WE SHARE CHRIST WITH THE WORLD

The SUMMER camp program RESULTED IN 25 BAPTIZED, 15 CONFESSIONS OF FAITH, 6O

SEEKERS WHO BOUGHT BIBLES OR PORTIONS, AND 150 CAMPERS,AND 50,000 TRACTS DISTRIBUTED
DURING THE 10 DAYS OF FESTIVAL IN
Karuizawa.

VILLAGE

CHURCHES

MEETING

IN

HOMES: the

Julius Fleenor

3->l 1^6 Shimoochiai

Shinjuku, Tokyo

Kamo Church still meets in homes and has HAD six added TO ChRIST DURING THE PAST YEAR. The Sakai Church is just one year OLD as OF September of this year and meets

in a rented house. Total members number IJ

WITH a large Sunday School Program.

YEAR-END REPORT

1961^
WIWINGTON TO DEDICATE Dear C.D.E.A. Building Sponsor:

This has been a blessed year in so many WAYS AND TO SUM THINGS UP IN NUMBERS, YOU MAY GET SOME IMPRESSION OF GOO'S BLESSING UPON THE WORK HERE, BUT MUCH CANNOT BE
WRITTEN IN SUCH A REPORT.

Wilmington
This
more

has

set
is

February I^th as
just a little

the date of dedication of their building.

congregation

than

three years old. Merle Beagel

Total Baptized into Church during the year

IN VARIOUS CHURCHES AND CAMP

BEGAN

his ministry THERE IN NOVEMBER l^,

Buildings completed and in use during \$6k

Shimoochiai
Bible School

1962 WITH THE C.D.E.A, PROVIDING SALARY. There are now fS members.
The
MEMBERS

HIS

estimated cost of the building is

Church

of

Christ paid

and for

$56,000, Through a Bonding

of THE CHURCH HAVE

program,
COMMITTED

The

Japanese

Christians

THEMSELVES

TO RAISE $20,000 OVER A THREE

FURNISHIN6

YEAR PERIOD. JOLIET FEDERAL HAS AGREED TO

( INDEBITEDNESS AS OF OCTOBER 28 ON BUILDING IS #3,500)pLEASE HAKE THIS

A MATTER OF PRAYER,

LOAN THEM
WOULD BE

$8,000. Assurance that

COMING FROM THE

help
in

C.D.E.A.

Sponsor*s Club
Furnishing

was
and
BE

the Final factor

the GRANTING OF THIS LOAN.

improving the lot pgr

AN ADDITIONAL EXPENSE.
COSTS

First

wing

of

camp

building

in

Karuizawa completed (Balance owing TO Dr. Rayner on this $2,000).

Life work Recruits: At the present time
IN ACTIVE we have eight l i f e WORK RECRUITS

PARKING
THE MEN OF HOURS
AT A

WILL
OF THE OF

CHURCH ARE GIVING HUNDREDS DONATED LABOR TO KEEP

MINIMUM.

Since tributed

the Sponsor*s Club has not con TO ANY CHURCH SINCE DECEMBER,

TRAINING.
FROM THE

Esther Togawa
states AFTER

is soon to return
HER GRADUATION AND

1963, WE
May 1

ANTICIPATE THAT EVERYONE WILL

SPECIAL ENTHUSIASM.

GREET THIS WITH

training IN AN ORPHANAGE THERE TO HELP AMONG THE SLUM CHILDREN IN NiSHI ARAI.

A SPECIAL WORD OF WELCOME TO THE 200 SPONSORS ADDED DURING THE PAST

SAY

New AS
HAVE

Bible the

classes

have

been

opened

in

YEAR.

This

brings

our

total to 1,050.

Rikkyo

University,
main
won been TO

Waseda
CHRIST

High, as well
THROUGH THESE

Tokyo YMCA by Julius, Three.

When we contribute our $5.00, we will be able to present to Wilmington $5,250.

SINCERELY,
J.K. Woerner

CLASSES.

6533 Jackson Ave,

Hammond, Indiana
A sponsor is one who agrees to give

Five
AND

English Bible Classes for age groups

VARYING
WEEK AT

from
THE
are

YEARS THROUGH UNIVERSITY

each

$5,00
CATED
THREE,

EVERY
IN THE

TIME

A NEW CHURCH IS DEDI

Area,
ONE YEAR

Working Peoples groups are held

SHIMOOCHIAI

ChURCH,

THREE
result

Chicago
IN

The
HAS

most
BEEN

churches

DEDICATED

parents

attending church as a

OF THE PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN'S INFLUENCE.

Anyone

wishing

to join the Sponsor's

The

Umaeda

Church,
WITH

in the Nishchia Arai

JULIUS AND PaSTOR

Club, please get in touch

with

the

ARE CONTINUES

OFFICE,
Witneaing for Christ in

HAGIo's MINISTERING.
REGULAR
THE

THE ChURCH PAYS

COURSES
TO

ALL

ITS RUNNING EXPENSES AND JULIUS

LAY-LEADERSHIP
AND ELDERS DEACONS

CONDUCTS
ENABLING
AND

PREACH

WORLDWIDE M/SS/ONS

. J nA

TEACH THEIR

OWN

PEOPLE.

JuliuB & Virginia Fleenor Miesionaires to Japan

Forwarding Agent in States Mrs. Maxine Seyb

Los Angeles, California
mHOARY NEWSLBTTER

5-11^ Shimoochiai
Shinjuka, Tokyo

1800 West U3rd Place

1965
Dear Friends,

December 26th found us landing at Haneda Airport in Tokyo and being greeted by all four
children and Julius' mother. What a glortous reunion we all had. We all said, "Ttiis is our best Christmas yet." Hie little trinkets from each country for each child made for a
story behind each gift about our evangelistic trip. Dius, our evening and the following

day was a time of sharing of e:i^riences.

Then to find a shopping bag of cards and letters

and many boxes from you loved ones in America made us realize how rich we are in love vhen we have friends like all of you behind us. We can never tell you how much we enjoyed and appreciated these! . Hie Japanese church told us of six vAio had been baptized just before Christmas, two of these coming from the Sakai village work. So we rejoiced in this. Toshiko Kagiwada, whom we had helped to get started in evangelism in Sakai Village just over a year ago, brought news that her father had accepted Christ and had given her his life savings for her to buy land to build a church and Christian kindergarten there. There are now 19 Christians in

that place and the land was purchased with the $1800 donation from her father on January I5. Now we look to God for the provision for the building. Here are 5O1OCO people and no church
but this little flock in the entire area. Pray with us.

Thus we saw that God had answered prayer in caring for the churches in our six weeks absence and also in bringing forth fruit. NOW SCME DSTAILS ABOUT OUR TRIP about vibich we wrote to you in December. page. In Brief: I think it best to

give you first a general picture and then a more detailed place-by-place story on another

1.
2.

Julius personally baptized ten Indians in Madras and Secundrabad.

There were about four hundred decisions to receive Christ, or to re-dedicate lives to Christ, in the meetings in which we took part.

Many of these are to be baptized in ther own churches.

4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9.

3.

Spoke at Leper Conference and evangelistic meetings in China. Spoke to staff of Christian hospital in China and visited patients.
Spoke daily in the School of Evangelism in India for one week to over 300 pastors and workers of the Hydrabad area. Visited Japanese missionaries from Thailand, Laos, and Pakistan. Spoke to Christians and unsaved in Madras, New Delhi, Dehra IXin,
West Pakistan and northern India.

Spoke and visited at two large orphanages for boys in India,

In general, assisted Dr. Bayner in his ministry to all these people. Julius spoke in Dr. Eayner's place whenever Dr. Rayner felt too weak
to stand and speak. World-Wide Missions sends support for these

various places and we helped Dr. Bayner make his surveys and trips
and evaluate the work being done in each place.

10. Recruited one Chinese man from Taiwan to enter the Bible School for 11. Our vision was increased so we can pray more intelligently for the

Prgyer and Evangelism here in Tokyo for the session beginning Apr, 65.
people in all these places. Also 't/e helped the Indian Christians to
know more of what God is doing in Japan.

J^ril when the Japanese school year begins. Also pray for the evangelistic team of students
he will be taking into village areas for three weeks of evangelism in March and April.

How Julius is busy with Bible classes and setting up the full Bible School schedule from

' liie delay in getting a newsletter written was caused by many factors, but one was that

a wonderful recovery and the doctors l^elsK% should have no r^occurence whtstsoever.
attitude end testimony have been an inspiration.

learned she needed immedlatfcj3gsi55^,^^e^ so was operated on on January 9^^* She is making
Our 1965 prayer for you is found in Col. 1:9-12, "Hay you be filled with the knowledge of

been visiting and helping us here in Japan for the past six months

Hie will and be fully pleasing to Him." PRAY FOR US!

Sincerely,

Julius and Virginia

TEE TRIP

IIAIWAN iBES CHINA

Left Tokyo and arrived at Taipei and was met by Isabel Dittenx)re, Mho vas formerly
on the China mainland, then 8 years in Japan and had Just arrived 10 days before to settle in China again for a Badio Ministry. Br. Ba^er and we made our head quarters in her apartment. Isabel is an old friend whom we love as a sister so this was a very enjoyable fellowship.

Nov. 2

Nov. 3

Isabel Joined us in the train trip to Kao Chiang (Southern capitol of China) for
the five days of Leper Colony Bible Conference and hospital visitation. Vfe all spoke in these meetings. Twenty-five made decisions to receive Christ as their Saviour and 25 prayed for the first time in their lives to the Living God in Jesus Christ's name. Many Taiwanese can speak Japanese from the time vdien Japan held these islands before the end of World War II and we could speak freely with
them.

Nov.

Visited the Children's Hospital in Pingtung, run by Dr. Bjorgaas and Dr. Portland,

Swedish missionaries, and Dr. Dennis, anjUnrerican. Here hundreds of people weekly

come for out-patient care and they have the only polio hospital in the island plus a big TB wing. Julius spoke to the staff and visited the churches in the area. Virginia visited the children and-young adult-patients using-^ -TaiwE^se nur-se who could speak Japanese. Virginia would talk in Japanese and the nurse would interpret. !Ihis way Virginia told the children stories and prayed with the sick.

One lb year old boy, a Christian, had leukemia and his blood was down to ^ so w

prayed with him daily during our days there. Also helped in typing reports for Dr. Bayner to raise more funds for this wonderful hospital work. Isabel Dittemore made arrangements to produce radio programs to be put on at that end of the island wi^^ hospital evangelists doing the follow-up of those vAio write it.

A Child for Whom

Should Pr^

Wan l""Jun's name means ?ast Evangelism, but he does not come from a Christian home. He was being slowly starved to death for over a year because he was sick. He had been at the ho^ital for 3 months \Aien we met him and was now able to eat,
but was still skin and bones with large swollen joints. At age 7 lie was the size

of a 3-year-old child. We would come daily and hold his hand and pray for him. His large beautiful eyes would drink in the love we felt. I have his picture and

I shall continue to pray for him and others like him being saved in Christian
ho^itals around the world. When the Chinese are very poor and one of their many children are sick, they give the food to the well ones, as they consider it a
waste to feed one that will soon die anyway. . Many of these children are from

refugee families which have conie from the mainland and are trying to settle into a new life and are desperately poor. !Die Hospital is also trying to train the parents in profitable trades so they can make a living. HONG KONG Arrived in Hong Kong and visited the New Territories viiere Britain has leased land
Nov. 8 from the Red Chinese.
-meals-iHejw-d-sad- and~t

We visited one church viiere World-Wide Missions is helping

in an evangelistic program among the refugeen from Red China.

Met the Bill Bees

family from South Africa vdio are now working in Hong Koi^. Ate 17-course Chinese
\Aio have escaped and have heard nothing of their families in the mainland - yet are preaching Christ and working among the refugees. Hie products in general brou^t in from Bed China seemed inferior to those produced in Taiwan or Hong Kong.

THAILAND Arrived in Bangkok, Had a wonderful day and a half with Toshio Morimoto family, Nov. 15 Japanese missionsries for vhom the Shimoochiai Church in Japan acts as forwarding Agent and helps to support. They are struggling wito the language in a very dif*
ferent field and holding classes in their home. We also visited a small Bible College for Chinese students working nuch as we intend to work here in Japan. Mr. and Mrs. Lim work ymnng the 500,000 Chinese vAio live in Bangkok. It is a fruitful field as the Chinese are more open to Christ than the IDaai Buddhists. Two Jap
anese missionaries from laos came down to counsel with Dr. Bayner and we had the joy of meeting one of them. They work in a village vdiere they hear the daily

bombing of the Vietnam War. They asked for prayer that the door may remain open
for the Gospel. There are five Japanese working together in that place.

THE TRIP

page 2

Hov. 19

sn&AFOHB Arrived on an intended over-ni^t lay-over free of charge "by the Air Lines. Because of floods in Madras, we ended up staying four days in the best hotel in
Singe^xjre, the Baffles, free of charge. It provided a nuch remembered luxury as
bathtubs and good food became a rare item from there on out once we entered India.

MDIA Nov. 23

Arrived in that beautiful land of beautiful children everywhere. But seeing hundreds of people sleeping on the streets at ni^t, beggars everywhere, and spiritual and physical need continually, was depressing. Actually 1/3 of the
crops are eaten by rats and monkeys because of the Hindu belief that one should

not kill any form of life.

Hms flies and pests are everyviiere and the people

Vfe do praise God for the 10,OCX),000

suffer because of Satan's lie to the people.

Christians in that land of to,000,000. MADRAS Here we visited the Peters family.
Julius and Pastor Peters. BOMBAY
Nov. 27

Indians generally take a Bible name or the

name of the missionary that converts them to Christ. Julius held 3 days of evangelistic meetings. Sixteen were baptized in the ocean and lake by Dr. Rayner,

Also visited the grave site of St. Thomas, v4io by

tradition was said to be the firs^ missionary to India.

Arrived at Dr. Rayner's apartment vAiere he has three Indian orphan boys vhom he
has educated and found jobs for after winning them to Christ,

NEW DEIfll Took an 8-hour bus trip to Dehra Dun to visit an orphan boy work started by Dec. 1 Joseph Little and now carried on by his widow. Prom here we took an hour bus trip

driven out by the Reds. Here on the border area is where I^. Rayner ^s worked
for 1^ years.
more Chinese troops are massed on the other side of the Himalaya range than at

to Musoori, a mountain village vdiere the Dai Laina of Tibet now lives since being

We saw the Indian installation guarding the border and learned that

time of the Nov. 1963 war between China and India.

HIMALAYA Here in an old cemetary where v^ole families of missionaries are bd^^^we stood BORDER beside the grave \Aiere Dr. Rayner's wife and t v r a , j o g s t h e early
years of missions in India,.- more"^yes than converts were made

among the natives. But the 10,000,000 Christians today are a living memorial that these lives were not given in vain. Dr. Rayner says, "I don't know why God took
them, but I know He has taken me into more difficult fields vhere I could not heve

gone with a family. So I will trust Him to guide me until I join them in heaven." It was a sacred moment to stand beside those graves and thank God for their lives
given for India.

usm

Back in Dehra Dun there were young boys from Tibet, Nepal and China as well as Indian boys \iio made decisions for Jesus Christ and those vnhose parents had been Christian could be baptised, but the others by Indian law must wait until they are 18 to change their faith if the parents religion was different than the child's choice. Forty young^boys respiHidedrto~our-Bppea1r-to~surrider~thelr lives completely to the Lord Jesus Christ and prayed prayers of faith, promising God to be 3jfip4ii^ed-''at^-'the-earliest possible date.

WEST
PAKISTAN

We arrived in West Pakistan and were met by Dr. Paul and his wife (both M.D. 's)
v4io work among the Muslims. They run many clinics and to much personal evangelism.

Dec. U
AGRA Dec. 7

Open evangelistic efforts are not possible in this strong Muslim country.
Plew from Pakistan to New Delhi and held evangelistic meetings one nig^t there. drove to Agra to see the Taj Mahal. C^ite a building.'

THE TRIP

page 3

HYDBABAD Here we joined Dr. London (World Evangelist

CiMRAL INDIA Secundrabad, the twin city of Hydmbad. wedc of the School of Evangelism Jwe

Missions) in
before and after the ings in three churches each Sunday.

Dec. 10 ^^least 3OO people made decisi^ifl^OTChrist in these meetings. Then each day
to
Dec. 20

and eveal^ sessions for orphan boys. Sixty-five of these

boys made decisions to surrender their lives for God's work. Julius tau^t over 300 evangelists daily and his subject was '^ew Testament Christianity." Two

Japanese from a group of 1^- vho are missionaries in East Pakistan came down to the
conference and to talk with Dr. Bayner. These missionaries from Japan have been there five years in a stron^old of ffohammedaniBm and go out daily house to house preaching the gospel.

B(^4BAY Dec. 21

Arriving back in Bombay after tiie School of Evangelism meetings, we found Dr. Bayner very low physically and he received another transfusion and rested two days.

BANGKOK

Dr. Bayner and we all flew together as far as Thailand where Dr. Bayner went to

Dec. 24

visit a Bible College work in Borneo and we went on to Hong Kong.

We had Christicas

Day with the WiUiam Bees family and a Chinese young man vdiom Dr. Bayner had won to Christ some years ago.

TOKYO

By Australien "(^xantas" Lines we arrived back HO^ffl at 10:00 a.m.

Since Dr. Bayner,

Dec. 26

viio made x>os8ible our trip, is an Australian, this seemed a fitting finis.

Dr. Bayner plans to arrive in Tokyo the beginning of February and make his Headgjoarters in Tokyo. He will then make trips to various mission stations in AMa as God gives him strength and also work among Japanese students vdio speak English. Please pray for him. Through his efforts God has laid in upon many to give for work here in Japan and he also loaned much from his personal funds for the work of tihe Summer Canp and the Bible School for Prayer and Evangelism, He has beei angel sent from God to minister unto the needs here in many ways. Unless God does a miracle, the V ' f i a - c m t l n u l n g Jbo..^JtebusJb,la^reogth. He spent a week in the ho^ltal in Taiwan after his Borneo trip. last word from him tells of
his being very low in energy.
ministry in India.
SOMMBG UP OUR TRIP

We thank God we were in some small way able to share his

We shall forever be grateful to God for the vision He has givai us. It was a joy to meet Indian Christians v4io were praying for revival for their own country. We felt we could be missionaries in any of the places we visited and have great joy. But again and again we
realize how Japan was truly our "first love" and it was good to come back with the assurance of being in His will in the place He has put us to minister for Him. Truly our lives will
never be the same as we write to Christians all over the world whom we have come to love

and as we pray with them for world-wide revival which every country needs so badly.

Only two times were we ill from food in India, but those few days were enou^. But we do thank God for preserving us in all cur travels and bringing us safely home, and we do so appreciate the many prayers we know were being offered for a safe and fruitful trip.

Jtillus & Virginia Haenor Missionaries to Japan

Forwarding ^ent in States

Mrs, Maxine Seyh

VIII46 Shimoochiai hinjuku, Tokyo

Dear IViends,

1800 West U3rd Place

Miff NBWSL3TTBR

Los ingeles, California

1965

Thank you for your prayers and financial support, about of the following blesBings here in Japan;

They have resulted in the bringing

BIBIiHI COLLBCxS QPjMS

Die Bible School for Prayer and Evangelism opened in April,

There are three young men in the full tio^ day will be pastoring the Umaeda Church and coming
Ki^t sessions

There are ten night school students. sessions, plus one special student

in for special lectures.

A fine Chinese applicant vdiom we met in Taiwan has not yet

secured a visa, but we hope he might soon be able to enter the school.
takes them out in evangelistic woric.

are tau^t by missionary Paul Pratt and Pastor Hagio of the Shimoochiai Church. Julius teaches New Testament in a daily intensive course to the day students and
PlilDGED SUPPORT FOR S^RJKEMTS God has already raised up two people who have volun

teered to support two students, Goro Kawabara and Jdin Morohashi. Makoto (Truth) Izu
has entered the school also and we have no pledged support for him. He is from a poor, but very dedicated Christian Family. He has been a Christian ten years and after attending our summer can^ for the deepening of the Spiritual Life began attending church at Shimoochiai and shortly before the (^ening of the school requested to enter as a student. He will be a part of the active evangelistic outreach program v^ich is a part of the students' training. Is there a church or an individual viho would like to have an active witness in Japan? Just five members of a Sunday School

class could pledge $5.00 a month and do this Job. A class of 25 members could pledge $1.00 a month and thus help a young Japanese not only coo^lete his training, but also
to preach the Gospel during the period of his training.
NIGHT SCHOOL STUDEL'ITS These students receive credit, but of course their work will

take muc5~longer to coii5)lete.

These students are all paying a stnall

fee for

each 10-week unit of study. Two of these men desire to be lay preachers; two are University students; two young women are Sunday School teachers; two are mothers; and two are recruits for the ministry.

special LECTURES A1 Hammond is giving Friday afternoon special lectures on the Hew Testament fiestoration Movement before he goes on furlough. It will be the practice

of the school to ask various Japanese pastors and missionaries to conduct lactures of this nature that will be open to both the day students and special students.
During May, Dr. Lewis Foster, of the Cincinatti Bible Seminary, will be in Japan and our students will avail themselves of the priviledge of hearing him.

S.AKAI TENT I'iElijTING April 28 to May 3i a turn from tne school went out for tent

meetings. It poured down rain half of the time. Children's meetings numbered 50 to 60 and adults 10 to I5 a ni^t. One young woman was baptized vdio had received a tract during a previous meeting. Another confessed Christ as her Saviour. Two lukewarm Christians were revived and new people are attending the little church that meets in Kagiwada's home. Using a loud speaker, groups gathered for 15-niinute short Gospel messages. This makes a total of 20 Christians in this little church which
began one and one-half years ago.
VICTORIES AT THE SHTOOCHIAI CHURCH

We continue to sow Seed in rain or sunshine as we

Three more have received Christ as Saviour and

are called to be instant in season and out of season.

have been baptized by Pastor Hagio.

their faith.

Three others have made the good confession of

UMAEDA CHURCH CALLS A PASTOR A fine dynamic preacher named lUrusawa San became acquainted with one of the members of this little church about six months ago, Mr,

IVirusawa had attended a little indejjendent ni^t Bible Colleg.^or eight years and

had been ministering to a group of country people in Chiba, but v6 interested In the
work of the slum area surrounding the Umaeda Church. He had done much hous^t^house preaching in this area. To make a long story short, Julius met him and began to tell him of the Restoration Plea. He was very open and iidien Julius spoke of immersion as the only scriptural manner to "put on Chrisf, he asked to be baptized at the Umaeda Church. Afterwards he gave his testimony of how he was blessed by this clear obedlenc6
to God's command. As a result, a woman in the audience stood up and asked to be baptized also. Thus he returned to the baptistry and baptized this new believer. Brother Furusawa will take special courses in Restoration History and New Testament

0 2*

Doctrine in the Bible School hero.

He is y) yearn old and a marriage is now being

arranged between him and a fine Christian girl vi.d can serve along with him in the ministry. !Ihis is another answer to your prayers to the "lord of the Harvest to send for laborers." The Umaeda Church will pay him $20 a month and utilities and we have agreed to pay him $20 a month from mission funds, althou^ we have no pledge for this amount. Perhsps some individual or church reading this would like to have

this fine evangelist represent them in Japan at $20 a month. Pray about this need,
will you? If God speaks to you to have some part in this ministry as He is raising up laborers, please write and let us know. We will send Brother Purusawa's picture to you and keep you informed as to his ministry. He will also go out with the Bible School for Prayer and Evangelism teams for preaching as he did in the Sakai meeting.

SUMMER CAMP last year, 2^ were baptized into Christ besides others who were intro duced to Christ. Once again God has shown His blessing on this work by His provision. Doctor Rayner, formerly of India and now making his headquarters in Japant did nuch to

has Innnftd nw ffeor^DC^in^ith-Xrom^Jalg ^fimds, trusti^ God to bring in this amount during 1965, The secc^ wing will ma^^cw3?"''cn?d-ng facilities comfortable and con

help raise the $7,^00 for the first unit of camp vdiich we used last summer.

Now he

venient for 50 to 60 persons and is due for con5)letion by June 15th. Please pray for
souls to be won again this year. Rikkyo University has already asked for the first week in July for a can?) to introduce students to the Word of God and Jesus Christ. We will have camps for children, young people, working people, University students, and adults. Again, our can^ for the Denning of the Christian Life for Christians will be held July 11 to 22 during the Obon Festival. Groups of Christians will assemble in th^Pnion Church yard to pass out tracts, sing and witness just in front of people pass during the Festival evening activities. year many--were saved"thi^^ this witness by tracts, singing of hymns and testi-

fBbnies. John Kachelm^eiL,^!;! have his new bride back from the states and will be

pl^rng, ^^ray especially for this can^ work. Stephen will again have hjls Boy's Club work in the villages this sum'ner and Julia and Dana Lee will
help sell Bibles at the Bible table each ni^t.

VACATION BIBLB SCHOOL ATTEEJTION PLSASBl

One of our great needs is special offerings

For

to take teams into villages where there are no churches or regular witness.

$50.00, we can take a team of three Japanese, with Julius directing their efforts,
into a village. For four or five days they will show Bible films; pass out tracts, hold meetings and do house to house visitation. If your Vacation Bible School is looking for a missionary project, this is a real need. Other ways your Vacation Bible School mi^t help are; Would you like to send a Japanese child to canp? We can send a child to camp for $5.00 for 5 days. This is the only way they will ever get out of the dirty city and into the fre^ air during the hot summer for Bible teaching and
guidance.

A food box of jello, cheese, and cake mix will help us make better meals
and give the menu a real boost.
Our summer address is;

Mr. & Mrs. Julius Fleenor

Karuizawa Christian Camp 1073 Karuizawa Nagano Eien, Japan It takes one month for a box to come from the USA to Japan.
days to a v.-eek to reach us.

We will be in Earuizawa

most of the time from July Ist to August 25th. Air mail letters (25^) take five
CHRISTIAN LIES SCHOOL OPENS May third was evening day for the Life School, Biis is a program for three to six year old children similar to a kindergarten in %4iich we tsach
the children a knowledge of the Great Creator God and His Son Jesus, vdao loves them. Prayer and Christian attitudes are tau^t. Miss Kikawa is the teacher, with Virginia teaching the ihglish program of thft school throu^ games and songs. Grace and ei^t Japanese children are enrolled in the morning program. Ei^t other children are en

rolled in the afternoon program.

Monthly "Mothers* Meetings" are held in order to

introduce Jesus Christ to these families. We are beginning small, but as Miss Kikawa secures her teaching credentials by attending two years of ni^t school, we hope the school will grow and also that these little ones mi^t one day make Christ their King.

WARRICKS TO JAPAN

^ ;$P^^ntEr"p^

During our last furlough we met the Bob Warrick family %fao felt to come to Japan as missionaries. At present they have

They have reservations to sail Jhne 25th for Japan.

We need this fine family.

We neec

travel within Japan and theS children's support and school. Please pray for God to
_churches to 8uppo3?x this fine family willing to come to Japan and minister.

They need $200 a month more for language study, rent,

FAMILT

NEWS

Stqph^ turned IS on ^ril l/th. He graduates from the American School in Japan,
9th hi^est in a class of 79 College Preparatory students. He plans now to take Japanese and Chinese language and far East studies for two years at Jochi
University here in Tokyo in the night international division and tnen transfer to the states for his Bible Training, It is his hope to return to Japan as missionary. Already he reads Japanese more fluently than his parents and he

hopes to get a good foothold in these languages of ^apan and China vdiere he
can see and hear the people and languages continually. He is supported by the Khightstown Church in Indiana and we feel thankful to have Stephen on the team with us for two more years. He has been interviewed by newspapers and on TV

and has been able to give his testimony for Christ.

Two highschool students

are now attending the Shimoochiai church as a result of his testimony in the

Student Times (bOO.OOO circulation).

JULIS, age I3, at this writing is in bed, having fallen 15 feet into a canal behind our home. On Mothers' Day afternoon she was trying to fish a ball out of the canal with a pole and net and lost her balance. The doctors are still debating vhether she has a cracked bone or just torn ligaments in her foot. She cannot stand her weight on the foot yet. We are thankful she was not more seriously

Dana ^e, age 11, is still our "quiet ciiild" v^.o made the highest grades during this
last grading quarter of our four. She and her sister arc working hard doing

hurt as the canal had only a foot of water over a concrete bottom.

chores to eem money to attend the All Japan Missionary Convention near Osaka
May 20 to 23. This will be the first time in 9 years we have all attended together as a family,

Grace, age 4, loves her new "Life School".

She is the "sunshine" in the house to

all of us. She is a healthy cheerful child *4io makes many friends for us among the Japanese. Grandma Fleenor Wolverton, Julius' mother, has been with us almost a year, and it has certainly been a wonderful Joyous experience for all:)of us. She continues to regain her health and looks and feels well. In fact, she has more pep than Julius and Virginia at the end of the day. She plans on returning to the states late in June after seeing Stephen graduate.

God bless you all.

The Fleenors

Above; Stephen Pleenor on his ISth birthday, preparing to be a mis sionary.

Top Right; Pleenor Family, Feb. 1905. one week after Julius' mother returned from the hospital.
Bottom Julius and first full-time Btudents of the Bible

School for Prayer and Evangelism.

1. to r., John Morohashi, Julius, Goro Euwabara, and Makoto Izu.

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A
Morning seseion. Four "boys and foor girla, with
Teachers, Mies
Christien Life School with ^wthers. Miss Kikawa standing left is teacher,

Grace in their school outfits. Kikava end Virginia Fleenor.

Pirs

Hagi
and '

JULIUS & VIRGINIA FLEENOR

MISSIONARIES TO JAPAN
3-1146 SHIMOOCHIAI

FORWARDING AGENT

MRS. MAXINE SEYB

1800 WEST 43RD PLACE

SHINJUKU, TOKYO
JAPAN

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

JUNE NEWSLETTER

1P65
""FOR AS MANY AS ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT OF QOD

THEY ARE THE SONS OF OOD."

Dear Friends,

Romans 8:1^^

Our May ne^-'Sletter has Just come into your hfint^s, but we are most anxious to send you the latest news whinh alters one item mentioned in our Tatpst

letter pnd to urpce you to pray x^ith us over an important ohang= in our plans. -

STEPHEN PLANS TO 00 TO THF STATES" TO ENTER CINCINNATr BIBy-SEMlMARYTr-WeSchool of Cincinnati Bible Seminary durinpr the All Japan Christian Church Convention of Missionaries, May 20 to 23. Dr. Foster pIso gave lectures in Tokyo and at Osaka Bible Seminary, and will hold meetings in Kyushu this month. After counspling with Dr. Foster, Stephen has decided that he should

hpve been blessed with the ministry of Dr. Lewis Foster, Dean of the Qroduote

f^et his Bible work first and then get his other educational work afterwsrds.

plan to send hin the weekly Japanese news magazine called "MaiShu" which is

Since he does not want to lose ground in his Japanese language studies, we

comparable with Newsweek or Time in the English languaere. Also he hopes to read his Japanese Bible and other Japanese books in order to retain what he has gained here. We were thrilled to hear Stephen say, "Before I felt study ing here first and then taking Bible was the right thinpr, but now I feel I am" putting first things first in getting grounded in the Word of (Jod. Now I feel absolutely sure God wants me beck in Japan to preach the Oos^el."
STEPHEN'S PLANS TO DATE;

G-raduate from high school Work teachiner English in Tokyo

Heln in Karuizawa camp

June

11

June 18 to July 31 Aug. 1 - Aug. 7

Last fellowship on Sunday vrith Japanese Christians. Fly to States Sunday Nierht Aug. 8

Visit Fleenor Support Group and relatives

Aucr. 8 in Los Angeles area Take bus to Eugene, Oregon, to visit Grace Farnham and Grandmother -(Fleenor)1 Wolverton. Also visit living link Aug. 15 church at Vaughn, Oregon. Visit Central Christian Church, Portland,

Oregon

Aue:.
Aupr.

18
19

Leave for Indiana-Ohio area by bus Visit Living Link churches:

Michigan City, Ind. (Julius' LL) Knight St own, Ind. (SteT>hen's LL)
Hannegan Christian Church

Aug. 20 Sept . 6

Rushville, Ind.

(Julia's LL)

Arrive at Cincinnati Bible Seminary

Registration and enrollment

STEPHEN'S ADDRESS:

Sept . Sept . Sept .

6
7 9

15

c/o Cincinnati Bible Seminary

2700 Glenway Avenue

Cincinnati, Ohio

^520^

We are sharing these plans In case any of the churches or Individuals who

as a co-worker during these'J^ast three years,

are interested in the work here in Japan would like him to present the recent developments of the work here. Stephen has worked along side of us

baptized, three young Japanese boys 'he led. to Christ during the summer Boys

last summer he personally

Club work in the villages around Karuizawa. If you are interested in"him coming to a camp or to a church in the area during his stay in America, please write us directly in Japan. Also, he can present the work for us in the area near Cincinnati on weekends during his schooling. WE NEED YOUR PRAYERS! We had not planned on Stephen going to the states
until two more years so we do not have a reserve fund laid aside for his

return fare and. schooling. We ask your prayers that Ood will supply the necessary funds for this new step of faith. Stephen hopes to earn money
this summer toward his first semester tuition by teaching English. We

trust God to supply every need as He always has for His children in the past. Will you pray especially that God will use Ste-nhen to recruit other young peo-nle during his Bible College days for Japan.
JOYOUS NEWS FLASH WARRICKS TO JAPAN1 The Robert Warrick family now

have all the funds to pay^fjar-^tlieJLr^tlckets to Japan e-nd- haya -S350--per month pledged support out of $550 needed. They Plan to sail on June 25th
and will arrive in Japan on July 8th to begin languasre study and missionary
work. PRAISE OOD FOR THIS ANSWER TO PRAYER.

KARUIZAWA CAMP ADDRESS.

We will receive all mail forwarded up to us in

Karuizawa duriner our camp season, but mail will reach us quicker if you will
write all letters directly to Karuizawa from July 25th to August 25th.

Although our camps begin in July, we will be shuttling bank and forth in July because of the arrival of the Warricks and evangelistic work in Tokyo.
Our camp address is:
KARUIZAWA CHRISTIAN CAMP

"Prayer Haven" J. Fleenor #107? Karuizawa Nagano Ken, Japan PLEASE PRAY DAILY FOR THE CAMP PROGRAM. Pray we might be led to hungry hearts and that the Gospel be preached under the power of the Holy 3"nirit
and that souls be saved.

ESTHER TOGAWA DUE BACK IN JAPAN.

Esther was one of the f i r s t

fruits of

out labors in Japan.

She has now graduated from Pepperdine College, mpjor-

ing in Religious Education.

America.

She will be back In Japan in September to Join

with other Christians to win her people to Christ. Pray for her that she might be guid*>d In the readjustment to living in Japan after four years in There is a constant awareness that God is holding us up end know it is because many of you pray daily for us. We live In daily expectancy of God doiner great and powerful things In this land of 100,0^0,000 people with only Christian. Continue to pray for revival In the churches, and that
The Lord of Harvest send forth laborers into His harvest."

Mother Pleenor Wolverton plans to return to the states this month after a year's visit with us. She has been a great help and blessing to us and the

Japanese during her stay.

you.

We give thanks to God u-^on every remembrance of

Sincerely,
The Julius Fleenor Family

JULIUS & VIRGINIA FLEENOR

MISSIONARIES OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
AND CHURCHES OF CHRIST
FORWARDING AGENT

1-5 NAKA-OCHIAI
SHINJUKU, TOKYO
JAPAN

MRS. MAXINE SEYB

1800 WEST 43RD PLACE

13

LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA

KARUIZAA CHRISTIM CAI^IP

1073 Kaniizawa, Nagano Ken

July 21, 1965 NET-rSLETTBR

Dear Friends,

"REJOICE IN TEE LORD ALWAYS, AGAIN I SAY REJOICE."

Camps have begun and the Presence of the Lord in our new Camp "building was felt by all since the first camp "began on July 2nd. On the back page are Just a few selected testimonies of those who attended from Rikkyo Universityo These 26 students were moved to tears on the last evening and made many real decisions for Jesus Christo Some determined to read the Bible and seek until they find the Truth. There will be a reunion in our mission home on September 4th of" this camp. Pray for an ingathering of souls at that time The second camp was the YMCA group. Julius previous taught Bible at
the YfiCA and three students made decisions in camp last year at camp and were

baptized at the Shimoochiai Church. These three brought 13 others for camp this year. Dr. Rayner drove two of the boys back to Tokyo and they confessed faith in Christ and plan to be baptized soon. A reunion for them is planned for September and we will give them a chance to confess Christ and be baptized
after the Word has had more time to gain root in their hearts.

The third camp was made up of 8 children and their mothers and
fathers from the Christian Life School kindergarten we began in April of this year>

One other mother and. her sons ages 5 and. 8 also asked to attend.
teaching to her sons.

She noticed the

difference in these children who have had three months of spiritual instruction in contrast with her sons and asked Virginia if she would give special spiritual

Her 5 year old son is a classmate to Prince Hiro the son

The parents had two preaching services
This little Life School was to run from

of the Crown Prince of Japan for whom we have requested prayer many times in our letters. This mother also plans to attend some of our other camps and send her

boys to our Children*s Camp in August.

for them tc introduce them to Christ.

April 1965 to April I966 only, but all the parents have requested we make this
a three year school until these children are ready for 1st grade. Praise Godl We shall have these precious children 5 days a week for three years to teach and to pray over as well as a contact into their homes for Jesus Christ. Miss Kikawa and Virginia work together in this ministry. Now we are getting ready for five more camps so jHanted to dash off news quickly for this month so you can be continuing in prayer and see from these
testimonies of the students who have attended why camp work is so vital in Japan.
NEWS FLASHES ! ! !

Mother Fleenor Wolverton flies home to the states on July 7th.

The

picture in this issue shows mama at the airport at the time of her farewell. We were greatly blessed by her year's labour of love with us. What a glorious fellowship, how good to have a grandmother in the home, and what a tremendous help she has been to us. If every missionary family had a mother like this to pray for them, to help, to guide and to love them it would certainly lift the burden. Our evangelistic trip to India for the Lord's ministry there would have been impossible had not Mother Fleenor been here to help and mother the children. She has served as forwarding agent for many years and still gives of herself to do anything she can to help in the work here. She has volunteered to buy and pack all of the bedding and clothing needed for Stephen's schooling. We thank God for our mother.

THE WARHICKS ARRIVBD on July 8th, We hardly had time to feel the hig empty place left by Mother Fleenor when we were blessed with the arrival of the Warrioks. After getting their baggage, we left the next day for Karuizawa

to get ready for the next camp,

HONG BBEOEB THE WARHICKS CAME."

We keep saying over and over "HOW DID TJB GET

They are surely an answer to prayer for

workers.

They have taught, cooked, repaired, shopped, sewed, done personal

work, and most of all prayed with us in all the work here.
Thanks to all who helped them on their way. FLAWS K)R SUMMER HELPED BY. THOSE AT HOME.

They have lightened

the burden so much in every way and our two families are working and playing

together in a joyous way in the task the Lord has given us for this summer.
Thanks to all who have

sent cheese, jello, and cake mix with the Warricks for the camps.

What a help

this has been. $50.00 has come in so far to help send children to camp. We need $5oOO per child for those who cannot pay their own imy to summer camp

during the month of August. Does your Vacation Bible School or do you as an individual want to help bring the Word of Life to someone for just $5.00. Mark
your offering for summer camp. Even if it comes late it will cover a camp need.

A special thanks to our forwarding agent, Maxine Seyb, who sent literally boxes
of supplies for summer camp by the Warricks. Thanks to all who helped such as the Pleenor Support Group and those who have mailed boxes such as the

Crawfords, and the Clausens, and the Prayer Group represented by Mrs. J. P.
Welch.

RTTTvnvTHlT? flAT.n:> BUILDING GOLiPLETED. Dr. Rayner has loaned J4,000 of his personal funds for this last unit for camp. He and we are praying
that the needed balance of $2,400 will come in to pay off the contractor for
the balance. This was a faith loan. We have no knowledge of how we can

repay this, only in faith that God will raise up Christians to meet this need. Dr. Rayner gave the loan under that condition. Dr. Rayner is now having
treatment in Tokyo for skin and nose cancer and a lump on his side. Do continue

in prayer for him.

A special thajiks from us for all those who gave for the

first unit of the camp such as the Nishi Arai Christian Foundation, WorldWide Missions, and the Cup of Cold Water Ministry as gifts irere designated by Christians through these agencies who were acquainted with this irork in
J apan.

STEPSSar TO fly to states on August 8th. Just two more weeks from this date and our only son trill leave us. This will be a difficult

adjustment to say the least for all of us. We are tmsting God for all the material provisions for his ticket and schooling. The Lockhaven Chtirch
sent the first $10.00 for this fund and with the $150.00 worth of graduation

gifts Stephen received we applied this to his travel fund.

He can fly to

Los Angeles for $425.00 and for $115.00 more or a total of $540.00 we can
buy him a ticket from Tokyo to Cincinnati with stop offs at L.A., Eugene, . Portland, Salt Lake City, Chicago, Indianapolis and then to Cincinnati. This is quiclcer, and cheaper than bus and meal costs so plan to do it this way. A special thanks to those who sent graduation gift money which will help make possible his getting to the states for Bible College.
PRAY KiR 10RLD->rEDE REVIVAL When we are not in active evangel

istic camp work here in Karuizawa we are meeting with other Christians and praying for revival and empowering to be mighty witnesses to His Glory.
WE HEED YOUR GOi^TIIJUED PRAYERS. We do have financial needs but we know

we have the promise "SEEK FIRST THi) KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTliJOUSilESS
iUTD ALL TmilSE OTliiDR THIiiGS WILL BE ADDED."

We thank God daily for you who pray for us and for you who have sacrificially g-iven so we might preach Christ in Japan.

Yours for His ^ory,

(O^lius and Virginia Fleenor

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'(S65

PICTURES A13D TESTIMONIES, I965 GmPS

MISS CHIKAKO NAITOH: "Dana Lee taught me the beauty of the Bible and Christianity itself very earnestly. And she asked me, 'Do you want to be a Christian?' I was

beaten by her attitude. She has a strong conviction compared with me even if she is only 11 years old. I
could not have concrete idea about Christianity, so answered, 'I came here in order to live under the en vironment of Christianity, and I wanted to knovr Christ ian hymns. We thought Christianity vrith Christians not only joy and their hearts are filled with hope a,nd joy ful hymns. It seems that they are not afraid of anything, I think they are wonderful, When I see Christians I can not deny the existence of Jesus Christ. I knew Christ

>.

ianity through Christians, Consequently I can believe

in God now, I am really happy I could find new view in

this world anywhere. I^is Christian camp has a lot of

meaning to me. Thank you very much." -4 Last fail Dana Lee began to pray that she might win one soul within the year. God has answered that prayer. Here she is pictured Naitoh San, who was con victed of sin and believed in Christ in this last camp. MR. TSUYOSHI SHIi'OKUBO: "During these three days I have been most happy that I have

had the opportijnity to think deeply about God and truth. I want to learn more and
more about the Christian Spirit. For me to become a Christian may take a little more

time, yet I believe these three days have formed a good foundation. To have come into contact with so many kind Christian hearts has left me with great joy. Thank you."
MISS MARIKO HASAGAI: "We enjoyed this camp very much and I have learned many things

last night, I could believe God truly. My hej.rt was purified, then new joy or new purpose raised in my heart. It seems to me that I can believe God now. Please teach
me more about Christianity and God because three or four days I could not understind or comprehend fully abou-t. it,"
MISS IviTWiU-I NAKAYAJU: "It was a great pleasure for me to take a part in the Christian

Camp in summer holidays. I could hav a firm belief and I made up my mind to be baptized. I thank you for everything."
MR. MICHILiURA: "I was born in a Christian family, and I went to chiorch every Sunday and prayed every day. I simply believed in God, But some confusion or difficulties came to my mind when I was in high school and junior high. And now fortunately I'm in Rikkyo University, so I can go to Chapel every Tuesday, One day at Rikkyo Chanel, t^r. Fleenor spoke about Jesus and suddenly I could believe God from the bottom of my heart. At this camp, I desire to go and be with God forever.

MR. KaKOTO NAGAbiUT'iA: "In my childhood I didn't consider what our lives are, therefore
I didn't wonder why I was broioght forth in this world. But in my senior high school days I knew hToman beings are very weak creatures when I was confronted with many troubles in my mind and felt that human beings might be at the mercy of something. I needed some prop of my soul and stirred and strived to approach God which might help me. I think this Christianity is good. I nromise myself I will attend Chapel every Sunday."

MR. TOSFTIO KAWAI:""I am very happy

to take part in this Christian Camp, I am afraid to believe in God

because my father is a Buddhist. He

is eager member so my father does
not like that I believe in God, But

I want to open my heart before God, This is my great problem. This is a good camp for me and this memory will be in my heart all my life. I
will come here next summer and study more hard and want to under

4:^ i i: I

stand many t.iings about Christian

ity. I would like to say 'many

thanks'."

Rikkyo University Discussion Group

KARUIZAWA GKHISTIAH CAJ^iP BUILDIK'G COMPLfiiTED

Matsuo San on far rigut organized this camp of fellow YLICA En^^lish students in order to introduce them to the Lord Jesus Christ, whom he received as His Saviour last year in Camp, Seated center front

is Dr. Rayner with Boh and Joyce Warrick to his right. Stan and Mabel Buttray who have helped in Karuizawa work for some years are
to his left. Fleenors standing to the right of picture.

^ CHRISTIAN LIP}3 SCHOOL

SimSR CAMP

Eight children and their parents attended a 3-day camp

here in Karuizawa, The boy in the center is not a regular

member of the school but a

classmate of the Crown Prince's son in the Peer's School. His

r ^

mother requested us to give him

special Bible instruction and

spiritual guidance as well as an older son not pictured.

NABINE PLEElxOR WOLVERTON

This -oicture was taken at the Haneda Tokyo Inter national Airport the night of July 7th, when Mama
Returned to America. We shall miss her lovely smile

and sunny disposition in our home. We count it a great blessing that she could be with us for the

past year. We say a hearty thank you to her husband

Clarence Wolverton who has patiently kept the homefires burning during her visit with us. Her only other child, a son Stanley, was killed in Korea in 1951 a,nd so Julius and his family are especially
dear to her. She also is the children's only living

grandparent so there is a special feeling bewteen

all of us.

JULIUS & VIRGINIA FLEENOR

MISSIONARIES OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
AND CHURCHES OF CHRIST

FORWARDING AGENT

1-5-15 Naka Ochiai

SHINJUKU, TOKYO
JAPAN

MRS. MAXINE SEYB

1800 WEST 43RD PLACE

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

Septaodder 8, I965
Dear Friends: VICTORIES

Karuiganat

The Lord has given the aost wonderfal stnimer yet.

During the 8 caaps we had the joy of baptizing 18 Japanese into Christ and
to see the zeal of losiny others renewed in Christo Church of Christ, Tokyo? Pastor H^tgio baptized three

adults vho have been oosing faithfully to services this year during August* Sakai Town Evangelism; This young church which meets in a small
rented house used a main street vacant store for late summer evangelistic

meetings* The result was 50 cards signed stating they were interested in becoming a Christian. Two dear decisions for Christ were made and we will go to Sal0ii in a week or so to bapti.ze these two who have confessed their
faith in Jesus Christ as Saviour. Land has been bought and a foundation

put in for a permanent meeting place for this church in Sakai but $3^000 more
is needed for the eosq^^etlon of this project.
Kamo Village Work:
and no other Christian witness in the town.

Here is a town of 30f000 people

A letter has arrived asking that I come in

September and baptize 10 who have confessed their faith in Christ. This work is carried on by Krs. Aono and her daughter Mlako. They need a larger meeting place and can find none to rent. Will you pray for the needs of
this work also.

WftRRICKS STODUNG IANGOAGE:

The Vferricks have been a tremendous

help in the work and are much loved by the Japanese already for their sincere Christian love expressed in so many ways. Th^ will study Japanese for a year In Karuizawa, living in the camp house. Keith will attend school in Karuizawa idiere a small school for missionary children exists to the 8th grade. Baibara is living with us and attending 9th grade, going to school dally with our girls. Pray for them during this needed year of language study.

a big help in the Obon Festival Evangelistic Street I^iBiting work which we have each year in the Union Church yard in Karuizawa ^ere'i^ estimated 50>000 to
100,000 pass each year during the 10 day Festival. I^st year John played
the accordian and again rendered this service. Deana helped in the dally
afternoon children's meetings ^ere 50 to 100 children gathered daily. OBON FESTIVAL EVANGigT-TfiM RPPnBTt Many of you have prayed for our

JOHN KACHET-MgyiiR AND BRIDE DE&NA arrived on August 8th. continue In the work of providing a Christian Home for orphan boys.

Th^ They were

special evangelistic effort held in connection with our canqp in Karuizawa for the Deepening of the spiritual lives of the Japanese Christian who come
during this 10 day period to help in the street meeting work. This year World-VflLde Missions gave us $200.00 to print tracts and buy Bibles and scripture portions for this work. Dr. Rayner also h^ped in the personal work idiich we carry on among the hundreds who stop in the church yard to sing h^nnns with us and to hear the many 5 minute sermons and testimonies which Japanese give in between times of group singing and solos. We used music to draw the crowd and Hldeko Yablku, a wonderful blind singer, vto is working with the Pratts in Tokyo came for the itnth of August and was a tronendous h^p in witnessing in song. Her lovely face and beautiful voice was used in a wonderful way*
Over 50,000 tracts were distributed telling clearly the way of salvation. Bible portions were given to all who would promise to read them and many Bibles were won as prizes by children attending the afternoon meetings. Adults bought many others.

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One of the joys of this sunaer's vangelisa tjas to see converts of the suoater before standing up and testifying of Jesus* Christ and His salvation

and seeing then bringing other to Christ Just as Andrew did when Jesus walked
the earth. PRAT ESPBCI&LLr FOR ISE THODSAMDS WO H^RD GOSPEL FOR THE FIRST TIME TfflCS SOMMER. Pray also for those that were baptized that they may remain

faithful Mai^ lukewarm Christians who were passing by stopped and listened and thentthey told us th^ had resolved to return to their church and continue on faithfully in their Christian walk

permitted. He has loaned $6000.00 for the coc^letion of the canp building to
date on faith that Christians will give for this project. He puts no pressure

Dr. Rayner was with us during the sumaer and helped as his health

on us, but pray that this amount night be given to repay him. Dr. Rayner said
after observing the sumner canp work these words, *'If these buildings were never used again except for this sunmer's work, it would be worth all the money that-ha& been put into them.** Howevery we trust God will use these buildings

for maz^ years for the winning of many souls to Christ. Since Dr. Rayner still
has a serious health problem, we ask jrour continued prayers.
E&LL EVANr^TgrTSTTf! PRQCffiAM BEGINS: The Bible School for Prayer and

Evangelism i-hs elasaas en September l^tha The night school for lay evangeOListic training will also begin at this time with ^ssionary Paul Pratt
and Pastor Hagio teaching the night courses. Again the day students will study the \iford, pray, and then go out in evangelistic teams. Virginia continues with her various Bible classes including the

daily Christian Life School for children. She has been invited to the Tbkyo
Interxtfitional Women's Bible c:Lass to be their guest teacher f^om time to time

and now they have asked her to become their permanent teacher until furlou^
time. TtiLs dass is taught in Ba^sh but consists of women living in Tokyo of vaxdous backgrounds and nationalities. It is a wonderful chance to weeldy present the Christ using only the Bible to mazQT have seen him only through
the veil of denominationalism.
STEPHBM

Pray for this new venture alsoo

UASKIX WELCCaiED BY LIVING LINK CHDRCH IN AMBtlCAs

Stephen has sent six fine letters home and two to the Japanese church in Japanese
since his arrival in the states telling of the kindnesses shown him wherever he

has gone. We send a special thanks to all the individuals who have written us such letters about Stephen after he visited in your home. Please continue to pray for and for all of our children that they might be kept in "Uie
center of-God* s^iii33. and ^orify^ted ^ their^i.ve&.Gracer^-5-kops -

talking of when she can go to college and be with St^hen and seems to miss him the most, but we miss him, but feel God has certainly given him a hundredfold houses, lands, mothers, fathers, sisters, and brothers in you kind people who have welcomed him into your homes so wamCLy. A SPECIAL BIG THANKS TO AIL V/HO
HAVE BBQI SO KIND TO STEPHEN AND VIHO HAVE GIVQI A SPECIAL OFFERING FOR HIS SCHOOL EXPENSES. God bless you from the bottom of our hearts.

Remenber the Japanese Christians in your prayers and for all the

evangelists and preachers that they be revived and filled with the Holy l^irit. Iftr need your prayers for pliysical and spiritual strex^^th and that we be pleasing
to at all times. We always remember the sacred trust you have placed in our hands to allow us to come to Japan and preach the unsearchable riches of
Jesus Christ. WE THANK GOD UP(^ EVEB7 RQCEMBRANCE OF TOQ.

Sincerely,

Julius and Virginia Jleenor

This picture of the Fleenor Family

Grace Elizabeth turned 5 on

was taken Just a week before Stephen left for America on August 8, It will
be some time before we shall have such

August 2^,

She now is learning

to read and write in English

in the Christian Life School

a group picture taken together in Japan, But we rejoice Stephen is studying the
greatest subject on earth "God revealed through His Word**

plus studying piano and Japanese

reading and writing. She is

completely bi-linqual and is pictured with her friend Judy who is half Japanese and half America.

Virginia leading the early morning

prayer group at Karuiaawt Christian Camp,
ABOVE:

Julius is shown with the Rikkyo University

Camp, For two years now Julius has had an English Bible class for this University group. At first, almost all were atheists
but now several have become Christians

and are attending church,

i

American mission,

arles are often invited to teach English

Bible in private Universities as the stu

dents are anxious to learn the English,

but the Word of God is powerful and there are always those sincere seekers who
become Christians as a result of the English
Bible classes,

LEFT: Stanley Buttray, fellow missionary, is

shown singing a solo at one of the University camps in the main room of the new camp bldg.

Virginia leading the people who stop in the singing of gospel hynns, John Kaohelraeyer playing the aocordian.

Hideko Tabiko of Okinawa, now working with

the Paul P'ratts in Tokyo is shown singing

The Love of God" Thousands stopped to hear

BISTORT OF THE OBON FESTIVAL

GOSPEL SIREET MEETINGS

-\r
T-*
it

About ten years ago when the Fleenors began their snail camp work in a 50 year old caa^ building in Earulzawa they became acquainted with the Karuizawa
Obon Festival which was held every year

from August 13 to 20 on the Shrine grounds just behind the large Union Christian Church
in Karuizawa. The Obon Festival is held

A small portion of the thousands who

in every comnunity in Japan at a set date each year. It is actually the Festival for
Dead Souls, This is a Festival of singing

passed by the church yard street meeting then stopped to sing listen to the gospel and receive gospel portions and
tracts. Twelve adults were baptized as a result of these 10 days of
meetings.

and dancing before the dead spirits of the

ancestors and a pleading for them to come back and visit the homes they have left, Laoms are lit on the last night in each home to welcome the dead spirit. Also on the last night fireworks are set off to

frighten away the evil spirits which might

also return. This has become just a carnival

time to many Japanese today. Shops are set up along the road to the Shrine and the people come out in kimono to do the folk dances

of the oommunity before the spirits of the dead. Since the Karuizawa Shrine is located just behind the Union Church property, the people must pass along the road beside the church yard. For years we have gone out and just passed out gospel tracts, but after much prayer for these lost souls, the idea came to us to hold street meetings each night of the Festival, For five years now, we have gathered as many Japanese and missionaries who have time during these 10 days to sing, preach, give testimonies, pass out tracts,
and do personal work among the estimated 100,000 tourists that throng the Village of Karuizawa during the season of the Obon Festival, Since this is an international resort, we also have had the chance to witness to Europeans and CMnese who can speak English or Japanese. This year we had a German girl come about 10 times to o\ir home

after the street meeting and also had the chance to have an American Jewish student in our home twice after speaking to him on the street about Jesus Christ. Thus this suBsner evangelism has become by the work of the Holy Spirit a major effort each year
during our camps. We Invite the Christians from the churches in Tokyo to come and help as many days as they can. During the mornings we have prayer and Bible study to prepare our hearts for the ministry. In the afternoon we have children's meetings in the same church yard. PRAT FOR ALL WHO HE/UU) THE GOSPEL THIS TE/^R FOR THE FIRST TIME.

kanks be unto Qo^

His unspealzaUe

2doi. g:15

TOKYO, JAPAN
November 1965 Dear Friends:

"UNTO US A CHILD IS GIVEN

UNTO US A-SON.IS BORN. .

The miracle of birth still amazes secular scientistsyet

the miracle of God becoming flesh as the SON OF MAN and SON OF GOD is
the essence of the Great Mystery of God.

The power of God can be seen in God*s Creation, but only v^en HIS SCN was bom and "dwelt among us" did we behold "the glory
of the only begotten Son of God*" At this season as Christmas is commercialized in the stores

we have the joy of telling the real meaning of Christmas here in Japan

will be using Christmas card-like tracts which are gladly received ^d read by thousands at this time telling of the Good Tidings of His birth.

to some of the millions vtno do not know the SCJ, the Gift of God. We

YOU who have prayed for us and send us regular support for the work can't know how much we need your continued help. At our Mission

Christians in America who keep us on the field and pray for us." We

ary Prayer meetings always someone prays especially for those faithful
consider you co-labourers with us. You are God's chosen to complete May Christ and the fullness of His Revelation of the

His Great ComBission.

measure of the joy that His Son has brought to all of us who know Him.
Sincerelyt

you and may everything you do at this glorious season give unto God a

Almighty God fill your life and your Home is our Christmas Prayer for

" A.UJ

FINANCIAL REPORT

1965

RECBIVBD PRCM LIVING LINKS

Julius* salary $150oCX) per month from First Christian Church, Michigan City, Ind.
Virginia* Salary 125.00 per month.from Support Group in Los Angeles sent
through Lockhaven Christian Church, Ingle* Cal*
Grace Elizabeth
Dana Lee

no pledge now

$25.00 monthly from Vaughn Church of Christ, Oregon, used entirely to cover yearly school tuition ($300.00) 10.00 monthly from Mrs, Strickler, Iowa 25.00 monthly from Hannegan Christian Church 35.00 total used completely to cover yearly tuition, books, aJdd
lunch Card and train fare

Julia Nadine

Stephen

50.00 monthly from Knightstowm Christian Church, Indiana, now used to cover Cincinnati Bible Seminary expense, formerly only paid school fee. Now covers boarding cost at CBS

Monthly average of work funds received above our living link from Jn. to Nov. 1965
Fleenor Support Group sent a monthly average

above Virginia's living link of

Received from Regular contributors, churches,

$237.00

monthly

World-Wide Missions, & special offerings

263.00 500.00

monthly

How this money is used

Monthly payments t)

workers & students

Pastor Hagio
SAKAI WORK KAMO '.\DRK
Students in

$50.00
45.00 60.00

A monthly average over $250,00 is used for the following

items:

Bible College
UMABDA WORK

75.00
20.00 250.00

Camp equipment & running expense. BuildiiiK repairs Tracts & teaching materials Travel funds for evangelistic

iwrk ages $50.00 a month

because of car tax, insurance, repairs, and gasoline Bvangelistic meeting exi:>eiise and
film rental

Michigan City sent $250.00 into our general fund to help on Stephen's ticket

Medical expense for family and

Japanese worte rs Fire-earthquake insurance on camp

Dr. Rayner and l\torId-Wide Missions gave $200.00

for literature for the street meeting work
in Karuizawa

.& Shimoochiai bldg are $375, yr, Stephen's fare to states $540.00

Pray that God willr aise up new sources of Mission Income to support the work as
it expands

The Nishi Arai Foundation, World-Wide Missions, The Fleenor Support Group, and the Michigan City Church have given the main donations for the building projs cts

JULIUS & VIRGINIA FLEENOR

MISSIONARIES OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
AND CHURCHES OF CHRIST FORWARDING AGENT

1-5-15 Naka Ochiai

SHINJUKU, TOKYO

MRS. MAXINE SEYB

1800 WEST 43RD PLACE

JAPAN

l_OS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA

YBAR-BND REPORT 1965

Total baptized into Christ since last year's report in churches. Camp, and various evangelistic efforts

Buildings:

Summer camp building completed at cost

Owing to Dr. Rayner on loan
Balance due to contractor

$13,500

$5,500

by end of 1965

$ 55000

3.0,S. If your group is thinking of a special Christmas offering, it will lift a burden if we can pay this $550,00 debt to the contractor. Designate

your offering for the building fund debt The last two years of building expansion has enabled us to reach more for Christ, but has drained all our
reserves.

LIFE VCRK RECRUITS

Esther Togawa graduated from Penperdine College with a Bachelor of Religious Education degree and arrived back in Japan in September, She was sponsored by the Nishi Arai Foundation and Director Gordon Hahn. We are

grateful for this special educational opportunity given to Esther. She is now \)rking as a full time translator of needed New Testament Christianity
materials under a joint committee of John Kachelmeyer, Bob Warrick, and

Julius who will supply the materials for translation and her salary. At present she is working on a 100 page book by John Kachelmeyer on the Subject
of "Science and the Bible." This is much needed to build faith among

atheistic Japanese students who are taught by their professors that faith
in God and the Bible is unscientific. Also she is working on Teaching Outlines
Our part of the monthly salary

for courses taught by Julius.

for Esther will be $25.00.

From January Bob Warrick will supply 1/3 of

the translation work and 1/3 of the salary.

S.O.S.

IVill scaneone or some group pledge this $25.00 a month from January

to enable this important work to be done.

Tokyo is 99% literate.

Literature

reaches where a missionary cannot go. BIBLE SCKOOL FOR PRAYER AND BVANG.3LISM students Goro Kuwabara, Makotolzu,

and John Moroha^i, are the only full time daty students at present. Ihey v/ork as a team in evangelism and helped win sp me of these at camp and in the churches.

Evening class students numbered 10 this year.

in school.
S.O.S.

One Korean and one Chinese

student are waiting for visas and have sponsors to cover their education while
We cannot take more students as we will need first to have support
for two of our students at $25.00 a month that do not have sponsors.

$25.00 a month is needed for Bible College students. TitVO GIRL STUDENTS from the Umaeda and Shimoochiai Churches are seniors

at Japan C3iristian College and plan to work full time in these churches upon graduation in April. Our Bible School for Prayer and Evangelism is equiped
only for full time men students to board at present.
ENGLISH BIBLE CLASSES

Julius and Virginia conduct four classes a week in the church for age groups from 5 years through University aid Adult age, besides Julius* class
in Bible at Rikkyo University.

YEARLY REPORT

April of this year. This is in answer to prayer. Julius brought him into the

UMAEDA CHURCH Pastor Puruzawa, age 30, has been called as full time pastor since

New Testament position through private teaching early this year. Mr. Furuzawa

being held as this is written. The church here pays their ovffi land rent, and 1/2 of the pastor's salary, $20.00 a month. From mission funds we are paying $20.00
a month to supplement Pastor Puruzawa*s income.

classes. He is a dynamic preacher and is working faithfully in tMs difficult slum area. There have been three baptisms here and an evangelistic meeting is

graduated from a night Bible College by working days and atten^ng 8 years of night

SAKAl CHURCH

In January this church was just over a ye^ old. Mrs.

buy land for a church here. In faith, plans were drawn up and a foundation built

father confessed his faith in Christ and donated his life savings of $1800.00 to

and a used army building ordered to be used for part of the materials for a church and kindergarten. A friend of Dr. Rayner's visited us last month and has pledged $2000.00 to finish this project as a gift from the Christian friends of Australia.
thislittle^church" of 23membets^ amon-g50-,-000nonChri-s-tx-ans -xnthe town

of Sakai just ij hours by train from Tokyo, World-Wide Missions (a non-denomina tional group that helps native churches all over the world) has pledged $45.00 a
month to this work which pays the rent of the house we are now using and helps to

support Mrs. Kagiwada in her evangelistic work. Makoto Izu and John Moroha^i
go out each week from the Bible School for Prayer and Evangelism to teach and presich here. Ihe little church there pays their transportation costs. PRAISE
GOO FOR THIS PROVISION:

KAMO CHURCH Julius will be holding evangelistic meetings here with two of the
students Izu San and Kuwabara San for four days in November. Some are waitiig to

be baptized. A new building has been rented on the main street of town for $30.00
a month. The former place was too small for meetings and we had to rent halls or borrow homes. So again our commitments are increased, but the Aonos have laboured in this difficult Buddhist stronghold city of Kamo in northern Japan for

four years and now because of the large two story building we have now been able to obtain, they can conduct a small kindergarten as well as increase their overall
evangelistic program. This church now numbers 19 to date.
There were 19 actual baptisms at camp and others were KARUIZAWA CHRISTIAN CAMP

baptized upon their return to their churches.

50,000 tracts were distributed and

thousands heard the gospel for the first time through our Obon Street Meeting woiic
in connection with our ChristiaJl workers camj), in August.

SHIMOOCHIAI CHURCH

There have been 11 baptisms since our last report and the

Sunday school increased to 85 children after the fall special Child Evangelism
effort. Pastor Hagio received $50.00 a month from the church and they maintain

all running expenses of the church.

We give $50,00 to Pastor Hagio from our

mission funds per month, but Lord willing, the church hopes to be able to be completely self-supporting by April of 1966. Pray that this might be so, so we

can open new work. The QIRISTIAN LIFE SQIOOL Kindergarten will be enlarged from next spring aJ-so which will increase the church's witness to more families.
Miss Kikawa works as a full time teacher in this school now with Virginia doing

the English program.

Miss Kikawa*s salary.

The income from tuitions now covers running expenses and

FINANCIAL REPORT

1965

RECBIVHD FRCM LIVING LINKS

Julius* salary $150^00 per month from First Christian Church, Michigan City, Ind.
Virginia' Salary 125.00 per month from Support Group in Los Angeles sent through Lockhaven Christian Church, Ingle. Cal<
no pledge now

Grace Elizabeth
Uana Lee

$2500 monthly from Vaughn Church of Christ, Oregon, used entirely to cover yearly school tuition ($300,00)
10,00 monthly from Mrs, Strickler, Iowa 25,00 monthly from Hannegan diristian Church
35,00 total used completely to cover yearly tuition, books, aild
lunch Card and train fare

Julia Nadine

Stephen

50,00 monthly from Knightstown Christian Church, Indiana, now used to cover Cincinnati Bible Semihary expense, formerly only paid school fee. Now covers boarding cost at CBS

Monthly average of work funds received above our living link from Jan. to Nov, 1965
Fleenor Support Group sent a monthly average above Virginia's living link of

$237,00

monthly

Received from Regular contributors, churches,

World-Wide Missions, & special offerings

263,00
500,00

monthly

How this money is used

Monthly payments t> workers & students

Pastor Hagio
SAKAI WORK KAMO igORK
Students in

$50.00
45,00 60.00

A monthly average over $250.00 is used for the following

items;

Bible College
UMABDA '.\fORK

75,00
20,00 250,00

Camp equipment. & running expense Buildit?: repairs Tracts & teaching materials Travel funds for evangelistic

work agey~$50700^ month

because of car tax, insurance, repairs, and gasoline Evangelistic meeting expetise and
film rental

Michigan City sent $250,00 into our general fund to help on Stephen's ticket

Medical expense for family and

Japanese worle rs Fire-earthquake insurance on camp & Shimpochiai bldg are $375. yr,

Dr. Rayner and litorld-Wide Missions gave $200.00 for literature for Ihe street meeting work
in Karuizawa

Stephen's fare to states $540.00

Pray that God will r aise up new sources of Mission Income

it expands

to- support the work as

The Nishi Arai Foundation, World-Wide Missions, The Fleenor Support Group, and the Michigan City Church have given the main donations for the building pro> cts

hanks be unto Cjo^

His unspeakable

2Cox. 975

TOKYO, JAPAN
November 1965 Dear Friends:

"UNTO US A CHILD IS GIVEN UNTO US A SON IS BORN..."

The miracle of birth still amazes secular scientistsyet

the miracle of God becoming flesh as the SOTJ OF MAN id SOU OF GOD is ;
the essence of the Great Mystery of God.

The power of God can be seen ixi GodCitation, but only when HIS SCN was bom and "diielt aaong us" did we behold "the glory
of the only begotten Son of God."
At this seitsoft'

Christaas is coiuBercialized in the stores

we have the joy of telling the real meaning of Christmas here in Japan wiU be using ChristMas card-liki tracts iHiich are gladly received ^ MaC by thousands at this ti*e telling of the Good Tidings of His birth.
to aome of the millios lAo do not know the SOU, the Gift of God. Me

"'Hr Grayer meetings always someone prays especially fox those faithful ChristiSBS 1 Aaerica who keep us on the field and pray for us." We ceesidez yoa ce^libiwrers with us. You are God's chosM te-coplete
His Great OotmiatOdU

YOU who hw prayed for us and send us regular support for work can't know how wtcfi we need your continued help. At our Mission-

AlKighty God'

May <$hri^ iHft tbe fullness of His Revelation ox toe

^ ^

sasco of tl* Joy tlt Bis Son has brought to all of us lAo know Him.
Sincerely

ymi wd may oventiing yoa ^ at this glorious season give unto God a.

yoor ll|^d your Hone is our Christmas Prayer for

A-'Oa)

Fleenors ij^ji4>tn

JULIUS & VIRGINIA FLEENOR

MISSIONARIES OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES

AND CHURCHES OF CHRIST

FOR WAR DI NG AG E NT

1-5-15 Naka Ochiai

SHINJUKU, TOKYO

MRS. MAXINE SEYB

1800 WEST 43RD PLACE

japan YBAR-fiND REPORT 1965

LOS ANGEUES, CALIFORNIA

Total baptized into Christ since last year's report in churches, camp, and various evangelistic efforts

41

Buildings:

Summer camp building completed at cost Owing to Dr. Rayner on loan $5,500
Balance due to contractor

:>13,500

by end of 1965 3.0,5.

55000

If your group is thinking of a special Christmas offering, it will

lift a burden if we can pay this $550,00 debt to the contractor. Designate your offering for the building fund debt. The last two years of building expansion has enabled us to reach more for Christ, but has drained all our
reserves,

LIFE IC-RK RECRUITS

Esther Togawa graduated from Pepperdine College with a Bachelor of

Religious Education degree and arrived back in Japan in September. She v;as

sponsored by the Nishi Arai Foundation and Director Gordon Hahn. We are grateful for this special educational opportunity given to Esther. She is now working as a full time translator of needed New Testament Christianity materials under a joint committee of John Kachelmeyer, Bob Warrick, and Julius who will supply the materials for translation and her salary. At present she is working on a 100 page book by John Kachelmeyer on the Subject of "Science and the Bible," This is much needed to build faith among

atheistic Japanese students who are taught by their professors that faith
in God and the Bible is unscientific. Also she is working on Teaching Outlines
Our part of the monthly salary

for courses taught by Julius.

From January Bob Warrick will supply 1/3 of

the translation work and 1/3 of the salary. for Esther will be $25,00,

3.O.S. Will scHtteone or some group pledge this $25,00 a month from January to enable this important work to be done, Tokyo is 99% literate. Literature
reaches where a missionary cannot go BIBLE SCHOOL FOR PRAYER AND BVANGj3LISM students Goro Kuwabara, Makoto Izu, and John Morohashi, are the only full time day students at present. They work

as a team in evangelism and helped win me of these at camp and in the churches. Evening class students numbered 10 this year. One Korean and one Chinese student are waiting for visas and have sponsors to cover their education while
in school. We cannot take more students as we will need first to have support for two of our students at $25,00 a month that do not have sponsors,

S.O,S.

$25,00 a month is needed for Bible College students.

HtVO GIRL STUDENTS from the Umaeda and Shimoochiai Churches are seniors

at Japan Oiristian College and plan to work full time in these churches upon

graduation in April,

Our Bible School for Prayer and Evangelism is equiped

only for full time men students to board at present,

ENGLISH BIBLE CLASSES

Julius and Virginia conduct four classes a week in the church for age groups from 5 years through University and Adult age, besides Julius* class in Bible at Rikkyo University,

YEARLY REPORT

Page 2

UNiAEDA CHURCH

Pastor Furuzawa, age 30, has been called as full time pastor since

April of this year. This is in ansvger to prayer. Julius brought him into the
New Testament position through private teaching early this year. Mr. Furuzawa

graduated from a night Bible College by working days and attending 8 years of night
classes.
slum area.

He is a dynamic preacher and is working faithfully in this difficult

There have been three baptisms here and an evangelistic meeting is

being held as this is written. The church here pays their own land rent, and 1/2 of the pastor's salary, $20,00 a month. From mission funds we are paying $20.00
a month to supplement Pastor Furuzawa's income.

SAKAI CHURCH In January this church was just over a year old. Mrs. Kagiwada's father confessed his faith in Christ and donated his life savings of $1800.00 to buy land for a church here. In faith, plans were drawn up and a foundation built and a used army building ordered to be used for part of the materials for a church and kindergarten. A friend of Dr. Rayner's visited us last month and has pledged
~$20Q0J30-^to-finish thig^roject^-as a gift ^from^Cse-Christian friends of Austr^la. Pray for this little church of 23 members among 50,000 non-Christians in the town

of Sakai just ij hours by train from Tokyo. World-Wide Missions (a non-denomina tional group that helps native churches all over the world) has pledged $45.00 a
month to this work which pays the rent of the house we are now using and helps to

support Mrs. Kagiwada in her evangelistic work.

Makoto Izu and John Morohadii

go out each week from the Bible School for Prayer and Evangelism to teach and preach here. Tlie little church there pays their transportation costs. PRAISE
GOD FOR THIS PROVISIONJ

KAMO CHURCH be baptized,

Julius will be holding evangelistic meetings here with two of the

Some are waiting to

students Izu San and Kuwabara San for four days in November. a month. The former place or borrow homes. So again laboured in this difficult four years and now because

A new building has been rented on the main street of town for $30.00
was too small for meetings and we had to rent halls our commitments are increased, but the Aonos have Buddhist stronghold city of Kamo in northern Japan for of the large two story building we have now been able

evangelistic program.

to obtain, they can conduct a small kindergarten as well as increase their overall This church now numbers 19 to date.
There were 19 actual baptisms at camp and others were

KARUIZAWA CHRISTIAN CAMP

baptized upon their return to their churches.

50,000 tracts were distributed and

_ thousands heard the gospel for the first time through our Obon Street Meeting wolie
in connection with our Christian workers camp in August.
SHIMOOCHIAI CHURCT There have been 11 baptisms since our last report and the

Sunday school increased to 85 children after the fall special Child Evangelism effort. Pastor Hagio received $50.00 a month from the church and they maintain

all running expenses of the church.

can open new work.

We give $50.00 to Pastor Hagio from our

mission funds per month, but Lord willing, the church hopes to be able to be completely self-supporting by April of 1966. Pray that this might be so, so we

The QIRISTIAN LIFE SQIOOL Kindergarten will be enlarged

from next spring also which will increase the church's witness to more families.
Miss Kikawa works as a full time teacher in this school now with Virginia doing

the English program.

Miss Kikawa*s salary.

The income from tuitions now covers running expenses and