A PRAYER F OR VELDA: May th e Lord answer you whenyouare in distress;... May He send you helpfrom he sanctuary;... May He remember all your sacrifices;... May He giveyou th e desire of your heart;... He answers from His holyheaven. Excerpts from Psalm 20 Exie a n d Velda Old friends wh o would l ik e to keep in touch withVelda,write: Mrs. VeldaClatfelter R.R.4 Marshall, 62441 DO NOT MAIL TO: Box 222, Marshall. IL 62441. This address is being discontinued Dec. 31,1979. Wm M < Ada Drti* Ofrihn. a»6» A Ckwck 7Ao< Corfi AboutYovr Sovi HOtACI KHAIfNa.Mt^Ov July 10 , 1979 OMm To Christiana Ererywhsre: BrsthTM, as ar s pleased to recoBaend wlttiout rsserrattoB Hr. and Krs. Frank Conner, «ho havs volunteered to accept the responsibility as Forwarding Agents fo r Mrs. Qcle fultz. Vi s Conners are active meabsrs o f th e Central Church of ICh ri st In O Fa ll o n, U ll nol B «b»re both of tbea serve aa Teachers and he as an Elder. They ar e concerned and coaaltt ecL Christians >bo will fulfill their reaponalhlllties prayer fully an d In a tuslaese Xlke way. It gives us pleasure to reeoemend thes fo r this alolstry. Sincerely orace schaffner Hlnlater Iriun of t he E l de rs Chalraan o f th e Board WHERE TO SEND MAIL All financial gifts for Fultz Mission for th e Master and other mail fo r th e Mission that does not require specific attention from Exie should be mailed to: Fultz Mission for th e Master Frank an d Hazel Conner 67 Lanaghan Dr. Fairview Heights, IL 62206 Personal mail for Exie an d mail that requires he r specific attention should be mailedto: ExieFultz. missionary Fultz Mission fo r theMaster 2709 Kuruma, HigashiuraCho Tsuna Gun, Hyogo Ke n 656-23 Japan • INTRODUCING ^ Frank a n d Hazel Conner 67 Lana gha n Drive ,^ . Fairview Heights, IL62208 / NEW FORWARDING AGENTS FULTZ MISSION FOR THE MASTER Exie Fultz, Missionary At the c lo se of Vacation Bible School a t Central Church of Christ, O Falion, Illinois (inside fold , the Conners Frank and Hazel who had ^ been Exie s hosts for th e week, quite a s a surprise to her, volunteered to become Exie s forwarding agents, replacing Mrs. Velda Clatfelterwho ha s served in this capacity for 27 years. The willing ness of th e Conners to takeon this responsibility comes as an answer to prayers of both Velda an d i Exie (backfold). ^ Hazel, who will handling the accounts, writes, We have been totally committed Christians 6+ years. I became a Christian about 22 years ago, but regretably di d not live as a Christian should live for about 15 of those years. However, th e Lord was never ou t of my mind completely, an d He does have His ways of bringing one to the place where there is no place to go bu t to th e Lord, an d I thank Himfor it... The Conners a r e recommended fo r this position by the ministerandelders of th e Central Church of Christ, O Falion, Illinois (outside fold).
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year Exie Fultz was t he J un io r C la ss t ea ch er a nd
th e boys and girls loved her.
One young girl went home and conf ided to hermothe r , who was c on fi ne d t o b ed with a severe
case of poisoning on her legs, herdes ire, Mom, Iwis h y ou wer e no t sick because I wish Exie could
c om e to o ur h ou se fo r d inne r . Mothe r s an swe r
was s imp le , If you r ea ll y wan t her t o c ome, ge t
this house straigntened up an d go chop off a
chicken s head and g et dinner. (Exie s note:
Never ha d the girlkilled a chicl<en by chopping of f
th e head o r by any other method.)Th e dinner wa s far from perfect, bu t Exie
came a nd t hi s young girl wa s proud and thr il led
with her gracious gues t. Exie and h er wor k h av e
a lway s b ee n s pe ci al to me because I wa s that
young girl.
. Martha E. (Mclntosh) Grave
Formerly of Syria Christian Church
Orleans, Indiana
It wa s Exie s d el ig ht t o m ee t Martha again,
during Schoo l of Missions week at Lake James
Chr is ti an Assembly thi s year (1979) and to ber eminded of th e a bove i n c id e n t . It was no w Exie s
turn to feel proud and thrilled to know that Martha
mar r ied a mini s t e r and serves w ith h im a t th e
Hami lt on C h ur ch of Chris t , Hamil ton , IN .
P ic tu re d a bo ve with Martha ar e he r husband,
Arthur L. Grave, Jim (16) , David (14) and Deborah
(11).
THE JOY
OF
JUNIORS
Junior girls in Japan (below) formed th e first
Bible Class group to be taught by Exie Fultz
shortly after sh e moved to Awaji I sl and fromTokyo in October, 1977. The opening of these
classes pioneers th e work for th e Lord at
Cords-of-Love Bible Pla c e .
During Exie s furlough (April, 1979- February,
1980) these classes—and others for high school
e r s—have had to c lo se fo r lack of a teacher .
Junior High classes will open when Exie_returna \ \to Japan the or willing theJjx§lof FebruaryJ^1980. Along with their opening will be theopening of additional classes fo r youngerb r o th e r s and s i s te rs an d fo r mother s .
Japanese Junior Girls
Exie plans to leave the mid-west shortly after
New Year s Day, spend January in the south-west
and west and leave for Tokyo-Osaka from Seattle,
Washington around the first of February, th e Lordwilling. Sh e asks for your continued prayer for her
an d th e work of th e Lord sh e is engaged in on
Awaji Island.
JUNIOR GIRLS IN A 1979 VBS
It was a joy to Exie to be the teacher of theJunior Girls class a t t he Central Church of Christ.
O Fallon, Illinois: as well as th e missionary forthe entireVBS group. Each girl of the above class
mailed a picture postcard of th e St. Louis a rea toa Japanese girl on Awaji Island with a verse ofScripture written on it (In English, of course).Scripture references were cited so that theJapanese girls could read the messages fromtheir Japanese Bibles.
Other Vacation Bible Schools where Exie
taught as missionary were: West Side ChristianChurch, Springfield, IL Five Points Christian
Church, Martinsville, IL; First Christian Church,Marshall, IL. All weregrea t g roups .
Awaji Is land, the largest in the Inland Sea group, is a triangular or pear-shaped)
emerald i s l and ly ing in th e blue waters o f Osaka Bay, Japanese mythology c r e d i t s
Awaji v i t h being one o f th e f i r s t i s l ands created by a n c e s t r a l d ie t i e s o f Japan.
t i s th e crad le o f the Japanese puppet p lay t enjoyed a high s tandard o f c i v i l
i za t i on when Tokyo was st ll swamp l and The scenery along the eas t coas t i s most
picturesque. I ts mountains a re t er ra ced with rice paddies sometimes abloom with
flowers in off seasons); i t s fe r t i l e land arable because i t s mountains are low.
Mihara Valley is known for i t s milch cows and the Swedish company, Nestles, oper
a t e s milk p ro ces s i n g f a c t o r i e s in th e v a l l e y Marine l i f e abounds in ts wate r st i s a l so known fo r ts o ni on f arm s, t anger ine orchards and b e a u t i f u l f lowers Be
cause o f the crowded Kobe-Osaka a re as a cro ss th e bay , Awaji i s becoming a r ec rea
t ion l and fo r metropol i tan r es iden t s Swarms o f people f lock to th e i s land i n
summer f o r f is h in g g o lf in g and yach t ing
Exie sometimes s i t s in the l iv ing-room o f her home on a smal l mountain r idge over
looking the Higashiura coas t l ine where she watches the boats a t work and play sees
th e l i gh t s go on on the oppos i te shore note s th e r i s in g o f th e moon over the water
and th inks, This i s my home. Thanks to the Lord, th is i s my home.
YOU SHOULD KNOW . . .
* 190,000 PEOPLE LIVE ON W JI ISLAND, N RE OF
* 2^0 SQU RE KILES WITH __ _ _ . ,
* 10 CHURCHES OF VARIOUS FAITHS SERVING THE PEOPLE OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL AWAJI.
* 1 OF THE 10 CHURCHES IS A SM Ii CHURCH OF CHRIST CHRISTIAN .
* 1 MISSIONARY LIVES ON THE ISLAND. OTHER MISSIONARIES OF OTHER FAITHS H VE
LIVED THERE BUT T PRESENT EXIE FULTZ OF CHRISTI N CHURCHES CHURCH OF CHRISTU S A I S THE ONLY MISSIONARY.
* 1 BUILDING IS ON THE PROPERTY AT CORDS-OF-LOVE BIBLE PLACE. THIS BUILDING ISTHE HOME OF EXI E FULTZ .
* 1 CHAPEL BUILDING I S DESPERATELY NEEDED FOR TEACHING THE EVER INCREASIHJ
NUMBER OF CLASSES.
* 3 ACRES OF LAND NEED TO BE DEVELOPED.
CORDS-OF-LOVE BIBLE HACE i s the missionary projec t o f :
In comparing a l l things i n Japan with t h e i r counterparts i n U.S.A. the word *small*
as over against l a r g e should generally be used. Exie, too, thought smal l when sheworked w i t h t h e a r c h i t e c t on des igning a chapel b u i l d i n g f o r Cords-of-Love B ib le P la ce .
Seating capacity for the second-floor auditorium (with balcony) will be approximately150 persons . Besides being used f o r worship s er vi ce s t he se areas w i l l a l s o serve , f o r
some t ime, as classrooms. The chapel w i l l s i t on th e same low mountain r idge as E x i e s
home and w i l l be v i s i b l e t o t h e Higashiura f o l k l i v i n g i n t h e c o a s t a l a r e a .
t i s t r y o f f i c e space, s o c i a l room, small
kitchen and an E l i j a h s room f o r v i s i t i n g
e v a n g e l i s t s and t h e i r w i v e s . The f r o n t
e n t r a n c e o r genkan, w i l l be l a r g e enough
t o accommodate a number o f people removing
t h e i r o u t s i d e shoes f o r s l i p p e r s w i t h a
getabako - a p l a c e t o p u t g u e s t s o u t s i d e
shoes u n t i l s e r v i c e s are over and they
r e t u r n home. Though e s p e c i a l l y designed
f o r J a p a n e s e comfor t t h e r e w i l l b e no
s t raw-mat f l o o r i n g o r s i t t i n g on t h e
f l o o r . Pews, c h a i r s and t a bl e s a re
p la nne d a s t h e s e th ings a r e i n keeping
w i t h t h e modern Japanese p e r s o n s
idea of c o m f o r t .
Winter temperatures on Awaji Is land seldom reach freezing p o i n t f o r which we are thank
f u l . t i s an i s l a n d however, an d i s swept a t t imes w i t h c h i l l winds. Rather t h a n being concerned with i c e and snow we must be concerned with a damp c h i l l f a c t o r . Because
o f c o s t and th e u n c e r t a i n t y o f lo ng ra ng e o i l s u p p l i e s t o Japan we have not included aheating u n i t i n the building plans. have, however, faced the auditorium to the south
with the apse end of the nave to be b u i l t of concrete-block windows surrounding a cross.This not only takes advantage o f the sun s heat during morning worship hours but provides the worshipper with an i n s p i r i n g view o f the bay and sky.
Costs f o r th e b u i l d i n g as shown has been
estimated a t 92,000.00
According t o th e c o n s t r u c t i o n company, work
could probably begin with ^^0,000.00 onh a n d .
Of this l|-0,000.00 needed to begin, wehave about 2,500.00 from Japanesesources
I n t e r e s t r at e i n Japan a t t h i s t ime
1979) is about 7 ^ cheaper thanU.S.A.). Help us with the ^^0,000.00and w e l l t r y f o r a loan i n Japan.