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C h r i s t m a s In A t n e r i e a l I can ^t r e m e m b e r e x a c t l y how rrany y e a r s t wa s

t h a t I l a s t e x p e ri e n c e d sueho T hi s y e ar a ga i n th e l ord w i l l i n g I w i l l

be thereS A l r e a d y I have r e se r va t io n s t o fl y Northwest A i r l i n e s to

Chicago on Monday^ December 23c Ueparture t i me frorr Tokyo as r.ows c h e d u l e d Is 2:15 pr. vr o and a r r i v a l in Ter r e H au te , I nd ia na a bo ut 5 :1 5 p® ir®

o n K on da yc D ee ei nb er 23c. Funds ar e on hand, fo r th e a l r o f a r e bu t I h a v e n ^ t

ye t p u r c h a s e d th e t i c k e t as it is r ep o r t ed t h a t a l r^ ^ fa re s may go up a g a i n

In Decembers I f a lt g o e s as s c h ed u l ed s > a n d we p ra y it does® be

c e le br a ting Christmas Sunday DeCe 22) h er e i n Tokyo with t hos e of The

N a t i o n s C h u r c h of C h r i s t an d C h r i s t m a s da y I t s e l f back home in I l l i n o i s

or In d l a n a )o P r a i s e God fo r Hi s p r o v i s i o n s fo r t h i s fiSghtS

Many t h i n g s o ve r h e re seem to need u r g en t p r ay er b ut p e rh a ps ,b e ca u se o f

t h e s h o rt n es s of t he t im e t he problem of The N a t i on s ^ C h ur c h of C h r i s t

must be g i v e n p r i o r l t y o My c o nt ra ct f o r t he p r es e nt a p ar t me n t^ ^ h a t ha s

s er ve d a s a home f or t he church group, ex p i r es th e l a s t of Decc 7 ^4 The

o w n e r ha s s a i d he will n o t m a k e a ne w c o n t r a c t as he w a n t s Co sett th e

p r o p e r t y o F o r s om e ti m e we h a v e b e e n l o o k i n g fo r a no th er o la ce b ut n ot hi ng

s u i t a b l e w t t h i n ou r p r i c e r an ge h as opened upo It i s d i ff ic u lt fo f me to

make p l a n s fo r my fu rl o u g h when I m ig ht b e l e a v i n g t h e s e t ov ed o ne s withoii*:

a c h u rc h home«. S t i l l b e c a u s e I t seems v e ry much to be w i t h i n th e w i l l

of th e T.ord, I am going ahead w i t h f u rl o u gh p l a ns a s s c h ed u le d ^ We ar e

o r ay l n g and p l eas e p ra y w i t h us® t h a t t ^ t w e e n nov; and th e t e s t Sunday

DeCc^ 22) God w i l l in His own marvelous way, show u s tb e l o c at i on from

w h i c h He w o u l d h a v e u s c on ti nu e o ur x ritn es s o f Hi s l o v e fo r th e w o r l d

shown so c le ar ly in t he g i v i n g of His Sono

S i nc e I would l ike to se e a ll of you during t hi s furlough t i me , Jans^oJune®®?^ ,I urge you a ll to w ri te f or s p e a k i n g d a t e s appointTnents, etCc to my S ta te s

side a ddre s s : Box 2 2 2 , M ar s h al l , H l o 624AI.:,

May th e p e ac e a nd jo y tha t only th e e t e r n a l God ca n jjtve be y o u rs during

t h i s Christmastimeo And a mi da ll o f your p r e p a r a t i o n s fo r it d o n t f o r g et

to p r a y fo r us o

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housing unit Is H .being dismant led

for shipment to ^^0111Awaji where i t fclySSwi l l be r e bu i l t

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G.i. HOUSING UNIT

TO BECOME AWAJI

DINING GLilSSROOMS

^ G. I . HOUSE abova^ was given for use

in Ch r i s t i a n work

^ on the island ofAwaj l This t h r e e

bed room unit will

become th e d in ing

kit hen re a n d

c l a s s r o oms for CSL

ROBERT C. WARRICK

who tore the h o u s e

down» I s seen a t

th e l e f t unloading

p a r t o f th e lumber



SUMMER 1973

TAKAKI KAVAHARA

FIRST CHRISTIAN WOR

SHIP SERVICE HELD

AT CSI SITE P ic

tured a t the r i gh t

a r e th e a d u l t s who

were present on the |opening n igh t of

th e August 1973 r e

tr t on th e I s l and »

o f Awaj i . Seated

c en te r f ro n t I s Mr.

Klshl speaker fo r

he evening.

ACTIVITIES O

Takaki Kawahara^

min i s t e r o f th e

Karlya Church o fChris t Avajl;and

Etsuzo Kishi proo

f e s so r o f Shudo

Univers i ty Hiro

sh ima became th e

f i r s t men to pro«

claim the gospel

t CSI«

ETSUZO KISHI

C R FOR AWAJI WORK DON TED

BY THE ROBERT WARRICKS The

968 Datsun station wagon

pictured at the lef t was given to Exle by th e Warr icks

when they went home fo r fu r

lough In June 1973. I t has

beena

great blessing to uson th e I s l and The Warr icks

re turn to Japan September



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0

OF SHARING was th e theme o f th e *73 r e t r e t mes

ages w ith t Takes a Vis ion s th e theme chorus* Mrs.

Kishl formerly Lydla Shlgenobu) led the singing

nd the prayer group* The r e t r e t was a sma ll b eg inning

h t promises gre t e r th ings in the fu ture as f c i l i t i e s ex«

to handle l rge r groups* Exie shared the co tt ge and

t became th e dorm, the diner» and the chapel fo r about a

fo r thos e a tte nd ing* Twelve persons was th e l rges t

s t ying fo r any one n igh t but th t s capaci ty*

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ws

of The NATIONS CHURCH

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[rose: a t Exie s r ightThuy: r ight

MEMBERS OF THE SUNDAY

MORNING HIGHSCHOOL GIRLS*

CLASSf many of ^om a re

Exie*s s tudents a t Shoe

Gir l s Highschool where

Exle has been teachingOral English four morn

ings a week, Suimner 74th is class spent four

days at SI on Awaji

BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST

on June 16,*73, Yoshl-

mitsu Hirose, a youngmedica l s t ud en t and

c o n t a c t o f The Na t i o n s

Church ,p laced h is mem

bership with a Japan

ese congrega t ion LUU

TU BICK THUY (with her

bro ther Sy),from Viet

nam, l e f t Japan fo r

s t udy In th e U.S . She

now l ives in San DiegoCa l i f o r n i a .

IBa pt iSms« TU NH a Vietnamese graduate fromTokai University, Tokyo, was baptieed on April 28, 1974.

IFurIOug hs xle win be in the States on furlough fromJanuary — July 75. Write Stateside address below for asp eak in g d ate

U .S . A.

ADDRESSES

Japan :



FULTZ MISSION f o r t h e MASIER

Tokyo - AwajiJapan

December 31, 1974

Dear C h r i s t i a n F r i e n d :

January 1, 1975, vd.ll find me in i^y old hometown of Marshall, 111.,ushering i n the new year w ith family and friends. Since l a s t Mondayevening, December 23 , '74, I have been enjoying the hospital i ty of mysister 's Mrs. Hobart Nelson) home and visiting with my brother (CliffordWalters), forwarding agent Velda Clatfelter) and members of my homechurch (First Christian, Marshall) where I had the privi lege of speakingSunday evening, December 29,

From the end of the Christmas-New Year ' s holidays u n t i l mid-summer

'75, I will be traveling among the churches reporting on my mission work

and presenting our new planned project - the erect ion of a dining-classroomu n i t on Awaji Is land a t the CSI s i t e . Some churches al ready have confirmed

dates for my v i s i t with them, but there are s t i l l open dates t h a t I wouldl i k e to f i l l when I am i n your area

Abrief outline ^^my schedul^^is as followsJanuary - I l l i n o i s Indiana

Febinaary - Southwest, CaliforniaMarch - Nebraska, I l l i n o i s Ohio

April-May - I n d i a n a I l l i n o i s

J u n e - ll no s a n d S o u t h e r n S t a t e s

July - North American Convention i n Detroit and then V/est

August - West Coast d ^tes on ly

I w i l l be happy to meet with women's groups, class groups or youthgroups as well as Sunday church groups . Sundays, i f possible, I would l i k e

to spend the day with one church, teaching i n the Bible School hour and

speaking of the work i n the evening service,

Literature i s enclosed th at w i ll b r i e f you on the work i n Japan andon the needs of our new project . Read t with considera tion and write fora speaking date to Box 222 Marshall, 111., 62441 or telephone 1-217-626-6694/1-217-826-5781.

In the New Year, whatever the si tuat ion t h a t may a r i s e remember thesew o r d s o f o u r M a s t e r :

Be of good comfort, rise; He calleth thee. Mark 10:49c)

Sincerely,

Exie Fultz, Missionary

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