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Tokyo, Japan - C\D e a r hristianF r i e n d s :

P i c t u r e s on trhe r e v e r s e s i d e o f t h i s l e a f l e t show some o f t h e h l g h - l l g h t s o f t h i sy e a r s work for the Lord In Tokyo, Japan and Taipei , Formosa (Republic of China) ,

I n A p r i l t h e b i r t h o f Miss Yoko Okoshl i n to C h ri s t a t t h e Minato Church o f C h r i s tbrought r e j o i c i n g an d l a t e r the same month t h e announcement o f her engagement to Mr.Susumu Kojima, a l ong -t ime B ib le s tudent of mine who won her to C h r i s t , brought addedjoy Their wedding, scheduled f o r January 26 , w i l l be one o f t h e f i r s t h i g h - l i g h t so f 1 9 6 9 .

In M^--rinade my second trip to ormos (Taiwan). y f irs t trip to the Islandwas in- ^^vember 1967 to v i s i t I s a b e l Dittemore and L i l l i a n Martin over the Thanksgivinghorfdays. The t r i p this year, a t the Invitation of some of the members of the churchand I s a b e l , was t o v i s i t t h e church and h e l p encourage and e d i f y t h e C h r i s t i a n sw h i l e Mrs . D i t t e m o r e was home on f u r l o u g h . Dur ing my e i g h t - d a y t r i p a s e r i e s o f B i b l el e s s o n s was p r e s e n t e d from P a u l s l e t t e r t o th e C o l o s s i a n s . P e t e r Sun , e l d e r o f t h ec h u r c h , i n te rp re te d f o r me and L i l l i a n M a r t i n , m is sio na ry o f t h e Kaimuki Church o f C h r i s t ,H o n o l u l u , Hawai i , g r ac io u sl y e n te r ta i ne d me i n h e r home. Th e Joy o f f el l ow s h i p w i thf o l k o f d i ff e re n t n a t io n a l it y but o f l i k e p r e c i o u s f a i t h * i s sweet i n d e e d l So warmwas t h e welcome g i v e n me t h a t I f e l t s t r o n g l y drawn t o t h e i s l a n d and its p e o p l e .

R e t u r n i n g t o Tokyo, however , made me r e a l i z e , a f t e r a p e r i o d o f p r a y e r a b o u t itt h a t t h e c a l l o f t h e Lord f o r me was still t o J a p a n . F o l l o w i n g t h i s r e - c o m m i t m e n t t oJ a p a n , Mr. and M r s . l a n - K o u l S o h n , a C h i n e s e c o u p l e from Taiwan now l i v i n g i n T o k y o ,in t roduced a young j u n i o r - h i g h boy from Taiwan t o t h e Sunday e ve nin g y ou th g r o u p .Mr. and Mrs. Sohn (Mrs. Sohn Is p i c t u r e d on r e v e r s e s i d e had been f i r s t contac ted InTokyo i n 1967 and had been members o f t h e Young Adul t C l a s s . Fol lowing t h e i r i n t r o d u c t i o no f t h e j u n i o r - h i g h C hi n es e b oy , t h e d o o r seemed t o open f o r f u r t h e r w i t n e s s i n g amongt h e Chinese i n Tokyo as f r i e n d i n t r o d u c e d f r i e n d t o t h e c l a s s e s . At t h i s w r i t i n g bothSunday c l a s s e s have e n r o l l m e n t s o f abou t 20 e a c h , o f which a b o u t 10 i n each c l a s s a r eC h i n e s e . My a p p re c i a ti o n f or my t r i p s t o Formosa h as d ee pe ne d f o r t h e y have g i v e n mea b e t t e r und er st an di ng o f t h e c u l t u r e from which t h e s e s t u d e n t s have come. It Is nowassumed by f r i e n d s in Formosa, t h e s t u d e n t s h e r e , and by myself t o o , t h a t , t h e Lordw i l l i n g , I w i l l b e m aking f u t u r e t r i p s t o_Formosa .

Since autumn 1967 I have taught Engl.ish conversat ion a t the Oyu Gakuin Girls* HighSchool i n Tokyo. I have f iv e E n g ll sh c o h v er sa ti o n c l a s s e s each Monday and I had hopedf o r a B ib le C la ss among t h e t e ac he rs b u t busy s c h e d u l e s have k e p t t h i s from b e i n g s e tup. Some of th e t e ac he r s a r e members o f v ar i o us Tokyo churches b u t o t h e r s a r e n o t .Miss S a n o , th e t e a c h e r t o my r i g h t In t h e p ic tu re , i s n o t a C h r i s t i a n b u t has askeds e v e r a l s i n c e r e q u e s t i o n s a b o u t my f a i t h i n C h r i s t . J u s t now t h e problems o f p a i n ,s u f f e r i n g and d e a t h a r e w i t h h e r d a i l y a s s h e c a r e s f o r h e r m o t h e r who has c a n c e r and

or-whom-the-doctors say. there i s_JiQ__hQpe^ Prayers Ln t h e i r b e h a l f . I m s u r e , w i l lb t l n g them c l o s e r t o t h e L o r d .

F e l l o w s h i p w ith th e B i l l M i l l e r family has been one o f t h e Joys o f 1968 and s i n c eJ u l y , when Bro . M i l l e r began t o t e a c h t h e Adul t C l a s s , t h i s f e l l o w s h i p In C h r i s t hasdeepened a s we have s h a r e d o ur c on ce rn f o r t h o s e who have come i n t o t h e c l a s s f o rB i b l e Study b u t who have n o t y e t a c c e p t e d C h r i s t . The M i l l e r s w i l l be r e t u r n i n g t ot h e S t a t e s i n F e b r u a r y 1969 and w i l l be missed by many o f us In t h e group t h a t meetse ac h L or d *s Day i n S h l b u y a k u , T o k y o , J a p a n .

The Lord w i l l i n g , my n ex t fu rlo ug h w i l l be from April through September 1969.Because o f t h e many new c o n t a c t s t h a t have been made t h i s jpast y e a r I l o n g t o s t a y h e r efor I v e had such a s h o r t time t o work with them. I long a l s o to see you a l l and f e e lthe need to carry out f url ough p lans a s s ch edul ed . At t h i s wri t ing I*m planning tokepp the apartment open for the classes to meet and ask some Christian to live herewhile I m gone. Please pray with me that od will provide the witness nd leadershipneeded f o r t h e s e young, new groups ,

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