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A PRAYER

FOR VELDA:

May th e Lord answer you when you are indis tress ; . . .

May He send you help from the sanctuary;...

May He remember all your sacrifices;...

M ay He give you th e desire of your heart;. . .

He answers from His holy heaven.

Excerpts from Psalm 20

Exie a n d Velda

Old friends who would l ik e to keep in touch

wi th Velda , wr it e :

Mrs. Velda Clat fe l ter

R . R . 4

Marshall, IL 62441

DO NOT MAIL TO: Box 222 , Marshall. IL

62441. This address is being discontinued Dec.31,1979.

Wm M < Ada Drti*

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A Ckwck 7Ao< Corf i Abou t Yov r Sovi

HOtACI KHAIfNa.Mt^Ov

Ju ly 10 , 1979

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To Chr i s t i ana Ererywhsre:

BrsthTM, as ar s p le a se d t o recoBaend wlttiout rsserrat toB

Hr. and Kr s. F ra nk Conne r, «ho havs volunteered t o a c ce p t the

r e s po n s i bi l it y a s Forwa rding Agent s fo r Mrs. Qcle f u l t z .

Vi s C o n n e rs a r e a c ti v e meabs r s o f th e C entra l Church of

IChrist In O Fallon, UllnolB «b»re both of tbea serve aaT e ac h er s a nd h e as an Elder. They ar e concerned and coaal t t

ecL Chr i s t i ans >bo w i l l f u l f i l l t h e i r r e a p on a l h ll l ti e s prayer

fu l ly an d In a tu s laese X lke way.

It g ives us p leasu re to reeoemend t hes fo r t h is a l o ls t ry .

Since re ly

orace schaffner Hlnlater

I r i un of t he E l de rs

C h a l ra a n o f th e B o a r d

WHERE TO S E N D MAIL

All financial gifts for Fult z Miss ion for th e

Master a nd o th e r mail fo r th e Mission that does

no t require specific attention f rom Exie should be

m a il ed t o :

F u l tz M i s si o n fo r th e Ma s t e r

F ra nk an d Haze l C o n n e r

67 Lanaghan Dr.

Fairview Heights, IL 62206

Personal mai l for Exie an d mail that requires he r

specific attention should be mailed to :

Exie Fultz. missionary

F u l tz M i s si o n fo r t h e M a s te r

2709 Kuruma, Higashiura Cho

Tsuna Gun , Hyogo Ken 656-23

Japan

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INTRODUCING ^

Frank and Haze l C o n n e r

67 Lanaghan Drive ,^ .Fairview Heights, IL62208 /

NEW FORWARDING AGENT S

FULTZ M IS SIO N FOR THE MAS TER

Exie Fultz, Missionary

At th e c lo se of Vacat ion Bible Sc hool a t

Central Church of Christ, O Falion, Illinois (inside

fold , the Conners Frank and Hazel who had ^been Exie s hosts for th e week, quite as a surprise

to her, volunteered to become Exie s forwarding

agents, replacing Mrs. Velda Clatfe lter who ha s

served in this capacity for 27 years. The will ing

ness of th e Conners to t ake on this responsibility

comes as an answer to prayers of both Velda an d

i Exie (back fold).

^ Hazel, who will handling the accounts, writes, We have been totally committed Christians 6 +years. I became a Christian about 22 yea rs ago ,

but regretably did no t live as a Christian should

live for about 15 of those years. However, th e

Lord wa s never ou t of my min d completely, and

He does h av e H is ways of bringing one to the

p lace whe re the re is no place to go bu t to th e

Lord, an d I thank Him for it ...

T he C on ne rs a re r ecommended fo r t h i s

position by th e mini st e r and e lder s of th e Central

Church of Christ , O Fal ion, Illinois (outside fold).



A FORMER VBS J UN IO R WR IT ES

One yea r Vacation Bible Schoo l made an ou t

standing impression on my life an d on e which

helped shape my interest in miss ions s ince that

t ime .

Each y ea r y oung ladies from th e Cincinnati

Bible Seminary came to help an d t o t each. One

year Exie Fultz was t he J un io r C la ss t ea ch er a nd

th e boys and girls loved her.

One young girl went home and conf ided to hermothe r , who was c on fi ne d t o b ed with a severe

case of poisoning on her legs, herdes ire, Mom, Iwis h y ou wer e no t sick because I wish Exie could

c om e to o ur h ou se fo r d inne r . Mothe r s an swe r

was s imp le , If you r ea ll y wan t her t o c ome, ge t

this house straigntened up an d go chop off a

chicken s head and g et dinner. (Exie s note:

Never ha d the girlkilled a chicl<en by chopping of f

th e head o r by any other method.)Th e dinner wa s far from perfect, bu t Exie

came a nd t hi s young girl wa s proud and thr il led

with her gracious gues t. Exie and h er wor k h av e

a lway s b ee n s pe ci al to me because I wa s that

young girl.

. Martha E. (Mclntosh) Grave

Formerly of Syria Christian Church

Orleans, Indiana

It wa s Exie s d el ig ht t o m ee t Martha again,

during Schoo l of Missions week at Lake James

Chr is ti an Assembly thi s year (1979) and to ber eminded of th e a bove i n c id e n t . It was no w Exie s

turn to feel proud and thrilled to know that Martha

mar r ied a mini s t e r and serves w ith h im a t th e

Hami lt on C h ur ch of Chris t , Hamil ton , IN .

P ic tu re d a bo ve with Martha ar e he r husband,

Arthur L. Grave, Jim (16) , David (14) and Deborah

(11).

THE JOY

OF

JUNIORS

Junior girls in Japan (below) formed th e first

Bible Class group to be taught by Exie Fultz

shortly after sh e moved to Awaji I sl and fromTokyo in October, 1977. The opening of these

classes pioneers th e work for th e Lord at

Cords-of-Love Bible Pla c e .

During Exie s furlough (April, 1979- February,

1980) these classes—and others for high school

e r s—have had to c lo se fo r lack of a teacher .

Junior High classes will open when Exie_returna \ \to Japan the or willing theJjx§lof FebruaryJ^1980. Along with their opening will be theopening of additional classes fo r youngerb r o th e r s and s i s te rs an d fo r mother s .

Japanese Junior Girls

Exie plans to leave the mid-west shortly after

New Year s Day, spend January in the south-west

and west and leave for Tokyo-Osaka from Seattle,

Washington around the first of February, th e Lordwilling. Sh e asks for your continued prayer for her

an d th e work of th e Lord sh e is engaged in on

Awaji Island.

JUNIOR GIRLS IN A 1979 VBS

It was a joy to Exie to be the teacher of theJunior Girls class a t t he Central Church of Christ.

O Fallon, Illinois: as well as th e missionary forthe entireVBS group. Each girl of the above class

mailed a picture postcard of th e St. Louis a rea toa Japanese girl on Awaji Island with a verse ofScripture written on it (In English, of course).Scripture references were cited so that theJapanese girls could read the messages fromtheir Japanese Bibles.

Other Vacation Bible Schools where Exie

taught as missionary were: West Side ChristianChurch, Springfield, IL Five Points Christian

Church, Martinsville, IL; First Christian Church,Marshall, IL. All weregrea t g roups .

May God prosper you all,in every way.

in th e year of 1980.

CORDS-OF-LOVE BIBLE PLACE

AWAJI IS LAND

JAPAN



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OPEN DOOR

JapanINTRODUCING THE IS LAND . . .

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Awaji Is land, the largest in the Inland Sea group, is a triangular or pear-shaped)

emerald i s l and ly ing in th e blue waters o f Osaka Bay, Japanese mythology c r e d i t s

Awaji v i t h being one o f th e f i r s t i s l ands created by a n c e s t r a l d ie t i e s o f Japan.

t i s th e crad le o f the Japanese puppet p lay t enjoyed a high s tandard o f c i v i l

i za t i on when Tokyo was st ll swamp l and The scenery along the eas t coas t i s most

picturesque. I ts mountains a re t er ra ced with rice paddies sometimes abloom with

flowers in off seasons); i t s fe r t i l e land arable because i t s mountains are low.

Mihara Valley is known for i t s milch cows and the Swedish company, Nestles, oper

a t e s milk p ro ces s i n g f a c t o r i e s in th e v a l l e y Marine l i f e abounds in ts wate r st i s a l so known fo r ts o ni on f arm s, t anger ine orchards and b e a u t i f u l f lowers Be

cause o f the crowded Kobe-Osaka a re as a cro ss th e bay , Awaji i s becoming a r ec rea

t ion l and fo r metropol i tan r es iden t s Swarms o f people f lock to th e i s land i n

summer f o r f is h in g g o lf in g and yach t ing

Exie sometimes s i t s in the l iv ing-room o f her home on a smal l mountain r idge over

looking the Higashiura coas t l ine where she watches the boats a t work and play sees

th e l i gh t s go on on the oppos i te shore note s th e r i s in g o f th e moon over the water

and th inks, This i s my home. Thanks to the Lord, th is i s my home.

YOU SHOULD KNOW . . .

* 190,000 PEOPLE LIVE ON W JI ISLAND, N RE OF

* 2^0 SQU RE KILES WITH __ _ _ . ,

* 10 CHURCHES OF VARIOUS FAITHS SERVING THE PEOPLE OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL AWAJI.

* 1 OF THE 10 CHURCHES IS A SM Ii CHURCH OF CHRIST CHRISTIAN .

* 1 MISSIONARY LIVES ON THE ISLAND. OTHER MISSIONARIES OF OTHER FAITHS H VE

LIVED THERE BUT T PRESENT EXIE FULTZ OF CHRISTI N CHURCHES CHURCH OF CHRISTU S A I S THE ONLY MISSIONARY.

* 1 BUILDING IS ON THE PROPERTY AT CORDS-OF-LOVE BIBLE PLACE. THIS BUILDING ISTHE HOME OF EXI E FULTZ .

* 1 CHAPEL BUILDING I S DESPERATELY NEEDED FOR TEACHING THE EVER INCREASIHJ

NUMBER OF CLASSES.

* 3 ACRES OF LAND NEED TO BE DEVELOPED.

CORDS-OF-LOVE BIBLE HACE i s the missionary projec t o f :

FULTZ MISSION FOR THE MASTER

67 Lanaghan Dr.

Fairview Heights, IL 62208



CHAPEL BUILDING PLANS

N o r t h

In comparing a l l things i n Japan with t h e i r counterparts i n U.S.A. the word *small*

as over against l a r g e should generally be used. Exie, too, thought smal l when sheworked w i t h t h e a r c h i t e c t on des igning a chapel b u i l d i n g f o r Cords-of-Love B ib le P la ce .

Seating capacity for the second-floor auditorium (with balcony) will be approximately150 persons . Besides being used f o r worship s er vi ce s t he se areas w i l l a l s o serve , f o r

some t ime, as classrooms. The chapel w i l l s i t on th e same low mountain r idge as E x i e s

home and w i l l be v i s i b l e t o t h e Higashiura f o l k l i v i n g i n t h e c o a s t a l a r e a .

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W e s t

F i r s t f l o o r has been designed f o r a bap

t i s t r y o f f i c e space, s o c i a l room, small

kitchen and an E l i j a h s room f o r v i s i t i n g

e v a n g e l i s t s and t h e i r w i v e s . The f r o n t

e n t r a n c e o r genkan, w i l l be l a r g e enough

t o accommodate a number o f people removing

t h e i r o u t s i d e shoes f o r s l i p p e r s w i t h a

getabako - a p l a c e t o p u t g u e s t s o u t s i d e

shoes u n t i l s e r v i c e s are over and they

r e t u r n home. Though e s p e c i a l l y designed

f o r J a p a n e s e comfor t t h e r e w i l l b e no

s t raw-mat f l o o r i n g o r s i t t i n g on t h e

f l o o r . Pews, c h a i r s and t a bl e s a re

p la nne d a s t h e s e th ings a r e i n keeping

w i t h t h e modern Japanese p e r s o n s

idea of c o m f o r t .

Winter temperatures on Awaji Is land seldom reach freezing p o i n t f o r which we are thank

f u l . t i s an i s l a n d however, an d i s swept a t t imes w i t h c h i l l winds. Rather t h a n being concerned with i c e and snow we must be concerned with a damp c h i l l f a c t o r . Because

o f c o s t and th e u n c e r t a i n t y o f lo ng ra ng e o i l s u p p l i e s t o Japan we have not included aheating u n i t i n the building plans. have, however, faced the auditorium to the south

with the apse end of the nave to be b u i l t of concrete-block windows surrounding a cross.This not only takes advantage o f the sun s heat during morning worship hours but provides the worshipper with an i n s p i r i n g view o f the bay and sky.

Costs f o r th e b u i l d i n g as shown has been

estimated a t 92,000.00

According t o th e c o n s t r u c t i o n company, work

could probably begin with ^^0,000.00 onh a n d .

Of this l|-0,000.00 needed to begin, wehave about 2,500.00 from Japanesesources

I n t e r e s t r at e i n Japan a t t h i s t ime

1979) is about 7 ^ cheaper thanU.S.A.). Help us with the ^^0,000.00and w e l l t r y f o r a loan i n Japan.

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