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MIS S IOS ARIES WOKWAn m SG A G E N T S

George E t b el

B e c k m a n

R o g er Beryl

J o h n s o n

J e n a n n B e c k m a n

January 18 ,

1980 3320

W e st g at e P a r kw a y

8 - 4 0

Kamizono-cho

Rockford,

Illinois 61103

Nishinomiya

662,

Japan 1-815-399-3690

D e a r C h r i st ia n F r i en d s:

One

of the greatest blessings we receive as we are on furlough is the hospitality ofChristians as they share

of

themselves

and

their homes

with

us .

We

are

grateful

to the

many

who have thus

shared

with

us .

We

are

grateful to the many, too, who have expressed their concern for us, especially to our living link churches for

their concern fo r

ou r

financial welfare in the unstable condit ion of the dollar and the continuing inflation. We

thank

you

wh o

have

I nc re as ed o u r support.

As many of you have already been told and you will notice on the letterhead, we have new Forwarding A-

gents since the first ofNovember We are eternally grateful to Richard and Margaret Saevre for their faith

fulness in taking care of this work for us, and we appreciate Roger and

Beryl

Johnson for their willingness

t o t a ke

over

In many ways this has been one of the

busiest

short furloughs we have had, and it seems

it

was

certainly

God s dealing that we take

it

at this lime as Ethel was able to help he r mother when she

most

needed her.

Ethel s youngest sister, Stella, who has been handicapped since birth, had become too much for her eighty-

four

year

old mother to care f or h er . Consequently, she has been admitted into a fine nursing home and Mom

h as moved

into

a

small,

ne w a p a r t m e n t fo r th e

elderly

in

Janesville.

In

addition,

we had the

jo y

of

b ei ng w it h daughter Rut h a nd

David

a t

th e

birth

of

their

second child,

Miriam

Ruth, who arrived on her Daddy s birthday; an d of

being acquainted

with o ur g ra nd so n, L ev l, who will be two

o n F e b r u a r y 5th.

Our

longest trip

outside of the

Wisconsin

an d

Illinois

area

began N ovem ber

16 when we

made

ou r first

stop

w it h V el ma

Held in

Davenport

on

ou r

wa y to

O ma ha w it h

Ke n

an d Martha Enders an d th e Fort S t r ee t C h r is t ia n

Church,

wh o

a re

su p po r t in g Jen ann , F r o m

there

we spent T h ank sg iv i ng w eek

with

s on, J ohn, -and his-wi-fe,

T s a i , on to

Od en

a n d R e m a

B r o w n s

i n Mount ai n

G r o v e ,

M i sso u r i ,

th en to

M a n h a t t a n ,

K a ns as ; W y m or e,

N eb r ask a; an d to Pl a t t e ,

S o ut h D a ko t a

with G e o r g e s

family.

Then

K i mb al l, M i nn e so ta ,

on D e c e m b e r 9

and

M i nn e so ta B i bl e C o ll eg e a t R o c h e s t e r on the 11th. A f t e r a week

to

pack up and m ov e

out of

o u r

a p a r t m e n t

we

w e n t to R uth s f or C h r i s t m a s with t h e m

and

J oh n a nd

T s a i . Wh ile t h er e we

hel ped

Dav e

a nd R uth

p ack and

m o v e

to M o weq u a,

I l l i n o i s .

Du e

to

a p r o b l e m

in

t h e i r

e l d e s t

s o n s

development, L a r r y and

J oa ni e L a mb di n have

had to

leave t h e i r work

in Tan ab e, Ja pan. The Mowequa ch u r ch , w ho h av e s p on s or e d t he m , have

a s k e d

D av e a nd R uth to take

t h e i r

p l a c e .

Dave an d Ruth

plan

to co m e to Jap an to

b e gi n w o rk n e a r

T an ab e b y the end of this

s u m m e r

i f they

c an

r a i se

t h e i r

support

b y th en .

We

a sk

that

you

p r a y

f or th em

and

for

L a r r y

and Joanie

as

they

s e e k

th e

new

place

o f s e r v i c e G o d h a s f o r t h e m .

We r ej o i ced to see th e

p r o g r e s s that

has

b e e n made here d ur in g o ur a b s e n c e .

Jenann ha d taken c a r e of the

place wel l with th e hel p of

S a ra h E u rn ey a n d

th e C h r i s t i a n s . Th e E n g li s h B i bl e C l a s s cont i nued to m e e t u n d e r

d i r e c t i o n a n d

e x p r e s s e d g r e a t ap p r eci at i o n fo r h e r

t eachi ng.

Mr s. Miyake, of th e

Rokko

Church, taught th e W ed n esd ay B i bl e C la ss. T h re e of these women b e g a n

a t

tending ch u r ch

se r v i c e s on

Sunday

a s w el l; a nd M r s .

Hotta,

who

had m o v e d

h er e f ro m

Sendai l a s t

y e a r , p l a c e d

h e r

m e m b e r s h i p in

th e

ch u r ch

h e r e .

The

da y

a f t e r

o u r

r e t u r n

we went to

Tanabe

for th e dedication

of

L em m o n House,

a Ch r i st i a n C e nt er f or

young people, built b y V iv ia n

Lemmon.

T he l an d is o wn ed b y

M r.

Taniyama,

wh o

ha d dedicated i t to the Lo r d

s e v e r a l y e a r s ago.

The

c e n t e r i s

th e

a n s w e r

to

Vivian s

d r e a m

an d d e s i r e

to

help troubled

young

people.

We

p r a y God s blessing on this p r o j e c t .

We a r e

looking

f o r w ar d with g r e a t hope and anticipation

to

this

new

y e a r .

M ay y ou

a l so

be

b l e sse d

in th e

jo y

o f

th e

L o r d .

I n

C h r i s t ,

y

T h e

B e c k m a n s

J e n a n n s ys

While

my parents were

in the United States I wa s glad to have Sarah

Burney

here to k ee p m e c om pa ny a nd

help

me.

Now that my parents are back

I m

glad to give up the

responsibilities

they usually

carry.

Some of

the things

I ve

done -

fo r

the first time in

my

life -

these

past few months are:

- m o v e d t h e l a w n

- replaced rooftile b io w u o ff by a typhoon

-

picked persimmons of f our tree even

though I

don t l ik e c li mb in g

up

ladders)

- w a t e r e d m y m o t h e r s h o u s e - p l a n t s

- taught

h e r

weekly English Bible C l a s s

-

s h a m p o o e d

th e

c a r p e t i n g

- s t u f f e d

a n d

b a k e d a t u r k e y .

T w o w e dd i ng s

were

held

a t

th e

Bible

Seminary

this fall

an d

I

was

a n u sh er et te

a t

one.

F o r

th e annual

Preaching

Convention Tanemakl-Kai)

a t

th e Seminary I wa s in charge of th e c h i l d r e n s pr ogr am . We baked

cookies to

give to th e

Sunday School children a t th e end

of th e

Ch r i st m a s

pr ogr am

here

a nd w en t

caroling

C h r i s t m a s E ve to the

h o m e s

of

c h u r c h

m e m b e r s wh o

l i ve

n e a r - b y . S in ce m y p a r e n t s

h av e c om e

b ack I h av e

attended

a gathering

fo r

t he y ou ng people

of

th e ch u r ch es of C h r i s t i n t hi s a r e a . I p r a y t ha t t he se m e et in gs

will

c o n t i n u e ,

I hope to see you

al l

this year. Christ,

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Jenann Beckman

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Corpora t ion)

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Apr i l 21, 1980

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AGENT S

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De a r

Ch r i st ia n F r i en d s :

Re jo ice in

the

Lord

always,

Philippians

4:4

In oar last

letter

we

spoke

of rejoicing over the progress that

was made

here

while

we were on furlough

last

year.

In the three months s ince our

return in

January we have had

many

things over

which

to rejoice

and

give

us great hope for the future of th e

church

in Japan.

1.

I n J anuar y we

spoke of

th e

women of

Ethel s Bible Class at tending church .

S in ce t he n

their

friends

have

also

come through

their

invitation,

2. We

have

seen the result of one

woman s quiet tes timony

through her Christian living

in

the non-Christian

family

of

her

son. Recently

her

daughter-in-law began

attending

church because

as

sh e

told

Ethel sh e

saw the

difference

in

the attitude

and way of thinking of

her mother- in-law.

3.

The

Church here has

begun

regular

support

of a home missionary.

Mr.

Koji Ueyama, a 1979 gradu

ate

of

Osaka Bib le Seminary, and

his wife, Koto, moved

in March to

Tanabe City to

work with

Vivian

Lemmon in

Lemmon House,

The purpose of Lemmon House

is

to

reach

out to troubled

young people

and le ad th em

to Ch r i s t

a nd in to th e c h u r c h

4. The new school

y ea r in Osaka

Bible

Seminary

opened with

three

new s tu de nts : M is s Sachiko

Hashimoto

f rom

th e

Sannobara Church near

Yokohama,

Mr. K az uh is a Yoshida from th e

Yokosuka

Church

south of

Tokyo and Miss Kaori

Nii ro f rom

the Daito Church east of

Osaka.

Mis s N ii ro is the daughter of Mr. &

Mrs . Kenji N iiro , alum ni of

Osaka

Bibl e Semina ry. She makes th e second

child

of

a

a lumnus to

at tend

_ _

the

Seminary. E thel t eaches

an

Overview of

the

Old

Testament

to these

three

new s tudents and George --

is

teaching

an

exegesis of Romans and Corinthians this term which ends in

July.

5. We continue to se e

the

results of t each ing Sunday Schoo l, not only in our

own

work as we

have

seen in

some

of the

women

who

are coming

to

Bible classes and

church

here, but i n r epor ts we

receive

from

our fellow missionaries.

Carolyn Barricklow told

of a young woman who

was bapt ized

in

Hiroshima

recently

as a result of going to Bible School as a child. On Easter Sunday,

Audrey

West told of three

young women baptized there who had been attending Mrs. Ohta s class throughout the

years.

Truly, as

we plant and water

God

will g ive the increase even though we may no t always see it ourselves.

6. Jenann

left

for a furlough this month, leaving a big hole in the Sunday School and

Seminary library here.

She hopes to study some

library

science while

there

and

must raise

more support to come back. We

ask that you keep

her

especially on your pr aye r l is t,

7.

Please

pray for the All

Japan

Convention

to

be

held

in

Hokkaido,

for th e Rrs t

t ime.

The

dates

are

August

1-3

for the

Japanese

section and the 4th and the 5th

fo r

the

English

speaking section.

Thank you

and may God bless you.

Koji and

Koto

Ueyama

Yours in Chr is t

T he B e ck m an s

Sa ch i ko

Has h imo t o

Ka zu h i s a Yosh i da

K a o r i

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e r C h r i st ia n F r i e n d s:

After two months of almost

steady

rainy weather, October s bright blue weather is truly welcome.

The whole summer in Japan has been unseasonably cool and wet causing damage to a lot of crops and

high

prices

for fresh vegetable.

ow

with the bright blue skies of October we

ar e

hoping for more

and c h e a p e r

w i nt e r v e g et a bl e s.

Summer

vacation

from

the

Seminary began

July 5. After

church

on

July

6 we went to Tanabe to

c ut th e w ee ds a ro un d

Ruth

and D a v e s house. A f t e r

s e v e r a l

weeks

of

m o n s o o n s e a s o n they w e r e

pretty high and thick. The rest of the month was spent

inpreparing

SundaySchool

materials

and

work in

th e

yard, getting

ou t th e annual financial statement an d quarterly

newsletter.

July 30 to August 7 - we made the trip to and from Hokkaido to attend the A ll J ap an Convention. We

drove to the west co as t

of H o ns hu a nd took a c ar f er ry

to

H o kk ai do a nd

on

our re t urn

we

took a c a r

ferry

along the

east

coast to Nagoya, giving us a

d ay s v ac at io n e ac h

way. While the

attendance

was

down,

especially for

the missionary convention,

because

of the

distance,

we had a very good conven

tion an d

were richly blessed, thanks

to Erni e

a nd Ne va

F a be r, o ur h os ts .

Th e

n ex t w ee k w as

spent

i n p re p ar in g

hand

work

an d

ma t e ri a l s

fo r Vacation

Bible

School,

August 17 to 21 - we

spent

in

Tanabe.

With the

help

of Martin an d Evelyn Clark an d

M r.

Ueyama

we

w e re able

to

la y

the

floors

u p s tair s

in

tw o

b e d ro o m s

and the

hall.

A u g u s t

2 6

to c o n d u c t e d

V a c a ti o n B i b le

om in Tanabe.

Martin

Evelyn

Clark

also

c a m e

down

and we finished

th e

H o o rs

u p s t a i r s . Since

th e dow ns t a i r s i s

B n i s h e d e no ug h t o

l iv e in ,

they c an l iv e d ow n st ai rs w hi le t he y finish

th e u p s t a i rs ,

S e pt e m be r

1 b 11 -

W o m e n s c l a s s e s b e g a n a ft e r

a

m o n t h s v a c a t i o n . The T h u r s d a y

B i bl e

C l a s s

has

i n c re a s e d b y

four

new m e m b e r s

during th e

s u m m e r , b ri n g i n g th e

t o t a l

to

s i xt e e n,

S e p t e m b e r 11 : 12 - W ork D ay s fo r

r e p a i r s

and c l e a n

up

a t O s ak a B ib le S e m i n a r y ,

S e p t e m b e r

16

- F a ll c la s se s

began . T h is

t e r m

George is t ea ch in g H e br ew s a nd P a u l s m i n o r

e p is tle s i n the

m o r n i n g

and I n t r o d u c t i o n to

th e

N ew

T e s t a m e n t

in th e

a f t e r n o o n .

Since

th e

m i d d l e

of

A u g u s t

w e have had r e p a i r m e n an d p a i n t e r s

working

on

the house.

A

new

f r a m e

had to be rebuilt

around

the bay window

in

the living

room,

A new roof was put on the garage. New

electric wiring

wa s

installed from the high

line

to the

house.

The house

an d

garage

were

painted on

the outside.

Total

cost - nearly one

million

yen or about 4, 500

at

the present exchange rate,

Jenann reported

a

busy summer with s ix v ac at io n

Bible

schools: Rockford, Il li nois ; F ootvi ll e ,

Wisconsin;

Ramsey, Illinois; Fort

Street and Benson

churches

in Omaha,

Nebraska;

and Janesville,

Wisconsin; and two

camps:

Rock River Christian Camp in

Illinois

and

Rising

Sun

Camp

in Nebraska.

She is now attending the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, taking four courses in

library

science

a nd h op es

to

be b a c k

in

J a p a n

by

C h r i s t m a s ,

T h a n k G o d :

1. Fo r

th e safe

arri v al of the

Hinsons Dave, Ruth

family).

2. That we were able to have all the necessary repair work done on the house and funds to pay for

i t .

3.

F o r

ou r continued good health.

4 .

F o r t h e n e w m e m b e r s i n t h e

B i b l e

c l a s s e s .

F r a y ;

1. That Jenann may complete her studies and

return

to Japan with added support.

2.

For

the Tanemaki Kai, the annual preaching convention at OBS, November 2 3.

3. For Mrs. Hori of the Rokko Church who had a gall bladder operation August 19,

4.

Fo r

Dave and Ruth as they begin

their

work in Tanabe, and

especially

for Dave

as

he studies

th e

l a n g u a g e .

T h a n k

y o u

a n d

m a y Go d b l e s s y o u .

I n

C h r i s t ,

T h e

B e c k m a n s

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