Faber Ernest Neva 1958 Japan

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J a n u a r y C i h i r o , JapanP AG E A N T

The young people of the. Engl i s h Bib l e c l a s s e s presen t ed apageant in English on Christm as f ive at the mission h o u s e .Copies o f the en t i r e programwere given those at tending .F o r t h e benefit of t h o s e whocou ld no t unders tand Engl i sh ,each l i n e was fo l lowed by at r ans l a t i on . The young peopledid a f ine job of present ingthe s to ry of "h r i s t ' s b i r ththrough song and pageant .Sc r ip tu r e background fo r th eva r ious scenes was e f f e c t i v e l yread by Mr. Oofuch i .

The ob . l ec t ives o f a programo f t r i i s type were numerous. Itwas a means o f t e l l i ng th egrand , o ld s t o ry to those wnohad neve r h e a rd b e f o r e . Itimpressed it i nde l i b l y on th eminds of the young people Khotook pa r t . Prac t i c e se s s ionshe lped tne s t uden t s to becomebe t t e r acquain ted w ith onea n o t h e r an d w i t h t n e m i s s i o naries. E f f o r t was a l s o madeto b i nd n f r i e nd sh i p be tweenthe English c lass students andt n o s e who attend c h u r c h ,Pollo'/fine the pro(?ram an informal soc ia l tirne v^as enjoyedby th e tw en ty -four people presen t . Int roduct ions , a grab-bag* excnange o f g i f t s and refreshments highl ignted th ispor t ion of the evening.

CH F IS TMAS EV AiN GEL I SMOn Ji^ecember twenty secondtrie annual Christmas Evange

listic meet ing was h^sld. Thea t t e nd anc e t h i s yea r vfas alittle h ighe r than l a s t yea r .There were 19 p r e s e n t .As a groundwork fo r themeet ing adver t i sements were

pr i n t ed on the sma l l Japanesemimeograph machine. These putin an envelope a long w ith aChr i s tmas tract and a C h r i s t - -mas c a r d wer e m a i l e d t oev-ryone who i s on our mail inglist. In add i t i o n to th a s twot n o us an d C h r i s tm a s tracts w e r einserted in t h e n e w s p a p e r n e r ein T e t s u n a n , T h i s w i t n e s s t otwo t n u u s a n d homes was madefo r approxi 'nately seven ando n e half dollars,

The e v a n g e l i s t i c message vmsde l ive red by Mr, "Faber, Thes ub j e c t f o r th e message was"The Grea t e s t Gi f t " based onGa l a t i a n s The emphas i swas upon our need bo give inreturn for v;ha t we h a^ e rece ived . i ' lr, ^''aber made ment i o n we mus t g ive o u rl i v e s in r e t u r n f o r th e g r e a te s t gift of'all,Those tn i i t r egu l a r l y a t t endc a m e besides s o m e w h o W is recon tac t ed du r i ng tn e summer.Of th e n ine t e en , on ly one wasa new con t a c t . He was b r ougn tby I-ir, Asada , who r e g u l a r l ya ' ' ; e n d 3 services.


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HOKKAIDO CHRISTIAN MISSIONM l S P IO N A J I I E S

Air. and Mrs Ernes t Faber14 OodoriMiniimi 21 Ohoiuo Obihiro, Japan

FOBWABJb I NCi . AOKKT S]\Ir. and Mrs. Merton Fa te' iBox 182Danville, Illinois

Send all lands to (he forwarding agent

DEVOTIONAL

Building a LifeMatthew 7 !24- 3 7

Bui ld ing a house i s usua l lya job f o r one who is a specialist. Neve r the l e s s , many"do-i t -yourself" people buildtheir own home s with the a d equa t e i n s t r u c t i o n s t h a t t h eyr e c e i v e f r om va r i : ? u s manu a l s .Anyone who has had any connect i on with bu i ld ing wi l l r e a liz e th e s ign i f i c ance o f th eWords o f Ch r i s t , fo r he wi l lr e a l i z e th e ne c e s s i t y o f as t rong founda t ion . For manybu i ld ings such as skyscrapersone must dig many hundreds o ff e e t in to the ground in orderto bu i ld upon rock o r hards u r f a c e . If t h e f ounda t i o n istoo s o f t , th e l i f e o f thebu i ld ing wi l l be sho r t . Af o u nd a t i o n that settles willc a u s e a h o u s e to b e ruined.Every person in the world i sbui ld ing a l i f e . Each o f xis,f r om the t im e that we aresma l l even until we pa s s awaycontinue da l ly to bui ld h islife. I n view o f t h e f a c tth a t e te rn ity i s a t s take ,wes n o u l d t a k e c a u t i o n a s t o t h ekind of life that we arebu i l d i n g ,

Ch r i s t t a l k e d o f two lives.He said there is t h e o n e whob u ild s h is life on t h e r o ckand tn e one who bu i l d s h i slife o n the sand.

Th e r e s e ems t o b e s ome c o ncern here in Japan concerningt h e l i v e s o f their yo\ ing peop l e . The concern i s f e l t , no t

January 1958dnly by the min i s t e r and miss ionary, . bu t by those who a reapar t from Chris t ian i ty aswell.

Th i s f a c t was ev idenced in ameeting o f the High Schools o fObih i ro and th e su r round ingtowns. The emphasis o f th emeeting was upon High Schoolmora l s , The main prob lemst h a t were f aced were smok ing ,dr ink ing , poor manners-, andimproper dre s s . They f e l tt h a t th e High School s tuden t sshou ld r e f r a i n from smok in g.They were conce rn ed about howto br ing a s top to theset n ings . I t i s almost l i ke onef ix ing a binding door of ahou s e on a soft f o u nd a t i o n ,Each t ime it i s f i xed , itmerely binds aga in . They werenot ge t t ing a t the root o f theproblera-- the problem i s tnef ounda t i on . With no mora lteaching a t school and l i t t l eo r no re l ig ious ed uca tio n, th eJapanese young people a rebui ld ing t h e i r l i ves on sand.

Natural ly we need to givethem th e fo imda t i on t h a t iss u r e - - e ven Ch r i s t . . I was i nv i t ed to a t t e nd th e abovemeeting and had an opportunityto speak a few words a t theend, emphasizing the need ofmora l educa t i o n and foundat i o n . Unless we p l a c e ou rl i v e s i n God ' s hands and bu i ldupon Chris t , we, too, wil lf i nd ou r l i v e s go ing a s t r ay .

DVBSDVBS # 1--We still haveavai lable the program out l ineand missionary s to r i e s used in1957.DVBS # 2-Por 1958 we plan towi'i te 10 miss ionary s t o r i e sfo r your DVBS, Order by no,

MISSION PACKETAs o f Oct, 2 , 1957, Churches used packe t s t udy o f Japan no. 1357. I f you have notused it o rde r through MissionServices , Box 968, Jo l i e t , I ll ino i s . Pr i c e 50

Watch fo r . th e new pa ck e t . Iti s en t i r e l y new. New. s l i de s(20) a re a lso to be ava i l ab l ewi th th e new packe t .


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FILMS SHOWNA spec ia l program o f fi lms t r i p s on th e b i r t h o f Chr i s twas presented to 86 ch i ld ren

o n the s e c o n d floor of theTetsiinan J?ire Department inOb i h i r o on Dec embe r 19 t h Tenadu l t s were , a l so , in a t t endance a t tn i s meet ing, Chr is tmas ca ro l s were sung from alc.rge song cha r t , vVhile Ernes tran the pro jec to r , Mr, Asadaread th e s c r i p t . Severa l o fth e c h i l d r e n f rom th e localorphanage were in a t t endance ,Pollov;ing the program a smal lt r e a t was given to each ch i ld .Sc r i p t fo r the f i lm s t r i p swas prepared by Mr. Faber inRomaji and co r r e c t e d to Japa

nese ch a r a c t e r by Mr. Asada ,Mr. Suzuk i p re p a re d th e sp ec i a l Chr i s tmas song c h a r t .

The saifie program was he ld a tTaisho fo r a group of 57 chi ld r e n a n d several adults,

CHRISTMAS PARTYNembers o f th e Pr imary andBeginner c las ses enjoyed api-irty a t the re gu la r S atu rday Bible School c l a s s , TneChristmas s to ry was t o ld withthe use of f lannelgraph and

little Chr i s tmas songs weresung. Apples and hol iday conk-ie s were enjoyed by these t i nyt o t s , many o f \-:hom were unableto a t t end th e f i lm s t r i p mee ting, . Small bookle ts o f theChris tmas s to ry were p re sen t edt h t . s e children.

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TREATS FOR ORPHANSThe for ty criiluren of the

Heien Gaku in o rphanage werer emembered wi t h t r e a t s onChristmas Day. Each cn i l d received a sack o f cookies andcandy and a t anger ine . A l a rgeBible was p re sen ted to tn.eHome .

E f f o r t ha s been made f romt ime to t ime t o r e a c h t h e s ech i l d r e n who do no t know th elove o f pj i ren ts . Soi.. of thech i l d r e n were e n r o l l e d in th eVaca t i o n B ib l e Schoo l and somecome to spec ia l chi ldren meetings . But thus fa r they havenot at tended the regu la r BibleSchool . The coopera t ion ofthe l eader sh ip in the Home hasb e e n excellent a n d we arepraying tha t we may eventuallyr e ach them wi th th e lov e o fGo d , Thank You

We w i s h t o e x t e n d to ourmany f r i end s ou r h e a r t f e l tthanks fo r youi ' wonderfu lg i f t s . i*/e surely apprec ia teyour gene r o s i t y . Unless youhave been away from your homel and fo r a whi l e , you do no tr e a l i z e what t hese g i f t s mean.One c h u r c h s e eme d t o h a v e agood idea waen a c er ta in c la sst o ok a certain member o f t h efamily and bought presen t s fo rt h a t pe l s on . In t h i s way wed id no t r ece ive any dup l icat i o n s and each member r e c e i vedsubs t an t i a l l y the same amount .


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Page 4Dear Boys and Gi r l sIt i s the day a f t e r Chr is t

mas and we have h ad s u c h ahappy busy time the past fewweeks t ha t we have many th ingsto tell you abou t , I hope youhave h ad a s n i c e a Chr i s tmasa s we h a v e h a d .

Our first Ch r i s tma s box camethe very f i r s t day o f Novemberand we t hough t th e day to openi t wou l d n e v e r come . It s e emsl i ke Daddy and Mommie havebeen t a lk ing about Christmasfor m on th s and mon t h s . Wehelped them wrap a package fo rGrandma weeks and weeks a go .We watched them ge t ca rdsready to mai l and helped themhang up the pre t ty gree t ingswe r e c e i v e d . Then one day wehe l p ed Daddy unpack th e mangers c ene and w atched him p a i n t aNat iv i ty p ic tu re on the b igl iv ing room windows. We heardthe young people prac t i c ing apageant and helped Mommie makesome Ch r i s tm a s cookies. Wewen t t o the firehouse ' t o seethe fi lm s t r i p s on the b i r t ho f J e s u s , Linda l e a r n e d th esong "Away in a Manger" and totell th e Christ ; ia. - s t o r y inEngl i sh . One day the man whose l l s us eggs brought a bigc h i c k e n in f rom th e c o u n t ry onh is b ic y cle and we he lped tofatten h im s ome mo r e . We heardthe Chris tmas s to ry in Bibleschoo l and l e a rned some songsabou t baby J e su s i n J ap ane s e .A t last L i n d a could wait n olonger so she sa id , "Pleasemake t omor row Ch r i s tma s . "

On Chr i s tmas Eve we s t ayed

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up to se e th e pagean t and f o rth e pa r t y a f t e rwa r d . But wewoke up ea r ly Chr i s tmas morning and found our g i f t s on thek i t chen t a b l e . The first t h i ngwe saw was a little b l u e s l e df o r tn e boys and a pair o f re dsk is fo r Linda. In tne packages we found a do l l f o r Lindaand t r u ck s f o r th e b o y s . Lindahelped unwrap tne n ice g i f t s offood and c l o t he s from ou r goodfriends in Ame r i c a while theboys found hauling, soap ba rsand boxes o f j e l l o in theirt rucks more i n t e r e s t i n g , .Vedressed in s ome of our newt h i ng s and hu r r i ed ove r to s e eo ur n eig hb or l ady and show he rtn e s l ed and sKis , Daddy f ixedt n e new s p e a k e r f o r h i s r a d i owh i l e Mommie made d i n n e r . Shewas very s low and we t h ink shepe ihaps was dreaming abou t th edishes s h e : i o u l d mak e with thes p i c e s o r a bou t a p a t t e r n f o rs ome new dress material.

We had a n i c e h olid ay d in ne rand be fo r e Daddy f i n i s ned ea tin g someone came to visit him.It was tn e young man who usedto be i n a Fr iday n i gh t c l a s sb u t who had moved to Sappo ro .In th e a f t e r noon th e pos tmanb rou^ ;h t us a box f rom Grandrne.Th e n o n e of our friends ca r aeto b r i ng us some r i c e cakesf i l l e d v /ith bean pa s t e , Lindar e l uc t an t l y went to bed ask ingif we c o u l d h a v e C h r i s tm a sag a i n s oon . Then we wen t tobed dreaming abou t one o f th ehapp i e s t days o f ou r l i v e s ,


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C.ljX' iS>tK ^ V*Ob ih iro , Jap an

NEW CHR I S T I ANS

A&adg SanCHURCH BUILDING

In rega rd to our chu rchbui ld ing program perhaps youwi l l say t he t we are ,"On againo f f again Haniganj" We hadneve r g iven up th e i d e a . Af t e rwe had made p lena to bu i ld wef e l t tha t perhaps we wererush ing f l i ng s a little and ,a l s o , s i n c e we d id no t have th el and paid f o r as y e t we d idn o t wan t to f u r t h e r bu rden youth a t a r e suppor t i ng u s . Nowthut t h e l a n d d e b t is c l c a r e dwe f e e l t ha t f in a nc ia lly wecan go ahead wi th th e p lan s .

Also, s ince we made plans tobu i l d we have had much en cou ragem ent as th e r e s u l t o f t h eth ree add i t io n s . Sho r t ly a ft e r t hey became Ch r i s t i a n s wes t a r t ed having congrega t iona lmeet ings . They brought up thebu i l d ing fo r cons i de r a t i on andI said tha t i f they had i ofthe money t h a t I could rec e i v e th e rest f rom th e Sta t e s*We have gone ahead wi th theplans on t h a t ba s i s . Theplans are now complete . The

es t ima te fo r the bu i ld ing I s$2111. The one-fourth share(,C


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HOKKAIDO CHRISTIAN MISSIONHISSIONABIESMr. and Mrs. Ernest Fabcr14 OodoriMinami 21 CliomeObihiro, Japan

FORWARDING AGENTSMr. and Mrs. Mcrton FateBox 182Danville, IllinoiBScad all faod*. io th s forwardint agrar .

WORKERS TOGETHEREx . 17 .

You Wi l l no t e In th e aboves c r i p t u r e t h a t th e I s r a e l i t e swere in ba t t l e with a ne ighboring. coun t ry . They were ab leto w in t h e battle b e c a u s e Aaron an^a ftip held up the handso f Moses , It was because o ft h e i r coopera t i on wi th eacho the r t h a t th e v i c t o r y wasga i ned .

A look a t our whole systemIn ' t h e States will revealt h a t we depend on co -ope r a t i onIn many t h ings . The co t tonfarmer depends on many companies to sup nly him with equlp-men t> se ed., f e r t l l l z 6 r r e tc Ino r d e r to f a rm . Then I n o r d e rto market h is produc ts he de -pend.s on oth ers-, to make and tos e l l the garments t h a t a remade of his cotton.

F u r t h e r t h a n this we s e et h a t co -ope ra t ion Is neces sa ryIn the l o c a l congrega t ion Paul emphasized the necess i tyo f ge t t i ng along toge therThere I s no place within thecongrega t i on fo r one to becomes e l f - c en t e red and ego t i s t i c a l ,Pau l , when he compared thechurch to a human body, wasemphasiz ing th e f a c t t ha t 'wemust la bo r to g eth er . Even asth e arm canno t say to ano the rmember, " I can g e t along wi thou t you," ne i t h e r can we saythis t o a f e l l ow c hu r c h membexvV/e need the minis te r , the Bl'->b le school t eacher , , the e l d e r ,the deacon,, and all o f theo the r s t h a t a re wi th in eve rycong rega t i on .Needless to say*, the sameth ing I s t rue fo r any who are

March 1958working on the mission f ie ldo r t rave l ing a t home onfur lough. The churches andth e miss ionary need to co-od-perate In many ways. I t goesw ith ou t sa yin g t h a t we cannotge t along without you. It i sa l so t rue t h a t you should no tbe ab le to ge t along without amissionary. He Is as necessary to you as I s the Minis te ro r t h e B ib le s c h o ol t e a c h e r .

The miss ionary needs th e fin a n c i a l a id that th e homechu rch can f u r n i s h . v ; i t hou tthis he will n o t be a b l eto remain on th e f i e l d . Further more. In order to publish book s and tracts that a r eso badly needed here In Japanth e m is sio na ry needs your money , But t h i s I s only one o fthe ways to help and coopera teIn preaching on the fo re ignfield.

The miss ionary ^ilso needsyour encouragement. Did your e a d I n HORIZONS wh e r e on eou t of 40 miss ionary a sp i r an t sg e t to the f i e l d and remainafter one t e rm? I wonde r howmany d id no t go o r d id no t ret u r n after their first te rmbe c au s e o f l a c k o f conce rn o fth e f o l k f rom home . We r ecen t ly received a much apprec ia ted tape recording from oneof the congregations . A fterthey had reco rded the churchs e r v i c e v a r i o u s members s a i d afew words . It was ve ry en -couTiBglng to hear them say,."'vi/eare praying fo r you." Anothergroup s en t us a pr in t ed pos tcard saying , . . l a&t Wednesday n i gh t 18 p rayed . .. t h a tthe Lord might bless . . . youIn His work there In Japan."

We a re a l so much encouragedby your church bu l l l t e n s aridweekly papers e spec i a l l y whent hey ment ion us In them.What does Pau l say? "We a relaborers toge ther with God."

The c l o s e r that we c an become to e a c h other t h e mo r e wecan accomp l i s h . L e t u s beworking t oge th e r f o r th e Lordt ha t th e Word o f God might besp read a t home and abroad .


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CONGR EGATIONA L ME ETINGThe first congrega t iona lmeeting In the hi s to ry of the

chu i ' ch he r e was he ld on J a nuary a.th. It was r a t h e r unexpec ted In a s much as the thi-eeCh r i s t i a n s came on this V/ed-nesday evening wi th ou t g iv ingus any p rio r n o tic e. Althoughwe had men t i o n ed that it wou ldbe necessa ry to have a mee t i ng

A number o f th ing s were dec ided In t h i s mee t i ng and f o llowing meet ings . It was dec ided to begin p r aye r meet ingand hymn p r ac t i c e the fo l lowing week. The f ou r t h Thursdaywas s e t fo r congrega t iona lmeeting with Bible study o the rThiirsdays fo llow ing prayermee t i ng . Also , a dec i s ion wasmade to have a summer camp o fat lea^t 3 days length. Campers a r e t o be at least J u n i o rHigh schoo l age o r o lder^Tenta t ive plans were made fo rAugust evange l i s t i c meet ingsat Ta l sho and Ob l h l r o a s washeld l a s t yea r . It was as ther e s u l t of t h i s meeting t h a to u r DVBS was h e ld in th e w int e r In add i t i on to one planned f o r th e summer . lAr, Oo-f u c h l v o lu n te e r e d to be ou rBib l e schoo l t e a che r and begant each ing in the vaca t ion Bibleschool . Monthly f i lm s t r i pmeet ings were planned fo r bo thOb i h l r o and T a l s h o . P l a n swe r e made for construction ofth e church bu i l d i ng a s ea r l ya s p o s s ib le w ith th e chu r chproviding i ofi the funds.

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Ve are dedica t ing th i sIssue to the memory ofV/alter L. V/alker who passed away February 8, 1958a t Sapporo^ Japan , Brot h e r Walke r i s th e F a t h e ro f Wesley Walker , formermiss ionary to Ind ia andnow laboring In Sapporo.His surv ivors Include h iswife who works with WesleyIn Sapporo and 3 daughtersa t home. Ernes t preachedth e memoria l sermon on th e11th o f B ebrua ry . We weremuch impressed with theChr i s t i an witness In thedea th o f t h i s one whomth e Jap an ese l oved .


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Fa^e 4Dear boys and girls.It I s n i c e and warm ou t t oday and we have been play ing

ou t s i d e a lmos t a l l morn ing .A couple of weeks ago we hadanother big snow storm. About20 Inches fell on top of th eold snow. A ll winte r longth e snow has been p i l i ngup on the no r th s id e of thehou se w h e re it falls off t h eroof. After t h e last snow o u rbedroom w indow was cove red ups o o u r ro om w as real da r l c .

VJe f e l t r e a l sor ry fo r J l r oChan an d I-^utsuko C han w hent h e i r Daddy died the otherday . J l r o Chan Jus t s t a r t s toschoo l t h i s year and Mutsulcow i l l bp a th ird g rad er . Thei rM o t h e r h a s be e n sick so theirb ig s i s t e r who i s abou t 15 hasto work to make a l iv ing fo rth e fam ily .We have s c h o o l In o u r hou s enow. Momnle Is teaching Lindaand Chucky from the Ca lve r t

Kindergar ten cou r se . We usua l l y hcive' school fo r an hourand a ha l f In th s morning. Wea re l e a rn ing little songs^s to r i e s^ and poems. We l i k eto draw,, cu t , p a in t , and maket h ings from c l ay . V/e haves c h o o l I n th e k l t c h e n - - n o w is-n* t tha t a funny place tos tudy? vie hfave low t a b l e s andlittle c h a i r s and Mommlebr ings In the little organ .

We went to Sapporo wi th Daddy end Mommle to Mr. Walke r ' sf une r a l . There we played wi ths ome little Amer i c an childrenfo r 2 days . It was the first

M a r c h 1958

At S dioo IAmer i c an c h i l d r e n we had s e e ns i n c e O c t o b e r .During school vaca t ion In

January we had a week of Vacat i o n B i b l e - s c h o o l at th e M iss ion home. Mr. Oofuch l t augh tus the s to ry of Joseph . Afte rthe s t o ry and s ing ing Motherhelped th e little ones wi tht h e i r memory verse end handwork, About 12 of us ga thereda r ound t h e k i t c h e n table. Oneday we cu t ou t pre t ty Bib lepictures from old Sundayschool papers and pasted themon t i n can l i d s . The averagea t t e n d a n c e was 25 wi t h 3teachers,

CHURCH BUILDING(ContrnutJ frontpage 1)

fo r th e f o lk here v; l l l meantha t they wi l l pay $546 . Theba l anc e t h a t mus t be r e c e i v edfrom you folk wil l be i l565.The church now has $233.77l e av ing us a ba l ance to r a i s eof $312 .23 . The miss ion has1463.50 in the bui ld ing fundl eav ing the miss ion a balanceof $1101.50 to r a i s e .Construction wi l l begin onthe ' building th i s comings p r i n g . We have funds to beg in the con s t r u c t i on . We a re

t r u s t i ng you fo r th e ba l ance .NEW CHRISTIANS(ContinueJ from page1)

n o t b een a s faithful a s th eo t h e r s . V/e pray t h a t he andAsada San, along with OofuchlSan wil l grow more in the Lord.


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if i t> Clir-isti/ MAY 1qH^ V IMAY 1 9 J3S8May Obih l r o , Japan 1958

BU I L D I N G LAUNCHED

The ground break ing se rv icefor the c h u r c h was held o nMarch 30 th , J u s t p r i o r toErne s t ' s t r i p to Kyushu. Mr,Sone , th e a rch i t e c t - con t r a c to r ,E rn e s t , Mr, Ofuch i and o th e r spa r t i c i p a t e d i n th e s e r v i c e .The p i c t u r e below shows Mr.Sone as he tu rned th e ground .As you wi l l no te in th e p icture there was a b o u t a foot o 'fsnow on th e ground a t t h a tt i m e .

The ground was su f f i c i e n t l ythawed in abou t t e n days sot h a t surveying and ac tua l workbegan on Apri l 8 th , On Apr i llUth the cement was poured fo rthe foundation and j u s t oneweek later on Ap ri l 2 1 s t th eframework was s e t up . Thiswas made poss ib le by cu t t i ngand notch ing the lumber whilethe foundation was being l a i d .The se t t ing up of the framework was somewhat compl ica tedb e c a u s e th e x 8 r o o f raftersand trusses we r e bolted andthen ra is ed to ge th er .

The bui ld ing i s supposed tobe completed by the middle o fJune , We hope t h a t it w i l l bes o o n e r t h a n this. The build

ing i s t ak ing shape ' ' a s t .With the put t ing on cT theb o a r d to wh i c h the '.rillbe app l i ed , we a re ab le to g e tan idea o f how the bui ld ingwi l l look when it i s completed,Erne s t i s ab le to go ove r a tl e a s t a couple o f t imes a daywhen he t a k e s tea t o t h e men^At t he se t imes he makes anychanges t h a t a re nece s s a ry asth e b u ild in g p ro g re ss es . Mr.Asada manages to come by a tl e a s t once a day dur ing h isde l i ve ry t r i p s wi th f u r n i t u r e .Mr. Oofuchi , a l so , t akes keeni n t e re s t in th e b uild in g andi s f requen t ly seen t he re ,

HELP NEEDEDBy dipping in to our l iv ingl ink we have been able to payalmost 2/3 of the building. Welack $l50 of the 2/3 that wasdue th e day t h a t th e f rameworkwas pu t u p .

I f you a re pl^xining to he lpus with t h i s bui ld ing program won ' t you do it now? The.enc losed envelope i s r eady f o rth e ma i l . We a re dependingon you to he lp mee t th e f i n a lpaymen t wh i c h w i l l be due somet ime in J un e ,


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Page 2HOKKAIDO CHRISTIAN MISSION

MISSIONARIESMr. and Mrs Ernes t F abcr14 OodoriMinami 21 ChomeObihiro, Japan

FORWARDING ACENTSMr. and Mrs. Merton FateBox 182Danvillo, IllinoisScttd all fond* to the forwardlas ageat.

MY BROTHER' S KEEPERGenc^ 4 :9Every since Cain answeredGod's question by saying, "AmI my brother 's keeper?" peoplehave been asking th e sameth ing. The same quest ion canstill b e a sk ed t oday*

The quest ion can be answeredonly yes o r no. There a remany who say no. These a ret h e on e s who a re c o nc e rn ed o nl y fo r t hemse lves . They guageeverything according to whether it will benefit t h em s e lves without regard to o the r s .They are in favor olf schoolbond s if their c h i ld re n a re inschool bu t wi l l vote aga in s tit if they have no ch i ld ren tosend to schoo l . They a re th eones who a re fo r impor t ingf rom a b ro a d if it means l owe rcos t but aga ins t it if theya re to have compe t i t i on- no tth inking as to how badly thefore ign count ry needs th et r ade . To say t h a t one i s no th is b ro th e r 's keeper i s tak inga selfish attitude.

Have you ever consideredt h i s ques t ion in a s p i r i t u a lway? I t appl ies every b i t asmuch. Am I a keepe r o f mybroth!* in Chr i s t ? There a r emany who would say, "no." Apply the princ ip le o f "causing ones brother to stumble"and they wi l l immediate ly taketh e a t t i t ud e t h a t t hey a re no tr e spons i b l e f o r t h e i r b r o t h e r .But we a r e , to a ce r t a i n ex- ,t e n t , OTjr b ro t h e r ' s keeper . I -wonder how many we have le da s t r ay because o f ou r ca r el e s s ne s s . It i a ou r r e spons i

bility to le ad a life t h a twill c a u s e o th e r s t o b e closer

May 1958to Christ.Are th e r e C h ris tia ns i n yourneighborhood who a re d r i f t i n gaway from th e church? Don ' t

wa i t fo r the p r eache r to makean a t t emp t to win them back .Take on th e r e spons ib i l i t yyou r se l f . Go v i s i t them. Te l lthem you missed them in Church.I nv i t e them to chiu?ch, o r t akethem if t hey do no t have a wayor if the father do e s n o t t a k eth e f am i l y .

As we l o ok o u t o v e r t h e h a r rvest fields we s h o u l d a s k ourse lves , "Am I ray bro the r ' skeeper?" There are thousandsupon thousands t h a t a re ou ts id e o f Ch r i s t . I f you don ' tbeleive i t sit down an d c o u n tamong your kindred those tha ta r^ n o t C h r i s t i a n . Then checkyour c lose f r i e nd s and ne ighb o r s and s e e . You will reali z e th a t th e list s t e a d i l ygrows. As fo r the fore ignfield i t is easier to c o u n twho is a Christian than tocoun t who is n o t . If I am myb r o t h e r ' s keepe r , t h en I amr espons ib le in t e l l i ng andsending the message to him.

As fo r he lp ing those in needwe t u rn them away wi th a c i i r trep ly and say, . " I am not concerned ." Jesus sa id , " I was as t ranger and ye took me not In:naked and ye c l o t h ed me no t :s i c k , and i n p r i s on , and yev i s i t e d me n o t . " When we neg l e c t th e poo r , th e s i c k , e t c ,we a re n eg le ct in g p a r t o f ourr e spons ib i l i t y . Write a cardan d visit t h e s i c k . Take somefood to t hose poo r fo lk up th es t r e e t . Help t h a t widow whoi s t ry ing to r a is e th a t b igf ami ly . Be a fa th e r o r motherto th e orphans when po s s i b l e .

We a re happy t h a t th e t h r eeChristians h e r e are s o muchinterested in e a c h other a n dmake it a po i n t to se e why th eabsent o n e wasn't at c h u r c h orsome o the r meet ing from t imeto t ime . It is th e e f f o r t 6 ftwo o f t han t h a t keeps a t h i r do n e Interested a n d o n ther i g h t pa t h .

Yes , we a re ou r b r o t h e r ' ske ep e r .


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Page 3MINISTERIAL STUDENT

M r, Ofu ch l h a s e n r o l l e d ina Bible Col lege CorrespondenceCourse to p r ep a r e h im s e l f f o rt h e min i s t r y* He is ve r y muchinterested in the Os a k a B i b l eCol lege and would l i k e to enr o l l t h e r e f o r h is t r a i n i n g .But be ing th e f a t h e r o f t h r e ech i l d r e n t h e r e a re many p rob l em s wh i c h wou l d h a v e to b eworked ou t t o make t h i s poss i b l e . At p r e s en t he i s working as a copy wr i t e r fo r h isfather's sm a l l t r a d e newspape r .With h is presen t job he i sable to ad ju s t h is workinghou r s to a l low t ime f o r s tudyand yet suppor t h is f ami ly ,

Mr, Ofuch i i s very s tud iousand pos se s se s good l e ade r sh i pab i l i t y . He appears to be aconsecrated Christian a n d wehave begun to see th e e f f e c to f h is t eaching upon h is sons ,

MISSIONAllIES MEETThe 1956 Church o f Ch r i s t

Miss ionary Conference washeld t h i s yea r a t the extremeend o f Kyushu, We were th egues ts t h i s yea r o f th e Maxeya n d Hammond families.

The s e rm on s w e r e b a s e d o nPhi l i pp i ans 1 , The emphas is ,a s f a r a s th e d i s cu s s i on p e ri od s were concerned , was one s t ab l i s h i ng Ind igenous chu rc h e s ,

The p ic tu r e below wi l l g iveyou an i d ea o f how many a tt e n d e d the conference. Th e r ewe r e mi s s i o n a r i e s f r om allo v e r Ja p an and Ok in awa ,

May 1958

Puppet Sho>vIt is always a joy to see

peop l e use their p a r t i c u l a rinterests and talents in th eservice of God. Mr, Asad^haslong had an interest in puppetshows, a l though he has had noexper i ence in opera t i ng one .Not long a f t e r he became aChr i s t i an he d es i red to t e a ch ,bu t no t having any pa r t i c u l a rt a l en t fo r speaking, he beganto th in k o f th e po s s i b i l i t y o fte ac hin g B ib le th rough puppe ts .

He has e n l i s t e d th e h e l p o fth e Eng l i sh Bib le Class s tudents a n d the others who cometo s e rv i ce s . The i r p r a c t i c ese s s ions fo l lowing Engl i shBible c l a s s provide some goodsocial t i m e s . Above is apictxu?e o f Mr, Asada prepa r i ngt h e pap i e r -mache o f which th ep up pe t heads a r e made . Mosto f th e p r e l im i n a r i e s have beendone by Mr, Asada . He has madeth e f ramework , r e co rded back-gro imd mus ic and done mos t o f

t h e preparation of t h epapie r -mache . They p lanth e first p r e s e n t a t i o n tobe i n June , They hope tou s e this med ium of teaching a t th e orphanage anda t va r ious k inde rga r t enschools a s we l l a s at theOb i h i r o a n d Ta i s h o children ' s meet ings ,

FOR YOUR PROGRAMS.We still h a v e some DVBS

mi s s i o n m a t e r ia l . F o ryou r miss iona ry mee t ingthe re is, a l s o , a 375ip s t ape av a i l a b l e fromour forwarding agent .


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Page 1^.Dear boys and g i r l s .

In th e p i c t u r e you see someof o u r friends who c ame toLinda ' s b i r t hday pa r t y . Thetwo little g i r l s on th e f r on trow a r e Mi t su e and Re iko , Theya re th e same age as Linda bu tsma l l e r than Chucky who i s twoyea r s younger . At ou r pa r t ywe had a very good t ime playing games. When we were p laying "Ring around the rosy"th e boys and g i r l s d id no t und ers ta n d th e words so they ' hadt o wa t c h Mommie to know whent o sit down . Once s h e du ck edunde r a s t r e ame r and eve rybodysat down in the m i d d l e of thesong,

Etsuko ' s boy f r i end made th es t r i ng o f pre t t y pape r b i rdsf o r u s and we t h ough t t h eywere so p r e t t y we dec ided touse them as pa r t o f ou r pa r tydecorations. The birds aremade by fo ld ing a square p ieceo f p ap e r .

In th e p i c t u r e a t th e bot tomo f t h i s page you see a ne ighbo r t u rn ing a bu i ld ing a round,by means o f the c ab le b ein gwound on t h i s s imple machineo n e man w as able to move thebui ld ing . Notice the coa ts themen a re wear ing . They a re madeo f ve ry heavy c l o t h wi t h th edes ign i s th e company ' s name.These coa t s and aprons o f similar des ign and ma t e r i a l a reworn by l a bo r e r s t h r oughou tJapan , The man t u r n i ng th ec rank i s wearing a towel t i edabou t h is hea

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