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u Spring is her \7ith the heautiful flowers. e have onlywild cherry near the church but we can enjoy them in the surrouing area.^ ^he wisteria which I planted when the house was huiwas especially beautiful this year. I have a number of azalea^fferent colors and a Scotch broom, which I bought because i t^nded me of home, and now the yard is full of Shasta daisies.here will be hollyhocks and dahlias. I have a few roses but t p climate. Some places you see yardsX TXionivirnnA t loss to the work here. Mrs. Hongo, mySto L ^ retired and gone toive with her dauaJiter on the southern point of this island. SinfM Se church meetings, Bible teacher and leadfeloi for^? s^oup, Bible School teacher, and friend and oouelor for all i t was necessary to fi l l her place axid I have askf * friend is noTt^lu lt cSMt not had the experience as a Bible teacher andlove^^ ^esp^cW Christian and has theth our deacons, Mr. Kotoj has been transferred hyoe weather bureau, for which he works, to a distant city..^fe and four daughters have faithfully attended here for the patiL witho^ them. One daughter, who recently became a Chfo?^l fLL ? School teacher. She will remain in Tokyoor a few months until she can be transferred by the company

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fo r which she works to the same c i ty where h er p aren ts l i v e Shei s now l i v ing with me but prepares her own meals . e enjoy havingher here and her paren ts are pleased to have her where she can hei n church r e gu l a r l y

Since los ing these fa i thfu l Chris t ians , however, others havef e l t t h e i r r e spons ib i l i t y fo r ca r ry ing on t h e i r work. One o f ourChris t ians who i s a teacher o f music in a High School plays the organ fo r the church se rv ice s and some young g i r l s play fo r BibleSchool and other meet ings. A young man employed in a bank i s churt reasure r which v/as one o f Mr. Koto s t a sks and a Chr i s t i an publicaccountant looks a f t e r the church bus ines s This t akes spec i a lab i l i t y as the church has to be incorpora ted fo r hold ing proper tyand r egu la t ions o f t en change .

I wrote to miss ionar ies in the areas where the Kotos are l i v iand a lso to the oppos i t e end o f t h i s i s l and where Mrs. Hongo hasgone and got them in touch with churches where they are fa i thfu l lya t t end ing

Some o f us saw th e p ro ce ss io n when the crown prince was marrThepeople seem aa-ar^hole to-we loome- a ^sommaner sa^^tu3pe- en^^b u t t h e r e w ll be t h o s e who w i l l s nub h e r I ove rh e a r d one womansay, She does not have the noble look tha t he does . To me she lomore s t a t e ly than the pr ince They have both had some Chr i s t i anteach ing We must pray t ha t t wi l l bear f t u i t in th e i r l iv e s

The convention of churches o f Christ o f Japan was held in Naga c i ty in the cen t ra l par t o f Japan, the f i r s t o f pri l I was sot ha t because o f having inf luenza I was not able to a t t end Sincecould not go, 1 ass i s t ed the Aoki family so they co uld a t t end Thwas t h e i r f i r s t convent ion . Dr. Aoki cont inues to preach twice amonth, fo r the Mabashi church . Mrs. Aoki i s coming once a month tospeak to our women s group. The church gives them only a gif t offruit, in appreciation of their services) She was in Japan for twoyears when in High School so speaks Japanese wel l She i s a quie tl ttl woman and we l l l iked by th e J ap an es e She has a beau t i f u ls ing ing voice I enjoy cha t t ing w ith her in Engl ish as I am usualwith people who speak only J ap an es e

Mr. and Mrs. P ete r I ta g ak i have another baby boy. They l o s ttheir first when he was about a year old. hen this baby was bornshe had to have two blood transfusions. Since these are very


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pensive and unexpected, Mr ItagaJdL came to me for help . I gavethem the 43-30 for the two transfusions. For the past year, thhave been support ing themselves Ijy the i r teaching in kindergarteand tu tor ing . They hold services in the kindergarten hut the a ttendance is small. Thou^ the kindergarten is not Christian, MI tagaki i s not prevented from giving some Christian teaching.Mrs. Mito, the wife of our former pastor, i s in the hospi taagain with T. B. hut has a li t case and expects to re tu rn homesoon. The H itos are still l iv ing in the apartment a t the Bihle

l ege . He ho lds some s e rv i c e s .At the T. B. hospi tal where we v i s i t we have r ec en tly ta lk ewith an old lady of e i ^ t y . She always appreciates our v i s i t s aspoke o f her f a i th hut one day she inc luded in her remarks r e f e rences to sp i r i t s of the ancestors and the Buddhis t gods. I exp

ed that there i s only one God, the heavenly Father, and gave hercopy of the gospel of Matthew. The next time I Bm her she saidI read from the hook which you gave m every day, and I pray toancestors and the gods o f Buddhism hut I end the prayer in the nof the God of Heaven . I thou^t 0 my, what a mixture. Againhad i;o explain tha t she must pray only to the t rue and l iving GoI t i s no wonder that af ter eighty years of teaching ahout the innumherahle gods and the need to worship the sp i r i t s o f the ancesthat she should he confused. A young wom n i s very discouragedsince she cannot take the medicine that helps so many. She thint h a t death ends a l l so it would he be t t e r to die than to l i ve onhe a burden. She came to the hospi ta l as a ntirse and contracteddisease. These and many others need yo\ir prayers .

The Japanese have a custom when they are praying to say, Isome are coming make their feet come quickly . I t is quite apprpriate since Japanese axe often late to services. I ask you tothat many of the thousands of feet passing by each day may be tuto en t e r and hea r th e word o f life

Again I want to thank a l l those who support us by their praand of f e r i ngs .

Sincerely your Missionary,Grace Farnham


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R e c e i p t sOregonSalem, Court St ree t 493*95 J r . 28.53C r a b t r e eAff ie McCauleyMrs, L E. AllumbaughPennsylvaniaBryn ilawr M.P.

liforniiTil l iaia V* BarneyMrs. Andy Livacich(gif t) 5.00Tota l 653,48

FINANCIAL REPORTJanuary 1 - March 31? 1959E x p e n s e sLiving Link Salary(3 mo.) S300,0

Court Street Salem, OreMrs. Pusako Hongo 65.0(3 mo. 1 week)Mrs, Pusako Hongo re t i rement 6O.O(It is the custom to givea 3 nio. sa l a ry on r e t i r em e n t a f t e r a number o fyears of service . )Aoki family toward conven- 5O.OOt i on expensesIta gak i fo r blood t rans . .4i*3Repair on iny home 3,31.625*00 Cabinets for my om Xg,8Total expense 60S.. 7

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R e c e i v e d o n A oki L oanNote: Aok i's s up po rt has beenc u t down b ecau se o ne ch u rchsuppor t ing him is bui ld ing .

G r a c e Pa rn h a mc/o Mrs. 0. P. Wegner1895 24th Stree t N. E.Salem, Oregon

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GRACEFARNHAM

Dea r F r i e n d s :

SUMM R TT Tokyo, JapaJu ly 1959

Bessie reminded me that you would l ike to have a messageme when you celebrate my birthday. I appreciate your doing theach yea r

Our summer weather has begun. I t i s usually in the ninetand the dampness makes it oppressive* I sha l l go to the mountnext week fo r a few days fo r a young people s camp in our homethere* Then I shal l go la ter with the women s group and stayabou t a month* There is a confe rence fo r m i ss io n ar ie s th e firten days of August. As we have a new cottage for th e Ple enorsmyself, two families of Church of Christ Miss ionaries , the Butand the Likens, wi l l use the l a rger house during the conferencThe remainder of the time during July and August, there wil l bJapanese camps one af te r the other* shal l appreciate the ncottage during these camps. Sometimes there was no place fo rs i t with the house fu l l of campebrs and r ice three times a day whard to take The Aokis are a ^ e a t help in these catnips Mr.Aoki wi l l lead the young people s group and Mrs. Aoki wil l bemain speaker fo r the women s camp We are expect ing women fromthree churches fo r th i s camp

We are encouraged by the f ine sp i r i t a t the Jiabashi churchThe people are leeurning to pray and serve* Pour young women hrecently accepted Christ . One was the young womsui from the T.hospital who has been l iving with me for a year. She was badlspoiled as a child and then af ter years of feel ing sorry for hse l f in her lonely years in the hospital^ she i s apt to thinko f herself She i s making a big e f fo r t to be a humble fol loweCh r i s t


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Three young women had heen led to Christ by Mr. Aoki in hisc l a s s e s a t th e C h r i s t i a n S t u d e n t Center* He recommends t h a t anyone l i v i n g i n t h i s area come to t h i s church. Two have offered toss st n t h e B ib l e S c h o o l

I had suggested l a s t spring t h a t we have a young people s gromeeting once a month. Japanese are not freindly to st rangers andhoped t h a t a time o f Christ ian fellowship would make the new peopf e e l more a t home and give them an opportuni ty to make f r i e n d s .However t has turned out to be another sermon a f t e r the longmorning service with a prayer meeting fol lowing. I appreciate t he a r n e s t n e s s b u t I b e l i e v e t h a t a t ime o f f e l l o w s h i p s a l s o import nt .

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The young couple l i v i n g i n the church fo r the pas t two yearshas moved to an apartment a t a d i s t a n c e . Vto miss them and they can o t a t t e n d a l l the s e r v i c e s a s b e f o r e . They were n ot C h ri s ti a n swhen they came but have become f a i t h f u l C h r i s t i a n s and workers i nthe church. They hope to have a Bible School i n the apar tmenthouse . There a r e s c o re s o f apar tment houses i n t h e same area*

l ^ e n one o f o u r C h r i s t i s a i f e m i l i e s moved t o a d i s t a n t c i t y i nA p r i l , t h e i r d a u ^ t e r remained with me s ince she had a p o s i t i o nh e r e . We enjoyed having h e r h e r e . She played th e organ f o r s e v ea l o f the meetings and t a u ^ t B ib le S ch oo l. Tow she has been t r a nf e r r e d t o the c i t y v/here h e r p a r e n t s a r e . She hopes t o t e a c h BibSchool i n the new p l a c e .

Since s e v e r a l people have moved and s t a r t e d new work i n th eplace where they have gone, I am reminded of Acts 8:45 They therefore t h a t were s c a t t e r e d abroad v/ent about preaching the word.l l r s . Sato and h e r d a u ^ t e r conduct a Bible School each Sunday a f tnoon i n a b u il di n g n e a r t h e i r home. Mrs. Matsuzaki , i n whose homa women s meeting and a l s o a c h i l d r e n s meeting i s h e l d once amonth, says t h a t she i s l i k e Abraham. She d id not want to move sof a r from t h e church b u t God c a l l e d h e r t o do e v a n g e l i s t i c workt h e r e . She c a l l s frequent ly and more and more women are becomingi n t e r e s t e d i n t h e m e e t i n g . Mrs. Aoki h a s been b r i n g i n g t h e messagr e c e n t l y .

Tibbs Maxey, College o f Scriptures, i s v i s i t i n g , speaking anteaching i n Japan for a few weeks. e preached to a group a t the


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Jlfebashi churck-Tecenl^]^ Jaipêa^ have the idea from whatread in the newspapers that the negroes in America are badlyt reated. I was glad fo r them to hear Tibbs story of what theydoing for nêgro preachers. Hark 2taey and Isabel l Dittemore,brother and s i s t e r of Tibbs , missionaries in Kyushu, Japan, wewith him when he vis i t ed in Tokyo. Vivian Lemmon of Tanabe wasalso a Tokyo visi tor* She was with me a t Mabashi before the wa

The Harold Sims family have gone on f u r lou^ . As the i r hoi s only a short bus ride from ny home and I always received aroyal welcome with shouts of ;Joy from the small children, I misthem very much.I am s t i l l enjoying the corn and walnuts sent by the Coiirt

St r e e t church. talces so much work to prepare these th ingspecial ly the corn, tha t I do appreciate them. Thank you again.Also, I want to say thank you for your continued remembran

i n prayers and of fe r ings . Your miss iona ryG r a c e P a r n h a mFINANCIAL REPORT - Apri l 1 - June 30, 1959Recei,pts ExpensesOregon Living Link Salary(3 mo.) 30Salem, Court Street 800.24 Court Street,Salem, Ore. J r . 41*39 Mrs. Furuta (3 Mb.) Crabtree, CI7.P. 30.00 Total Expenses 33

Santa Clara,Ladies Miss.10.00Coquille 50.00 Cash received 104Kansas Loan rece ived 2Sublette 30.00 Cash on hand April 1 261C a l i f o r n i aMarysville 38.50 GRAN] TOTAL CASH 368GeorgiaMrs. Chas J . Greene 30.00 Expenses Ôhio Balance of Cash June 30 3351Canton I s t W.M.S . 12 . 50Tota l 1042.63Rece ived on Aoki Loan 25*00


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GRACE FARNHAH - Fa l l Let ter ear Fr i t ^nds

I t is fall again with cool nights but usually beautiful daysThe eighteenth and nineteenth typhoon of the season came in OctobHowever, Tokyo experienced only heavy rains. You have he^d manyreports of the typhoon that struck the city of Nagoya, bringing inthe sea and destroying a great part of the- city and killingthan five thousand people. The U. S. service men were a great hein rescuing people. At one time they were using forty helicoptoto take the stranded from roof tops trees and places wherewere barely out of the water. There were cases where Japanese maheroic efforts to save people. A policeman and his wife borrowedtruck and carried all the children and old people to safety^romone section. A taxi iriver saved many people. People of all coutries have sent relief supplies of money, food clothing and blamets. The Japanese have made house to house canvasses for money arelief supplies e sent tv^^e to^from the church

The two missionary families of the Church of Christ \vorkingNagoya were in America but Howard 2 avis flew back to help in thistime of need. The roof of his home was blown off. One church wacompletely washed away and another badly damaged.A typhoon struck the place in the mountains where we were inAugust. After a night of pouring rain the trees bepn to fall.Two tall firs just outside our bedroom windows fell into the neigbor s yard* If they had fallen the opposite direction they woulhave crashed right across the house. A number of houses were stru amps were held in our summervhome from July 13 until the enof August. I helped with some of them but they were led by theFleenors. One young man who was baptized at the Mabashi church whe was in Primary school decided that he wants to become a preacer. His parents both Christians used to be faithful workers inthe Mabashi Church but they have moved to another city. They att

a church there and the young man, now in college is active in thBible School. Other young people were inspired to more faithfulservice for Christ by their attendance a t the camps.One of the camp speakers was a Japanese preacher who had beecrippled by polio when he was three. When he heard his first ser


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a young man, he f e l t t h a t if God cared f o r sparrows he would careone as h e l p l e s s a s h e . Ho m a r r i e d a C h r i s t i a n young woman. She

him t o a t r a i l e r h i t c h e d to a b i c y c l e a n d t h e y go o u t f o rm e e t i n g s . He h a s a good v o i c e and a f a c e t h a t shows

hristiancharacter

It was p le a s a n t t o have th e little c o t t a g e i n th e back t h i sthe family . \ e could have guests a l s o v/i thout d i s t u r b i n gcamp s e s s i o n s . One was a f a m i l y o f n e g r o e s whom th e F l e e n o r smet i n Tokyo. He is i n t h e s e r v i c e and t h e y a r e e a r n e s t C h r i s

V/hile they were t h e r e J u l i a Fleenor and one o f t h e i r g i r l sb a p t i z e d . J u l i a is v e r y f a i r so t h e r e was a g r e a t c o n t r a s t i ntv/o l i t t l e g i r l s as they obeyed C h r i s t i n bapt ism. e remarked,

a t the beauty i n the faces o f t h i s fami ly, even though they,v e r y b l a c k .I made a t r i p along the s e a c o a s t o f the western s i d e o f Japanthe c i t y o f F i i g a t a t o v i s i t the Koto fami ly v/ho moved t h e r e fromchurch i n A p r i l . They had made s p e c i a l p re p a ra tio n f or my v i s i t

new f l u f f y comfort f o r my bed on t h e m a t t i n g and a l s o a k i -f o r me to wear a t n i g h t . They had a l s o bought a supply o f f r u i tsweet corn a special t reat in Japan . We had t r ips to the beach

2 I went v/ith them to the nearby church on Sunday. I was pleased. t t h e i r f a m i l y o f f o u r d a u g h t e r s v/ere a l l i n church w i t h t h e i r\7e saw b e a u t i f u l fi rev/orks one evening over the r i v e r andparade. The parade with a l l i t s symbols o f the Shintoportable shrines, p r i e s t s i n beaut i fu l robes and also a greatiber of geisha g i r l s some of them tiny ones just beginning theirlining , gave one a sad feeling for these who do not knov the true

l i v i n g God.We had the usual helpful and i n s p i r i n g miss ionary con fe rencesthe summer and enjoyed seeing f r iends , whom we meet only once

The i n v i g o r a t i n g mountain a i r gives you pep f o r the w i n t e r s

At Mabashi, even though we have l o s t a number o f the f a i t h f u lby removal, the attendance i s about the s ^ i e . A preacher whow i t h Mr. Aoki i n h i s s t u d e n t work comes sometimes to speak a t

He was b a p t i z e d i n the Church o f C h r i s t when he was a s t ub u t has been i n i n t e r d e n o m i n a t i o n a l work. He g i v e s a good mes- o n l y r a t h e r l o n g . He spoke f o r an hour and a h a l f . He w i l l


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conduct a three day evangelistic meeting this month.We expected a drop in the attendance at the regular Wednesda^Women*s meeting when tlrs. Hongo left but there is no change. MrsPuruta who took her place, is one with earnest faith and they appreciate her messages I also take my turn at speaking and Mrs.

Aok i comes once a monthThe Mahashi Bihlo School i s growing and some of the new Chritian young women are assisting with the teaching. I have usuallytaught in the Bible School. Now, since there are enough teachersI am the substitute - taking any class i f the teacher i s absent.Sometimes I also go to the afternoon Bible School. 7e are goingto ass i s t more there in the future because Miss Sato , who has car

r ied on tha t Bible School so fa i thfu l ly for more than a year , isgetting married and will not be so free to teach.The centennial of the Protestant missionary work in Japan habeen celebrated in Japan this autumn. There have been a number oevangelistic meetings drawing large crowds. V e fel t that they wea l l too short . Hundreds went forward, some I am afraid , not undstanding completely but i t shov/ed a desire for faith in Chi ist.There v/as one meeting where they honored those who had been Christians for fifty years or more. Our ninety-one year old member, iMiaki was one of those honored. She >ia3^ been a. Chrngtian fors^yeijityone years. She is almost blind from cataracts but she isalways cheerful and thanking God for her blessings. She does not

a t t end church now as i s d i f f i cu l t fo r her to walk from her homand no one has a ca r to go a f t e r he rJul ius Fleenor has been taking l i rs Furuta and myself in h iscar fo r our v i s i t s to the T. B. hosp i ta l This makes much easie r for us. kVhen the weatlier~i~s not mind the walk frothe s t a t i on but sometimes i s so cold t ha t our f e e t f e e l l ikepieces of ice, especially after spending two, hours v/alking througthe unheated hospital . Then there are days thajt are very hot. Itakes more than an hour fo r the t r ip and on the re.turn, we have t

stand the most of the \\Q,y on the t ra ins \7hen Julius-pan go, hev i s i t s the men s wards. Recently, we have been giving out t rac tsand chi ldren s Sunday School cards so our expenses are less but whope to give them some spccial t reat for Christmas. When I said^to one old lady, We do not have anything special for you , she answered But you are brjnr in/r us salvation, that is most importan


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GRACE FaRNHAMDea r F r i e n d s

hava really had some winter this year^a snow on Januarabout three inches which is a big snow for Tokyo then some cofreezing nights One morning i t was 14 above Usually the coes t i s about 20 I take heavy cold s w ith bad c o u ^ every wintbut this year I have had no colds to speak of I have been takvitamin C frequently and had a gift of an electric blanket fromfamily which has no doubt helpedFive young people were baptized at Christmas time - four wmade their decision a t the fa l l evangelist ic meetings held by DAoki and one from one o f h is classes He urges those who l ive

t h i s area to come here We cannot hurry baptisms in Japan as sdo not fully understand but only want to become Christian Oneyoung high school girl says that she is not reacly to be baptizeThis sometimes due to o pp os it io n a t homeOne young man immediately gave up the use of tobacco; anotis trying to quit are glad that they take that attitudehave a good example in three church officers who do not use to

bacco Two yoiing women have expressed their desire to become BSchool t eachers We are g lad to have t he i r helpThree Bible Schools held t he i r Christmas programs here a tMabashi together About twenty five children came from each ofother two Bible Schools making over one hundred chi ldren We hsmall gifts and cakes and Christmas cards Since we had a suppof old cards we gave each child five cards A gift that deligthem was an American pencil sent by the Junior Department of CoStreet Christian Church in Salem Oregon and members of my famYou can send us more cards but please send only the pre t ty onesespecia lly l ike the ones which show the Christmas story Docut them but you can paste another picture cut from those not spretty over the writing or mail them as they are

have recently heard of another Bible School held by oneour former members a quiet l i t t le woman who is now living wit


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b r o t h e r in a vi l l age fa r n o r t h o f Tokj o. Sh e ha s a s m a l l group inher home. e are s e n d i n g her mater i a l a n d Bih le s . A n o t h e r Mahasmember has some ch i ld ren i n h er home o n S a t u r d a y She a t t ends thM a b a s h i s e r v i c e s on S u n d a y .

T he Chris tmas s e rv i c e a t th e church w a s an e v a n g e l i s t i c s e r mby Aoki s a n g i v i n g th e message o f th e Sa- /iour. After th e b a p t i s mservices we had a chvirch l unc h. You would n ot have en jo yed th eg r e a s y l o o k i n g ro l l s o f r i ce w i t h a c o v e r i n g of something made o uo f b e a n s bu t the J a p a n e s e l ike them a n d I c a n e a t a few o f them wrelish

Mrs. Hongo, my old f r i e n d an d h e l p e r , p l a n s to re t i re in A p r ia n d go to l ive w ith h e r d a u ^ t e r o n t h e southe rn po in t o f t h i si s l a n d . We do not know how we c a n g et a lo ng w ith ou t h e r . She plthe o r g a n fo r a l l th e se rv ices t e a c h e s B ib le S ch oo l, b e s i d e s hew o r k ViTith th e women. She i s a w i s e counse lor fo r e v e r y o n e . ManycoiB to her w ith t h e i r problemsH She h a s be e n a good f r ie nd o fmine s ince I first a r r ived i n J a pa n . I onc e l i v e d i n h e r home whh er ch ild re n we re smal l . She h as l ived with me fo r th e pas t thre

- y a a r s - . I 7 e _ y i s l t - the. hospi ta l s^ and do^ca l ling toge the iuI s h a l lm i s 9 h e r ve ry m u c h .I f requent ly c a l l on o u r tv/o o l des t members one i s 9 0 year

o f age and one nine ty o n e . Very fev< J a p a n e s e l ive to th i s a g e .i J rs . Miake i s gradua l ly g o i n g bl ind b u t h er h ear in g i s exce l l en t .She came to church in th e f a l l b u t she p ush ed a s m a l l baby buggys teady h e r s e l f as s h e w a lk e d . S in c e sh e c a n n o t see to read theB i b l e now^ f r iends have w r it te n s cr ip tu r e v e r s e s in l a r g e c h a r a ct e r s wh ich sh e h a s hung o n the w a l l . She s p e n d s much t i me in p r ae r a n d h e r s t r o n g f a i t h is an i n s p i r a t i o n to ll

M r s . Kato h ad one leg amputated a b o u t twenty years a g o . Shel i es in bed the most o f th e time bu t as she has good e ye si ght , shspends much time in l e ad in g h er B i b l e . Her s o n h a s bought a te lev i s i on se t a n d placed it in h e r room w h i c h g i v e s h e r some en te r tam e n t a s s h e is often a l o n e .

They are b o t h del igh ted when I c a l l to s e e t h e m . ie s inghymns a n d ha ve prayer toge ther a n d I tell them news o f i n t e r e s ta b o u t th e c h u r c h p e o p l e . They h a v e r a the r lone ly l i ve s b u t th e yh a v e t h e i r f a i t h w h i c h i s a g re a t c o m f o r t to t h e m .


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I am always pleased to hear from f r i ends Please \7rite mI want to thank everyone for Christmas remembrances - famand f r iends and members of Court Stree t Chuj?ch and Canton Ohio

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I do appreciate those v^o have continued faithfully in praand offer ings through the years.Things o f In t e r e s t

You would enjoy taking a shopping t r ip with me. There ares t i l l so many things that are different in Japan. The nearestis where the rice is rationed. I t is stacked in big rice straw ration is usually about six or eight cups three times a monMrs. Kongo and Miss Watanabe also get a ration. s have Japese food with rice once a day we use about that amount. The Jese sometimes have rice more often but once a day is enough forI lauded to see the t iny boxes o f r ice in the American homes.The Japanese use a lo t of beans in making cakes. A pastemade and sweetened unt i l it i s l ike candy. These arc made in dferent shapes and oftened colored. Some are made with a pancakl ike ro l l on the outside. Some are cup cakes with the center sened beans. Many beans are imported from America as they use bfo r the soy sauce which seasons a l l t he i r foodIn one shop are the funeral decorations of large wreaths oi f i c ia l flowers and what looks l ike pictures in small frames.are for the names of the dead and are placed on the god shelvesflowers used to be only black and white but lately they are usina l l colors and some f resh f lowers a l soIn one place they ippjce Japj^pese bath tubs. These aabout three feet deep and have a compartment containing a firethat heats the whole bath. They squat in the tub^of very hot wup to their neck which warms them up aftex si t t ing in their col

houses. However they bathe very- frequently in the summer alsoThese are a few of the shops peculiar to Japan. There armany others such as the tea shop those selling only kimona cloetc. but space does not permit telling of these now Perhaps

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FIHANCIAL HEPORTOctober 1 - December 31> 1958

xpensesLiving Link Salary(3 mo. 3p300 00Court St r e e t Salem, Ore.llrs Pasako Hongo 60.0Hrs . Greene,Ga. , and

othersRent fo r Sib le School 10 .0Building (Sunday p.m.)Hospital visitation 6 mo.) 20.0Christmas: Bibles, Tracts, 15.OO

a n d c a r d sPor t ion fo r r ep a i n t i ng

church bu i l d i ngTo t a l expense

ReceiptsOregonSalem, Court Stree t

M H I tH ^Loyal Fr iends

l i r s , Al lumbau^

35493.1828.5930 .001 0 . 0 0

Stayton Church of Christ4000Helen Boyd LeeLtf, Mrs . B en ton(Christmas Gift)

K a n s a sS u b l e t t e

Georg ial i e s . Cha s . J Greene(f5rs. Hongo)Oh i o

Canton irst Church

IllinoisP i s h e r Church o f Ch r i s t(Christmas Gift)

Co l o r a doMrs Robt GoreChristmas Gift)

Total

1 0 . 0 0

5 .0015 .00

30 .00

12 .50

Cash r e c e i v edLoan r e c e i v e dCash on Hand Oct^GRAND TOTAL CASE

15-0H2o7oS692.250.02 ^ 0 4 . 9

3047-24 2 0 . 03.00 ExpensesBalance of Cash Dec. 31 S2627.2

The people of the church paid fthe paint ing o f the bui lding.gave only SI5 towards the amounAs it had been nine y ea rs s in cethe bui ld ing was bu i l t , the paiwas much needed

Your Miss ionary ,Grac e Pa rnham

R ece iv ed o n Aok i Loan

5 . 0 055692.27^ 50.00

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farnham grace 1959 japan

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