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across a booklet which one of our BH[| |children received years
ago. It HSj^Bwas wri t ten in a s ty le th at r -nes t was ab le to
adap t fo r th eo ld e r c h il dr en . A " f a the r " to ldthe
Christmas s tory to his "son"a s slides f l a s h e d on t h e s c
r e eni l l u s t r a t i ng the e ve nts . Others t u d e n t s
back o f t h e s c re enfilled i n wi t h c h a r a c t e r ' s vo
i -ces , It was very ef fec t ive . Thetwo main charac te r s were
played byc h i l d r e n o f members a n d that e v e -ning two o
th e r c hi ld re n o f memberstook th e r em ai nin g pa r t s in
orderto presen t the s to ry again a t theadult s e r v i c e ,
Neva worked wi t hthe smal le r chi ldren on a playbu t schedule s
p r evented prac t icesess ions when al l could be pre-sent . At
the time of the play twoc h i l d r e n who h a v e n ' t been to S
unday School f o r sometime came back-s tage to be in the play .
This wasfortunate since t h e children whowere to take the s i l e
n t pa r t s o fMarv ap.ci .Tnjs^-nh fo r th ^ Isst s c s n s were
dsubway con s t r u c t i o n i n our a r e a .
CHRISTMAS CAKESb ^rCIu mCITOoo twVt'A uoC'&ube u f
In Engl ish c lasses Neva usua l ly uses a Christmas "ABC" s e t
to te ac h th e names andsounds of the l e t t e r s as she teaches
the s tory by connect ing each i l l us t r a t ed l e t t e rto th
e Chr is tmas s tory . This year she made 300 cookies which she s
er ve d w it h cocoa a tthe closing minutes of each class . . Ernes
t joined them a t th i s time so he could becomeacquainted w ith
the f i f t y ch i ld ren in these c l a s se s .
As usual , Neva baked cakes for the church Chris tmas meet ings
which were a l l heldon Christmas Day t h i s year . Eleven s
ingle- layered decorated cakes ranging in s ize from5 to 10 inches
were prepared fo r the chi ldren, an d a three t ie red c ak e to
pp ed with asugar-cube church was served to the adu l t s . The
25th was a busy dayone o f the membershelped from 830 A.M. till
1000 P .M , -- 13 i hou rs . Fif ty-f ive chi ldren an d s ix adul
tswere in the chi ldren 's meeting and there were a t o t a l of l6
d if fe re nt adul t s in the se rv ic es in cl ud in g f ive
Japanese men.We spen t the nex t day pu t t i ng th ings away, t ak
ing candle wax o f f the f l oo r , and ingenera l get t ing back
to normal. We celebrated our persona l Christmas on the 27th .The
remaining days in December were used to balance the books, do
year-end cleaning,and prepare handwork for a new quar ter of Sunday
School. With the coming of the newyear snow arr ived in quant i ty
bu t for tunately the weather was f a i r fo r the three days o
fVacation Bible School which was held from the 10th to the 12th of
January with 18 chi ldren enro l l ed . Lessons on the boyhood o f
Jesu s, t he t emp ta ti on of Jesus , and Zaccheuswere familiar s
tor ies but some very well prepared workbooks helped to make it a
veryappropriate study on th e word of God in which the children
enthusias t ica l ly par t ic ipated.We prepared handwork fo r each
day and each chi ld made a box fo r penci ls from pop s ick les t i
cks . These were decorated with a red cross, memory verses , and
pictures clipped fromold gree t ing cards. On the f i n a l day
Neva prepared r ice curry and fed f ive of the ch i ldren whose Chr
i s t i an parents a re working. They stayed three hours enjoying
games and
their mo t h e r s r e t u r n e d .On the l6 th , a nat ional
hol iday, we held a spec ia l meeting fo r indoc t r ina t ion
.Neva taught the member's children about s in and the plan o f s al
va ti on while Ernest taughtlessons to the adul ts concerning
church government. Two of the recent ly purchased VHSvideo f i lms
were shown to the ent i re group. We enjoyed a carry- in meal a t
noon and a ter i c e cakes cooked i n sweetened red beans fo r th e
evening meal . The school t e a ch e r whodecided to study about
Christ a t the September meeting was present and her th i r s t
forknowledge was ref reshing. She at tends B ib le s tu dy on
Wednesday evenings. The daughterof members who expressed i n t e r
e s t in Baptism i s an enthus ias t ic pupi l bu t her
parentsprefer red to delay bapt ism. Since she was d i r ec t ly
approached about it by the evange
list they f e l t the deci s ion may not have been en t i r e l
y he r s . Pray fo r the s i x th grader s(There were f ive in
Sunday School Sunday.) They will be graduating in March and
areusually pressured to spend Sundays studying af te r they enter
Junior High School. Theone boy among the - s ix th grader s a lr ea
d y a tt en d s a d ult s erv ic e. Pray t h a t the g i r l s wi l
lfol low h is example .
Yours in His s e r v i c e ,
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for camping. This camp washeld August 3-6 a t the beaut i f u l
Lake Doya. The s i t ew as at the s umme r home of alocal dent is t
. Next d o o r to h i s home t h e r e was ala rge empty l o t on
which wecould e r e c t our two l a rget en t s . The program was
cent e r ed around video ta pe s o fth e book o f Luke. The re
werean average o f 50 people fo rth e camp with 1 3 a t t end
ingfrom th e Higashi ku Churcho f Ch r i s t .
We t ook a coup l e o fdays o f f and took a sho r tt r i p nor
th to th e c i t y ofRumoi where we p i t ched ou rt en t by the
Japan Sea. We CAMP S ITE
enjoyed th e t ime walking thebeach, watching th e waves,cooking
outs ide, and playingscrabble. We returned o nSaturday to ge t r
eady fo rSunday se rv i ces .
S umm e r vacation wills o o n b e over. All of thechildren will
b e b a c k ins ch oo l t h e end o f August .School v ac atio n h
ere i s onlyabou t t h r e e weeks long . Itis s o short a n d s o
full ofvarious events that i t isdifficult to wo r k in c h u r c
hactivities.
We aga in ask fo r yourDEVCTICNS prayers: fo r some new
people
who h a v e attended churchrecent ly; fo r the J r . Hi. s
tudents who come to Sunday School; fo r our (Jhr is t ians ;and f o
r o u r he a l t h .
Thank you and may God bless you.
In M s name,
The Fabe r s
