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Dear Christian friends,

We've been a place or two, seen a thing or two, met a friend or two and had a
family event or two since we last wrote you - almost six months ago. Twice a year is not
much of a correspondence, I'll admit but we've seen a lot of you face to face in this period
and that is better than a

letter.

Family news first. We arrived in Amelia OH, 20 miles east of downtown Cincinnati,
Dec. & had the joy of seeing our new grandaughter, Meredith Ann Maxey (born Nov. 18)
to son, Gregory and wife, Beverly. We have continued to enjoy Meredith as we have an apart
ment down the road just a quarter of a mile from them.
March 13, in Tokyo, Japan, Paul and Faith (Maxey) Axton had their first child,

a baby daughter, Erin Noriko. "Noriko" is the name of Faith's close Japanese friend from
childhood. The day after the baby was born, by the miracle of direct dial telephone. Faith
called to teD us about it. Now we have one more reason to hurry back to Japan.
Dec. 20, our oldest son, Walter, received, in absentia the Doctor of Ministry de
gree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky. He had completed the
resident work on his previous furlough. He wrote on "Developing a Christian Perspective

and Approach to Traditional Ancestral Rites for

Members

of the Yoshino Church of Christ."

Ancestor worship has been a living issue for two centuries of Asian Christians, who really
have never come to grips with it yet.

We enjoyed Christmas at the Mt.Washington Church of Christ, Also with our family,
Bev's family and Makoto Yoshii, And with Victor and Lois Maxey and other Maxey relatives
of whom we have a few in the city. Victor, my younger brother, has been librarian at
Cincinnati Bible Seminary for 20 years..
Dec.29, Pauline and I celebrated our 44th wedding anniversary along with Greg
who has a birthday December 30 .

Using our home as a base, we spoke in December to Sciotoville OH Church of

Christ, Clifton Christian in Louisville KY and Omega Christian in Arcadia IN. In January
we spent three weeks in the south: at Gethsemane church, Mechanicsville VA; Northside
church, Newport News VA; Christian church at Swan Quarter NC; Christian church, Jackson
ville NC; Westside church, Jacksonville FL, Lakeland FL Church of Christ, where many

friends we had not seen for many years attended and Silver Star church, Orlando FL. We
also spoke at chapel at Florida Christian Colleege and talked to their faculty seminar on
the topic, "Convictions of a Non-Conformist." We had an interesting time together.
North to Georgia, we taught two classes at Atlanta Christian college. We met
many old friends there we had known in previous days, both in Japan and in the military.
Phil Zook-took an afternoon to repair the "repairs" of an Orlando garage. We spoke at
Emerson GA Baptist church before going north to Tennessee.

'in Nashville we met with the class of Japanese (connected with the Toyota Co.)
who are being taught by Dr. and Mrs. Harvey Floyd at the Harpath Church of Christ. The
Disciples Historical Society gave me an important page of history of my great grandfather,
Asa Maxey, a preacher of Christian unity in the early 1800's. Moving east, we visited
Mission Services and talked to the staff there before going on next door to Johnson Bible
College. We spoke at chapel there, all day in classes and met with mission recruits in the
evening.
We spoke at Erwin TN Sunday morning and got snowed in at Knoxville TN as

we tried to return to Cincinnati that night., Absolutely, we've experienced the worst driving
conditions this time of any other furlough.

In February^ we spoke at Clinton IL; participated in Missions Week at Lincoln IL

Christian College; at Hoots Chapel, Salem IL; all day at La Harpe IL; to see Dr/Mrs Jen

Shang in Wilmette, IL.(Their daughter, Sophia, teaches in Kanoya.) On to Buchanan MI;

Elkhart IN; all day teaching on campus at Great Lakes Bible College, Lansing MI; visited
friends in Battle Creek MI where we had made the decision to go to Japan; also the grave
of our infant son, Charles, buried in the Ft. Custer Military Cemetery near there. To Woodview church. Grand Rapids MI; Etna Green IN.Leaving there in the fog, my catalytic conver
ter went out leaving us stalled. The
double charging at the next. ("I was
Bryan and wife, Kathryn, briefly at
Carr, my chaplain's assistant in the

expensive repairs of one man lasted a week followed by

a stranger, so they took me in.")Visited my brother
Defiance OH: to Burlington IN, Markle IN where Neale
35th Infantry,Japan, made a recording to be used at
the Ft. Wayne radio station he manages. To Lyndon church and Shively Christian in Louis
ville to end the trip.
While in Cincinnati , I spoke for the Faith Promise Rally at First Christian,Spring
field OH at the Missions Emphasis Week at Cincinnati Bible College/Seminary along with four
other missionaries. I spoke in Chapel and conducted two seminars. At the last chapel period,

105 young people stepped out to make a missionary committment - one of the most moving
moments of my missionary career. One sadness though, of the 105,only one made Japan his
missionary choice. So Japan still seems to be the ultimate challenge today. But we must have

young people who will choose

Japan; one-third of our present missionaries are in their 60's.

In March we left on our third trip visiting Brownstown IN; Murphysboro IL;
the brotherhood Unity meeting in St^ Louis; Christian Re^onst^ction Conference, Arlington
Heights IL; church at Mundelein IL;
New Covenant Fellowship, Urbana IL; Carterville IL;

Ozark Bible College, where I spoke in chapel and both bf. lis

had several opportunities to

teach classes; also to make an hour broadcast on the college station; a long week-end with
Salina Heights KS church - a mission seminar on Saturday, missionary banquet (sitting on
the floor) and all day Sunday - something special. Visited the parents of A1 and Rhonda Juve
of Sueyoshi (now the proud parents of a baby girl, born in Kanoya) at Palmer and Lincoln

NE, Speaking at Douglas St church, Lincoln NE; Fort St church, Omaha; Missouri Valley,
Onawa, Akron and Davenport lA. A1 and Mary Giese (younger sister) came to see us at
Sioux City. Tender, loving care at Ora and Lee Townsend home, Onawa. Old Japan Hand,
Velma Held took care of us at Davenport. Sunday night at Stronghurst IL and then to Ohio.

Pauline stayed at home as

I made the long trip west and north. Easter Sunday

was a great day at Pleasant View church Cassopolis MI. On Monday it took ten hours (not
including 4 hour time change) to fly to

Anchorage including stopover in Seattle.

Welcomed

in the Fred and Jan Green home and Southerlen church; at Wasilla AK; by nine-passenger

plane to Kenai,(All 9 of us put our brief cases in a shallow baggage compartment in the
plane's wing - they fit exactly.) A year ago, Henry Haney had asked me to speak at the
Kenai Men's Retreat. It was easy to say 'yes' at that time and distance. Now the time had
come. The theme: "The Great Commission." The instructions: "The more you talk,the better."
55 + men came through the snow to the camp lodge, Fri.-Sat.Apr 4 & 5. I talked 3 hours
Fri. night, 3 hours Sat a.m. and 2 hours in the aft. It was one of the great events of my
life. Sunday a.m. at Kenai and p.m. at Homer (of volcano fame) .Scenery,fellowship and
iiospitality ,the very

best.

Down the coast to Seattle: guests of David Semrau (exchange student in Kanoya)
and family; teaching at Puget Sound College of Bible; weary but still moving at Southside
church, Lebanon OR; with M/M Dan Kawasaki and Japanese Christians in their home, Cuper
tino CA; taught a class and had precious fellowship at San Jose Bible College; Parkcrest

church. Long Beach; Twin Oaks church, Oceanside CA and two classes and much talk with ^

students at Pacific Christian College, Long Beach. All night long^ April 16-17, fijriiig back

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via Seattle and Chicago to embrace Pauline at Cincinnati airport. Must close this letter. WeJ\
will go to the West Coast late July &take a Japan-bound fre^hter in mid-August.IN HIM^

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Dear Christian friends.

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his resumed its thrice daily^eruptions. No Japan-Kagoshima-Mt'sakurajima beckon
matter, it is time to return to the familiar faces and
places where we have spent over one half of our lives.
Yet we will certainly miss the vastness, greatness and goodness of America and the many,
many family, friends and Christian people who have shared their lives with us these months.

We had thought to return in leisurely fashion by freighter, but Lykes Lines, the
only company hauling passengers,suddenly removed their ships from the Pacific and put
them on the Atlantic run. That is certainly not a positive sign for Japan-U.S. trade.

Also, son Walter and family have decided to return to the U.S. in August for fur
lough. They had thought to stay five years but extreme tiredness and financial pressure
due to the 35% devaluation of the U.S. dollar makes their return now advisable. We will

arrive a couple of weeks before their departure so will have some family time together and
to make the transition. Walter and Mary, children Shelley and Trent, will be making their
home in Murphysboro, Illinois, near her parents. We will leave the car, which we jointly
own, there for their use.

Meanwhile, Pauline and 1 have had many opportunities to share a missionary witness
and vision. Pauline and I ended April by participating in the first Faith Promise Rally
of the Mt. Washington Church of Christ, Cincinnati, where son Gregory is a deacon and
chairman of the missions committee. Thus it was a special pleasure to work with him in

this special way. I spoke three nights. Pauline spoke for a special women's meeting on Sat.
May 3 and again on Sunday, May 4.

Whenever I speak at a church, Pauline gives a short message also. In addition she
has been the featured speaker for a women's meeting at Mt. Byrd church, Milton, Ky.;

for a Mother-Daughter banquet at Campbellsville KY where we were guests of Ray and

Mattie Mings, long time missionaries in Japan; at a Monday morning women's meeting at
Murphysboro IL hosted by Maxine Stanes; at a Mother-Daughter banquet at Hammersville
OH, the home church of Gregory's wife, Beverly; twice at a Women's Retreat held at
Woodland Lake Camp, here in Amelia - her theme, "Prepared for a Purpose"; to the com
bined Adult Bible school classes and

Bethany Christian, Anderson IN;

to the children's church (a total of 4 times) at

to a special group of women who gathered at the home

of Wendell and Ruth Bobbitt, Xenia OH. Ruth was Pauline's roommate at Bible college and
later her bridesmade at our wedding, soon to be 45 years ago.
A special time for me was the Faith Promise Rally at East River Park Christian

Church, Elizabethton Tn, John Smith, minister.lt was a happy time for us all when they
easily reached their goal and went far beyond. John's mother, Thelma Smith, herself a
former missionary in India with her late husband, wrote about the Rally in her Mission
Study for June: "In his humble presence and manner, perhaps Mark Maxey made the great
est impression . He certainly put Japan on the map for us...Several have said that the
slide program that Mark Maxey gave on the final night of our Faith-Promise was the best
ever given in this church or ever seen anywhere..."

Thank you, Thelma, for those encouraging words and for the "southern hospitality"

of the John Smith home and of the church. Due to correspondence resulting from my
articles in Horizons magazine, the past few months have been a time of severe stress. I
very much needed the encouragement and restoration I received in Elizabethton TN.

May travels took us to Mt. Byrd church, Milton, KY; Christian Clmrch, Campellsville KY; Northside Christian Church, Georgetown KY where Toyota will soon build a multimillion dollar automobile plant (1 talked about some of the ways in which the church could
welcome the Japanese families who would be coming to their city). On the way back to Louis
ville, a passing truck hurled a block of wood at us, shattering the windshield. We were
thankful not to be hurt nor to loose control of the car.

In Louisville we had physical exams, skin cancers removed from our faces and

got medications. Seems not to be much change in our physical conditions. Bill and Gladys
Roberts took special care of us. I attended the Incorporators and Trustees meeting of the
College of the Scriptures, Cornelius Daniels, President. Usually I can only participate by
proxy. A special event was a reception for older brother Tibbs and his wife, Helen. Many
friends came from afar to be there.

All day Sunday, May 18, with the great

I spoke for two a.m.

Bethany Christian Church, Anderson IN.

services and also in the evening. Dinner with the missions committee

and special hospitality with minister Lanis Kineman and wife, Kathryn and at the Wayne
Masterson home. The next day with Rod and Bev Cameron at Rainbow Camp, Converse IN.

May 25 we were at Central Church of Christ, Streator IL, Tim Hughes, minister.
It was a pleasure to have meals in the homes of many of the members. A special Memorial
Day at the home of Sarah Ward and her friend, Evelyn Good,at Knightstown IN. This
town had the most beautifully decorated graveyard I have ever seen. The next day with
Herb and Marilyn Works at Indianapolis. This included a trip to the restored railroad station,
now a most delightful place for the citizens to shop and stroll, meet and eat. A real "fun"
time.

The next day to the home of Manon and Carol Felts in Portland IN. They hosted a
supper for a dozen of the church leaders. We shared our slides and Japan work with
them. A short visit with Bob & Lou Houtz

with Pauline's family:

at Lima, enroute to Akron, Ohio for our last visit

Roy and Margaret Pethtel of Akron, Also Florence Pethtel; Allen

Pethtel of Barberton and Boyd and Edith Pethtel of Brecksville OH. (Pauline was the only

girl in the family. Her brothers raised her right.)

Helen Pethtel of Cambridge OH.

Later we were with cousins. Bob and

Sunday, June 1 at Miles Ave Church of Christ, Walton Hills OH, Don and Wanda
Newlan, ministers. They have a lovely facility in a superb setting and a vital interest
in Japan. We enjoyed a restaurant dinner with the missions committee before going on to
East Palestine OH, Robert Helbeck, minister. It was the best attended Sunday evening
service we have seen in our travels. Nobody in a hurry to go home, Plenty of time to
talk.

Good rest at the home of Geraldine Newcomb.

Monday, June 2, en route to Cincinnati, an evening at Circleville Oh at the home of

Paul and Mary Turner. Jim and Doris Reicheldorfer had arranged a carry-in dinner for
any members of our high school class of 1935. 14 were there. It would be hard to think of
a nicer evening. We ate and talked, showed pictures and ta:iked about Japan, and recalled
old times till late. Thanks Jim and Doris, Paul and Mary for this get-together.
A week later, June 8, we were at the Christian Church at Waynesburg, in the
southwest corner of Penna. Pauline was baptized here. This churdh has always shared
in her work. Sermon was broadast (as also at Streator IL). That Sunday night at Pauline's

birth place, Wind Ridge PA A special reception at the town fire hall. Pauline spoke and I
showed slides at her home church.It was an important reunion of those who knew her from

childhood. . The next day we visited family graves, the old home place, neighbors and
relatives. Precious memories indeed. We must break off our story here. We leave the U.S.
with regret and return to Japan with anticipation. Remember - wherever,whenvever, what
ever - we are only a prayer away. IN HIS SERVICE,

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The wanderers have returned home and it is time to say "hello" again from another part of the earth.
Travel can be enlightening, broadening and funny. Americans have a knack of summing it up neatly. My favite store sign: "Fill-Yer-Belly-Delly." Vanity license plate in Chicago;sign in car window said, "Clergy." The
license plate read "Z-RABBI." Sign in a parts store: "Right Place, Right Part, Right Price." I bought some
thing. I had occasion to have some waiting time in Idaho Falls ID, population 300. There was a general storefilling station where the town's road ended at the state highway. It had a huge hand-made sign with letters
leaning in all directions. It read: "Rest room for use of our customers. If you buy anything you are a custom
er." Since I needed to become a customer pretty badly, I bought a bottle of pop.
We last left you in my wife's home town, Wind Ridge PA. It's only a couple of hours drive from there
over to Bethany WVA where I stood behind the same pulpit that the Gimpbells stood, father and son, in the
restored meeting house. We climbed the stone fence to see the graves of the pioneers. The grave of Archi

bald McLean, 1849-1920, caught my attention. He was head of the Foreign Christian Missionary Society for
39 years. His epitaph read, "Every missionary to non-Christian lands in the entire history of this society was
commissioned by him." He also visited them all and prayed for them all daily.
Quite a man.
Other visits in Pennsylvania included Lynton and Thelma Gearhart in Lock Haven; Clarence and Terry
Petro, Irwin - he was a fellow citizen of Kagoshima in our early days; Earl and Dorothy Fay Richards, Pittsburg - we showed slidesto their guests in their front room and speaking at Bryn Mawr chuch, Mckeesport
staying all night with Fanny Bunting, where he have also stayed before.
Saturday, June 13, was a beautiful day for driving south through Penna. and West through Kentucky.
We had a good visit with J. Lowell Lusby in Grayson. Then on to Owingsville cemetery where we visited the
graves of my grandparents and my aunts and uncles. Also kneeled down to read the fading words on the stone
of my great grandfether:"Asa Maxey. Soldier of the War of 1812 and Preacher of the Gospel for 50 years."
Sunday morning, June 13 at the Sugar Grove Christian church, Francis Nash, minister, was something
special. My grandfather Henry Maxey started the church. My father preached there as a young man. M/M Clyde
Brown, now nearing 90, remember my family well. It was good to see the pews filled with whole families sitting
together. Plenty of time to linger and talk at the church dinner afterward. Also another good feeling at the
church at Lystra, KY that night. The front rows were filled with young people who were really interested
in what we had to say about Japan and stayed to talk about it afterward. One of the great disapointments of
our U.S. stay was the inability to have contact in the churches with ybung people. One youth minister allowed
me 5 minutes. I took it. Is this the wave of the future or the death knell of the church? After services, a
hearty meal with Herbert and Sadie Lusby and we were ready for the drive home to Cincinnati (Amelia).

The week-end of June 21 with the Macedonia Christian church, Bonneau SC, Larry Bradbury minister.
Southern hospitality provided by Walter and Velda Mitchum. The week-end of June 29 with Shiloh Christian

church, Tim Adams, minister. This church is out in the country from Greenfield IN: .James Whitcomb Riley
country. Ate with U R Welcome Class, home of David and Shirely Wall. Here are four country churches,
flourishing, well-housed, alive and growing. 1 was encouraged to be in each of them. Sunday P.M.June 29 ,
with the First Church of Christ, Xenia, OH, Peter Creamer, Minister and staying with Wendell and Ruth Bobbitt. Ruth was Pauline's bridesmaid at our wedding, soon to be 45 years ago, so they had a lot to talk about.
Monday morning Pauline taught a room full of ladies in her home.
A solid week of hard work preparing for the North American Christian Convention in Indianaplis, July
6-8. Set up our booth on Saturday. Preaching for two a.m. services at First Christian church, Columbus IN,

Harold Armstrong, Minister, guests of Merrell and Irene Johnson. Back to Indianapolis for the opening night
of the convention. The highway was crowded with church buses all headed for the same thing. 40,000 for com
munion service that night. A great spiritual event. Convention satisfying and disapointing. So much to see
and do but not the time. Many people came to our booth. Had a packed room for a workshop on "Developing
National/Missionary Evangelists." (There were so many people attending the convention that ail workshops
were packed.)

All but one of the Maxey brothers and sisters were there. Elder brother, Tibbs, named Honored

Churchman for his work in Black evangelism. Daughters, Paula from Canada and Hope from Houston, joined us
so we had some family time together. Son, Gregory and wife, Beverly, a great help to us as we packed up to
leave the convention and also to get ready to leave Amelia and return to Japan .
Farewell meeting with friends at Clifton church, Louisville, Ky , July 11. Showed slides. Week-end at
First Christian church, North Vernon IN, Charles Carter, Minister and staying with Rozanna Hartwell, our
faithful forwarding secretary. Pauline and I began our married life at North Vernon when I was minister there.
It has remained our legal address and our mission address ever since.

July 14-19: sorting,packing,sending,discarding - where did it all come from? .Where is it all going? We
kept United Parcel Service humping.Sunday, July 20 with the Lockland Christian church, Noel Kirk, miidster.
My mother a member here for many years. Afternoon at Mt. Healthy Christian Home with long-time friend, Dor
othy Lenihan and Edwin Hayden.
Monday, July 21, a truck came to get our freight on its way to Japan.
Then it was farewell to family and friends. Somewhere along the way 1 heard somebody pla3ring an old Elvis

Presley record: "What's >0 Good About Good-Bye?"

Answer:

There's nothing good about sasring "good-bye"

except the profound hope of meeting again.

.1 hate to say less about the rest of our travel but I am going to have to finish before this sheet of
paper does. Tuesday, July 22. One day's drive to the home of Joe and Maxine Stanes, parents of Walter's
wife's parents. Since Walter and Mary will be making their furlough home in Murphysboro IL where they
live,we brought household items for them and left the car for their use. Wed, July 22: By car to St. Louis

and plane to Kansas City MO for a happy reunion & a good visit with Peggy Shaul and her fiance, Jim Triplet.
I baptized her when she was an exchange student in Kanoya 13 years ago. Thurs, July 23: Two hour lay
over at Denver airport for an all too short visit with Tibbs and Helen Maxey. Then on to Salt Lake City for

an overnight stay with Pauline's brother, Guy Pethtel, and wife. Colleen .Then on to Boise ID, Friday,, July
25.

My father preached here when I was a boy.

Evening meal with Mae Wolfe, once my Sunday School teacher, now 101 and still driving her own car;
. and Elsie Gebauer, who has been a faithful friend of the Maxey family's missionary endeavors for 50 years.
Spoke that night at First Church of Christ, meeting many friends, old and new. All day Sunday, July 27,
with the Christian church at Emmett, Idaho located in a beautiful irrigated valley. Well taken care of by Jim
and Cyndi Curran and Bill and Chei^iHamilton. Chester and Velma Stewart drove over from Richland, Oregon

and we had a good visit after the service.

Boise stay

Bob and Dora Wecker turned over their bedroom to us during our

("Greats love hath no^man than this.")

and took us to see the places I remembered from child

hood.

Lovely flight on Horizons Air, Wed. July 30, over the Idaho mountains to Spokane WA and an equally
lovely drive through beautiful British Columbia with Don and Marilyn (my niece) Lewis to their home in Vernon.

Spoke Wed. night, July 31 at the Coldstream church of Christ. Met many friends there from the present and
the past, including the Kemper family, formerly of N. Vernon. One of their sons is Mark, my namesake. Left

the Lewises with regret for Kelowna airport and on into Vancouver BC. About Canada airports, they love steps.
You go down to get in and up to get out. On the other hand their security detects belt buckles, pen caps
and paper clips. I never raised a beep in any US airport with all these things on me.
At Vancouver .we joined Kiyoto and Paula (oldest daughter) and three grandsons, Temujin, Takanobu
and Tamon. Also grandaughter, Megumi, who arrived from Tokyo the same day after a year's stay there as
an exchange student. We enjoyed three days together seeing what we could of of their very fine EXPO and
the special hospitality of Akiyasu and Yasuko (Kiyoto's sister) Matsuhara. The General Motors exhibit featuered a narrator who disappeared with a puff of smoke at the end of the show. Their theme was, "To live

and the ability to move are as one." Hmmm. Doesn't quite say it all. I know some fantastic people who not
only live but add to the world and are able to move little or pone at all.
In haste for the rest of the story: To Lebanon OR f6>^stress test for me and Holter monitor of Pauline's

heart for Pauline. Restful stay with Wy and Loni Summers. ^ To Oakland CA and the Home of Peace, jumping
off place for missionaries for 75 years. Airman friend, Ray .Cbates gave us the use of his car and arranged

a fascinating flight for us over the Bay area by his friend, i?loyd Wilson.Wonderful Sunday, Aug. 10 at First

Christian church, Santa Rosa Ca. Guests of minister Ted Smith and wife, Barbara, and Paul and Ruby Kenney.

Also Alan Stiles for Sunday dinner. Glad to see Don and ^at Bean again. Amazing how friendships can prosper
even though renewed in person only every five years. 0urine and husband came up from Stockton and remind

ed me that I had baptized

her when she was 13 at Truman MN. That was 46 years ago. Church sang "Happy

Birthday" to me at both services.

On to Los Angeles that_night^Met-by Caroline-Banta and daughter-Jan. Husbands-Jim,-handled our fre

ight shipment to Japan. Enjoyed their Chino Hills home as we wound up our US stay. Good Monday lunch with
Berma Leavens, special family friend since Minn. days. G.B.Gordon took us to airport and Whalen French
arrived in the nick of time with my forgotten briefcase. Animated conversation with Jeff Rada till departure time,
at 1 PM. lOi hours later, in Tokyo. Changed planes. Arrived Osaka at 8.30 p.m. to find our visas expired.
Back the next day for temporary landing permits, 24 hours with Martin and Eveyln Clark. Reunions with Paul

and Faith (2nd daughter) Axton, grandaughter, Erin (first time to see her) and Walter and Mary, Shelley &
Trent.

(The left for the US on 22 August). Wonderful welcome by the Christians here at our home on Sun.

afternoon. August 17. Now we are well into our work again, preparing, preaching, teaching. It was a special
joy to baptize Fumiatsu Ikeda, Sunday night, September 28. It was a decision it tockhim a long time to make.
Many others were praying, teaching and encouraging him. Will you do the same? At this writing Pauline is
in the Kagoshima University hospital for extensive testing regarding her heart.Keep her in your prayer.s.IN HIM.

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