Farnham Grace 1960 Japan

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S^.ifffl 1 1i v JDear Pr iGndss

Tokyo J a p

You will be interested to know that I am returning to Since 1 cUii inga1 ^Y sEall continue to work for the kingdom With theaura^/Likin family I shall sail on June the 6th from Yoliostopping in Hawaii June 15jl6 and arriving in Seattne 25. This year will make thiriLY^five va^ ps sinco mJapan. I t seems much shorter During that ^mnsv-Q^^ent seven years in America - four years during thwar and tliree o t h e r f u r l o u g h s . There have been d i f f i cu l ttimes an d happy times. I wish that more could have been acomplished. \7hen I see the crowds of people in Tokyo andknow how few have been touched with Christian knov/ledgs an

faith i t seems that l i t t le has been done during these yeThe population increases faster than the growth of the chSince the war there have been a large number of young missionaries of many denominations who have strong faith andhave accomplished much in spreading the gospel. V7e have ssp lendid y o u n g miss ionar ies o f th e Church o f hris t cca t tothroughout Japan. t I f ^ome youpeople are i n t e r e s t e d in g i v i n g t h e i r l i v e s fo r C h r i s t s wi n Japan I s h a l l be glad to give any assistance possible

I n the pas t fe w months s everal have accepted C hris t ai labashi T h r e e were f o r m e r B i b l e S c h o o l ch i ld ren T h i s ia grea t f i e ld b u t d i f f i cu l t to g e t them in to th e c h u r c h .


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a g i r l who had a t tended summer camp and became i n t e r e s t edOne baptism was the r e su l t o f our regular hospi ta l v i s i tAlthough only Ihiee from the hosp i t a l have been baptized here

have wr i t t e n us t h a t they have become Chr i s t i an s i n churchest he i r homes. The mother o f one o f our young men became a Cht i an recen t ly She had also spent two years in a T. B. hospand we often vis i ted her . Her son, now church treasurer , hasa C hr is t ia n fo r ten ye a r s Like most s t uden t s he was no t f a iduring examinations but he would come during the week to brinof f e r i ng unusual even in Japan where a few coins thrown dowfore the shr ine i s a pa r t o f th e worsh ip .

^ I have had several t r ips recently. During my stay in JaL- have~lCone TH:^Wl- time a teacher in an ar/school, who does so much for missionaries, acompanied me and ins is ted on paying my fare I spoke a t \hee l se rv ice of the Osaka Bible Seminary and vis i t ed the Osakasion ries

/At the egd of March, the all-Japan Chii3 ches _of_^liriat co. .^tion^^ held in Tanabe where Vivian Lemmon works. Tfie formMoifiese, who worked with us before the v/ar went with me to at tthe convention but also to have a v is i t with me on the long tt r i p She i s now the mother o f four ch i ld ren but seems to ha

changed l i t t le during the years since she came every day to tkindergar ten and l ead the women*s work. She i s the same dearfriend

It was an ôgjci^^cgny^j^tôrij Jihree day m Weat a beautiful Japanese hotel on the beacii lia^ng i^êrf^ fship. The mi flR-inyiaripff^gave me a fJewell with a beautiful g

I also spent a few days with_jJie^gests. Uork in the couvillages is always difficult bu t^TT^f^âve won the heartthe people. I7ith the earnest pastor and his wife, they are dbut are on too o f


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c h e r r y t r e e s we r e i n f u l l bl oom .thing for m e .

They are a l l tryi i^fy t.n

We are expecting J.1rs Hongo for a month s visit Evehappy about that and they hope to get her to persuad^^ me mre^tire. Iwill see w I feel about thai; afte^^ ^The work here is in good o,emotion, led fc^ an elder asisted by the Aoicis. More could W 4one i f there was a repastor but a good one is difficult to find Tha Mabashi y

people who were t r a i n e d in the Toky6 Bible Seminary were lethe No-Church way o f th in k in g though they d id not a l l becopart of that group. The ITo Chy:ch group only has a man givtures on the Bible teaching. There i s no organization^ noa n d n o L o r d s S u p p e r .

I h e a r d o f some good work t h a twhen I saw th e E ic ke rs on s a t t h e c on ve ntio n. a h a s b eenA V a c a t i o n BSchool had been h e l d a few y e a r s before n e a r th e sc h oo l whKuni naka no w t e a c h e s . Some o f th e m o t h e r s came t o M r s . Kua s k i n g h e r t o t e a c h them m o r e . She h e l d a B i b l e c l a s s f o rtwelve o f them accepted C h r i s t . Mrs. Kuninaka s eyesight ibut she continues to teach in the public school. She had aa t i o n on h e r one good eye a y e a r a g o .

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t e a c h e r i n th e array s c h o o l who i sChrist i s b eg in ni ng a n English Biblehere a t the church and w i l l continue through th e y e a r . Shebeen attending qui t e r e g u l a r l y on Sunday mornings since l a sAs she understands no Japanese I s i t beside her and wri t e\line o f the sermon i n English. She always gives generous o^ me and to the church. I use mine f o r s p e c i a l e va ng el isjec^ s^ ra^.3Cas4^.?jaaAh s . I g h a l l v i s i t . t h f c ^ ^ u r c hPlease write tTsSm, (s. 0. P. Wegner 1895 24th StreetSalem, Oregon) i f you wish me to come. Thanking you againpr a ye r s and o f f e r i n g s . t w i l l be wonderful t o be home a g a


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J y 21, 1960

ore Forlough ^Miss Grace amham returned to the States in June from Japan ending a

of service for Christ which began in Japan 35 years ago Perhaps for retireshe said about her return She spent 28 years altogether on the field, havinfour war years and th re e o ther years on furlough. She wants to v t the chspeak of her work, and assist in recruiting young missionaries for Japan ancontacted through her Forwarding Agent: Mrs, 0, P. Wegner, 1895 24th StreeNortheast , Salem,Oregon


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GRACFARN Kt\ *

SUIlffiR LETTER

Tokyo, Japan

De a r F r i e n d s ;Some o f you v/ i l l be su rp r i s ed to know t ha t I am st lJapan, Shortly before I v;as to have sa i led on June 6, we

t ha t we did not have the deed to our property . t had beet rus t ed to a man v/ho i s a public accountant and one who haa l l the business when we bought the land He had sinoc bcChr is t ian as had his wife and three members of his familychurch people t r u s t ed him. He has t o ld d i f f e r en t s t o r i e sthat he gave the papers to one of the church off icers , thehe and his \7ife both said tha t they had given them to mev/as not t rue Since the property i s under a Chris t ian cot ion we were able to have a new regis trat ion made. Howevare not sure tha t he may have borrowed money on the paperchurch off icers have asked me to stay for a while to see vhappen. Those holding the papers may be v/aiting fo r mo tot was very fo r tuna te t ha t we found out before I l e f t MSato who also planned to go to America with me to v i s i t he


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t o u c h e d when v i s i t i ng a n o ld l a d y wh o h a s be e n bedfas t fo r my e a r s and on w o I had o f t e n c a l l e d . She prayed thanking Gmy re tu rn to America had been de l a ye d. I l r s . Kongo my goods ince f i r s t coming to Japan came a s ix teen h o u r t r i p a n d spmonth wi t h me Ano t he r f r i e nd v/ho h ad m o v e d to a d i s t a n c e c aa w e e k . t v/as s u c h a joy to ha ve t h em wi th m e.

A miss ionary c o u p l e were ready to move i n to my home whewen t to Ame ri c a . How t h e y a r e l i v ing in th e a p a r t m e n t in thc h u r c h and I am e n j o y i n g th e f ell ow s hi p w i th t he m. S i n c e itt e r r ib ly hot i n Toliyo I came to th e mount a i ns where I havemer c o t t a g e w i th th e F l e e n o r s . They have been h a v i n g summerhere a n d t hese camps wi l l c on tin ue th ro ug h th e s u m m e r . Thes ionary couple wi l l come h e r e fo r c on fe re nc es th e f i r s t of Aa n d I s h a l l r e tu rn to Tokyo fo r a whi le s ince I do no t w a n tl e a v e th e house w i t h o u t s o m e o n e t h e r e this summer

A n o t h e r y o u n g woman who spen t yea r s i n the T B . hosp i tb a p t i z e d t h i s spr ing S ince she l iv es a t a dis tance she caa t t end c h u r c h r egu l a r l y a t M a b a s h i . Recen t ly s h e came to myw e e p i n g t e l l i ng th e sad s to ry t ha t her s i s t e r h ad c om m itte dShe h a d knovm t ha t he r s i s t e r h a d b e e n tak ing s leep ing p i l l sth e paren ts blame her fo r n o t t e l l i ng t h e m . She w as d i s c o u rand felt that h e r faith was weak so sh e c a m e t o us T/e callpa ren t s then kep t her o v e r n igh t a n d sh e w e n t home f ee l ing sened She h a d ano the r p r o b l e m . T h e r e i s a spec i a l f e s t iv a lJu ly when they welcome b a c k th e sp i r i t s o f t h e d ead to th e fash r in e She asked if it we r e all r i g h t to go th ro ugh th e fo rw o r s h i p if you do n o t bel ieve i n t h e h e a th en c e r e m o n i e s . Ihe r t ha t as a Chr i s t i an we c an no t e v en go t h r o u g h the f o r m .course sh e wi l l be sco lded by her paren ts fo r no t d o i n g itmaybe fo rb idden to a t t end church

A Chr i s t i an young ma n came to my home one e v e n i n g . B ech is m o t h e r s o p p o s i t i o n he seldom comes to c h u r c h . She i so u s fo l lower o f one o f th e new r e l i g ions o f J a p a n a b r a n c h


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t w i c e . E v e r y o n e a p p r e c i a t e s h i s m e s s a g e s e v e n t h o u ^ hes p e ^ j u s t a s a J a p a n e s e d o e s s i n ce E n g li s h is h i s l a n g u aha s th e American way, though, o f making h is message c l e a rf i n i t e . The Ao k is a r e making p l a n s t o r e t u r n to Am eri cafew m on ths d ur i n g th e w i n t e r b e c a u s e o f th e i l l n e s s o f h iBecause o f t h i s it seems b e s t f o r me to w a it u n t i l s p r i nr e tu rn in g t o A m e r i c a .

IThen Ruth Schoonover passed away i n November 1948,in T a n a b e s i th t h e r a s h e s c o u ld b e b u r i e d in their c hv a u l t . L a t e r t h e y s a i d t h a t t h e r e w a s n o t room s o t h e a sk e p t i n th e Tanabe c h u r c h p a r s o n a g e . Ve d i d n o t know o fu n t i l th e p a s t o r l e f t t h i s s p r i n g . S i n c e t h e M ab as h i c h ua cemetery p l o t I asked t h a t R u t h s a s h e s be b r o u ^ t toOn J u l y 1 0, a simple s er vi c e a tt e nd ed by members o f th e Mc h u r c h a n d s e v e r a l o f R u t h s f o r m e r J a p a n e s e f r i e n d s w asth e b e a u t i f u l cemetery n e a r Tokyo, and R u t h s a h s e s werer e s t b e s i d e t h o s e o f M r. Kaneko, the forme r B u d d h i s t p r i ebecame a C h r i s t i a n p r e a c h e r .

Aga i n I w a n t t o s a y t h a n k you f o r y o u r p r a y e r s a n d oa n d may t h e L o r d b l e s s ll i n H is s e r v i c e .

Your m i s s i o n a r y ,

G ra c e P ar n ha m

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Since I;Irs. Furuta i s a valuable hI have i n c r e a s e d the amount which I givShe c o u l d n o t l i v e o n this a m o u n t b u t rsome from her husband from v.'hora she i sated

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GRACE FARM HAM L ETT E P]3ear F r i e n d s :

ince I failed to s n afall letter som friends tI have already returned to America Although we have thegis t ra t ion and the property i s safe , I have been to ld thamoney was borrowed in the name of the church, the church masked to repay the sum. So, I was asked to stay longermi^ t even be an attempt to take the property although i l l

Mr. and Aoki^and family returned to America by wEurope the first^f-Ko'vember* e had the opportunity to tthe U. S. Army educational program in Germany. This helpely in the expense of their fares home besides giving themportunity of seeing Europe and Palestine. His teaching wpar t t ime so he was planning on doing evangel i s t ic work asThey wi l l re turn to Japan in August.

I have aske4,,the.. ,Aokis to,t. fe;e^..Q3^gEUffl5JiQg^^Mr. and Saveoeen helping in the work at Mabashwill be bet ter for them to be near as well as for his workstudents in the cent ra l part of Tokyo.Mr. Alvin Hammond formerly of Kyushu, but now studyiTokyo,has been preaching at Mabashi once a month. I enjoyv is i t v/ith the family recently when they were a l l kept a twith a siege of chicken-pox.Grace Elizabeth Fleenor was born on August 21. I t i shonor to have a l i t t l e one named for me. I am praying tha

may some day be a missionary to Japan. The Pat tons have aboy born January 5. This is their third boy. They have oThe Pleenors have three gir ls and one boy.The Church of Christ missionaries held their regular


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We enjoyed a visit with the Eugene Morse family on theto America from Burma. Leter their parents also visited thmissionaries t thrills one to hear of their victories threarnest prayer and effort We have the same idolotry and hism in Japan hut a modern civilization and a proud people epleasure and prosper i ty

We were a ll shocked and saddened to hear of the suddenof my good friend and helper through the yeaxs, Lirs. Hongo.said that the cause of death was heart failure hut I am afrwas brought on by the fumes of a stove burning something macoal dust hut v/ithout a pipe To me i t is like losing a methe family When I came to Japan in 1925, she was in the chattended Later I went to live with her for a year She hacently lost her husband and one child and was lonely as waswas teaching to care for her two children and took me in asthe family. When I started home on my first furlou^ I sawon the dock with tears streaming down her face She has beegreat help in the Mabashi work since the war having a very sful work among the women teaching Bible School and playingorga^i. Topther we called in this area, visited the sick anregular trips to a T. B. hospital We always talked over thproblems together. She was always willing to listen to evertroubles and never mentioned her own. Sveryone was her frielived here with me for three years before going to live withdaugnter. had many happy times together and she wanted vmuch to re turn to Tokyo

I visited the Koto family again in October. Since theand daughter of.the former Buddhist priest Lir. Kaneko livenear by town I hoped to get the two families together, the^d the Kanekos and help in leading 1 Lrs Kaneko and her dauto Christ. Mr. Kaneko like many other Christian young meni t was not so important that he marry a Christian. They belthat their wife will of course, follow them but often she dThe dau^ter was pleased with the gift of a Bible saying tha


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Japanese hote l they furnish the ni^tgown hut noi tocould no t s tand the weight o f the heavy comfor ter I hpush aside the hard roimd pil low hut I s l ep t wel l oi l thet ress on the f loor The food, a mixture of Japanese andtas ted good as we had happy fel lowship around the t ah lethe Kanekos came to a t t end church w ith the fami ly The tg i r l s in the Koto fami ly a re Chr i s t i an as wel l as th e pa rChr i s t i an family in Japan i s unusual I spoke one day togroup o f C h ris tia n women and ca l l ed with Mrs. Koto . M rs.I were en t e r t a i n ed oy the Kanekos in a pre t t y room in a hare immed ia te ly a sked , Would you l ike a hath? Vie objecever to the h ig room v/ith a pool i n the cente r because tl ook ing on the garden f u l l o f f lowers were all o f c l e a r gh ad o u r b a t h in a sm a l l e r r o om

At Mabashi, severa l young people have accepted Chrisa s t yea r One young woman, who has been a Chris t ian fo rthree yea r s would l ike to a t tend Bible College and marry

Because o f fami ly ob j ec t i ons she probably cannot f theBiMLauGtil3cge in Tokyo, it would be eas ie r fo r her to a t t

plan nov/ i s to r e tu rn to America in June o r J u l ythe sMe sli i^l^th tEe * Plfeelidrs a^ they^^iT-goirng on fs h a l l want to r e s t fo r a while bu t wi l l p lan to v i s i t t^er You may v/rite- me in care of my s is te r in Salem, O

f any church would l i ke to have the Aokis v i s i t themay r e ach them i n ca re o f one o f th e churches suppo r t i ngDr. and J/trs. Kideo Aoki, Anaheim Church o f Chr i s t AnaheiThey are ea rnes t sp i r i t u a l people and wi l l br ing a he lp fu

Again I want to express my gra t i tude to a l l those whto uphold me w ith p ra ye rs and o f f e r i ng s

Praying God s bless ing upon a l l you who are servingt h e h ome l a n d


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Spec i a l donat ions by a t eache r i n theo l a iis s Ar le ne Sea l were used fo r

t r a c t s and t r e a t s fo r the hosp i t a lh e B ib le S c h oo l M i s s S e a l is a

t h e C h u r c h o f C h r i s t a n d t e a c h e s a n^ b l e Class a t the Mabashi Church. Thehurch i s a l so a s s i s t i n g in paying fo r^dr distribution at hospitals and in

Farnham Grace 1960 Japan

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