January

C ihiro, Japan

P AG E A N T
The young people of the. Eng
lish Bible classes presented a

pageant in
mas five

English on Christ
mission house.

at the

Copies of the entire program were given those attending .

For the benefit of those who

could not understand English, each line was followed by a translation. The young people did a fine job of presenting

the story of "hrist's birth through song and pageant.

Scripture background for the various scenes was effectively read by Mr. Oofuchi. The ob.lectives of a program of triis type were numerous. It was a means of telling the grand, old story to those wno had never heard before. It impressed it indelibly on the

CH F IS TMAS

E V AiN GEL I S M

On Ji^ecember twenty second trie annual Christmas Evange listic meeting was h^sld. The
attendance this year vfas a

little

higher than last year.

There were 19 present.

minds of the young people Kho took part. Practice sessions

helped tne students to become better acquainted with one
another and with tne mission aries. Effort was also made

As

groundwork

for

the

meeting advertisements were printed on the small Japanese

mimeograph machine.
in an envelope along
Christmas tract
mas card were

These put
with a
to mailed

and a Christ--

to bind

friendship between
church,

the English class students and

tnose who attend

ev-ryone who is on our mailing

list. In addition to thas two
tracts were inserted in the newspaper nere in Tetsunan, This witness to two tnuusand homes was made tnousand Christmas

Pollo'/fine the pro(?ram an in formal social tirne v^as enjoyed by the twenty-four people pre sent. Introductions, a grabbag* excnange of gifts and re freshments highlignted this portion of the evening.

for approxi'nately
one half dollars,

seven

and The

The evangelistic message vms

delivered by
subject Galatians for

Mr, "Faber,
the

message was

"The Greatest Gift" based on The emphasis

was upon
ceived.

our
i'lr,

need bo give in
we ha^e re

return for v;hat

^''aber

made men

tion we must give our lives in return for the great est gift of'all,

Those tniit regularly

came besides some who

attend
Wisre

contacted during tne summer. Of the nineteen, only one was a new contact. He was brougnt by I-ir, Asada, who regularly
a'';end3 services.

Page 2

January 1958

HOKKAIDO CHRISTIAN MISSION

Ml SPIONAJIIES

dnly by the minister and mis sionary,. but by those who are apart from Christianity as
well.

Air. and Mrs Ernest Faber 14 Oodori

This fact was evidenced in a

Miniimi 21 Ohoiuo

meeting of the High Schools of

Obihiro and the surrounding towns. The emphasis of the

Obihiro, Japan
FOBWABJb I NCi . AOKKT S
]\Ir. and Mrs. Merton Fate

' iBox 182

Danville, Illinois

meeting was upon High

School

morals, The main problems that were faced were smoking,

Send all lands to (he forwarding agent

drinking, poor manners-, and improper dress. They felt that the High School students
should refrain from smoking.

DEVOTIONAL

Building
Matthew

a
7 !24- 3 7

Life

They were concerned about how to bring a stop to these tnings. It is almost like one fixing a binding door of a
house on a soft foundation ,

Building

a house is usually

a job for one who is a spe cialist. Nevertheless , many

Each time it is fixed, it merely binds again. They were

"do-it-yourself" people
their own homes

build
they

not getting at the root of the problera--the problem is tne

foundation. With no moral

with the ade

quate instructions
receive from

that

teaching at

school and little

vari:?us manuals.

Anyone who has had any connec tion with building will real ize the significance of the

Words of Christ, for

he

will

or no religious education, the Japanese young people are building their lives on sand. Naturally we need to give
them the foimdation that is sure--even Christ.. I was in vited to attend the above

realize the necessity of a strong foundation. For many

buildings such as skyscrapers one must dig many hundreds of feet into the ground in order to build upon rock or hard
surface. If the foundation is

meeting and had an opportunity to speak a few words at the end, emphasizing the need of
moral education and founda tion. Unless we place our

too soft, the life of building will be short.

foundation that settles
cause a house to be ruined.

the A
will

lives in God's hands and build

upon Christ, we,

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too,
still

will
have

find our lives going astray.

Every person in the world is building a life. Each of xis,

from the time that we are

small even until

we pass away

available the program outline and missionary stories used in

1957. DVBS # 2-Por 1958 we plan to wi'ite 10 missionary stories

continue dally to
life. In view of

build
the

his
fact

that eternity
kind of life

is

at stake,we
as to the
we are

snould take caution

that

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building,
Christ talked of two lives. He said there is the one who builds his life on the rock and tne one who builds his
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There seems

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in Japan concerning
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The concern is felt, not

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FILMS

SHOWN

A special program of film strips on the birth of Christ was presented to 86 children
on the second floor of the

Tetsiinan

J?ire

Department

in
Ten

Obihiro on December 19th

adults were, also, in attend ance at tnis meeting, Christ mas carols were sung from a lc.rge song chart, vVhile Ernest ran the projector, Mr, Asada read the script. Several of
the children from the local
ENctrsH Paoea.m

orphanage were in attendance, Pollov;ing the program a small treat was given to each child. Script for the film strips was prepared by Mr. Faber in
Romaji and corrected to Japa nese character by Mr. Asada, Mr. Suzuki prepared the spe cial Christmas song chart. The saifie program was held at

CSi'c

1)

TREATS

FOR ORPHANS

The forty criiluren

of

the

Heien Gakuin orphanage were remembered with treats on

Taisho for a group of 57 chil

dren and several adults,

Christmas Day. Each cnild re ceived a sack of cookies and candy and a tangerine. A large
Bible
Home.

was

presented
has who

to

tn.e
from
these

CHRISTMAS

PARTY

Effort children

been made
to reach

Nembers of the Primary and Beginner classes enjoyed a pi-irty at the regular Satur day Bible School class, Tne Christmas story was told with the use of flannelgraph and
little Christmas songs were

time to time

do not know the

love of pjirents.

Soi..

of the

children were enrolled in the Vacation Bible School and some

come to special children meet ings. But thus far they have
not attended the regular Bible School. The cooperation of the leadership in the Home has
been excellent and we are

sung. Apples and holiday conkies were enjoyed by these tiny tots, many of \-:hom were unable
to attend the film strip meet

ing,.

Small

booklets

of the

praying that we may eventually

reach them
God,

Christmas story were presented

tht.se children.

with

the You

love of

Thank
We wish to

extend

to

our

many friends thanks for

our youi'

heartfelt wonderful

gifts.

i*/e

surely

appreciate

your generosity. Unless you have been away from your home land for a while, you do not realize what these gifts mean.
One church seemed to have a

good idea waen a certain class

took a certain member of the

family and bought presents for

that pel son. In did not receive this way we any duplica
tions and each member received

substantially the same amount.

Page 4
Dear Boys and Girls

January 1956
the day after Christ
have had such a

It is
mas

and we

happy busy time the past few weeks that we have many things
to tell you about,
have had as nice
as we have had.

I hope you
a Christmas

Our f i r s t Christmas box came

the very first day of November

and we thought the day to open
i t would never come. It seems

like Daddy and Mommie have been talking about Christmas

for months and months. We

helped them wrap a package for

Grandma weeks and weeks ago. We watched them get cards ready to mail and helped them up to see the pageant the party afterward. and for But we

hang up the pretty

greetings

we received. Then one day we helped Daddy unpack the manger scene and watched him paint a

woke up early Christmas morn ing and found our gifts on the kitchen table. The first thing
we saw was a l i t t l e blue sled for tne boys and a pair of red

Nativity picture on the big living room windows. We heard the young people practicing a pageant and helped Mommie make
some Christmas cookies. went to the firehouse ' to We see

skis for Linda. In tne pack ages we found a doll for Linda
and trucks for the boys. Linda

helped unwrap tne nice gifts of food and clothes from our good
friends in America while the

the film strips

of Jesus, Linda

on

the birth
the in story

learned

boys found hauling,

and boxes of jello

soap
of

bars

song "Away in a Manger" and to

tell the Christ;ia.-

trucks

more

in their interesting, .Ve

our new

English.

One day the

man who

dressed in some

sells us eggs
his bicycle

brought
and we

big

chicken in from the country on

helped to
We heard

things and hurried over to see our neighbor lady and show her tne sled and sKis, Daddy fixed
tne new speaker for his radio while Mommie made dinner. She

fatten him some more.

the Christmas story in Bible school and learned some songs

about baby Jesus in
At last Linda

Japanese.
no

was very slow and we think she peihaps was dreaming about the
dishes she :iould make with the

could wait

longer so

she

said,
Eve

"Please
we stayed

spices or

about a pattern for

make tomorrow Christmas."

some new dress material.

On Christmas

We had a nice holiday dinner and before Daddy finisned eat ing someone came to visit him. It was tne young man who used to be in a Friday night class but who had moved to Sapporo. In the afternoon the postman brou^;ht us a box from Grandrne.
Then one of our friends carae

to bring us some rice cakes filled v/ith bean paste, Linda reluctantly went to bed asking
i f we could have Christmas

went to bed dreaming about one of the happiest days of our lives,

again soon.

Then

we

Linda, Charles, and Allan

C.ljX' iS>tK
Obihiro, Japan

V*

NEW

CHRISTIANS
Our hearts were made to re

joice a few weeks ago when two more accepted Jesus as their
Saviour,
V/e have watched Asada San

grow in grace and truth since he began coming a ago In February. Until
past fall when we had the

every year this

e-

vangellstic meeting Asada San came spaspadically. But since the meeting his Interest be gan to grow. He took an In
terest In the class at
even to the extent

Talsho

that he has

never missed a single sessioneven thoush he has had to miss

A&adg San

supper a few times in order to do so. If at all possible he

has been faithful to our Sun

CHURCH BUILDING In regard to our church building program perhaps you will say thet we are,"On again off again Haniganj" We had never given up the idea. After we had made plena to build we felt that perhaps we were rushing flings a little and, also,since we did not have the land paid for as yet we did not want to further burden you that are supporting us. Now
thut the land debt is clcared

day evening services. His work keeps him from coming on occasions. He Is trying to

find a Job now (he

Is a truck

driver) thist will not interfer

with church work and will of fer a more wholesome atmos

phere .'
V/e have not known Sato San

very long. He contacted Chris tianity through the Lutheran Hour and In as much as there
Is no Lutheran Church In town looked for some other one. Be

we feel that financially we can go ahead with the plans.

Also, since we made plans to

build we have had much encour agement as the result of the

ing a friend of one who works here he started attending here some four months ago. He has
^Continued on foge 4)

three additions.

Shortly

af
we

ter they became Christians

started having congregational meetings. They brought up the building for consideration and

I said that if they

the money that I

had i

of
re

could

ceive the rest from the States*

We have gone ahead with the plans on that basis. The plans are now complete. The estimate for the building Is

$2111.

The

one-fourth

share

(,C<mtinued on page 4)

Pege Q

March 1958
working on the mission field
or traveling at furlough. The home on churches and
to co-od-

HOKKAIDO CHRISTIAN MISSION

HISSIONABIES

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Fabcr

14 Oodori

the missionary need

Minami 21 Cliome

perate In many ways.

without saying that we

It goes
cannot

Obihiro, Japan
FORWARDING AGENTS

get along without you.

It

is

Mr. and Mrs. Mcrton Fate

Box 182

also true that you should not be able to get along without a

Danville, IllinoiB
Scad all faod*. io ths forwardint agrar.

missionary. He Is as neces sary to you as Is the Minister

or the Bible school teacher.

WORKERS
Ex.

TOGETHER
17.

The missionary needs the fi

nancial aid that church can furnish. this he will not the home v;ithout be able

You Will note

In the

above

scripture that the Israelites were in battle with a neigh boring. country. They were able
to win the battle because Aa

to remain

on the field.

Fur

ther more. In order to

pub

lish books and tracts that are

ron an^a ftip held up

of Moses,

the hands
of

I t was because

their cooperation with each other that the victory was gained. A look at our whole system
In' the States will reveal

so badly needed here In Japan the missionary needs your mon ey, But this Is only one of the ways to help and cooperate In preaching on the foreign
field.

The missionary
read In HORIZONS

^ilso

needs

your encouragement.

Did
where

you
one

nies to sup nly him with equlporder to farm. Then

that we depend on co-operation In many things. The cotton farmer depends on many compa
In order

out of 40 missionary aspirants get to the field and remain

after one term? I wonder how

ment> seed., fertlllz6rr etc In to market his products he depend.s on others-, to make and to sell the garments that are
made of his cotton.

many did not go or did not re

turn after their first term because of lack of concern of the folk from home. We re

Further than

this

we

see

that co-operation Is necessary In the local congregation

cently received a much appre ciated tape recording from one of the congregations. After they had recorded the church
service various members said a

Paul emphasized the necessity of getting along together There Is no place within the
congregation for one to become self-centered and egotistical, Paul, when he compared the church to a human body, was emphasizing the fact that'we must labor together. Even as the arm cannot say to another member, "I can get along with out you," neither can we say
this to a fellow church membexv

few words.

It

was very

en-

couTiBglng to hear them say,."'vi/e

are praying for you." Another group sent us a printed post

card saying,

. .la&t

Wed

nesday night 18 prayed. .. that

the Lord might bless . . . you In His work there In Japan."

We are also much encouraged by your church bullltens arid weekly papers especially when they mention us In them. What does Paul say? "We are

V/e need the minister, the Bl'-> ble school teacher,, the elder, the deacon,, and all of the
others that are within every congregation.

laborers together
The closer that

with
we can

God."
be

come to each other the more we

Needless to say*, the same thing Is true for any who are

can accomplish. Let us be working together for the Lord that the Word of God might be spread at home and abroad.

March 1958

Page 3

CHURCH BUILDING FUND

CONGR EGATIONA L ME ETIN G

The first congregational meeting In the history of the

chui'ch here was held on Jan

$1565

uary a.th. It was rather unex pected In as much as the thi-ee

Christians came on this V/ed-

nesday evening with out giving us any prior notice. Although

we had mentioned that i t would

be necessary to have a meeting A number of things were de cided In this meeting and fol lowing meetings. It was de cided to begin prayer meeting and hymn practice the follow ing week. The fourth Thursday was set for congregational

**IF

YOU

DESIRE

AI^Y

PICTURE

meeting with Bible study other Thiirsdays following prayer

meeting. Also, a decision was made to have a summer camp of

at lea^t 3 days length.

ers are to be at least

Camp

Junior

that Is In any of our papers for your bulletin board please let us know. Any size Is avallable. You need only to tell us the size you want and the Issue and page number that the picture appeared on,
^SFOR YOUR PuOGRAI>IS ORDER FROM

High school age or older^ Tentative plans were made for August evangelistic meetings
at Talsho and Oblhlroas was

"Mission services" Packet

no.

held last year. result of this

our DVBS was held

It was as the meeting that

in the win

1357 and/or 1358, 50 ^ each.

*aDVi3a PROGRAI^iS

They

are

ARE AVAILABLE

for your

use.

Please

order

ter In addition

to

one plan
Ooour

ned for the summer. lAr, fuchl volunteered to be

no. #1 If you want last years program or MZ If you want the

10 missionary stories that are for this year,
-DON'T FORGET TO SEND US YOUR

Bible school teacher and began teaching in the vacation Bible school. Monthly film strip meetings were planned for both
Obihlro and
were made for

used Sunday 'School papers.

We

Talsho. Plans construction of

use the pictures In DVBS or on attendance cards and the story Is used in the English class.

the church building as as possible with the

early church

providing i ofithe funds.

Ve are dedicating this Issue to the memory of V/alter L. V/alker who pass ed away February 8, 1958 at Sapporo^ Japan, Bro
ther Walker is the Father

of Wesley Walker, former missionary to India and now laboring In Sapporo. His survivors Include his

wife who works with Wesley In Sapporo and 3 daughters

at home. Ernest preached We were
the memorial sermon on the

11th of Bebruary.

much impressed with the Christian witness In the death of this one whom the Japanese loved.

Fa^e 4
Dear boys and girls. I t Is nice and warm out to day and we have been playing outside almost all morning.

March 1958

A couple of weeks ago we had another big snow storm. About

20 Inches fell on top of the old snow. All winter long the snow has been piling up on the north side of the
house
roof. so

where i t falls off the After the l a s t snow our

bedroom window was

covered up

our room was real darlc.

VJe felt real sorry

Chan and I-^utsuko

for Jlro
when
At S dioo I

Chan

their Daddy died the other day. Jlro Chan Just starts to school this year and Mutsulco will bp a third grader. Their
Mother has been sick so their

American children we had since October.

seen

big sister who is about 15 has to work to make a living for the family.
We have school In our house

During school vacation In January we had a week of Vaca

tion Bible-school at the Mis

now. Momnle Is teaching Linda and Chucky from the Calvert Kindergarten course. We usu
ally hcive' school for an hour and a half In ths morning. We are learning little songs^

sion home. Mr. Oofuchl taught us the story of Joseph. After the story and singing Mother helped the little ones with their memory verse end hand work, About 12 of us gathered
around the kitchen table. One

day we cut

out

pretty

Bible

stories^ and poems. We to draw,, cut, paint, and

things from clay.
school In

V/e

like make have

is-

pictures

from

old

Sunday
with
BUILDING

school papers and pasted them on tin can lids. The average
attendance was 25 teachers,
CHURCH

the kltchen--now

n*t that
study?

funny
and

place to
Mommle

vie hfave low tables and

l i t t l e chairs

(ContrnutJ frontpage 1)

brings In the little organ. We went to Sapporo with Dad dy end Mommle to Mr. Walker's funeral. There we played with
some l i t t l e American children

for the folk here

v;lll

mean

that they will

balance that

pay $546 .

The

must be received

from

you

folk will be il565.

for 2 days.

It was the

first

The church now has $233.77 leaving us a balance to raise of $312.23. The mission has 1463.50 in the building fund leaving the mission a balance of $1101.50 to raise.

Construction the' building

will begin on this coming

spring. We have funds to be gin the construction. We are trusting you for the balance.
NEW CHRISTIANS

(ContinueJ from page 1) not been as faithful as the

others. V/e pray that he and Asada San, along with Oofuchl

San will grow more in the Lord.

if
May

it>

Clir-isti
/
LAUNCHED

VI

MAY 1 1q MAY 9 H J3S8

1958

Obihlro, Japan

BUILDING

ing is taking shape With the putting on

board to which the

''ast. cT the
'.rill

be applied, we are able to get an idea of how the building will look when it is completed, Ernest is able to go over at least a couple of times a day
when he takes tea to the men^

At these times he makes any changes that are necessary as the building progresses. Mr. Asada manages to come by at least once a day during his delivery trips with furniture. Mr. Oofuchi, also, takes keen

interest in the building is frequently seen there,

The ground breaking service
was held on

and

HELP

NEEDED

for the church

March 30th, Just prior to Ernest's trip to Kyushu. Mr, Sone, the architect-contractor, Ernest, Mr, Ofuchi and others participated in the service. The picture below shows Mr. Sone as he turned the ground. As you will note in the pic
ture there was about a foot o'f

By dipping into our living link we have been able to pay

almost 2/3 of the building. We lack $l50 of the 2/3 that was
due the day that the framework
was put up.

If you are pl^xining to us with this building

help pro

snow on
time.

the

ground

at

that

The ground was sufficiently thawed in about ten days so that surveying and actual work

gram won't you do i t now? The. enclosed envelope is ready for the mail. We are depending on you to help meet the final payment which will be due some time in June,

began on April 8th, On April lUth the cement was poured for the foundation and just one
week later on April 21st the

framework was set up. This was made possible by cutting and notching the lumber while the foundation was being laid. The setting up of the frame work was somewhat complicated
because the x 8 roof rafters and trusses were bolted and

then raised together. The building is supposed to be completed by the middle of

June, We hope that i t will be
The build sooner than this.

Page 2
HOKKAIDO CHRISTIAN MISSION
MISSIONARIES

May 1958
to Christ.

Mr. and Mrs Ernest Fabcr

14 Oodori

Minami 21 Chome

Obihiro, Japan
FORWARDING ACENTS

Mr. and Mrs. Merton Fate

Box 182

Danvillo, Illinois
Scttd all fond* to the forwardlas ageat.

Are there Christians in your neighborhood who are drifting away from the church? Don't wait for the preacher to make an attempt to win them back. Take on the responsibility yourself. Go visit them. Tell them you missed them in Church. Invite them to chiu?ch, or take them if they do not have a way
or i f the father does not take

MY BROTHER' S KEEPER
Genc^ 4:9

the family.
As we look out over the harr
vest fields we should ask our

God's question by saying, "Am I my brother's keeper?" people

have been asking the same

Every

since

Cain

answered

selves, "Am I ray brother's keeper?" There are thousands upon thousands that are out
side of Christ. If you don't
and count beleive i t s i t down

thing.

The

same question can

There These are are

s t i l l be asked today*

The question can be answered

only yes or no. many who say no.
ly for themselves.
the ones who are concerned on

among your kindred those

ar^ not Christian. bors and see. You

that
neigh

Then check will real

your close friends and

ize that the

They guage

list steadily

everything according
ther i t will benefit

to

whe

grows.

As

for

the

foreign

themsel

ves

They are in favor

without regard to others.

field i t is easier to count who is a Christian than to

olf

school

bonds i f their children are in

school but will vote against it if they have no children to send to school. They are the ones who are for importing
from abroad i f i t means lower

count who is not. If I am my brother's keeper, then I am responsible in telling and

sending the message to him.

As for helping those in need we turn them away with a ciirt

cost but against

it if

they

are to have competition- not

reply and say,. "I am not con cerned." Jesus said, "I was a stranger and ye took me not In:
naked and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not." When we ne glect the poor, the sick, etc,

thinking as to how badly the foreign country needs the trade. To say that one is not his brother's keeper is taking
a selfish attitude.

Have you ever considered this question in a spiritual way? It applies every bit as
much. Am I a keeper of my broth!* in Christ? There are

we are neglecting part responsibility. Write

and visit the sick.

of our a card

Take some

food to those poor folk up the street. Help that widow who

many who would say, "no." Ap ply the principle of "caus ing ones brother to stumble"
responsible for their brother.

is trying to raise that big family. Be a father or mother to the orphans when possible. We are happy that the three
Christians here are so much interested in each other and

and they will immediately take the attitude that they are not But we are, to a certain ex-, tent, OTjr brother's keeper. Iwonder how many we have led
astray because of our care lessness. It ia our responsi bility to lead a life that
will cause others to be closer

make i t a point to see why the

absent one wasn't at church or

some other
one

meeting
and

from time
on the

to time. It is the effort 6f two of than that keeps a third

Interested

right path. Yes, we are keeper.

our brother's

Page 3
MINISTERIAL
Mr, Ofuchl has

May 1958
STUDENT
enrolled in

a Bible College Correspondence

Course to prepare himself for the ministry* He is very much
interested in the Osaka Bible

College and would like to en roll there for his training. But being the father of three children there are many pro
blems which would have to be

worked out

to

make this pos

sible. At present he is work ing as a copy writer for his

father's small trade newspaper.

With his present job he is able to adjust his working

hours to allow time for study

Puppet
interests and

Sho>v
joy to see particular
in the talents

and yet support his family, Mr, Ofuchi is very studious and possesses good leadership ability. He appears to be a
consecrated Christian and we

It is always a people use their

long had an interest in puppet

shows, although he has had no experience in operating one. Not long after he became a Christian he desired to teach, but not having any particular talent for speaking, he began to think of the possibility of teaching Bible through puppets.
He has enlisted
dents

service of God.

Mr, Asad^has

have begun to see the effect of his teaching upon his sons, MISSIONAllIES MEET The 1956 Church of Christ Missionary Conference was held this year at the extreme end of Kyushu, We were the guests this year of the Maxey
and Hammond families.

the help of

the English Bible Class

stu

and the others who come

The sermons were

based

on

Philippians 1, The emphasis, as far as the discussion per iods were concerned, was on establishing Indigenous chur
ches ,

to services. Their practice sessions following English Bible class provide some good
social times. Above is a

pictxu?e of Mr, Asada preparing

the papier-mache of which the puppet heads are made. Most

The picture below you an idea of how

will give many at

There

tended the conference.

were missionaries from over Japan and Okinawa,

all

of the preliminaries have been done by Mr, Asada. He has made the framework, recorded backgroimd music and done most of
the preparation of the

papier-mache. They plan the first presentation to be in June, They hope to

use this medium of teach

ing at the at various

Obihiro and FOR YOUR

orphanage and kindergarten

as at the Taisho chil

schools as well

dren's meetings,
PROGRAMS. We s t i l l have some DVBS mission material. For

your missionary meeting there is, also, a 375 ips tape available from

our forwarding agent.

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Dear boys and girls. In the picture you see
of our friends who

May 1958

some

came to

Linda's birthday party. The two little girls on the front row are Mitsue and Reiko, They are the same age as Linda but smaller than Chucky who is two years younger. At our party

we had a very good time play ing games. When we were play

m
house to play last week. He is our Sunday School teacher's little boy. Misami Chan's house is very small. He lives with his brother, sister,
mother and father in one small
room. There are seven families

ing

"Ring

around

the
know

rosy"

the boys and girls did not un derstand the words so they' had
to watch Mommie to to s i t down. Once sat down in the
song,

when she ducked

under a streamer and everybody

middle of the

Etsuko's boy friend made the string of pretty paper birds

for us and we thought they were so pretty we decided to use them as part of our party
The birds are

decorations.

living in that house.

All the

made by folding a square piece

of paper.

families share one small k i t chen, In the kitchen there i s

In the picture at the bottom of this page you see a neigh bor turning a building around, by means of the cable being wound on this simple machine
one man was able to move the

a sink, hand pump and a shelf. The people cook on little

stoves in their own rooms.
took Linda to When Mommie

the dentist the other day, she took two of the kindergarten
books for Linda to look at, A

building. Notice the coats the

men are wearing. They are made of very heavy cloth with the design is the company's name. These coats and aprons of sim ilar design and material are worn by laborers throughout Japan, The man turning the crank is wearing a towel tied about his hea<?, This is, also, typical.
Linda went to Misami Chan's

little boy,less than two years old, was waiting in the office and so Linda gave him one of
the books to look at. He sur

prised everyone in the waiting

room by his ability nearly everything
pictures. He

to in

name the

could even name

an elephant, giraffe, and a hippopotomusI You see, eo, kirln and kaba are not nearly so hard to say. We like to play like we are going places on the train or
the bus. One of us drives the

bus and the other plays "bus girl." In Japan there is al ways a bus girl who calls out
the streets and takes the

|r.-

money. If the driver backs up she gets out and blows a big whistle and calls "alright" to
t e l l the driver i t is safe to

keep going,

Goodby, boys and girls, wilL. write to you again.

we

Linda, Charles and Allan