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l-ftrhllAityo (/Vllssi.3574 SM . 12 ih S t ,De./) Ho-ine^, IA 50315

Sep t ember 1985

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Dear F r i e nd s i n C h ri s t ,Sometime in June a man came to the church door an d b eg an ask ing ques t ions abou t

th e church here . E rnes t i nv i t e d him in and among th e ques t i on s t h a t he asked were :"Do you emphas i ze th e c ro s s ? Do you b ap t i z e by immer s ion? Do you s e rve communionevery Sunday?" By t he q u es ti on s we knew t h a t hehad some knowledge o f Ch r i s t i a n i t y , Then hesaid that his family were members of the Mormon r ii-i -v 1church but d ur in g h is r ecen t hosp i t a l i za t ion hehad read the Bible through and had come to the If' iconclusion that th e Mormon church was wrong and k 1he was looking for a church that was t ruer to mrjkthe Bible. He also wanted to know if his having ^ pPm v ^been a member of the Mormon church would prevent \ f -'-'sh im f rom be i ng a member o f any o t h e r chu r ch . -After ta lking with him, and l a te r with his ^family, Mr. and Mrs. Iga [ee-gah] and his mother BjjjjjjjH^^were bap t i zed i n t o Chr i s t on Ju ly 7th . p CM:r- j

On th e s ame day a 59 ye a r o ld man t h a tE rn es t b a pt iz ed in Obih i ro (his f i r s t bapt i sm inJapan) came f o rwa r d to r ed e di ca te h i s life andto pu t h is member sh ip i n t h e Higash i ku chu r ch .Over th e ye a r s he ha s had s e r io u s t ro u b le wi t hd r i n k i n g and infidelity. A few ye a r s ago h i swife left h im a n d his three children will haveno th i ng to do with him. Presen t l y he i s in poorh e a l t h wi th h ig h b lo od p re s su r e and d i a b e t e s .Please pray fo r him as we work with him. MRS. YAMAKAWA AND DAICHI

Mos t o f ou r r e g u l a r s uppo r t e r s know t h a t on Ea s t e r Sunday a son o f one o f ou rmembers was a l so bap t i zed . His name i s Daich i Yamakawa. He i s a s i x th g r ade r . Hesays t h a t he wants to be a p r eache r . Righ t now he i s i n t e r e s t ed in doing wha t he canto he lp th e church and l i v e a Chr i s t i a n l i f e .

TOYA CHRIS IAN HOUSE

Ea r l y this y e a r we beganth ink ing abou t t r y i ng to secu r el a nd and a b u i ld in g fo r a campfor the Hokkaido churches.A f t e r l o o k i n g at and t u r n i n gdown one po s s i b i l i t y , we de c i d e dto secure the services of a landbroker who has d o n e businesswith us severa l t imesth e last 20 ye a r s . Ern e s t t o l dMr.Yosh ida t h a t we were l o ok i ngf o r a camp s i t e nea r a l ake w i than o ld b u i l d i n g that c o u l d bec o n v e r t e d t o a camp b u i l d i n g .He located a relatively s ec l uded i a c re p ro p e r ty ove rl o o k i n g beautiful Lake Toya ,some hou r s f rom Sapporo . Atfirst he s u g g e s t e d a u s e d p ref a b building b u t b e c a u s e itwasn ' t po s s i b l e t o c onve r t it t oa second s t o r y bu i l d i n g he madea r r a ng emen t s t o s e cu r e an o ld

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^ "^^tside'windows were aluminum'soP^^^Wr^AjA chen, and dining/meeting room' onf N the f i r s t floor and two roomssleeping on t h e s e cond' '"jj stove, and other misc. things to

A fund t h a t has built upo v e r t h e y e a r s f rom moneyJ apane s e chu r ches have pa id onMR. KIMURA PREACHING AT CAMP t h e i r bu i l d i ng s and Eng l i s hc l a s s r e ce ip t s was s u f f i c i e n t topay for the land and bui lding. Costs were reduced as Ernest and Neva enjoyed a fewdays of vacation a t the lake refinishing the inside windows and doors and paintingthe woodwork. Moiwashita and Tomakomai churches donated some equipment for the

bu i l d i ng .Dedication for the camp s i te , called Toya Christ ian House, was on July 21 st w ithChristians from Higashi ku, Moiwashita, and Tomakomai churches of Ch ri st p re se nt .Also present were three gentlemen who were responsible for obtaining the s i te and thebuilding. Due to other commitments the contractor was not able to be present.Four different groups have used the site this summer with over 100 people

involved , The Higashi ku Church is planning a fall retreat there on September 22 and23, a na t i ona l ho lid ay in Japan . We lookforward to greater usage next year. Upkeep ofthe building is paid for from fees charged tothe churches who use the camp s i te .Our summer schedule included VBS with 18 'Jchildren in attendance. This was held July 29-31 and resul ted in tw o neighborhood chi ld renenrolling in Sunday School. Our camp was held 1We are having th i s l e t t e r commercial ly 'p rin te d in order to get better reproductions ofthe pictures. We hope you like i t and ^9^^ g"a pp re cia te th e d i f f e r en c e .We are always in need of your prayers-both '^0f or o ur se lv es and for the local Chris t ians and

severa l in te res ted people who a tt en d s er vi ce s. -We want to thank you for your patience in jwflHgHwaiti ng f or th is l e t t e r , for l e t t e r s you havesen t , and/or g i f t s t ha t you have given us toe n a b l e us t o r ema i n on t h e field.

MR. YOSHIDA RECEIVING THANKSYours in His se rv i ce .