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Osak^
6hrit iqi i
Not fo r P ro f i t Corpora t ion
MISSIONARIES
George
&
Ethel
Beckman
J e n a nn Beckman
2-4-15 Kiyosh ikoj in
Takarazuka, Hyogo Pre f
665
JAPAN
Phone 0797-86-1261
Dear
Ch r i s t i a n F r i e n d s :
May 2, 1990
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OSAKA
BIBLE
SEMINARY
FORWARDING AGENTS
Roger & Beryl
Johnson
3320 Westgate
Parkway
Roc kf or d, IL 61108
815 3 9 9 3 6 90
There a re
t imes
when we need a l ttl ex t r a t ime
to
wr i t e overdue
l tt rs
and to
do
o t h e r
things
that
seem
to
get
pu t
off . Such a
time has
come this week known
as
Golden
Week
because
i t
is
a week of holidays beginning this
year wi th
Sunday,
April
29 , and continuing through Sat
urday,
May
5. We are grateful for this
pause
this
year to be able
to
w rite to express our ap
preciation
to you for your
support
in prayers and other ways. We
thank
God
daily
for you.
A
dual program
was held on march
30, 1990, for
th e inauguration of the new
president
of Osaka
Bible
Seminary and th e
g raduatio n of four
students. Paul Clark was
formally inaugurated
as the
third
president
of Osaka
Bible
to succeed
his father
Martin Clark,
who
had been
president until
the time of
his death
last
year. Regretfully we
missed
the
inauguration as i t
took
us two hours
to
make
the trip to the
seminary, a lmost
double the
time
i t usual ly t akes ,
due
to
an
accident
on
th e
highway ahead of us.
Mr. Hitoshi Nishiyama, from th e Tokyo area, received a
four
year Bachelor of Arts degree in
ministry. He
was a
college graduate before
he
entered OBS.
Three weeks
after graduation
he
and Miss Yuka Hosokawa, a former
graduate
of OBS, were married in th e new church
bui ld ing erected
on
th e si te of our former
house in Koyoen. They are now working as associate
ministers of
th e
Sannobara
church
in
Kanagawa
Prefecture
in
the
Tokyo
area
with
Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Pratt.
Miss Sueko Kohama, from Okinawa,
received
a
three-year Christian
Worker
Certificate
and Miss
Takako Ogido,
also
from
Okinawa,
received a two-year Certificate. Both
young
women have re
t u rned
to
Okinawa
to work with the churches t h e r e
Mr. Daiki Kishimoto,
minister
of Megumi Church of Christ, comes from Tanabe in Wakayama
Pre
fecture
where
daughter
Ruth and
he r family are
working, and
is
a graduate of
Ibaraki Christian
College.
He also
received a two year
cert if icate
and with one more
semester s
work will receive
a four
year
degree from OBS next spring.
On April 3 we
three
went
to
Tokyo to witness the wedding of Mr. Motonobu Ikeda and Miss
Hiromi
Iwaasa, both graduates of Osaka Bible Seminary. Mr. Ikeda s
parents are both
graduates
of
Osaka
Bible Seminary and
we
attended their wedding in Osaka thirty-two years ago. They are
min
istering on the
island
of Tanegashima south of Kagoshima. Motonobu and
Hiromi
are leaving May 3
to go to Abilene, Texas, where he plans to study for two years
toward a second degree, major
ing in church history. We had the joy of having them stay with
us fo r two nights after the
Nishiyama wedding, and Mr. Ikeda preached
fo r
us on Sunday.
The
women
of
Megumi
Church
met
on Friday afternoon, April 13, to begin a
Women s
meeting once
a
month.
After a short devotion by Ethel they spent most of the time
this first
meeting making
plans
and discussing what
they
could do
as Christian
women. Then as
their
f i r s t
service
to th e
church they practiced a song to sing as a special number for
Easter morning worship.
The new school year opened on April 17 welcoming four new
full
time
students.
Mr. Motoei
Ikarashi
from
Niigata
Prefecture on the northwest side of Japan
moved to
Osaka with
his
wife
and
three
children. He was
disinherited
by hi s wealthy
father
when he became a Christian six
years ago. He led
his
wife to the Lord a
few
months later and this year hi s e ldes t son, Yosh-
itaka, was baptized by
Mr.
Kishimoto in our baptistry on Easter Sunday.
Mr. Ryuji Niiro, the son of two OBS graduates plans to s tudy
two years to use his talents
in working with youth, he
is
a professional gardener and moved
all
of our shrubbery from Nish-
inomiya when we moved
to
Takarazuka.
Mr. Katsuyuki Ueno, from
Kanoya
Church of
Christ
in Kagoshima Prefecture, came to the Lord
through his
own
reading of the Bible and
after
finding the
Kanoya Church
of Christ
was
baptized
by Mr .
Yoshi i
Miss
Tomoko
Masuda, the fiancee of Mr. Nakahara, a third year s tudent ,
plans to study two
years They plan to be
married
in
December.
After his heavy teaching schedule
last
term George has been given a leave from
going
into the
seminary for
classes;
but
he
is
teaching
Introduction
to th e New
Testament
to Mr. Kishimoto
here on
Saturday mornings.
The
39th
Kobe Women s
Luncheon
was
held
on
April
17
with
180 women
in attendance. As a
spe
cial
feature Mrs. Cox, the wife of the main speaker, gave a simple
cooking demonstration and a
lesson
on
chi ld rea ri ng ,
comparing
i t to
the making of a
cake.
Jenann
left fo r
the
States
the evening of April
21
after attending the Nishiyama-Hosokawa
wedding
in the af ternoon. She spent a week in Hawaii and
is
spending this week with her
brother
John and his family in
Cheyenne, Wyoming
before
going
on to
Rockford May
5.
As with other missionaries, guests are always welcome and a
blessing, Ruth
and
her family
children left for the
States.
Dave wil l Join them
us
beforrgotng
^L^ ediinL
forward
ThLTnrnr 'a 2 , ^his year
and
we are
looking
y
the
Lord
prosper
your outreach
for
Him in
your
area
and
throughout
the world.
Yours ministers
to
Japan,
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Not-for-ProfitCorporation
Missionar ies :
George Ethel Beckman,
Jenann Beckman
2-4-15 Kiyoshikojin
Takarazuka, HyogoPref.
665
JAPAN
Phone
0797-86-1261
Dea r
Friends:
October 10,1990
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Osaka
Bible Seminary
Fonrarding Agents:
Roger
Beryl
Johnson
3320Westgate Parkway
Rockford, IL 61108
815-399-3690
Greetings from Japan on a national holiday known as Sport's Day
or as Athletic Day in
commemoration of the opening of the Olympics in Japan on October
10,1964. This is the season for
athletic events of various kinds. Most schools have their annual
track and field day, called undokai,
most of which
are
held on Sunday. However, many of the Christian schools take
advantage of this
holiday for their events. Many communities have undokai for all
the residents.
Missionary Convention Brings Inspiration
The missionary convention was held in
Nara
June 22-24 with
the
missionaries
of
this area in
charge. Dr. James Strauss of Lincoln Christian College was a
blessing to all of us with his inspiring,
thought-provoking and challenging messages. We had one of the
largest percentage of missionaries
present that we have ever had: with 42 adults, 10 teenagers and
11 children of grade school age and
under. We had a grandfathers' quartet, a grandmothers' chorus
and a chorus of missionary children
who have returned with their families to work in Japan.
Prayer Requests
Three youngpeople fromMegumi churchattendedShinshuBibleCamp
inNagano prefecture
where Mr. Kishimoto was dean. Seiko Miyake is a Christian, but
Naoko Ikehata and Tatsuyuke
Kurioka are notyet. At camp they indicated that theybelieved in
Jesus Christ. Naoko livesabout four
doors from us and she and her mother
cometoworshiponSundayveryregularly. Mrs. Ikehata isalso
a regular member of Ethel's English Bible
class.
Tatsuyukiwas a next door neighbor in Koyoenand
came toBible school regularly until theymoved toTakarazuka. His
mother attends Ethel's Bible class
in Japanese and comes to worship on Sunday. Please pray that
Mrs. Ikehata and Naoko and Mrs.
Kurioka and Tatsuyuki willdecide to become Christians soon
News of J en ann
Jenann spent four months in the States this summer fromApril 21
to August 14. While she was
goneEthel tookover someofherworkat OsakaBibleSeminary. Also
Mr.Kishimoto andthree young
menfromOBSstayedhere and spent three days distributing tracts to
housesin the neighborhoodand
two
elementary
schools in the area.
After her return Jenann had a three dayvacationBibleschoolwith
the help ofMr. Kishimoto
and two
OBS
s tuden ts .
Mr.Kishimoto our preacher,was married toMissMasumi Takihara ina
beautifulcermony in
TokyoonSeptember first. They provided a hotel roomfor eachguest
who camefrom a distance sowe
went toTokyo the afternoon before the
wedding.
The parents ofthe bride gavethe newcouple a trip
to Israel as a wedding present. The churchhad a small reception
for them after worship September
23 with a fellowship dinner.
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^pedalRequest for George
Weaskyour prayers especially forGeorge. For the last twoyears he
has had a slighttrembling
of his hands and mouth which has gradually become worse and
quite noticeable since the heavy
teaching schedule he had this lastwinter.-His regular doctor has
givenhim several different kinds of
medicine to control it;but they have not helped. Finallyhewrote
a letter to a neurologist inKobe. We
went to him and he diagnosed it as Parkinson's disease, gave him
a month's supply of a new medicine
and had him goback for a CAT scan. The medicine helped right
away and the Cat scan showed that
his brain
is
normal
e has felt much bet ter and we believe t ha t he will be
able
to continue to t ea c h o n
a regular basis for some time as long as he has no more than six
hours a week of classes.
That
is two
days a week of three hour intensive courses. All of his medicine
is covered with the national health
insurance
May the Lord of the harvest give you joy and peace in your
labors for Him.
Yours
ministers
to
Japan
