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Slii [l[m[n[B fi Ofla 36Dear F r i e n d s , - .We c l o s e t h e accounts f o r I966 w i t h a little s i g h o f r e g r e t , becausewe hate to see such good times come to an end. I t i s with minds f u l lo f t h a n k f u l n e s s t h a t we r e c a l l how God has p r o v i d e d all o f o u r n e e d sf o r t h e s e e x t e n s i v e and expensive journeys , how so many f r i e n d s combined to give us t h a t heart-warming send-off from Japan and those joyf u l homecomings in f ive d i f f e r e n t s t a t e s l a s t summer and many otherb l e s s i n g s r e c e i v e d to o numerous t o ment ion .The l a s t n e w s l e t t e r ended w i t h o u r move i n t o t h i s house i n C i n c i n n a ti .A l o t o f t ime was spent in study and a d ju st i n g t o the wOrk a t the Sem-and we enjoyed every minute of i t . The fellovrship^w ith both f a c u l t y and~~s tudent^ trhe~hmirs in the l i b r a r y , trhechapeis inging, the old and the new i n the school atmosphere, the cl imate ,all c o n t r i b u t e d t o make t h i s a s e a s o n o f r e f r e s h i n g f o r u s .

Some o f the h i g h l i g h t s of our experiences t h i s f a l l were:Sept . 11 A v i s i t with the Church o f C h r i s t i n Alexandria , Kentucky.My f a t h e r and mother were serving as the f i r s t m i n i s t e r s to .t h i s new church when we were l a s b on f u r l o u g h . Now t h e yhave a very a t t r a c t i v e new b u i l d i n g and a r e groviing w e l l .Sept . 16-18 I p a r t i c i p a t e d i n my f i r s t Faith-Promise R a l l y in Bar-berton, Ohio. Enjoyed v i s i t s with old f r iends in Columbus,Ohio on t h e way up and b a c k .S e p t . 25 Mrs, Ed Royal who became d u r good f r i e n d when h e r husbandwas in t h e Navy in Japan) e n t e r t a i n e d us r o ya l l y i n Owens-

b o r o , Kentucky f o r t h e week-end .S e p t , 28-30 Attended t h e N a t i o n a l Missionary Convention i n F t . Wayne,

I n d i a n a . t was a g r e a t joy t o meet many old f r i e n d s h e r e ,o f t h e arize and growth-ofoua^ moveffient-d u r i n g t h e p a s t s e v e n y e a r s , t o h e a r some o f t h e messages .A l s o I was honored b y b e i n g e l e c t e d c h a i r m a n o f t h i s Convention f o r 1967, meeting in Dodge City, Kansas September26-29, 1967.

Oct. 7-9 The Markle, Indiana church Faith-Promise Rally, I was thefirst l i v i n g - l i n k m i s si on a ry s u pp o rt ed by t h i s b ig churchi n a little tox^rn beginning twenty y e a r s ago. t was ab l e s s i n g and u n f o r g e t t a b l e t h r i l l t o s e e them go over t h e i rgoal of ^25,000 in promises the f i n a l night ,

Oct. 16 A wonderful day with the Garden City church in Columbus,Indiana and our f r i e n d s , the S t a f f o r d s . Mr-. S t a f f o r d i s abusinessman who has been to our house i n Tokyo.)O c t . 22 P a r e n t s day a t t h e S e m i n a r y . Q u i t e a few o f o u r c l a s smates now have c h i l d r e n i n t h e s t u d e n t body, and it was a

r e u n i o n of sortsO c t . 23 M i s s i o n a r y r a l l y a t Ladoga, I n d i a n a .Oct. 30 Montgomery Road Church o f C h r i s t here i n C in ci n na ti had a

n i c e c o v e r e d d i s h s u p p e r f o r u s .Nov. 6, 7 Knoxville, Tennessee area Missionary ral ly.Nov. 1 0 My m o t h e r and f a t h e r came up f o r a w e e k s visit w i t h us i n

C i n c i n n a t i . .Nov. 1 3 My p a r e n t s accompanied t h e f a m il y t o Columbus, Ohio f o r r e

newed f e l l o w s h i p w i t h f r i e n d s t h e y had n o t s e e n f o r txArentyyears or m o r e .

Nov. 1 5 - 1 7 The C o n f e r e n c e on E v a n g e l i s m i n C i n c i n n at i . I wore mynew s u i t f o r my p a r t i n t h e program. Now t h a t s a h i g hl i g h t , i s n t i t ?


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Nov 20-25 Evangel i s t ic meeting with our l i v i n g - l i n k church in Char-l o t t e s v i l l e , V i r g i n i a , The whole family was t h e r e f o rT h a n k s g i v i n g Day. T h e r e were two b a p t i s m s and one t r a n s f e rd u r i n g t h e m e e t i n g .

Nov. 27 The first message o f a s e r i e s on S p i r i t u a l Growth a t t h eNew Antioch Church o f C h r i s t , i n Wilmington, Ohio,

Deo, 4 A most enjoyable v i s i t to the church in Chester, West Virg i n i a w h e r e I was b o r n .

Dec. 11 To Howens ti ne , Mo re land , and Greenwood churches i n t h e Cant o n , Ohio a r e a , and good f e l l o w s h i p w i t h F e n t o n Messengerwho was b o r n i n J a p a n .

Dec, 15 The Seminary Chorus C h r i s t m a s C o n c e r t , i n which Hope sanga l t o . Afterwards a group o f more than 100 s t u d e n t s came t oour yard and sang c a r o l s in such harmony and volume t h a tt e a r s w e l l i n t h e e y e s t o t h i n k o f it Doors opened a l o n gt h e street t o s h a r e t h i s d e l i g h t w i t h u s ,

Dec, 18-20 I went o u t t o Dodge City^ Kansas t o meet w i t h t h e planningc o m m i t t e e c o n c e r n e d w i t h t h e n e x t N a ti o n a l M i s s i o n a r y Conv e n t i o n . C l i f f o r d Schaub (Congo miss ionary l i v i n g i n Cinc i n n a t i and I drove back from t h e r e i n one day915 m i l e s ,i n o r d e r t o t a k e o u r wives s h o p p i n g b e f o r e C h r i s t m a s .

Deo, 25 Chr is tmas i n t h e United S t a t e s a g a i n . V/e r e c e i v e d a goodnumber o f Chr is tmas c a r d s from f o l k s in J a p a n , a s w e l l asfrom a l l o v e r t h e U,S. Soine from Japan c o n t a i n e d r e a s s u r i n gpersonal messages showing continuir ig fai. thful .ness to Christ .The Nakano c hu rc h p eople very t h o u g h t f u l l y s e n t us a box ofi n s t a n t n o o d l e s and r i c e c r a c k e r s which t h e y knew we wouldenjoy. This was our package from home t h i s year .-DecT =^0A-rela Xlng~and fai:i:Btitng~and most Jcyful few days with

the home folks d o w n in T e n n e s s e e . Dec. 31 Ralph s and E a r l s and our families met a t E a r l s for af e a s t and some l a u g h t e r and t a l k to f i n i s h out the year.(All our boys were together in the basement,}

We hope during t h i s year in the United States to have a good balanceof i n t e r e s t i n g and f ru i tf u l a c ti v it ie s connected with the two f lagswe are s a i l i n g under-- teacher and missionary. I t i s our In tent ionand prayer t h a t the work in the Seminary as well as the speaking t r i p saround the country w i l l be p roductiv e o f new r e c r u i t s for Japan, deep-e r I n t e r e s t in the whole missionary t a s k on the p a r t o f many b r e t h r e nand larger vision, f a i t h , and zeal on our par t . The evangelizationo f Japan i s still our goal and c a l l i n g and d a i l y p r a y e r .

Yours i n H is s e r v i c e ,

F o r w a r d i n g AgentS I M S TOKYO M I S S I O NFirst C h u r c h of hrist315 O r a n g e AvenueEust is , Florida 32726

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Dear f r i endsWe have r e ached th e Examina t ion and Commencement sea son o f avery good school year here a t Cincinnat i Bible Seminary, I am sure

I have learned more than the s tudents in prepar ing fo r and teachingthe Histor iesof the Is rae l i tes o f Missions, of Chris t iani ty inJapan, and of Religions in Japansubjects that were assigned to me.The con t a c t with over t h i r t y o f the young people t h r ee days everyweek in the c la ssroom , as well as with the whole school family inchapel, concerts, bal l games, banquets, and many other occasions,has been a rea l joy and st imulat ion to us mentally and sp i r i tua l ly . are very grateful to our good friends here who have given us theopportunity-tos-erve Chr i s t in th i s way during our -absenoe from se rv i c e i n J apan .BIBLE COLLEGES

I a l so was ab le to visit s e ve ra l o th er Bib le Col lege campusesduring th is winter and spring. In February I par t ic ipated in theMissionary Rally a t Kentucky Chris t ian College; in March I spentthree days a t Ozark Bible College Missions Emphasis Week; and inApr i l I was a t Manhattan Bible College fo r t he i r Missions Week anda t Minnesota Bible College fo r two days of t he i r Missionary Conference, Through a l l of these speeches we have continued to hope andpray t ha t some o f these s tudents who have so much dedica t ion andab i l i t y may f e e l ca l led of the Lord as miss ionar ies to Japan. eare encouraged in the knowledge tha t some are considering th is verys e r i o u s l y .RALLIES

Also, X spoke several times during the Fa ith-Promise Rally a tthe Englewood Chr i s t i an Church in J ac ks on v il le F lo r ida and onceduring the one a t Taylor Mil l , Kentucky. I also spoke on the programs of the well-kiiown miss ionary r a l l i e s a t Eas t Pales t ine Ohioand Flora I l l i n o i sVIS IT ING CHURCHES

Besides the above-mentioned places we enjoyed fe l lowship withthe f ol low ing widely sca t te red churches present ing our work in Jax^an:Heyworth, Lincoln, and Springfield South Side I l l inois ; Browns-town, Crothersville, Fortville, Jerome, Markle, Milan youth rallyIndiana; Canton, Clay Center, Mankato, LaCrosse, Ashland, and Wichita Town and Country Kansas; Garr ison, Sadievi l le and Turkey Foot,Kentucky; Akron Kenmore , Beverly, Hamersvil le ., Malvern, and Portsmouth Carey*s Run Ohio ; Wheeling Warwood West Virgin ia ; andNorthern Hills , President Drive, ew Burlington, Madeira, and Madi-sonvllle Chu r c h e s h e r e in incinnati

Lois has a l so spoken a t qu i t e a number o f chu r che s and especi a l l y a t some Mother and Daughter Banquets recen t lyin Waterloo andMarkle, In dia na ; L ato nia Kentucky, and missionary meetings in SugarTree Ridge, Ohio; Hamilton, Ohio; and Northern Hil l s Fa i r f i e l d andWes te rn Hi l l s he r e in Cinc i nna t i . She was a l so on th e commi t t ee andprogram o f the l a rge and succes s fu l Conference o f Chr i s t i a n Womenheld a t C.B.S, on May 6. She has a lso spen t qu i te a b i t o f t ime andp r o f i t a b l e e f f o r t on he r Tuesday evening c l a s s in B ib le Surveytaught by Lewis Poster, and finished in the top 10^ of the class .

We have been su s t a i ned by th e knowledge t h a t many have been praying fo r us as we have been ca r ry ing the Seminary c l a s s schedule along wi th th e r e spon s i b i l i t i e s o f the Nat ional Missionary Convent ionand the r i go r s o f many miles o f t r a v e l to a l l o f t hese speaking en -gagements . And we are gra t e fu l fo r t h i s qu ie t and e f f ec t ua l i n t e rcession

THE C HILD RENThe ch i ld ren wi l l soon be vrinding up t h e i r year o f school in th eU.S. a l so and they have a l l been doing well . Hope is f in ish ing herFreshman year a t C.B.S. and has grown much in e xp erie nc e. She i s


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working p a r t time in the sohool l i b r a ry . Sylv ia i s completing herJu n io r year in Western H i l l s High School and was chosen as a memberof the Daisy Chain , which means tha t she was among the top twentystudents in a class of 650 and wi l l have the pr iv i lege of escortingthe Senior Class a t various func t ions . . Jorinie i s having, his b e s ty e a r e v e r i n s c h o o l an d was s e l e c t e d a s a member o f th e N a t io na lJunior Honor Socie ty . He has grown qu i te a b i t t a l l e r in the l a s tfew months, Bobby i s f in i sh ing the s i x t h grade . He has been serving on the s a f e t y p a t r o l and r e c e n t l y became a member o f a Boy S c o u tt roop organized a t Western H i l l s Church o f C h r i s t Danny i s f i n i s hing kindergar ten and h is l a t e s t i n t e r e s t i s a da l ly t r i p over tothe nex t door neighbor s kitchen to watch some baby k i t t e n s .SUMMER. PLANSWe p la n to t a ke th e whole f a mi l y down to Tampa to visit th e

g r a n d p a r e n t s and a t t e n d th e N o r t h Amer ican C h r i s t i a n C o n v e n t i o n atthe end o f June. Perhaps we w i l l see many of you the re . In Ju lyp la n to be at th e Lake James Week o f M i s s i o n s . F o r th e month o fAugust , I p lan to be in New York Ci ty working with a group of s tudent s from s e v e ra l Bib le Col leges who w i l l be doing summer miss iona ry i n t e rnsh ips in connect ion with the program o f . t h e Go Ye Chapel .I hope to l earn some th ings about big c i ty evangelism tha t wi l l beo f b e n e f i t to our work in Tokyo, as w el l as do my Job o f supervis ingthe s tuden t work- Spare time w i l l be taken up with f i n a l plans fo rthe National Missionary Convention coming up in September and the

a r r a n g e m e n t s f o r th e t h r e e m o n t h visit to th e U.S . o f my J a p a n e s epreacher f r i end Stephen I l j ima .The excavations for the new Library and Graduate School buildingo f the Seminary began some days ago. And the Clovernook Church,

where the family at tends when we a re in the c i ty is in the f ina ls tages o f a major bui ld ing program. A ll of t h i s progre ss and thef a i t h sac r i f i ce s v is ion and t a l e n t s of the people connected withthese and othe r advances fo r C hr is t t h a t we a re see ing are a g r e a t-eneourageatent--tous^ W e a r e t h a n k fu T f o r a ll t he s e t h i n g s y and wepr a y t h a t we may absorb and c a r r y back tp Japan some o f t h i s spiritWe ask your cont inued p ray e r s fo r God^s guidance on us.

SIMS TOKYO MISSIONForward Ing Agen t :First C h u r c h of hrist315 Orange AvenueEustis^ Flor ida 32726

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Yours in His s e rv i c e .

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Sims J^ewsletter September 967Dear Fr iends

During this riotous summer, we seem to have escaped the worryand trouble by keeping on the move. We part ic ipated in several pro-grans which afforded a very happy combination of Inspi ra t ion fromhearing great preaching, Joy in fellovjship with old friends, in terest in seeing new places and the privilege of representing our workin Ja p a n

e told about our Tokyo missionary work in the Vacation BibleSchools a t Firs t Cloristian Church in Columbus, Indiana {every morning) and at Bright, Indiana (every evening) during the week of July11-18 , .. ....... . . . . , . -T h e n we h e a d e d SOUTH

On Sunday, June 25, we spoke in the Jefferson Park and NorthDruid Hills churches in Atlanta, Georgia. Also, while in that area,we visi ted the campus of Atlanta Christian College and the ChristianCity project . I showed my children where I attended sctiuol, andthen spent a lo t of time ta lking about the progress tha t has beenmade s ince I was a s tu de n t th e re

Prom Atlanta, we went on dotvn to the North American ChristianConvention in Tampa, Florida, Our whole family enjoyed everythingabout the Convention, and we were happy to see many of you there,. Westayed with Grandma Lutton in S t Petersburg during the Conventionand for a few days af terward, Hope and Sylvia and I. also enjoyed abr ie f vis i t with the congregation in Eustis on July 5-^Sunday, July 9, found us in Baton Rooge, Louisiana speakingatthe Calvary Chr i s t i an Church. A couple xrom tha t church, on businesswith the Humble Oil Company, had worshipped with us for some monthsduring t he i r s tay in Japan 3 years ago,- and they:_.ha^LJ: aen--ixlVit:ing-us to v i s i t them. It was our f i r s t t ime In the Evangeline country ,and we enjoyed it very much.

July 12-15.we held a Sims family reunion in cot tages a t Wautau-ga Lake in eas tern Tennessee, and spoke a t Claxton and Morristown onJu ly 16,A few days a f t e r returning to Cincinnati , we s tar ted N O R T HOn Sunday, July 23, we presented our work a t the Fir s t Christian and Maple Lam churches in Jo l i e t I l l i no i s The morning serv icewas broadcas ted Then on Monday we went to Lake James fo r theSchool of Missions. The program was very w ell planned, the at tendance was f ine and the place brought back memories of our f i r s t v i s i tthere 21 years ago as a r ec ru i t I t was another week of blessingfo r us a l l That week Hope went to the Wakatomika camp in cen t ra lOhio to serve as the camp missionary fo r the Juniors and she alsohad a good exper ienceLois Sylv ia and Danny went back to C in cin n at i w i th Mr- and .

Mrs. Dan Eynon on Saturday, July 29; and Jennie, Bobby and I wenton from Lake James to Lansing, Michigan. We vis i ted the Eas t Lansingand South Lan sin g Chu rche s o f C h r i s t on Ju ly 30. The nex t morning,we bought some suppl ies and drove 1^0 miles fu r t he r North to theNorthmen s encampment in th e woods up t he re It was a r e a l i n s p ira t ion to hear th e s in gin g o f 1000 men and boys in the big t en t therein the piney wilderness ; and the boys and I had a genuine good t imecamping. We a re n o t very used to t h i s outdoor l i f e bu t through thekindness of the Art Katt family in Cincinnat i who loaned us the.t en t s leeping bags , oookstove, and other equipment, we had a wond e r f u l t ime t oge the rOn August 5 the day a f t e r r e tu rn ing from the Northmen s meet

i n g I left by p l an e fo r th e E STThis was my first visit to Nevj York Ci ty s i n c e I was a littleboy. y purpose there was to a s s i s t in the Missionary Internship


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S I M S NEWSLETTER p a g e 2 September, 967p r o g r a m s p on so re d b y th e Go Ye C h a p e l i n c oo pe ra ti o n w i t h s e v e r a lB ib le C o lle ge s. N a t u r a l l y I a l s o w a n t e d t o s e e and l e a r n somet h i n g s t h a t w o u l d b e o f b e n e f i t t o o u r w ork i n T o k y o .

There were a bout 5 d i f f e r e n t s t u d e n t s from 6 d i f f e r e n t BibleC o l l e g e s who p a r t i c i p a t e d i n a t l e a s t p a r t o f th e summer w o r k , andI a c t e d a s a k i n d o f f a c u lt y a d v i s e r . T he r e w ere s t i m u l a t i n g e d u c at i o n a l e x p e r i e n c e s i n th e v ario us e v a n g e l i s t i c a c t i v i t i e s o f th eyoung people during the se weeks, and we know t h a t they were h el p ed ,I b e l i e v e t was a l s o a h e l p to th e work o f C h r i s t s c h u r c h i n t h eg r e a t e r New York a r e a and t h a t f u t u r e s u p p o r t and r e c r u i t s f o r t h a tf i e l d w i l l r e s u l t f r o m t h e v jo r k t h e s e s t u d e n t s s a w a n d d i d .

S e v e r a l V a c a t i o n B i b l e S c h o o l s w e r e h e l d . O n e w as i n a p o o r e rs e c t i o n o f th e town o f H a s t . I s l i p on Long I s l a n d . Th e c l a s s wa s heldin a school bus, w hic h d ro ve to a parking place next to the communityhall every morning and was soon fi l led x^ith ^1 or more children. ea l s o used th e b u s i n a s i m i l a r f a s h i o n f o r o ne -s to p B ib le S c h o o l s i ns e v e r a l p laces i n Brooklyn, N Y . V e also ha d s e v e r a l good s t r e e tm e e t i n g s from t h e Go Ye C h a p e l a t th e same s p o t i n t h e ev e n in g s tow a r d t h e c l o s e o f t h e w e e k . T h e r e s u l t w a s t h a t t h e c o m m u n i t y l e a de r s p e r m i t t e d th e I s l l p T e r r a c e Church o f C h r i s t to s t a r t a weeklySunday School in th e Communiuy B u i l d i n g , and th e f i r s t Sunday t h e r ewere 5 I p r e s e n t , including some a d u l t s .

A n o t h e r V a c a t i o n B i b l e S c h o o l was h e l d i n t h e c i t y o f P o u g h -k eep sie, where t h r e e young f a m i l i e s were endeavoring to g e t th e f i r s tC h r i s t i a n c h u r o h i n t h e Hudson V a l l e y s t a r t e d . Vie b e g a n w i t h a n a din th e l o c a l p a p e r t h a t b r o u g h t t h re e c hi l d re n th e f i r s t mor ning.T h a t a f t e r n o o n we w en t a ro u n d th e community w i t h th e Go Ye C h a p e l .This wa s q u i t e a n o v e l t y to see a church on wheels going down th es t r e e t w i t h organ p l a y i n g , e t c . an d drew crowds of c h i l d r e n o ut o fhouses l i k e a Pied P i p e r , The second morning we had 29 c h i l d r e n ,and th e t h i r d day we ha d ^ 6 . I t a u g h t a c l a s s o f J u n i o r boys t h a t- c e w i 3 - t - e d ~ o f f i v e R oman ~Ca t h o i i o s -arrdone- -Episcoppri-lan-;Po-r t f eclosing program on Friday, we ha d ^5 c hi ld re n p re se n t an d 1^ p a r e n t si n s p i t e o f a c o ld r a i n A ud many o f t h e p a r e n t s e x p r e s s e d a p p r e c i at i o n fo r our program. We hope a-Siinday School w i l l soon be star-tedin t h a t community, vrhere the preaching s e r v ic es fo r the three famil i e s have been going on every Sunday evening in a rented Masonic Hallf o r s e v er a l m o n t h s .

We a l s o u s e d t h e Go Ye C h a p e l f o r a n u m b e r o f str t m e e t i n g si n t h e E a s t Harlem s e c t i o n o f Man h attan and B r o o k l y n . Our b e s t a ud i en ce was in a v e r y t y p i c a l slum s t r e e t where some o f th e l i s t e n e r swer e o b s e r v e d c a r r y i n g p i s t o l s and k n i v e s and b u r n e d o u t o a r s fromth e r e c e n t r i o t s st ll stood by th e c u r b s , b u t t h ey l i st en e d q u ie tlya s th e g i r l s sang and I t o l d t h e s t o r y o f th e p r o d i g a l s o n . B e fo rewe l e f t some viere s a y i n g Amen and s i n g i n g a l o n g w i t h u s.We a l s o d id a l o t o f c a l l i n g . Teams o f tw o g i r l s e a c h knockedo n e v e r y o n e o f h u n d r e d s o f d o o r s i n a s e r i e s o f 1 3 - s t o r y g o v e r n m e n tb u i l t ap art men t b u i l d i n g s J u s t behind th e new L in co ln C ep te r f o r th e

Performing Arts in Manhattan. Many would look through the peepholesan d n o t even open th e door. Others opened the doors, but about 9/10o f them were C a t h o l i c s . Of b o u r s e t h i s g a v e a l l o f us good e x p e rience an d food f o r thought. We a l s o c a l l e d in some o rd in ar y n ei ghborhoods and ne w housing developments in Long Is land and up a t Pough-k e e p s i e . In th e l a t t e r town, we w ere r ew ar de d by f i n d i n g t h r e e homesw h e r e t h e p eo p le had b e e n members o f C h r i s t i a n C hurohes e l s e w h e r ea nd t h e y w e r e v e r y l i v e l y p r o s p e c t s f o r t h e new c h u r c h t h e r e .When c a l l i n g in New Yor k, we i n v i t e d p e o p le to th e s e r v i c e s a tth e Hen ry Hudson H o t e l , wher e a second f l o o r room i s r e n t e d f o r s e rv i c e s ev ery Sunday morning a t th e nominal c o s t o f I t was myp r i v i l e g e t o p r e a c h to t h i s s m a l l i n t e r e s t i n g and r a c i a l l y i n t eg r a t e d c o n g r e g a t i o n t h r e e S u n d a y s i n A u g u s t . I h o p e t o t r y s o m e t h i n g

l i k e t h a t when we r e t u r n t o Tokyo n e x t y e a r . T h i s ma y b e a s o l u t i o nt o t h e p ro b lem o f h i g h c o s t s o f l a n d and b u i l d i n g f o r ne w c h u r c h e si n T o k y o .


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S I M S NE^^SLET I ER P a g e 3 September, 19^7Our summer a c t i v i t i e s ended w ith th e Family Week o f camp a t theC a t s k i l l C h r i s t i a n Assembly a bout 150 miles from th e c i t y I r e

t u r n e d home o n S e p t e m b e r 2 a f t e r e x a c t l y w e ek s aw ay .Now to t h e WEST.On September 26-29 the N atio nal Missionary Convention, o f whichI am P r e s i d e n t t h i s year, w i l l meet in Dodge C i t y , Kansas. Lois andI p l an to d r i v e o u t t h e r e , and my f a t h e r and mother w i l l come upfrom T e n n e s s e e to l o o k a f t e r o u r c h i l d r e n wh o w i l l b e i n s c h o o l h e r e

i n C i n c i n n a t i .We s i n c e r e l y hope and. u r g e - t h a t a l l o f - y o u . w i l l - b e - i n - p r a y e r f o r t h i s Convention. May God s S p i r i t g u i d e us in ti: ,e d e c i s i o n sand be p r e s e n t to b l e s s a l l t h o s e who a t t e n d . We want th e work o fworldwide e va ng eli sm to go forward in th e n e x t fe w y ears in an even

g r e a t e r way than i t ha s during the p a s t 20 years, and we hope^ t hi sC on ve nti o n c an c o n t r i b u t e t o t h a t g r o w t h .The Convention i s in need o f f i n a n c i a l s u p p o r t . I f you wo u ldl i k e t o c o n t r i b u t e a m i t e t o w a r d t h e s u c c es s o f t h i s C o n v e n t i o nyou could do so by s end ing - in your r e g i s t r a t i o n . But, i n any c a s e ,we a s k y o u r p r a y e r s f o r u s .School begins again a t the Cincinnati Bible Seminary on September 13 , and I w i l l be teaching essen t i al l y the same c cu rs es a ga int h i s y ear. We .look forvjard to another good year in schooL, vxid. then

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