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FORWARDING AGENT; HOME ADDRESS:Mrs. Natalie Johnson 435 S. Mulberry St.R.R.I, Box 124 Rising Sun, IN 47040Orleans, IN 47452 812) 438-3253 812) 865-2387

A u g u s t 1 1987

D e a r F r i e n d s

Who ca n t e l l what a year may b ri ng f or th ?1986 closed on a rather somber note for me, fo r se ver al reasons.

The f i r s t was tha t a t Christmas t ime, I went back to Hiroshima to c lo seou t my house there. The church members at Hesaka decided that they wantedto continue without missionary leadership, so Bil l and Betty Turner, whohad gone back to take my place, decided to go to Machida Tokyo area)to continue the work Mark and Lynn Pratt had begun. So, I went to Japanon Dec. 16th, met Sachiko a t Tokyo Sta t ion , and we went to Hiroshimatogether. The Turners had already packed up 70 boxes of books, papers ,and f i l e s to be stored i n Osaka, so Sachiko an d I ta ck le d th e r e s t : Xs o r t e d , an d she packed.

also met with the landlord of ou r meetingroom, to thank him for ou ruse of that room fo r so long, and changed over the lease to the JapaneseChris tians. Various other legal details were taken care of, and I said myfarewells to the church members at a Christmas Eve pot-luck supper.

I came back to the States fo r a belated Christmas family gatheringmyfifs t one at home for 7 years. The joy of.that blessing was shadowed, though,by the results of my brother Lee*s check-up the following day; his cancerhad re-occured, and he was started immediately on a chemotherapy program.Every third weekend unt i l May, I was able to go t o Ind ianapo li s to be withh is f am ily d ur in g t reatments , which seem to have been successful . I t was along hard haul , and I was thankful to be able to be there with them.

Second semester a t Cincinnati Christian Seminary was again busy andproductive. I had the second half of Music History and Literature, alsoAdvanced Theory, fo r which the final was a modern composition; at last , Iwas able to f inish a choral se t t ing of John 6:48-51, which I had s tar tedparts ofjyears ago. For Dr. Foster s class on Bible Translation, I researchedthe history of Bible translation in Japanese, which resulted in a lengthypaper and l o t s o f v alu ab le informat ion. I a l so audi ted a c l a s s i n ReformationHistory to f i l l in my knowledge of church history, and one in photographyto sharpen my sk i l l s . There was a lo t of hard work invo lved , but I was

;rewarded with a place a t the top of the Dean s l i s ta far cry from my -mental ou t look a y e a r e a r l i e r

In May, I made th e decision I had been agonizing over for quite some time

whether to return to Japan or not. Although I had tentatively planned togo to Osaka to the Bible Seminary there- in Jan. of 1988, I f e l t l i t t l epeace within about those plans. Then my father was hospitalized again in May,reveal ing the root of my insecure feel ings. After r e as s ur a nc e f ro m .t heRising Sun missions committee tha t they would recommend t ha t the churchcontinue a support ing r e l a t i o ns h ip whenever I do re turn to the missionfield, I decided to extend my furlough indefini telyto get a job and stayc l o s e t o home f o r a w h i l e .

Invest igat ing teaching posi t ions was my f i r s t tack, but as I p ra ye d a bo utjobs, I wondered i f I couldn t find something u sing J ap anese, in order notto lose the speaking abi l i ty I ve worked so hard on a l l t he se y ea rs .So, a chance conversation with Lynn Prat t lead me to a gentleman in Covingtonwho knew of a jo b opening, for which he sent in my resume...and to make a

long story short, I am now an interpreter for a Toyota company

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After a l l these years , th e per fec t ion of God's provision and t iming ca ns t i l l amaze me In June, I had two marvelous V.B.S'sone a t Rising Sun, andone a t Walton, IN (nor th of Kokoino , which were tremendous bless ings .My mother had colon surgery, which was pre t ty hard on her for a while, butfrom which sh e i s recovering slowly but sure ly. And as a |1 this .was windingdown, I was c a l l e d to Lexington fo r an in te rv iew on June 29, a Monday.I was ca l led back on Wednesday, and went to work the fol lowing TuesdayMy employer i s th e Toyota Tsusho (Trading) Corporation, and I am one of3 or A in terpre ters who wi l l be working with Japanese engineers overseeingthe i n s t a l l a t i o n o f l i n e equipment a t the new Toyota Motor Plan t inGeorgetown, KY. The jo b i s grea t , and so are t he p eo pl e I am havingloads of fun. Georgetown and Lexington are a l i t t l e far ther from home thanI ha d w an te d to be (1^-2 h r s . , so I 'm s tay ing in Kentucky through the week,and going back to Rising Sun on Fri. eve. to Mon. morning. This job wil ll a s t for one year, a t which time I can reevaluate my s i tua t ion and makenew p l a n s .

To a l l of you who have kept me al ive these pas t 11 years through yourthoughts and prayers and le t ters and offerings, I say,. TH NK YOU IT' I t sl i k e the l a s t i tem on a l l th e auc t ion s a l e b i l l s a n d many o t h e r i t emstoo numerous to ment ion . I f I were to ment ion each one who has c o n t r i b u t e dsubs tant ia l ly to my ministry in Japan, there would be no end. God knows,

and I know, and the kingdom i s brighter because of you. Because of yourfa i thfu lness , there i s a small church in Hesaka, and many individualshave heard o f C h r i s t who would n ot o th er wi se have had th e chance . But whata drop in the bucket that effort was, compared to the need that is s t i l lthere P le as e, p le as e c on ti nue to pray for Japan Please continue topray for me, tha t I may have tlie opportunity to witness to th e Japanesean d o t h e r s I w i l l meet through t h i s j ob .

Last, but far, fa r from l eas t , i s a HUGE thank-you to Natalie Johnsonand l ier kind an d unders tanding family fo r a l l the work she ha s done keepingt rack of f inances, paying b i l l s , paying me, putt ing out my al l- too-fewnewsle t te rs , and being on e of my main encouragers. Thanks, Natal ie ,fo r being my l i f e - l i n e .

Now to him who by th e power a t work within us i s able to do fa r moreabundantly than a l l that we as k or thind, to him be glory in th e church andin CliriSt Jesus to a l l generat ions, , for ever and evey. AMEN. - Eph> 3:20,21

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