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They shall not labour in vain fo r t hey a re seed o f th e b le s sedLord, and t h e i r off -spr ing with them, I sa , 65:23

To all th e f in e C h ris tia n fo lk in th e U. S , A. who have assumed r e spons ib l esupport ( f inancia l , prayer , or otherwise) for the work of Exie Fultz in Japanand to one person in pa r t i cu l a r , who has served unpaid and uncomplainingly fo r25 years as fo rward ing-secre ta ry , t h i s 23th ann iversary bu l l e t i n i s ded ica ted .

Velda Cl a t f e l t e r came in to th e f e l lowsh ip o f th e F i r s t Chr i s t i an Church ,Marshal l , IL from the Methodist Church in 1965. She had served two years asSunday School t reasurer(a posi t ion she held fo r 19 years) when Exie askedher to assume the respons ib i l i t i e s of forvarding-agent now termed for*

M wardlng-secretary) She has, sin ce th en , fa i thful ly received, depositedand r e ce ip t ed a l l monies from churches and Chr i s t i an f r i ends des ig -n a t e d for Ex i e a n d her wo r k . Th i s s h e h a s d o n e for l o v e of hrist

For tuna t e , Indeed , was Exie when Velda , in re*p ly to Ex i e s r eques t t h a t she become f o rward ing -s e c r e t a ry , s ^ i d , I v e been wai t i ng to be a sked .nf hn f l ^ ply to Exie s request lV t l l l l ^ secretary, sAid, P

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RUSSELL AND MARIAN BLOWERS

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I a - ua 1 c e ?t / u- IA little frame bui ld ing housed th e E. 49thChris t ian Church when Exle went the re towork with Russ and Marion Blowers as youthleader , Russ and Marion stayed on in t he i rminis t ry but Exle chose Japan as her f ie ldof service and E. 49th became a l iving-l inkchurch . The church moves i n t o its secondnew bui ld ing as Exle completes her 25thyear as missionary . Russ wr i t e s , Your dev o tio n , p a tie n ce , and commitment t he s e 25yea r s a r e an i n s p i r a t i o n to aU o f us whoare geared to immediate resul ts and bigs t a t i s t i c s . . . May the Father bless you withmany v ic to r i e s and many more years o f s e rv i c e in Jesus Namel

I The new NINETY FIRST STREET CHRISTIAN CHURCHg the former E. Forty-Ninth Street Congregation)^ Indianapolis, IndianaA F i r s t Chr i s t i a n Church a t Evan sv i l l e , I nd iana i s th echurch t h a t gave Exie o pp ortu nity to se rve in f u l l -^ time capacity when she graduated from Cincln-

n a t i Bib l e Semina ry . She w ork -j S t 1 the church for two yearss e c r e t a r y and you t h l e a de r^ before going to Indianapolis toFIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH EVANSVILLE INDIANA Religion for

g r adua t e s t udy . Pau l and EvaSmallest in membership of the Nourse min iste r in Evansville.25-year l i v ing- l ink churchesis Exie s home chu r c h b u t Itsimpact on her l i f e has beeng i r l , Exie walked 1 miles todr e s s and h e r pa t en t s l i pp e r sthat made blisters to be ^ .Christ wi lllam nd Jean elmmin i s t e r t o F i r s t Ch r i s t i a n ,Marshal l . FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH MARSHALL ILLINOIS

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Miles tones t h a t a r e pas sed in one s l i f e *t ime o f t en mark po in t s o f no r e t u rn . ForExie such a day was Ju ly 6 , 1952 whenG.W.Gibson, then min i s t e r of her home church ,with th e e l d e r s s e t h e r ap a r t in ano r d i n -a t i on s e r v i c e as m i s s io n a r y o f th e Gospe l o f Chr i s t . * In th e yea r s t h a t havef o l lowed , when d iscou ragemen ts have comeand th e hea r t has yearned to go home, July 6 , 1952 i s a day t h a t has come to mindand has he lped keep he r from becoming amiss ionary drop -ou t . Now a s s he c omp le te she r 25th yea r she I s glad t h e r e has beenno tu rn in g back , no t u r n ing back .

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G. W Gibson was fo r 12 year s min i s t e r atEx i e s home church and a f t e r l eav ing Marsha l l he and h is wife , Leota( Inset ) , wereins t rumenta l in r a i s i ng much o f Ex i e sfur lough- t rave l funds in churches wherehe se rved . Leota , whom Exie cons ide redone of her be s t f r i e nds , was ca l l ed homet o be wi t h th e Lord i n 1972 . G. W isnow mi n i s t e r o f th e F iv e Po i n t s Ch r i s tian Church ne a r Marsha l l , I l l i n o i s .

New Livings I inkA new member o f th e l i v i ng - l i n k churchf ami ly i s th e Nevins Chr i s t i an chu rch ,which began in Oct . 1976 to sha re InEx i e s suppor t . Bro. Dan, who has w itnessed th e church grow from 45 to 130in h is 6-year minis t ry , wri t es , Exiecame to visit us and p re sen t h er workin Japan when she was home on fu r lough .I must say she i s a woman of g rea tfaith an d z e a l f o r t h e Lo r d .

NEVINS CHRISTIAN CHURCHRt. 6 , Par i s , IL.

THE CH MBERS FAMILY: Dan ie l , h iswife , Nancy, and chi ldren , Davida n d Dan a

Chrisiian Brethren Everywhere:This is io commerd unfo you our sister in

fhe foiih Exie Jone Fulh. I hove krtown herfor the pas t eight years and was her ministerof the time she accepted the call to full timeChristian Service , She is a Christian womanpossessing the very highest s tandards onddeois rooted and grounded n the faith

It is without hesi tot ion that I commend herto you being worthy of your prayers andmater ial ossistonce.

G. W. GIBSON, MinisterCh r is t ia n Chu r c hMarshall, Illinois


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the susumu kojima familyEtsuzo Kishi professor of accountinga t Shudo University In Hiroshima, became a Christian during his collegeyears. He and his wife* Itsuko grad*uate of Osaka Bible Seminary and Cincinnati Bible Seminary began services in their home in 1963, thusopening the work of the Churches ofChrist in Hiroshima. The church nowhas a small building with Mr. Klshiserving as minis ter - The Klshl ch l l -dren are: Mlhoko 13 and a ChristianMaklto ll ; Naoko 9 ; Toshlyuko 8 .Susumu Kojima Asst. Manager of theLoan Dept. in the Industrial Bank ofJapan, Tokyo, serves the Mlnato Church

i * -felloecFjU. S . A ,

Ve lda l tfelterForwarding Sec re t a ry

Box 222Marsha l l , IL .

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fTHE NORIHIKO SAITOH FAMILY

o f Ch r i s t , Yokohama a s deacon . Susumuwas in high- schoo l \dien he became aChr is t ian . He met h is wife , Yoko, a tthe bank, won her to Chr i s t , and marr i ed h e r In 1969 , He and Yoko worshipped a t the E. Chicago Church ofChr is t while he was s tudying a t th e U.o f Chicago fo r h is M.A, The i r sons a r e :Takashi 6 ; Jun 5 ,Norlh iko Sai toh i s now min i s t e r to h ishome church , Rokko Church of Chr i s t .He also serves on th e fa cu lty of OsakaBible Seminary teaching Communicationand Old Testament. His Wife, Reiko,g radua t e o f OBS wi th an M. A . f romLincoln Chris t i an College , teaches a tOBS to o in t h e f i e l d o f Ch r i s t i a n Educ a t i o n , Nor l h i ko was In t e a c h e r s c o l -ege when he was bap t i zed . The Sai tohsons a r e : Yo sh ln ob u 6 ; K a zu o 4 ,

>n 8bl C-^AXjCfJADDRESSES JAPAN

Exle Fu l t zAwaj l i s l a nd2709 Kuruma

Higashiura-cho, Tsuna GunHyogo Ken, 656-23

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