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.Pootvi l le , Wisconsin

i)eceml?sr 1, 1973

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Q give thanks

to

-the -Lord, ?

' C a l l on

His

name, . . . = - ,

' 'Make known'His deeds-among t h e

people.

;

Dear Christian

.Friends; , . , - , .

'We.praise God for each of,,you an4

praise

Him'for a wonderful furlough. I t

Hardly seems .possible that .nearly five month9r'0 ' lt;;-haa^assed already and in about

a month we .will be. back home in

Japah|

t^ rif wiTlTngT ^^ have been conscious

of His protecting and guiding arm through

all

our travels and Hl^ love shown through

the many friends who have been so kiii i to

us .

Arriving

two

hours l a t e a t .nigh t in Los

Angeles we

were

met

by Warren Chris

tiansen (who spent a

year in

Jap.'m near our area) and

his

friend who took us. to

the

home

of -Wf5.

Harvey Beard,, where we .relaxed'

for

two days,'and took Ruth to see

Maxineland.and.Disenyicind, Thajiks

to

V/krren and Eileen again we .took th e

plane

for

San Francisco

to v i s i t daughter Mairy

and

Ethel'*s brother

Kenne th and

h is family.

We were also able to see Pr jl.ine Lass and Karlyn Jaime (daughters of Martin and'

Evelyn

Clark)

and

the i r

families.

Ethel 's

s i s t e r

Alice,

also'came

to

San

Fran

c i s c o - a n d Ethel 'was able^ t o go t o

t h e ^ h o s p i t a l

with

her f o r

h e r check-up. on^a very

rare'desease (Lou

Gherig

desOase).

Because o u r plane

was

l a t e , l e a v i n g S^n F r a n c i s c o we mis.sed o u r f l i g h t frOm

Denver

t o Manhattan,

Kansas,

where

we were t o pick up J o h n s

c a r

t o use while

h e r e .

During the

s i x

hour w a i t f b r the next f l i g h t

we were a b l e . t o v i s i t a

while w ith

E t h e l s

youngest b r o t h e r Lloyd a nd ^h is w if e

Bet ty .

. t , .

The fol lowing day

a f t e r

a

b r i e f

vi s it to 'Manhat tan Chr i st ian College where

Ruth was to e n r o l l we

drove to

Mountain

Grovej-Missouri to .spend

a

d e l i g h t f u l week

end

with

'our former^ ' forwarding-agents , Oden-.and

Rema

Brown.

We_^rive_ in Foptvil le ,. j;uly 31| .Jo an apartment fuimished^by

the

Church

of

C h r i s t h e r e . -

'

=

After,a week's' stay here

we werp

on o.ur way to:,Rochester, Mihnespta, to spend

a few days with daughter Jehann.' Tiien after an overnight, stay^ .in'Trum'^, Minn- '

esota, VQ went to South Dakota to v i s i t

George's family. From'the re

we

vr eht

again

to

Kansas

to

e n r o l l Kuth in'

'c'Ollege,.-stopping

on the ' -way:

t o

v i s i t . Ken, and

Martha

Endevsy Nebraska

Christ ian

Collt..ge.,Mrs. B i l i

Miller

^and

family,

a l l

in. Norfolk,

and the-Virgil-Mars-halls ' in-Wymore,.' Thanks

to-

the h o s p i t a l i t y of the- Robert Mar.tina-

we were,

able to .

.spend; a- .few.

days. i n .Manhattap with.

Ruth

as

.she

registered and to

v i s i t the,

..'Crestvxew

Church'-there-;-

. . . .

From

Manhattan

we

drove

to Lincoln-

Christ ian Chiarch, Worthington, Indiana,, for-

their Centenir'.a. celebration; and homecoming, August

2$,

Then

o..i

we went to Ohio

to

v i s i t

pur

.co;

V crl:?-j:.

Mr,. .Fa.kanb.

at

Cincinnati . Bible

Semin-ary Mr. a.rd Mrs. Lewis

Foster, Mr . ao'I Ik's. .L.---cnard-V.ympre .in,.Cincinnati,

and

fon.-r leViow ia.'bore'rc from

Japan, Donnie and C-iarlc'tto M5ngs and Claude and'Eys-lyn

Liki'ns,

On.o'ur r-i-iurn to

Wisr...->ns.in

v o v i s i t e d

the Surprise Church and the Freetown Church and

Traders

Point

C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h - i n I n d i a n a . ;

i'

September

9 was

homecoming for us a t

Footvi l le

with

a pot-luck

dinner a t noon.

The following week was spent v/ith Central .Christ ian Church,

Beloi t ,

Wisconsin

and

Mr. and I'lrs. Jerry Lea?enb,yf

our ^acious hosts for

the \;eek.

The next weekend found

us

again

in

.South Dakota

to attend the

wedding of

George's niece. On our re tu rn to Wisconsin we stopped a t the churches in Mitchell

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and Hurori, .South Dakota, and Dakota Bib le Col lege . We vis i t ed Hazel Eckman and

Lou

Petty in Kimball, Minnesota,

Ethel*s

niece

and husband and the

church in

Dassel,

Minnesota

and

aga in w it h Jenann

in Rochester,

The

f i r s t

week of

October

was spent, with Central Christ ian Church

in

Waukegan,

Illinois, guests in

the home

of

Stephen,

^ndvl^anay. Willis,

and fed by many

of

the

good members. During

this

week \the annua l meeting

of

ou r directors followed a

sukiyaki dinner prepared by Ethel with Wie-.help of some of

the

women of

the

church.

After

an

overnight stop

in

Jacksonville,

I l l inois

with the

Cosners,

we

were

again at Manhattan Christian College,

taking

part in

their

Missions Emphasis Week,

sha ring the

program with Gene Dulin

of

Toronto*Christian Mission

and

Ron Hoffman

from.the Phillipines,

I t was a

real joy to see the enthusiasm

and

interest of the

students in the seminars

and

messages.

We were guests

of

Mr, and Mrs,

Robert

Mar t i n and

Mr, and M rs ,

Donn Leach,

V/e made a

detour

to

v i s i t the

Paul Nielsen

and

Howard Davis families a t Mid

west

Chrstian

College and Carol Mings Elliot and her family. By the time

we

had

retiimed

to

Footville we had visited, nine of our^JifelewTColleges since our return

in

July,. Six of these

had

moveS' to^ew campus es*in' recent years and the other three

had been

or

were

in

the

process of

expanding

their

facilities*. P raise the

Lord

for

the growth

of

these colleges and for the young people who are

being

trained in

them

t o

b e

s o u l

winn e r s

,

The

last

week

of

October was

spent with Cen tr al Christian Church, Rockford,

I l l ino i s in t he i r School of Missions where Mr. and Mps. Bi l l Wiseley

were

our hosts

and we were abundantly fed by many of the members. The week of missions study and

challenge ended on Friday eyenin^ with a sukuyaki dinner for about eighty people.

Sunday,

November

4 we

visited the

church at

Hoffman Estates

near Chicago and

we

were guests

of

the John Pingles

whom

.we had

known

in Waukegan, And

we

remember .

John making a very speical effor t to v i s i t us in Nishinomiya,

Another great week was spent in Footville -in their

Faith

Promise Rally, I t was

joy

and

privilege

to share

in the

victory

the

Lord gave them in exceeding their

goal of over $19-,000

for

missions~with~total

commitments

adding up to

,-1-59-60.

-

The

following

week

we

were

privileged

to

share

in

a

Faith

Promise

Rally

at

the

Traders Point

Church,

.Indianapolis,

where

we

were

guests of

Mike and Becky Dunn,

newlyweds. Twenty-six years ago

we

were married in this city and some of the

members had a t tended

ou r

wedding,

We have a special note of thanks for Dick, and Margaret.Saevre for. having all

of

Ethel s

family for Thanksgiving dinner.

Forty-two

of

us gathered

in

their

basement

to

partake-of the customary

Thanksgiving

turkey and a l l the

trimmings.

On

No-vember

27 we flew

to Philadelphia ,

Pennsylvania

to vis i t

Ethel s

brother

Roy and faunily. The trip was a gift from the Central Christian Church*in Rockford.

Our

praises to God for

such

thoughtful-

friends,

The rest of the time we hope to visiV-^J^ our familiie^Jtere,

speaking

only

on

Sundays

through

the

first

part

of

ecember

f

January

8

w^are

scheduled to leave

Los Angeles for home in Japan. We will take^4j^^ with^i^S(-i l&ny precious memories

of our times with you here and

grateful

hearts for fKe love and concern shown to us .

We

pray God s richest

blessings may

be yours

through

the coming New-year. May

His peac.e and joy reign in your hear ts ,

In Christ, .

y

ciU/^

T he

Bec lonans