beckman george ethel 1981 japan

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M I S S I O N A R I E S

George

Ethel Beckman

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

8 4 K a m i z o n o - c h o

Nishinomiya

662,

Japan

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January 12, 1981

F O R W A R D I N G

A G E N T S

Roger

Beryl Johnson

3320 Westgate Parkway

Rockfo rd , I l li no i s

61103

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Greetings to you during th is

New

Year,

If anyone is inChrist he is a new creation; behold the old has

passed

away, behold the new

has

come.

II

Corinthians

5:17

We

want to thank

each

of you who have made it possible

for

us to continue throughout another

year

in Japan, and especially those who remembered us in a special way during the Christmas

and New Year season. We look forward to this new year with new hope, anticipation of new oppor

tunities,

and

especially

a new and

deeper

relationship

with

our

Father

and

our Lord,

Jesus Christ.

We pray

that

we may be used in a new and better way.

Some of the events and joys of the last

three

months we

share

with you:

November 2

3 - Tanemaki Kai (preaching convention) at Osaka Bible Seminary. Theme - This

is God's Will for You

in

Christ Jesus. Three great

messages

by alumni - Rejoice Always ,

Pray Constantly, Give Thanks in All Circumstances and a lecture by Ray Mings - The Mean

ing of th e

Covenant.

November 23 - Japanese

Thanksgiving.

Dave

and

Ruth came on Sunday to

share

the Thanksgiving

d i n n e r w i t h

the Rokko

C h u r c h .

November 28 - American Thanksgiving

Dinner

with the missionaries at the Ray Mings home at

our semi-monthly

prayer meeting.

December

17 - Rokko

Church Women's Fellowship

and

Wednesday

Bible

Class

Christmas dinner

and

program.

The

90

year

old

mofber

of

Mrs.

Oka

attended,

the

Arst

time

in her

life

to

be in

a

Christian meeting and

to

hear a Christian message.

December

18 - Fnglish

Bible

Class Christmas dinner and program. Mr. Saito, preacher of the

Rokko Church,

brought

th e

message.

December 18 - Jenann's re turn to Japan

f or ano ther term

of

service.

Our thanks to all who so

generously

helpedTier while

in

th^Stetes. She has taken o v ^ the Sunday School and IfiTworking

on plans

f o r

handwork, etc .

December 21 - Chri stmas in

Sunday

School

and church

with candle service in the evening.

December

24-26

- Christmas with Ru th and David in

Tenabe.

We

rejoiced

to visit also with

Vivian Lemmon

an d Mr.

and Mrs .

Ueyama, who

work w ith her.

January 1 2 - Attended a special New

Year's

meeting in Osaka with Dr.

Carl

Henry as speaker.

Also

helped

Mart in Clark ce lebra te

hi s 67th birthday.

January 4 - After service a fellowship of games and dinner with t he Rokko Church

people.

January

5 -

Specia l meet ing

with

preachers

an d

missionaries

of th e

a r e a

for

mutua l encourage

ment.

What

a jo y to see

th e growth of

th e

preachers

in Japan - their

total

commitment to preach

in g the Word and their feeling

of

working together wit h u s.

January

6 - Beg inning o f the

Winter

term in Osaka Bib le Seminary, George is teaching three

hours every morning

and

1j hours two afternoons a

week.

Jenann

wil l be working

at

least

one

day a week in

th e Library.

January

8 - F i r s t Bible

class of th e

New Y ear. Ethel was greatly encouraged to hear

from

mem

b e r s

who had moved away that they

a r e

continuing in a Bib le s tudy or church meeting where they

n o w l i v e .

May you feel th e presence of God's love

surrounding

you , gui di ng

and renewing each of

you

th roughout th is y e a r

- 1981.

I n

C h r i s t , -

T h e

B e c k m a n s

Jenann

says:

Although I

miss

you and am

sorry

I will not see you again for a few years, I am glad to be

back home in Japan. It is good to see family, fellow zxiissionaries, and Christian leaders,

church

members,

and the Sunday school children again. I can hardly believe how some of them

have

grown

It

is

taking me a

little

while to

settle

back into a routine. I am registered

at

ci ty hall and

am

working on a Japanese driver's

license.

I have resumed teaching Sunday school and need to

review

the list of al l the things to

prepare for

a

class

and where they

are stored.

From next

week

I get bac k to work

in the

Seminary

library

as

well.

I thank God for all you have done for me while I was with you and your help in returning to

th e

place

He

has g iv en me in

which t o serve Him.

I n C h r i s t ,

u j e n a nn B e c k m a n


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Apri l 30 , 1981

FORWARDING

AGENTS

Roger b Beryl Johnson

3320 Westgate Parkway

Rockford, Illinois

61103

1-815-399-3690

Dea r

Chr i s t i an Fr i ends :

How welcome

is the warmth of spring sunshine after a long,

cold

winter. There is a saying When

the

days begin to lengthen, the cold begins to

strengthen.

This has certainly been true

here this year

for

we

had

ourvery coldest weather

toward

the end ofFebruary, a record. In northern Japan much damage

was

done due to the

severe

cold and

heavy

snows.

We

have

many

joys tobrighten our

days,

as well as sorrows mingled in.

On

February 21,

son John

and his wife arrived for a two week visit. It was the first either of them had been home

for

seven years.

I am sure Tsai s parents in Taiwan were as delighted to see them as we were.

On May 9, Ray and Mattie Mings left Japan to retire from thirty years of service here because of

Ray's health.

We

miss them much and pray God s richest blessings and

guidance

as

they

seek the place

He has fo r them t o cont inue to serve Him.

I On March 27 fou r s tudent s g radu

a ted f rom Osaka Bib le Seminary .

Miss

Tsuru ta i s min is te ri ng to a small congre

gat ion in th e Osaka

area

while she

works

a s a nu r s e . Mis s Ar i k i

has found

work

in

her home

city

of Hiroshima an d

will

w ork in the church

there.

Miss Iwagami

is

working

in

a

hospital

near

her

home

while

sh e help s

in the church

a t

Noichi in

Kochi . Mr.

Mrs . Kimu ra have re turned

to

Sapporo where

they

will minis te r to the

church begun by Ernes t and Nev a Faber,

On

Apri l 14 two

new Btuden ta7 bo th

of

them college graduates, enro l le d i n

Osaka

Bible Semina ry . Mr. Yokomizo

I

Miss TsurU

M ss

Ariki comes

from

the Yokosuka Church

near

Mr. Kimura Miss Iwagami Andrew and Betty Patton

* ' minis te r . Mise

Hosokawa

comes f rom

Koch i

where

M r. H iro shi Sai to

min i s t e r s .

During

spring

vacation we

kept

busy. We

went

to spend two days with Ruth and

her

family

the first

week.

The

second week

we spent one

day helping

the

Lonnie Mings family move

over to

Ray and

Mattie s

hou s e .

That weekend

we

enj oyed the company

of

Archie and Moze ll e Jewell from

Janesville, Wisconsin,

and

their son S tanl ey and h is wife Sally who are stationed a t Camp Zama

near

Tokyo, Penny Boggs, who has

spent th e year with the Harold

Sims

f am il y in

preparation

to becoming a

missionary

to Japan, w as he re

lso

Even

though

one of

Ethel s

Bible

students

moved

to

Tokyo, another new member

came

i n h er p lac e.

So

th e

number s tays

about

th e same.

On M ay

20 we plan to go

to

the States

fo r

two months

to

attend John s graduation from Medical

School in Oklahoma Ci ty , We may be seeing

some

of y ou before this let ter reaches you. John wil l move

to

Augusta, Georgia, for his internship

an d

we hope

to

see their new

home and

visi t daugh te r Ma ry i n New

York before we re turn to Japan.

In

the

meanwhil e J enann

will carry on

here .

She will

teach

Ethe l s

Engl ish

Bible Classes besides

her

regular

work. Please pray for her. M rs. Miyake

will teach

the

Japanese Bible Class.

W-

ti.

m

M i s s

A r i k i

Mis s Iwagami

In Christ /

T HE B EC KMAN S

D e a r F r i en d s;

I had to stop an d think why the

time

ha s

gone

so quickly since I came home. I have played

with

my

nephew

and

neice, obtained

a

Japanese

driver s

license

(but

haven t driven very much because

I

don t

en

joy it on these narrow

streets), worked

on my

contribution

to a writing project

among

the missionaries,

recorded th e magazines that came while I

was

gone and begun

cataloging

the

new

books in

the

Seminary

library,

and

used an electric

lawn

mower for the first

time

in my life - at the

Seminary;

l ibrar ians t ry

to

be

helpful

wherever

they

can

And

I ve

had a cold

that

almost clears

up

and then

the

weather changes

again.

I ask fo r

your

prayers (and if I owe-you a letter, your patience).

Lov e


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M I S S I ONAR I E S

George

k Ethel

Beckinan

J e n a n n

B e c km a n

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Kam i z o n o - c h o

Nishinomiya 662, Japan

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MISSION RI S

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agents

George Ethel Beckman

Roger

Beryl

Johnson

Jenann Beckman 3320 Westgate Parkway

8 -40 Kamizono-cho Rockford, Illinois 61103

Nishinomiya 662, Japan 1-815-399-3690

Decembe r 19 , 1981

De a r C h r is ti an F r ie n d s:

We

are

thankful

for

the

brief visit

we could have in the States this

summer

and the blessing of fellowship we en

joyed with many of you. We are grateful for good health that has enabled us to continue the extra heavy schedule we

have

had

the

last

five

months since

ou r

return

home. We would

like

to

share

with

you

some

of the

blessings

we have

r e c e i v ed i n t ho se mon t h s .

What

would you think and

do if

you were expecting about

forty children for vacat ion

Bible school

and over seventy

came? Such was the blessing we

received. It took some

fast work

to

prepare the

ex tra mater ial s fo r

so many, bu t

with

the

good

help

we

had,

each child was provided for.

God has

blessed us with fou r wonde rful , dedicated students in Osaka Bible Seminary.

It

is gratifying

to

have

students appreciate th e s tu dy th ey a re

having,

who

express

thei r

appreciation of i ts v alu e b ot h i n words of apprecia

tion, their

dedication to

the

preparation of the ir lessons ,

and their

application of

what

they

are

learning

in

their

own

teaching.

Because of

our

b r ie f t ri p

to

th e

S ta te s, E th el taught her class

in

an

overview of t he

Old Tes tamen t f rom

September

to

December

plus a ll th e

women s groups

she t eache s

regularly.

George taught his class in Romans and

Corinthians

during th e

same pe ri od .

We

a re thankful

for dedicated

teachers an d

students in

Osaka Bib l e Seminary.

We believe

we have

some

of

th e

best . We wou ld ask

yo u to

pray especia l ly

that we may

have more

young peopl e dec id e t o

give their

lives

in service

for Chr i s t an d come to th e

Seminary

to study with us.

The annua l Tanemak i Kai (a preaching convention) of

Osaka

Bible Seminary was

well a t tended

(133) and a real

blessing.

The

theme,

Co-workers

with

God,

was well devel oped by t he f ou r s pe ak er s, f orme r

students

and grad

uates of Osaka

Bible

Seminary,

and

missionary, Mark

Pratt. Lonnie Mings gave

a

special lecture

on

Palestine

since

he spent

t ime

studying

there

on his last furlough.

We

are grateful

fo r

the

two

students

from

Osaka Bible Seminary

who are

helping

in

the B ible schoo l and youth

group every Sunday here

in

Nishinomiya. Under

the

teaching

of

Miss Hosokawa, the

fifth

and sixth grade girls

are

beginning to think about becoming Christians.

We

ask you r prayers especially f or t hem as most

of

them

come

from

Buddhist homes. Please pray especially that they may demonstrate

their

fai th by their love and thoughtfulness for

their parents

to the extent that they may win

their parents

approval and

desire

to know about the

Christ

in whom they

h a v e c om e to b e l i e v e .

A

visit

by friends from the States is always a blessing to us. In October Dr. John and Mabel Ross and three of

their

friends spent

three

days with us on

their

way around the world. While John was in medical school, Mabel was

in

school with

us in

Indianapolis.

It had

been over thi rty years

since

last seeing them as

they went to

Africa as

missionaries about

the time

we came here. We

helped

them s ee some of

the

sights here, v is it

the Seminary, and

have fellowship at our fortnightly missionary

prayer

meeting.

We

praise

God for the love the Christians showed to the Miyake family when Mr, Miyake was hospitalized. Since

he is an independent tailor and had no income while hospitalized, the church members, though few in number, gave

them an offering

of

eighty thousand yen or about four

hundred

dollars.

Our son-in-law, David Hinson, is s taying with us two nights a week so he can attend language school in Kobe.

Please pray for him that he may learn the language well. He and Ruth are busy teaching classes, helping in the

church in Tanabe, and working to get

their

house finished up. It is good to have them

close

enough to be

able

to get

This

year

completes thirty-three years for us in Japan.

We

are grateful for your

prayers

and support which has

so faithfully sustained us through these

years.

We look forward with hope and anticipation to the NewYear.

Your co-worke r s in Chr i s t ,

TH E BE CK M A N S

rom

Jenann

While

my

folks

were in theStates I

was

chief

cook and

gardener.

So

I

was the

one

to tie the

onion

harvest to the

beams of the back porch roof. AndI guess the two ladies who stayed with me got hungry for western-style cooking

( l ike hambu rge r s .

Soon after my parents' return I went to the

EngUsh

halfofthe national convention

with

my sister

Ruthie

and her

family. It was held in Kagoshima Kyushu and the

Mark Maxeys

and Walter Maxeys were our hosts. We enjoyed

singing, praying, studying the Bible, laughing and talking in English,

Since September the pre-school through middler Sunday school classes have begun lessons in Genesis. As I

plan the curriculum I am typing bi-lingual titles on filing cards and recording all the visual aidr and handwork we

have f or e ac h s to ry .

I was on the committee in charge of the chi ldren's program for the Tanemakikai. Only ten children came, so

we

were

kind

of lone ly ,

bu t

no t a bit idle.

During

the

summer I didn t take more than a week vacation from the Bible Seminary library, but it is too cold in

there now t o wor k d ur in g

Christmas

vacation.

May

the glad tidings ofyour Savior's birth warm your hearts this Christmas.

J ENANN

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