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y

Septombor 29 1952

Dear B ro th er H a ro ld :

Marcia said she would t ry to write you

i f

she f e l t up to but

perhaps

i t

is

important

4>nough

for

both of us to write. The

following

paragraph is a

quote

from le t ters I am sending

ouf to those

who have

inquired:

We have received

some reprocussions

from the announcement in th e

August HORIZONI

about our lack of finances

and

justly so.

Somewhere

t rue conditions were exagerated. I t i s

true

tha t in

April

and May

we did

have

a

d i f f i cu l t

t ime because offer ings did not come

in

time

to meet

some

responsibi l i t ies and there

was no

reserve to fa l l

back

on.

However we

did

not se l l any

furniture.

(This

statement

was made

in

some

let ters not

in

HORIZONS By

July offer ings had come

in

so we

could

make our

t r ip

to Hokkaido

from

personal fu nd s.

Also there

are

only 5 native workers,

instead

of.24,

who

are wholly or partial ly

dependent

on

us for

support.

hope

this diacrepency will

not

hurt

your t rust in

Brother MacFarlani or

in

HORIZONS

He

is

doing

a diff icul t

job and deserves our whole

hearted

support.

Perhaps you have

alredy

been asked

as the

Coles

have, what

is

the

oiatter with

th i s

bunch over here

to

l e t

a

family

go

hgngry. were

far from going hungry. did sel l some personal

things

to try to build

up a

reserve.

The reprocussions

also

caused my ar t ic le in

the next

Osaka News

to

be dras t ica l ly cu t As fo r the o the r mi ss ionar ie s here

on the f ie ld they were having jus t as hard a time

f inancially

as we were.

This

las t paragraph

sounds l ike I'm sore but

I don' t want

i t that

way.

You

did what you thought was right. Because Marcia

doesn't

keep

copies

of

le t ters she

sends

you, I don't

know

what she

wrote.

I t

makes

no

di f fe rence

now.

Whatever

damage

there

was

i s

done.

I wri te

th is to

you

only to t e l l

you

personally how

I

feel .

As

far as

I am

concerned

no

public statement need

be made

about th e ma tte r.

Three weeks ago Marcia made

an

appointment in the

Air

Force hospi ta l

in Nagoya for a physical examination. She has been in Nagoya since,

part

of the t ime in

the

hosp i ta l and the r e s t of

the

t ime a t

the

Davisee.

The day

she

went to

see

the doctor

her eyes

and flesh became a definite

yellow

color. Though some tests were

negative they have

been

treating

he r

fo r

Yellow

J aund ice

However

th e d is sc olo ra tio ns a re

le av in g to o

soon

for

ordinary

yellow

i^aundice.

This week

they

are

making

more

t e s t s

and further t reatment wi l l be required. do not know how much

longer

she

will be in Nagoya.

In

the meantime th e child ren and I are

here

a t Koyoen. They are

learning to accept mo

as both Mammy

and

Daddy

and I am doing

what

I

thought

I could never do be a mother,

though

a p o o r

o n e

The

Seminary opened i t /sral l

term

September

25 with a

Rally.

The

students

gave reports o f t he ir a c ti vi ti es during Ju ly and August. I t

was

helpful to

them

to note

tha t while

they

spent much time

holding

services , with atfcendances

averaging more than 100, yet there was a

very small percentage of baptisms

54

in a l l

the work from Nagoya

to

Ifenoya.

Mr.

Clark pointed out

to

them

there was not

enough

time spent

in

personal

evangel ism. There

was

a n a vera ge

of

lees

than 1

ca l l

per

day. A good note is that the students came back resolved to study hard

to better prepare themselves to serve the Christ . There are

16 students

in the

day classes of

OBS

and 7

others in the

nigh t c lasses which j u s t

began

again

t h i s f a l l

are

grateful to

you

for

the help you

are

giving missionaries,

Haro ld and we be l i eve God

wi l l b les s your

e f f o r t s

Sincere ly a Brother in Chr i s t

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Nov.

11,

1952

Dear Br o t h e r Ha ro l d

This

month s tsr ted

off

the

special ly busy season of the year

foi .us .

I t wil l

continue en up thiough the new year s season.

On Octcter 30 I made a 14 hour

t r io

down to

Brady

Airf ield in

Fyushu whereBicthei

Buy

T- iayfield

is

chaplain. Brother Mayfield

is

promoting a program of contscts between /the G.T.s and the mis

sionaries.

Once a month

they

have

a G.T. >iospel Hour

with

a

mis

sionary speaker.

This month

the night ca^e

on

Halloween so the

attendance was small but

t

ose who atteryfed were an enthusis

stic

group

to talk to. After the meeting ti^re

was

a party just like

a chuoeh young

people s party at

home

laith

pop

corn

balls ,

ducking

for apples and all . This along with the

stale

side

hambuif^ers

mild shake.s

a nd

ice cream

sundeys

thay Bro the r ^uy s e t before us

r ea l ly made

us remember home

again

preachtwice

the

fir s t Sunday in

t h e - s r e a . t

was

i n s p i r i n g

to hay

vices

again.

Specially

inspiring

and

e l e c t r i c

organ

accompanyment

t h u s i a s t i c

in

t h e i r

s ing ing ,

I

hurr ied

back

from t h i s t f ip to

begin

my

Seminary

c lass

cn

Hev^rnber

4

It was

a

pleasant/surprise to find

Miss

Lemon

and

the.Kawamura family

from

Tanabe here. They had come

up

together

I t was a l so my p r i v i l e g e to

ember i n 2 o f t h e

c h a n e l s o f

p a r t in en t i r e l y Eng l i sh s

er

as

the

s ing ing

with

oianc

Most Japanese

j u s t

c a n t

be

en-

in

Miss l emon s j e ep to

today- in the

t

r a

in

Soon

t a r y

p e rs cn e l . A fte r a

did

finish t h e series

o f

w as no n e e d for

immed i a

f u l l y unders t and wha t

ment Japanese hosp i t a l

Bay Ad v en ti s t h o s o i ta

equipments

We know

t he i r

cos t is

very

high . Marcia

will eith er

improve/ci grew worse in the words

of

the

doctor.

I f

she grows

wcise

sne must

e i t h e r have

th e t e s t s o r r e t u rn home

in 2

or

3

weeks t ime,

which means go

by

olane. We

orsy

God wi l l

prepare the.way for/whatever is His will. Thankyou for your pray

ers t}:hei behalf

ann

olease

continue

them. We must begin

now mak

ing

our

appea l fo r

t r ave l funds home sc

they

wi l l be

on hand i f

n e e d e d . b e f o r e

nem

J u n e .

This is

the/season

of the heathen

fal l

festivals end special

spor ts

days in

the

schools .

Many

of these-.eirents

t ake place on

Gunday

and the /church

attendances

havefrllen.

This

is discourag

ing to th e min i s t e r s bu t it helps to shew them t h e i r weaknesses .

We five

Ahanke to

God

always

for

ycu

all ,

making mention of

:ycu

in our nrsyers ; remembering wi thout ceas ing your work c f f a i t h

and labor of Aove and

patience

of hope in our Lord Jesus

Christ,

in the sight/cf God and our ^ather; knowing brethren beloved

your

e l e c t i on o f f

God.

g e t s

ther

rme s upp l i e s . They s t s r tv .d bdck

will b e the various

Ch r i s t m a s

and

new

y e a r s

a c t i v i t i e s

and

s c /w i l l

end

ano the r

yea r .

Marc ia

has dec id ed

she / h ad

b e t t e r

n o t te a ch h e r

Semina ry

course.

The

res t

us

alsyo

feel

she should conserve her

strength.

A day or twc

befo re

she went to Bagcya fo r he r l a s t check up,

an

order

came

to

a l l Air Toro e hosp i t a l s to

s top

ca r ing fo r non-mi l i

Cj6nference

^ i th the hcso i t a l

doctor , they

e s t s a l ready s t s r t ed . T^jese

snowed t he r e

su rge ry bu t

f u r t h e r tests

a r e

needed to

e t r oub le i s . These t e s t s : requ i re

equio-

do

n o t

h a v e .

Ve

have

wr i t t e n th e Sev e n t h

in Tokyo

to see i f

they

have the

necessary

s

condition

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NIELSEN S

ON FURLOUGH IN JUNE

As we write

these lines

we i nt e rupt a busy

Christmas

season.

We

f eel

the

Christians

have

made

c o ns id e ra b le p ro gr es s as they

observe

another birthday

of the Christ. Their programs

are

better

prepared

and more

Christian

in

content. We o f f e r

thanks

to God

fo r

t he s tr en gt he ni ng i nf lu en ce

o f

C hr i st

on t h e

l ives o f His people here in J apan.

These

last 5

months

of our

first

term

in

Japan

will^ass

rapidly.

look

forward to our

furlough

time in anticipation

of

visaing those who have so

faithfully supported

us during

the past 5

years

and of

making

new friendships. j

I t will also

be a

time for strengthening both

physical and

s p i r i t u a l bodies

I

in preparation f or furthe r service in

Chr is thaves t

field.

Each missionary in

Osaka

Christian Missioiy uses

funds

sent in the development

and advancement of the cause of Christ in

^e area

where

ho serves

Therefore

when furlough time

comes it

is necessary ^o make a special plea for travel funds

Travel

coats to

Los Angeles will be aboiA 14^0.

We

must make definite bookings

with the boat company by March and

wili

hoed half of our

boat fare

a t that time.

We pray

God

will put

upon

the

hearts

qf our supporters the need of these travel

funds. Please send

your

gifts by personal

check

or

bank draft

direct to Paul

D e