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ThisisthestoryofhowtheGoodNewsisbeingpreached

andpracticed"waydownhere"inthesmallcityofKanoya,in

KagoshimaPrefecture,ontheislandofKyushuatthesouthern

tipofJapan.

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yearsandpublishedintheLINKLETTER.Selectionsfromthese

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Dear Christian friends,

Japan can be wet, cold and dreary. We've had several months of that. Japan can also be dry, warm and beautiful. We're just beginning that. The grass has never beengreener, the cherry blossoms pinker nor the flowers more inabundance. All have given us a sense of blessing and joy.

Since the school year ends in March and the nextschool year in mid-April, spring vacation is long and atime of travel. Walter and Mary had three weeks off fromlanguage study which they were able to spend with us. Walter took some of my preaching duties at Kagoshima, Kushiraand Sueyoshi. That was a great help to me and a blessingfor those who heard him.

At Faith's school, the Japanese language teacherdecided to stage a Kabuki play, the traditional, stylizeddrama form. Long months of practice followed. Only kimonoswere worn. The lines and intonation had to be mastered inold-style Japanese. Faith played one of the female .leads.Pauline went up to Kobe to represent the family and sharethe great occasion with Faith on the day of performance.Mary took over the kitchen and took care of us while shewas gone.

Paula and the three grandchildren came down fromTokyo with Walter and Mary for our last visit together before their going to Manila. We had baby beds, diapers andbottles in abundance and an equal amount of joy with thechildren. I'm still putting things together that Temujintook apart and looking for things that he hid. Bless him!

We had invited James Ashida, American Consul inFukuoka (northern Kyushu) to visit us and speak at RotaryClub. Both he and his wife came. We had a good visit andhe spoke positively to us on the future of Japan-U.S. relationships. Personally, I agree that they must be streng-

thened in every way. The future of Japan and the U.S. arebound together in more ways than economically and we mustexert ourselves to make this friendship work.

On March 26 we all went to Kobe by car and ferry.We took Paula and children to the Osaka airport so theycould go on to Tokvo. The rest of us drove 3 hours south

WITH GRANDSONS TAKANOBU & TEMUJIN

ATSUKO TSUGIKI AFTER HER BAPTISM

CONV. SPEAKERWILLIAM ELLIS

and inland to the town of Hayashino in Okayama prefecture to take part in the annual missionary convention. Audrey West, serving alone in this rural are^ did an outstanding job both inpreparing the convention program and in hosting it. Her newly built. Okayama Christian CenteTwas the perfect setting for the three day convention. The sessions'^gan early and ended late.Lots of time to talk and sing and pray. AH the missionaries, including our own family, hada chance to make a contribution to the program but the five messages brought by our specialspeaker, William Ellis of Orlando, Florida filled us with a sense of hope and victory. Hespoke about Christ, the Church, the church's Witness, the Future Life and the Second Coming.The Spirit was moving and at 2 a.m. the last day a missionary son was baptized into Christin the Japanese bath at the hotel where we were all staying. All our young people receiveda special blessing at the convention.

Resurrection Day was a great day. Walter preached in Kagoshima and baptized TanabeSan there. He had attended Kanoya church for a long time without making a decision. At Kushirachurch Tsugiki San confessed her faith in Christ. That afternoon the Kushira young people wentwith me in the old truck for a picnic and then on to Sueyoshi. Walter and Mary joined us thereWe showed the movie, "The Cross and the Resurrection" and enjoyed the fellowship of the Sueyoshi Christians before returning home.That night we showed the movie again at the orphanage andthen went to Kanoya church for the last part of Bro. Yoshii's sermon and to baptized TsugikiSan. It was a very good day in the Lord's service.

Wednesday night, April 5, Paula phoned. Takanobu, 4 months old, was critically illwith diarrhea and dehydration. She was taking him to the hospital and would stay there withhim. Mary flew to Tokyo the next morning. Bro. lijima met her at the airport and took herto the apartment. Mary took care of Temujin and Megumi for four days. Pauline went to Tokyowith Walter on Saturday and stayed for ten days both at the apartment and at the hospital.Many prayers were offered on the baby's behalf. He was in an oxygen tent and intravenousfeedings for several days and finally came around. Paula delayed her departure for Manila.The baby was released from the hospital on April 15. Harold and Lois Sims made a home forthe family over the week-end. On Monday Harold and Walter took them all to the airport andsaw them on the way - Paula and her three to Manila to join her husband and Pauline on thelast connection to Kagoshima. Hope and I were waiting at the airport to meet her. Hope is awonderful companion and a real help in the house and kitchen but the house didn't seem likemuch of a home without Pauline there. It was 10 p.m. when we drove into the driveway. Asalways, we offered a brief but hearty word of thanks to God for arriving home safely beforegetting out of the car.

The first of April Bro. Takeo limure retired from his work at the Christian Center.He will continue to live in Kanoya and share in preaching and planning with the other ministers. Miss Tomie Nomoto is working at the Center now. The Japanese edition of my book,SECOND THOUGHTS has just been printed here in Kanoya. We are grateful to Bro. Stephen lijiimofMinato church for first serializing it in Japanese in his monthly BOKKA magazine. This madethe Japanese edition possible. After many months of preparation, the bod'k WAY DOWN HERE hasgone to press. It is the story of our lives in Kanoya the past twenty years as told in theLinkletter. We hope it will be a blessing to all who read it. Be looking for the announcement that will come your way soon. Vacation Bible School will soon be here. We have an excellent collection of materials, lessons and visual aids that will provide the missionaryemphasis you need. The price is $5.00. Write to North Vernon or Go Ye Books, 147 Ave Cota,San Clemente, CA 92672. Now it is time to go. Peace! In His Service,,/ ^ /

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If a picture Is worth a thousand words, as It has been said, then here are19,000 words which we could have written the past two months but didn't. It has been anunusual summer In many ways - more rain, more wind, more family, more visitors, morechanges, more Joys and at least one lingering sorrow.

Greg arrived in Tokyo in June to spend the summer. He visited Canadian Academy in Kobe and then he and Faith came home together. One of his first "enjoys" was tomake a cake. Naturally he was proud of himself when it turned out well and we all turnedout to help him eat it . Faith added her tutoring talents to Pauline's regular teachingto help Hope finish up her 5th grade work and get her final tests in the mall. All summerFaith and Greg and I are having two hour sessions every morning at 8.30 in an Intensivestudy of the entire Bible (The Bethel Course). We are trying to finish in 2% months. ItIs a rough go for students and teacher but a privilege to try to get the Bible as a whole.

Walter and Mary finished up their classroom Japanese studies in Tokyo and returned home in early July. They have moved Into the parsonage on the third floor of thenew Kagoshima church and will be staking out a work and witness in that area. It is hardto grasp the translation from that little boy we brought to Japan to that of a man witha lovely wife both thoroughly trained and now here as partners in preaching the gospel.The family remembered me with special cards and gifts on Father's Day including a "BeatDaddy of the Block" badge that Greg had brought from the U.S.

Koichl Homori completed his work at Osaka Bible Seminary and returned June Ito preach at Tarumizu and Sueyoshi. We have helped provide him with needed living equipment and motorcyle to help him fully apply his evangelistic zeal to these two needy areas.He demonstrated his capabilities in the thorough preparations he made for the Ohio Singers.

Ron Secat, a Navy medical corpsman from Iwakunl, and future medical missionaryspent a week-end with us. In addition to him, nine of Faith's and Greg's classmates havevisited us this sunaner and enjoyed the picnic and meals that Pauline has pr.ipared. She iscentral to the hospitality and ministry of our home

A real tragedy was the sudden death of Mrs. Daikusono, 34, wife of the Kajikiminister. She not only leaves her husband but four children ages 14 to 6. Christians frcxnevery church rallied around to make the funeral one of lasting comfort to the family andof triumphant witness to the community. Remembsr Bro. Daikusono when you pray. He isman of faith and principle who will rear the children with loving care.

Two years ago Paul and Kathleen Pratt brought out the Ohio Singers from Cincinnati Bible Seminary. This year he is leading the NEW Ohio Singers on an 80 day tour ofJapan. We were happy they could spend six of those days here in the "Center" of Japan. Inthose six "days they sang 15 times to a total audience of 2260 at 3 churches (Kushlkino,Kagoshima and Kanoya), 4 town halls (Tarumizu, Kajiki, Kushira and Sueyoshi), 3 schools,the leper colony, the Kanoya Rotary Club and at the Shln-Al Kindergarten. Here Bro. Voshiiarranged for newsmen and a TV cameraman to be present for later publicity in the papersand appearance on that evenings TV Children's News program. No one knows how many thousandsheard them sing on the MBC Sunday Studio which they taped in Kagoshima on Tuesday. Kushlkinochurch and Kanoya church people kept the group of 16 one night each. At Tarumizu the cityyouth arranged individual housing .The Lion's club did the same at Sueyoshi. We had themat our house for two nights, two midnight swims, three meals and snacks most of the nightthrough as the washing machine ran, they wrote letters, talked, practiced or just relaxed.Pre-typhoon winds and rain dampened their bodies but not their spirits the last day at .theleper colony. As elsewhere, large crowds came to hear their joyous singing and to remainfor their personal witnessing In small groups around the halls. The language barrier wasthere but personal, vital faith,helped bridge the gap. Our children had a chance to takepart as interpreters. Some Japanese young people could not believe that these young people> would come half way around the world for no other purpose than to share their faith. Butshare they did and we were all blessed by their coming. IH HIS SERVIC

AT LAST IT'S DONE ~It took one full year from Is M ^ Cstart to finish of the book WAY DOWN HERE. It is the com-!^ ill f | ^ 1plete story of our life heresince 1950! There is some- S^ S5!j Ithing in it for everyone as |a glance at the index will ; gasi =" " |show. Laughter and tears are 3^%there,too. It is worthy of aplace in your home, church & emission group. Read it .You* lli:- :like it. Get one for a frieniii

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During World War II it was not unusual to see a G.I.wandering-through the company area with a glazed look in his

...eyeS:.r--When ^iked, "Whatsa matter?" he might reply,"I just got

August, 1972

JOINT AUGUST BIRTHDAY CAKEDon't Count the Candlps

af Dear John letter today."That meant he had just got a letter from his sweetheart that she was

to marrry someone else. Eventually, "A Dear John" became a by-word for any kind of letterthat contained bad news. (For those who are interested, the right kind of a letter from yourwife or sweetheart was called a "Sugar Report.")

Missionaries get "Dear Johns" too. Here's one that just came in from a church thathas supported this work monthly for 22 years; "Dear Sir, I am writing this to let you know thatdue to our financial situation we are unable to continue sending you a donation each month. Ourbest wishes and our prayers go with you in the wonderful work you are doing, and may God blessyou. Sincerely yours, , Chairman, Missionary Committee."

It seems the church has fallen on hard times. The missionary is concerned and wouldlike to pray for his brethren in their need but he does not know how - for lack of contact.Inthis case the church has never shared personal letters nor church news with the missionary. Hehas a feeling he ought to answer the letter but what to say? He cannot say "thank you" for hehas just received a one-sided decision from which there is no appeal. He does not want to writea letter telling of the hurt the letter caused for fear his disapointment will show through anda bad situation is made worse. Since the missionary is not free to inquire into the personalaffairs of the church, he can not write and ask what the problem is. He must suffer in silence.

I ask the question, however, "Has the church really solved its problem in takingthis action to cease missionary support?". It is certain they are having money problems. Itis certain that they did not enjoy cutting off the missionary. (It is also certain that thisis much less painful than cutting off support from projects closer to home or even within thechurch itself.) But no matter, the church is still in trouble. The real problem lies elsewhere.

A skilled physician diagnoses the disease by observing the symptoms. He is not fooledinto thinking the symptoms are the disease itself though he will often treat the symptoms because they need to be treated and/or to please the patient who is very much aware of the symptoms- but is unaware of his disease. In this case, ceasing missionary support is only a symptomof the church s real disease - which is a spiritual one. No church which is concerned primarilywith its own welfare, its own spiritual and physical needs is spiritually well. As far as itappears to its own community and membership, it may look very healthy indeed but the real diagnosis must be made by the Great Physician himself. He said repeatedly that his mission to mankind was to "seek and to save the lost" . Before His Ascension He passed this mission on to thechurch. By this we know that a healthy church seeks neither to conserve nor preserve itself but'to seek and save the lost"wherever they may be found. It is only in this seeking and saving thatthe church can save itself, that is, keep itself spiritually well and healthy.

The first level of spirituality is to seek the Lord for one's own salvation. Thenext level of spirituality is"to seek and save" those-are are dear to you and those who arenear to you. The^ighest level of spljituality is to seek the salvation of those who are so faraway that you will never know them" or see them this side~6~f heaven^ To visualize their need andto do something about it is truly the noblest of Christian virtues.

When a congregation writes a "Dear John" letter to the missionary-it is voting toretreat from this spiritual summit to the valley below where it may hope to conserve itsstrength and preserve itself. In a sense to write such a letter is to write one's spiritual,obituary. It is for this that the missionaty weeps, not for the loss of support.

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It's worth waiting eleven months to get to October. It isa wonderful month. But the chilly nights clearly signal not only achange of clothing but of activities as well. Going back a couple ofmonths, Greg, Faith and I finished up our intensive Bible study inmid-August and then Pauline and I had a race with the calendar getting them off to school - Greg back to Cincinnati Bible Seminary forhis Junior year; Faith to Canadian Academy, inltobe for her Senioryear and Hope to Fukuoka to enroja-rKT'thelnew^''^^ school.

Then Pauline and ;he was able to arrange spec__^ v-- uwu three grandchildren, Takanobu,'^ egumi arid Tfemujin. It was a wonderful time. We got to visit, go sightseeingplay with the children, enjoy lots of fresh fruits and sleep. Excellent medical facilities nearby took careof us when we both had brief sieges of illness, We had a chance to share our faith as well. Bro. Pellinvited us to preach two Sundays at the English service of Cruzada Church of Christ in downtown Manila.Mr. and Mrs. J.Willis Hale, faithful missionaries in the islands since before the war, welcomed us at ManilaBible Seminary at the outskirts of the city. I spoke once and then went back a second time fqr two lecturesfollowed by a lively session in which written questions passed rapidly from hand to hand to the front whilea tropical rain peppered the roof above. The basic problems are the same. Only the setting is different.

Friday the 15th, Pauline and I got in a taxi at 4.30 a.m. to go to the airport in Manila andarrived at Aparri at the northern tip of the Philippines at 7.30 a.m. Charles and Roberta Selby, Mrs. Marj-orie Boudreaux and Ann Tolliver plus faculty members of the Aparri Bible Seminary met us at the airport .Pauline and I went to school with the Selbys 30 years ago but we picked up where we had left off at thebreakfast table. Shortly after, Charles had me speaking to the students about evangelizing in Japan. Thatnight the college held a reception for us. They really made us feel like something special. Pauline and Ihad a chance to speak of the common faith that binds us together. The Selbys and their co-workers have madea tremendous witness through their long years of service in this lovely but lonely place.

Sunday morning we attended the Aparri Church of Christ, Faustino Peneyra, minister. I had a chapter about him and the church and their heroic fight against being forced out of their building and intoa denominational church in my B.D. thesis. History of the Christian Mission in the Philippine Islands.I had written Bro. Peneyra, admired him from afar and thought him long since dead. What a pleasure to meethim and hear him preaching Sunday morning wearing a very formal (but very red) "barong" shirt given himfor his 80th birthday. I was also surprised (and pleased) to learn that the thesis, far from being buriedin a forgotten corner of the library, has been copied and re-copied and is required reading in at leasttwo of the seminaries for church history classes. Inquiries were made as to th^ possibility of having itprinted in-English and translated into Ilocano. That would take some doing but the possibility is there.

The Philippines is a lovely land with a gentle people but corruption is dimming their dreams.(Read about it in your daily papers.) But there is faith here that will not be quenched. It was a greatencouragement to us.We left Kiyoto, Paula, the children and the Filipino brethren with regret.

By way of Taipei, it was 1843 miles back to Osaka. We picked up Hope in Fukuoka and got to Kago-shima church in time for the all day convention on Saturday . What a wonderful thing to be a Christian.Wherever you go there is a family waiting to receive you. We shared our experiences in the Islands durigthe program. It seemed impossible to get up and go again on Sunday, the 24th. An early morning phone callmade it possible. It was Walter calling from Kobe telling of the safe arrival of a daughter, Shelley Lynn,with mother and baby doing well. That morning at Kushira church, Keiko Hanada confessed her faith in Christand that night was baptized into Christ at the Kanoya church. What a wonderful day and a wonderful way tobegin the fall work again.

It was a painful decision but we decided to have Hope study at home again this year. A cable toCalvert Schools got her books here in a week's time. She is hard at work. A great day in her life was her12th birthday with hier family and friends joining in making it a happy day. We drove to the Kagoshima airport and brought Walter and Mary and the baby home to stay with us for a week. Pauline and I got our "enjoys" every day holding the baby. Pauline is not ready yet to spend all her time watching the grandchildren play in a Japanese version of the "Old Lady in the Shoe" as in the cartoon above. But it is a rare missionary family that gets to enjoy their grandchildren and we are very much aware of the special blessingthat is ours.

If you haven't read WAY DOWN HERE yet, John Miles Baker, 147 Avenue Cota, San Clemente, CA 92672will be glad to send you one for $4.95 plus 300 postage. We are getting many favorable comments about thebook and some humorous ones, too. From India Ralph Harter wrote that he was going to call his book, "WayOut Here. Charles Selby said that he would call his book, "Way U Here." If they have the name picked outthe work is half done. Only the writing remains. I hope they do it.^Until Une next time then, "Countyour blessings. Name them one by one." We are. IN HIS SERVICE

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December, 1972

Handel's Messiah was given in Kagoshxma City. I went ov- 'er to hear it. All too soon it was time for the "Hallelujah Chorus." We were on our feet carried along by the music and praisingwith the chorus, "King of Kings and Lord of Lords!" I prayed,"Lord,May it be so for Japan." Then it was over. The conductor wasflushed with joy as the applause rolled on and on. He bowed here.He shook hands there. He exited. He returned for more bows andmore handshaking. What a vain young man he was. He thought theapplause was for him but we were praising the music and its message and ached to hear the final triumphant chorus again. But itwas not to be. The conductor disappeared at last into the wingstaking the glory with him and leaving us desolate.

Perhaps this is what the non-Christian world has donewith Christ's birth. It takes Christ's glory as its own without knowing any better. If the Christmas greetings, cards andletters we have received this year are any indication, I am persuaded better things of Christians^ They know that Christ isthe source of their joy and want to share that joy with others.Certainly they have brought joy and love into our lives here andwe are praising God for that. Thank you!

The Primaries and Middlers of Miles Ave. Church of ChristCleveland, Ohio led by Don and Marikay Walton helped buy a tenminute color movie with Japanese sound track entitled, "The Very,Very, Very, VERY Best Christmas." A young boy takes figurinesout of his sack and with them tells the Bethlehem events to hisdog. It is excellent and brought joy and understanding to the tenaudiences that saw it this year.

Each fall the Bible School at East Orange, N.J. has aChristmas party for the orphange in Kanoya where Bro. Yoshii,Bro.limure and I hold regular services. The offerings brought that dayare sent to us and we have the joy of preparing gifts for them -82 this year. Balls and Christmas story books for the pre-schoolers. A testament and hymnbooks in a zipper bag for all the othersplus a sack of good candies and fruit.

I guess Christmas began at our house on the 22nd whenFaith got home from school. That night two of her friends came.We got out the Nativity set and decorated the front room. Thatnight Pauline made her Christmas cakes and Saturday I drove allday spreading Christmas cheer to those dear to us here. In the

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the afternoon I shared in the Christmas program at Kushikino, the farthestpoint and at night our family was at the Christmas meeting at Kushira nearerhome. Sunday morning preaching a Christmas sermon at Kushira, at 1.30 enjoying the S.S. program at Kanoya church in which Hope had a part. (Since she isgetting older she thinks this will be her last time to be in a children's play.At 3.00 p.m. preaching and presents at the orphanage. At 7.30 to the wonderful family Christmas meeting at Kanoya church. Walter aid Mary and baby arrived at 9 p.m. from Kagoshima . The church young people sang carols for usin front of the house at 11 p.m.

Family Christmas at 7 a.m. Grandaughter Shelley was the centerof attention in her bright red. sleepers with white tassle buttons. At 8.30Walter and I are off to the leper colony to share their Christmas worshipservice and communion. Bro. Yoshii preached a wonderful sermon. I rememberhis concluding statement: "Christmas is the result of Christ's coming butit was not His purpose in coming." Afterwards there was plenty of time tovisit with the leper Christians in front of the church while the morning sunwarmed and cheered us. That afternoon and night I helped prepare for theannual Christmas meeting of the Rotary club as part of the planning committee. I was especially.glad.to be able to show the movie to the entiregroup of 190 including families. To bed at midnight just in time to get aphone call from son Gregory in Ohio. The whole family soon gathered aroundto exchange greetings. It was a great way to end a happy-day.

To go back a little. In October, I attended a seminar of missionleaders from all over Japan. We concentrated on problem-solving in regardto church planting. One of the problems is land for church buildings. One missionary told of avisit of a Christian business man from the U.S.A. The land problem came up just as they were driving past a small vegetable field. 'Wiat is the cost of that field?" the businessman asked. Aftera quick mental calculation the missionary replied, "About $25,000." The business man expldded,"A $25,000 patch of land planted to cabbages?" That is Japan today. The building is a minor problenicompared with buying a place to build it on. Last we^.a^iiui-l.ding and a modest piece of land soldfor $141,600,000. That cost $33,330 for every six square feet or $167 for a piece of land the siof a postcard. , "

Each November finds me heading for the annual preaching convention of Osaka Bible Seminary.It held the best one ever this year. on the way I called at Kochi City on the island of Shikokuand visited with Don and Norma Burney and Bro. Hattori, local minister. They are helping with localarrangements for the annual missionary convention to be held there in May. It is the Maxey's turnto plan the program. In Osaka I attended the Councillor's meeting of the college, had a smallpart in the program and was a proud father listening to Walter giving the closing sermon.

A welcome December visitor was Bro. S.M. Chang, President of Pusan (Korea) Christian Vocational College. We spent three busy days together talking over his plans for the future of thecollege, visiting the Kanoya agricultural high school to see field and hothouse techniques in rais-flowers and vegetables and having Mr. Miyazako, one of Japan's leading authorities on the subject ,explain citrus fruit culture at the experimental station in Tarumizu. Bro. Chang spoke at the lepercolony Wednesday afternoon and was guest of the Kano;^ church that night for a wonderful time ofprayer and fellowship.

The countryside was filled with high-powered advertising and high-pitched loud speakersuntil the election was over. Prime Minister Tanaka can now proceed with his plan to rearrange theJapan archipelago. .1973_is the Year c^^he Ox.--He will need thv^ strength of a^ oj^ to do hi^joband we will need the Vame

10 MillionA Tsubo

There has been so much!talk about the advanccJof inflation and rising

land prices that such matters no longer provide subjects for columnists. Yet, therecent case of the sale ofthe NHK Building and landat Uchisaiwaicho in Tokyocaused a major sensation.It was a deal which involvedthe dizzying sum of 35,^million. Broken down, itmeans 10 million per tsubo(3.3 square meters). It isa whopping amount whichcan find 10,000 bills covering the entire land spacefive deep,- with more tospare. We can also pointout that a postcard size pieceof land here would cost 50,-000. We don't know whofigured these out, but someone must have had a lotof spare time.

10 Million = $33,330A Tsubo " 36 sq. ft.

50,000 = $167

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