Faber Ernest Neva 1982 Japan

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May 1982 WWOear Friends in Chris t ,

Over the yearf? there have been four things the Japanese havefeared* f i re , earthquake, thunder storms and father . Since we havecome home for furlough thofê on Hokkaido have experienced a t5rphoon,a mine disas te r and more recent ly an ear thquake. The typhoon a ffected some of the Christians with i t s subsequent flooding. %-douhtedly many of the Christians we know also fe l t the tremors of theearthquake tha t struck^ 100miles southeast of Sapporo.In July we plan to pull our t ra i l e r to Boise, Idaho. HoT3efully

the t r a i l e r wi l l be s tored . Charles wi l l s e l l th e p ic k-u p a f t e r wel eave . W a re scheduled to leave Sea t t l e via Tai Air on July17th with arrival in Tokyo and subsequently Sapporo on Sunday, Julyl^^th. ^'ê are returning jus t a week before summer camp and yss. Ouraddress just "orior to our departure will be % Charles '"aber, 6891I 'amplishter St . , Boise, ID 83703rboursville, WVj Sadievil le and Minors-v i l l e , Villa Grove '^ d âith Promise Rally, %fie ld , ILj Scottsbluff (Sastside) and Gerin^ (Central), NEj and the Kaimichi Clinicwhere ^mes t par t ic ipated in the pre-cl inic prayer meeting speaking

concern ing prayer and miss ions .S m e s t w i l l con t i nue to do a l i m i t e d amount o f t r a v e l a s weclose out our furlous^h. He plans to v i s i t Omaha and with Neva wi l la t t end a counsel ing seminar a t Nebraska Chr i s t i an CoHesre. In Junetwo weeks o f camr)s in Kansas have been s ch ed ule d w ith visits to twoo f th e n ea rb y c hu rc he s.'The di rec to rs of Hokkaido Chris t ian Mission, Inc . , a l l men o fthe C entral Iowa area , met for the annua l meeting on ^Vlarch 29th a tthe home of the forwardine: ae:ent, ^âr^r Deruyscher (Dee-rye-sher).The work was reviewed, the future o f the work discussed, aptsropriateaction was taken to f ac i l i t a te the Saber 's re turn to Japan and thef inanc ia l s ta tement was checked and a^Dproved. Iê f i nanc i a l s t a t ement i s ava i l ab l e upon r eques t .We have b een ^ cre atly encoura^red by increased giving: espec ia l ly

s ince a church or two a re behind in t he i r e:ivine:. Support ing Churches have increased their monthly support as follows* $'^0 to $60,^10 to .^'ô; to $100, to $60, $115 to $ltfO and $70 to $120.Also -$60 in new sur)r>ort har oeen assured. W want to assure yout h a t your -orayers and encouraeêment a re also very im po rta nt to thework i n J anan ,We have hea rd from th e âx>x30v0 church two o r th re e t imes s i n c ewe l a s t wrote you. They told of the Christmas services where they

had 20 fo r th e ch i l d r e n ' s s e rv i ce s and 33 fo r th e ad u l t s e r v i c e s .They also met toscether fo r an informal fellowshit) and frames during*Ja"Dan*s two-week New Year ' s vaca t i on . Ojê o f th e Chr i s t i an s wroteconceminsc th e o th er C hr is t i an s and amonff o t h e r t h ings t o ld o f th eb i r t h o f a son to a f ami ly wi th t h r ee sci r ls and a l so ment ioned t h a ttheir f a t h e r is r e c o v e r i n g : f rom th e a c c i d e n t h e had last summer .She also mentioned a woman in Neva's Women's Biijie Class that i s nowattendinsr worshi-o services a^cain. We are looking forward to a renewed fellowshi-D with the Japanese Chr i s t i ans .

Our address in return to Japan will be as previously< North ^9,"Sast l '^, Hiirashi ku, SAPPORO 06*?, JAPAN,%ny thanks and God bless you.


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3514 S.W. 12th St.Des Molnes, lA 50315

OCT 18 198

August 1982

Ernest and Neva FaberNorth 49, East 15Higashi ku, Sapporo065 JAPAN

Dea r F r i end s i n Ch r i s t ,I am sure t ha t many of you are await ing word from us since most

o f you know t h a t we left th e Sta t e s on Ju ly 1 5th , ^we would haves en t a r epo r t sooner bu t have been awai t ing the a r r i v a l of ourt h ings t ha t were s en t by p arce l p os t j u s t before we l e f t , which included the r e ce ip t books. We a rr iv ed s afe ly on July l 6 th and weremet a t the C hitose a i r po r t by the preacher and h is wife who took us

tiring'but rewarding summer for us^Shor t l y a f t e r our a r r i v a l in Japan, we a t t ended the l o c a l Church 'sfamily camp. It was held from Ju lyZk -26. There were 37 people present

fo r th e camp.An overn ight VBS was held a t thechurch bui ld ing on August 10 th and

1 1 t h . The r e we r e 18 children f romk inde rga r t en to h igh s choo l and 3teachers , p r e s en t . We d iv ided in tot h ree c l a s s e s . Everyone s l e p t andate at t h e c h u r c h .

Things were a little uns e t t l e dwhen we r e t u rned . Mainly because o fa l a c k o f commun ic a t i on . It l ookedl i k e th e preache r wanted to l e ave immedia te ly and some o f th e memberst hough t he ought to g ive them a litt l e more t ime . We had a meet ing tog e t h e r wi th all th e members and Mr.Kimura dec ided to s t ay . Thus we w i l lbe working toge the r withhim and h isw ife . P re sen t ly E rne s t preaches the2nd and ^ th Sundays and Mr, Kimurath e 1st and 3J^d. The men o f t h e congrega t ion wi l l fill th e pu lp i t on th e5 th Sundays . Ernes t has th e Bib les tudy on Wedne sd ay even ing and Mr.Kimu r a will h a v e four Bible studies in th e homes o f th e members .

ERNEST 'S VBS CIASS

A YBS IVIEAL

MiFAMILY CAMPWe a re l i v i n g in th e mi s s i onhouse and have found an apartment a block from the church fo r Mr.

and Mrs. Kimura. The mission will pay for the apartment and a port ion of the salary. Hopefu lly ou r present leve l of income wil l cover this added expense. Presently the church is meeting a ll local


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KEVIN AND JASON

expenses including $^0 a month toward the building and w i l l gradually increase their portion of giving^^^^toward Mr. Kimura*s salary.been. You a r e a r e g u l a r s u p p o r t e r JASON'S PARTYif you give a t l e a s t $10 per year.If you r e c e i v e d t h i s copy by airm a i l t h e n you a r e on o u r air m a i l .list. If you want on t h e list s e n da c o n t r i b u t i o n and a s k t o be p u t ont h e air m a i l list. \nle will s e n dthe air mailed copy and receipts to ^the church's address unless you spe- ^cifically ask us not to. ^ ^

A good p a r t o f the joy o f be inghome on furlough was v i s i t i n g the |children and seeing the grandchil- KEVIN Aim JASDNdren. While home on furlough wemet o u r d a u g h t e r - i n - l a w , D e b b i e ,a n d two g r a n d c h i l d r e n f o r t h e firstt i m e . It was a s p e c i a l p l e a s u r e t obe a b l e t o a t t e n d Don's weddings i n c e we w e r e u n a b l e t o s h a r e that

We have p i c t u r e d h e r e some o f ,t h o s e e v e n t s . T h e r e was a b i r t h - ^

On our way wes t we s topped t os e e C h a r l e s , Patti , M e l i s s a , a n dRyan. It was a warm day and M e l i s - ~ ' 's a was e n j o y i n g t h e w a t e r j u s t o u t - iside the back door where we had our 4 4 kJL "trailer, Ryan, o u r y o u n g e s t g r a n d - .chi ld, was born on Apri l 17th. Un- ' ^'rfortunately, we had colds and were ,|[| .not able to hold him much, ^

We w a n t t o t h a n k all o f you f o r ,the opportunity to speak in your 'i ' ' 7>EVc h u r c h , f o r y o u r h o s p i t a l i t y , andf o r y o u r c o n t i n u e d s u p p o r t d u r i n g ..our furlough o X

We c o v e t your s u p p o r t andp r a y e r s a s we b e g i n a n o t h e r t e r m o fs e r v i c e i n J a p a n . ' ^ 7 r\ CHARLES RYAN

MELISSA

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3S14 S.W. I2th St .Des Moines, iA 5 0315

NOV 29 1932 r rnest and Neva f-abcrNorth 49 , Fuist 15Higashi kii, S.'ipporo065 JAPAN

November 1982Dea r Ch r i s t i a n F r i e n d s ,

u\(inter i s upon us but we have seen no evidence of snow. Byth is t ime of year it should have snowed two or th ree t imes. Speaking of snow we wish to thank one church fo r t he i r g i f t of money toward the purchase of a snow blower . Vie have thought of buying onefo r some t ime but have always pu t it o f f . At Neva 's and my age itbecomes increasingly d i f f i cu l t besides being a l i t t l e dangerous toshove l pa th s th rough t h r e e f e e t o r more o f snow.

week to week on a 3~week r ota t ion schedule. One n igh t 8-PASSENGER VANt h e r e i s an Eng l i sh t a l k , th efo l lowing week someone t eaches Japanese poems and the Japanese game"go", and th e fo llow in g week there i s an educat ional movie. EveryTuesday fo l low ing t h e se a c t i v i t i e s th e 33^d yea r j un io r high s t uden t ss tay fo r t h e i r Engl ish c l a s s . This i s th e only r egu la r ly scheduledEngl i sh c l a s s we have a t t h i s t ime .

The Church bu i ld ing he re i s now e i gh t yea rs o ld and th e ou ts idewas beg inn ing to look l i k e it. It was sugges ted t h a t we pa i n t itourselves . The average Japanese are no t very good a t "do- i t -yourse l f " a c t i v i t i e s bu t with t h e i r co-opera t ion and a l o t of he lp from_us we completed the paint ing in October. That included a l l the wallsand t r im on bo th th e house and church bu i ld ing . E rn e s t a l so pa in t edthe t r im and ro o f o f the garage l a t e r . Every th ing looks very n ice

now,

SAPPORq' church ''^'"^OUSE Mr, Kimura',' as the' evangelist. here

8-PASSENGER VAN

SAPPORO CHURCH & HOUSE


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were no new people to a t t end bu t most o f th e Chr i s t i an s were herewith th ree or four who a re no t Chr i s t i ans bu t with whom we have hadsome con tac t over a per iod o f a few yea r s .A t r i p to a nearby mountain on October 11 , a Nat iona lgave a l l the members o f the church and Sunday schoo l a t ime

t oge the r and enjoy themselves . Mr.Kimura and Ernes t took peop le in t h e i r8 -pas senge r vans and t h e r e were o the r swho took cars so we had adequate trans- ^ ^For the f i rs t time since our re- J iHt u r n - a n d for that matter in severalyears~we went to Tomakomai f o r t h e i r -Sunday s e r v i c e on November 7 t h . Weenjoyed spending the day with the prea-^V ^Cher and his family, the Christians, fz "iL '-S:TFt ^and other friends. ' ' tThat same week there was an evan- ^^ge l i s t i c se rv ice a t the souths ide Mo- CHURCH PICNICiwa s h i t a Chu r ch o f Ch r i s t whe r e Mr.Suzuki preaches. Mr. Matsushita, whon]we have known f o r s ev era l y ea rs , wasthe evange l i s t . Mr. Matsush i ta agraduate from Osaka Bible Seminary, i sa preacher in Kyoto. We were happy tohave f e l l owsh ip with Chr i s t i an s t h e r ethat we h a v e known a n d l o v e d over thepas t 26 years t ha t we have been hereon Hokka i d o .

Some o f you a re aware o f the u r-gen t need f o r a new domi tory fo r OsakaBible Seminary. Presently the g i r l s mr . MUMKATA LEADSand one f ami ly a re housed in an o ldru s t i ng s t e e l ba r r a ck s bu i l d i ng . Pres en t p l ans c a l l f o r th e bu i ld ing tobe completed by fall^^^o^^ Pre-^^Christmas and f happy fruitful New^ qLD STL BARRAClYear.

ho l i day ,to g e t

MR. MUNAKATA LEADS SERVlCii

OLD STEEL BARRACKSFrom the bottom of our hear t s we thank you fo r the support youhave g iven us t h i s pa s t ye a r .

In His s e rv i c e ,

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