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Virginia and Julius Fleener send their heartfelt appreciation for all the cards
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News From Japan

The FLEENORS have added two more home Bible meetings and have two people ready for
baptism*

are now 3 churches & kindergartens with

In 1956, Toshiko Kagiwada asked the Fleeners to help start a new work in Sakai Town (IJ5 hrs from Tokyo). There

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Tetsuo will marry his Japanese Fiancee.' English in private Universities. From these, many have come to hear the mes sage of Jesus for the first time He

ported by the Japanese.

enrolled at P.C.C. &ministers to a Jap speaking church there and is fully sup

their own pastors.

Tetsuo, the^ir son,

In March,

Julius, through the years, has taught

I'
week.

in 1986, he was

students to

touching 800 lives oer

their church,

as a text

Isn't that exciting?

weekend retreat once a month for re laxation and talk-time around the fireplace. Many make decisions in the beautiful mountains in a Christian
atmosphere of loving friends

The Sayama Church hopes to have a

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S.erving
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Chrlat and

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"God

raised ua up wlt.h
wit.h Him In the

aeated us

Heavenly realms in CHRIST JESUS."

Thla newsletter has been in the making since January. Always in January we set aside time to pray or every person and Church in our address file. Also, Virginia always asks God to give her some special verse or theme for the year. Two themes came to mind.
LIVING IN CHRIST MANY NOW TO IN HEAVEN IN IN 1987

POINTING

MORE

HEAVEN

1967

So many new and wonderful opportunity for Jesus Christ

JULIUS FLEENOR, MISSIONARY AND Director o f Ixthus Mission t o

doors of and His

Japan.
scroll which

The Japanese word on the

behind means him reads YUKI COURAGE.

Gospel have opened. Growth in spiritual things has been seen in so many of our fellow workers, both Japanese and foreign missionaries. Continue to pray for us as your missionaries to Japan as
we continue in our spiritual growth.

Our daughter Laurie la pictured to the left. She has just finished her f i r s t college year in the

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USA. This semester she took Chinese, US History, Government, Volleyball and Ballet at Fullerton
College and has had wonderful Christian
the first semester in the Pacific Christian

roommates

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College Dorm and taking an Old Testament and a New Testament Class. Laurie is in the decision making
come to Japan and help us in the summer camp work,

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stage, whether to work in Fullerton this summer or

teach English to many who come to the Karulzawa

next

September

Camp and trust God for provision for her schooling when she returns to California for her second year of school.
need $600 for her round trip ticket.

If

she comes,

we w i l l

Our son, JOHN. called and aald he would come May 15 to apend the aummer In aummer intern work with ua. He la a fine camp worker and keepa everything in repair and la excellent aa a peraon-to-person witneaa for Jeaua Chrlat. He will work on our P.A. ayatem and wiring in Sayama so that we can have services
go into the cry room. We will need $600 extra for his round t r i p fair and we will use our personal funds for the extra food expense for having these two here to help. Youth communicate to youth in a special way.

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VIRGINIA AND WENDALL SHALL, claaamat-ea o Virginia and Jullua, will come in August. t.o help with our Karulzawa camps and coffee house work of evangelism.

Wendall

is

gifted

musician.

They have retired from the ministry and are

paying their own air tickets to come to JAPAN.

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JULIA Shozen, our oldest daughter, haa been a 3oy to have in our home aa well aa her two sons, Joshua 13, and Eli 8. However, i t haa been d i f f i c u l t for her to be in a body caat and halo head screws for six months. The top l e f t picture ahowa her with an old family friend, Aiko Kagaml, who sewed for us for 35 yeara. Center top, Julia la aaying, "Mother, tomorrow la January 15 and I can get thia caat off and the acrewa out of my akull."

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checked you

and rented an apartment with furniture,

the bonea had
need
She

January 20,

Julia flew

to

Seattle
"all
the

in with the speclaliat who aald

healed
to
a

perfectly;
and was at

ia

get
car

your confidence

back.*'

rented

GRANDPA SAYS "Goodbve" at Airport

airport

to

meet

Joshua

and

Eli

on

January 25, when they arrived from Japan, having finished the September to January 24 semester at Christian Academy in Japan. The houae aeemed very quiet and empty, ao we filled up our daya with more and more ministry to the Japanese. The grace of God aaved Julia from being completely paralyzed from
the neck down.
inaerted an

She haa not complained,

inch to the side.

even when she could not aleep well from

pain aince one of the head acrewa became

infected,

had

to

be

removed

and

Our thankfulness to God and to a l l who prayed

and helped ua through thia difficult time can never be adequately expreaaed. Pray that ahe geta a good settlement. Having no car makes it difficult to get around. She haa one 30b offer in June. Her addreaa ia 4714 S. 154 Apt.E213, Seattle, WA. 98188, Phone 206-244-4610. If you know of a good aummer camp or day camp for Joahua and Ell, please contact her.

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Karuizawa Christian Camp will have a combined family and work camp the end of April. Sixty

have registered for the Golden Week Camp May 3

to 7. Forty-five sets of under mattresses, under quilts and over quilts were given to us by the Hoshino Hotel. Nr. Hoshino was converted to Christ while he was attending Pepperdine College in Los Angeles. He has also given us 12 easy chairs for around the

Fire Place.

They are redecorating

his

hotel

so he has donated many things in f i r s t class condition to various Christian Camps. We were forced to begin repairs in February on the one

small camp building that

winterized.
Thanks t o a Loan from the

was
leaked

not

completely

The

roof

and rotted the

roof beams and under supports of the floor of two rooms. We got the work done and siding put
on the e n t i r e outside for $5000. We also have

we are a month until the repairs are paid for this year.

Yotsuya mission, paying them $800

to

have some dangerous wiring and propane gas

pipes replaced. This carpenter created this design when we asked that vent holes be put in
the main room where there i s a clean a i r o i l heater so t h e bedroom t h e Fleenors use could

have heat.

We had a group of seven one day in

March come in, and t h i s week Mr. Turner will bring four visitors from the United States and

will use this building. During the summer, is a follow-up counseling room.

it

forwarding Agent in States

Irene E. Crice

Field Address:

Julius & Virginia Fleenor

Box 13 4-15-8 Irumagawa

Non-Profit Organization
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715 14th Street S.E.

Rochester, Minnesota 55904 Phone: (507) 288-6554

Sayama Shi, Saitama Ken

350-13 japan
Phone: 0429-53-7262

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NEWS FROM JAPAN

VIRGINIA & JULIU8 in FLEENOK

Mexican Evangelism
Our dear Friends:

missionaries in Japan.
person and church
in 197!

they set aside a time to pray for every

their address file.

Always "in Januai-v,

are

our

Iheir goal is to point many more to Heaven

fetsuo and Yuri were married iVlarch aOth.

We certainly enjoyed and appreciated the

program for Sunday during your Missionary

Rally. It was terrific! I also wanted to

Tetsuo graduated

from a small

Japanese

mention that our understanding was

is why we did our part
gave more
Mexico.

that

Bible Institute and came to live with tlie

your people wanted to hear Vicki, so that

Fleenors for six months during their

furlough, when he attended P.C.C. He will return to Calit. wi tii his bride to graduate and then they will go back to Japan to help
evangelize.

in that manner.
the work here in

Since she had not spoken there before, it

diinension to

Ihe children's choir that sang in the evening was surely tremendous. We enjoyed
them so very very much. Ihanks so mach for

a great day, and for the support you give

for our work here in Mexico! Yours in Christ,
JERRY I). WA1KINSCN

baptized in March. Five people at Sayfima asked to be bapti/.ed on Easter Sunday. Sixty registered for a week of caiip in May. 45 mattresses & quilts were donated by the
iioshino Hotel.

TWo

from

the Haga House Church were

to

Christ

while

Mr. lloshino was a convert

attending

Pepperdine

College in L.A. He also gave 12 easy chairs for the fireplace grouping. Repairs have been inade to one of the cairp
that

COMMITTEE CHANGES
BOB LBVIb Si PEi'ER PALIjAS have found

other pressures have made it necessary for them to resign from the Missions Coirmittee,
and we regret this very very nuch.

the work is done. Ihey also replaced some vviring and propane gas pipes, and the
Fleenors now have heat in their roan.

buildings.

It is now winteri/.erl aiid all

Bob and Flora Lewis, down through many rallies, have had such a great part in
planiiing and presenting our music.
team and we love them!

"Love

in .^ny language" was so fitting and was done so beautifully. Ihese two are a great

Peter has served as our V.p. He and Gerry Sue have been so active in so many ways.
They are the ones who have spearheaded the

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Dear Faithful Friends,

1986 and 1987 have been years of t.eating and James 1 records the Holy Spirit-'s Message to us "Count i t all 3oy, my brethren* when you fall into
various t r i a l s (problems, -troubles, tests of your fai-th>".

In 1986, our daughter Dana had cancer surgery and seems fully recovered at -this time and will have her -two year check up in March 1988. She is now working as a teacher in the Orange County School District of California
near Disneyland.

Julia lives in Seattle with her two sons. She is emotionally getting confidence back since her automobile accident in July 1986.

her

Daughters Grace and Laurie both live and work in the Orange County area. In 1987, Julius^ esophogus completely closed off in April for eight hours. We started the prayer chains in the Japanese churches. When he arrived at the hospital entrance he was able to swallow saliva for the f i r s t time in eight hours. Relaxants were given in pills and three quarts of green milky medicine for an ulcer located at the end of the esophogus and into the top stomach area. Three weeks later, in May, Julius had to swallow a small camera. The diagnosis was a healed ulcer. He has had no problem
since April. Praise God!

Then summer and camp season was upon us and we rejoice in five wonderful camps at the Karuizawa area and then three camps in September and one in November. We are writing this newsletter here in Karuizawa as we need to

turn

off the water for the winter.

However,

we can use the camp even in

Laurie

the coldest months and have had snow camps in the past. Daughter and son John came and helped in camps during the summer months.

On September 4 an urgent phone call came from the states concerning a family matter and Virginia l e f t on a night plane. In the states, three weeks later, Virginia learned she had a heart problem, high blood pressure and high chloresterol and tricyclerides and her blood sugar was 60 points above maximum. She was given two new blood pressure medicines and placed on a 1200 calorie diet. Three weeks later when Virginia-'s physician examined her, the tests showed all levels down but the blood pressure was still too high. She was given medicines for November and December and ordered to come back in January. The physician is an outstanding internist and cardiologist and once again we found "God saves us in all our troubles". Our U.S. family problem i s also being resolved by God'^s
grace.

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So we want. t.o continue to praiae God and thank Him and reooice we have a Saviour worth preaching about to the entire world. "There is no one like Jesus, no not one", so the hymn writer wrote. Julius' ministry continues in "open doors".
in his teaching material.

At Daito University,
He has 60 of the

he is
most

allowed great freedom

advanced English students and his final test is over the proofs of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Julius told the students that a large
majority of English speaking Americans believe in the l i t e r a l resurrection of Jesus Christ, the historical figure who has changed all of history, and for them to understand English and American culture, they need to know the facts and claims of Jesus Christ as to the resurrection. They will have
an open Bible t e s t over the material.

I t has been financially necessary for Julius to teach,

teach in a s i t u a t i o n where he i s not f r e e to

but

he

will
church

not
and

i n v i t e students t o

to camp. Julius, Stephen, and Carol <our son and wife) a l l teach at two different campuses of Daito University and the three of them have conducted three camps this year for students. They have great fun but also watch videos on the life of Christ and other good materials. Also, we use the film "What's up Josh" by Josh McDowell which is very powerful
on the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Our year has been f u l l , prayer for you.

A joyous Christmas and Blessed New

Year

is

our

Julius and Virginia

The picture above shows Julius teaching Bible and English to a young fireman in the Sayama Church. Julius reaches 600 students and professors weekly in English teaching with two universities.
Tahako Yamamolo and

Virginia celebrate Virginia's <62) birthday.

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The pic-Lure at the right ia a view from the Sayama Church. The miaaionary apartment ia on
the 1987second Thousanda floor. of This children

picture

was taken

in November

come each week day for their "Sports Meets" and we can

distribute pamphlets inviting them to church and special meetings. We also give them a short page on "Who i s Jesus".
J u l i u s did t h i s for two hours

on

the

day

this picture was

taken.

JUL-XUS

AND

VXRGXMXA' S

FURLOUGH

We will have a Sayama Church Chriatmaa celebration on December 20 and our Family Christmas and Brunch with Stephen and family in Sayama on December 21. We will fly to Los Angeles on December 22 and plan to be on the west coast until the end of March when we will return to Japan.

January 25, 1988 we shall have a "CHRISTMAS IN JANUARY" meeting at Knott's Berry Farm from 6:00 to 9:00 P.M. for churches and individuals in the Los

Angeles area. We ahall have new slides taken thia year, a teatimony by a Japanese lady converted four years ago during our furlough in Los Angeles and she will also perform a Japanese folk dance in full costume. She is
the Master of Okinawa Ancient Dance and a direct descendant of the kings of Okinawa. I t will be a ooyous evening. The cost of the delicious chicken dinner is only $10.95. All of you who can come, please send your reservation to Lee Clarke, 1362 Tower Dr., Vista, CA 92083 or phone 619726-4703.

The Fleenors will be able to be reached through their daughter Grace Fleenor, 2008 N. Highland, Orange, Ca. 92665. The telephone contact would be 714-974-8366 or at Virginia's sister"home, Gabrielle Johnston, 818-3372098 in West Covina, Ca.

Lord willing we shall have our daughter Julia and sons come to California and we shall have all our children in the states together on Christmas day. Our son Joe and wife Heidi will go to Washington D.C. and spend Christmas with her parents.

We are praying for a good used car to use during furlough. Do you know of one someone would loan us or sell cheaply to us7 We would pay insurance on i t . Please let our daughter Grace know i f someone on the west coast

has one. We plan to travel to northern California, Oregon, and Washington to speak. Please let us know i f you wish us to present the work to your
church. We are also willing to have home meetings.

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URGENT NEED

During
Fleenors

1986
have

and
had

1987,

the

additional

family emergency expenses which required them to be in the

States. In addition to these

expenses, a Social Security person gave some inaccurate information on Social Security payments. Julius must pay $4,000 in back Social Security payments by the end of 1987. They have also accumulated about $6,000 in expenses for travel and family crises. In addition,
the American dollar has hit an

all time low against the Japanese yen <31.00 - 138 yen),
which means
ago.

it

takes

more

The picture above i s of the Karuizawa Christian Camp in the Fall. The baptistry in the foreground i s where over 200 have been baptized during
summer camps.

to buy the same goods as a

or so

year

Irene

Grice

Forwarding Agent

forwarding Agent in States

Irene E. Grice 715 14th Street S.E.

Field Address:

Rochester, Minnesota 55904 Phone: (507) 288-6554

Julius & Virginia Fleenor Box 13 4-15-8 Irumagawa Sayama Shi, Saitama Ken 350-13 Japan
Phone: 0429-53-7262

Non-Profit Organization
U.S. POSTAGE

PAID
Rochester, MN 55901
Permit No. 464

ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED

IXTHUS MISSION TO JAPAN MAILING

We wantto keep our mailing list up-to-date. Please check the appropriate box.

Please remove my name from your mailing list.

New address
MISSION SERVICES P.O. BOX 24S7

NAME:
ADDRESS:

KNOXVILUE

TN

37901

STATE:

ZIP CODE

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