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E-nne^t and and Neva TaJLeji4-8 Monlh 49 , La^t 75ftiga/ihU. ku , SAPPORO

A p r i l 1988Dear F r i e nd s in C h r i s t ,We h a v e n ' t w r i t t e n f o r a w h i l e . If we c a n ' t g e t t o th e letter w r i t i n g at t h e firsto f th e week then it i s n ' t poss ib l e t o ge t it i n t o t h a t week's schedule .

combined them into oneservice. T h i s w as held o n CHRISTMASDecember 20th, th e Sunday before Chris tmas . The even t s o f th e evening began with al i gh t lunch with g i f t exchange fol lowed by a program by the chi ldren and a video ofDisney ' s ve r s ion o f The Chr i s tmas Caro l . The l i g h t s were t u rned ou t and Ernes ts t a r t e d r e ad ing s c r i p t u r e and t e l l i n g abou t va r i ou s Chr i s t i an v ir tu es th a t would makethe world a bet ter place in which to l ive i f each of us were to pract ice them. Eachof th e i t ems were t aped to a cand l e and a f t e r r ead ing one i t em th e th e cand l e wasgiven to a person. Gradually with the reading of the var ious th ings the room becamel igh te r . Several Chri s t i ans commented on the effect iveness of th i s presen ta t ion andth e ch i l d r en ' s a t t e n t i o n to th e p r e a ch i ng on "The L igh t o f th e World," Seve ra ln ei gh bo rh oo d m o th e rs a t t ended wi th t h e i r c h i ld ren fo r th e first t ime . Some a re inthe l ad i e s ' cooking c la s s bu t had never a t t ended a church se rv i ce .After astart in

very poor showing i n Sunday School th e whole first qua r t e r we go t a goodth e second qua r t e r with an Eas t e r b reak fa s t fo r th e ch i ld ren . At t h a t t imeg g " !S | " .T** '^ number of chi ldren who haven' t been

a t t e n d i n g r e t u r n e d and a t t e nda nc e h asb e e n o n the increase since then. AsI usual we are concerned with the JuniorHigh s t u d e n t s . We a re t r y in g to ho ldH them by having an Engl i sh Bib le Club onj H Saturday evening. We have also opened.;:::=r===i.======J ^ | | |g^p H the Bible Club to elementary students^ ffi in the afternoon and four who don't^ r * JH H attend Sunday School have been coming

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The new s choo l ye a r i n Japan began i nA p r i l . T h i s i n c l u d e s o u r E n g l i s hclasses. There are about 5 0 studentsf rom first g r ade r s to a d u l t s en r o l l e din t hese c la s ses . Neva i s re spons ib l ef o r m o s t o f t h e s e c l a s s e s . T h i s yea r

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we wi l l be t ak ing some of them to th ecamp s i t e fo r an Eng l i sh Seminar .In January , Jo e l Lik ins from Niiga ta[wes t e rn s ide of J ap an ] b ro ug ht somef r iends to Hokkaido for ski ing and tosee th e Sapporo Snow Fes t i v a l . Erne s twent ou t to th e camp site e a r l y towarm up th e bu i l d i ng and to check onth e r o ad t o th e site. It i s 1 /4 mi lefrom the main road and snow gets deepin t h a t area . The group s t ayed twonights enjoying sk i ing in th e a rea .For the f i r s t time in several yearsNeva and Ernest were ab le to a tten dthe a l l Japan Missionary Convention.I t was held in N iig ata by the c loses tChurch of Chris t missionar ies . Therewere 58 present . I t wasn't an easy MISS IONARY CONVENTIONtrip, though, since i t involved 17-J hours of steady driving and a l-'hour ferry ride.The new tunnel tha t you have hea rd about has only ra i l t r a f f ic , in sol te of thearduous trip they enjoyed fellowship with old and new friends and the pr'^achinq byTom Friskney o f Cincinnati Bible College.Recently a woman called because she was concerned about how to read the Bible. Shewas being influenced by Jehovah's Witnesses. She couldn't understand why i t wasnecessary to put meaning into Bible passages when i t wasn 't obv ious . The next weekshe came to the house and Neva was able to speak to her personally. We encouragedher to read the Bible without the influence of outsiders. I t is God speaking to her.Pray fo r her and many others t h a t are l ike her .

used.' "^ome'have indicatedOM FRISKNEY PREACHING in renting the camp but need more room^ i i i ,N-.i 4UWJ.trto pitch ten ts since several churches are combining groups. Land prices are risingso it i s t ime to expand i f possible.With this we will say goodbye. We hope and pray that this will find you well and atwork for the Lord. Pray for us and all your missionaries. These are trying times.We apprec ia te your bear ing with us and s up po rtin g t he work here which becomesincreasingly expensive every year. Missionaries with children have an especiallyheavy f inancial burden. God bless you.In His se r v i c e .