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KANOYA. KAGOSHIMA |03, JAPAN - tOX 417, NORTH VERNON. IND. 47268

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Linkletter No. 215

Dear Christian friends,

By short wave radio, we Listened as the first group of prisoners ar-

rived at Clark Field, P.I.

We choked up with them as they said, "God bless

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America" and as the gathered well-wishers returned the greeting, "God bless

America." It was almost like a litany at a Christian service. One of the most

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difficult periods in American history is now coming to aclose.

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The war still continues in Viet Nam. Already it has been named "Viet mj'ffl Hi!
their objective of bringing the entire country under their countrol has not F M 1changed. The original plans remain. Only the timetable has been altered.
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Nam War - III." The communist armies are still In place In South Viet Nam and

For us at least, the war is over. Now we can turn our energies and'thoughts to the problems at home. If
there ever was a consensus among Americans there is one now. It can be stated, "We have ignored our own country too
long. It's about time we did something for America." It would be easy for Christians to let this become our think
ing in regard to Christian missions as well.

An American missionary presented his passport to the Japanese consulate in Sao Francisco and asked for a

visa for Japan. The Japanese clerk said in a voice for all to hear, "What's the matter? Can't the Japanese do the
job themselves?" The whole office laughed as he walked away. A missionary from India when asked at a missionary gath
ering about the possibility of the Indians evangelizing their own country said, "I say let them do it themselves if
they will." Another missionary made his plea for Japan at the Sunday morning service of a Texas church. Afterwards
the deacons of the church braced him on the front steps: "Why should we support missions in Japan? Those people are
taking our jobs away. Let them support their own evangelism."

Each of these had their own reasons for making the comments that they did. The Japanese clerk was letting
his super-nationalism show. The missionary was not returning to India and yet he hoped that somehow the job would
get done. The deacons were making a negative spiritual decision for financial- reasons.
It would be easy to nod our heads and say, '^es, that's right. Let them do it themselves." But think a lit

tle deeper. Pride in one's country may lead one to overlook its weaknesses. In this case, Japan's spiritual condition
is its weakest point. India has 15 million Christians but of a population of 500 million. This is only 4.4% of the
total and most of these are from the lowest castes who are illiterate, dispirited and underfed.

Thev need all the

spiritual help they can get.

As for Japan it has indeed become a prosperous country. The Japanese are a capable people who can do any

thing they set their hands and hearts to do - including preaching the gospel. It has been a hundred years now but
still the nation has not opened its heart to the gospel. At best, only 1% million people out a a population of 110
million acknowledge Christ in any way. The church in Japan averages 30 members. They can and do support themselves
but there |is not much financial power there. The well-to-do are the least evangelized group of people here - as in
the rest of the world. I am personally very proud of what the churches here are doing in spite of great difficul
ties. They can do more than they are, I know, but they welcome partners in proclaiming the gospel. The whole united
voice of the church is still a voice crying in the wilderness.

There are hundreds of small islands and thousands

of villages and new areas ^diere there is no church and no witness. Believers here are praying for a Christian Japan.
Christians in America need to be praying for the same thing and sharing in the task in every practical way. God has

blessed us not to bless ourselves but that we may bless others. Though the rest of the country may turn inward, Chr
istians must always be turning outward toward a world

VIEW OF MT, FUJI ON THE WAY -

without Christ.

TO SEMINAR ON THE HOLY SPIRIT

PAULINE PREPARES HER MESSAGE

"Turn backward, turn backward, 0 Time in thy flightl" Early in January I journeyed to Osaka for a committee

meeting at the Seminary. The next day Martin Clark drove Ray and Donnie Mings and myself to a Baptist convention center
near Tokyo for a three day seminar on the Holy Spirit. Over 100 missionary men gathered from all over Japan to discuss
this vital subject. It was inspiring and yet unsatisfying. Unsatisfying because all the words about the Holy Spirit the gift, the baptism, the spiritual gifts, the fruits of the spirit, the speaking in tongues - were used as if they
all had the same value. Sometimes they were used interchangeably as if they meant the same thing. So there could be no

satisfying conclusions except a desire for more skillful use of God's word and an appreciation of what it says. On Sunday
I had valued fellowship with Harold and Lois Sims at Mejirodai church and on Monday attended the Tokyo area minister's
meeting at Paul and Kathleen Pratts at Isehara.
The return home is always the nicest part of the trip. Sometimes it takes so long and requires so many trans

portation changes that I wonder why we chose to come "way down here." Pauline and I completed 31 years of married life
the last of December and are shooting for 50 - the Lord willing. She and Hope spend most of every day having school.
This is her 19th year as a school teacher In her own home. At regular Intervals she takes time out either to speak to or
to attend the women's group at Kanoya church.

Money problems are always in the news. 15 months ago Japan revalued the yen 17% . That reduced the exchange
rate of the dollar from 360 to 1

to 308 to 1.

Now the yen has been allowed to "float" , that is reach its own exchange

level in the market place. In the first few days it has been revalued another 17% . Now the rate is 264 = $1.00. So
the dollar has lost 7J4 of its purchasing power in 15 months. Along with that has come a skyrocket Inflation which seems
to have the blessing, or at least the toleration of the Japanese government. A cup of coffee in a restaurant costs
at least 150 (or 53<?) and the cup is small and seldom more than half full. Where will it all end? The last revaluation
made absolutely no change in Japan nor in its foreign trade. The recent revaluation will also mean nothing in Japan but
it will be keenly felt.in the U.S. All the numerous low-priced foreign items will no longer be low-priced. You will
pay more for everything and inflationary forces will Increase. Nothing has really been changed except that all those
overseas, especially in Japan, who depend on dollars for a livelihood are in a very tight bind. Already the newspapers
here are speculating when the third revaluation will come. So endeth the lesson in economics for today.

Preaching and teaching continue as the happiest and most satisfying part of our lives. This takes place
both in churches (where on a recent Sunday at Kushiklno Bro. Taniiirl took his exercise on stilts in the church yard
after the morning service) - and in homes. One place we have visited regularly for years is the Akiyoshl Yamashita
home in Takasu. He has a wasting disease which year by year leaves him less able to do anything for himself. Now I must

almost put the communion cup in his hand before he can grasp it. But he has a loving Christian wife who has borne him
two children.
It is a joy to break both the communion bread and the bread of life with them once each month.
When the Tsuchlmochi family were transferred from Koyama we lost our meeting place there. Prayers and requests

for a new meeting place have not been answered. But the Tsuchlmochi family have opened their home for meetings at Sata,
a truly remote place at the southern end of this peninsula where some strange ideas about Christianity exist and deepseated antagonisms from times past remain. Our prayer is the the light of the gospel will shine out of this house.
In Kushira our Bible studies are held from home to home. We make a survey of a complete book and then concentrate

on one part of it. The last time we read together all the conversions in Acts. In our closing prayers, Mrs. Nishizuru prayed
for her husband who had surprised her by coming to the meeting after it had started. While I was giving the closing prayer
he broke in. He said (or was it a prayer) that our welcome had made him glad; that he was much affected by his wife's pray
er; that he didn't know much about Christ till now but that what he had heard tonight made him think that this was the

true way and that if at all possible, he wanted to follow this way. "Dozo yoroshiku", l^^ivclu^d.

your favor.")

He certainly will have that and our prayers as well. IN HIS SERVICE,

please have

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April, 1973

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GRANDAUGHTER SHELLEY

Dear Christian friends,

April showers have brought April flowers - Japan's famed cherry blossoms. 17 years ap_we

planted a number of cherry saplings along our driveway. Now they have grown to bless us with their lovely

blooms in the spring and their shade in the summer. Everytime I see their sturdy and thickening trunks
am reminded of the fact that he who plants the Word of Life will just as surely see the Tree of Li e
sprout and grow, bringing forth the beauty of Christ in due season.

"The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away." One He has given recently is Tomoko Okazono of
Kushira, neice of Bro. and Sister Yoshii in Kanoya. Her parents, though not Christian, came to share the
joy of her baptism. Eight Kushira young people formed a chorus to praise the Lord to end the service.
One whom the Lord took away was Masa Kudo. She passed away in her sleep peacefully at age 90.
The Kushira church began in her home and she was its mainstay for years. Her quavering voice but steady

hands on the organ keys at every service will be a lasting memory. Our two oldest children always thoug
of her as their Japanese grandmother. It was a pleasure to conduct her funeral. Almost all the mourners
were believers so they didn't'fnourn". Instead it was a joyful meeting of praise and hope. Later we al
went to the cemetery with the family and helped place the urn with its ashes in the

the family gravestone.The surviving sisters each prayed,we sang the DoKology and returned to our homes.
Koichi Homori at the Tarumizu church, the youngest of our ministers, agreed_to work with the

area young people. Under his leadership a successful two day rally was held in
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He asLd several of us to take part in the program. Christian young people come mostly from non Christian
homes. Not only do they lack understanding on the part of their parents but they face

in finding life careers consistent with their Christian faith and in finding Christian mates. Yet, they

face the future with courage and joy. Their prayers, songs, testimonie^a^.dd'^??;^g^^

us.

The purpose of the training session held each winter at t^ Christian

and instruct leadership in the local churches. The theme this yean was Creeds and Cults
sessions
were held, one at Kagoshima church and one at Kanoya. ThikS^^
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teaching. Bro. Tanijiri of Kushikino told us about Jehovahs \^xtnesses,
knock on
every door with their message of God's avenging work in Armageddon after which Christ will lead an army
of righteousness to anihilate Satan and bring in an endless era of blessedness which only a remnant will
enjoy.
Bro. Ikeda of Tanegashima discussed Mormonism, a group which is having tremendous success in
Japan as its personable young missionary men from the U.S. go out two by two with the Bible plus
the Book of Mormon. Their greatest number of additions come from believers. The approach: "Your a Christ

ian?

That's wonderful!

That means that you are ready for the message that we have."

Bro. Yoshii of Kanoya gave a thorough study of Toitsu Kyo founded by a Korean minister named
Bunmei. He had a revelation that the Old and New Testaments were not.'enough. Just as the prophet Elijah
found his counterpart in John the Baptist so Jesus Christ finds his counterpart in our own time in him
self, Bunmei. He has written down the new revelation showing that neither sin nor forgiveness are

important. College youth form the nucleus of believers They have caused a lot of ill will for the

churches by calling themselves Christian youth and selling paper flowers on the streets at outrageous
prices to finance their evangelism.

Bro. Daikusono of Kajiki lectured on Genshi Fukuin, a Japanese cult which uses the Bible but
teaches that there is no punishment hence no need for forgiveness. They also teach there is no Second
Coming, salvation by works, magic, miraculous healings and speaking with spirits. Walter Maxey gave

the history of the creeds man has written to express his faith. He pointed out their value as well

as their weaknesses. Since Christ is our creed, what He means to us can never be satisfactorily written
down by man, no matter how noble the effort nor beautiful the result.

In our monthly visits at Kushikino we noticed the comraunion set was in very poor condition.

The preacher's wife made a new set of communion cloths and Pauline and I presented a new service to Bro.

Obara , deacon of the church. It was; a very satisfying service.

Preaching the gospel with the printed page has always been an important emphasis with us. One

ju^.j^-iS'^rough tracts like the four page one just revised and issued in a bi-lingual edition. Another
is the through the BOKUTEKI, a monthly newspaper which serves the area churches. The editing and
make-up is done at the Christian Center. Another way is taking Christian books and tracts to the people.
Katsuo Shimoda has just made portable book boxes which will be placed In each church with books both to

lend and to sell. Noriko Kusumoto, new helper at the Bookstore holds one of eight metal tract racks
which will also be placed in the churches filled with suitable messages both for those seeking and those

already walking In the way. So much to be done. So little time to do it. "Brethren^ p r a y j i h e

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A MONTHLY REPORT BY THE MARK G. MAXEY FAMILY

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KANOYA, KAGOSHIMA 893, JAPAN - BOX 417, NORTH VERNON, IND. 47265
June, 1973

Dear Christian friends,

After the passage of five years, it is furlough time again. Before I forget,

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here is our address: For mail; PC Box 58138; To phone; (502) 933 - 0299; and to
visit; 7321 Browns Lane, Pleasure Ridge Park, Kentucky - at the edge of Louisville.
Don't call soon.

There is a

lot of work to be done and miles

to be traveled before

Every five years it is Kagoshima's turn to host the annual missionary convention, usually it seems just before furlough. It is a lot of hard work well-rewarded by the inspiration of the gathering and the cooperation of all the mission-

aries. This year was no exception! Since the Japanese convention was to be held in

Shikoku the first week in May, we decided to have the missionary convention in the

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same place immediately following. May 5, 6 and 7. Don and Norma Burney, missionr^AUJ-iXlNUi auQ rnXln
aries on the field agreed to be in charge of local arrangements. They did a noble job it it. I planned the program, Pauline
the women's meetings, Walter, the youth meetings and Mary, the children's classes and activities. Fifty-five friends gather
ed from as for north as Sendai and as far south as Okinawa to do their part and to make the meeting an outstanding one.

G.R.F. Ellis, Professor of Old Testament at Kenmore Christian College, Queensland, Australia was our special speaker.
The missionaries gave enough to pay half of his fare so he could be with us. His six sermons brought us a real blessing. The
convention theme was, "Preaching the Gospel in Resistant Fields." Japan was, of course, assumed to be a resistant field.
Five studies were given. I introduced the subject with, "Stating the Problem." I asked four of the younger missionaries to
prepare Biblical studies - Walter Maxey, "What the Prophets Say"; Dale Wilkinson, 'Vhat the Gospels Say"; Milton Jones,
"What the.Epistles Say"; and Lonnie Mings, "Principles, Precepts and Precedents," tieing it all together. Needless to say
after Rex's powerful preaching and the forceful Biblical teaching these men gave, there were none of us willing to call
it quits in Japan and return to the U.S. We are committed. (These five papers are being published and will be available in
pamphlet form by the end of the summer.

En route to the convention, Bro. Ellis came to Kagoshima and spent the Resurrection Week-end with us preaching seven

times in four days. Our scenery was pretty well washed out by the rain

and we hardly had tiioe to show him our southern

hospitality but the fellowship was great and his messages were spiritual food that we all needed. When we stayed all night
at a Japanese inn in Kushikino, he enjoyed his first Japanese style bath, sleeping on the floor and Japanese breakfast raw egg, dried sea weed, miso soup and a bowl of rice. On Monday I went with him to Korea for four days where he spoke
at the Pusan Christian Vocational College, S.M. Chang; to the Korea Bible Seminary at Taejon, C.Y. Kim; to the Korean

Christian Seminary in Seoul,Y.K. Chae and to Korea Bible Seminary, also in Seoul, Harold Taylor. In each of these places
we enjoyed the unreserved hospitality of these men and their wives and of the faculty and students. Korea has a vitality
in its Christian life which is like nowhere else. Back in Toyko, I left Rex in the adequate hands of Harold Sims and head

ed south. It was the day of the biggest transportation strike in Japanese history but I made it home in five hours.

Following the convention in Kochi, we traveled together to Osaka. We were guests in the home of Martin and Evelyn
Clark; took Rex to the airport for his return 'down under'; spent the day at the Kyoto Baptist Hospital getting shots,
examinations and medicines and the evening at Faith's room in the Girls Dorm at Canadian Academy putting her possessions
into boxes and loaded into the car for the trip home. The next day I attended board meeting at Osaka Bible Seminary, the
last for some months. Faith joined us for the all night ferry ride to Kyushu and we were home before noon the next day.

She finished her packing and farewells and was here for Mother's Day. As Pauline says,"I now look up to the eyes that
used to look up to me." Faith is a wonderful-daughter. She graduates June 8. She will come to the U.S. with us and
enroll in Cincinnati Bible Seminary in late August.

Now we are involved in bringing our work to an end so that we can leave on time with our duties deligated , our

preparations complete, our bills paid and our 'farewells' said. One doesn't just shut the door and walk away in Japan.
Cards must be sent out announcing the time, place and method of departure so your friends can come and give you a proper

farewell. The groups to which you belong have 'sobetsu kai" or 'farewell meetings. For us these are the church groups.
Our last four Sundays have been arranged so that we can visit them all with a special message. After the service, we
have a meal together, words of greeting are exchanged and some gift or remembrance presented. As these meetings progress,

we begin to sense the 'tie that binds' us together. It is very deep. At Kagoshima church, Takako Inaba presented us with
a doll she had made. With it was a letter,"! thank you for the long preaching. Thanks to you I knew Jesus Christ and could

be saved by Him. I am very happy and enjoy my Saviour. I pray to God for your safety on your way to America and for your r?
health in America. " Thank you, Inaba san, we will treasure both the doll and the letter.

Hopefully our boxes will be packed in time for our departure on June 6. Friends will line the driveway. We will bow
to each and thank them for coming. Then we will take the train to Kobe for the graduation. The next day we will head south
for a visit with Isabel in Taiwan and Kiyoto,Paula and the children in Manila, Then we will take the long way home to ar
rive in New York in early August. We apCgrateful for the living churches who have provided funds for our homeward tickets.

Anything required beyond that, we wijlfl' pay personally. If all goes well, we will drive up Browns Lane to our old Kentucky
home to begin our fourth furlough on August 16.' It has been a long time an^h^re ^e beennai^ changes both in ourselves
and in the world. It will be good td see you all again.

IN HIS SERVICE

P.S. Special thanks are due Ed Hoist, Plymouth-Chrysler dealer in Pierre, S.D. for making a special low cost (and possibly
no cost) lease of a fine car for mission furlough use. This arrangement solves many problems connected with furlough travel.
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FAREWELL MEETINGS AT KUSHIRA...

BRO. ELLiS AT KUSHIKINO

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^sionary Convent!
IN SEOUL,KOREA WITH BRO.CHAE

MISS

Up, Up And Away

Language Of Buddhism

Two months ago, you could buy ahead of cab

IT is often said that the best; selling book of

all times in the West is tlie Bible.

INABA AND DOLL

bage for 14 or 15. Today, the same head will

This is

cost you 300; believe it or not. And the same

trend is seen in respect to all vegetablesradishes,

natural in view of the fact that the culture of

the West is based on Judeo-Christian beliefs. Quota

carrots, spinach, lettuce.

tions from the Bible are accepted at face value,

hurt the most

because tliey are so well known.

A great percentage of books written relies on
a quotation or two from tiie Bible for emphasis and

Price fluctuations of vegetables, of course, are

nothing new. They happen all the time. Inclement
weather may result in poor crops, hiking tiie prices.
Good weather may result in bumper crops, bringing

effect. The Bible is so well known that such quota

tions bring to mind the whole story behind them,

It hits where housewives

prices down, Ttiat is known in Japan as "bumper

crop poverty."

giving them particular meaning.

When paintings and sculptures come into the

A lot of farmers are complaining over the Gov.emment's policy. "At the beginning of March, the

picture, the interpretations are more widely varied.

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry urged us to

limit cabbage growing because of the danger of
bumper crop poverty. We did and what happened?

But in the way of literature, It is not possible to

understand Western culture without knowledge of

TARUMIZU RECEPTION FOR R

the Bible.

Two months ago, there were so many cabbages

hold up as the equivalent of the Bible in Western

culture?

around that it was cheaper to take a bulldozer and

smash the cabbage patch than to go to all the trouble
of harvesting them. There was just too much cab
bage. Now, we have to pay 20 times the piice of
that time for cabbage.

Heferences may be made to the sutras

of Buddhism or Siiintoism.

The prices have zoomed to the level seen today. We

made a mistake following the Government's advice."

In the case of Japanese culture, what .can we

These, however, saw

their heyday in the ancient past

On tlie other hand. Buddhism came to Japan
more than 1,400 years ago.
The overwhelming
majority of the people still bury tlieir dead with

According to reports from producing areas, tiic

sinister hand of market comcrijig is being noted

In this sector as well. Apparently in expectation

of the price rise, cabbage has been bought up by
entire fields. For example, a lO-are field containing

Buddhist rites, whether they are Buddhists or not.

The Japanese people are indeed deeply immersed

-ifiBuddhistbeliefB, but in most cases,-they-are
hardly aware of the fact

ab6ut~~Cooo heads of c^Bage"fliay" be pin-chased

for a half million yen. That would mean 125 per

The 'Genkan" (front entrance) of the house

head of cabbage. By the time the cabbage reaches

the market, it costs 300 a head, a more than 100

is a name taken from the architecture of Zen tem

per cent profit

ples. Even foreigners recognize the word "Baka"

(fool), a combination of the characters for -horse

Naturally, an element of speculation is involved.

The price could go down, resulting in a loss. But

in this'day and age, who can expect anything to go

and deer. A lot of people think that it refers to

a fool who is not able to distinguish between a

down?

horse and a deer, but in actuality, it comes from

There are also reports of tuna flsh being bought

an old Sanskrit word.

In fact, the Japanese language is filled with

Buddhist references, although few people realize the
situation.

up by the shiploads before they are even landed.

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Dear Christian friends,

Septeii3)er, 1973

UoQvoit Ffuk
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PLEASURE
RIDGE PARK

You haven't heard from us for three

months. People and places, events and gather

ings have filled this time. Many friends gave
us a moving farewell at Kanoya on the evening
of June 6. Walter arid Mary with Grandaughter

Shelley joined us for the ovemi^t train

ride to Kobe where we were the proud parents

at Faith's graduation from Canadian Academy,

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MAXEY*S HOUSE

the fourth of our children to do so.

Martin and Evelyn Clark made i home

for us in Osaka. I spoke at chapel at Osaka
Bible Seminary. Pres. Clark presented me a

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POST OFFICE

special seminary pin, voted me by the faculty

as an "honorary member." We left Ossdca Inter
national Airport on Saturday after a tearful
farewell from family and friends. With my
sister, Isabel Dittemore, at Taipei,Taiwan
Preached a Pentecost sermon on Sunday morn

Stop light
GREENWOOD ROAD

m
ing. Then on to Manila for a joyful week with Kiyoto and Paula Yanagimoto and the three grand-

children-MegumiTemujin and Takanobu. We spoke at Cruzada St. Church of Christ and twice at
Manila Bible Seminary where Diego Romulo is the new president. Faith and I stayed with Mr. and
jver 30 years. We also visited the
Mrs. J.Willis Hale, faithful teachers at the s<
printers and read proof on our soon to be pub] sited book

History of the Philippine Mission

Arriving late Sunday night in Hongkong we were hustled off to visit with the young
people- at the Hong Kong church led by Bill and Melba Reece. WayfuH-^and-ifelett-Jew -tock^ care
of us and helped us take care of last minute preparation. In Thailand we had a chance to have
fellowship and to preach at Pua, Imogene Williams; Qiiangkham, C.W. and Lois Callaway;:and at

Chiangmai, Mr. and Mrs. De.la Santos, M/M David Fillbeck and Robert and Eugene Morse. We visited

the .gra^ve of Dorothy Sterling here and shed a tear for a noble servant recently departed.
Ralph Harter was our knowledgeable companion in India , guiding us to Kulpahar where
Leah Moshier and Ma(k>nna Burgett along with faculty and students gave us a royal welcome. We
ended up in the city of Kanpur \^ere Ralph has made his life count for Christ. The church had
tea first and then listened to my sermon. The right order I believe. India is a fascinating
place for the tourist but a terrifying place for the Christian as he sees hosts of people aealously seeking and serving every kind of god but the One, Living God.

Christian fellowship was lacking in Moslem Iran. We rode buses south to Persepolis
where we stood before the opened cliffside tomb of Artaxerxes and sang "God Bless America" on

the Fourth of July. I think he would have liked that. It couldn't be done but we crossed )the
uncrossable border into Iraq and went across the burning wastes of the Tigris-Euphrates delta
to ancietit Ur. We picked up tiny sea shells from the site, reminders of the fact that this was
a city by the sea in Abraham's time. On to Baghdad bv way of Babylon, still a remarkable city

in all its ruins, and these stretch out mile after mile. Many more difficulties getting into
and out of Syria. The privilege of walking "the street called Straight" in Damasctis was mar
red by getting cheated and deceived too many times in too short a period.

We breathed easier In Lebanon while visiting Byblos and Baalbedc. Faith and Hope
were sick our first two days in Cairo. We are Indebted to Mr. Fares Saroflm of the Golden
Hotel and his nephew, Asdn Slmaika, who not only took care of us but showed us the best of

Egyptian character, culture and historic sites, including King Tut's grave and the world's
largest religious building, 2000 years abuilding at Luxor, a day's journey up the Nile.
On the way to Rome, Japan Air Lines seated us in first class. The steward was Klyoto's good friend so we had the best of everything. Mac Coffey and Charles Phipps gave us the
glad hand of fellowship as we arrived in Rome just at dawn. They helped get us set up for camp
ing and we spent a happy night with Charles and Mary Frances at Terraclna before starting out.
In Frankfurt, Sid and Mary Allsbury made us at home in their apartment till our charter flight
left for the U.S. on August 8. Capt. Tom Poston and wife, Barbara waited patiently while we
cleared customs at Kennedy Airport. We spent three days with them at Westover AFB in Massachu
setts getting organized, shifting gears from one world to another and enjoying their superb
hospitality. They had picked up the car that Ed Hoist had waiting for us on the east coast.

We spent our first Sunday with the church at East Orange, N.J. They made us glad

to be there but since we were still struggling to put our thoughts into words we felt they
were the losers. Capt. Lawrence and Hazel Swanson made us welcome at their home in Kensington,

Marylmd. They had visited us in Japan when he was in charge of a project to map

world by

satellite. It was a joy to renew our AmeRcai heritage by visits to the great naflnorlals in
Washington and Baltimore. Hope was especially happy to visit Calvert School in Baltimore from

which she has studied by mail for so many years. On to Cincinnati. We stayed all night at the
Holiday Inn where Greg works at the front desk. The management gave us room and meals on the
house because, "Greg is such a great guy." Welcome words to any parent. After work he came
up to the room, introduced his friend, Beverly Gaskin, and we had a good visit.
We met old friends and introduced Faith to the CBS campus before going on to North

Vemon for an overnight stay with Cecil and Shirley Smith, our faithful forwarding agents.
Thursday morning, the 16th,we pulled into the driveway of our home at Pleasure Ridge Park, a

st4>)irb ten miles south of Louisville, Ky. What a wonderful surprise. Pat Jones led a crew of
30 or more people from the Shlvely church in repainting the interior of the house and getting
it in first class condition. People from both Shlvely Christian and Clifton Christian shared

furnishings. The things we had stored had been brought. The DVBS children at Clifton with
Norma Nichols as purchasing agent had filled the cupboards and refrigerator with food. The beds
were made. We were able to begin living Immediately. In fact, by one of her minor miracles,

Pauline was able to prepare suklyakl for our evening meal. Norlko Kusumoto, a Kanoya girl
now living in Louisville for a year, sponsored by the Shlvely church, was our first guest.
Arnold and Norma Nichols and son Lee of Clifton church have given many hojirs in travel and in
skills in making our home livable. We are grateful to all who have made this great homecoming
possible. We have drtmk deeply from the cup of Christian love and fellowship, not only in Louis
ville but arotind the world, and it has been good.

We have enrolled Hone in the 7th grade at Pleasure Ridge Park High School and she

is off to a good start. Faith is well into her studies at Cincinnati Bible Seminary and likes
them very much. Greg is in his senior year there. On Labor Day, three of the Maxey brothers,
Victor, Bryan and myself, and 23 of theis kith and kin met at Stepstone, Ky, near Mt. Sterling,
where our father was bom and reared. We had a picnic together, tramped over the hills and re
called the days when we spent our stimmers there. The day ended down on the banks of Slate Creek

where we joined our voices in singing many songs of sacred and personal memory. As Bryan says.
We may not be good, but we are loud." Space is iqp! We will be seeing you in the weeks and

months ahead. We hope you will come see us also. If you can't come, phone. And don't forget
to pray for us, for Japan, for the faithful Christians and min4,iM:ers there and for Walter
and Mary carrying double duty in our absence. IN HIS SERVICE,
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A MONTHUY RiPOftT IV THI MARK 9. MAXIV FAMtLV

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TO THE fRiENDS OF THE KYUSHU CHfliSTIAN MISSION

KANOYA, KAQOSHIMA 803. JAPAN - lOX 417. NORTH VERNON. IND. 47286

FALL RALLY - KAGOSIIIMA CHURCHES - AT TARUMIZU

POR CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR

*EvanieHzingin southern Japan since 1950

MR. & MRS. MARK G. MAXEY

Dear Christian friends,, . , Deceirfoer, 1973

The days and weeks, even the months

have flown by like the miles since the last

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letter. I had forgotten how vast and beau-

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and Okolona churches in Louisville, KENTUCKY.

country of our^is. It has

.

been a joy to find out again.

* ^

So far my

travels have taken me to Shively, Clifton

To the Hillsboro, Hollowtown, New Holland, Jamestown and the Westside church in Ham

ilton - all in Ohio. To the North Vernon, Columbus, Markle, Anderson, Liberty and Portland chur

ches in INDIANA.

To La Harpe, Ancona, Southwest church of Mt Vernon, Southside church in Spring

field and Campus House, Urbana in ILLINOIS. To Cartervile and 0*Fallon in Missouri; to Exline in

IOWA and to Parkcrest church of Long Beach; To seven North California churches participating
in their Schools of Mission-Citrus Heights; Oroville, Yuba City, Redding, Napa Valley, Martinez,
and Santa Rosa- also the church at Aptos, all in CALIFORNIA and to Salina Heights church in
KANSAS. I have participated in 8 Faith-Promise Rallies. These rallies are both a special bles
sing and a special challenge as one prepares to say something which will not be a begging for
money but a pleading for souls.

At Moberly.Missouri Central College of the Bible; Ozark Bible College, Joplin, Miss
ouri; St. Louis Christian College, Pacific Cnristian College, Long Beach, California; San Jose

(Cal.) Bible College; Cincinnati Bible College and at Lincoln (111.) Christian College I have
had the opportunity of speaking to many hundreds of students both at chapel and in dozens of
classroom sessions. The classroom subjects were varied but all were related to the point of how
we can Go tell it on the mountains that Jesus Christ is Bom." The three days on the campus
at Lincoln and with Max and Gladys Randall were a special spiritual joy. College appearances
are at once the hardest kind of work and the greatest kind of blessing. These young people are

liking about their faith and their dreams of serving the Lord in the most natural kind of way.
xHiT find their way to Japan
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faith, their prayers and their love. Some of them, I am confident,
^11
as missionaries
f-to ftravel1 with me except fourth
furloughwhen
since
During
all of these
Pauline
hashad
beenchildren
unable
for week-ends
we 1950.
are near
Louisville.
She has
always

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enjoying her shool year In Pleasure Ridge Park, Junior HI. Faith

often from Cincinnati. This Is a joy to them and to us. Our home gives us a

are Lmrwho w" M

SmclTs
h

it- The Morse Salto's from Japan; M/M Clayton

and Alan and Janet Bemo, Muskcgee, Okla. (on furlough from Taiwan)
ur home. In addition, Pauline has been special speaker at Women's

cnurch in Srtl^d
Portland, IIndiana
^ chircTL

and at Westside church,

Hamilton,
Ohio.Lexington;
Broadway
church,

West Walnut

with
us- prepared us delicious Christian
have beds,
received
sorrows
1th us,
meals andfriends
comfortable
and us.
haveshared
often their
drivenjoys
longandmiles
to
thank and
them
all.
can only say here that their love and faith and prayers have Increased our faith
joy.

We

the country.
countrv"^ have
Well.expressed
Xam not concern
running saying
around that
the we
country
shouldas besuch.
resting
My trips
instead
areofrunning
carefully planned
around

to fill specific invitations to speak, and to include along the way, both coming and going,
visits to churches and people and places who have been part of our witness in Japan throughtjhe

years. We want them to know us again, not as a remote mailing addres^ut as flesh and blood

people ("real, live missionaries") with whoir . they have shared.

I want to say 'thank you* to
them and to report personally on Japan's spiritual situation and its continued need for the

preaching of the gospel.

f^place

I WBatthem-^o know of Japan not only as an economic miracle but as

where Christ is not known by 99% of the people. I want to invite young people to think

of the whole world as their mission field; to encourage both them and the churches to leap
over the walls

of a country friendly to the gospel filled with people mostly of our own race

and language, family and friends and into the spiritual deserts in the uttermost parts of the
earth

where all this is different: where to sing the hymn "What a Friend we Have -in Jesus"

^is to sing it with depth of meaning which moves one to tears.

As for rest, we had a wonderful vacation en route to the U.S.

A time away from

schedules, phones and responsibility. A time to see what others are doing in the Kingdom and
to see places still waiting to hear the Good News. Now I am in the U.S. to work, not to rest.

(Though I do know how to rest and relax when that time comes. Try me over a good meal or a

lively time of story telling.

Give me a 15 minute nap on any space of floor where

I can stretch

out and I'll be ready to go again. ) No one persists very long in doing what he does not want
to do. I love to preach. I like,to talk about Japan. I like to meet people. I like to vevisit

places and people of precious memory. I like to share the faith and the joy of Christian peopl?
to pray with them and even to shed a tear togeher. I want to be part of the battle not sitting
Special speakers of all kinds are "utflTze(3~in the churches with good effect,

l^ielrtype of work is encouraged and approved. Even more important, it seems to me, is the need
for churches to hear missionaries and to have their vision renewed or increased by those who
active on the foreign mission field. Such speakers are needed and wanted to keep the church
every facing outward to a world, 70% of which is not Christian. Someday the battle, for me

at least, will be over. Then you can lay me to rest. Whatever words are said over me, I hope

they will include th-^se; "He died doing what he wanted to do- fcV
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preaching the t.'ord."

There is other news. We have a new grmdson

Manila: Tamon

Yanagimoto. Hope has entered the wohd^rful woMs of the 'teens'.

Grandaughter Shelley in Japan has had her first birthday. We had

a wonderful Thanksgiving reunion in Akron, Ohio with Pauline's
three brothers, Allen, Boyd and Roy Pethtel, and their families.

It was a very happy day and the food was worth coming home for,
Kanoya church and Koichi HOmori of the Tarumizu

church have sent us cassette tapes of greetings of the Christians,

How precious these were. W^^terand Mary in Kagoshima keep in touch

by tape and letter telling or^tKirr fruitful lives there. They are
also bearing some of our duties while we are gone. A fine r^lly,
an
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annual event, of the Kagoshima churches was held in Tarumizu.

New Christians are being bom into Christ in each place and there
have been some deaths, too, including Ero Taniguchi, elder at Sueyoshi, at the age of 92.

Now may God give each a full measure of THANKS, Christmas

A GOOD CHRISTMAS GIFT

JOY and New Year HAPPINESS. In His service

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23 Years of Service to Japan 1950 - 73

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I 1973 - 74 Furlough Report of Mark and Pauline Moxey f
TO THE FRIENDS OF THE KYUSHU CHRISTIAN MISSION

KANOYA. KAGOSHIMA 893. JAPAN-BOX 417, NORTH VERNON, IND. 47265

"XV

On August 15, i549j the intrepid Catholic missionary, Francis

Xavier, arrived in Kagoshima and began to preach.In 88 years before the
great persecutions of 1637,he and later missionaries made 150,000 con
verts. Then the church died not to rise again for 300 years.
401 years later the Providence of God and the invitation of a
group of believers brought the Maxeys to the same area where Xavier

began. In 1549, the population of Japan was 15 million. In 1973, it

is 107 million concentrated in an area the size of Montana. The people

are prosperous and literate, united in a common language and race, but

largely untouched by the Gospel. Only one million Japanese can be cal
led Christian in any sense. How can a missionary set about trying to
reach even a small part of this great nation? Here are some ways:
CHRISTIAN HOME AND EXAMPLE. The Gospel must be lived before it can

be preached. Does the missionary pay his bills, keep his promises, res
pect Japanese customs, relish Japanese food and enjoy living in Japan?
If so, doors are open to listen to what he has to say about Christ? Is
his home open to all and is rest & hospitality to be found there? Is
his wife united with him in his faith and work in a joyous, consecrated
way?

Are there children there who are being reared in

love & trained

in the Christian faith? If so, the home becomes a powerful witness for
Christ. We believe that Pauline has been the center of such a home.

PREACHING: The Apostle Paul said: "It was God's good pleasure through
the foolishness of preaching to save them

has
Day
by day, week by week preaching for deciI

'

sion is carried out in 8 churches and num- I I \

erous preaching points by 5 ministers and I !!
2 missionaries. This preaching plus reg- I

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is for the 50 or so Japanese who hear and I 2S

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believe the gospel in our area each year.

IS

ular evangelistic efforts provide the bas- I

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LITERATURE: The Japanese are a reading

people. In general, first they read about
the Gospel and then they ask about it.We
have been producing materials to win them

and lead them from the very first. 100,000

H
copies of our Guide to Christianity have
Bn
been used.

The entire 5

book Vizualized

Bible Study series has just been produced

Ln Japanese. A mammoth piece of hard work.

oic

MARK AND PAULINE

A full-fledged bookstore serves the local area personally

and all of Japan by mail.

TRAINING. It takes an extra effort to produce mature Chr

istians in a non-Christian society. Special training cour

ses have been produced. Outside teachers are invited to

conduct an annual leadership training course in the Chr

istian Center and in the churches. Visiting teachers add
to our store of faith. Additional courses are offered in

the churches and Bible-centered

preaching and teaching

is emphasized.

CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP; The missionary is only one. The Chr

istian faith can be a permanent part of Japan only when it

is preached by a continuing succession of Japanese messeng

ers.

We are seeing that happen in this area and it is a

joy. Kagoshima has already produced 9 ministers, 4 minis

ter's wives and 1 seminary teacher plus faithful Christians

in places of leadership in churches up and down the land.

We have a special interest in Osaka Bible Seminary, serving

on its board, sharing with it financially and sending it
students - especially the latter. Koichi Homori is the most

recent graduate to retum. He has encouraged us very much.

CHURCH BUILDINGS: The New Testament example of house chur
ches must be copied in Japan but so far we have not been

able to make such churches last more than a few years.

Churches in their own buildings make a permanent, living
witness in their communities. Since members are few and

land cost is high we have helped the churches on a share

and share basis in building projects. The Kushlkino church,

ravished by flood, was rebuilt in a very attractive way.In
Kagoshima, a fine 3-story concrete building on a strategic
corner and providing parking, parsonage and meeting place
was finished just before yen revaluation and skyrocketing
inflation would have made the project impossible. For a

coKen sum a corner of the mission land was shared with the

^oya church. Now they have a fine church and parsonage

there. It is a pleasure to be neighbors to this church and

its outstanding minister, Hideo Yoshii and family.

CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: Fellowship means sharing. The more
valued the possession shared, the greater the fellowship.
It may seem that the missionary is the only one doing the

sharing. That is not the way it is. Here in Japan we enjoy

the inestimable partnership in the gospel" with these min-

isters (I. to r. in picture): JUNKO DAIKUSONO at Kaiiki*

HIDEO YOSHII at Kanoya; KOICHI HOMORI at Sueyoshi and Tarumizu; NAGANORI TANIJIRI at Kushikino; TADAYOSHI IKEDA at
Nishinomote and TAKEO IIMURE at Osumi Gakkusha. We meet
together one day each month for prayer and praise, study
and planning. It is a blessed fellowship. In the U.S we ar
Tr .
Forwarding
Secretary,Mrs.
Cecil Smith
North Vernon, Indiana,
with
the hearty assistance
of
her husband. They serve without pay. Time will fail to tell

of the faithful churches, groups and Christians who support

us, many since 1949. We could not continue without them.
They are sharing their faith with Japan through us.

ber, 1946 as a military chaplain. Pauline

joined him there in June, 1947 ending a
2 year separation. Their first hand exper-

ience of living in a nation physically de- IB

stroyedbut spiritually alive &seeking be- 1^*^

came the turning point in their lives.They f 1

^ left the army in 1949 to begin the Kyushu

A * 9

Christian Mission and went to Japan in Aug.^

1950. Except for three furloughs (1955,62
and 67), the 23 years since that time have
been spent in Kanoya, a city of 70,000 at
the very southern tip of Japan proper. It

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so far south of Tokyo that they have

called a book about their lives in Kanoya,

reared five

WALTER AMD MARY MAXEY

children there.. Pauline has been their tea

cher for the first 8 grades all these years. PAULA

PAULA is
is the
the wife
wife of
of

Kiyoto Yanagimoto, Dispatcher with Japan Airlines. They and their 3

children live in Manila, P.I. and are active in the church there.
WALTER and his wife MARY returned to Japan as missionaries in 1971.

>4'hey are making Kagoshima City the center of their evangelistic

work. Now they have a baby daughter, Shelley.

What a privilege to

have them here to work with us. GREGORY is a senior at Cincinnati

Bible Seminary and FAITH is a freshman there. HOPE is in grade 7.

THE FUTURE: Jesus' command to "Go... teach...baptize... teach" must
be obeyed till He comes again. We are pledged to do that in Japan
by every means at our command. We heartily believe a Christian fu
ture awaits this nation. We want to be a part of that future. We

ask for your partnership in that future also - by every means at

your command - including your own selves.
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