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*1 FORWARDING ADDRESS: Irene E. Grice

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Field Address:

FURLOUGH NEWSLETTER

TI5

ih Street S.E.

Julius & Virginia Fleenor Box 13 4-25-8 Iruraagawa Sayama Shi, Saitama Ken
350-13 JAPAN

Rochester, M. 55901

Tel. 50T-288-6554

Mission Phone in Japan

0429-53-7262

Dear J'l'iends^ Now ve are in prepara tion for "return "to Japan and shipping food and packing and will leave Oregon IVfey I5 for our last speaking tour in
the midwest. Our

itinerary is on the back

page. We have tried to

visit every regular sup

porting church and indi vidual and report on the

work they have been sup porting in the past years. Our health keeps im
proving in beautiful Ame rica with good food and
a chance to rest.

The children have had

a good school experience

and a chance to learn of their own American culture.

"Stephen and Carol Fleenor

our son & wife in Japan

report the Church at Sa

yama has grown in spirit and number in the past year

and Stephen has trained

three or four men to preach and the Church is taking

leadership. WE LOOK FOR
WARD IN EAGER ANTICIPATiarr TO THE NEXT FIVE YEARS BT JAPAN. PRAY FOR US.:

JULIUS & VIRGINIA FLEEWOR and youngest children

JOHN 15 JOE l4 LAURIE 11 returning to Japan July 1979 for Sixth Term of Service. They
first arrived in Japan in October I95O.

King s English School. She will be a self-supporting

missionary, doing missionary work two days a week.

for Japan on a two year teaching contract with

Daughter Dana Lee shown with Julius left in March

Grace Fleenor age I8 is at NCC and U. of Oregon in Eugene now

studying Bible and Counseling.

She is shown with Grace Famham.

JOS IE & EMORY RAUCH

MABEL EEED

FEEN & LYIiE HARRIS

California

Oregon - 60th Ann. picture taken Mar '79

Yakima, Wash.

Faithfijl Friends through the years, who have encouraged and prayed for us, is the secret

of much of the continual progress.

We call them the true "Beautiful People."

Emory Rauch, an elder, and his wife, Josie, were friends in Vaughn, OR, where Julius

ministered from 19^5-19^7 They have continued faithful giving through the years. We attended their 60th wedding anniversary celebration in March.
Mabel Reed was one of Julius' mather's closest friends. She has given a monthly check
to our work since 1950j never missing a single month. Aunt Mabel is a member of a Baptist Church and a giver to missions around the world. Her faithful friendship and care encourages us I Fern and Ijvle Harris were on the Mission Committee of the old Figueroa Christian Church

(now sold to a black congregation) when Virginia and Julius were sent to Japan in 1950.
Shortly after that they moved away from los Angeles. They have never missed a single month of sending a check to support the work in Japan.
To these - and our other faithful supporters - we want to express our thanks for

''^iol"diii"g~Tip"'oT3i^hands"".

Our oldest living link CHurch'has been the First Christian

Church of Michigan City, Indiana, which began their support in 1950- Central Chris tian Church of Portland, Oregon, has supported the work since 1955 as has Court St. of SaJLem, Oregon, and the Stayton, Oregon church. The Warsaw and Hannegan Churches in Indiana added their giving as has the Elm St. Church, Moweaqua, and Newton Churches in Illinois. For 10 years the Southeast Church of Salt Lake City, Utah, has taken up needed support and the Del Amo Church and Lockhaven Church of California have become

regular givers. We feel thankful for these and other individuals and church groups which have helped.

The picture to the right is of lorraine Jobst, a childhood friend of Virginia's since the
time when they were in the Primary Dept. at Figureroa Christian Church. She is Thelma Littrell's sister and has done much secretarial work on the mailing labels for the newsletter. For years she has sent food boxes to Japan. Thank you, Lorraine.

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CONTBTOE TQ PRAY FOR RECRUITS TO JAPAM

In 1973 when we returned to the field we asked for prayer for 100 missionary recruits for Japan. Since that time missionary children and their wives going to Japan as mis

sionaries number ih in the Christian churches.

There are 7 other missionary children

in preparation. These already know the Japanese language and are adapted to the culture Beyond that there have been six new missionaries who have entered the field in Japan. Continue praying for 100 new missionaries and 100 Japanese workers for evangelism.

WMTEDI:
PRAYER WARRIORS

Grace Farnham, Veteran Mis sionary to Japan was respon sible for recruiting the Fleenors for Japan and helped provide housing for them the first year in Japan and intro duced them to many people who opened doors for their mini stry through the years. Grace
now lives in Turner Memorial

Home in Turner, Oregon. She visited with -us for eight days
in Portland and we had this

picture taken of this great

lady now 88 years old and a

prayer warrior for Japan.
While in California we were

also privileged to visit with Will and Katherine Schubert,

Methodist missionaries from

China and in later years Japan and Taiwan. Will

Schubert is setting aside 1979 to pray for Japan speci

fically and for nation-wide
revival.

The very doors of Japan were

opened in 18^+9 after years of

being closed to all foreigners thru intercessory prayer for
that land. NOW THE DOORS ARE WIDE OPEN IN JAPAN FOR MIS

SIONARIES.

Please pray for

in Asia which

these countries

have no resident foreign mis sionary or where missionary activity is greatly restricted.
GRACE FARNHAM - Retired Missionary

Pop (Millions)
AFGHANISTAN BHUTAN 20.0 1.2

BURMA
CAMBODIA

31.8
8.0

CHINA (Peo. Rep.) LAOS (g.R.)

MALAYSIA

85O.O 3.5
12.6

MONGOLIA

1.5

NEPAL (g.R.)
NORTH KOREA

13.2
I6.7
0.2

(Dem. Peoples Rep.)

SIKKIM

VIETNAM
USSR

1^7.3
259.0
William & Katherine Schubert - Missionaries to

Mainland China, Taiwan and Japan. Now retired in los Angeles. Heads Revival Prayer Fellowship.

KAORU (meaning Spring Fragrance) HASEGAWA visited our

home in Portland from March 8 to April 2. KAORU came
to the Sayama Church building shortly after it was finished as a result of house-to-house calling. We had prayed for a S.S. teacher. She is a pianist and

had attended S.S. in Tokyo for 10 years before moving

with her family to Sayama.

dream since childhood -

She asked soon, "How and

This has been my

when can I become a Christian?

to become a Christian and

Sunday School teacher."

She is now enrolled in

Tamagawa University to train as a teacher. Her sis ter was baptized the same day. Her brother and parents have also attended church. PRAY THIS ENTIRE

FAMILY BE ONE IN CHRIST. We desire 10 complete Christian Homes for the Sayama Church by the end of 1980. PRAY WITH US.

F.F.F.F.F.

WHAT is it? HOW is it?

1
THEIMA LITTRELL
Newsletter Mailer

GORDON HAHN with wife Donna and children David & Debbie

(President of the Nishi

Arai Foiindation and

Fleenor Mission Support Group

In 1962 a group of Christians of various Christian Churches formed a group called the
Fleenor Support Group to make up needed support for the Fleenors to return to Japan. The Lockhaven Christian Church kindly offered to foi^ard funds. This group of Chris

tian friends still functions with a yearly Christmas meeting and giving through Lockhaven or their churches.

It was the officers of this Grout) of Supporters who sent a letter asking for funds for

the Fleenor furlough and medical expenses in May, 1978

Again in February 1979 a letter went out under the signatures of Gordon Hahn - Lee Clarke and Thelma Littrell . These three people have generously donated of their funds and time to help the work in Japan and to this F.F.F.F.F appeal.
Gordon Hahn of the Del Amo Christian Church formed the Nishi Arai Christian Foundation

after a visit to Japan in 1957*

He felt inspired to help world-wide missions after

seeing missions in action firsthand. This Fount^tion purchased land and built one church building in a slum area of Nishi Arai in Japan where the Fleenors were working. Since then this Foundation has helped several projects in Japan besides missionaries, and native Christians all over the world with over $500,000 worth of mission donations.

Thelma Littrell, a friend of 40 years standing, is treasurer of the Fleenor Support

Group and member at lockhaven Christian Church. She has for the past ^4- years taken over all the printing and mailing work for the newsletters from Lockhaven in Lds Angeles.

Lee Clarke, Secretary of the Group has been another prayer warrior - giving generously to the work for 25 years and opening her home to the Fleenors as the "Clarke-Hilton" whenever we are in the los Angeles area, and time and again Lee has helped the work.
She was the Missions Chairman of the former Crenshaw Christian Church.

NOW - RESULTS OF THE F.F.F.F.F. LETTER.'

The designated funds for the Fleenor Flight

Furlough Food Fund now stand at $^,825.00.

The need is ^7,800 for (l) food, (2) shipping costs (3) used car in Japan and (^) air travel
to Japan.

Virginia's foster brother, Harry Morgjan, donated 150 lbs. of nonfat milk power to be taken to Japan. To purchase same there would be over

Marion Morgan, Harry's wife, does all address

corrections and typing of copy for printing

We are grateful to God for all these wonderful :

1^ i

co-workers with us for the Mission to Japan.

God Bless You All..

Remember, any donations to the Fleenors

deductible. Irene Grice will send you a

receipt which you can use for the IRS and

fi
4

your records.

INTRODUCING

OUR FORWARDING SECRETARIES

MAXINS SEYB, Orange, CA Forwarding Secretary

for Fleenor Mission

196k-13'Jh
Julius' mother served as our forwarding secretary
GEORGE & GEORGIA CRAWFORD

from 1950 to 196^ until

she came to help us in Japan for one year. At
that time Maxine volun
teered to take over. She

Portland, Or. Forwarding Secretaries 197^-1978 Virginia was reared by

foster parents. Pastor and Mrs. Harry Morgan. Their granddaughter married Ron Crawford, and his parents decided to take a trip to Japan and volunteered to help at our summer camp, pay ing their own room and board. They proved to
IRENE E. GRICE

did an excellent job and

tried to send us a food

715 - Ito St., S.E.

Rochester, MN 55901

box every month as her personal donation to the

work. She is an active

We thank God for providing us with

a new forwarding secretary. We met Irene- when Virginia first went to Mayo Clinic in I977 for tests and Pastor Earl Wood of the First Chris

part of the L.A. Support Group and supervised the sending of Christmas boxes each year. Maxine had to give up her work for the Mission in 1974
because of severe health

be wonderful guests who

then became wonderful

tian Church, Michigan City, Ind.,

made arrangements for Virginia to
stay in the home of the Dean of

friends and helpers to

the Mission. After their visit they continued

Minnesota Bible College, Earl

problems which forced her

retirement. It was

Grice's home.

His gracious wife,

Maxine who stood up at

Christmastime at the

interested supporters and volunteered to help

us when we formed a

Fleenor Support Group Meeting and suggested a

Fleenor Food Fund be started for the Fleenors to take back dried and

Mission Tax Free Corp. in 1974 under the name

of rXTHUS MISSION HQ

Irene, who had been a secretary at Minnesota Bible College and was employed as a secretary at Mayo Clinic made Virginia feel very
much at home. Both Earl and Irene

JAPAN, both serving on the Board and becoming

our forwarding secre taries. They have done a wonderful job, but Georgia who did the book keeping end of the work

warmly invited our family back to stay in 1978 when Virginia had to

have more tests and surgery at Mayo.

At that time Irene asked what the

canned food to help in the financial problem of

the devaluation of the dollar and inflation in

duties were for a forwarding secre

tary as we mentioned we would have

Japan that puts hamburger

to have a new secretary before our return to Japan. After much prayer
and thought, Irene has offered to

at $6.50 a lb. and milk

had to have eye surgery

this year so asked that
wp get someone to take over for the next five year term while we are

at $1.20 a quart, etc.

Our Laurie Maxine was named after her Grandma Maxine. Maxine con

do this very great service.

Earl

Grice visited our work some ypars

back and we look forward to Earl

in the field.

These sec

and Irene coming and making a visit to the work in Japan in the future.
Earl will serve on the IXTHUS Board
as Advisor.

tinues a supporter in
prayer and of her means.

retaries serve without

salary and have given

many hours of time to enable us to be free to

She is a friend of over

35 yrs. standing.

do missionary activity
in Japan.

From May 1st

SUMMER 1979
MAY

NEW FORWARDING AGENT:

IRENE GRICE, 715 - Ikth St., S.E.

Tel. (507) 2Q8'6^^k

Itinerary Julius Fleenors

Rochester, Minn.
IXTEIUS MISSION TO JAPAN

55901

18
19

17

Fri - Drive Portland to Boise, Idaho

Sat - Drive Boise to Salt Lake City

Thu - Final preparation to leave Portland area (IO75 NW 123rd #l6 6^3-4500 or

(apt.)

20

21
22

Mon - Drive to Cheyenne

Tue - Cheyenne to Omaha

SUN - Southeast Christian Church, I88I Vine St. (contact) Davidsons, Robt.

(801)278-^578

26
28
29 30

23
27

Wed - Omaha to Rochester, Minn, to confer with new forwarding secy. (3 days in

Sat - Visit John sind Jane Hill

Rochester)

Mon-- Rest at John Hills

SUN - St. Paul Park Christian Church, 63O Summit Ave., St. Paul Park, Minn. 55O7I

Tel: (613) ^59-5787

Tue - Drive to Michigan City, Indiana Wed - Rest and Preparation at Michigan City

31
JTJNE

Thu - FAITH PROMISE RALLY AT MICHIGAN CITY, First Christian Church, (Thu to Sun) 1102 Cedar, Michigan City, Ind. U636O Tel. (219)872-5310 Earl Wood, Min.
Mon Sat
Mon Sat
SUN

4 9
10 11

SUN - LAST DAY FOR FAITH PROMISE RALLY at First Christian Church, (see above) Fri June 8 - Headquarters same as above. Warsaw, Indiana, 1st Christian Church (contact) Louese Chinworth SUN Same as above. Tel: (219) 267-89OI

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17

(Contact) J.C. Smith, 70i^ W. Main St., Cambridge City. Tel. (317)^78-5^^5 A.M. - MAPLE GROVE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, Bloomington, Indiana (Contact) Judy Neal.
Clerk, Route 11, Bloomington, Ind. ^4-7^01

18

Mon - Travelling

19 ' 20
21

Tue - Bengal Christian Church (home meeting) M/M Branson, Rt. 8, Box 195>
Shelbyville, Ind. i^6l76

Wed - Hannegan Christian Church, c/o Marion Liggett, Rt. 3? Rushville, Ind. 46173
Tel (317)932-5217
Thu - Visit in Knightstown, Ind. area

-22 Fri - Drive-to Moweaquar, IHt , c/o Ciarence Lambdinsy" Rt. ~1, Box "63,''Howeaqua *62558"
23 2h
25

Sat - Moweaqua SUN - A.M. FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH, NEWTON, ILLINOIS P.M. EIM ST. CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OINEY, ILLINOIS Mon - Drive to St. to visit CMS and Mrs. James Stryker, 5017 C Grover Ave.

Scott Air Force Base, 111. 62225 (Belleville, 111.) Tel. (618) 736-2334
26 27 28 29 30
JULY 1
2

Tue Wed Thu Fri

Drive from St. Louis to Joplin to visit Isabell Dittemore Joplin for the day Drive Joplin to Oklahoma City

(r
-

Drive Oklahoma City to Navajo Reservation (Jim Charley, Teeznose Pos, Ariz.)
Driving to Navajo Reservation by way of Tucumcari, NM 86514

Sat

SUN - Worship with Nava.io Church and Jim Charley Mon rive to Grand Canyon
-

Tue

4
5

Wed
Thu SUN

Contact:
8
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Lee Clarke, 1352 Tower Dr., Vista, CA 92083 (714)726-4703 Contact: Bernice Bunckel - Tel. (714) 492-2102

^Mbn-^6-:t30---9:00 -^LEENOR FAREWELL FELLOWSHIP, University Christian Church, 5831 W. Centinela Ave., LA 90045 For Reservations:
Thelma Littrell, 11702 S. Gale Ave., Apt. C, Hawthorne, CA 9025O

Tel: (213) 644-1640

12

12

Thu to Mbn - July I6, c/o Harold Gallagher, Kaimuki Christian Church, 1117 Koko Head
Honolulu, HI 96816 (consulting about Christian Retreat development in KAUAl)
Mon - Arrive back in Japan to begin 30th year of missionary service to Japan
Field Address: Julius and Virginia Fleenor

THU - Fly Korean Air Lines from LAX, via Honolulu

16

P.O. Box 13, 4-25-8 Irumagawa, Sayama Shi, Saitama 350-13

MISSION PHONE 0429-53-7262
PLEASE NOTE NEW FORWARDING AGENT FOR FUNDS LISTED ABOVE.

IA.OS
F.leenors

ixenn

I X T H U S

I.ntercessors

S.ervins
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NEWSLETTER
OCTOBER 1979

Field Address:

Julius & Virginia Fleenor

Box 13
350-13

^-25-8 Irumaga-wa
JAPAN

Sayama Shi, Saitama Ken

JULIUS & VIRGINIA TTfflTOR BH5IN THEIR

Phone:

0^29-53-7262

Forwarding secy, for funds

30TH YEAR IXTHUS MISSION TO JAPAN

MISSIONARY SERVICE J. Fleenors

c/o Irene Grice 715 14th Street. S.E. Rochester, MN 55901

*** JAPAN ***

Dear Faithful Friends:

'"'"uly 19 "vre arrived at Tokyo Narita Airport, having flo^wn from Los Angeles in l6 hours. It tock us Y hours to drive through Tokyo traffic to our Mission Home in Sayama, a trip vhich
should take two hours. We were given a great welcome on Sunday by the Sayama Church and after receiving callers all day took off for Karuizawa to the Camp to prepare it for the

first campe on July 21st. Daughter Julia and husband and John and Joe had gone the day before to open up and clean the main rooms. So, two days after arrival we were caught up in four weeks of summer camp and street and village evangelism, selling Bibles and litera
ture and giving out thousands of pamphlets to the summer visitors of Karuizawa. T^wo replies came back requesting to enter the Bible correspondence course. There were IT chil

dren in camp who had never heard the gospel before who attended camps and came away with a knowledge of the CREATOR GOD and Jesus Christ His Son through teaching, songs, prayer and Life of Christ films and Moody Science films shown each night. Two of the camps were essen
tially English camps, but we always teach Bible in various ways.

During the family camp the greatest joy came to us when one mother accepted Christ by con fession of faith. The year before her high school aged daughter accepted Christ and was baptized at our Spring Camp. Last week at the baptismal service, the father of the family came and played his trumpet to celebrate the baptism of his wife. His parents are Chris tians but he has not yet made his decision for Christ. During a serious illness last year he prayed to Jesus Christ to spare his life and since then has been drawing nearer to Christ
as his. health has been restored. PRAY THIS ENTIRE FAMILY BE ONE IN CHRIST.
GIVE THANKS 11! REJOICE WITH US I

The Sayama Church has been growing in our absence under the ministry of Stephen and Carol

(our son and daughter-in-law).

There are new Christians and the older Christians are

stronger. The Bill Turner family live nearby and tock over completely in June and July all the classes that Steve and Carol had taught. Together with the Japanese Church all the ser vices and classes were taught. Now new classes have opened in English and Bible in the
church and neighborhood and the Turners and Julius and Virginia divide these classes. keeps us all busy meeting the demands for English and Bible classes. level for the Christians who want to get deeper into God's word.
to teach and preach in their homes and serve in the Church.

It

Julius was asked by the Church to open a two-hour Sunday afternoon Bible Course of College
These want to be able

"MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL NATIONS..."

Jesus said.

The Turners opened the Wednesday night prayer service. Now the Church at Sayama asked for another prayer service right after morning service on Sundays for those who cannot gather
on Wednesday nights. Then some of these shall eat out and come from 2:00 to 4:00 for the Bible Study in Depth Course.

Our son John brought 6 young men he met playing ball in the park to study(each Wednesday8:00 to 10:00 p.m.) English and Bible from Julius. Thus God is bringing people to learn.
The night education group of Sayama City has asked Vlrginig to teach 25 to 30 young adults English. We shall do this for three months and invite thera to the Church for English and
Japanese Bible films, etc.
RIGHTEOUSNESS.
*******

PRAY FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE TO HAVE A HUNGER AND THIRST AFTER ARRIVED AT YOKOHAMA. A bill was enclosed from

NOTE:

OUR FREIGHT OF FOOD AND SUPPLIES HAS

our Christian Mission Shipping Service for $l800 for balance for shipping and crating and
purchasing done for us. We had sent $1200 and thought we would need only $800 more. We are thus $1000 short on our payment to the service. WE KNOW THE SAVINGS ON THE FOODS ATO SUPPLIES SHIPPED will enable u& to keep in our budget for the next two years as the infla
tion here continues. AGAIN THANKS TO ALL WHO HAVE GIVEN TO THIS FUND.

FLEMCE FAMILY REUNION

3 Days in California as Stephen's family came to U.S anf] Julius Fleenors prepared to return to Japan.

SUMMER 19T9
CALIFORNIA

.4
Laurie age 11 grabs her daddy's neck

at Disneyland and says, "Yes, this is

Stephen and Carol Fleenor with Rebekah 10, Peter T

and Debby U - at Disneyland
A wonderful Christian gentleman in California
handed the Fleenor Families Sr. and Jr. each a

the happiest place in the world."

The first thing Laurie said when she

arrived in America in June 19T8 was

that she thought we should spend 5

check and said, "This is for Disneyland and your families* hotels and recreation for 3 days. You can use it for nothing else."

years in America and one in Japan in

stead of the other way we had been

doing for 29 years-

But, strangely,

even after 3 wonderful days at

How good our God is to move through such fine

Christians as this to provide for our families

Disneyland, lovely hotel pools and

the Sea World Tour, she said,

"I

to talk, love, and enjoy a beautiful time to

gether. We had not seen each other for a year and vill probably not see each other again for
a year.

can hardly wait to get to Japan and Karuizawa Camp and Sayama and all my
friends at the Christian Academy.

Joe "and Laurie are "enrolled therg^

Debby, Becky and Laurie vere inseparable.

and John and Peter all slept and played and

Joe

John is taking a Special Missionary

Accelerated Christian Education

svam together.

Happy parents enjoyed it all.

Course working with his parents and his American tutor, Lilah Scott, in

the hope of doing two grades (9 & 10)

this coming 12 months to catch up
from his late start to school at age

Joe Fleenor, Shin Yamaguchi, John Fleenor and Joshua Shozen (our grandson by Julia) jump
into the truck for canrp weekly garbage rLin
vith Julius at the wheel.

Stephen bought the truck for mission "ourposes and now the Buttrays, Turners, and we find it most
useful for camp work. e three missionaries en the field will pay the taxes and upkeep until

The FAMILY CAMP at Karuizawa

Stephen returns to Japan in February to join the

team in his missionary activities.

had groups and families coming and going every two or three days for
over a week. The young man in the front accepted Christ five years ago

through Stephen's coffee house work.

NOTE: Furlough Address of Stephen and Carol Fleenor He is the brother of Dr. Yamamoto.

He bought a Bible at the Bible table

on the street and w-as converted by Christmas time- He came and gave his

29B8 Powell

Eugene, OR

97^05

testimony twice at the various camps and brought an unsaved friend.

P-ATER Am TVJkTil^. PAGE

Cur furious liar, "been ever3^"hing a I'lirlciigh should be. Cijr health is restored and refreshed. \-je have learned much through fellovship ^vlth His Church and livi.ng in our wonderful America. The Klders a1- the Michigan City ChMrch encouraged us to make a PRAYER PSQUEST page in every
newsletter. Thank you. Brother Bhanej*'

Th'= thanksgiv-ing to God for the fellovship and material and spiritual provision through our faithful supporters fills our hearts dally. GIVE THAimS IJPOW EVERY PEMEMBRATJGE OF YOU.

"We praise God for the truly Great Clirlstians we knov in the churches supporting us here in
Japan.

Right at the end of our furlough God supplied through Christians our last needs for plane fare, and supplies and eciulpment and food In final preparation for shipping in Seattle. "Vrhen Mission /'hipping oer'^/aces asked for $1000 check we had it to mail to them.

We praise God' we went out 30 years ago with $7.00 and promises of $225-00 a month support.
Since that time PTe has supplied all our needs.

^ow ve wou-ld-like-you Another doctor's wife new children enrolled to study. He is near

to pray especially, for the doctors and their wives who are coming. just enrolled in Virginia's English and Bible study group- ^ight in her Saturday class. One of Julius' doctors is going to America a decision for Christ. Pray for this doctor.

Julius preaches regularly in two churches, has three other English and Bible groups in the church plus the new request for Bible Study in Depth by Christians who want to be effective
Christian workers and lead Home Bible studies.

Pray for us in October as we take the Special Intensive Japanese Reading and Writing class. Pray for Japanese who now have Bible Reading Groups in their homes and who are soul w-inners
Pray for more such Christians in Japan.

Pray for the KAMO church under the AONO family in Northern Japan.
Kamo City is a strong Buddhist and Communist stronghold.

They meet in their home

and other homes but desire to lease land and build. They ask for prayer for this. They must move from their rented home this next April. Pray the Christians be strengthened.
PRAY THAT EVERY MEMBER OF THE CHURCH AT SAYAMA AND UMEDA AND THE TOKYO CHURCH WIN EVERY
MEMBER OF THEIR HOUSEHOLDS.

PRAY FOR PASTOR SANOS AND EVANGELIST TO BE FILLED AND ANOINTED BY HIS SPIRIT TO PREACH AND LIVE JESUS CHRIST WITH TRUTH, GRACE AND POWER.
TRAY MISSimARlES ho couroes of LIFE as wp let ,TESUS- CHRIST _dmXl_in us richly.

ONE COMPLETE CHRISTLAN HOME

This is Mr. and Mrs. Tamamura of the Umeda Nishi Aral Church. She was

converted 20 years ago, then Julius baptized her husband and then her
sons. Pray the two sons find good
Christian wives.

Mr. Tamamura is an elder and Mrs. Tamamura works for the Christian

Mothers Counseling Service in Tokyo.

Pray for the church that started in their home under the teaching of Julius and the Annos (now in Kamo planting a church). This church has its own building, pastor, and a Bible
School of 150 children. They reserved a week of camp for 50 children in August of next

year.

During last summer the pastor baptized 8 in the sea during their camp.
Every week the Earthquake
They will prevent

Pray for the leaders in Japan and for the people of Tokyo.
Kantc Plains.

Disaster Committee issues new preparation warning for the oxpocted earthquake due for the
We have had one Richter 5 earthquake since our return.

all travel on highways and train for up to 10 days when the readings show an earthquake is coming. We are located in one of the refuge departure routes out one hour by train
from the center of Tokyo and the density of high buildings.

Pray we might be spiritually ready to minister wherever we are under any circumstances.
Finally, wy prais*^ God as we begin our 30th year in Japan by His Grace and Power.
PRAY WE BEAR mCH FKUTI',

Sincerely,

LILAH SCOTT

Missionary Ag'^^lstant

as a -widow for six years working for the County Special Services Department working with the aged, and presently working and teaching in the Florence Christian Church. Two elders and her minister, Stuart West, highly recommended her to us in letters.

lived'in'the'community for S^'years and now

Julius and Bill Turner

On July 25 Aunt Lilah arrived in Japan and has been praying for us, sewing for us, teaching English and lessons on Prayer for us, and especially tutoring our son, John, in his reading and writing and spelling skills and vocabulary development in preparation for his Accelerated
Course which he starts soon. LILAH does anything she is asked to do willingly and cheerfully and is a joy to have in the home and church. The Japanese love her already. In October she will take over three classes for Virginia in Advance English and Bible and Two for Betty

Turner while we attend a Special Accelerated KANJT Course (Japanese character writing).
We cover 85O characters in 20 2-hour lessons plus much homework.
adopted Japanese son, John, will all take the course.
WE THANK aOD FOR SENDING LILAH TO US. PRAY SHE BE BLEST EVEN AS SHE BLESSES EVERY LIFE SHE TOUCHES HERE IN JAPAN.

and our daughter, Dana Lee (English teacher in Ichigawa City - suburb of Tokyo) with our

She came with a one year commitment, but we pray she will return to us after a short fur
lough next year. Lilah paid her own round trip fare to Japan and we give her only room and board. She has the room our daughter, Grace, used. She has met a real need in our

Missionary Home and in our Mission Work. We continue to marvel at God's goodness. Lilah's personality is much like Julius' Mother who came to help us three times in Japan so we
really all work well together.

Julia Shozen takes Joshua to 1st grade

and Eli, age 1, says good-bye to big brother, while a proud daddy, Shinichi, snaps the picture. It is good to have our No. 1 daughter and family near by
in Tokyo for us to enjoy.

Daughter Grace is in Eugene, Oregon, attend ing her second year of Bible College in preparation to be a Christian Counselor. She stayed with the Mclrvln Family of Federal VJay, Wash, this summer and learned to drive, sew, and worked at a Pizza Place which was held up the fdrst night on the job by armed robbers. God protected her from harm as she prayed for His Angels to surround and protect
her and the others. She also was missions

Our No. 2 daughter, Dana, com^^s often also as she teaches in a Ichigawa City English language school.

teacher at a Christian Camp in Eugene, Or.

PRAY GOD USE HER FOR HIS GLORY DURING HER PREPARATION FOR SERVICE.