Burney Donald Norma 1971 Japan

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EIICHI TANIYAMA (Seisho Yomu Kai, Tanabe, Wakayama) has just hada telephone installed in his home. His telephone numberis: (0739) 23-1158.

THE 21ST annual SATSUGU CHRISTIAN CAMP was held at the CHRISTIANCENTER, Kanoya (Kyushu) from August 4-9. BROTHER NAMIOKAMADA [Editor of Tembo] from Okinawa was the camp specialspeaker.

DAVID SIZEMORE has been very ill with "glandular fever", so that hewas forced to leave school at Lincoln Christian College before summer vacation and return home to recuperate.

SHIRLEY KLEINER left Japan from Osaka International Airport on July20. She was to spend 2 weeks in Hawaii before returninghome, where she is a High School teacher (English andHistory). While in Japan, besides helping the TURNERS andteaching VBS to their children, she was able to spend twodays helping AUDREY WEST, besides becoming acquainted withthe Osaka area missionaries.

REMEMBER THE NEW ADDRESSES of Osaka Bible Seminary and the MARTINCLARKS. Effective September 1, 1971 the address of OsakaBible Seminary became 2-11 Nakamiya 4-chome, Asahi-ku,

Osaka (535). The CLARKS address is 4-21 Nakamiya 4-chome,Asahi-ku, Osaka (535),

YOKO FUJII has returned to Hokkaido, having left Japan Mission thefirst part of July.

FIFTY-FOUR ADULTS attended the MINATO CHURCH CHRISTIAN CAMP atHakone during the latter part of July, MASAHISA IIJIMA,the preacher, wrote.

CORRECTION: MRS. SUGIYAMA, whom we reported as taking the job ofcook for the O.B.S. students, has been unable to do so;We are sorry that this was reported as news while decisionshad not yet been finally made.

PAUL AND RICKY CLARK have a new address: P.O. Box 1520, Tahoe City,California, 95730.

BARBARA WARRICK is spending this year with her parents in Japan.She will help with letters, bookkeeping, housekeeping andtaking care of the younger children. She also wants tofina time to sew.

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SHIN KUBONO, a student from Osaka Bible Seminary, worked with theSANNOBARA CHURCH during the summer while the PAUL PRATTFAMILY was in America. (Isehara, Tokyo).

KOICHI HOMORI (DBS student) preached for the TARUMI CHURCH and theKAGOSHIMA CITY CHURCH (Kyushu) from July 3 to August 30during summer vacation.

EISUKE MASUDA (DBS student) helped during the summer at the MOIWA-SHITA CHURCH (Sapporo, Hokkaido).

KIYOSHI NAGASE made a trip to Okinawa during the summer.

MASATAMI KIKKAWA (preacher, ONO) has been teaching Japanese toWARREN AND EILEEN CHRISTIANSON, who, is is reported, aremaking amazing progress in the language in the short timethey have been here.

A SECOND AKASHI VBS, this one held at the apartment rented by theFUJIE CHURCH for English Classes, etc., averaged 15 forthe 6 days. Most of the students were 5th and 6th gradeboys and girls, which is not the usual case in a VBS.MICHIKO FUKOE taught.

THE ONO KODOMO KAI (Children's Meeting), held for 3 days, July25-27 with MICHIKO FUKOE as teacher, had 12, 25, and 18children in attendance. Two High School boys of the Onocongregation, TAKEGAWASAN and KOBAYASHISAN, and twoAmerican girls, DENISE KEMP and JODI WENZ from CrenshawChristian Church (Inglewood, Calif.) who were visiting theCHRISTIANSONS for the summer, helped with the children.In spite of not knowing the language, the girls were ableto play the organ, help with the handwork, and handle songsheets. MRS. CHRISTIANSON brought cookies the last dayand she and MRS. KIKKAWA served juice.

DALE MINGS is studying at home this year, since he lacks only afew credits of graduation. He wants to finish early andenter college in the fall. He has been helping out atNAKAMIYA CHURCH (Osaka).

CLAIRE BOULTON's new address is 18 Okisho Hsq., Urasoe City,Okinawa. "We are not," he said, "living in our own housein Mercy now, and won't be for at least another year. . .

/ Our contract with the housing agent we left in charge of/ our place specifies that the house is to be returned to

/ /us vacant at the end of our furlough, but he wrote anI \ open-ended contract with the present tenant, and there

isn't any way we can put them out. In fact, if they wantto stay for 5, 10, 20 years or more, there's nothing wecan do about it. . .He is a civilian working for the government, and says that there isn't any way that he can Li-stay past September 1972, so we hope to get back into ourown home then.

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OKIHARU DOYAMA returned July 12, i971 from just under one year ofstudy in the United States at the American Baptist Seminarvof the West, at Berkeley, California:^ lie is now preachingon Awaji Island for the Bihon Kirisuto Eyodan Shizuki Kyokai.His address is: Mr. &Ifa-s. (^iharu Do3rama, Nihon KirisutoKyodan Shizuki Kyokai, 1716 Shizuki, Tsuna-cho, Tsuna-eunHyogo-ken. '

MARY PRATT has enrolled in Cincinnati Bible Seminary. Her addressis 303 Women's Residence, iiVOO Glenway Avenue, CincinnatiOhio, 45204. '

ASOT OP 55 SLIOBS on "Vmat Cbrlstlanlty la Like In Japan" was sentto Australia to be used by HIROSHI INADA in a September ;convention to present Japan to the Christians of Australia.He will also be able to show them in various places astime goes on. Thanks goes to TURNERS, SIMS, CLARKS E.fuIjTZ, v. LEHMON, coles and BURNEYS for what we feel wasan interesting, if somewhat long, presentation.

WALTER^AND MARY MAXEY arrived^^^a^a aboard the PresidentThursday^,AgUst26^ith the help of theKIYOTO YANAGIMOrpOs iid KlyutS^sister, they were able t

locate an apartment at Koganei City, the next stopi^Mitaka where International Christian Universitv^^islocated. .They visited in Kanoya for 9 days and returned toKoganei. They are to study language at ICU from Sept. 14through June 30, 1972. Their address is: 41-3 Higashi-machi, 4-chome, Koganei-shi (184).

DAN AND CAROL (MING^) ELLIOTT have moved from Tampa, Florida toTulsa, Oklahoma. Their address is Box 157, Foyil, Oklahoma, 74031. DAN will finish his training for medicalwork in Tulsa.

HAROLD AND LEONE COLE wrote on August 11, "Camps and VBSs seem tobe our main activity right now. . .Have helped in 4 VBSs,2 camps, and have spoken over 40 times since coming home'this summer. We have one more VBS and 1 camp yet to complete.

ATHREE DAY ROTREAT at Karuizawa for the High School girls in EXIEFULTZ's Sunday morning Bible Class (THE NATIONS CHURCH OFCHRIST) resulted in the baptism of MISS TOSHIKO SHU (Chin^ese). MR. &MRS. BOB WARRICK, MRS. MABEL BOTTRAY, and MISSCHIAKI OKAMOTO also helped in the retreat, and accordingto Exie's newsletter. Miss Shu "with living green trees asthe backdrop, was baptized into Christ by BRO. WARRICK inthe outdoor baptistry at the camp grounds of the JULIUSFLEENORS."

MARTH^OST wrote on August 17: "Next Friday will find me flyingr"^to . . .Los Angeles. I do not know just where I will be/ living since I sold my Garden Grove bungalow to come to

^ the mission field. I have snent three years at Omika and

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TOST, cont."tried to be teacher, friend, and counselor to many students.I have given out more than fifty dozen "Good News For Modern Man" to students, travelers, and all who have desiredthe Word of Life and could speak and read some English.Thank God for the opportunity. . . My work with the collegeis finished and someone else will be taking over my classesfor the second semester. Two new American young couplesare coming I understand."

BOB AND JOYCE WARRICK should be sited this year for "Bravery Beyond the Call of Duty." Because the Christian Academydormitories were unable to keep them, CHARLES FABER,ALLAN FABER, CAREY JONES, and SARAH BURNEY are all stayingwith the WARRICKSbesides, of course, Warricks* -own family. We down-country and up-country parents are verythankful to the Warricks for their Christian love.

THE NOICHI CHURCH BUILDING AND PARSONAGE (Kochi, Shikoku) are wellon their way to completion, the roof and walls being almostfinished. The building is scheduled to be finished inNovember. The quonset which will house Shikoku ChristianPress will then be moved onto the back of the property.

PAUL AND KATHLEEN PRATT, ANDREW AND BETTY PATTON and family, andGRACE FARNHAM arrived in Tokyo from the States Sept. 1.

THE HAROLD SIMS FAMILY, who intended to take the same plane toarrive September 1, was forced to wait when their newpassport arrived one hour after the plane left. (Jon,whom they left in Cincinnati, was on the old passport,making a new one necessary.) They took a plane the nextday and arrived September 2.

GR/iCE FARNHAM, who arrived September 1 for about a year, is staying in the STAN BUTTRAY home. She thinks she may go toKorea in October. Then her niece and family are coming toJapan in April and GRAC^ is to act as interpreter forthem. (She is still nursing a broken arm and sprainedright wrist, which she suffered in a fall June 9. Thecast has been removed, but the wrist is still weak.)

BREWERS YEAST, rich in vitamins, minerals and amino acids, andused as an additive to food, is easily available at Japandrug stores. It is called EBIOS, manufactured by EbiosYakuhin Kogyo Co., Ltd., of Tokyo. A 500g can costs aboutY 400.

THE OBS BOOK STORE was closed during the summer by the resignationof SACHIKO ONO, but opened again the first of Septemberunder the direction of MR. & MRS. NORIHIKO SAITO. Pleasecontinue to use the facilities of the Book Store to obtainyour books.

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MR, & MRS, DOMEN are the parents of a little girl, their firstdaughter after sons SHIN-CHAN and KEN-CHAN, She was bornAugust 8, 1971 and named Rebecca ( o ). The DOMENfamily now attend worship services at the SAYAMA CHRISTIANCENTER in the home of BOB AND JOYCE WARRICK (Tokyo).

KOSDGI-SAN (3rd Year High School boy) and MURAKAMI-SAN (a memberof the Japanese Navy based in Yokosuka) were baptized Aug.29 at the YOKOSUKA CHURCH. MURAKAMI-SAN had been firstcontacted only a few months before when he was handed atract on the street.

KEIKO TAKITA, who kept the Sendai work alive in the NIELSENs' absence, and has worked so closely with the JONES's, has beenhospitalized with ulcers. She will be in the hospital forfrom 2 months to 1 year, "if no one prays for her, " added13-year-old CAREY JONES.

MR, & MRS. NORIHIKO SAITO announced that their first baby, a boy,was born on the lOth of August, 1971, They named himYoshinobu (^ 'fo ), MRS. SAITO is the former REIKONAOMI NAGATA, The SAITO family live on campus and teachat Osaka Bible Seminary,

VIVIAN LEMMON, in the U.S. for a short furlough, wrote: "Just nowI am in San Jose (Calif.) visiting at HAMMONDS. . .Went tothe 75th anniversary of Northwest Christian College atEugene (Ore.) in June. I carried the banner for activeJapan Missionaries, and MARY HARDING carried one for OsakaBible Seminary in the great processional. . . I attendedMissions Week at WiNeMa camp. CARL KETCHERSIDE was thedaily speaker. I am bringing tapes of his lectures hometo Japan. . .After the Missionary Convention in Portland,I will go to Kentucky Christian College and other pointsduring October^ I still plan to come home November 1 withETHEL BECKMAN. . .Greetings to all the fellow-workers inChrist.

MISS CHIAKI OKAMOTO of the NATIONS CHURCH OF CHRIST was to leavethe week of August 16 for America to enter Pacific Christtian College, Long Beach, California. HERE IS AN IDEA:"The [Sayonara] party was held after class and she was pre-

N. sented with a pair of pajamas with the names of the class^^^^^embers on the cuffs so that when she says her evening

prayers she'll remember to pray for us."THE DAITO CONGREGATION (Osaka fu, AKIRA ODA preacher) extended its

meeting place by enlarging the former meeting room in theODA residence almost 2^ times to 2.33 ken x 4.25 ken, ..building two rooms upstairs, and adding a new genkan (entranceporch). The church is helping the Odas pay back the loanto Osaka Christian Mission.

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DON AND NORMA BURNEY and family moved August 15 from Nolchi, wherethey had lived for 8 years, to Tosa-Yamada, a somewhatlarger town a few kilometers north. (To those who attendedthe 1964 Missionary convention in Shikoku, Tosa-Yamada wasthe place you got off the train and boarded a bus.) They(finally) found a house to rent which was large enough, andsituated and priced right. It is Japanese style with asmall yard . It is directly across the street from theYamada High School. Their purpose in moving was to be ableto help in establishing a new church there. The BURNEYSnew address is: 1-41, 3-chome, Higashi Honmachi, Tosa-Yamada-cho, Kami-gun, Kochi-ken (782). Mail intended forthe Shikoku Christian Press may be sent either to the oldaddress in Noichi, or the new one in Tosa-Yamada. . . Theyhave no telephone, but can be reached on a neighbor'sphone at the Hide Biyoin (Hi-de Beauty Parlor): 08875-2-2293.

A DAUGHTER, REBECCA, was born to TOM AND HOPE (SIMS) SCHMIDT onApril 6, 1971, their first child. She is now 6 months old.

EXIE FULTZ has returned for a short trip to the States to attendthe National Missionary Convention in Portland, Oregon, aand speak in various churches on behalf of her plans tostart Christian Summer Institute on Awaji Island. Sheplans a 45-day trip through the West and Mid-west beforereturning to the West Coast.

"workweek" at OSAKA BIBLE SEMINARY consisted of 3 days (Sept. 6-8)in which the faculty, staff and students removed the summer's dust and polished everything up ready for a new sera-ester. It had been intended to take down half of the oldBoy's Dorm, but there wasn't enough time to attempt it.

The first worship service of the TOSA-YAMADA CHURCH OF CHRIST washeld in the DON BURNEY home September 32, 1971. There arepresently two Christians besides the Burney family andMICHIKO FUKOE.

JULIUS AND VIRGINIA FLEENOR, STAN AND MABLE BUTTRAY, MILTON JONES,DALE WILKINSON, and BOB AND JOYCE WARRICK spent theirsummer, or part of their summer, helping with the KARUIZAWAMATSURI DENDO (Evangelism during the Karuizawa Celebration)and camps held in the Fleenor cabin. The total number ofcampers" for the summer was 192. Those baptized at camptotaled 24; and those who made their confessions and wereto be baptized later were 6 adults and 20 children. Therewas one decision to enter the ministry. TOSHIHIKO SHIMADA(Miyakojima Church, Osaka) and HIDEYUKI MOROHASHI (Yoko-suka Church), and others slso helped with the preaching.

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"WE HAVE GAINED THREE NEW BROTHERS AND SISTERS," writes the ONOCHURCH, "rejoice WITH US.'" YUKIKO TOMOFUJI was baptizedAugust 1; YUKIMI AE on August 29; and HIDEKO AKIYAMA was tobe baptized on September 5.

TEN ELDERLY FOLK meet each Wednesday at a service held at the OldFolks Home by the ONO CHURCH. "On September 5 these 10 willattend church at Ono, be present for AKIYAMA-SAN's baptismafterward (which will be a good lesson for them), and beguests at a picnic held in the afternoon in their honor,"MASATAMI KIKKAWA (Ono preacher) wrote.

BILL And BETTY TURNER plan to sponsor four Film Meetings duringOctober-November. Moody Science Films will be held in theapartment rented by the Fujie Church in the hone of reaching some of the residents of the large apartment housenext door. DONNIE MINGS will be helping.

STEPHEN AJID CAROL FLEENOR and family arrived in Japan in August,and are living in Karuizawa in the Fleenor family housewhile going to language school there. STEPHEN also intendsto strengthen some of those from Karuizawa who were baptized this summer. Their address is: 1073 Karuizawa Machi,

^Nagano-ken (389-01).IRS. MISUZU ORYU, a beauty parlor ooerator in Tosa-Yamada (Kochi)

and the mother of two boys, was baptized September 6, 1971a week after a typhoon caused the cancellation of thefirst-set date. She had been hostess to a Home BibleStudy held by MINORU HATTORI (Noichi preacher) and DONBURNEY each week since last February, in the beauty parlor,

DR. AND MRS. NAKARAI and DR. AND MRS. WALKER visited Osaka BibleSeminary the evening of August 9. The Osaka area mission-aries had a upecial meeting that evening at the CLAIOKS.

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THE KARIYA (AWAJI) CAMP was held August 2-9, with the OBS teacherscentral in leadership. Camp attendance was low this year,but a profitable camp was held. A typhoon caused someanxiety, and swimming proved impossible because of thepollution of the Inland Sea.

STEVIE TURNER has been attending Japanese kindergarten at a nearby Christian kindergarten since April. He wears a uniformcomplete with beret.'

MILTON JONES wrote from SENDAI, " On the 17th of October, SHIMADA(TOSHIHIKO) SENSEI will speak for us here in Sendai. . .In November we will start a new Bible Class. . .We havejust finished landscaping most of the yard here. We hopeto finish the church building in the next year. It willserve as a Christian Center and church. . .We ask yourprayers for the work here. ***

TWO-A-PENNY, a Bil]y Graham movie, was to be shown on Sept. 15 atthe Asahi Sangyo Kaikan (Osaka), wrote KOICHI HOMORI.Tickets were to be 250 yen.

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JOHN HILL came through Tokyo October 9 and 10 on his way back toKorea. He was met at the airport by STAN BUTTRAY, JULIUSFLEENOR and GRACE FARNHAM, spent the night at the FLEENORS,and continued his journey the next morning. He had escorted17 orphans to the U.S. the first part of September, thenperformed the wedding ceremony for the marriage of hisdaughter VIRGINIA while he was in the States.

BETTY PATTON was hospitalized for over a week in September withHepatitis. She is much better now, resting at home, andable to help with meal preparation.

OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY to the family of MRS. TOYOKO SATO, wife ofFumio Sato (preacher, Kamiochiai, Tokyo) and mother ofHiroaki Sato (preacher, Sakurayama and Arakaw'a, Tokyo),who went to meet her Lord on August 25, 1971 after manymonths of illness.

THE REGGIE THCMAS CRUSADE was held in a building in downtownAKASHI from August 22 through 27. There were 6 baptizedduring the week, including Sheryl and Tim Turner, twoJr. High girls, a grandmother from the Fujie neighborhood,and a young man who was visiting from ONO. Besides thesefour new members of the Fujie Church (Tim Turner is now inAmerica.), there have been other good effects of the meeting. Several new people have been comingstudents and aChristian family newly moved to Akashi. Six ladies whoattend a Saturday class taught by BETTY TURNER have becomevery interested in Christ. . . Besides REGGIE THOMAS himself, his team included his son "Tony" Thomas, Fayeand Janice Rostvit, and Patty Briggs. Those who helpedduring the Crusade who came from outside Akashi wereBONNIE MINGS, ETSUKO (LYDIA) KISHI, MICHIKO FUKOE, NORI-HIKO SAlTO,and MASATAMI KIKKAWA.

IN TARUMI CITY (Kagoshima) on August 21 (Sat.), a Billy Grahammovie. TwoAPenny, was shown by the TARUMI CHURCH OF CHRISTin co-operation with the City Offices and Police Department.(A 25-minute Traffic Safety Film was shown at the sametime.) Admission tickets were sold at 200 yen in variousstores about town. Even though the Hot Springs Matsuri(Celebration) came at the same time, wrote KOICHI HOMORI,there were close to 100 in attendance. The church was encouraged .

MISS MIKI NISHIMORI was baptized September 20, 1971 in the rivernear Tosa-Yamada. She is a beautician who has attendedthe Home Bible Study classes held since February in thebeauty parlor in which she works.

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AL^R has CCME FRCH HIROSHI INADA in Australia. "^Thank you foryour slides. They arrived on the first day of our Missionary Convention held in Harlaxton Church of Christ, so thatI could show them on the third and last day. They appreciated the slides very much since they knew almost nothingabout the Christianity in Japan. . going to-show theslides as often as possible whenever there is a chance todo so. Thank you for your kind help, indeed." He alsowrote concerning his studies there at Kenmore ChristianCollege. "I am very busy at the moment, since I am sittingfor two kinds of exams in about a month's time; one for theCollege and the other for the matriculation to the University of Queensland. The latter exams are of very highstandard, so that I am not sure whether I can pass themall this year. They include such subjects as English(6 hrs.), Ancient History (3 hrs.), Hebrew (3 hrs.) andLogic (6 hrs.). I am doing well in Hebrew and Logic butAncient History is a problem. I have to write 6 essays in3 hours for this subject. Most students here fail to passin one year. Some even take three years to succeed. Soit is not very likely that I will pass in all the sublectsthis year. But I will do my best anyway."

BARBARA COURTNEY arrived in Tokyo from the U.S. on September 9stayed the weekend with FLEENORS and WARRICKS, and leftMonday for Ibaraki-ken, where she says she'll be doingmuch the same work as beforeif she can find a house.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL at KOYOEN (Nishinomiya-Osaka) was held July26-30, ETHEL BECKMAN, SONOKO FUJIMOTO, and RUTH BECK-MAN taught. There were a total of 48 children with thehighest attendance any one day being 31. There were 9 withperfect attendance. The children were mostly from ages3 to 8. ETHEL wrote, "NAOMI (SAITO) helped me preparematerials 'Jesus, the Promised Saviour." We made worksheets for pre-school, primary and junior."

AL HAMMOND is making plans to change Christian Mission Todav .now a quarterlyto a :^^-jpage annual volume" "Mv

duties, he says, "at San Jose Bible Collie plus thedemands of the churches on the weekends make it unworkableto continue on a quarterly basis. The hike in mailing ;rates and costs of production were also factors in ourdecision. Bqt^we believe that an annual b^r>!r edition willhave appeal-^nd wjn ^jjBBjJJy^prderlng and distribution.It will also work in well with mission classroom usage andperhaps be a more stable economic investment.

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YASUKO MATSUDA, mother of MRS. REIKO KIKKAWA of Ono, and KEN MATSUDAReiko-san's younger brother, were involved in an automobileaccident on July 27, which left both hospitalized, but arenow home and much improved.

FROM HORIZONS MAGAZINE we read: "The TURNER and MINGS families inOsaka, Japan have provided MISS VELMA HELD with slides andauthorized her to speak in behalf of the need of funds forthe missionary children's schooling. MISS HELD has taughtin Japan, the Philippines and India, and is able to add herown experience to the presentation. She may be contactedat 1656 W. 29th, Davenport, Iowa, 52804." VELMA is attempting to raise the tuition necessary for SHBRf-MINGS, SHERYLTURNER, and TIM TURNER.

DECEMBER PLANS for the KAJIKI and KAGOSHIMA CITY (Kagoshima-ken)churches include an Eiga Dendo Kai (Film Evangelistic Meeting) , according to KOICHI HOMORI who intends to show Yaku-soku No Kuni. In KAJIKI the meetings will be held in thesecond story over the tank, while in Kagoshima City thechurch building will be used, together with the YOSHINODENDO SHO (Tomiyama-san's house). At KAJIKI, especially,there are plans to have a record concert using the musicfrom the sound track of Yakusoku No Kuni, sometime beforethe actual movie is shown.

CBS DENDO SHUKAN (Evangelism Week) will come the last of October.The schedule: NORIHIKO SAITO will be holding meetings atMOIWASHITA and TOMAKOMAI (Hokkaido) from Oct. 27-Nov. 3;AKIRA ODA will be at NAKANO (Tokyo) from Oct. 31-Nov. 1;TOSHIHIKO SHIMADA, KOICHI HOMORI, MASAMI OBUCHI, and SEIJITAKAHASHI will serve at SANNOBARA (Isehara, Tokyo) fromOct. 28-31; AKINORI NAKANO, EISUKE MASUDA, SEIMIN SUGIYAMAwill be 3 days at KINAN CHURCH (Wakayaraa); MAKOTO YUSEwill preach from Oct. 29-31 at GOMEN (Kochi), and MARTINCLARK will go to Kagoshima-ken at KUSHIRA and SUEYOSHI for3 days each.

THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR at OSAKA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL at Ikoma is under waywith^2/i this yearn1mrn%jl"Tiihln 1nf!t year's enrolImentTThere are two teachersT"Mi^s 'Marian Hovey, whoteaches 1st through 4th grades and is principal; and MissLiz Ramey, from Seattle, Washington, who teaches 5th through8th grades. BETTY TURNER helps with the 1st and 2ndgraders on Mondays (when she takes Sheryl to school) andon Fridays (when she goes early, teaches and brings Sherylhome.) SHERYL is in the 3rd grade.

TIM TURNER left for the States on August 27th, along with ETHEL andJENANN BECKMAN. He is living with his grandmother, MRS.T.TCWTPB vARPPriuaR i Ti Riverdale, d^T.T attending the 2nd grade,arid worshipping at the Riverdale Christian Church, whichwas started in the Turner's home when they were on furlough.Tim's family will be joining him in June of 1972.

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TANIMAKI KAI, the annual Preaching Meeting of Osaka Bible Seminary,will be held this year on November 21-23. The subject,"Elders, the Product of the Holy Spirit" (Sub-title; TheMature Christian), taken from I Tim. sTl, Acts 20:28, andI Peter 5:1-5, will be covered by MARTIN CLARK (InterpreterAKIRA ODA). Others on the program are HEISUKE ENOMOTO(Tanabe), KAZDHIKO SUZUKI (Sapporo), FUMIO SATO (Tokyo),EIICHI TANIYAMA (Tanabe), and MARK MAXEY (Kanoya).

WE HAVE STATED OUR PURPOSE each time JAPAN REPORTER was publishedin the past, but it still seems to be misunderstood bysome. Some have assumed that JAPAN REPORTER was a jointnewsletter primarily for American churches. This is notso. Let us illustrate:

We printed 220 copies of JAPAN REPORTER in July, and had19 copies left over after we mailed. Th^efore, the mailing list is very close to 200. (1) Of these 200, just over100 are addressed in Japanese and sent to Christian leadersmostly preachers and former students of 0.B.S. (the latter mpstly women who are not now active as leaders).(2) There are about 30 addressed in English and sent toaddresses in Japan. These are mostly missionaries andtheir children away from home, in school or married.(3) The other 70 go to the United States (including one toAustralia, one to the Philippines, and two to Taiwan.) Ofthese 70-or-so:

(a) 4 go to Japanese living in America (3 of whom willreturn before long.)

(b) 5-or-so go to missionaries on furlough(c) 9 go to former missionaries who will not return.(d) 21 go to missionaries' children who were raised

in Japan and are now in college or married.(e) 16 go to young people who are, or who may become,

recrui tg^J;fii=Japan.(f) 6 go to private addresses4 of whom are forwarding

secretaries of various missionaries.(g) 8 do indeed go to U.S. churches (3 of these are the

Burneys' supporting churches who receive itas a part of our report of the work we aredoing in printing.)

At any rate, the purpose of JAPAN REPORTER is NOT to presentmissionary activity in Japan to American churches. Ourpurpose is fellowship and information exchange between theleadership involved in preaching Christ in Japanwhich wefeel is extremely needful. We welcome any questions orcomments concerning JAPAN REPORTER, JAPAN REPORTER is published at Shikoku Christian Press, Noichi-cho, Kami-gun,Kochi-ken, Japan, compiled by Don and Norma Burney frommaterial sent them by various Japan missionaries andpreachers.