MABASHl NEWSTOKYO. JAPAN'

APRIL 1954 ISSUED QUARTERLY

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ONE YEAR IN JAPANAudrey and I have greatly enjoyed

the year we have lived in the Land ofthe Rising Sun even though manythings seem strange and unusual to usforeigners. The isles of Japan are incredibly beautiful from the mightywaters of blue to the majestic mountains. The mountains give the Japanese landscape grandeur and mystery.We have seen Fuji-yama many times;it does not seem to be solidly therebut drawn against the sky by a masterartist. We like the natural beauty ofthis land.

The picture shows the living roomof Miss Farnham's home where Audreyand I have delighted in a variety ofdelicious Japanese dishes. We likeJapanese food.

Most of all we like the Japanesepeople. May we Introduce to you someof our Japanese friends at the MabashiChurch. The little lady in the lowerleft of the picture is Mrs. Hongo. wholeads in the women's work. She alsodoes a fine work among the suffering

and needy of Japan by hospital andhome visitation. To the right Js:.-MissKurahara and she is a happy studentin the Tokyo Bible ^minary. Her joyand laughter is sweet music to all thatknow her. Then Mary and John Muloare the leaders of the Mabashi Church.Because of their devoted and consecrated lives they have lead the churchinto a close walk with the living Christ.Peter Itagaki is the young man on theright of the front row. He gave up apromising career in business to attendthe Seminary in order that he mighttake the message of Jesus Christ tmtothe lost. Mr. Koji Sugiura will be thenew student in the Bible Seminaryfrom the Mabashi congregation. Hewas brought to Christ by Mr. Ito who isstanding next to Audrey. Audrey andI have learned to love the workers andstudents of the Mabashi Church. Theyare truly wonderful Christians!

Japanese ways of thinking and acting seem most unusual at times and

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INTRODUCING NEWRECRUITS FOR JAPAN

ISeiv Mission toShikoku Is Planned

The above picture is of Donald G.and Norma Burney and their

MABASHI NEWS

ONWARD TO KOREA IN '54Korea is calling the attention of the

whole world to her deadly struggle forunification, liberty and peace, In thedownpour of starvation, destruction,death, fears, uncertainties, etc., thecolors of life in Korea have faded intoa sickly gray. The people are lookingfor a new and better way of life. Jesusis the answer to the problem for He isTHE WAY, THE TRUTH. AND THELIFE.

Because of these critical conditionsin Korea and the repeated requests tolead in the work of the Bible Seminary,we are announcing our plans for futurework in the land of sorrow. Upon thereturn of Miss Famham to Mabashi.Audrey and I shall leave for Seoul toaccept the Korean call.

May we present to you our Koreanlanguage teacher. Mr. Namkoong. Heis one Korean who has found the wayof life in Christ- It is our earnestprayer that many more will find JesusChrist and His way of life because ofour going to Korea.

Our co-workers are Mr. and Mrs.John T. Chase. Mr. and Mrs. John J.Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ingram, MissLila Thompson, and you wonderfulfriends at home. Please remember usin your prayers unto God for we urgently need His almighty strength, un-derstandnig. and love.

Robert L. West

NEW SEMINARY STUDENTFROM MABASHI CHURCH

We are happy that the MabashiChurch is sending a new student to theTokyo Bible Seminary. I believe thata greater evangelistic work can bedone by training young men for the

ministry than in any other way. Mr.Sugiura is highly recommended by theMabashi pastor, Mr. John Muto. Oneof the teachers of the Seminary madethe remark last year. "We are glad tohave young people come from Mabashi.They are always excellent students."We feel sure that Mr. Sugiura will uphold the reputation made by the otherstudents.

Grace Farnham

MOREONE YEAR IN JAPAN(Continued from page 1)

thus we as foreigners may criticize butwe enjoy the people. The children,who are plump, gay. and smiling, arethe first to gain one's attention. Howfriendly they are as one meets them onthe street. The adults are pleasant,hard working, and kind. In many waysthe people warm the heart, and makeone aware of the real kindness andgentleness of the Japanese.

Robert L. West

GRACE FARNHAM FINANCIAL REPORTReceipts January 1 to March 1

Living Link: Court Street Church.Salem. Oregon $114.03Church, Los Gatos, California $200.00

Seminary Sutdents and WorkersStayton, Ore,, for Mr. Itagaki $ 49.50Court St., Satem Jr. Dept., for

Mrs. Kuminaka $ 55.84Dorena. Ore. Jr. Dept., for

Mrs. Kuminaka $ 20.00

General FundOREGON

Stayton Church $30; Camp CreekChurch $34.39:; Coquille. C. W. F.$15; Oregon City, Church $86:Eugene. West Side Bible School$49.60; Tlllamook C. W. F. $10;Tillamook, Church $43.54; Mr. andMrs. E. E. Potter $6; Beaverton,Church $25; Mrs. Dole .75; Mr. andMrs. Kullawats $5; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lee $5: Mr. and Mrs. W. R.Bullis $10; Mr. James M. Alley SS;Amity. Women's Missionary Society$22. Total $790.74

INDIANADanville, Church $33. Total $ 33.00

KANSASSublett. Church $15.

NORTH DAKOTAMiss Rosamond Zelvor $3.

KENTUCKYCatherine Garrison $3,

Total $ 15.00

Total $ 3.00

Total $ 3.00

WASHINGTONSeattle, West Side Church $35.77;Jr. Dept. $2.25; Thorp, Church $15.

Total $ 53.02Total General Funds 897.76Total Special Funds 439.37Total Receipts 1337.13

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GRACE FARNHAM EXPENDITURESJanuary 1 to March 31

Living Link Salary $300.00Tokyo Bible Seminary 270.00Seminary Students and Workers

Mrs. Kuninaka, Miyako Island 75.00Mrs. Hongo, Mabashi Church 50.00Mr. Itagaki, Seminary Student 50.00Mr. Ito, Seminary Student 50.00Miss Kurahara. Seminary Student 50.00

Grace Travel in America 34.66Slides, Posters. Missionary Calendars.... 20.85Postage (including relief package) 24.05Special offering for Mabashi Bible School 2.25Mabashi News 22.13

^TOTAL.-rr.r;...-.....-:.:; S98

Our Trainingand Experience

BACKGROUND

AAA Donald G. Bumey was bom in Dallas, Texas onMay 29, 1928. He was baptized into Christ at the ageof II at Ash Grove, Missouri. Having moved to Portland, Oregon, it was the influence of the Central Christian Church vdiich launched Don upon a life of preaching. He spent some time in the United States Navyand then enrolled in Northwest Christian College for the1948-1949 and 1949-1950 school years.

AAA Notma Wilson was bora at Marion, Indiana December 29, 1928 and became a Christian when almost10 years old at Macy, Indiana. She entered LincolnBible Institute in 1946.

McKINLEY INDIAN MISSION

AAA Don and Norma met at McKinley Indian Mission,Toppenish, Washington, on the Yakima Indian Reservation where they both had gone to work during thesummer months. Don worked there during the summersof 1949 and 1950, and Norma the summers of 1948,1949, 1950, and part of 1951. There were married inDecember of 1950.

KOREAN WAR

AAA In the late summer of 1950, Don was recalled toactive duty with the United States Navy and spent somemonths in Japanese and Korean waters. While in Japanhe observed the paganism of Japan, her need of Christ,and the opportunities for teaching and preaching firsthand, and visited many of Chemissionaries there. Sincethat time he has worked toward going back to Japan.

LINCOLN BIBLE INSTITUTE

AAA When discharged from the United States Navy,Don entered L. B. I. and graduated in 1954. Nonnagraduated from L. B. I. in 1951.

CHURCHES

AAA Don preached for the Ramsey Christian Church,Ramsey, Illinois from February 1952 to April 1954.Since that time he has been helping in the establishment of the Sanders Hill Christian Church, a countrychurch on a Ramsey, Illinois rural route, and preaching there.

KYUSHU

SHIKOKU

MISSION

Donald G. and Mrs. Norma Burney

HOKKAJOO

Paul, Norma, Don

^HONSHU^

SHIKOKU

JAPAN

OUR GOALThe Japanese island of Shikoku is, to

the best of our knowledge, without the Gospel in its fulness. We know of no evangelistic work being done by Christian churchesor churches of Christ. It is our hope to takethe Gospel to this area as a part of our servicein Christ's Kingdom.

Entry into this field, we feel, must bepreceded by a period of intensive languagestudy (veteran missionaries have cautionedus to get the language during the first twoyears). The Julius Fleenor family, MabashiMission, Tof^o, are returning to the UnitedStates for furlough in July or August of 1955.They have offered us tihe use of (heirhome inTokyo during the time they are gone. We planto spend some 12 to 18 months in Tokyo inlanguage study and then go to Shikoku (to a ^location to be chosen after investigation)when the Pleenors return. In the time leftover from language study we will be engagedin evangelistic work in Tokyo. We sincerelyappreciate this offer by the Pleenors. Theopportunity to go to a furnished, American-style house in Japan will greatly simplifyouradjustment to different conditions and willincrease our immediate usefulness to theKingdom of God.

OUR NEEDSOur present needs are:

k Your prayers in our behalf I

k LIVINGLINK. $3,420, or $125 a montheach for Don and Notma, and $35 a month forPaul in tegular pledged support to meet ourliving expenses, ^ese are the amountssuggested by those on the field as necessaryto maintain health, and working efficiency.

k SERVICE LINK. Regular pledged supportto enable rent or building, andprovide Bibles,tracts and literature, language school tuition.

TRAVEL AND EQUIPMENT PUND. Weplan to take a car with us, funds permitting,and to arrange major household furnishingsafter we get to Japan. The Pleenors canbring any that must be purchased in die United States when they retum.

Please continue to pray for us that God'swill may be done as we prepare to go to Japan.

Our address is:

Donald G. BumeyRural Route OneRamsey, Illinois

C O M M E N D A T I O N S

WE ARE GLAD to recommend Mr. and Mrs. DonaldBumey to the work of the Kingdom in Japan. Don oftenvisited us in Tokyo while he was in the Navy. He isone of the many Christian young men who have decidedto be missionaries in Japan, because, while they werethere in the service, they saw the needs of this field,\diere so many millions are without Christ. TheBumeyshave wisely chosen as their field of labor the island ofSiikoku, vhere dieie are no church of Christ missionaries working. Since this is about 400miles from Tokyothey will not be working in the Mabashi Mission, butwill live in the Pleenor home and studyJapanese, ^^ilethe Pleenors are home on furlou^.

Grace Pamham

Greetings in Christ's Name:

This is to introduce Mr. and Mrs. Donald G.Bumey, missionary recmits to Japan. Both of theseyoung people are graduates of Lincoln Bible Institute.They are loyal, faidiful, consecrated youngpeople wi&a passion for lost souls. The Lincoln school is hai^to commend them to all Christians asworthyof support.

Sincerely,(Signed) B. C. HargrovePresident, Lincoln Bible InstituteLincoln, Illinois

To Whom It May Concenu

Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Bumey have served aspastors of the Ramsey Christian Church for the pasttwo years, during which time several new membershave teen added to the church.

They have taken a special interest in the work ofthe young people in our churdi and in the Payette County Christian Youth organization. They have also beentireless workers in our Vacation Bible School each yearduring their pastorate here, serving not only as supervisors and teachers, but also driving many miles intothe country to bring children into the school that wouldnot have been present otherwise. They have also givenspecial attention to the old folks in our Nursing homehere, holding services regularly the first Sunday ofeach month.

We have found Brother Bumey and his wife to bedevout Christians, sincere in their work, and devotedly

interested in spreading the Gospel message to the uttermost parts of the world.

THE RAMSEY CHRISTIAN CHURCH

(Signed) Dixie Shaw, Elder(Signed) Paul A. Morrison, Elder(Signed) Emet Brown, Elder(Signed) D. W. Lei^, Elder(Signed) Max Pope, Elder

McKinley Indian MissionToppenish, Washington

To Christians of like precious faith everywhere:

It gives me genuine joy to introduce and recommendMr. and Mrs. Donald Bumey to all who are prayerfullyand actively interested in the cause of world wideevangelism.

In Mr. and Mrs. Bumey you have a coiqile, who,even in dieir early days of formal preparation, haveproved themselves in the field of missions. Kto. Bur-ney was widi McKinley Indian Mission during the summers of 1948, 1949, 1950 and part of 1951. Mr. Bur-ney was with us during the summers of 1949 and 1950.

Their concem for the Japanese field comes fromfirst hand knowledge of the field, its needs and theirown desire to work in the Kingdom. Ihey are well-prepared, experienced and have teen tried and foundfaithful.

We all, here at McKinley hidianMission, haveknown them to be cooperative with those of like faith,industrious, doing the work of evangelism, active inseason and out of season. They are willing at anytime(this has teen proved many times) to go beyond the callof duty in the preaching and teaching of the Gospel.

I think that one of the test things that can be saidof any Christian worker is fiiat they are agreeable andcan get along with others and this is most certainlytme ^ die Bumeys.

It is our fervent prayer that rhrisrinna will take advantage of this great opportunity and as they have said"Here am I," that we will send them. I say "we" because we will also actively support them.

In His Service,(Signed) John D. Runyan