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/"/c /< Ic ^ CSEPTEMBER 1970

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S U M M E R W I T H T H E F A B E R SSchool was hardly dismissed for the summer when

preparat ions were begun fo r the long t r i p south tothe annual missionary convention held in OsakaoThe Fabers made t h i s arduous 1500"^nile round t r i pin the VW. Besides the i r baggage they had equipment fo r camping on the way. After a stop a t LakeTovada the f i r s t night they proceeded to Sendai fora stopover and v i s i t with Paul Nielsen and the new-e s t missionary farailc^ to . Japan, Milton C JonesoFrom Sendai two cars were used and they were jo ined by the th i rd one a fte r a rr iv al a t Harold Sims#

The night the Fabers returned to Tomakomai guestss ta r te d to a r r iv e. The simmer work h ad b eg un . Thef i r s t weeks in July were used fo r preparatioriS forthe 4-day evangelis t ic meeting to be held July 19-22 with Mr. Akira Oda of Osaka Bible Seminary. (Hei s wel l known fo r h is work in Greek and the publ ication of a Japanese/Greek dictionary.) Mr. Kimura, Mr, Oda

upper c la s s DVBS

camp t ime

the local preachier, (see story on page 2)made banners fo r the car and large signsto place n ear the church building as wellas pos te r s to put on te lephone poles . Theevangel is t ic meeting was aided by a four th -year Bible c oll eg e s tu de nt , Mr, Masuda, asa p a r t of Osaka 's annual week of evangel i sm. Inc luding th e l oca l help the re wasan average attendance of 15 . By Americans tardards th i s was a very low attendancebut in comparing it with previously heldmi^etings here in Tomaknniai it showed amarked improvement. This was evidenced bythe re turn appearance of people who hadat tended previous meetings and the a t tendance o f th e f a t h e r and mother o f 2 b rothers who are in the Sunday School. Thesetwo bro thers have at tended Sunday Schoolregular ly s ince its incep t ion almost twoyesxs age. During the meeting the 11 yearold son sa id , " Dad i s going to be aC h r i s t i a n . " He h a s n ' t made t h i s d e c i s i o nyet . Pray tha t the boy's desi re be t rue .

The following week (July 27-30) the annua l camp was held i n Sapporo. Seporatecamps were held in Obihiro and Sapporo until th e Faber s moved to Tomakomai. Nowthey join the Sappcro camp just 40 milesaway. All of the family, excep t Cha rl eswho was working dai ly cutt ing grass a t the

(Contintied on page 4)

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On June first Mr, Hiroak i Kinurajo ined the Fabers in Tcanakanai tobeccme the Japanese minis te r .

The Faber ' s first con t a c t wi th Mr*Kiiirura was la te in I963 when hes t a r t e d t o a t t e n d Te t s iman chu r ch inObihiro, This was shor t ly a f t e r thedeath of a very c lose Chr i s t i anf r iend juid following a severe bicycle/car accident. Mr. Kimura wasbaptized on h is b ir th da y, January 1^19^. He enrolled in the Osaka Bible Seminary in 1965 and graduatedth i s l a s t spring under a 5 year program. Mr. Kiimira i s 24- years old.

Miss Kae Yamamoto (standing besideMr, Kimxxra in the above pictm*e) isa kindergar ten t eacher and a memberof^he "A saM cKu rc K whicH" mee t s ini t s church building next to the Osaka Bible Seminary. They met a t acombined youth meeting. Miss Yamamoto made her f i r s t t r i p to Hokkaidot h i s sxmmer t o visit Mr, Kimura andh is parents who now l i ve 15 milesno r t h o f Ob i h i r o wher e h i s father isthe super in tendent of the elementarys c h o o l .

They have made known t he i r wishest o be mar r i e d and on November 2ndwil l hold a formal engagement meeting in the Moiwashita church ofChr i s t in Sapporo,

Pray fo r Mr, Kimura as he takesover the l eadersh ip i n Tcariakomai andfo r them both i n t h e i r fu tu re p la ns .

September 1970FUTURE CHURCH BU ILD ING

Pl^iS ai^being made to bui ld achurch bui ld ing in the c i ty of Toma-komai .

In the fa l l of I966 land was purchased f o r a mis s i o n home and achiorch building in a now rapidlygrowing area of Tomakomai. The miss ion hone was b u i l t wi th th e fundsob t a i n ed f rom th e Obih i r o mi s s i o nland and house when the Fabers cameto Tcsnakomai in 1968,

Permiss ion to ijse th e other p lo tof farm land they had purchased wasf inal ly granted af te r 2 years of lega l negot ia t ions , A c lea r title hasnow been secured to pave the way forthe church building.

Using plariS secured through Mr. 0,T. Sparrow of Miami Springs, Floridj^the Fabers have been working onplans for the local building. Although the layout i s not f ina l thebuilding wil l be about 1680 sq, f t .with an auditorium, 3 class rocsns, asmall office, a cry room and a bapt i s t r y . It wi l l cos t a miniri ium of$10,000 and maybe more for even themost modest building.

Obviously it wil l be necessaryto depend on Ameri can churches tohelp f inance the building. The contract with the city when obtainingpermission to change the land to ar e s i d e n t i a l l o t c al l e d fo r th e b ui lding to te bu i l t within 1 year , TKi^~t e rminates in 1971,

A pic ture of the inccsnplete modelof t he bui ld ing made by Mr, Kimurai s shovm below.

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alumonum factory

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I t o i ' s ci-ty housing area(1 year ago)

I to i*s c i ty housing araa

aluminum comparer's I t o i apartments looking a t apartments frcm church lo t

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5 T , i ji:Miss Hayashi a t DVBS

4KMiss Kajisawa's class

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Mrt Suzuki leads chapel

picnic t ime(Continued frovi page I)

gol f course, at tended as wrU as thepreacher , Mr. Kinura . Two or th reeJunior High boys expressed in te res tin camp but were to ld not to go byt h e i r homerocm t eacher . Gett ingschool permission to go has alwaysbeen a problem but t h i s can be over -ccme as time passes. There were 80present fo r camp with ^ cf theseattending the fu l l it days. Therewere three gi r l s presen t who formerly were frcin ObihirO, They werealso in Tomakomai to help a fewdays.There were very few days l e f t before DVBS was to s ta r t on August ^h .

Tota l enrol lment fo r th e week was 23with an average attendance of 16,The v a c a t i o n B ib l e s ch o o l c lo s e dwith a picnic Surday afternoon inthe backyard of the mission home.Miss Hayashi and Miss Kajisawa, bothfnmnr ly r f IIVi-^ hi r-n, jninfid thp.Fabers and Mr. Kinura in th is year'sVBS, Miss Hayashi now cooks a t theBible col lege and Miss Kajisawat eaches k inderga rt en a t Tanabe,

Belinda l e f t Japan via Northwest Airl ine 's jumbo je t 7^7 August 27 and wil l bea t Plat te Valley Bib le Col lege from September 7th, Address Box 636, Scotts-bluff , NB 69361,Aryone wanting to send Christmas presents can ge t clothing sizes frcm theforwarding, agent ,new s e t o f s l i d e s is ava i l ab l e from John Noe.

J?5DVK programs also are ava i lab le ,l a te fo r some of you. new one was added t h i s year bu t too

Forwarding address 1 John Noe, Box 173, Adel, Iowa, 50003,Mission addressj Ernest and Neva Faber, 336 I toi , Tamakciaai, 053 JapanI 1 I I I I I H'l-I-I I l > - l + + l -H I ' l l I44-Hl ' l -1 - I 1+41 I 'MI 'M I liH4'H Il+H