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Don and Norma Burney send September, 1975
'Shikoku
SHIKOKU Cin^ISTfAN MISSION; li-I-fi Asaliimiichi,
Toya-Yitmacia-cht), Kaini-Htni, Kochi-ken, JapanSecretary: Harold
R, Jones, R.R.I, La Fontaine, Indiana 46940, U. S. A.
THIS SUMMER MARKED ^^EARS since we-~Dc3n, Konna and Paul arrived
in Japan.The middle of Septa34>er marked IS since m came to
Shikoku. I reraenfoer that hot first sunner in Tokyotlie heat,the
smells, the inability to spesk or understand. (The ave.August
temperature (for Kdcbi Itovince) is 27.5C (81.5 F).Don't let that
thermcmeter reading fool you, thcti^. Ihehuman body knows seme
things about tenperature that thermometers don't kncwl The
hutnidity makes it feel like theydip every day in hot water before
they let it loose. Thereha^ been many sunmers since that one, and
one hardly notices the heat any more, .or the smells or the
language....but that first summer in 1955 has to be the most
inhospitable sunner ar^ time.
We have had four children bom in Japan In thf>8e 20
years:Sarah, now 1^ and a student at Pepperdlne Ikiiversity
at>felibu, California; Joe, 17, and a senior in a ChristianHigh
School in Tok^; Tom, 15, a third-year student (9 th.grade) at the
local Japanese Jr. Hi^; and Rachel, 5, mtyet in school. Paul is 21.
He is a Co-op student atGeorgia Tech (Atlanta, Georgia), going to
school and working for the Georgia Power Ckn^any.
WE HAVE BEEN SAECENED by the deaths of both Don's father, Hugh
W. Bumey, of Her-miston, Oregon in April, and Norm's father, H,
Donald Wil-
y son of Peru, Indiana in June. We thank the Lord for theirOCT.
s 1975 ^ influence in ota: lives and their wrlllingness to give
their
children and grandchildren for Japan for these twenty years,
THIS YEAR'S VACATION BIHE SCBDOLS - We had 5 of than.. .had
their good days andtheir bad days. We had one in a pRjblic hall, me
next doorto an orphanage, and one each in the thr^ churches,
Noichi,Gomen and Yamada. Of all five, the Ganen VBS (lidiere
therehas been no preacher for several years now, and we tried
togather children by giving out har^ills at the schools) hitthe
bottom of the attendaice IJ^t., .2 little boys. The Noichi church,
vihere a thrivlr^ children's program is going,bad about 40 each
day. Here at our house, where the churchTHeets in Yamada, we had an
attearidance increase every day xspto 16 on Thursday, .then the
typhoon rains reduced It to 4on the last day. Mr. Hattori (Noichi
preacher), Mr. Saito(soon to be Gcraen preacher) and Joe Burney
tau^t the firstthree VBS. Joe wasn't needed for the foui-th. He
helpedone day in the fifth VBS, then was busy elsesdiere, as
youwill read later, schools weren't as many or as big asother
years, but it Is good to teach children the way ofthe Lord.
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Church of Christ at TreatyR. 5, Wabash, In. A6992
Mission Services AssociationBox 177 ^Kempton, Indiana 46049
PERMIT #127Non-Profit Organ.Wabash, In. 46992
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BEST NEWS WE COUID POSSIBLY HAVE is the news that Mr. Saito, who
was living in
the Gccjen parsonage and preaching for the church during
thesunmer vacation on a trail basis, has said he will conie
backafter graduation from Osaka Bible Saninary in April to he'
thepreacher at Gcmen. You may guess that not only'was Mr. Saitoon
trial, but so was the church! There are many more churchesin Japan
than preachers. We want you to know that he is reallya fine young
(22 years old) man loves the Lord and knows
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PERHAPS YOB HEARD OF SEVERE TYPHOCMI in Japmi this sinmer. If
your ne^jspaper carried a little more news than nost, you toay also
have noticedthat they were primarily in Shikoku. Typhoon Phyllis
(alsocalled #5) tdiich carried Typbcm Rita (?/6) caiosed us to
ha\^almost rio children an the last day of It dunped morerains, and
killed another 20 people. We were in no dangerhere in the east end
of the state, other than the minor dasirage a typhoon alwa3's
brings (for us, a broken roof-tile \terea tree lijib fell on it).
The hoiE of one of the Christian
High Sdiool girls fron the Gomea duird:i was flooded to about
three feet above thefloor. Mr. Hattori, Joe and I went several days
to help clean up the house andits contents, repair electrical
appliances, and helpout any way we could. We took dinner frcwi our
bouseto the fatnily and workers for three days before theirgas was
restored. (We bad some quick substituting ofVBS teachers to do at
the last minute. Mr. Saito, aidMrs. Hattori taught the classes in
this school, with
The Gccien diurch, althoughNotma assisting), xne uccien cnurcn,
aictiiugti verysmall, gave the girl's family about $60.(X) to help
get started again,be praised for His care.
The Lord
WE HAD A REALLY WMERHJL CAMP deep in the mountains, beautiful as
only the Shikokunountalns can be. (When you travel through Kyushu,
the raomtalns ranlnd youvery mjich of those of our Western
UnitedStates. The Shikoku miuntalns are different. They seem
steeper, taller, withdeeper and narrower valleys. As youtravel
throu^ by train, you get onlyglimpses stolai between the 100
tunnelsit takes to get the train frcm our KochiProvince to the
northern edge of Shikoku.And you wonder how the people, live
inthose houses you see way up the mountain, ever get there. It was
in thissetting that our canp was held this sisaner. Beautiful, and
cool, and quiet,'and in just the place to appreciate God's
spiritual blessings together withHis phj^ical blessings. Ihere were
16 adults and 9 children, all but twqof tlie adults staying
throughout the vdiole cmap. Mr. Saito taught"the entire book of
PIiilippiflisa really excelloit study, and well presented. Itwill
bear its fruit. Wie thank you for your prayers in this sumer's
affairsand always.
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RECEIVED OCT 2 0 1975
PERSONALITY, PIETY AND P.??
"Se/^6fc4o( Sorr\juA^r/TiCK
I was madj I can tell you I was boiling! Someone had implied
publicly thatto be a successful missionary one had to have
PERSONALITY (in the American pulpit).And furthermore, I felt that
he also implied that I didn't have any. Since I figuredanyone who
was truly humble couldn't be angry at the latter slight, I decided
to beangry about the former. "Yeah,' All missionaries need to have
is PERSONALITY, PIETYand P . . .??" I couldn't think of anything
appropriate. So I threw a mental hymn-book at him, and settled down
to listen to the rest of the discussion,
(If you have never thrown mental hymnbooks, I recommend it
highly. You getit out of your system immediatelyyour aim is always
right on target even if you aresitting in the back of a huge
auditoriumand no one needs to know anything about itsince it raises
no knots on any preacher's head.) In this presentacase I did feel
alittle sneaky at throwing ond. at the back of the speaker's head,
and at such shortrange, but it couldn't be helped and I felt much
better.
When I got home that afternoon the "P , , ,??" was still
bothering me. SoI got out Wetester's Seventh eollegiate Ready-Made
Texts for Alphabetical Sermonsand looked under the "P's^ I was
amazed, I fdund 130 words beginning with P thathave some connection
(direct, sarcastic or remote) with missionaries, from the viewpoint
of themselves, preachdrs, people in the pews, their well-meaning
enemies ortheir mis-guided friendsand there were more, if I could
have given it a little moretime. As it was I sat for an hour,
jotting down words and chuckling to myself,completely forgetting
about ruffled feelings, (Can you imagine what one's familymust
think of a person who sits for an hour reading a dictionaryand
laughing??)
m don't expect everyone to thoroughly understand my reasons for
every oneof these nouns and adjestives which I have applied to
missionaries. It will depend onhow many you have had home to
dinner, in the pulpit, on the agenda at board meeting,in the frying
pan, etc. Those terms which are beyond you, please allow to die
quietly,and don't worry about them, I have included only 77 of the
original 130, and have, inthe end, failed to make a final decision
on the proper word to go with PERSONALITYand PIETY.
When tfee list was completed, I first named it "Professor
Pshaw's Philosophy onPep, Personality and Pneumatics", but soon
gave that up because three of the six wordsaren't pronoxmced with a
"p". Perhaps for the present the proper proceedure is topermit you
to peruse the proximate (this word means the same as "phollowing")
programand propose your particular pick of "P , . .??"
To start with, missionaries are PATHETIC: (It's built in. It
starts with "sofar away from your home and family" and "those poor
little children". Missionarieshear this so often that some of them
begin to believe it.) Then PALAVERER; PALE;PAIR (At least this is
what they tell single women recruits. **You'd better go homeand get
a husband."); PAMPHLETEER (a writer of pamphlets urging a
causethemissionary feels he uses too much time doing this, while
the supporters feel hedoesn't use enough.); PARASITE; PARBOILED;
PANACEA (of conscience); PAIN (in-the-heart?,in-the-neck?); PARADER
(from one side of the stage to the other in conventions andMissions
Camps: rarely able to say more than "My name is" and "l work in",
but theaudience gets the feeling of being in the presence of "real
missionaries"; PARIAH(outcast); PARTNER; PASSABLE (barely good
enough); PASSE (outmodedespecially afterbeing out of the States for
10 or 15 years); PASSIONATE SPEAKER; PERFECT; PAST-PERFECT(this
applies to missionaries whom a church has decided to stop
supporting in orderto support someone else); PAST TENSE (There are
a lot of missionaries in the past tense,including many Bible
College Missions Professors and editors of missionary
periodicals^but if you want to edit this sentence oui^, Dick, you
are welcome to do so); PAUPER;
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PERSONALITY, . . .
RECEIVED OCT 2 0 1975 -2-PEASANT (low social status, uneducated,
uncouth); but on the other hand, the PEDAGOG(who continues to go to
college even on the field that he may be all things to
theeducated); PECULIAR; MCUNlARy; PEDESTAL SITTER (not by his own
choice); PENDULOUS(drooping downwardfrom discouragement sometimes,
mostly when people aren't praying);PENHOLDER; PENNY-PINCHER;
PENSIONLESS; PENSIVE (sad thoughtfulness); PENTAMETER (Thisword
means "having five poetic feet"this is probably why everyone
stares.')
Then let's start again with PEOPLE (There is a difference of
opinion here withthe disputants drawn up in three camps); PER
CAPITA (about 2,000 church members per 1missionary); PEREMPTORY
(There is at least one of these on every fieldusually a"senior
missionary"); PERRENIAL (Or at least it seems so "from all the
newsletters Iget asking for money"); PERFECT SQUARE; PERFORATING
(boring); PERFORMER; PBRIODIC(recurring at regular intervalsusually
4 or 5 years for overseas ones); MIRSNICKETY(will eat nothing grown
in night soil); PEST; PHOTOGRAPHER (Here is another place
wheremissionaries think they do nothing but, and ch^tlrches thinfe
they don't do enough);PBFHEflDED PIP-SQUEAK (the "junior" to go
with the "senior" mentioned above); PIRATE(of a church's finances);
PITCH-FORK (Some preachers use him to get behind the peopleand make
a few jabs they don't dare make themselves); PITCH-MAN (one who
vends novelties;The missionary tells you "how the other half of the
world lives", what kind of shoesthey wear, what they eat, what they
name their children. It sometimes gets moreinteresting than how the
other half of the world dies.); PITEOUS; PLACELESS (lacking ahome,
especially in the States, so that it is impossible to answer,"Where
are you from?"PLAGUE; PLAIN ("Ohhh5* I'm sooo glad to meet a
missionary who doesn't look like one,"said a lady once (not to
me.)
How about PLATYPUS? (It is a strange animal that lives in the
water, lays eggs,nurses its young, has a bill like a duck, dense
fur, webbed feet, and a broad flattenedtailthe perfect description
of an attempt to mix two cultures if I ever heard one.);PLBASAKFEY;
PLUNDERER; PLOW-MAN (This comes as a surprise to some who think
missionariesare only Reapers. The fact is they have to plow, disk,
harrow, get down and breakupthe soil with their fingers, sow,
re-plant, water, hoe, weed and wait, too.);
POCKET-BOOK;POCKET-HANDKERCHIEF (Sometimes used while listening to
"Passionate Speaker"; more oftenused to catch the tears shed for
the "poor missionary," but very rarely for the poornative's soul.);
POGO-STICK (Needed (fan furlough for getting from one speaking
engagementto another on time.); POLLIWfig (First he has to learn
how to get along with a tail andno legs, and no sooner has he
mastered that, than he goes on furlough and has to learnhow to get
along with legs and no tail.);POSTGRADUATE; PRAISEWORTHY; PR^IWR
(Whatmissionaries always needin their own lives and in their behalf
from all the churches.This is no joke.); PRECARIOUS (but for God);
PREACHER; PROMISE (He lives on them;mostly God'swith whom there is
no shadow of turning); PROSECUTION (Some preachers wantthe
missionary to convince the people of "missions"others to tell about
the missionaayy swork.); PSYCHO; PUBLICITY (What there ^is never
enough of besides money); PUU^UP-STAKES(Missionary children do this
twice each furlough year); PULL-THROUGH (They do this,too.); PULPIT
(When this is in America, it is what you are supposed to have
PERSONALITYIN); PUZZLE,
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Japan ReporterVol. V, No. 1 November 1975
THE 27th ALL-JAPAN CONVENTION will be held in Nagoya, March
27-29,1976, at Mikawa Heights. It is being sponsored by theNAGOYA
NIBHI CHURCH OF CHRIST, with MAKOTO YUSE as chairman.The theme is
II Corinthians 4:13. The missionary conventionwill be in the same
location on March 29-31.
TANE MAKI KAI, held this year November 2-3, had a very good
attendance. There were 109 present on the first night (Sunday)with
a total registration of 159. Speakers were AKIRA OnA,(preacher,
Daito) who spoke on Growth in the Word, KATSUMIHatsushiba (Daito)
whose subject was Growth in Wisdom, andmark BMEY (Kanoya, Kagoshima
ken) who spoke on Growth UntoMaturity. (TANE MAKI KAI, which
translates as "Seed-SowipgMeeting , is an annual preaching rally
held at OSAKA BIBLEseminary.)
MIHCHCO KISHI, eleven years old, the eldest daughter of ETSUZO
ANDITSUKO (LYDIA) KISHI, was baptized the second Sunday ofSeptember
at the NUMATA CHURCH in Hiroshima.
THE 1975 ALL-JAPAN CONVENTION, represented by its chairman,
SUEOMORIKAWA, preacher at KINAn CHURCH (Tanabe, Wakayama
ken),presented Y100,000 to OSAKA BIBLE SEMINARY at the TANE
MAKIKAI. He also presented yi00,000 to MAKOTO YUSE (NagoyaNishi
Church) for the 1976 Convention.
HIDEKI MAEDA, a first-year student at Kwansel Gakuin
Daigakko,Nishinomiya, was baptized during October at ONO.
MARK and LYNN PRATT, and daughter KARIS arrived in Japan August
24and are living with his parents, PAUL AND KATHLEEN PRATTat
Isehara at present, while Mark and Lynn are studyingJapanese at the
Missionary Language School in Ochanomizu.
EXIE FULTZ, recently returned from furlough, has moved into a
newapartment in Tokyo, according to JOE BURNEY who with
STEVEFLEENOR helped her move there one rainy Saturday evening.Her
address is Apt. E, Isoda Building, 6-15-8 Minami Aoyama,Minato ku,
Tokyo, 107,
SAYURI IWAGAMI was baptized October 19 at the NOICHI CHURCH
(Kochiken). She is in her second year of nurse's trainii^ atChuo
High School, Kochi.
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AFTER A RECESS OF 3 YEARA AITO 8 M&IiIIIS, uc are mchins an
atter.pt tcput JAPAN REPORTER back into operation. For those.not
familiar with previous Issues, the purpose of JAPAN REPORTER
isfellowship and information exchange between the
leadershipinvolved in preaching Christ in Japan (not to
presentmissionary activity in Japan to American churches). Don
andNorma Burney compile."'materials sent by various japan
inissioii-aries and preachers in Japanand by missionary
childreh,students, recruits, former missionaries, and other
Japan-related people in the U.S. and other countries.
THE MAILI^ LIST four years ago consisted of about 200 copies.Of
these, more than 100 were addressed in Japanese and mailedin Japan.
Another 30 were addressed in English and mailed inJapan. Of the
about 70 sent overseas (U.S., Australia, Taiwan,Philippines), 21
went to missionary children, 16 went topotential recruits, 9 to
former missionaries, 8 to missipnatrieson furlough, and 4 to
Japanese living in the U.S. The very fewothers sent went to a few
fOi^arding secretaries and a few (8)-churches. We expect our
revised mailing list to be approximately along this outline.
JAPAN REPORTER began with one issue in October" 196^, followedby
7 issues in 1^70 arid 9 in 1971. The last issue was sentin February
1972. JAPAN REPORTER Digest, a summary of thenews in Japanese, was
sent for the last 4 issues to Japanaddresses only. We hope to
continue JAPAN REPORTER Digest,which is translated and edited by
MINORU HATTORI."
We will depend on YOU for the news, fellowshTp arid
informationnecessary to keep this ijew attempt going; ' (Wei are
sorrythat we will, for the present, be unable to print pictures
aswe did before.) Please send us;a letter or chrd, in Japaneseif
necessary, with your" news.
LONNIE AND CORAL MINSS will hold two 3-day evangelistic meetings
inHiroshima during the period of November 9-14. TTiey will bewith
the KISHl family at thd NUfiATA CHURCH and with the BILLTURNER
family at the HIROSRIM CHRISTIAN CENTER.
THE SUMMER PROGRAM of the ONO CHURCH began with a 3-day
evangelisticmeeting, followed by a 3-S'anday series"of sermons, and
thena 3-day camp. There'were 5 confessions at camp, 4 of thembeing
High School students who are awaiting parental understanding before
being baptized. Please make this a matter ofyour prayers. Pray also
for 3 others (adults) who are neara decision on being baptized.
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Xliis Faljj bnu i\j !5e::l"in of Church^ 0"P ON'^CHURCH
(MASATAMI KIKKAWA, preacher) will be'held Novemter23-24 at the
Yashlro Motorboat Kaikan.
HOPE MAXEY is enrolled as a Freshman:boardingr student at
ChristianAcademy in Japan, in Tokyo. She graduated from the
8thgrade at Hope-Academy in Mafiila, The^Philippines where shehad
been staying with her sister, Paula Yanagimoto, andfamily.
HIROSHI INADA (Address; Box 55, Kehmore, Queensland, Australia)
willgraduate fromvKenmore Christian College oh November 21, Heterms
the graduating class the smallest in years in termsof number of
graduates, which is three including me as theonly male student,
though two students have already left theCollege after-having
finished their courses of studies in thefirst, semester, , , I at
last got my B,A, degree from theUniversity of Queensland. My majors
were Biblical Studiesand Greek Language and Literature . . , i
should get my B.D.also next year from -the same university. . . I
am preaching*tto a circuit of three churches in a farming area
calledWest Moreton, about 70 miles from Kenmore. I drive my
carthere every Sunday. I am having a tremendous time there and
, learning a lot of things* . . I may be able to see you inJapan
next :year, perhaps in January.''
MEGUMI KOGAMU, a member of the ONO CHURCH, has been in the
UnitedStates since July, and enrolled in Atlanta Christian
College(2605 Ben Hill Road, East Point, Georgia 30344, U.S.A.)Since
September. She is supported there by the.ONO CHURCH,
MICHIKO FUKOE has begun her second year at Ozark Bible College
(1111N. Main, Joplin, Missouri 64801, U.S.A.). She recently felland
"sprained" her left elbow, causing her to have to carryit in a
sling for several weeks. X-rays showed "bleedinginside ,the bone'*.
She is now serving as the youth sponsor ofa small church near
Joplin, where the youth meetings haveincreased from almost nothing
to 35 at last report.
THE SANNOBARA CHURCH sponsored two musical programs during
thesummer, had a 3-day home-force rally, and had (with theZUSHI
CHURCH) 20 in Motosu Christian Camp. They have paidover half of
their $1700 building debt since January 1.There have been 4 persons
baptized in recent months.
CAMP IN THE SHIKOKU MOUNTAINS this summer was attended by 16
adultsand 9 children. HIROSHI SAITO, presently a student at
OSAKABIBLE SEMINARY, led the Study of the entire book of
Philip-pians.
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MR AND, MRS. KTSUZO KISHl Oiiroshima) and their 4 childl^en,
spentfive weeks in the United States this last summer. Mr.Kishi,
who is an University Economics professor in Hiroshima, attended
professional meetings in California. They
' also traveled and spoke in several churches, among themones in
Seattle, Nebraska, Kansas, Indiana, Ohio and NewMexico. ^
AN EVERT MORNING PRAYER MEETING with the leadership rotating
amongthe membership, is being held at the OND CHURCH, Thirtyminutes
each morning is spent studying one chapter ofScripture a day
(presently the Minor Prophets), followedby 15 minutes of
prayer.
CAROLYN BARRICELOW (remembered by many from the first Ohayo
SingersGroup) spent six weeks in the summer of '75 working withthe
Hiroshima missionaries and preparing to come back inthe sprix^ of
'76 to work permanently. She is now finishing her teacher
certification requirements at the University of Cincinnati.
A 60 TSUBO LOT has become available two blocks from Obirin
College,and the PAUL and MARK PRATT families plan to take
advantageof it with a view to establishing OBIRIN CAMPI^ HOUSE."Our
plan is to buy this land, then build a two-storybuildingone floor
for Mark and Lynn's home and the otherfloor for the campus house.
With our recent experiencebuilding the church here (SANNOBARA
CHURCH'S building) weare confident that we can do much of the
building ourselvesat a minimum cost. Through a campus ministry we
will beable to reach 5,000 youth from all over this country andeven
a few from other countries." The cost will be $765.45per tsubo. The
lot will measure 36 ft. by 60.ft, PAULwrites, "We feel like Abraham
againgoing out, not knowing whither we go. I appreciate that old
man's faithmore and mote-all the time,"
THOSE NOW WORKING IN HIROSHIMA are JERRI LYNN ANDERSON
(arrivedJune, 1974), LEE AND SANDRA JONES and 3 children
(arrivedSept., 1974, except for little Peter Michael who joinedthe
family in April of 1975), ETSUO AND ETSUKO (LYDIA)KISHI and 4
children, and BILL AND BETTY TURNER and 3children. Meetings are
held in the chapel behind theKishi home at Tomo, Numatar-cho; at
the rented ChristianCenter in Ushita, and in a home in Hesaka.
English classes in various places provide many contacts. There
havebeen 8 baptisms since September 1974.
HIDETO YOSHII was married on October 18 to MABAKO NOGAMI of
KitaKsrushu. They are living in Setagaya, Tokyo.
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for furloucliSTEPHEN AND CAROL FLEENOR and 3 children .plan to
return/to the
United States in December where he will enroll: for
moreschooling. They plan to spend Ohristmas there with hisparents,
JULIUS AND VIRGINIA FLEENOR, who will then returnto Japan, arriving
sometime in January.
HIDETO yOSHII returned to Japan from study in the United States
onAugust 26, and has been helping in the SANNOBARA CHURCH. Heand
MARK PRATT preached a 3-day "home-force rally" there.
AN EVANGELISTIC MEETING was held at the MEIJIRODAI CHURCH
fromSeptember 24 to 28. FUMIO SATO (preacher at Kamiochiai,Tokyo)
preached and showed slides of his March-April trip toIsrael and
Sinai, including a climb to the top of Mt. Sinai.The highest
attendance for the meeting was 22 one night.HAROLD SIMS commented,
"l had thought that current interestin the Israel-Sinai-Egypt
situation would bring some extraattendance at the meetings, but it
did not."
MARY PRATT was at home in Japan for 3| months this summer, and
herroommate, BARBARA ROTH, also spent 3 months here. Bothtaught
English, and assisted with the church and camp. MARYearned six
extra credits (college) by attending the summersession at Sophia
University. BARBARA was impressed with"the joy and boldness of the
Christians I met, who shineas lights in their world. " MARY is in
her senior year at theUniversity of Cincinnati as an English
major.
YUICHI NAKAGAWA, guitarist from SANNOBARA CHURCH, worked with
theSHIMOOCHIAI Christians in Karuizawa in a coffee-house typeof
evangelism during a part of the summer.
MARTHA YOST was Chapel Speaker at Pepperdine University (Malibu
campus) the day NORMA BURNEY visited chapel during a short staywith
SARAH there in late June 1975. MRS. YOST had fallensome time before
and suffered a hip injury, but her indomin-able spirit had her
.walking again with difficulty and acaneand even standing while
speaking.,
Isn't ANOTHER ISSUE OF JAPAN MISSIONS overdue? Especially in
viewof the missions study emphasis on Japan, Korea and
Okinawaslated for April of 1976? BETTY TURNER and the BURNEYS
arepresently engaged in investigation of the cost of preparation,
When this is comlpleted, we will have the basis forconsulting with
missionaries and recruits about a possiblenew issue. BETTY is
willing to serve as editor assisted bythe BURNEYS.
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v.rocc from (HIKAWA, iVe a-ie now settled for pn-^-f-horterm on
the field. Rave been back now for two months, long eenough for our
parcel post items to^catch up with us.'. .Ravespent most of the two
months with welcome meetings; gettingoriented to the work again and
being brought up to date onhappenings in the churches. . .We are
slowly getting linedout again with a schedule. I have a Tuesday
night BibleStudy, a Wed, night Bible study and prayer meeting, a
Sundaymorning adult Bible class and bring the message here at
UCHI-DOMARI where I am the pastor. Each third Sunday the
localleaders take over the services here in UCHIDOMARI and I
takethe full day for a schedule up north. I go to GENKA in thea.m.,
SAKIMOTOBU in the afternoon, and MAKIYA in the evening.Will begin
also to go each third Saturday night to IE SHIMA.Have to stay all
night as the boat doesn't run back to themain island after the
services,"
An ISLAND-WIDE RALLY was held in Okinawa, Monday Nov. 3, with
YUKIOITAGAKI (preacher, NAKANO CHURCH, Tokyo) as guest
speaker.There were 150 in attendance. "BROTHER ITAGAKI spent 10
dayshere and was able to speak in a number of our churches as
wellas bring the two main messages fro the rally. Met this yearat a
beach resort about half way up the island on the ChinaSea side.
Wonderful facilities and a grand fellowship." HW
PLEASE SEND YOUR NEWS, of family, church, childrenWRITE IT
NOWWHILE IT IS NEWS AND AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO YOUR
FELLOW-WORKERS"Because it has been almost 4 years since JAPAN
REPORTER waslast published, our mailing list is in need of
drasticrevision. Please send us the present addresses of those
nowin America or overseas in any other countryyour
children,students, those on furlough, former missionaries, and
othersthere permanently or temporarily. If anyone is missed
anywhere, let us know. It will take a while to get back tonormal
publishing
JAPAN REPORTER was compiled by Don and Norma Burney from
materialsent them by various Japan missionaries and preachers.
Itspurpose is fellowship and information exchange between
theleadership involved in preaching Christ in Japan. JAPANREPORTER
Digest is translated and edited by Mlnoru Hattori,Address: Japan
Reporter, Don & Norma Burney, 2-1-6 Asahimachi, Tosa Yamada
oho, Kami gun, Kochi ken, 782.
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Don and Norma Burney send DECEMBER. 1975
FROM JAPAN,'Shikoku
SHIKOKU CIMUSTIAN MISSION: 2-1-fi Asahimachi, Tusn-Yamada-cho,
Kami-^un, Kochi-ken, JapanSecretary: Harold R. Jones, RR. 1, La
Fontaine, Indiana 46940, U. S. A.
RXgive XT A TRANSFUSIONContinue with a higher calorie diet.'
Our bank account is ailing. Undernourishment and overworkseem to
be at the root of its?anemia. From January toOctober our General
Fund* received an average of $1,782per month, while expenses
averaged $2,131 over the sameten month period. This was an average
deficit of $349 permonth (about 50% of our salary). Since August
the incomehas sagged, with the average deficit of $629 per
month(almost 90% of our salary).
Our patient needs an immediate transfusion, but more thanthat,
it needs more Intake on a regular basis. After 20years on the
mission field, we find ourselves in financialproblems for several
reasons:
(1) Long service creates heavier responsibilities. Wehave two
other salaries (Mr. Hattbri^s and MissFukoe's), and will take
responsibility for anadditional $165 per month in April to enable
theGomen Church to hire a full-time minister. Theoperating expenses
of the mission increase witheach new activity.
(2) Jnfl-tionWhen we came to Japan a haircut (Includingshave and
shampoo) cost $.28. Now Just a plain dry
haircul costs $2.85an increase of over 1000%, Japanese grocery
prices are among the highest in theworld. Ordinary hamburger costs
$2.85 per pound. Webuy mutton because it is cheapat $1,52 per
pound.Letter postage within Japan will soon go to thirteencents as
against Just over two cents when we came.
(3) Japan is not as dramatic a field as some of the^*gl8mor"
spo^s"l!n"the world. Conversions are fewerand the"cost per convert"
conscious mission committeeoften looks for higher yielding
fields.
(4) We haven't specialized in raising money.
Newsletters,financial reports, etc., take tfrne.*^ "We have tried
tobe good stewards of the Lord's money, but haven'tgiven a great
deal of time to the reporting effortsthat gather money,
(5) The value of the yen used to be Y360 for each $1.00.The yen
is now floating, sometimes high, sometimeslow. In December 1975 it
was high--Y300 = $1.00,It has been as low as Y260 s $1.00.
ONE DOLLAR
Equals
THREE HUNDRED YEN
Equals
TWO DRUMSTICKS
AND A THIGH
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CHURCH OF CHRIST AT TREATYR. 5, WABASH, INDIANA 46992
NON-PROFIT ORGAN.PERMIT #127WABASH, IN. 46992
i~"-; rjf , Missioa Services AgsociatLon
Box 177I Kempton, Indiana 46049
WE HAVE MANAGED TO KEEP THE MISSION FREE from large deficits by
accepting thedeficits as a reduction in salary. In this way, we
wr6te off about$12,000 during our third term and since the start of
our fourth termthirteen months ago, we have written off over
$5,800. .(An exceptionto this is the August 1975 deficit of
$1,536.38, which we have NOTwritten off because money had_to .be
borrowed during tJjat.jiQtith,)
OUR BUILDING FUNDhandled seperately from the general fundhas an
Indebtedness of $7,873 which will be paid off In about two years
and four
. months at our present rate of re^pajment. This debt-was
Incurred Inthe building of the Nolchl Church Building and
parsonage. (TheBurneys live In rented quarters.) A part of this
ampyrit waa borrowfrom the local Farmers' Co-op Bank. This part
wlll/t^j,palci^i>ff Inanother 4 months. Mrs. Hattorl has taught
piano andl No^aJ^ had taughEnglish for about 5 years to pay off
this much. AnothePyearswill pay off what we borrowed personally (on
Insuran^eS'^lir wecontinue at the same rate.
WE JOJ),CHURCHES who are willing to make long, tejcm
.commitments. Efficient workdoes not result from minimum budgets.
We need at least $1300 more permonth to do the Job that we believe
the Lord has prepared us to doduring the past twenty years. How
would you like to be able to sponsoran experienced missionary
family already on the field?
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FOOD PRICES IN SHIKOKU, JAPAN during NOVEMBER 1975
Chicken legs and thighs $1.84 per pound
Lowest priced beef in our market 2. 43 per pound
Highest priced beef in our market(No steak on display)
6.54 per pound
Soft margarine 1.34 per pound
Bread .59 per pound
Nescafe Instant coffee 5,93 per pound
Nescafe Gold Blend 9.96 per pound
Eggs .85 per dozen
Milk (whole) .60 per quart
* Definition of General Fund; The amount that reaches the field
after deductionsare made for furloxigh fund, special funds--auch as
the Mlchlko Fukoeeducation fund, retirement allowance (begun about
a year ago), andpostage and stationery, etc., used in Stateside
mailing,
WORD HAS BEEN RECEIVED THAT DON BURNEY IS IN THE HOSPITAL, ROOM
658, ENRITSU GHUO-BYOIN, 6B2-CH0ME SAKUROI-CHO, KOCHI-SHI,
KOCHI-KEN, JAPAN 780. He has anemia ofsome sort and will be in the
hospital about a month.