belew william akemi 1985 japan

8/10/2019 Belew William Akemi 1985 Japan

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18-37-6

Sakura:;i-c

Sanjo-shi,

Nligata-ken

955 Jap

|S|IIGATA

CHRISTIAN |\/|ISSIO

; -:he ^ilSEI? SON

in

the land of

the

risin/^ sun

Volume

Ju ly 2, 1985

No

GH.ilS

I30Ni]]5Ta:iIL

AigVES;

Our intern, Christine iBonesteel arrived in Japan on March 3, I985.

Chris has already proven to be a tremendous help by caring for and

teaching our

little ones that cone

with

their

parents during

Sunday

meetings and other Bible studies. Along wih being busy with

NGM

Ch

is

being a idtness

to

those students she teaches English to at

the

Ka

City

High School. V/elcomo GhrisS We re

glad

your ro heroJS

TWO

A,{E

i lay

26,

1985 Has

a very special

day

as

19

friends gathered to witness

our f irst tuo baptisms, Toshi Ikarashi, a ladj in her mid-30 s, and

Midori

GhailK.i5 ania

a

Jr.

Hi.

girl ,

bcith from

ICamo City confessed Jes

as their Lord and

Saviour

and wore

baptized

into Him. P.lAISE GODS

FEN.

PALS

lEIilDED

You can bo a

holpfiil

witness for the cause of

Christ

by being a pen

p

to a Japanese

collogo student.

f you are interested please send you

name

to

.^111

Bolo:;,

I8-37-6

Sakuragi-cho,

Sanjo-shi,

Kiigata-ken

955

Japan or Jim eaid idelodie Hood, 25-8 5 chome, Kobari, Niigata-shi,

Niigata-ken

950-21

Japan.


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NEWS F C T

CTnT

I

It seems

so hard to oelieve, Z the time

have planned to

stay

i n Japan

i s

already passedl I t fe e ls l i ke t was only l a s t week t h a

we

began unpacking

ou r

thJ.ngs, a month

a t th e

most.

In

so

many

ways

the time

has swept l^y a lm os t u nn ot ic ed .

Our

language study i s n t

co

ing along

as

quickly

as

we d

like but i t

has

come

fa r

enoxigh

t h a t

w

c an u nd er st an d

some

o f

irhat i s

being

said around us. As

for an y

fe a

t h a t we o r

anyone else

might have had t h a t wo wouldn t

have enough

t

do

her e i n Japan

you

can

p u t

your

f e a r s t o

r e s t .

I f you ve

boon

looking fo r

a

way

:to

help

missionaries in

a

meaningfu

way, I

have

a

few

idoas fo r you. F i r s t

keep

on

praying? Your

pray

have been

payiiig

i n a b ig way. Second most o f o u r t i m e i n E i b l e

stu d ies i s devoted to

explaining

the basics

o f th e Gospel

to

.those w

have never

hoard i t .

That i s exciting bu t

we miss

th e opportunity

to hoa?:

and

be

fed

rry

cthep s. I f

your congregation

records

sermons

an

occasional ccpy

of a.sciTnon o r

two

woiild bo greatly

appreciated i

you

c ou ld se nd them. T hi rd w e r e l oo ki ng fo r a

couple

o f good w ri

e r s

from

l i i g h

s c h o o l

a g e t h ro u g h

r e t i r e m e n t . S e v e r a l

o f

t h e

s t u d e n t

a t

the

school lyherc wo teach h ve expressed

i n te re st i n

having an

American p6n-;i?al.

I f a t a l l possible we d l ike to

match them

up

vd

C h ristian s.

Please

send

-cs

your

name

and address i f you a re i n t e r e s

e d .

Meloclio h as

been tcaclring

two

l a d i e s

B i bl e

s t u d i e s with th e h e lp o f

Aksmi

Below.

The

f i r s t

Bible stuOy i s on tJodnesdays i n

Sanjo

and.the

second

i s

on

Tharcdays

i n

our

hone.

L a s t

week we

began

a new

Ja pa n

ese / Ei?gli.th study with

f;evon

of our

friends

from th e American Club

a t t e n d i n g . t

i s

c-^ ci t i ng t o

s e e th e

doors i n t o

l i v e s t h a t

a r e

ope n

i n g . I n

liim

Jim and Melodic Hood


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FÔM

H'iTB.iN

Chr i s

Pbnes t o e l

After

a

year

of

waltins and

much

prayer,

I am

in JapanJ There

were

many

times

in that

year that

I wondered i f Japan was

really

where

th

Lord

waaitocl

mo to go. But, everytime I prayed, Lord, show

me

your

wil l , t

alviays pointed

to Japan,

In

FelruaJry

, things

s ta r ted

to happen fas t Dehbio Bovrers called a

told

mo that there was an opportunity to teach at a high

school

near

Niigata and s t i l l

have time to work

with

the

mission.

I was very

excited

and said,

Yes. But,

I

didn' t

have my visa. So, the next

day I got

my

app li ca tion for a visa

and

started to

gather

a l l

the

pa

worlz

week later I

sent

i t

off

to

the

Consulate

in

Chicago, I

fig

ured

that

I d have

to

vjait a

long time and everyone

I

laaow iv-as prr:,in

tha t the GonsifLate would work fas t , krayer

really

works. A week la

I had my vi sa and on March 3^ d, I was in

Japan

I am

very

exc i t ed

to

be here ,

There i s so much

work

to

be

done

and

a

always

i s

the psroblem on any mission

f ie ld, there

is not enough

help

I thinli I 'm

adjus t ing

voi-y well , I have

been

homesf.ck a few t ines ,

but

t

lias

never

lasted fo r

a

long poriod.

I

enjoy

my

work

a t

the

mission and a t the high

school.

1 enjoy mee ting new

p-eople and the

many

exporioncos

I have as a fore igner .

Thank you fo r your prayer support o f our mission. t i s

gropd-ly

ncc

everydey. IJo cou ldn t do ovr trcik fo r the Lord witho-:t you

TJO TO

AT-I^Tr)

CH^JINfÂTl EIBLB COJ.-LET^

^MI3

Mariko ITa -;r/3a-:a a 30 yoca^ old teacher a t Obuiioha Lr.ri.:::*3go f/ohcol,

and

Mutsuko

..atann.be, a

21

year oldônior a t the ITiigata Ui.ivcrsity

have

emol iod

fo r the '85 Fal l torn

a t

CBC. Both

l.-ifdcs

on

furthe??ing the i r

Snglish studies

as well as got a bet lior g li -pGe of

Cln l s t i a i i i t y .


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ON THE FS ^SONAL SIDE '

1

Things c o n t i n u e

t o be

busy and

oiir

;

family

happy

a s

we

serve

h e r e

i n

N i i g a t a Japan^

Benj i c e l e b r a t e d

h i s

bir thday

on Nay 30- And,

our family

i s

now looking

forward

t o

tho

biicthday o f

another

baty

Belew i n

January

of 1986

Ne a r e a l s o t h z i l l e d a t t h e s p i r i t

u a l b i r t h s o f

T o s h i

I l i a r a s h i

a n d

Midori Chilcaiyama.

With

t h e s e

two :

bavin; ;

s o t the f i r s t examples, we

pray

t l i a t o t h e r h e a r t s w i l l open

t o

the message

o f

t h e

gospel . V o

a n t i c i p a t e

i ;':'ro

c o l e b - a t i o n s

around

tho baptistry in

one

of

the

'

c l a s s r o o m s

off

o f

o u r home in t h e .

days

ahead.

Our

God is te-uly

GdEAT a n d

w o r t l ^

o f

g l o r y and. honor. You keep on

praying and w e l l keep on

f i s h i n g .

Gone F i s h i n g

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