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A
Report
by Mark and Pauline Maxey
L iN L e rreR
To
the
f ri ends o f
the Kyushu Chri st ian
Mission
Kanoya, Kagoshima 893 Japan - Box 417,
N.
Vernon IN
47265
FEBRUARY 1988
LINKLETTER
#284
Dear Christian friends, \
In the twelve year cycle brought over to Japan from China, this is the
year
of the
Dragon and
I m draggin
already.
In
ny
last letter I
mentioned
bringing
my
One
Man s Opinion column to a close in Horizons magazine.
Some
readers \
thought it
was n y ow n idea
to
end
the
column. Rather,
it
was the wish
of the
edi-
\
tors to use the page to hear from many writers
rather
than just one. \
They suggested that readers might want to write
me
a word of thanks. Many
did so. I will note just one from a doctor in Indiana.
He
said, One Man s Opi
nion
is
one
of the
few
articles written
by
Christian
Church
writers that is
worth
reading
on a
consistent basis.
Thank you
fo r
150 columns. They
will
be
missed.
I
just
might frame
that
and hang
i t
where I can
see i t
once in
awhile.
November
is a great month of
the year.
The weather is good and
lots
of things /
are happening: EBC
camp
with Joel Likins, speaker, and 29 campers; an all day Su^
daXouting
of the Kushira
church Sunday School
with service followed
by
hlkin^ -irfid
picni-e~.at our
camp
grounds; and concrete being poured
fo r
the new Faith-Love Kind
ergarten building operated
by
the
Kanoya
church.
Pauline spoke to the joint women s meeting at the leper colony in
November,
using Prayer as her topic. In January she used A New
Year
is a New
Page
as
her theme for a talk to the women s group at Kanoya church, and also at Kushira.
In
addition
she teaches her ladies' English Bible Class in the Christian Center
twice a month. This in add it ion to running her home and caring for the great number
of people who
come
our
way. Dr. Suzaki
monitors
her condi tion
twice
a month and
urges her to
rest
more and more — so easy to say - so hard to do.
A1 and Rhonda Juve, minister-missionaries at Sueyoshi church are the
stars
of our annual convention held by a different church every November 23. This year
i t
was at Sueyoshi in the
northeast
corner of our prefecture. They and the church
people did a super job in preparation and in conducting the convention.
Akimaru Kuroki, leader of the church at the leper colony,
was
the
first
speaker.
He traced the 50 year history of the
believers,
noting that we had worked with them
for 37 years. Hideto Yoshii,
from
Onga church in north Kyushu, was the second speak
er . He had a vital and energetic message for us. In addition we had
some
special
numbers by
the
Yoshii
quartet:
Hideo
Yoshii, Kanoya minister;
his
son,
Makoto;
his
brother,
Hidenobu Yoshii,
Christian teacher;
and youngest
brother,
Hideto. This
family has made a positive contr ibution to the Chris tian faith in this country.
Also, in the musical part of the program, Makoto Yoshii, accompanied by his
sister, Noriko, played his
guitar
&sang this song he had written in our honor.
It
is
called
Arigato
(Thank You ). These ar e
th e
words:
1) Like Abraham who left his home and went, you came to a strange land to
visit
us.
Knowing all the inconveniences you would face, you
cametolive
with us.
2) Like Job who endured hardships of life, you've gone through pain and sorrows.
For the sake of the Japanese people, for the sake of the Gospel, you've endured
these hardships .
3)
Like
the
Apostle Paul who dreamed
of the salvation of the
world, you ve been
praying
fo r
the salvation of this country. Ue now want to carry on your dream
and
your
work
fo r th e
Lord.
We also want
to l ive
fo r th e
world.
COURSE
Jim
ll? if?
».r
W-l H-JJ
fd. &
RHONDA JUVE, NEWBORN LAUR
4aRAH
juve
&GRANDDAUGHTER ERIN
kuSHI^ tnURC H I LES OOL GUli^
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TOOURW iHTtR
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26TH ANNUAL WINTER TRAINING COURSE-WALTER
MAXEY, TEACHER CHRISTMAS
MEETING-PAULINE S BIBLE CLA
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Chorus:
Thank
you, thank you
fo r
your unceasing
work fo r
us. Thank you, 0 God
who
sent you to us.
Makoto
Yoshii
left
in December to continue his graduate
studies at
Indiana University. We
will
miss his
sincere faith gentle ways and cheerful
service. And we
will pray fo r his return to serve in Japan,
I also had 30 minutes to review
my ministry.
After which, Bro. Yoshii gave me a plaque on
behalf
of
th e
conv
ention remembering my 50 years as a preacher. Later, the Kanoya church hada fellowship gathering for the
same
purpose
There was a delicious
carry-in
supper of Japanese food followed by recollections
by
the old-timers of our early days
in Kanoya. We received a His and Hers
coffee
s et and an
automatic
coffee maker and grinder that will
make
one s i t
up and take
notice
- even without drinking
th e
coffee.
Jodi Summers
s pe nt f our
days
with
us on
he r
way back
to
Lebanon, Oregon
af ter six
months
of
service in
nort
ern Luzon.
We
had a Chinese meal
fo r
her at a
local
restaurant.
She
also
gave a moving testimony
at
th e
monthly Sun
day evening youth meeting at the Kanoya church. Her folks have been friends for many years. Her father
Wy
is a pha
macist
who
sees t h at ou r
pr escr i pt i ons
ar e soon
f i l led and on
th e
way
to
us .
December 9 was
the
birthday of
A1
and Rhonda
Juve s
second daughter
named
Laura Ruth. What a beautiful bab
she is . The Juve s have successfully completed their
f i r s t
term
of service
and
will
be
r et ur ni ng t o
th e U.S.
fo r fu r
lough
at
the end
of
March. A
year o f
graduate study
a t Cincinnati
Bible Seminary
will also
be a
part of Iheir
furloug
year . Keep them in your pr ayer s please.
Thanksgiving found 15 around our table
including
Major Pete Juve from Kansas. Christmas brought family an
friends
together in a
joyful
way.
We
talked
to
our absen t ch il d ren by phone. Here in person were Paul and Fait h Axto
and daughte r Erin from north of Tokyo; Walter and Mary,
Shelley
and
Trent
from Kagoshima; Fumiatsu and Sophia Ikeda
had a Christmas tree
sent
us from Oregon:
English teachers
Jim Scott and Luann Chapman; Julia Pananen, Rotary Exchan
~student
and
Jeff
Rada,
both professor
and
graduate student
from Los Angeles...the house was
too
small so we had
Chr
mas dinner in the big classroom
at
the Christian Center. We at e a
lot
rejoiced a lot shared our
gifts
and gratitu
with each other and to God and enjoyed th e presence
of
children
among us .
We
also
thanked God fo r a great number
of
friends like t he r ea de rs of this letter
who
shared cards l e t t e r s food and other good
things
with us . How
blessed
w e
re
So
much to be reported but so l i t t le space to say
i t
Our annual
training
course is held during the coldest
winter days. Our teacher t h i s year was son Walter Maxey, who conducted 28 hours o f teaching
a t
si x churches includ
four
n ig hts o f
two
h ou rs e ac h
a t th e
Christian
Center. His subject What the Bible has
to
sa y
a b ou t A nc e st or
Worshi
This
is
a subject re levant to every Japanese be liever. Thanks, son, for a superb job of
preparati^p^nd
presentation
You
got us o ff
to
a good
s ta r t
fo r
th e
year . Must cl ose. God
b less you a l l
IN HIS SERVICE
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A P R I L 1 9 8 8
A Report by Mark and Pauline Maxey
/ u N K L e r r e R /
To
the friends
o f t he
Kyushu Christian Mission
Kanoya, Kagoshima 893 Japan - Box 417, N.
Vernon
IN 47265
n
LINKLETTER
2 8 5
Dear
Chris t ian f r i ends ,
A shortened
version
of
the
following
material
appeared in Horizons magazine a few months
ago. Pauline thought i t would be of interest to readers
of
the LINKLETTER many of whom will not
have read
i t in
that magazine. Therefore, please read on:
Some of
th e best
Moody Science films in their early days used what was called
time-lapse:
photography. This
is how i t
worked: a movie camera
takes
s ix teen pic tures
per
second. But the
Moody
Science people
set a camera
to
take
only five
pictures
every minute.
Mounting
th e
camera on a
tripod
setting in the
middle of a
f ield, they
would
start th e
camera
running at sunrise
and
turn
i t off
a t
sunset, many hours la ter . When
this film
was run through a movie camera a t
th e
regular speed, one
could see one
day s
l i fe of the
flowers in
that field
in
jus t
three
minutes and forty-five
seconds.Itwas
dramatic
and
beautiful but
kind
of sad as well. For th e truth revealed
was
that both
l i fe and
beauty
are short
- Just one l i f e ,
t wil l
soon be
past.
Only
what s
done
for Chrisjt will
las t .
In this
le t ter ,
however, we
will
follow th e idea above and try to give you
in
a few minutes
reading time
a view
of th e s ignif icant events in our lives
on
th e
way to
mission .
Having made a l i fe-changing decision in Minnesota under the preaching of George
Mark
Elliot,
I met him again in a class on th e Old Testament
Prophets
when I
moved to
Cincinnati^ Ohio to continue
n\y education. This was in the fall
of
1940. In
th e
same class I met iny
wife-to-be,
Pauline Pethtel of
Wind Ridge, Pennsylvania.
We
were married 15
months
later and continued our schooling
until
she got
her
degree and I
finished
two
graduate
degrees.
There
are all
kinds
of
Ideas
on what
determines
destiny, bu t I affirm
that
as
far
as the
ministry is
concerned,
marriage determines
destiny.
I don t recall all the good advice that n\y father
gave but I do recall
hi s
counsel on marriage.
He
had married a superb
woman
and advised his sons to do
the same. y wife is such a person. She followed
me
to land s end without looking back and without
complaint. She reared and taught her chi ldren there as
the
only English speaking woman in our city-
t i l l
just recently.
She has been a
true partner
and encourager and even today, with good heal th rea
sons
for staying
home,
she
is always with me
at
every meeting and
service
I hold. I
treasure
her
presence
and companionship above
all others.
We were married
just
wo
months
after I began a ministry at North Vernon, Indiana. (Get a
map eind
look
i t
up. Follow
US
50 west out of Clncinhatf.) In
North
Vernon
we
had
our
first home
our.
f irs t child and our f irs t recruits for the minis try. We left there with
regret
in 1944 when I
became
an Anny Chaplain
but i t s t i l l
remains an
Important
part of our lives. I t has been a supporter of
ou r
mission work since the beginning. Also we have had five forwarding secretaries from that
congregation
which means all our mission business is
conducted
from there. Charles Carter, th e p re sent minister,
says
with
a smile, After I
accepted
th e call to this church I soon found out that Morth Vernon meant
Mark Maxey. I
am sure th e post office knows me
very well
also.
When I was overseas,
Pauline went
to
live In Laurel
Homes, a government
housing
p ro je ct in
Cincinnati,
Ohio. Our
f i rs t
son
was born
in that
ci ty.
Pauline
soon started a Sunday School in
her
apartment. Then a church service. I t grew until i t filled the
social
hall of the complex. I t became
th e
Laurel
Homes
Church
of
Christ.
Seminary
students
came
down to
worship,
to serve, to
be
inspired
and go on to their own ministries •
Some
found their mates
there.
At the Missionary Convention in Orlando (198j^), a Black minister came over and sat down by
Pauline. He
said,
Mrs.
Maxey
I love you. Surprised, she said,
I
don t understand. o I know you?
No, you
don t ,
he
said,
bu t
I became a
Christian
a t Laurel
Homes
Church
of
Christ.
I f
i t
hadn t
been for you s ta rt ing t hat
church,
I would no t be herie today.
That
is why I love
you.
Nothing shows the church s loyalty or Its disloyalty to Christ more than missions. The most
devoted group in any church are those dedicated to
this
cause. A century ago and following,
i t
was
this
l oyalt y to
missions
that
made
th e various missionary
organizations
of
the
time
th e
vital
force
among the
churches. In 1920-1921, these organizationis combined
to
form the United Christian Missionary
Society. I t
in
turn
became
the
mightiest
force, th e decision-making body
of
the brotherhood.
When
i t was
revealed that
many
of
the missionaries sent ou t by this organization no longer
believed in
historical
Christian truths, nor were they
declaring
on foreign shores the
distinctive
principles
of New Testament Christianity for which
we stood, i t
tore our people apart- never to be
rejoined, even to th is day.
The time had
come
to write tny B.D. thesis. I determined to
write
a
history of
ou r
missionar
work in the Phi lippine Islands for
this
project. At the same time I wanted to
find out
through
n\y
own
research
just
what happened to our missionary enterprise on i ts way from conservatism to modernism an
division. I f inished writing i t in time to get n\y degree but i t was
some
later before I got i t into b
form. In making
this
study,
however, I had burned in ny mind
forever
the
result
of
infidelty
to
the
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Bible
and
to Christ, no t only
on
th e mission f ield, bu t also
on
the miss ionaries i nvolved; a s well
as on the
churches,
groups and
individuals who
had supported this miss ion -
all
in good
fa ith tha t
that in which they had believed in so deeply was being
taught
and preached.
Thirty years later I had the
thesis
published as a book. (History of the Philippine Mission,
Mark
Maxey,
Go Ye Books, 147
Ave
Cota, San Clemente
92672. 8.50 postpaid.)
It has
been
a source of information
for
numerous
articles
about the Philippines but I
have
never seen
its
existence
acknowledged
in
either
footnote or bibliography.There
is
oneperson,however, who
does insist that the book be read and studied. That is the grand old man of missions, J. Willis Hale,
of
Manila
Bible Seminary. He
does
not want his students of today to forget
what happened
yesterday
lest i t happens again tomorrow.
The war ended while I was on a troop ship headed
for
the Japan invasion so i t went to Manila
instead. I
was
in the Philippines
18
months,
long
enough
for the history I
had
written
and
the people
who
had
participated in
i t
to become real to
me. From
the Philippines I went to Japan in
December,
1946.
Pauline joined
me
there after a separation of
two
years.
We
were stationed near
Kyoto,
the only
un-bombed
city
left
in Japan.
We
saw not only ancient culture but everyday idolatry in the temples and
shrines we visited. Unknown to us, the experience was leaving
its
mark.
Together,
we
looked up both missionaries and mission sites.
We
found that the churches
founded
by the United Christian Missionary Society had all been
handed
over to the United Church of
Christ of
Japan,
a church formed by
fiat
of the Japanese
government
during the war. On the other
hand
we were glad to see Owen
and
Shirley
Stfll
in Tokyo and Harold and Leone Cole in Osaka gathering
the Christians together again and bringing life back to our independent churches.
Our oldest daughter, Paula, contracted pol io in Japan, th e only
child
on the Army camp
to
do
so. A^ng
for
a compassionate assignment, I was assigned as chaplain as Fort Custer, Michigan. Paula
was
treated
a t Pfercy
Jones
General
Hospital
in nearby Battle Creek.
At the
invitation
of the owner, we began a Sunday School in the community hall of a new area
called Newtown.
This
became the Newtown
Church
of Chr is t. I t was
a
thriving
church and an
active
mission church. We
a re sorr y
to report,
however,
i t recently closed it s doors.
On
Sunday afternoons
we
drove 65 miles southwest to
Vandalia,
Michigan where a
faithful
band
of believers
were holding on.
We
preached
there
fo r
a
year
and a
half. Then
they
called
a preacher
full-time
and a few years
later
built a wonderful
facility
a few
miles
ou t in
the country.
Larry
Settles and
his w ife, Joyce,
have ministered
there
fo r 20+ years. One
of
the preachers before them
was Paul
Pratt
and
his wife, Kathleen, who later joined
us
in
Kyushu as
missionaries.
Meanwhile, on week nights, I was
speaking about
Japan in the churches of southern Michigan.
One
day, in
the
middle
of my
sermon, I paused and
said, And
we,
too, are
going
to
Japan as mission
aries. I looked at
my
wife and she nodded her head
in
agreement . Her committment had been
made
long
ago. She was waiting
for me to catch
up. 18 months from
that
day we were on our way
to
our l i f e s
work
at the southern t ip of
Japan.
The tenor of what I have written, while .seeming
to
suggest
that our decision was made on th e
spur
of the
moment,
is to
show
jus t th e
opposite
of
that.
Our
decision
was based on knowledge
of th e
field,.thorough educational preparation, an understanding
of
missionary
practice and history, the
leading
of
the
Holy
Spir i t
and
the
mutual committment
of
husband and
wife
to
serve
as
missionaries
for
a
life-time, the
Lord
willina.
Also
that both of
us had been
involved in church
planting and
encour
agement
in
our
own
count ry be fore going to
another.
(I very much
fear
that
present
day.mission
preparation,
promotion and
practice is fo r the
short term
rather
than the long term.
Is
this a sign
of
the times
or
only
of
our present generation?)
In
addition, the churches we
have
served
in
Madelia and Truman,
Minnesota;
in
Newtown
and
Vandalia, Michigan; and the church at North Vernon, Indiana have been partners in our missionary task
frora^the verx^^giTfintngr'TTrTrtttef^woTdsrTnTose who Rinew us best^have given us complete and continuing
confidence. Others of equal commitment have joined
them
through the years. Together, they insure th
_on^q^oijigjDf th^^^^
Japan both by ourselves and others. IN HIS S RVI
Have
you read
Way
Down
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- the 4 page biography of our first
years In southern
Japan? It is
unique record of church planting and
family
life in an isqlated
part
of Japan where there were few pos
sions and little hope for the future. But the Gospel caught on fire and great .things happened. Per co
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March
25 found me giving
the
commencement sermon at
Osaka
Bible Seminary. It was a pleasure to do so be
cause both graduates were from Kagoshima: Miss Naomi Omura and Motonobu Ikeda, both superior young people. Miss
Omura will remain
at
t he col lege as secretary and Mr. Ikeda will be d oi ng
graduate
work in Cincinnati.
Ap ri l 3 marked
Easter
Sunday this
year.
For
me i t
1s a more important day than Christmas. The joy of new
l i fe
as seen in a baby
is surpassed
by the greater joy
of
the promise
of
Resurrection and l ife eternal. This
April
3,1 preached early at the le pe r
church
and la te r a t Kushira church. The
afternoon of
th e same day mar ke d th e 30th
anniversary of the Kanoya
Rotary Club.
Dr. Kinkawa and I
ar e
the
only remaining charter
members and were h on or ed
as
such
Walte r held
his 31st EBC camp on the week-eno of
April
30 .
Guest
speaker was Stuart Kawasaki
using
the
theme,
The
Devil is
no Joke. Fine weather,
f in e a tt endance ,
f ine par t icipat ion
and f in e p re s en ta ti on .
I
baptized
Stuar t s
father
more
then
30
years
ago
before
he
emigrated to the
U.S.
Now
his son
is
back
as
a short-term
miss
ionary.
I urged him to make
i t
a l i fe- term
one.
May
16 found me back a t Osaka
Bible
Seminary fo r a
board
meeting in the
morning.
Then a
train
ride to
Kyoto
fo r
a thorough physical by Dr. Clark
at
th e
Japan
Baptist Hospital. He decided I was In pretty good shape
for
th e
age
I was
in
Told
me
to lose
20
pounds.
Easier
sa id
than
done
with
th e
kind
of
food
tha t
Pauline
sets out.
Back
to the men s
dorm
a t th e Seminary
t ha t night ,
spent
mostly in
ta lk ing with s t udent s . P rof .S a it o got
me
to the
7.50 a.m. homeward fl ight .
Mother s
Day and Father s day
are
a month
apart
but we w er e
cheered
on
both days
by cards, remembrances
and phone calls from ourchildren In Japan, Canada, Ohio and T exa s. What a wonder ful blessing to be
able to
talk
to
the
other
side of
the world Instantly and with perfect clar i ty .
We
a re s or ry to
report the
death by
heart
attack
of
Joe Stanes,
66,
father
of
Mary (Walter s wife) a t Hurphsboro
IL,
May 29. Mary was
able
to return in time
for
t he f uner al and to spend a month with her mother and two s is ters He was a fine,
Christian
man.
The wedding
of
Miss Ai Love) Ikeda, a very
special
young lady
to
Pauline
and
I,
to
Kazut oshi Zushi in
the Kanoya c hu rch on May
4,
was splendid. Christian weddings fo r non-Christians is the
i n
thing fo r Japanese
couples.
But
this Christian
wedding was
Christian
in
every
sense
of
the word and a
delight
to
all presentboth
a t the
church and a t t he r ecep ti on . Pauline and I sang a song t ogethe r for that .
Pauline
con tin ue s to re cle ve tr ea tmen t fo r her
health problems : ver y poor b lood circulat ion, high blood
pressure,
irregular
heart beat and t iredness. She is abl e t o f unc tion
i f
she can also
find
time
to
rest. Recently
she
visited
Dr. Ideta who operated on my eye four years ago) fo r a special t reatment to fasten
tissue
to
her
retina
in
four
places.
(It
is
called
a
posterior
vitreous
detachment.)
Later
she
will
go
fo r
a
cataract
operation
and implant in the same eye.
In
spite
of
our
remote
location,
people do find their way to see us . Wayfull and Helen Jew have done a
solid pi ece of mis si onary work in Hong
Kong
the last 20
years.
WayfulTs people came from China to the U.S. but
Helen s people
came
from
Kyushu
where she st i l l has relatives. While
visiting
them, she and daugh ter
Wayann
found
time to spend a week-end with
us.
She gave a
greeting
at
each me eti ng she
attended that
was
appreciated
by al l .
T os hi ak i Chida and
hi s wife of
one month, Sachiko, finished
their graduate studies
at Cincinnati and have come to
serve the church
at
Sueyoshi for one year.
We are
enjoying both
their
fellowship and the joy they are
showing
as th
begin their work
there.
Verney and Belva Unruh with the Genral Conference Mennonites,
began
their missionary work
in an actjoining prefecture very
shortly
after we can to Kanoya
Now
they have retired from their work in Taiwan.
We
were pleased that they visited us on the way back home were very
happy
also, that Lewis Foster, a leading New
Testament scholar and his wife, Betty, made a very special effort to spend a few
days
with us enroute to
Sydney
A
tralia for a year s study and writing at MacQuarie University.
The
title of his two hour lecture at our preacher s
meeting
sums
up hi s life and
religious convictions: Jesus
is Real, The Bible Is True and The Church
Is Alive.
I went as fa r as
Okinawa
with them as they headed south.
Last,
because she is
staying the
longest, our youngest
_ ^ ^ ^ daughter,
Hope
a graduate student
at
the Univer-
- ^ ti l Houston is spending the summer with us
» W I t is a jo y
to
have he r home
again, f^
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Pauline Maxey
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To
t he f ri end s
of
the
Kyushu
Chris t ian
Mission
Kanoya, Kagoshima 893 Japan - Box 417, N.
Vernon
IN 47265
October 1988 Link l e t t e r 28 7
Dear
Christian friends,
Greetings again from Japan.
Fall
is
here and
that is
always
welcome. May and October are the delightful months that make the
rest
of the year endurable.
Prime news
these
days is
the condi tion of
the Emporer,
now
in
his 63rd year of reign - the longest in world history. His hea lth has
been
failing.
Radio and press give the
details
of his
vital
signs and
treatment every day.
The
end of an era is approaching. Old memories are •
being revived.
Those who
grew up
when
the
Emperor
was
od
are praying
for his recovery. Those who suffered at the hands of the Imperial Army
ar e
no t tha t
fi l led
with good will .
If th e
sea
wasn't between us, we could drive to the Seoul
Olympics in a day's time . I would
like
to have been there in person to
see how
this
country has become a
modern
nation, especia lly in the
last
ten years . Their preparation for and conduct of the
Olympics
is proof of
that. Also keep in mind that 25 of this nation is Christian and their
numbers are growing
rapidly.
These
believers are both verbal and determined in sharing their
faith. Maybe i t will be they who will turn the world upside
down
in
this
generation.
So far,
that desi re to speak up and move out has not
reached into the heart of the majority of Japanese
believers.
Faithful
and devout they are but are not
persistent
in speaking of
their faith
to o t h e r s
Unforgetable was seeing Ben Johnson a hero as
the wor ld 's
fast
est man one day and the most
disgraced
athlete in three days t ime. Green
Bay
Packers coach, Vince Lombardi's
famous
saying was, Winning
isn't
the only thing.
Winning
is everything. How wrong he was. Ben Johnson i
knows how wrong he
was.
wish for him a
new
beginning and better days I
ahead
have seen a review of the movie. The Last Temptation. '
The K ing James Version of 2 Timothy 2:16 says.
Shun
profane babblings. '
Shunning
is the
kind
of treatment this
movie should
receive. Let's wait
Hope-home
for the summe
With Faith
Walter
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ONE MORE
T IME
PLEASE
We
had an
excel lent response
to
our
request
in the l as t Linklet ter
to
le t
us know
whether
you s t i l l wished to receive this paper. Of the responses we received, only a handful said
no . However, a great many
of
you did no t say anything.
So,
we are asking a
second
time
to le t us know your
wishes. P leas e
invest in a postcard. You can write your own
address
on
i t without cutting th is l e t t e r
up - i f you
wish. We
do
need,
however,
the code
number
which
goes
w ith your name on
th e a dd re ss. Also
make any corrections needed. We had 60
correc
t ions
on the repl ies received. Which shows tha t a lo t of zip codes are changing.
I t
also
shows
that
the Post
Office
people have been been kind enough to
deliver
this
le t ter
even
though th e addre ss is
somewhat
wrong.
Thank
you to them.
Anyhow,
while you are thinking
about i t drop your
card
in the mail
and
send
i t
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and see if Universal Pictures will also produce movies
entitled
The Last Temptation of Buddha or the
Last
Temptation
of
Moses
or
The
Last
Temptation
of Mohammed.
Don t hold your
breath.
Such movies
would result in the physical and financial ruin of the studio. Chris tians are supposed to be meek and
mild and forgive people
fo r
everything.
If
that is your view, read Matthew 23 every once in awhile to
keep
things
in perspective Meanwhile make a mental
note
to
see
What
t he f ut ur e holds
fo r
Universal
Studios
and th e
principal
actors in
this production.
Keep in mind th e words
of
the
late Francis Schaef-
fer God
i s
there and He
is not
s i lent .
Well, we are supposed to be
talking about
Japan, not
th e
world at large. Family-wise we have
enjoyed having Hope, our youngest, home fo r the
summer
-
after
an absence of six
years.
We had
time fo r long talks, long walks and visits to places on our peninsula she remembered from vounger days.
She
returned
in mid-August to resume her
graduate
studies- at
the Univers ity
of Houston and her duties
as a teaching
assistant
Not happy news was
th e
sudden-
death
of
Joe
Stanes,
in
good
health
one day and
dead
of
heart
failure three days later. He was a faithful Christian man, f at he r o f Mary Maxey, Walter s wife. She f lew
to Murphysboro IL to be with
her
mother and two sisters
Another
death
in August was
that
of Roger Chambers, 46, professor at Florida Christian
College.
He wife was Linda , daughter
of Tibbs
Maxey, my
oldest brother.
Roger was
teaching a t
a camp near Hi11s-
boro
OH.
He
laid
down
fo r
a nap
a t
noon an
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of
the
Kyushu
Christian Mission
Kanoya,
Kagoshima
893
Japan -
Box
417, N. Vernon IN 47265
DECEMBER 1988 LINKLETTER 288
Dear
Chris t ian
Friends,
Greetings
again a t
Christmas
time. Also
fo r
th e New Year. I t
is
a
time of happiness as well as a time fo r reflection
about
what Christmas
really means for us and fo r the world - beyond th e
t insel
and th e wrappings.
63
years ago th e
former emporer died on Christmas Day. The
govern
ment
advised Christian churches
no t
to have services on tha t day. The
present Emporer has lingered fo r two months now, kept
alive
by daily blood
t r an s fu s i on s .
What kind o f dec i s i on s must be
made
if he should d ie on Chr is tmas
Day? And what kind of government
will
we have
as the
new emporer begins? Will
i t be back to
th e
worship
of
the emporer as God as
th e r ight is t s
wish
or
fpr-
ward to
the
Emporer as symbolic head of state as is
the
Queen of England?
Those who want
th e status
quo to remain ar e now
in
charge
of th e
Imperial
Household Agency. So - we shall
se e
what we shal l
see.
And
what
does God have
in
store for each of us
in the
coming year?
The Psalmist said
(51:11) In God
have I pu t
my t rust .
I will no t be
afraid.
If
our
personal faith is the
same as his, we can
face the New
Year
with
courage
-
even
hope.
Since
our
last
writing, we've been a place or two and done a
thing
or two. Mainly I wanted to vis i t th e
conventions
in
India
and
New Zealand
and
see
as many places and people a long
the
way as possible. I t is seldom
that I make a
journey,
long or short, without Paul ine a t my side, bu t she
didn ' t
feel
up
to
this
journey.
She nominated s on , Walt er ,
instead.
He
accepted. With
th e cooperation of
churches and ministers who changed their
schedules and fi l led in for us, th e
journey
began
October
10 and ended Nov
ember 11. We can give th e
highlights
only:
HON KON Tw o days going and one day returning. Guests of Helen and
Wayfu ll Jew, longtime
missionaries
there.
Got our t ickets in
order and
l as t minute purchases. Had a
three
hour session with th e missionary men
going and both Wal te r and I spoke to the members of
the
Charis church which
meets
in th e
Jew's home on ou r
r e t u rn .
BANGKOK.
Almost a
full
day-the guest s of
Toshio
Morimoto and wife,
working
with Chi ld
Evangelism
Fellowship.
Also a
brief
vis i t
with
Somchai
and Georgia Pancha, working with Burmese in th e
ci ty.
Then th e long fl ight
to
New Delhi, India. Anise s eed
and toothpicks
served
on a
tray af ter
th e
in-f l ight
meal.
INDIA: 10 days. Ralph Harter met us a t the New Delhi airport late
a t
night.
One day with him
seeing
th e
ci ty.
Long train ride
southeast
to
Kanpur. Thence 3i hours by
Kulphar
Mission carry-all to
th e
western edge
of
th e
state of Uttar Pradesh. Leah Hoshier, Dolly Chitwood and Linda Stan-
ton
ar e
maintaining
a spir i tual , educational and physical oasis
for
th e un
wanted a nd abandoned c hi ld re n o f the a r ea . The s t a f f a re mature Chr i s t i an s
from this background. Dr. Leroy Garrett , Editor of Restoration Review was
also
there
on a teaching assignment. So the six of us had some long talks
together. Sunday was a very
special t ime.
In
the
evening
Walter
and I sang
and
I preached. Dr.Garrett was also
t he f ea tu re d speaker
a t
Kanpur.
KANPUR. We
went back to Kanpur by way of Agra and a vis i t to
the
the most beautiful tomb in th e world, th e Taj Mahal. We attended
part of
the Indian convent ion. I t was arranged and hosted by Ralph Harter and th e
church
in Kanpur. I t was held in a beautiful tent with comfortable
chairs.
Walter and I gave
greetings
from Japan and
th e
res t
of
th e t ime enjoyed th e
messages
and t he fel lowsh ip . Two missionary ladies , Jean Roland and Lois
Rees were
in school with
me
in
Minnesota
Bible College
a couple of
gener
ations ago, so we had some ancient recollections to share.
We went to th e Kanpur
airport
to go to
Delhi ,and onward,at
noon
on Friday. Oct 21. Place was dead. Two days
before,2
Air India planes had
crashed killing 164 people. Finally an
agent
appeared. When asked about
th e
situation
he said, Even i f no plane comes, you will get to
Delhi.
We pondered tha t conundrum
for
two hours. Then th e answer came. We were
loaded into a t ax i , driven
a t
high
speed
for two hours to the ci ty of
Luck-
now where we
did indeed
ge t a
plane
to Delhi and from
thence
on to
Singa
pore
and
to
Austral ia .
AUSTRALIA.
On this i^y
second
t r ip t o Aus tr al ia , I found
i t
super
lative
as
I
di d before.
I t
is
a
vast ,
open
country
with
a
hearty
and
friend
ly people. In Darwin we
took
an a l l day tour Into th e eastern
wilderness
and
makes
ou r
hearts
a little lighter.
mokes
ou r
friends
a little
dearer.
makes our paths
a little
clearer.
makes
ou r
lives
a little brighter.
a little bnghi
ypeacO
^ brings usall
a
little
nearer.
Walter and
I - On the
Way
Welcome to Kanpur
In
the
name of our Lord
Jesus Christ
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at
India Conv.-Held in a
Ten
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Town
Hall Kulpahar Mission
viewed
a
bird sanctury
(with crocodiles) and
th e
ancient
p i ctu re wr it ing
of th e
abor igines
on
one of the i r
sacred
mountains.Next,a 980 mile f l igh t to th e famous
small
city
of
Alice Springs.
The n ex t d ay , all day by bus to Ayers Rock located in
the southwest corner
of
the Northern
Territory.
This 2980 foot rock
rises
suddenly
out of
th e
desert .
Lt.
is red
and smooth , shaped l ike a
loaf of bread.
I t
offers
few hand o r foo tho ld s. A cha in l ea ds straight up th e mountain about half way. Under
Walter's watchful eye,
I made i t to
the top
in
twice
th e normal
time.
Glad I
did
i t
o n c e
Next
stop
was
SYDNE Y vi a f l ights to Alice Springs , Adelaide
and Mel
bourne with food served on every
le g
of
th e f l ight.
We were welcomed by Lewis and
Betty
Foster
and
stayed at
a
vacant apartment at
McQuarie
University
where Lewis
is
teaching,
writing and researching fo r a year. We never ran
out
of something to
talk
about as we
visited
the harbor, the
city
and an unusual
monument
that
Lewis
took us
to . I t
marked the spot where the
f i rs t
sermon was preached in
Australia,
3
February
1788 - 200
years
ago. The
text
was cut into
t he s to ne :
Whatshall I ren
der unto
the
Lord fo r all his benef it s toward me. -Psalms 116:12. A good question
waiting to
be answered by each one
of
us
everyday of ou r l ives.
Next
stop: th e cosmopolitan ci ty of MELBOURNE. We
were
welcomed there
by Fiona Brown,
former
exchange
student
in Kanoya and
her friend, Ian. We enjoyed
a
picnic together
on
t he g ra ssy
banks
of the
Yarra
plus
a
tour of the city.
That
night
we were guests of Dr. (M.D.) Kenneth Grigg fo r a Chinese meal.
There
is
no s pace her e to tel l how we go t together by mail
bu t
were
now
meeting
fo r the
f i r s t time. I was moved by
how
he could
see the
hand of God
in al l
that
happened:
how
we met, the mutual
offers
of aid and even in the exchange
of
ideas.
Later that
night we
spent an hour
listening
to 16 speakers in the
ceiling
of
his
living room pouring out glorious organ music of the great hymns of the church.
At the end of the concert, I could only say, Gloryj Hallelujah Amen
Dr. Grigg arranged an appointment
fo r
us
at
th e 125 year
ol d
Swanson St.
Church
of
Christ,
Alan
Webb,
minister.
Alan interviewed Walter and I
at
the evening
service and I preached. The church was f i l led . Two-thirds of the audience were
Asian students studying in Melbourne.
Even
though working and studying these stu
dents and members have given a million dollars to missions in the past 18
years.
And
these students are taking their
faith home
with them
when
they graduate.
NEW ZEALAND. A Monday morning flight of 1300 miles brought us to Wel
lington. With Walter at the wheel and me with the map, we had the joy of d riving
through this beautiful land two days before the convention and three days afterward.
The World Convention i tself was something of a disapointment. The venerable Town
Hall was
filled fo r all sessions but the hall
had no
side
rooms
or
restaurants
where
th e d i scussion sess ions could be held or
where
we could s i t down and
talk with
the people we had come to see. The right ending of the convention was the
Sunday
a.m.
communion service. Lorra ine Jacobs, wife of the convention president, had
personally
made 2000
pottery communion cups
for that
service. This
became
the parting gift to
each one of us as we returned to the ends of the
earth.
lOi hours of flying time
to
Hong Kong
plus 4 hours to
Kagoshima
brought us
safely
back to Japan and .not long
after to our homes of which
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