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Dear Christian friends.

Another year, another LINKLETTER? It may seem like that but it's not thatbad yet. Other things have had priority plus finding 8 consecutive hours to write &put one together has been difficult.

A big event every November 23 is the annual convention of Kagoshima churches, hosted this year by Kanoya church, Hideo Yoshii, Minister. Ben Hirotaka ofShime church near Fukuoka was the guest speaker on the theme, "Grow in Grace andKnowledge of Christ Jesus." Paul and Faith Axton were also introduced. Since theylive and work on the other side of the prefecture many had not met them yet.

A major effort of Kanoya church and Bro. Yoshii and local Christians wasbringing Mr. Koji Honda, Japan's leading evangelist to Kanoya's Culture Center fora one night meeting. This was an act of faith because the auditorium is large andhard to get to. That faith and hard work was rewarded by an excellent attendanceand response. We could help by fixing up our car v/ith signs and speakers and announcing the meeting throughout the city on December first.

The next day was Christmas...or so it seemed. Pauline and I got what wewanted for Christmas on Dec. 21 when Hope arrived home for a three week stay. She isa junior at Indiana University. Greg and Bev in Cincinnati made her travel arrangements and brought her down to get on the plane. Walter and Mary came up from Louisville to help give her a good send-off. Naturally we were waiting at the airport atthis end to give her a big welcome home. She hadn't been home for 2% years.

A special overnight visitor on Dec. 23 was Dani Nehustai of Kfar Vitkin,Israel. He told us that when he was walking in the Philippines the village childrenwould say, "You look like Jesus". When he told them where he was from they shouted,"Then, you really are Jesusl" Unfortunately,Dani does not believe in Jesus nor Godeither. He Is a non-practicing Jew whose family raises fruit near ancient Caesarea.

Christmas is a great day in Japan for all Christians for their genuinejoy and heartfelt thanks for God sending His Son to us is such a contrast to theall business-profit observance of the rest of the nation. It was a joy to have Hopewith us especially to attend the Christmas eve service at Kanoya church; to sharewith the orphan children on Christmas morning and to be a part of the joint Christmas meeting at the leper colony on Christmas night. Hope put up the Christmas decorations and spent all day the 24th baking cookies for the Christmas carolers.

The Hirotakas brought us a frozen turkey for Thanksgiving; Asako Yamada,a leper Christian sent us a chicken for Christmas and for New Years we had a hamsent by Mt. Byrd Christian Church, Milton, Ky. A lot of the"fixin's" to go with itcame from the boxes and remembrances you sent. I think you could say we were"count-ing our international blessings. Thank you, one and all.None works harder at sharingtheir Christmas with us than little Westside church in Akron, Iowa.

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Dec. 29, our 40th wedding anniversary, was not necessarily a goal we were trying to attain. It wasa possibility to remote to consider when we were first married. I met Pauline the first time in Prof. GeorgeMark Elliott's "Old Testament Prophets" class. It was love at first sight for me and second fiddle for theprophets after that. It was also a v/hile before Pauline recognized me for the diamond in the rough thatI was. We were married 14 months later, however, and can truly say that we have "lived happily ever after."Not forgetting, of course, the sickness, the sorrows, the heartaches, the partings and the absences, including two whole years at the end of the war. These all became a part of the fabric out of which the joy of lifeand the hope in Christ are woven together to make a life that has been well worth living.

Faith and Hope staged the anniversary party complete with a special rendition of "Ain't She Sweet, AComin' Down the Street" - a song which the kids learned by heart by hearing me sing it to Pauline through theyears. Out of the treasure of her suitcase, Hope brought forth cards, and tapes and gifts from Louisvilleand Cincinnati and from Paula and family in Canada. Especially treasured was the album in which each memberof the family had placed their pictures and recorded their memories and thanks. Faith and Hope brought inthe special cake they had baked. It had less than 40 candles but plenty of glow and enough blow from bothof us to snuff them out at one try. So, 'thanks for the memories." We are thankful to God for every day hehas given us together- and for those which He will yet give us.

Meanwhile, we learned of Prof. Elliotts death in Cincinnati, Dec. 18, age 80. He was a person whotouched every person he met for good and for God - especially me. I first met him when he was minister ofUniversity Place Church of Christ in Minneapolis and I was a student at the University of Minnesota acrossthe street. It was under his preaching that I made a committment to the Christian ministry and reordered mylife in that direction immediately afterward. I met him again in the classrooms at Cincinnati Bible Seminary when I went there for graduate work. His handwritten messages of encouragement to me throught the yearswere special treasures. The last time we met was on the steps of the Seminary chapel where I was to speak.I was standing there when a taxi pulled up and Prof. Elliott got out, ever so slowly. We embraced wordlesslyand walked into the chapel together. Our next meeting will be in Eternity.

The end of January and the beginning of February, the time of the "big cold",was also the time forour 20th Training Course. Bro, Makoto Yuse, minister of Nishi Church of Christ, Nagoya, spent 11 days oithus (Jan. 23 - Feb.2) teaching at Kushikino, Yoshino, Kajiki, Kagoshima, the island of Tanegashima, Sueyoshiand four nights at the Christian Center In Kanoya. I had asked him to relate the Psalms of David to theNew Testament. This he did in an admirable fashion - showing first how the Psalms came out of the life experience of David, then he showed Psalms as th^applied to the life of Christ and the use of the Psalms byPaul in his writings. Equally as fascinating as his teaching was his use of the blackboard: line upon line,wheels within wheels, diagram upon diagram. Thanks, Bro. Yuse, for your preparation and presentation to us.

January 19 was Pauline's turn to speak for the Kanoya church women. Faith worked with her in developing the visual aids and 1n presenting the lesson on Psalms 23:1,"The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want'.Pauline asked the question, "Want for what?" And went on to answer the question. The ladies said they wereblessed and that was blessing for Pauline and Faith in return. I have been asked to speak twice to Rotaryon this year's theme, "World Understanding." While everything pointsto 'world misunderstanding' talking maybe an exercise in futility. I do not fail to state that the answer has already been given: "Love the Lordthy God with all thy heart...and thy neighbor as thyself." IN HIS SERVICE,

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LINKING by a personal monthly LETTEROur lives in Japan with your support from home

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Mr. and Mrs. Mark G. MaxeyKyushu Christian Mission

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Dear Christian friends.Family news first. Below is the announcement of the wedding our our daughter, Hope, 21, junior in As

ian studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. She met Nathan when they were students together at Mil-ligan College. At Christmas time she told us that they were planning to get married but she was determined tograduate first. Later she wondered about getting married this summer and finishing school at another place. Wetold her the decision was hers. That she would have our encouragement and presence whenever she decided to getmarried. So she has set the date-and the place - her mother's home church in the beautiful hills of southwesternPennsylvania. It looks like all of our children and their families will be able to attend. We are making thetrip at our own expense and will tell you more about it in the next letter. Nathan's parents are both dead buthe has a sister in Kentucky and brothers in Houston, Texas where he works for the electric company.

Ever so often friends ask me where I got the name "Linkletter" for this paper. They ask if it wasnamed after Art Linkletter or some such. Nothing like that! I had never heard of him when I started using thename. {And I am pretty sure that he has never heard of me or this little paper.) Reproduced above is theLINKLETTER heading which first appeared in July, 1950 when we were on our first furlough. It was designed bysomeone at Mission Services using the ideas I suggested. It is self-explanatory. This is a LETTER which LINKSus with the churches and people that support this work. Hence: LINKLETTER.

As time went on the heading seemed to take up too much space and the lettering itself too large. So itgradually shrunk to the size which you have been used to up to now. But regardless of that, the purpose remainsthe same. We are trying to make this a LETTER which LINKS us to you in a personal way. Dick Tice is a friendfrom the time he was a pilot in an outfit I served as chaplain in Palawan, P.I. Now he is professor of missionsat a Baptist seminary in Denver. As a part of his course, he displays from time to time a number of missionaryletters for his class to evaluate and critique. He told me that the LINKLETTER is regularly selected as one ofthe best. That encourages me to believe that the effort has been both sucessful and readable.

Ever since I wrote a history of the Philippine Mission of the Churches of Christ for tny graduate degree I have had an abiding interest in that country. I served there for 18 months as a chaplain at the end ofthe war. Also Pauline and I have been able to return there from time to time especially when Paula and Kiyotowere in Manila with Japan Airlines. So when the opportunity came to attend their annual missionary get togetherin March, we arranged our schedule of activities so we could go. V/e left Kanoya early Sunday morning March 7and arrived in time to preach to and have communion with the Filipina Christians meeeting each Sunday in thehome of Ben and Karen Rees. They are a lively bunch determined to maintain their faith even on a foreign strand.We enjoyed visiting with Ben and Karen. Also the monthly missionary fellowship on Monday night. Many of the newmissionaries I was meeting for the first time. I spoke on "The Missionary God Uses,* We especially enjoyed ourtime with Wayfull and Helen Jew, friends for many years. We talked into the morning hours each night.Great forthe soul but hard on the eyelids afterward. Cold in Japan, cool in Hongkong but more than warm in the Philippines,land of eternal summer - including plenty of moisture when the typhoons blow.

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WE WISH TO ANNOUNCE THE MARRIAGE OFOUR DAUGHTER, HOPE, TO NATHAN READEROF HOUSTON, TEXAS ON SATURDAY, MAY 291982, AT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, WINDRIDGE, GREENE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIAWE WILL BE ABSENT FROM KANOYA MAY 24THROUGH JUNE 10 TO TAKE PART IN THISWEDDING. YOUR PRAYERS ARE REQUESTEDFOR SAFETY IN TRAVEL & YOUR BLESSINGS

FOR HOPE AND NATHAN.

We were grateful for Dennis and Loritta McKinney for meeting us atthe airport, giving us a night of rest and getting us back to the airport by6 a.m so we could all fly to Cebu, l^s hours southeast, the next morning.Within two hours all but three of our missionaries serving in the islands had arrived from all points of the compass & the meeting began.Ray & Imogene Carlsonwere our hosts in their home on top the hill. When the Jeepneys stopped almost there you got out and walked or pushed or both. Electric at night whenthe generator was cranked up. One bathroom without running water for us all.If you woke up in the middle of the night and heard no sound, then you wentand made some by pouring water over yourself.

The fellowship was a bit of heaven. The reports and messages byevery person present were in inspiration. I added n\y part by preaching threetimes at night and Pauline talked once in the morning. Sunday morning,Rayscattered us over the area to preach in the churches and the Cebu Bible Seminary had a feast of two roast pigs and all the trimmings for our final meeting. Thanks Ray and Imogene. I acbnire you greatly for your long, faithfulservice there, and, especially, for going back there immediately after youwere let out of concentration camp to begin anew your work.

In Manila, we had a wonderful day with Willis and Velma Hale, nowin their 80's and no signs of slowing down in their work with the ManilaBible'Seminary. We had a grand time preaching to the students and-answeringquestions on Monday night. Lifelong friends, Charles and Roberta Selby sawus off on Wednedsay, the 17th for Taipei. Another Oriental city full of noise,pollution and people trying to make money. Successful on all counts. Charlesand Molly Johnston took care of us and all the missionaries came to theirhouse so we could visit. All day Thursday for dental work and medical exams^at the Adventist Hospital. No reports yet but weV'e alive so that's a good signPauline sat down in the dental chair for a check up and ended up with an operation on an infected root. A very hard and long day.

Arrived back home in Kanoya, Friday, March 19 at 7 p.m. and beganmy English Bible class the same minute. Been going strong (more or less) eversince.

One special project has been supervising the building of the newtoilet and shower facilities at camp. Also rebuilding the kitchen and installing a loud speaker system. All has gone well and they will be finshed andin use when you read this letter.

For a long time there has been no new Christians at Sueyoshi whereBro. Yoshii and Bro. Motoyoshi preach once a month and myself twice a month.During a recent revival in the Kanoya church, Naomi Omura attended from Sueyoshi ahd made her decision that night. On Sunday morning at Sueyoshi, Mrs.Otani also declared her desire to beccwne a Christian. I baptized them in theKanoya church baptistry April 18. This was a supreme joy for them, for allthose who had a part in teaching them and for me personally. Every decisionfor Christ is a miracle. It is a decision to walk with the few in 'the way.

Spring with its grass, flowers, cherry blossoms and spring schoolbreak has come and gone. There is two weeks open when the school year endsin March and the new year begins in April. This is visiting time. We had 16in one week, all with ties to the past and the present. Each with a blessingto give and a work of thanks for past fellowship. Tai Kawabata, a reporter(vith the Japan Times in Tokyo came with his bride of 8 months and his Mother.When he was a high school boy he was the only student in my English Bibleclass at Tarumizu church. But I baptized him and he has become a stalwartChristian man. We keep in touch. His Mother attends my Bible study at Tarumizu. I am praying daily that she, too, will follow in her son's faith.

Last week I heard the sound of running water. The pipes laid down31 years ago have begun to give way. Nothing to do but replace every one toevery connection from the main line into the house. Watching it all, I wishedI could have the same kind of overhaul. It's a nice thought but Pauline andI will continue to make do with what we have and praise ^d for eve^ dav He^gives. May it be the same with you. IN HIS SERVICE,

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asked to tell how she had used her life to God's glory as a missionary wife. She read hertestimony in slow, deliberate Japanese. It was one of the most moving message I have everheard. It will not be forgotten by those who heard it.

Don and Norma Burney hosted the 28th Missionary Convention following the Japanese convention. This convention was one of my projects in 1953 and I have had an abiding interest in itever since. 48 of us were present to enjoy the good hospitality, good program and good coffeebreaks the Burney's had prepared. Besides the singing and the preaching there were workshopsand "conversations"- which means the audience can talk back whenever they want. My "conversation was, "What lies ahead for us in Japan." I got lots of back talk on that one. No one wentto sleep, not everybody agreed and no one went away mad. Pretty good conversation! Paulinehad a gentler "conversation": "How to keep a good marriage growing in Japan." She was fullyqualified to discuss this theme and received no back talk of any kind. I recalled a couple oflines from a popular song of the 20's, "Give 'em lots of lovin'; treat 'em right; 'cause agood man 's hard to find." Finding is one thing. Keeping is another. And a growing marriageis quite another. We left the convention at 11 a.m. Saturday, retraced our steps by landand sea and arrived home 14 hours later - just a few hours before a very full Sunday began.

Sunday night, July 25, was the departure date for Paul and Faith (2nd daughter) Axton.They had spent a fruitful and energetic year filling in for Walter and Mary at Yoshino and Iother teaching points and now it was time to return. It was a tearful farewell for us. Threeweeks later, on August 17, Walter and Mary and children, Shelley and Trent (how thev've grown)returned from their year of furlough. We enjoyed a few days together before they went to theirhome in Yoshino(across the bay and up the hill, two hours away) to resume their work here.Theyare beginning..their third term of service. It is nice to be working together again.

The first Christian service camp in this area was held the first summer we were here (1951)and has continued every year since that time. Up till now we have met in borrowed and sometimesunsuitable places. This year, for the first time, we used our own camp grounds. It fell my turnto be manager. I spent a lot of time, thought, effort and labor to be sure it would be a sucessand I believe it was. Katsuo Shimoda spent many days putting the property in first class condition. Naganori Tanijiri, minister at Kushikino took charge of food purchase and preparation.With two young ladies to help we ate heartily and happily. The camp week, August 8-14, was divi ded into three periods: Junior camp, Koichi Homori, dean; Middler camp, Hideo Yoshii, dean and ^ Dn^7P^c>J? "Senior camp,Tadayoshi Ikeda, dean. I was present for the week, lending a hand where needed and jonpreaching three times. We had a total of 52 campers and 3 decisions for Christ. Acquiring thiscamp and making it suitable for our use is a major accomplishnent. Again we thank all those whoshared in its purchase, especially the local churches who jointly have made a 100,000 monthlypayment on the land purchase the last five years. Now their payments are finished. PTL. Welook forward to a dormitory building some time in the future.

This has been an unusual summer in every respect - busy and full, blessed, happy and sad.A real slice of missionary life. Pauline is going to the hospital every Thursday for examination, treatment and medication. The head doctor. Dr. Sasaki is very kind to her. She is betterbut no doubt her regular treatment will be permanent. The typhoons and torrential rains havethreatened all summer. The biggest one of the year was going directly through Kanoya withoutfail- so all the broadcasts said. We prepared for the worst, lit the kerosene lamp and waited.At the last minute it veered to the east and we were spared. We got huffed and puVfed and ayard full of debris. Thanks for listening. Remember us when you pray. IN CHRIST,

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Dear Christian friends,

An old Latin hymn reads: "Good Christian men, rejoice with heart and soul and voice. Now ye need not fear thegrave: Peace! Peacel Jesus Christ was born to savel Calls youone and all. To gain His everlasting hall. Christ was born tosave! Christ was born to save! "

Yes, we will rejoice with heart and soul and voice.All joy, however,must be tempered by reality. So, also, is thejoy of Christmas under the shadow of the Cross. Jesus came notto remain a babe in the manger but to save. He did this for usat Calvary. Merry Christmas, then, to every reader of thisletter and may God guide you through the New Year.

For me, September is a time of transition from summer activities and preparation for the fall. During the monthI got out a new children's bool^, "This Is My Body" which I amnow teaching. At the preacher's meeting Sept. 6, we reviewedthe summer camp activities and appointed officers for nextyear's camp. September 10, seven carloads of leper Christianscame to the camp for a day. They enjoyed the mountain stroam,the swinging bridge and our camp facilities. 1 talked to themabout our Christian literature ministry at the bookstore.

Molly Johnston, who, with her husband Charles, arelong-time missionaries in Taiwan, was program chairman forthe annual Summer Women's Retreat, attended by missionarywomen from all groups all over the island of Taiwan. She asked Pauline to be the main speaker for this gathering. Thetheme was, "Comfort that Overcomes." Pauline spoke threetimes: 1) The Comfort that God Gives Us; 2) The Comfort thatOthers Give Us and 3) The Comfort We Share with Others." Ithurts me to see the painstaking preparation that Paulinemakes for these messages but the blessing her hearers receivemake it worthwhile.

Since this was a ladies only meeting, I busied myself mailing out the Christian Witness watch band calendarsets printed in Taiwan each year for the Christian CenterBookstore. The Taylor, Merrill and Johnston families sawthat I was well fed.

We took a train south to Lo-Tung for Saturday andSunday, Sept. 25-26. Ted and Bev Skiles have a Christianorphanage there. I enjoyed talking to them on Sunday andhaving an English Bible study for the missionary group. Richsharing and fellowship there. The same with Chuck and MollyJohnston in Taichung, on the other side of the island onMonday and Tuesday. Richard and Diana Long, teachers at Morrison Academy there had us all over for a very fine supper.

On the return trip, Harlan Woodruff put us up forthe night in Okinawa. We had a lot to talk about and enjoyedthe evening Bible study with the young men of the militaryhe is teaching there. We were back in Kagoshima September 30,for a belated tonth birthday party of grandaughter, Shelley.And now, on November 22, we have had an equally nice partyfor grandson, Trent, 8 years old and reaching for the sky.

We resumed our regular schedule of Bible studiesand English Bible classes in October. Pauline again spoke on"Comfort" to a large group of women who gathered at the lepercolony. For this meeting she personally looked up and used143 scriptures that give comfort. Since that time, Mrs. Naka-mura of Kushira has written every one of these scriptures outin a large notebook for her ov;n comfort. Another woman is using one scripture a day for her personal devotions.

November gave some pause for reflection but notmuch. Osaka Bible Seminary has its yearly Tanemaki Kai(SeedSowing Convention) every November 2-3. Pauline and I went bycar with a book display. We drove 45 minutes to a car ferry,slept all night, arrived in Osaka in the early afternoon anddrove 45 minutes to the convention site. Very nice.

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It was a yreat convention. I never heard better preaching or singing anywhere. Kenji Niiro is the man leading the singing in the convention picture. He wasa young man I trained in Kanoya. Now he is Cincinnati Milicron's trouble shooter fortheir machine tools in Japan. We enjoyed the hospitality of Martin and Evelyn Clarkand stayed over an extra day to attend the trustees meeting of the Seminary.

An urgent item of business v/as the need to replace the girl's dormitorywhich is rusting and rotting away. It is a metal pre-fab buildinq, in use for almost30 years. Its days are numbered. We are trusting a strong winc^ will not carry itaway before it is replaced. A new building can begin this summer if enough funds areraised and promised by that time.

Over one-third of the cost will be paid by Japanese Christians. They arewell on their way tov;ard that goal. I and the other missionaries fjave agreed to dowhat we can to help raise the rest. Earlier I sent out a letter to some of you andto the mission committee of each supporting church. I am very happy with the responsereceived up to now. If you haven't responded yet, or if you are able to give again,please do so.

For those who would like further information, v/rite to me here in Japan andI will reply immediately. Contributions may be sent directly to Osaka Bible Seminary,Martin Clark, President, 2-11 Makamiya 4 chome, Asahi Ku, Osaka 535, JAPAN. Or in theUSA to Box 696,-San Jose CA 95106.

Osaka Bible Seminary is the only preacher training school of our people inJapan. 25 of our Kyushu young people have been trained there over the years. I lookedaround at the Japanese members of the board of trustees at our meeting. Everyone ofthem was either from Kyushu or had married a Kyushu girl. 'Nuff said.

David Cole, now in his first term as a second generation missionary, locatedin Tokyo, was the speaker for the 17th EBC camp held at our campground, November 6-7.The camp is Walter's project in which I cooperate and also bring my English BibleClass (EBC). The students pick out their own theme that they want discussed at camp.This time it was, "How can we make the best use of our time." Dave dug right into thistheme with two well-prepared messages. Then we broke up into small discussion groupsafterwards to try to make it applicable to ourselves. I always enjoy listening andsharing with these young people but I don't attempt to keep up with them. It is funto go. Also it is nice to get back home and go to bed. The heart is young but the bodyholds back.

Koichi Homori, energetic and evangelistic preacher at Kagoshima church, wentall-out to invite Tom Salter, Minister of the Ceres, CA Christian church, his wife,Barbara , and a singing group of two couples, Richard and Louise Boek i A1 and MargieBarker, to his church for a week-long crusade. The meeting was blessed with good at-tendanoeand many wanting to become Christians. We had our monthly preacher's meetingwith them and welcomed them "CERES-ly" to our home for a noon meal.

Kushikino church, 3 hours away by car and ferry, and minister, NaganoriTanijiri, were hosts for the annual convention of Kagoshima churches held every Nov.24. Martin Clark gave the main address, "Preach the Word" - a challenge that nevergrows old and has yet to be completely done. He also presented the ministry of theOsaka Bible Seminary and its current need. Just across the wall from the meeting place,the contractors were digging the foundation for new church facilities. We will beassisting the Kushikino church in this project.

Ten of us gathered at our house for a memorable Thanksgiving meal preparedby Pauline and Mary. Howard Harris, 72 and retired but serving as a missionary for ayear in Fukuoka, brought a frozen turkey down, one under each arm, to make the mealcomplete. Martin and Evelyn Clark from Osaka, Fiona Brown from Australia, Walter andMary, Shelley and Trent from Kagoshima and Pauline and I made up the group that satdown to a delicious meal and precious fellowship for which we were properly grateful.We are also thankful to God for sending us to Japan, for you who have made it possible & for the wonderful Christian family He has given us here. IN fllS SERVICE

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