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NEWSLETTER
MARCH 1981

Julius & Virginia Fleenor

P.O. Box 13 h-2^~Q

Irumagawa, Sayama City, Saitama Ken 350-13 JAPAN Phone: 02^9-53-7262

Forwarding Secretary for funds in states:

IXTHUS MISSION TO JAPAN, J. Fleenors, c/o Irene Grice

715 - I4th St., S.E., Rochester, MN
Dear Faithful Friends,
WH) IS PRAYING OUT THERE? We are seeing the

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Julius and Virginia with the Fujita Family.
MR. FUJITA WAS BAPTIZED LATE LAST YEAR. His

80 year old mother first became a Christian

as a young girl, then his daughter accepted Christ at the Karuizawa Camp three years ago

results here in many ways.

Bless Youl

1981 has had a good start - even before we

have gotten word again to you through a
newsletter.

and in 1978 his wife accepted Christ at the

Mothers and Children camp. The three genera tions prayed and now Mr. Fiyita has taken the

step - a con^lete household for Jesus Christ.

PRAISE GOD - three more have been "baptized here at Sayama Church since our last news letter. There are other new people coming with real interest and hunger for God also.
PRAISE god for ANOTHER COMPLETE FAMILY AND KEEP PRAYING FOR MORE FAMILIES HERE IN SAYAMA AND OTHER JAPANESE CHURCHES WHERE ONLY ONE OR TWO OF A FAMILY BEWQ TO CHRIST.

In liiike 18:3-8 - Jesus gave a wonderful

parable about the widow who kept persis tently after a judge to avenge her ad versary. The judge, though wicked, avenged her because he was weary of her persistent cry for help. JESUS SAYS

At our last missionary prayer meeting one of our missionaries said with great sadness that
he wanted prayer for a woman who had come faithfully to church for three years, but her

strong Buddhist family kept saying, "Please

give up this Christian faith. We don't want
you to be in Heaven living without us and all

"SHALL WOT GOD THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE AVENGE HIS OWN ELECT, WHICH CRY DAY AND NIGHT UNTO
HIM "

your Buddhist ancestors and family." She came to the missionary saying, "l have decided to
give up my faith as I can't convert my family
and old friends and I will be separated from

If there is to be any impact in JAPAN it will be by the prayers of the saints with the preaching of the WORD.
This issue will t e l l of some of the teach

them for eternity."

Pray for this lady and

her family to all find "LIFE" in Christ.

ing and preaching and evangelistic efforts.
BUT WE NEED YOUR PRAYERS, TAKE THIS NEWS

LETTER TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU OFTEN PRAY,

OR TO YOUR PRAYER GROUPS. PUT TEIS ISSUE IN THE BACK OF YOUR BIBLE AND PRAY FOR ONE

MONTH FOR THESE REQ.UESTS AS Y3U ARE READING

YOUR BIBLE.

This is real missionary givingi

STEPHEN AND CAROL FLEENOR ARRIVE BACK in

Japan the evening of January 8, 198I.

AXter seeing Marcia off at the ship in the morning at Yokohama, we greeted a tired family of five at the airport that night. They stayed
with us until the 23rd of Jan. when their house

and furnishings were available for use in

Jesus. She gave us great Joy and help and we all felt an empty HANNO. At their first Sunday in Sayama Church

place when she left Jan. 8th, to go on a

Russian ship to go to Russia, then by train through Poland and on to L'ABRI in Switzer land to continue learning. She is studying

their youngest child, Debby, was baptized into Christ. Another complete family. She is

shown after her baptism.

Dr. Sato's wife,

"Aunt Norilio", whom Carol let to Christ three

years ago came to witness the baptism. Dr. Sato and his wife have served as youth spon-

Bible there and has set her goal to "be led by the spirit of God." She is a member of
the Countryside Christian Church, a sister
church of the First Christian Church of

sorts in I98O for the Sayama Youth, now they

got to help Stephen and Carol in the planting
of the Church in HANNO. The HANNO CHURCH had

Michigan City, Indiana (Julius' Living Link Church). Our son, Stephen, and family are
regularly supported by the Countryside Church.

its first services in February.

PRAISE GODi

It is good to have our grandchildren, Becky-

We expect to hear great things firom Marcia's

life. There are fruits of her caring and witnessing here in Japan.

12, Peter-95

Debby-6, with us.

BUT WHEIN HE SAW THE MULTITUDES, HE WAS M)VED WITH COMPASSION OF THEM, BECAUSE THEY FAINIfED
AND WERE SCATTERED ABROAD, AS SHEEP HAVING NO SHEPHERD HE SAID... "THE HARVEST TRUI.Y IS ^

PLENTEOUS, BUT THE LABOURERS ARE FEW:

PRAY THE lORD-OF THE HARVEST THAT HE WILL SEND FORTH

LABOURERS INTO HIS HARVEST.

Matt. 9:36,37,38

In January I98O we started with 8 yoimg peo

ple at Sayama, asking Dr. Sato and his wife to be youth sponsors. During the past year we have seen seven young people baptized into

Christ and added to this group.

Can5s,

The young man pictured with Julius is a printer, Mr. Yamada, who works with his father in Sayaioa City. He came at Christmas, having read the Bible for over a year. Mr. Yamada had been quite ill

special film evangelism, and a Christinas meeting have brought in new yoimg people. Two of the young men have expressed a desire to prepare to preach the gospel.
PRAYER HAS BEEN THE KEY

18 months ago when Stephen, our son, first

talked to him. He plays the piano and has

Pray especially for one young high school boy and girl who have a living faith in Jesus Christ, but their parents will not allow them to be baptized. Pray that they will have such a rich glow about their lives that their families might come into rela tionship with Jesus Christ. Both young people read their Bibles and come to services as often as possibles The""young boy, "age 13"^"

accompanied the worship music once and is showing continued growth. Pray his entire family be converted as he grows spiritually. Also, pray he may be completely healed of his health problem. He was baptized the

last Sunday of I98O.

said, "l believe onl^ in the Creator God and

that His Son Jesvis died for my sins on the cross, but my parents insist I go to the religious services once a month at the

Temple and wear this "amulet" blessed by the

priest for my protection, but I only do this

to please my parents."

We suggested that
Granddaughter, Debby Dana Fleenor, was

each time he is forced to go that he pray to the Creator God in the Name of Jesus silently in his heart and ask for the ears and eyes

of his family and friends be open to "THE WAY, THE TRUTH, THE LIFE".
TWO YOUNG MEN ARE PRAYING ABOUT BECOMING
PREACHERS

baptized the same night as Takahashi, pic tured here with Julius, Stephen, Mrs. Sato

(Auntie Noriko) and Carol.

Takaiiashi is

next to Debby and the young college student

next to him is one of our regular attenders to qIt our services since visiting Americans

These two young men have come to us asking

questions about "How does one prepare to

preach? How does a man make a living if he

in the U.S. for a homestay and living with a Christian family for a month last year.
Takahashi is a senior in High School and has become fast friends with our sons, John

preaches the gospel?"

We encourage these men to read the WORD, give them study helps, encourage them to
help in the services and to pray.

and Joe, and they have been to his home and

he is frequently in our home. When each new Christian is given a Bible,

We hope to take these two and others inter ested to Osakia Bible Seminary for a visit and to talk with some of our preachers in Tokyo who graduated from there. Both these young men plan to work a year after graduation from high school and study with Julius, Stephen, and other Japanese
preachers.
MAKE IT A DEFINITE MATTER OF PRAYER THAT GOD RAISE UP MEN OF GOD TO PREACH AND TEACH AND
EVANGELIZE IN THE CHURCHES.

we suggest they mark passages that the Holy Spirit makes particularly meaningful
to them. He has read all the gospels and we noticed he has almost everything marked

in red. He said: "it is all so good and I get so blessed by it all, I have to mark

almost everything on the page."

"How does one prepare to preach?

He asked,

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J^AMOCHURH (Niigata Prefecture)

Julius is pictured in front of the con^leted building in December with Mutsu Aono and daughter, Momoyo Aono, faithful child evangelists and personal witness evanWe were able to mak-e our goal of the final $5,000.00 parent to the contractor for I98O on the completed

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building for the KAMO CHURCH.

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SasaJii asked for $8,000.00 payment but reduced it on

November and we shall need to maJse only

Originally, Contractor

1983 and I98U at the present yen and dollar exchange

four more yearly payments of $6,000.00 in 198l> 1982,

In January a late gift came for Kamo so ^re sent $^00.GO

payment in January. Now we are praying God to bring in

$500 extra each month for the next four years so we

can make monthly payments to finish off this project.

Harris, supporters of ovir work in Japan whil visiting in November. Isle's interest in building pleased Mr. Sasaki very much. We've asked the Harris' to make it their prayer
ministry for this family and others they met. THE MTIEE SASAKI FAMILY came to church on Christmas at KAM), we are told. Look at this picture, pray for these and other strong

ter^came to camp last year'.*The's^n

said to his father upon his return:
reveals the ONLY "ERUE GOD.

"Surely Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the Bible

The picture shows Fern and liyle

This is the right religion."

Buddhist families in Niigata to the far north about UOO miles from Tokyo.
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WHAT IS YOUR MISSIONARY DOING?

Often people ask for a weekly schedule or a typical day in a missionary's

life. That is difficult because each week or day varies. That is one

"twHiJ A

of the tings we can count on daily.

That day will not go as we plan but

we take each opportunity as it comes to be witnesses to the people we meet and through the circumstances we find ourselves in for that day. But here are the regularly schediiled things on a typical w^ek;

Sunday: Preaching the Word in some churchj afternoon Bible class for
non-Christians5 fellowship and counseling with Christians.
Monday: Preparation for Bible study, Japanese, business, and sometimes

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helping another missionary or Japanese pastor or attending the Tokyo Churches of Christ Pastors Fellowship or Camp-planning Session. Maybe meet a visitor from the States at the airport.
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Tuesday: Two hours of teaching of rocket engineers in adjoining city.

Wednes: Teaching apPliceman Bible for two hours and preparation.
Thurs: Teach 6 hours, doctors and dentists at a Medical University in

Sakado City (30 min. drive from here). Dr. Sato's introduction.
Friday:
Sat:

Teach a medical doctor English Bible two hours. He is a specialist in reconstructive surgery for children and very interested in the Bible.
Preparation, relaxation and teaching two hours of English Bible in evening at Sayama to three government officials, one businessman and college students. One hour class in the afternoon for high school students in English Bible.

Julius is well, but has a bone spur on his heel, which, if it does not respond to treatment by doing as little standing and walking as possible, and to prayer for healing, may have to

be removed by surgery.

Pray for the iii5)rovement of this little "thorn in the flesh".

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WHAT IS VIRGIMIA'S SCHEDULE?

Virginia with a group of Japanese Japanese ladies in a private home in Sayama City. resiilt of that by. The result day was that two of the ladies adies started started coming coming to to church and studying the Bible under Julius. Julius. The The ible under little lady in the center, ttrs. Sato, Sato, and and her her , Mrs. daughter to the far right, , both both accepted Christ

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Wednesday

and were baptized. Both come out of of SokkogaKkai Sokkogalckai come out and their families have put much pressure on at much pressure on them to recant and have sent weekly from ent someone weekl^r
that Buddhist sect to threaten them with curses

location of the church where we lived for ^5 years. Four of the ladies shown are "others from the kindergarten Virginia had there for 15 years. Three of the

and plagues and economic

have become Christians.

saten them with curses troubles they troubles because because they

Christiajis and worship at the Sayama_Church. Two others have confessed ^ Christ. PEAY TOE THE HA.GAS in whose home we meet. They are Christians.
Thursday:
afternoon.

Virginia teaches English and

PRAY FOR Mrs. Kaide and her 2r mother mother who had had to to

Bible to ladies in our home morning and

Saturday: Virginia teaches 5 hours of English and Bible to children ages 5 to
l6 in various one hour classes. Some of

have heart surgery a week after her baptism, to

The Buddhists told 3f her leaving Sokkoher she got sick because of
stand fast in their faith.

gakkai. Her doctor said it was a miracle at age 72 that she survived difficult surgery. Mrs. Sato is giving glory to God, but her son
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these are now coming to the Sunday School

classes also as a result of these classes.

yeb Turbid CUi'iiiLicUi

Sunday:" "Vrgin"a~t5sclies "Englislr-and

Japanese combined Bible class for Junior age children in connection with the Sunday school and works with the Japanese teachers in the planning of their programs.

visitors.

So we phone and d pray.

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MAJH WORK AIJD JOY IS THE CARE OF THE H3ME mi) FAMILY AHD TO BE HOST ESS TO MAlfY JAPAIJESE AROUND OUR TABLE FOR MEAIS AND TEA AND ANSWER

THE PHONE, AND DO THE MISSION SECRETARY WORK FOR JULIUS. tainment of American guests is also often on the agenda.
FAMILY NEWS:

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The pictures to the left show Laurie. John, and Joe

with one of the young people who came to summer cairp "OSAWA", who
is a believer in Christ, but not allowed to be baptized because of

his family's strong non-Christian Japanese New Religion called

"OMIKAMI" whose leader states he believes in Christ but that he
himself is greater than Christ and sent to speak for God now to the

Japanese.

This boy's mother comes to my weekly Wednesday Bible

PRAY FOR THEIR EYES TO BE OPEN to know

Class and loves the Bible.

John 17:3 in reality. Joe again miade Far East awards on the wrestling team and the Merit

Roll, John continues as wrestling team manager at school and a jogger and president of the Sayama Youth Group. Laurie is on the Rally
Cheer leader group. Loves to play and endures the study end of school, but seems to keep her head above water. All three are a joy and a help in attracting you people to Christ.

Eli Shozen is Julia's youngest son, age 3 and Joshua is 8.

They

were with our children at home at Christmas and a great joy to us. Grace Fleenor is in third year at N.C.C. and the U. of Oregon in Eugene, and works with the youth at the Westside Church of Christ. Dana Lee had to drop out of Talbot Soninary in California after a semester because of lack of funds but she now has a Job for a Japanese company in the L.A. area and attends the La Mirada Church of Christ. She plans to return to college in a year. Stephen and Carol Fleenor returned to Japan on Jan. and we see them

and our three grandchildren weekly as they are only an hour's drive
away. Often the children come to o\ir house after school or we can baby sit them on occasion here so we are blessed to have them after

18 months of furlou^in the States.

PRAY FOR OUR ENTIRE FAMILY OF FLEENORS AND AlfiO JULIA AND SHINICHI

SHOZEN AND FAMILY.

Sincerely,

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NEWSLETTER
IXTHUS

JULY 1981

Julius & Virginia Fleenor

Phone: 0249-53-7262

P.O. Box I3 4-25-8

Irumagawa, Sayama City, Saitama Ken 350-13 JAPAN

Forwarding Secretary for funds in states:

IXTHUS MISSION TO JAPAH, J. FleenorS; c/o Irene Grice

715 " l4th St., S.E., Rochester, MN 559^1
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Dear Faithful Friends:

We must ask again as we did in our last newsletter:

WHO IS PRAYBfG OUT THERE 1? WE ARE SEEING RESULTS!:

Now 1981 is ha.t-F finished and since our March Newletter 7 more have been baptized into Christ here at the Sayama Church.
JULIUS PICTURED WITH THE HAGA FAMILY

Our Sunday School has tripled in size.

Sunday classes also.

Many of

Virginia's Saturday English class now come to the

The new church up north in KAMA asked Stephen, our son who has just planted a church in HANNO, to come up and hold meetings. He held a meeting in June. Now, as a result, they have four decisions for

the day three more family members were baptized into Christ. KEEP
PRAYING FOR COMPLETE FAMILIES TO BE WON TO CHRIST.

Christ and ask Julius to come and baptize these.

All are adult Christians from two families KEEP PRAYING FOR FAMIIilES FOR THESE NEW CHURCHES.

Julius' summer schedule means that after hours of getting the buildings ready by working two days a week there in June and July, he will be

Stephen and Carol's work at HANNO is growing tool

KARUIZAWA SUMMER CAMP SCHEDULE BEGUN

teaching and preaching in Sayama Wednesday through Sunday ajid go up to Karuizawa Mondays and Tuesdays.
As we write this letter it is 100

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I983r

and 100*]^ humidity and only sometimes

cools off at night.

Two small camps have been completed in July so

far. Three young people made confession of faith

PROJ^ICT SUMMER I982

V.B.S.

S.O.S.

in Jesus Christ, pending their parents' per

mission for baptism.

We are asking all our supporting churches to consider sending their

Vacation Bible School Mission offer

The last week in July we shall have 60 children

from the IBueda (Nishi Arai) Chixrch.

In August Daughter Julia Shozen will have 15

children for a camp and then son, Stephen, and wife, Carol, will conduct three family camps.
The buildings really were in bad condition after

ings to a Camp Karuizawa FACE LIFT. We need painting, roofing, and double windows so the camp can be used year

round.

We think a $10,000 to $15,000

a very hard winter this year so Julius, Virginia and 3 children spent many days working to get

budget will do it. Need for new floor covering, etc., to make buildings tighter are all being considered.

the camp "ship-shape".

PRAY FOR A GREAT HARVEST OF LIVES GIVEN TO CHRIST IN SUMMER CAMPS ALL OVER JAPAN!

If you are interested in a V.B.S. Project we will send you a complete packet of pictures, 5 stories to be
told daily, or a tape and slide pre sentation. We need to know how many packets to send and prepare so you will get them by March or April next year. Please clip and mail in the enclosed envelop your request.

John and Joe will go to work for two weeks in the Shinshu Camp of the Stan Battrays, one hour north of our camp during August, and assist in three of our Karuizawa camps also.

REQUEST FOR VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL PACKET FOR SUMMER I982 FOR JAPAN CAMP PROJECT
Name: Address: Church:

Number of children and approximate number of Primary Junior H.S. High S. Mission packet will be free if you wish to send the V.B.S. Mission offering to IXthus Mission to Japan for Karuizawa KING'S CAMP.

Would you like Origami (Paper folding book of figures and paper supplies) for handwork?
For how many children and what age groups?

is true3 and people say, show us more of the family so here I am a missionary wife smiling over a Mother's DayBouquet. Many people say, write about a typical day or

THE ORIMTAL SAYING "A PIGTUEE IS WORTH A MILLION WORDS"

week and that is pretty impossible. There is a schedule of classes to teach, but being a missionary is Just

"being" and one of the Joys we have after 30 years in

Japan is to find our two oldest children who are married

have also wanted to live in Japan with the Japanese, and Stephen and his wife, Carol, and their three blond chil dren are great fun to have. Our blond Julia and Japan ese husband Shinichi come to stay overnight once a month
or so. The picture below shows the occasion of cele

brating Eli's 3rd birthday and Joshua's 8th. Julia cooked a Sukiyaki dinner (rice and beef and vegetables

cooked at the table in an electric skillet).

when all the family is together.

Our

family in Japan is so big we flow over into the living 3X)om to the coffee table. This is one of the fun days

Shinichi Shozen has won another award for a

Stephen s Peter and Julia s Joshua are 9

house design and teaches at Nihon Uiiversity also. Juliawatches Eli as we sing Happy Birthday1

and 8 years old and good playmates when

they get together.
sticks to eat.

Yes, we use chop

Becky is 12 and is Stephen s oldest child.

Laurie is 13, Just one year older, and 3 inches shorter. Laurie has two bodyguards

Our No, 1 Son (Cho-nan) and wife, Carol,

live only an hour away and Debby, their youngest, keeps us all laughing. Stephen drops by often and Jogs 3 days a week in the park next to the Sayama Church.

with her brothers, John, 17, and Joe, l6,

whenever she goes far from home. They keep the house full with other teenagers Japanese and American. Pun and nOise and

life and Joy and prayers for patience are

the name of the game.

Virginia has been asked to escort three Japanese teenage girls to California and Oregon for

three weeks in August.

They, in turn, cover Laurie and Virginia's round trip fares.

So we

shall have the Joy of seeing Dana Lee in California and Gracie will come from Oregon to Join us. What a wonderful blessing and chance God gave us in escorting this very small group. We will teach them English on the way and they will all attend church and be in Christian homes. One girl is a Christian and the other two veiy open to Christian teaching. Pray they might see Christ in the American Christian homes.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR FAITHFUL SUPPORT FINANCIALLY AND WITH PRAYERl I sincerely,

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NEWSLETTER

'THcAitoti t&
Julius & Virginia Fleenor P.O. Box 13 4-25-8 Irumagawa, Sayama City, Saitama Ken 350-13 JAPAN
Phone: 0429-53-7262

THANKSGIVING 1981

Forwarding Secretary for funds in States; IXTHUS MISSION TO JAPAN, J. Fleenors, c/o Irene Grice
715 14th St., S.E., Rochester, MN 55901
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GREETINGS from your Missionaries - Julius & Virginia

to OUR FRIENDS - everywhere!!
WE GIVE THANKS ON EVERY REMEMBRANCE OF YOU. Again

we are sending a THANKSGIVING letter rather than a Christmas letter. You and we are bound together thru
the ONCE GIVEN GREAT GIFT OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST,

Virginia and Julius pictured above with

the Kazaifias. Julius baptized her 6

Rev. 1:6 says; "He (Jesus) has made us to be a KINGDOM OF PRIESTS". So after much thought we have decided to set aside November daily time to go thru our entire mailing list and pray for each of you as the Holy Spirit guides us.
YOUR MANY GIFTS TO US;

years ago.

This month they came telling

Another complete

of his conversion. family for Christ.

PRAY FOR MORE FAMILIES FOR CHRIST

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We want to thank you, who for 31 years since we have come to Japan, have sacrificed and prayed with us. Many of you have written of awakening in the night and praying for us. Many have wept with us when we have had personal sorrow or loss. For you all - it is easy to give thanks!
HOW ABOUT THE BAD THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO US;

Looking back we can see our failures, disappointments and we can say again and again: "How I
wish I had done this or that differently." It is probably the same with you. But the WORD

says; "IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS". So this month, as we pray for you, we are also going back in our memories to give thanks for the troubles, sufferings, failures, and pain because we know, as Paul, the apostle, says; "These things have fallen out for our good,"
WILL YOU SET ASIDE A TIME TO PRAY FOR SOME REAL NEEDS IN JAPAN:

(1) Pray for every Japanese who has ever read a gospel tract, a scripture portion, or the
Bible or ever attended a Christian service of Sunday School or Christian Camp. Pray for those who hear the radio and television programs where Jesus Christ is preached. Pray these
to seek out Christians to lead them to Christ.

(2) Pray for a moving of God's Spirit on the heads of state and for those who print in books, magazines and newspapers that God will use these in an awakening as a result of the sowing of the Good Seed with much prayer over the last 40 years. Pray for the Imperial Family.
(3) MORE BIBLES HAVE BEEN SOLD IN JAPAN THAN ANY NATION IN THE WORLD BUT THE UNITED STATES. Pray that these Bibles be read with life-giving results.

(4) REMEMBER DECEMBER 7, 1981 as the 40th Anniversary since Pearl Harbor. You and I can now see through a tragic war experience how God has opened the doors of Japan as never before, America and Japan are locked into a political and economic partnership. But we pray that Christians in Japan and America might be locked into a spiritual fellowship in Christ Jesus

in a joint spiritual awakening to be used to bring the Prince of Peace to the knowledge of
the entire world.

(5) Pray for the Japanese pastors, the missionaries, and the entire Church in Japan to be purified and revived by the power of the Holy Spirit through the Word and prayer, Hideo Yoshii of Kyushu (whom Mark Maxey was instrumental in bringing into the ministry of Jesus Christ) spoke at the All Japan Convention of Churches of Christ in July of this year. "He used statistics from a recent Japanese newspaper survey in Japan to show that they may be on the verge of a religious awakening and revival in Japan" - quote taken from Horizons,
Sept. 15, 1981, page 6.
OTHER COUNTRIES PRAYING FOR JAPAN.

A church of 10,000 members in Seoul, Korea, is setting aside daily prayer time to pray that
Japan will have 10,000,000 converts in the next 10 years.

May God make 1982 the greatest year in our lives as we join HIS -DIVINE PLAN for each of us.
In His Great Love,

z:r Note: Picture to right shows September celebration of John and Joe's birthdays (17 and 18 now) with our family members. Yes, there are 14 of us in
Japan!

Nobuta and Reiko KAIDE are shown a f t e r his

baptism this month. MRS. Kaide and her mother were baptized last year. Mr. Kaide came asking Julius to teach him. He wanted
to be a Christian head of his home. The

KAMO CITY CHURCH GROWS. Last year many gave offerings to enable the Kamo Church to have a building. Mr. Igarashi, one of the carpenters who worked on that building, is pictured in white kimono the day he was baptized in October
OPEN DOORS IN KAMO CITY

Buddhist sect Sokkogakkai, which they left when they accepted Christ, has called and phoned many times telling them they will be cursed for leaving their religious group. Pray for their 2 teenage children to come
to Know Jesus Christ as Saviour too.

In September, our son, Stephen Fleenor, with a team did special house-to-house calling and school evangelism in Kamo. The result: 14 enrolled in the Bible correspondence course and expressed interest in becoming a Christian. One man who owns a Tutoring School said, "I am not a Christian, but am very interested in the Bible. Could two missionaries come to my school and teach English and Bible once a month when they come to help the Kamo Church in evangelism?" The result: Julius and Dale Wilkinson (fellow Christian Church missionary living in Sayama) will teach 3 hours each Sat. once a month in that school. They are free to teach anything they want and the school will pay for their round trip transportation from Sayama to Kamo (a 7 hour drive or train trip).
KAMO CITY BUILDING PAYMENTS

We have been able to send $500.00 a

month in

1981. We have many year-end expenses so we shall need $3,000 by Dec. 31st over our regular income. ALL SPECIAL CHRISTMAS OFFERINGS
STEVE FENN, Minister of the Creswell Church
WILL GO FOR THESE NEEDS.
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of Christ, and his wife, Pat, are pictured above at our Sayama table enjoying a Japanese feast brought in by the Ladies Bible Class.
WHY DID THE STEVE FENNS COME TO JAPAN -

ANSWER:

TO HELP WITH OPERATION FACE-LIFT FOR CAMP

Oct. 25 to 30th this year?

KARUIZAWA

When Virginia was in the States in August she talked with the Fenns. Steve Fenn headed the construction crew that came last year to Japan and built Stephen Fleenor's Church-House complex at great savings. Steve Fenn is a contractor as well as a minister of the gospel. We used

our mission funds to pay his round trip fare here in October and he paid for his wife to accompany him. He spent time looking over the camp building for structural soundness and to make drawings and notes and estimates on winterizing and enlarging the main meeting room to make it 18 feel longer. He is willing to come in the Fall of 1982 to head up this project.
THE FINAL LINE; Steve Fenn estimates that for $20,000 we can completely winterize the present

building, put in double-glass windows, paint, repair, insulate and enlarge the multi-purpose
room. The building can then be used 12 months" of the "year instead of 5 months. Steve Fenn is willing to be contractor and help do the purchasing and shipping of all material from Oregon. His wife, Pat, will cook for the crew. WE SHALL NEED 3 volunteer carpenters, who will pay their

own plane fares, and donate 2 or 3 weeks to this ministry.

(Contact Steve Fann, 43202 Christmas

Tree Lane, Creswell, OR 97426 if you are interested) or write us directly. The hope is that V.B.S offerings we receive in June and July of 1982 will amount to the total needed and

materials will be purchased in August and shipped by container so the project can begin the last week of Sept. and be completed by mid-October 1982 ready for a Thanksgiving and Christmas
and New Year snow camp. Then we shall have a serviceable building for many years to come.
OUR PRAYER WITH THE STEVE FENNS around our table was "Lord, if this project is what you want

please bring everything together as to workers, funds, purchasing, shipping, and Japan customs.
PLEASE USE THIS FORM AND MAIL IN THE ENCLOSED SELF-ADDRESSED ENVELOPE
NAME: ADDRESS: CHURCH:

We want to send our VBS Mission offering in 1982 for Japan.

Please send us a VBS packet

We want to send our summer camp missionary offering. Need a speaker or mission packet We want to pray for this project and will make a special offering in our S.S. or Church

for this project in 1982

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