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t IM.-'U,ouliig dcy on Cha^s* Hotorogrole.The o t ^ m t for three days at the U^ass o:r Hdcosal sahaol looated i n a wood*ed se&tl^ of western Sappho aar tht; 70 :;'ctorttJont^Mthousand traots o ^ l ^ ** parli^iel this sm?9er Ve planto p^i35 (3\2t m^rsCl thott3-C'>^ FdstivAl Jbig'ast.ll-lja XhsT^st -tdlX bo u 5 ^ a t a l a t e r datliinda oaae onKay l6th to help with the work. Shs' spont the first ftv m$ln

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^ JAN ' i-Jovenibor 13 1972TomaUomaif JapanDear Fr iends in Chr i s t ,It was Sunday a.m. October 21, the last day of our Way fall evai^elistic mftet-ing# The invitation hymn^ follotvin^ i-Ii'. iiatsushioa's message, was boin sung "fciy thosQpresent. It was a tlirill to v/atch a young iS-yoar-old beauty school student coneforiwd in response to the in^n.tation. Shortly aftorwards, 3 Junior hi^h boys alsocame forwards The following Sunday the girl and one of the boj'-s vrere baptized. Theother two boys are awa^.ting permission from tneir parents.

As you knoiv* these are the first baptisms here in TfflualcOTiai. (Previously ajunior high girl had mad her "confession at camp but was never able to be baptised.)f.Ve are looking forr^ard to others in the near future. The boy who was baptized hasbeen in Sunday 3chool from the beginning of the X'jork here. His entire family waspresent to witness his joy in Christ. They bought him a new school uniform for thooccasion and he had insisted on a fresh haircut His happiness in meeting Christ inbaptism was a lasting witness to his famil?/*.Linda left August 21ct after working with us through tho summer as previouslyreported. She is no'j in a nursing proijraT.o lier address is 1701 5th Ave#i Scotts-bluff, IIB 69361= August 31st, the day after "rrandmoth^r Faber arrived in Japan, theolder boys returned to lolQro and tho .arricks for high school. Don began his juniorhigh studios in the ilokkaido International School in iapporo. He boarded duringtho v;eek in oapporo for a few weeks but is now commutin.^ from Tomakomai every daysince there is no danitory open. This is a hour bus ride one way. i4eva beganteaching at Don's school to^iay as a substitute teacher for the next ei^ht days.Charles and Ulan returned homo from Cokyo for a week lon^ early Thanksgivingvacation on .-'riday, I'lovembGr 3-'d9 Jo had our rhanksgl '/in^ dinner the follovri.n'^ Friday sharing i t with two Rotary exchan;; students now livin:; in Tomakomai. Ruth isf ran Xcnia ani Joan i s from .'ew ..'ork. Ituth, a member of tho Jon^regat iona l :hr i s -

t i an Jhurch, at tends the ..unday evening worship service .vJith the exception of the land immediately around the mission house and, ofcourse, Tomakomai *s church land the land we had hero in Tcanakomai has been sold.

This money i s bein ^ used for land in apporo.On August 29 we contracted to buy apiece of land in tho llorth Sapporpj areasuccessfully brinj in ; to a close three months of effort in securin-; land. Upon oarreturn from furlough in 197^ i^^e plan to be^in a fiew work Inhere. 'Je have heard ofsome confusion on our move to Sapporoo This new "area is located at *orth 40th Streetwhereas .