virginia spoke at some length with Julia on the phone and cautioned her as she was planning to drive to Seattle leaving on the 4th of July. Julia's sons were visiting their Japanese father in Tokyo for the summer. Julia's last words to Virginia were "Don't worry about me, mother. Hy heavenly Father will watch over me and if I do have an accident, God will see I get help to the best
possible hospital and doctor".
Joshua. Elia. and Julia pictured t o the left.

On July 5, the phone rang and my sister, Gabrielle, said, "Sit down, Virginia, my daughter Gail just got a phone call from the Emergency Room of St. Paul
Ramsey Hospital in Minnesota.
neck and two other lower

Julia is in critical
vertebrae also are

condition
broken.

with

broken
number

Call

this

immediately.

They could not reach you so called Gail

(Virginia's niece).

Immediately Virginia called Julius in Tokyo he leaving for the airport to come to Los Angeles. He started the prayer chain going there. Next Virginia called our supporting churches in
California, Oregon, and Indiana. Our friends Dora

c CVw '

Airport,

Paul Hunter,

secured

who live

reservation for Virginia on a

Also.

near

the

Los

Angeles

jjm^n

J a ticket for Julius to come the following day after

his arrival in Los Angeles.
across Wisconsin

plane leaving at 2:00 a.m. July 6.

they got

THE MIRACLE. Julia had been traveling on Highway 94

just 20 miles from the border of

St. Paul, driven by

Minnesota when a small pickup truck, a 16 year old boy passes illegally in
Julia braked,
times.

^
^

front of her.

the

witnesses saw her propelled from the car as it

She was thrown 35 feet

skidded 150 feet

and

t.urned over several

onto

the

eastbound

side

of

the

freeway.

Wisconsin

State Trooper was on the scene in two minutes. The first three cars to stop were driven by a doctor, a nurse, and a paramedic. Trooper Jeff Kidd had a plastic neck support in the car and i t was carefully put on her neck and the
ambulance took her to Hudson Hospital where she was stabilized and sent on to the St. Paul Ramsey Trauma Center which is considered one of the best Trauma
Centers in the United States.

She was put in a "halo-traction" and was intubed through her nose with a breathing respirator and a tube for feeding into her stomach. She was severely bruised, but had no internal injuries and the CAT scan showed no blood clots or brain hemmorhage, but she, of course, had brain swelling. We secured the best orthopedic surgeon and neuro-surgeon we could find. On the 10th, she had a piece of hip bone removed to replace the 7th vertebrae of her neck which was broken in four places and just about piercing her spinal cord.

Page 3

JULIANS TESTIMONY TO THE DOCTORS.

At the special Family Conference on Tuesday,

August 12, the doctors said that any one of Julia's fractures could have rendered her paralyzed from the neck down. Her mental tests shows her thinking and decision making to be clear. Each day she improves so rapidly, all the doctors and therapists are amazed at her attitude. She said these words at the family conference with the doctors, "I do not consider myself to be a better person than others in this hospital who have been left paralyzed and injured
and in a coma from less trauma. But, I have learned again that Code's grace is

given without our deserving it. I understand as never before God's Love and grace and I want to live my life with the same forgiving and loving grace that
God has shown to me".

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Sayama Church of Christ New sign attracts new people.

Fleenors live in second floor

This couple came after f i r s t visiting

a Catholic church in another area. She

is pictured the morning she was baptized

into Christ.

apartment of the building.

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Just

before

Julius

came

for

summer

The Sayama Family Camp August 1986

in Karuizawa.

furlough to states, he baptized this young lady after teaching her in many

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For all of you who pray for ua we rejoice and give thanka for God granting thla healing work to Julia. We pray that every member of our family and every member of your family might come under the eternal aaving grace of Jeaua
Christ.

3i\F>-rXSMS

Juliua baptized one young lady 3uat before leaving for the states. Stephen baptized one other peraon Juliua had been teaching after she continued under Stephen's teaching. Also, one of the Sunday School teacher's piano pupils came and received Christ and was baptized by Stephen.
L-OVE OF-P-ERING

The

SAYAHA

CHURCH

aent

an

offering

for

Julia's expenses.

Another lovely

Christian who paid Virginia's round trip airfare to the Philippines last year, also sent a love offering to Virginia and Julius. She is not a wealthy woman, but she so appreciated our bringing the message of salvation to her and her family that she is a cheerful and hilarioua giver. Such acta by the Japaneae Church encouragea ua that they ahall continue to love the Lord Jeaua Chriat and do all they can to communicate Chriat.

Paul, the apostle, said to the churches, "YOU MUST HELP ME WITH YOUR PRAYERS".
Pray we all might be used to the fulleat for Hia Glory.
Agape, Virginia and Julius

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NOVEMBER

"In everything give thanks".

AT the Dei Amo Christian Church in

Torrance, Ca. on August 24, a week before our return to Japan, a 40th Wedding Anniversary celebration was held, hosted by special friends of
missions there who have been friends

for over 40 years. Our very special thanks to Ruth & Arlyn Weber and Donna
& Gordon Hahn, who provided the work, cake and punch, beautiful decorations, and program. The program included

a..

music "Because" and "Oh,

Jesus We Have

Promised to Serve Thee to the End", sung by Donna Hahn this day and at our wedding 40 years ago. That day in
1946 we made a commitment to each other and also to Jesus Christ to be

Virginia & Julius, August 1986 Moat of our children, three

obedient to his Call to preach, teach, baptize, and make disciples in Japan. relatives and friends were,

grandchildren,

preaent.

That evening we celebrated at my brother Harry Morgan and hia wife's

home the birthdays of John and Grace which fall on the 24th and 25th. I t was a long and lovely day to remember. Our daughter Julia was there in cast and head halo brace sitting and standing all day. How thankful we were she was

not paralyzed from her broken neck and crushed back bones, but is healing, but
must remain in cast until January 15. Our daughter Dana looked well and waa

recovering

from

her radiation treatments and siege of mono.

A recent report

tella us ahe atill has an inflamed liver from the mono and i t will be a alow recovery to normal energy, according to her doctor and the recent blood teata.

We thank all who came to share in that day and for the gifta atuffed into a lovely box. We aay thank you for sharing thia day and for the gifts which enabled ua to return to Japan with a freah atart and encouragement.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 19d6 BACK HOME IN JAPAN

Juliua began -teaching immediately in the two

Univeraitiea

where

he

teachea and New six for the

eight

houra

a week in one and six hours in the other.

Both Daito University

and Joaai Medical Dental college allow him to use the Bible in teaching discussion groups. He has given bi-lingual English-Japanese Gideon Testaments to all his students. A private high school asked him to teach hours a week and two of the Japanese English Teachers have gone with him epeciol Bible diecueeione with the Joeai Dental College teachere in evening. He touches 800 lives a week in these classes.

This income has made i t possible for us to atay in Japan. With the dollars devalued $1.00 to 150 from last year's $1.00 to 250 yen, we find our U.S. Mission funds and salary have been automatically cut 40^. WE are thankful for your continued support and prayerfully intend to stay and work in Japan at any cost as long as we have a ministry and a provision. We cannot be on a missionary visa unless the major portion of our income comes from the United
States.

VISITING
WE HAVE HAD A MAJOR

THE CHURCHES
MINISTRY IN

IN JAPAN
THEIR ESTABLISHMENT

Immediately the Nishi Arai Church invited us to come and apeak and have an afternoon fellowship dinner with them. Julius preached on Job and Virginia gave a testimony concerning their daughters, whom they have known from childhood. We were delighted to find two new young married couples in active
service there s i n c e we visited last.

We went up north to the KAMO Church to visit and encourage them. We were very delighted to see that the young misionaries Joel and Debby Likins, who came from Ohio to be self-supporting ^issioh^ies, were v^rRing^ well with the church. Joel was born in Japan and lived 15 years of his life here. His wife plays the organ and the entire church worship has been greatly vitalized by their ministry. Joel studies Japanese and also preaches Japanese sermons twice a month. One Japanese man also preaches and Mis Aono, the child evangelist, leads one service a month. The day we were there a new man came to church. This young married Japanese man spent over an hour in conversation

answering the new man'^s questions about Jesus Christ and the Church. This Japanese Christian with a smile and enthusiastic manner told how Jesus Christ had changed his life and given him new hope and direction. We were
encouraged.

We spent the afternoon with Bill and Akemi Bellew of SANJO, the next town. Bill married Akemi while in the Navy and since he was a graduate of Cincinnati

Bible Seminary, he was seeking a place to serve in Japan. He and Akemi opened an English School and have Bible studies and are doing missionary work in SANJO, her home town. I t was Bill who helped Joel and Debby secure English jobs. We talked of future hopes and plans for evangelism and are praying for
continual open doors and growth.
yiAGA HOUSE GHUROH

We were encouraged by the ever increasing work in Tokyo of

which invited us to come and give a

his

House

Church

testimony in their special Memorial

Concert and Evangelistic Service they have yearly to honor their father, Mr. Haga. Mr. Haga gave this house at his conversion to be used for Bible studies,

evangelistic service,
Jesus Christ. Spirit of God.

concerts,

and discussion groups that others might know

have expressed a real

Two who are coming there for meetings

interest in becoming Christiana this month.

Pray that they may be born of the

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VIRGINXA'S When we realized Julia would MINXSTRV six months in

have

the cast and that her sons,

Eli

and Joshua,

were

already in Japan on July 5, when she had her traffic accident breaking her neck, we began to pray about how she could be with her sons# maintain a home for them and recuperate to go back to work in Seattle by January 19d7 I t was decided that she would come to Japan and she and the boys, who were visiting their Japanese father in Japan for the summer, would 3ust move in with us at the Sayama Christian Church Missionary apartment over the church building in September. Julia arrived in Japan September 5. Thus, our family has increased by three until January 1987. Joshua and Eli attend Christian Academy, traveling by train daily with Stephen and Carol''s three children, Becky, 12th grade, Peter, 9th grade, and Debby, 7th grade.

tf

v i s i t her. Thanks to Julia selling Anway three years ago, she had a small sum of yen to pay Julia Fleenor Shozen three months tuition for Eli, grade 3, and & Japanese Friends Joshua, grade 8. Julia will have the cast removed at the Saitama University Hospital and is under their follow-up care. She had one complication of an infected head screw and had to have i t removed and placed an inch to the left on the head

Julia has had many Japanese visitors coming to

halo and is taking two weeks of anti-biotics. She has had to go every other day to check the infected area and is on the mend. I t takes an hour to two hours each way by train to the hospital, but only 45 minutess by car when we can take her. It is good to have them here and until January, Virginia is limiting herself to ^ust two Japanese Bible classes, one in the home and one at the Haga house and traveling with Julius when he visits the various
churches to preach.

This month we will have a two-day evangelistic meeting. The main ob3ective is for each Christian to bring as many non-Christian friends and family members as possible.
K A X OE HOME MEET X NG OE>ENS

Julius opened another Home Bible study for high school students in the home of Sayama Church of Christ Christians, the Kaides. They have a Saturday evening tutoring school in their home and after bringing one student to church, a discussion evolved and Julius ended up beginning this weekly outreach. The Kaides have another Tutoring school in a building they bought located about one hour to the north. They have asked Virginia to prepare a special Christmas evangelistic message for the 25 students there and help in giving a Christmas Party there for the student and their friends.

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F-AMXLV

NEWS Word

p-ROW came to us

O in

AL. X

F-QRN I that

A our

October

son

Joseph.

Junior

at

Pacific

Christian College <PCC>, and Heidi Neeko, a Senior^ had married. We wish them a fulfilled life together
in Christ's service. Heidi i s the

granddaughter of Baptist missionaries to Japan. Her parents are Col.Sc Mrs. Joseph Meeko Jr., U.S. Air Force. Joe dropped out of PCC the f i r s t of this year to work and save money to get married. Joe is assistant manager of a Car Rental agency in Anaheim, Ca. Heidi plans on a degree
Joe & Heidi in Social Service.

Laurie is now a Freshman at PCC. spiritual experience for her.

t h i s time and concentrate on

She feels coming to PCC has been a great She has dropped plans to take cosmetology at
She also has made cheerleader a t PCC. John

Bible.

is 1/2 time PCC, working on campus, and is a night guard at a company. He tries to get his study done while on his night 30b. Grace s t i l l works for Ricoh, a Japanese Company, and lives six blocks from Dana's apartment in Orange, Ca. Dana is teaching as a substitute teacher while she is regaining her health and energy. Stephen and Carol and grandchildren are here in Japan. He has done much of the preaching and teaching here at Sayama but shall be opening a new work in 1987. He also teaches Bible Seminars, conducts Home Bible studies in various Japanese homes besides teaching one day a week in one University. Carol leads the music part of the English 8:30 service and Stephen preaches in English, then the same sermon in the 10:30 service in Japanese.
Carol has four days a week of English Bible classes in her home.

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Positive results of 36 years of our ministry in Japan. 1950-1986 (1) First church at. Shimoochiai (25 yearsIhere)
Land was donated to us. First bldg. built as Mission
Center with funds from. Julius* brother insurance money after he was killed in Korea War. His father built the building with Japanese helpers.

200 baptized during this period through this church Five Japanese young men are now in full time CHristian
service from this church-

Two Japanese ladies are full time Christian Kindergarten

teachers.

Pastor Morohashi our last pa:'stor there used 4/5's of the money from the sale of that property and built on land in

central Tokyo owniby his father-in-law and has a full

time active ministry called the Tokyo Church of Christ

(2) 1955 the Umeda* Nishi Arai Church*^work was started.

2 transfers of membership.

It has its

own building and full time pastor and they reported 10 baptized in past 5 years and two new Christian families and
The Nishi Arai Foundation headed

work. Two young men in the church are in training for preachers.
(3) 1956 Toshiko Kagiwada asked us to help her in starting a new work in Sakai Town (li hours from the center of Tokyo)
Result' there have been three churches and kindergartens

by Gordon Hahn provided all the monies for the start of this

with their own pastors and teachers that have extended from

this work.

TETSUO KAGIWADA the son j:.?enf'611ed'''at PacificHe also ministers to

Japanese speaking Church there and is fully supported by Japanese For two years in the early part of this work we supported
the first first church at Sakai Town. Julius baptized 25 in the Sakai River and in our summer camp work connectedwith

Christian College bhere he is a junior.

(4) KAMO church in Niigata, northern Japan, ihis work iDegan in 1960 when Mrs. Aono and her daughter fled from Nishi Arai, Tokyo because their lives were threatened. First they met in a house. Later the town gave them land in the new section of the town because of a highway going through this rented building area.

this.

In Marwill marry his Japanese fi^nlcee & plans Japan service,

The AonocJhelp start the Nishi Arai Children's Work. The only two Christian families in the church gave sacrifically and the land was purchased. American Churches and individuals gave over three years and paid off the building. There have been two baptized in 1986 making--t-hr^e c-omplete Christian families.
New missionaries Joel and Debby Likins are self-supporting y

teaching English and have joined this work in the past year and
mission funds to support the child evangelist and some mission . literature. But it is basically self-supporting now.

the church is growing in numbers and revival. We have used

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Ixthus Mission to Japan Jan. 1987 Mission Report

1950-1986

1,

(5) SAYAMA Church of Christ began church services in September of 1977

There are now 44 active members. Julius baptized 3 this last year.
One man is a capable lay preacher who preaches once a month. Since early 1986 Stephen, our son, has preached at least 3 times a month. We have 4 complete Chrstian families in the church and
five adult heads of households who are members." This church is-

in the planning stages of removing walls and extending the size^:^

i the main multi-purpose room used for worship and for fellowship

dinners.* 1/5 of Shimoochiai land sale money was used to buy this land.
(6) HAGA HOUSE CHURCH.
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This is a church meeting place in central

Tokyo after Mr. Hagas conversion. (He was 72 when saved and lived fo^ur years and put a cross on his front door and burned his

idols and astrology books and stopped drinking after being a

known alcholic for at least 40 years) This is where concerts,

film evangelism^ testimony meetings, Bible studies, prayer meetings a.

evangelistic preaching are being conducted.

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(7) FUJITA HOME BIBLE STUDY.This complete family were won to Christ through the Sayama work and Karuizawa Camp Work. (8) KAIDE FAMILY converted and started Home Bible study for neighbors. He bought a new building (onehour to the north of Sayama) rented the top apartment and holds regular tutoring
classes downstairs. This Christmas 25 of his students listened

for two hours during the program of slides and Virginia's

Message on the True Meaning of Christmas. Not one of these 6th graders to 9th graders ever had heard that the 1986 on the calandar meant the advent of God becoming flesh. (9) Dr. Sato's monthly Home Seminars. Julius led this man to Christ and through him two doctors have been converted. He holds these home seminars. Our Son Stephen has done most of the teaching at these meetings, but Julius often attends

(1())TEACHING IN UNIVERSITIES
Julius through the years has taught one or two hours English

in private Universities. From these Universities many have come to h^r the message of Jesus Christ for the first time. Since 1984 Julius has taught- 6 hours at Daito University
He is free to use the Bible as a text book and invite students

to our church.

Taught

6 hours a week at Josai Med. College Funds from this

and also was free to use Bible in discussion times.

In 1986 Julius was touching 800 lives a week.

has enabled us to pay bills with the yen-dollar problem. In 1984-1985 Funds from this enabled us to buy a good used
mission van.

(11) Karuizawa CHristian Camp was

in 1952 for $1200.

By

donations a good L shaped building was completed 15 years

ago and since then it has been extended in size and winterized.
Over 100 people have been baptized during the summer camps Coffee Houses Evangelistic work here in July and August. Also it has afforded free housing to two of our missionary

families during language study.

One Japanese with t.b. and

two Americans with t.b. have used it for rest and recuperation free of charge during the off camp season.

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GOALS;

for various individuals and groups.

trouble andas need and who want to talk. "n Use Video Tapes of Luke and Genesis teaching aids

2. Take names and pictures of new contacts and pray daily for them. 3. Continue to encourage the Christians who are holding Home Bible
studies and be available to speak in those homes on invitation

OPEN THE KARUIZAWA CAMP every weekend for Retreats. Thus Virginia
fh together will be in Karuizawa Friday nite

ministry 4. The SAYm CHURCH plans to remove one wall and extend the size ' of
Costs by Stephen and Julius estimate it can be done for $15 OOO if we can get a volunteer carpenter from the states to come'for three weeks in March and we ordet lumber and carpeting from the
the multi-use room, put in carpet and new drapes and news and repaint and add a "cry room" and an improved entrance room.

Some plumbing andwiring will be required also. We are urging the

states. A staircase also must be removed to our upstairs aoartment

fundf funds. ChristLs Christmas Sunday q'5 and

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at our special evangelistic "ith concerts mission

Strong leadership now will supervise this.

roomStephen only and the indoor-outdoor i^take BADLY and the five Japanese carpet men who
"eekend retreat a month

there will^'br^Lirr will be talk-time in the evenings around the i" Karuizawa fireplace. but
f loving friends. beautiful atmosphere of mountains in a Christian

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P" """fvarious!Christian homes. ? begin-her articles to be printed in Japanese nglish. Two Japanese first editors have volunteered to help her. and to drop his High School teaching or give that group

at KaruizLr^^^""^''''
FINANCIAL NEEDS

"eekend retreats
to continue and if it can be increased

^D/o we can keep our program going

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Bldg. expansion Project Need $5000 ! for new Sayama roof on Church small Karuizawa building, and some new tables and plumbing repairs on the larger building and putting in bunk beds in four of the rooms at least to make it more useful and some
new matresses and sheets.

for HIT-

outreach to new areas

Need $1200.00 for new washer and dryer for camp. a second car for use when van is needed at camp and Julius
preaching at a church in Tokvo area or eoine to Kamo Chiirrh

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