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May
191977
5^
i.
Dea r
F r i e nd s ,
Well, After our
evangel is t ic
meeting, I thought I
would have
l.^ts
of time to do
lots
of
things. . .but
I_guess I always was a_
dreamer. The new school
year
began the f i r s t week of April, witn
th-
j ui rv and confus ion invo lved with a new term . This
yea r
I am
y
. nlr.g
Er
v^lish
one
day
at
Jogakuin
Junior
High 5 c3.asses
of
k6
i rs) ,
one day a t Joga .uin College (two 2-hGur classes o:inth-graders),
one day
at Joga :uin
College
two 2-hGur
classes of
celj.ege
freshman), and one morning at a
kindergarten
c3.ose
to my home
two ?i0urs of
3,4,
and 5 year
olds).
So every week, I have to
change
gears several times
to
get
ready
for
each
different
age and
ability group.
At
Jogakuin,
I
am free to teach the Bible as
time
permits,
so one of
my
projects this year
is
to have each of
the
girls
memoriae Bible
verses in
English,
Although
they may not
real ly
unders tand
the
verses
now, I know
t ha t the seed of the
V/ord
can grow
in
t h e i r hea r t s
as
wel l
a s
in
t h e i r minds and unders t and ing .
Sachiko and I are t ry ing to continue the
Bible class
tha t the
Turners
and
I
s ta r ted l a s t year a t
the
Junior Highj but
because
of
various
confl ic ts ,
only
three of
the
gi r l s
have
rea l ly
continued
^steadfastly.
I
want
so much to demonstrate to a l l the gir ls tha t
Chris t iani ty
is not
dul l ,
boring, and commonplace, but
a
v i t a l ,
exci t ing experience.
We
meet
every Wednesday
afternoon,
so
i f you
v;il l
intercede fo r
us in prayer concerning th i s , Tuesday evening
would be a good t ime
to
pray .
The Turners
fur lough
t ime Is
here;
Betty has
al ready gone back
to Georgia to
be
home
fo r
littl Stevle ' s
bir thday,
and B il l w il l be
l eaving
w ith S hery l the
f i r s t week o f June ,
A l o t o f
people are
asking:
Are
you
and
Sachiko t ak ing th e T urn ers '
place?
or :
Can
you ca r ry on the work ll by you rse l f ? I guess I c a n ' t r e a l l y ansv/e:i
A .-y.ier one o f
t h ese
ques t ions ; Sachiko and I cannot
do eve ry th ing ,
t r . t
we
can
do
some
th ings ,
and
those
th ings
v/e
wi l l
do,
by
th.e
grace
of God .
The
first tv/o days in
May, I went to the m iss iona ry
convent ion
in
Osaka, and had
a
g rea t
t ime
-singing and t a l k ing and
shar ing
the
Word.
I saw a
l o t
o f fo lks I met
seven
yea r s ago
when
I
cane v/i th
the
Ohio Singe r s , and th re e o f us from
t h a t
group a re now miss ion
a r i e s , I was e spec i a l l y touched
by
th e f i n a l
message ,
de l i ve red
in
Engl ish by a
Japanese preacher . His c los ing i l l u s t r a t i on was
about
Lf
^ young, scrawny kid
who
was runniiig
in
a mile race with several
JiiP^/remarkable athletes. After the race
had been
won and the stragglers
had dropped ou t , the hu rd le s
were
being pu t up fo r th e
nr-xt
evej i t ,
I One of the judges called a halt v/hen he saw
this
kiu
panting
and
s t rugg l ing up the t r ack , and
ran over
to him as he
co l l apsed
a t th e
f i n i s h l i n e , V/hen
asked why he v;as in
the r a c e , the k id exp la ined
between
gasps
t ha t
t he i r miler had got ten s i ck ; the
coach,
having
p ro mised an en t r y
fo r every r a c e ,
had
asked
him to
r un .
V/hen
th e
judge i n s i s t e d , But
why d i dn ' t you j u s t give up
l i k e
a l l
the
r es t? ' '
the k id
rep l i ed , They
d idn ' t send me here to win. They d idn ' t send
me here to
qu i t .
They j u s t s e n t me
here
to
run ,
Trying to keep running .
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HIROSHIMA CHRISTIAW
MISSIOW
Wo. 20
SummeA,
1977
THOUGHTS
LJTERACyji Co otyn
Japan
i s
th e most l i terate nation
in the
worldbut i t s own people will be
th e
f i r s t
to t e l l you
t h a t
l i t e r a c y i s
not
e a s i l y achieved. The
Japanese learned
to
wri te
from the
Chinese in the 5th and 6th centuries;
but
the languages aren^t anything alike, so the
Chinese one-picture,
one-sound
system
became
a confusing,
complicated
s t ructure . Some of
the
characters, or
kanj^ were adopted
for their
sound aloneforming a syllabary an
alphabet-l ike
grouping
of
consonant-vowel
syl lables
of
about
51
basic
sounds.
These
syllables
are
now
represented
by two different kinds of kana script) , one for native
words, and one for
foreign
loan-words. Other kanjA were adopted for their meaningsand
can
now
be
read
2,3,
or as many as 8 different ways,
depending
on
whether
they
are used
alone
with original Japanese
pronunciation,
or in
groups
with
Chinese
pronounciation.
In my current Japanese studies, I learn 5-10 new kanjA
each
week. Armed with this
new knowledge, I am constantly
trying
to read new signs
in
the stores and along the
streets
not unl ike
my early
cereal-box
reading
days). Sometimes I am rewarded by seeing
a former maze of
squiggles
transformed into meaningful order. But just
as
often, I wil l
see a combination
of
characters,
each of
which I know
separately,
but not
have
the
f a i n t
est idea how
to
pronounce or
translate
them together. I t
is
small encouragement
to
know
that Japanese sometimes have the
same
problem.
Writing,
though,
brings on a d if fe re nt s et of
problems.
Thank
goodness,
the Japan
ese government has limited modern
usage
of the borrowed
kanjA
one Chinese dictionary
l i s t s
over
40,000 characters) to
around 2,000. Of
these,
881 are
considered essent ial
and are required
learning
for
elementary
children. I t s
no t
really hard to
learn
10 kanj-l
a weekthe trouble
is in
trying
to
remember them
the
next week
while
trying
to
learn a
new bunch
Many
fzanj i. have 15-20 or more strokes, and must always be
written
in
the
proper order. Studying the
t radit ional
methods seemed
to be
the best way
to learn to
write properly,
so
I began studying calligraphywriting
characters
with a brush.
Calligraphy
involves a
l o t more than
good
writ ingit i s t ruly
a disciplined and exacting a r t . Like
a l l
Japanese a r t s the goals
of
call igraphy
are
to
increase
s p i r i t u a l
calm and
awareness
as well
as to
discipl ine
the body
and
challenge the
mind.
Not only
am I
learning more about Japanese
thought
and
culture;
I am finding deep
s p i r i t u a l applicat ions.
For example, when I begin
learning
a new
character,
I
must constantly look back and forth
from my brush
and
paper to the
exerc ise
book
and my t ea c he r s w r it te n sample. Gradu
a l l y as I master the brush techniques
and
the stroke
order,
I can
concent ra te more on the w r i t i n g . But i s only when the form and
pattern
of the
character have
become imprinted on my brain , when I
can
apply
my whole
mind and body
to
re-creating
that patternonly
then do the
characters
become
al ivespir i ted , yet harmonious.
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UIHON
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Isn't this the
same thing
that happens when
the
word of
Christ dwells
in
us
richl
(Col.3:16)?
Or when we
receive with
meekness
the implanted word (Ja.l:21)? Let 's clai
the promise of Hebrews 8:10: I mtt put my Icm
Into
tkzAX mlndb, and
mite,
tkem on
the
neoAt6,
and
I uxiZt be tkeUx God
and the.y
ihaZt be.
my
people,, Literacy is a rare prive
lege,
one
not enjoyed
by
many people in the world.
Let s
thank
God
for
i t , and
use
i
wisely,
to glorify Him and build up His kingdom
i t i e
i ck i t
NEWS FROM
HIROSHIMA
The BIG news from Hiroshima t h i s month i s t ha t
Carolyn
and
Sachiko
were
ab le to
g
ahead in rent ing the
room
which
they
had
been praying
about.
Sunday
School c lasses we
held there
for
the
f i r s t
time on
Apri l
23rd.
Carolyn
wrote: This short paragraph ca
hardly express
the
t ime,
thought, prayers ,
fears , and hopes behind it
Of course , w
haven t any furni ture ye t , but
we ve
been pricing th ings. I f igure i f God was ready fo
us to
have
the room. He d provide th e th in gs
to go
in
i t .
- I f you would 4.ike to send a spec ia l
gif-t-designated
to buy cha i rs andtables an
some of f ice
furn i tu re fo r the new
meeting
place , p le a se d es ig na te
it
for FURNISHINGS an
send to e i ther forwarding
agent:
Mrs. Jean
Snooker
Mrs. Nata l ie Johnson
809 West 23rd Rt.
1 , Box
65
Scot t sb luf f , NB
69361 Orleans ,
IN
47452
WITH THE
TURNERS
A6 the TARGET
t6
gotng
to
pKe^6, Betty Turner and daughter Sheryl oAe Keody to teoo
on a t/Up to the PfUltpptned to
ci 6t t mth mcutc
and chttdAen'6 meetings
tn
a cUty-md
evangelt&tte cAaiode tn Cebu Ctty, They
uUIZ
be leavtng on May l6t and A.etuA.ntng on Ma
17th.
SheJiyl
t i exctted about fietuKntng to the place loheAe 6he um bom, and Betty
eageA to go back to the oAea
wheAe
^he 6pent mo6t o^
13
yearn h/ViA ng
Je6a6
wtth Etlcptn
people.
They
will
6top
ooeA tn
TOKYO
on
the
way,
to
ee
about schooling and
hoa tng
po66t
biltttci,
beioAe
making
^tnal pmpaAatton to ^etuAn to Japan
thti
6ummeA.
The
TURNERS
hope to wind up
thetn.
commitments tn GeoAgta by Jul^th and stoAt
theiA jOuAney back
to Japan.
Until
then
they can
be Aeached at Green
Valley Drive
Rive rda l e ,
GA 30274
T e i v (t404) 471-S002
o
TARGET
- HIROSHIMA
Dogwood faAm Chnisttan ChuAch
5285
f l a t
Shoals
Road
VecatuA, GeoAgta 30034
. i t m m
' llll
ATOMIC
BOMB DOME
TO;
Missions
Services
Box 177
Kempton,
In. ,
46049
Non-Prof i t Or
U.S. Postage
P e rm i t
No.
5
Decatur ,
Geor
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HIROSHIMA CHRISTIAN MISSIOW
l|r I
The BZbZe. cta66 tadin^ gave
SqXTj^
ddQJUihonJjLb
ioK koji
lumono.
She, wa6
votzd tk z
mo6t JapaneJ>Q,-Zoofung ojJ
th e 3 kanono' d
Za.dlz&
ARGCT -
HiHosnmA
No.
20
SummoA, 1977
SAVONARA
I f
you
e njo y s ay in g good-bye, you r ea l ly ought to go
to
Japan.
I t*s
a
very
complicated procedure,
and doing
it
proper ly demands
a ceremony,
with
dinner and
speeches
if
poss ib le , and
of course , th e g iv in g of g i f t s .
Th^ Turners have been in Hiroshima for.-fpur
years,
so they had a
lo t
o f people
to say
good-bye to . The month
of A pril
was almost
l ike
Christmaseveryone
wanted
to
have a
par ty
There
was
the
English c las s
par ty
a t
the
Kesaka Community Center .
B i l l
sa id h is f i na l f a rewel l s
a t
th e
den ta l school and
th e Merchant Ma ri ne
School , with
many
thanks
to
the dean
of
the
l a t t e r
for arranging for
shipping t he i r
baggage back to the
Sta tes . Betty was
part ied by the
Jogakuin
college staf f , her YW ladies
and th e
Bib l e
c la s s la d ie s
a t Kesaka .
Then, o f cou r se ,
t h e r e wer e all t h e f r i e nd s who came f o r a la st v is it o r
to
bring
a
farewell gi f t
or
an
inv i ta t ion
to another din
n e r o r p a r ty .
But
t h a t s not all it s rea l ly important
to the
Japanese
to
see their fr iends off i f a t a l l
possible.
There
was
qui te a crowd when Betty l e f t by Bulle t
Train
in May,
but
Bi l l managed Co
s l ip
away
unannounced
in
June
f
w -w
M
The, Za.cU.eJi BlbZe. cZcu>6 mMi Betty i^rvt],
Carolyn ce-JtiCA.},
and
Sachiko
lAZgfttJ .FZeAie.
pAai/ jJoA theJiC coho axe, contZniUng to tady
the. WoAd ^OAtk^UytZym
The EngtUk oAe. ghjowtng
a
the. Commimlty CenteA, with Sachiko teac
Ing eZmcntoAy cZxUii ej>, and CoAoZy
teaching an InteJimecUate-advanced gA.oap
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WITH THE TURNERS
BETTY has
been
busy
since her
ar r iva l
a t home speaking a t ladies* meetings and
g reet ing f ri ends in
various
churches. Her
summer
ac t iv i t i e s inc lude two camps
and
s e v e r a l Vaca t ion Bib l e Schoo l s .
BILL and
SHERYL
got a s ta t ion wagon on
th e
West coas t
and drove
it
to
Georgia ,
stopping
in
Nebraska
to
v i s i t forwarding
agents, Jean and
Charles
Snocker, on the
way. The whole family then enjoyed a few
days
with Bi l l s folks in Pennsylvania,
before going
to the North American Chris
tian
Conven t i o n in
C i n c i n n a t i .
SHERYL and TIM served as
j un ior
s t a f f
members
for F i r s t
Chance
Camp
in July.
STEVE r e cove r ed
from
a b roken
shou lde r
j us t in time to
break
a f inger . Then he
got a knee infect ion,
and
we're afraid to
imagine
what 's next
BILL
wi l l
be
doing
more
t rave l ing
th i s
summer to repor t
to
supporting
churches.
From
September,
Betty
wi l l
be
avai lable
for daytime lad ies
meetings.
Both Bil l
and
Betty wi l l be
a va ila ble t o v i s i t con
gregations
to re po rt
on what the Lord has
b een doi ng i n
Hiroshima during
the
pas t
fou r
years .
For speaking
dates
you may
reach them
a t :
M r. and M rs . illTu r n e r
49
Green Va ll ey D riv e
Riverda le , GA
30274
Te l .
(404)
471-8002
TARGET - HIROSHIMA
Vogtvood Vtm Ch u^ tCan ChuAck
52 B5
Ela t Shoots
Road
VzcatuA GzoAgla 30034
W
ATOMIC BOMB DOME
TO :
BACK JN HIROSHIMA
The LEE JONES
family
have
moved
in
the
house the Turners
j u s t
moved
ou t
o
The^CHRISTIAN CENTER has
a ls o r el oc a te
to an o lde r but spacious house not
f
f rom t h e
f o rme r location
CAROLYN
BARRICKLOW an d SACHIKO OSA
a t t ended a
movie
semina r
a t Hi ro sh ima
Ch r i s t i a n Literature Cru s ad e b o o k s t o r e
get the p ro jec t ion i s t s l icense
necessa
to
show Chr i s t i an
f i lms .
They went wi
much fear
and trembling,
but eviden t
passed the t e s t , because
they a re
now l
censed pro jec t ion is t s .
Average at tendance a t Sunday School
Hesaka was 11 fo r the second quar te r , a
a to ta l
of 12^ people a tt en ded f ilm me
i ngs
dur ing the t h ree months. Beginni
in
June ,
Sachiko
has i nv i t ed
the
Sund
School chi ldren to the
apartment on
t
f i r s t
Sunday
of
every
month
to
ea t
lun
and
have
fun together . The
kids seem
have a
good t ime,
and eve ry body l i kes S
chiko 's cooking
SACHIKO
and CAROLYN h a v e tw o
B i b
camps scheduled fo r
the
summer: one
wi
t h e
DON BURNEYS
on
t h e
island
o f
Sh i ko
in
Ju ly ,
and one in
the Tokyo
a re a w
Sa c h i k o s
home
chu rch t h e first weeke
of August .
ADDRESS FOR CAROLYN
AND
SACHIKO:
//202
Sunabo r i
Bi ru
5-39,
2-chome, Izue
Hesaka,
Hiroshima 730
JAPAN
Mision
Services Ed.
Office
Box 177
Kempton, In .
46049
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U.S. Postage Pd
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D s a r F rie ri f is a nd
l o v e d
o n e s ,
cldoLd
2 0 2 S u n a b o r i B i r u
5-39, 2-chcme,
Isue Hesaka
H i r o s h i m a 7 3 0 ,
J a p a n
J u l y 22. 1977
I can hardly
believe i t s the
middle
of July. Betty
Turner
lef
for
the
States
at
the
beginning
of
May
then
Bill
and
Shcryl
l e f t
the
f i r s t v/eek
of
June, Before Bil l
l e f t ,
v/e spent a l o t
of
time ao...ting
the car t i t l e trans fe rr ed to
my
name. I remember when I did this
in
the
States, I wasn t too happy about the afternoon I had
to
stand
waiting in linos, etc. Well, here we spent probably the equivaxent
of a v;f;ek getting a certificate from
one
city office in order to get
a certificate at another city office, ad infinixum. If I can remembe.
right, i t
took ^
trips
to City
Hall,
3
to
the
Land
Transportation
Bureau, 3
to
the Police Department, 2 to the Land
Office,
and 1
to
th-
Tax
O f f i c e , . ^ ^ -u..
Then
Bill needed to
take his
last-minute
freight
to
Kobe
in the
i t s
a 2-hour
trip
by train, but 10 hours by
car),
and didn t
want to
have to
drive back to Hiroshima j u s t to go
back
again, so
Sachiko and I v/ent
along,
and I drove
the
Tan back
to
Hiroshima
the
next day. That
was
a
lot
of
traveling
in two days, but
i t was
an ^
interesting
trip, and convinced me
that
1
C n
drive
anyv/here
if i t s
r e a l l y n e c e s s a r y , . ^ ^ ^ 4.
Then, Sachiko and I had to rearrange
the
apartment to accommodat
the extra eQuinment the Turners
lof t
in^'our care--no small matter,
considering
cur small space. Since then, our
return to
'normal
life
has been greatly hampered by a warm-weather invasion of cockroaches,
Ncv/ these are
not just ordinary
dirty l i t t l e
brown bugs; they
are
ur' 'yt 2-3 black monsters We have cleaned out
all
the Kitchen cup
boards, spraved,
etc.,
but are
s t i l l
occasionally
surprised
by
one of
the nasty l i t t le creatures.
When
this happens, all other activities
stop
until
we
get
the
crit ter
or
i t
escapes
into
some
l i t t l e
cranny,
?.'\t
there
are seme friendly animals around, too.
We
have a laraily
oi
chameleons
that
scamper around
cur window
screens chasing the bugs ^
tiist
are attracted to
the ligiits.
Sometimes they wag
their t a i l s
ariu
play tag; I
really
think they re cute, but they re too snake-y for
Sachiko, , ^ . .
j
With July
came the
las t
throe
weeks
of schoolspecial
meecings,
exams,
etc.
My college classes
finished
early, so I
invited
the
students to come
to
the apartment to spend
some
time together a
l i t t l
more in formally.
Sixteen
girls came
to
one
party
and eighteen
to
another. We
had a
r e a n y
good
time, and
I
keep praying that Jesus
love may touch t h e i r l i v e s through me,
Sachiko
and
I have
also shared specia l dinners
here with the
Sunday School
children,
the
Bible Class
ladies
and
tlieir
friends,
and
our Jr .
High,
and English Bible Class students. Many
of these
v/e
will
not
see during
the
summer
because of vacatio;:is,
fami:iy and
summe
school commitments,
but
please
pray w ith us that
they
wil l keep
studying the Word and that faith in God will grow in their hearts.
Love
i n J e s u s,
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HIROSHIM CHRISrm MISSION
No. 21
mus
FROM
HIROSHIMA
When
ROLYN and S HIKO went to
a camp
n the Tokyo area in August, they
were ac
by
c o ll eg e s tu d en t
TERUMI
FUJII
d
by second grader
little
Mr. KIRA
both
th e
Hesaka Bib l e c l a s s e s .
They a l l had a t e r r i f i c t ime And it
s during the
week
of camp tha t Terumi
as
immersed
I n t o Ch r i s t .
She
had made a
confession some time before , but
er parents were.slow in
agreeing
to allow
er
to
be
bap t ized .
Terumi
( in white) i s seen
with he r
and her
s i s t e r s
family as they
aw
her
o ff
fo r
camp a t
th e Bu l le t
Train
Please pray
fo r Miss
Fuj i i
and fo r
her
as
wel l
tha t
her
Chris t ian l i f e
be
a g r ea t
i n f luence
on the
r e s t .
ARGCT
SeptembeA,
1977
TRAl/ 't lW BROTHER BILL
When BILL and
SHERYL
ar r ived
from Japan
in June, one of th e
f i r s t item s they
had
to
take
care
of was get t ing
a
furlough
vehicle
They found
a barga in on a
1977
Chevrole
s t a t i on wagon
t h a t had been
a demons t ra to r
It had
3,000
miles on it but
was almos
like new .
They
drove
across the
Sta tes , stopping
in
Nebraska fo r
speaking
dates . By
the
t ime
they got home to Georgia in June 25
they
had added
qu i t e
a
few
miles .
Since
then . Bi l l
has t ra ve led to r epor
on
th e
work
in
Hirosh ima
to
Pennsy lvan ia
Ohio, and Maryland. He wi l l soon be
making
t r i p s to Flo r i da and
South
Caro l ina .
When he
i s not
t r ave l i ng , B i l l i s
help
ing
a t
th e R ive rda le Chr is t i an
Church
which
was
s t a rte d in
our
home 10
years ago.
He plans to
help
some
in
other of
our
l iv
ing
l ink
churches , and a l so
to devote
som
t ime to th e study o f
wr i t t en
Japanese .
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IRST TERM
-
S INGL
kfOu.val
In
Cebu UXy
on Uovmbzn 10
1951
OURTH TERM - WITH CHILDREN
i ? .
In
06akcL,
Japan
In 196S
BETTY
VARBROUGH
TURMER
SECOND TERM - DOUBLE
Olitk Gaen
yi{^^ Mi
in OcXobzx 0^ 1956
THIRD TERM - MARRIED
[iJiiddlnQ bzZti> Aang
on Mcuick
15 1961
FIFTH TERM - A GROWING FAMILY
i
To
H^o^kana Japan
Zn J une oX 1973
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WESITV-n i /E
YEARS Of MISSIONARY
SERVICE
Vou mmn you came all the. my
acA066
the. ocean by youA&eZi was the surprised comme
made by
Filipino
brethren when
Betty
arrived
in
Cebu City, Philippines. The missionarie
already on the f ield were equally amazed that Betty had secured her support
and
t ravel fund
from
her
home area, without having
to travel around
from place to place.
When Betty had
told
the folks
at
the Grant Park church of
her
desire to go
to
the Philip
pines,
one
elder
expressed
what
o ther s a lso
f e l t :
I jJ BeXty 16
uulllng
to
go,
then
tve
shoul
be
(AJtllXng to 6end
heA and 6uppoAt heA So
i t
was that the home
church
had a special
ser
v i c e to s e t B e t t y a p a r t a s t h e i r
f i r s t
LIVING LINK missionary on September 21, 1952. At
t h a
very service,
B e t t y s
mother was immersed
i nt o
Chris t . Mrs.
Yarbrough has been a tremendou
s ou rc e o f encouragement t o Bet ty a l l the years o f
her
miss ionary
work.
That
evening
Brother B a r t l e y the church t r e a s u r e r gave Bet ty
her
f i r s t
s a l a r y
check
o
100. Mrs. Bartley had agreed
to
serve
as
B e t t y s forwarding agent, and
she did
a
great
jo
a t t h i s
f o r a
number
of
y e a r s .
The
next
morning
Betty
l e f t to begin her way to the Phi l ippines. After
attending
th e Na
t i o n a l Missionary Convention i n Kansas an d purchas ing s u p p l i e s i n C a l i f o r n i a she
s a i l e d
o
October
2 1 s t
and
a r r i v e d
i n
Mani la
on
November
1 7 t h .
She
reached
h e r
d e s t i n a t i o n
o f
Cebu
b
plane
on
t h e
20th ,
an d was
very
soon teaching a t Cebu Bible Sem inar y and help ing i n
the wor
i n
o t h e r
ways.
When B e t t y
l e f t f o r
h e r
second term
i n
1956,
she
was accompani ed by Miss Guen G r i f f i t h
n a t i v e
o f Meadvi l le , Pennsylvania and a worker a t t h e
Grant
Park
Church
whi le a s t u d e n t a
Atlanta
C h r i s t i a n
College.
I l l n e s s
l a t e r
forced
Guen
t o
leave
the P hil ip pin es f or
the
milde
c l i m a t e of Hawaii. However,
she
made
a
g re at c on tr i b ut i o n t o the work
both
i n
Cebu
and i
H a w a i i b e f o re h e r
d e a t h
1 9 6 3 .
The
P h i li p p in e b r e th r e n k ep t p ra yin g f o r Betty
to find
a l i f e p a r t n e r so they were de
l i g h t e d
when t h e i r beloved Ma'am Yarbrough was married
to
B i l l Turner
on
March 25, 1962
There was
an a l l - o u t welcome
f o r the newlyweds when th ey r ea ch ed Cebu i n November t h a t y e a r
Sheryl
Ruth was born
to B i l l and Betty
on
June 6,
1963,
and
Timothy Roy
was born
on
Jul
28,
1964.
From
b i r t h
Tim had symptoms o f h e a t a l l e r g y an d he became i n c r e a s i n g l y
worse
Doctors advised
a
c o o l e r
c l i m a t e so the
Turners
decided
t o
go
t o Japan. They
l e f t Cebu i
September o f 1965, and have been working
i n
v a r i o u s
p l a c e s i n Japan
s i n c e
t h a t
t ime.
During
a
fur lough, Stephen Martin was born on
May
22,
1967. He was
j u s t
a
few months ol
when he a r r i v e d in Japan. Even as
a
wife and
mother
o f t hr ee c h il dr en Betty cont inued t
serve as a ful l - t ime missionary. The Grant
Park
Church
(now Cedar
Grove
Christ ian
Church
has
been h e r f a i t h f u l LIVING and
LOVING LINK
d u r i n g t h o s e y e a r s .
This month, on completing 25 years of service, Buetty has,.requested a f ive-year leave
o
abg^jce as Cedar Grove's
salaried
missionary. She will continue to serve oir~~Vcnuhteer ba
s i s
i n
church
work and
with
HIROSHIMA CHRISTIAN
MISSION,
b u t w i t h S h e r y l
and
Tim
i n t h e i
critical
teen
years, she feels she ^hould devote more time .to the family.:;
With the family
i n
mind,
Betty
had turned down some o f f e r s as a f u l l - t i m e teacher . How
e v e r
when a p a r t - t i m e teaching
p o s i t i o n a t
Pathway C h r i s t i a n School opened whic h
would r e
quire only two hours a morning, Betty
accepted
this as a means of use fu l Chr is ti an s ervi ce .
Betty
i s t hankfu l for
Christ ian friends and for God's blessings
during
the past 25
years
and
looks
forward to
continued
s erv ic e in the Kingdom in whatever ways the Lord may lead.
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RINGING THE BELLS
TOR
HIROSHIMA
I n/f
l/acation
BZbZt School
puplZi
In a number o^ chuAchc6
thl i 6umme/L
studied
about BeZt6
In HVLO^klma
and learned how
they
could
help
Alng
the
Gospel bel l i
ijoA. the child/ten o^ Japan. SeveAol
hundred
compel al&o
studied
about
Japan
and
gave
thetn.
oHenlng^.
OiiefUng^
that
weKe to CoAolyn SoAAlcklow m il make I t po.ii6tble ioK hoA to puAchaa
e duplicating machine that t i needed iofi pKepa/Ung matoAlati ioA Suyvday School childKen and
cXU4
l ad ioM
O^eKlngi,
.sent to the TuAne/u helped them to buy a needed typewAiteA
and
typing table,
alio a i l lde pAojectoA and pAojectlon table. One U.B.S. designated thelA of^leAlng to go
the puAchase
o ^
a coa {^oa the TuAneAS
to
use duAlng ^uAlough.
OmRWGS RECEIl/EP BV THE TURWERS
WERE
AS FOLLOWS:
F i r s t
Jun io r
Week, Woodland Chr i s t i an
Camp,
Temple, GA
Jun io r
Week,
Roanoke
Chr i s t i an
Camp,
E liz ab et h C it y
NC
VBS,
Berea
Chr i s t i an Church,
Hampton,
GA
VBS, F i r s t
Chr i s t i an Church,
Meadvi l le
PA
VBS, R i v e rd a l e
Chr i s t i a n
Church , Rive rda le GA
VBS,
Cedar Grove
Chr i s t i a n Chu rc h, E ll enwo od , GA
VBS,
Demopolis Chris t ian Church , Demopo li s,
AL
VBS, North D ru id
H i l l s
Chr i s t i an Church, Atlan ta GA
VBS,
West s ide C h r i s t i a n Church, E as t P o i n t
GA
153.00
5 1 8 0 0
1 3 2 8 2
2 0 4 A 6
2 1 1 0 3
4 5 0 0
5 8 3 6
1 1 2 9 5
2 0 5 0 0
A
heoAty
TH NK VQU to the young ladies and gentlemen who shoAed In the
wo fz
In Japan In
a wondeA^ul way
SSSSSSS SS SSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSS S
BILL &
BETTY
TURNER &
FAMILY
49
Green
Valley
Drive
Rive rda le GA
30274
Tel
(404) 471-8002
ARGET - HIROSHIMA
Vogwood
ToAm
ChAlstlan
ChuAch
5ZS5
F l a t
Shoa l s
Road
ecatuA, GeoAgla 50034
C
ATOMIC BOMB DOME
^ROLYN BARRICKLOW. SACHIKO OSAWA
Sunabor i Biril^ ~~~ ~
5-39,
2-chome,
Izue
Hesaka ,
Hi rosh ima
730 JAPAN
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Services
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The en d o f September 7^7
D^ar ONes in J e s u s ,
Well, autumn
is
upon us in Hiroshimaevident in more ways than
just the shorter days and the
sun s
golden rays. Our p-furo the t a l l ,
square Japanese bath in v^hich we s i t in water up to our chi.n takes
longc-r to
heats
the
cockroaches
are not quite so a c t i v e ;
a l l
the
Japanese schools are h av in g u nd o- ka it a combination sports da y
and
o :*)er i -house,
The summer real ly went
f a s t e s p e c i a l l y sin ce school
v/as not out
unt i l
the
th ird
v/eek
o f
Ju ly .
Sachiko
and
I
had
a good
v i s i t
with
the
Don Burney family on the island
of
Shikoku,
an d
then v;ent to Tokyo for
sightseeing and
visit ing before
going on to Bible
Camp
in
the
mountains
The camp was sponsored
by
Sach ik o s home
church,
a
non-
instrumental congregation in Tokyo, and the ^3 campers ranged from
kindergartners
to college-age plus, including 2nd-grader Fumihiro Kira
and college senior Terumi Fu.iii who went with us from
Hiroshima.
Sachiko
t ransla ted
a s
I t a u g h t a
Bible
c l a s s
each m or nin g a nd
helped
me lead
songs;
we both
shared
in evening
discussions
with the older
campers. August 6th dawned
with
a wave of
nostalgia
as I remembered
th e summer o f 1 9 7 0 , when I
celebra ted
my
bir thday
a t
t ha t
same camp
si te during my f i rs t t r ip to Japan with the Ohayo
Singers.
But the
camp was
climaxed
on Monday morning as two young
gir ls from
Tokyo
an d
Terumi
F u j i i
were
baptized
in
the cold,
choppy
v/aters
of
Lake Motosu.
How we praised t h e
Lord toge ther
A f t e r tha t , as some o f you may knov/, I came home fo r a v er y s h o r t
b u t worth-while three weeks. The main object of the t r ip was to be^
able to
talk p er so na lly t o
the bo yfrien d I
lef t
behind in
Cincinnati
l a s t year. Besides
that,
i t was a joy to spend a
l i t t le
time
with
Natalie
and
Larry Johnson, my brothers families, various
uncles,
aunts, cousins,
and
of course my o and
Dad
who jus t recently moved
from the bird sanctuary in
Connersville back
home to
Rising
Sun.
Back
in Hiroshima,
i t
wasn t too hard
to
ge t
back
into the
swing
of things,
but
I haven t been able
to
write many letters because of^
some
long overdue
homework
A
few
weeks
before I
was to
graduate v/ith
my Master s Degree, I was found lacking a course
in
curriculum that
I
d i d n t
have
time
to takebut
a
very gracious
advisor
gave
me
cr edit
f o r the course on the co n d itio n tha t I do an independent research pro
ject on Japanese schools and curriculum. Finally I v/as s-ble
to find
some research m aterials in
English, an d
talk to some
school
o f f i c i a l s ,
etc. ,
but when I got. back I had to put i t a l l to geth er to reach the
S e p t e m b e r dead l ine .
I have
le a rne d
a lo t ab o u t Japanese l i fe as
w e l l
as schools,
coming to understand why the frantic worry about entrance exams effect-,
kids as fa r down as kindergarten. The rank
of
the ui.iversity one gets
into
in
Japan
wi l l be th e
sole
determining factor
in
the nature and
quality of success; once one
enters
a company
at
a certain level, he
cannot move
ou t o f
tha t
par t icu la r niche, r e g a r d l e s s
o f c h a r a c t e r ,
e f f o r t ,
a n d ab i l i t y .
.
Well, I
thank you and keep praising God fo r your co nti nu ed lo ve
and prayers. Please keep
praying
for our new Christians, Kazue Fukuda
and Terumi Fu.iii; f o r the l a d i e s who study the Bible with us every
Thursday morning; for me as I continue to study and learn Japanese;
fo r S a c h i k o a s
we
work tog ether fo r Jesus .
With l ove i n H i m ,
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FINANCIAL
REPORT
Hi r o s h ima Ci i r i a t i a n Mi s s i o n
p
C:-rolyn
Barr icklow
Ju ly 1
to September
30,
1977
Re c e i v e d ;
Alpine
Chris t ian Church
65.00
Cambridge
City
Chris t ian Church
1^1-7,50
Fel lov/ship Chr i s t i a n
Church
200,00
Dr,
and Mrs, Thomas E.
Hayhurs t 15 .00
Highland Chr i s t i an Church 30,00
Mr. and Mrs,
Grover A. Payne
5 .00
Pleasan t Ridge Church o f C hris t
Youth
Group 25 .00
Bui lders Class 25.00
Rising
Sun Church
of C hr is t 225.00
Southpor t
Heights
Church of C hris t 50,00
Mr, and Mrs.
Frank
P, Sterre t t 5o,00
Wes te rn
illsChurch o f Ch r i s t
61 . 00
Tota l
Received
f 888,50
Expense s ;
Sa la ry S -fO.OO
S e r v i c e L in k 10 0 ,0 0
Pos tage
and
Paper
Supp l i e s
73.50
Insurance
5 .00
Savings
40,00
Loan
Repayment 150 ,00
Del inquent Taxes fo r 1975 78,77
Misc, 30. 51
Tota l
Expenses
1 ,317,78
Balance on Hand July 1, 1977 439,33
Income 88jl,j,0
1
f 3-^783
Less Expenses 1 .317 ,78
Balance on Hand Sep tember 30,
1977
10,05
Dear Fr i ends ,
The summer is gone too quickly and we find ourselves in September,
With September
I
find
Bryan
in f i r s t grade and loosing his front
t ee th . My husband Larry i s picking corn a l l day and sometim es in to the
night .
Aaron loves
to help h is dad on
the corn
picker?
but
each time
he ge ts
on
it he f a l l s
as leep
How? I wi l l never knov/. It s
such
a
noisy, bumpy, hot ,
dusty job. I
love
to see the t ra ck -lo ad s o f
corn
pass by the house. The corn looks l ike gold shin in g in
the
Autumn sun,
Carolyn s
quick
t r ip home in August v/as a
rea l
blessing
to
me.
I
f ee l
as if I understand her
work
and
the
problems
she faces
a little
be t te r . I t
was
jus t good
fo r
us to sit down and have a good t a lk
Please
continue
to
pray
fo r
Carolyn ind
her
work, Carolyn
and
Sachiko
have a great responsibil i ty with the
Turners
on furlough.
V/ith
love
in
J e su s ,
/