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Malsasiii Mission*

E ememter that Mabashi is a part of the great city of Tokyo, with its team

ing millions - the third city in size in the world.

The work and influence of

the Mabashi Mission, however, extends far "beyond the little section, four "blocks

squarejbut with a population of 8000, called the fourth ward-of Ma"bashi.

Missionaries are Miss Grace Farnham, Mr. and Mrs Julius Fleenor and Mr, and

Mrs. Eobert West.

Virginia and Julius Fleenor^who came to Japan three and a

They

half years ago, have made excellent progress in the study of the language.
are now ahle to teach some in Japanese. Julius has taught in the Tokyo

Bible

S eminary from the first.

now has fifty five members.
church^is the pastor.

A church established in their home

at Shim# Ochiai

Paul Tamada.^ Seminary student from the Mabashi

Bob and Audry West arrived in Japan in February 1953-

They are both gjoduat

gaduates of the San Jose Bible College.

Soon after arrival,Bob went to Korea

because of the shortage of Miasionaries there, and spent three months teaching in the Korean Bible S eminary Both Bob and Audry have taught some subjects

in the Tokyo Bible S eminary.

They are living in Grace Farnham'e home in Tokyo

and assisting in the work at the Ma"ba8hi Church, while studying the language.

Two young people from the Mabashi church enrolled in the Seu-inary in April

of 1953^ making six students from that church. Mr. JdIh. 'A-jutv, who graduates from
a five year course this spring , will become a teacher in the Seminary.
consecrated leader and will be an excellent teacher.

He is a

He often conducts evange

listic meetings both in Tokyo and other places.

The Mabashi church sent him to

Okinawa and Miyako islands for evangelism and summer camps for a month, dutlng^ji
the summer. A number were led to Christ and several young people decided on Tlais is Mr. Muto's second evangelistic trip to these islands^

full time service.

He also spent a month assisting Isabeil flittemora in evangelistic meetings^for a

month in Kyushu.
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Continued

Mrs. Masuko kuninakat after four years as a special student in the Seminary^
went to the island of Miyako island to assist the nev/ missionaries, Mr. and Mrs.

Rickerson in the work established "by Mrs. Kaninaka^and her late husband,in 19^*
Theee Mahashi Seminary students have started a Sunday afternoon Bihle Schod'
in a new area of Tokyo. This we hope will develope in to a charch in time.

In the past year there has "been a decline in attendance in all churches

in Japan*

This is no doubt due to a rise in nationalism.

There is a strong

connection between patirotism and the Japanese Shinto religion.

Although

they say that government Shinto is separate from religious Shinto, they are

much the same.

As material conditions in Japan have improved there is "less in

It is the same in any land, when people have

terest in the Christian faith.

their physical, need provided for

get their spirtual needs.

and they axe not sick or in trouble they for

We are happy,' though that more people are being reached for Christ in
Japan now thai before the war.
Grace Faxnham \

Grace Farnham will be in the States until nezt August when she will return to Tokyo. She plans to spend the time on the Pacific coast. She can be contacted

for spea)cing dates in ^e of her forwarding agent.

18 August 19$h
Miss GracefFanmam completed her furlough and returned to the work of Mabasi

Christian MissLcn, Tokyo, Jpan for her fifth term of Service. She sailed August 17yh
abord the S S CContest Pacific. She worte that the Robei*t Wests are now in Korea,

hading occupied her house and worked in Mabashi while she was on furlough. Her

Japanese address is U-^OO Mabashi, Suginaml. ku, Tokyo, Japan.