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8/21/2019 Nielsen Paul Marcia 1952 Japan
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y
Septombor 29 1952
Dear B ro th er H a ro ld :
Marcia said she would t ry to write you
i f
she f e l t up to but
perhaps
i t
is
important
4>nough
for
both of us to write. The
following
paragraph is a
quote
from le t ters I am sending
ouf to those
who have
inquired:
We have received
some reprocussions
from the announcement in th e
August HORIZONI
about our lack of finances
and
justly so.
Somewhere
t rue conditions were exagerated. I t i s
true
tha t in
April
and May
we did
have
a
d i f f i cu l t
t ime because offer ings did not come
in
time
to meet
some
responsibi l i t ies and there
was no
reserve to fa l l
back
on.
However we
did
not se l l any
furniture.
(This
statement
was made
in
some
let ters not
in
HORIZONS By
July offer ings had come
in
so we
could
make our
t r ip
to Hokkaido
from
personal fu nd s.
Also there
are
only 5 native workers,
instead
of.24,
who
are wholly or partial ly
dependent
on
us for
support.
hope
this diacrepency will
not
hurt
your t rust in
Brother MacFarlani or
in
HORIZONS
He
is
doing
a diff icul t
job and deserves our whole
hearted
support.
Perhaps you have
alredy
been asked
as the
Coles
have, what
is
the
oiatter with
th i s
bunch over here
to
l e t
a
family
go
hgngry. were
far from going hungry. did sel l some personal
things
to try to build
up a
reserve.
The reprocussions
also
caused my ar t ic le in
the next
Osaka News
to
be dras t ica l ly cu t As fo r the o the r mi ss ionar ie s here
on the f ie ld they were having jus t as hard a time
f inancially
as we were.
This
las t paragraph
sounds l ike I'm sore but
I don' t want
i t that
way.
You
did what you thought was right. Because Marcia
doesn't
keep
copies
of
le t ters she
sends
you, I don't
know
what she
wrote.
I t
makes
no
di f fe rence
now.
Whatever
damage
there
was
i s
done.
I wri te
th is to
you
only to t e l l
you
personally how
I
feel .
As
far as
I am
concerned
no
public statement need
be made
about th e ma tte r.
Three weeks ago Marcia made
an
appointment in the
Air
Force hospi ta l
in Nagoya for a physical examination. She has been in Nagoya since,
part
of the t ime in
the
hosp i ta l and the r e s t of
the
t ime a t
the
Davisee.
The day
she
went to
see
the doctor
her eyes
and flesh became a definite
yellow
color. Though some tests were
negative they have
been
treating
he r
fo r
Yellow
J aund ice
However
th e d is sc olo ra tio ns a re
le av in g to o
soon
for
ordinary
yellow
i^aundice.
This week
they
are
making
more
t e s t s
and further t reatment wi l l be required. do not know how much
longer
she
will be in Nagoya.
In
the meantime th e child ren and I are
here
a t Koyoen. They are
learning to accept mo
as both Mammy
and
Daddy
and I am doing
what
I
thought
I could never do be a mother,
though
a p o o r
o n e
The
Seminary opened i t /sral l
term
September
25 with a
Rally.
The
students
gave reports o f t he ir a c ti vi ti es during Ju ly and August. I t
was
helpful to
them
to note
tha t while
they
spent much time
holding
services , with atfcendances
averaging more than 100, yet there was a
very small percentage of baptisms
54
in a l l
the work from Nagoya
to
Ifenoya.
Mr.
Clark pointed out
to
them
there was not
enough
time spent
in
personal
evangel ism. There
was
a n a vera ge
of
lees
than 1
ca l l
per
day. A good note is that the students came back resolved to study hard
to better prepare themselves to serve the Christ . There are
16 students
in the
day classes of
OBS
and 7
others in the
nigh t c lasses which j u s t
began
again
t h i s f a l l
are
grateful to
you
for
the help you
are
giving missionaries,
Haro ld and we be l i eve God
wi l l b les s your
e f f o r t s
Sincere ly a Brother in Chr i s t
8/21/2019 Nielsen Paul Marcia 1952 Japan
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Nov.
11,
1952
Dear Br o t h e r Ha ro l d
This
month s tsr ted
off
the
special ly busy season of the year
foi .us .
I t wil l
continue en up thiough the new year s season.
On Octcter 30 I made a 14 hour
t r io
down to
Brady
Airf ield in
Fyushu whereBicthei
Buy
T- iayfield
is
chaplain. Brother Mayfield
is
promoting a program of contscts between /the G.T.s and the mis
sionaries.
Once a month
they
have
a G.T. >iospel Hour
with
a
mis
sionary speaker.
This month
the night ca^e
on
Halloween so the
attendance was small but
t
ose who atteryfed were an enthusis
stic
group
to talk to. After the meeting ti^re
was
a party just like
a chuoeh young
people s party at
home
laith
pop
corn
balls ,
ducking
for apples and all . This along with the
stale
side
hambuif^ers
mild shake.s
a nd
ice cream
sundeys
thay Bro the r ^uy s e t before us
r ea l ly made
us remember home
again
preachtwice
the
fir s t Sunday in
t h e - s r e a . t
was
i n s p i r i n g
to hay
vices
again.
Specially
inspiring
and
e l e c t r i c
organ
accompanyment
t h u s i a s t i c
in
t h e i r
s ing ing ,
I
hurr ied
back
from t h i s t f ip to
begin
my
Seminary
c lass
cn
Hev^rnber
4
It was
a
pleasant/surprise to find
Miss
Lemon
and
the.Kawamura family
from
Tanabe here. They had come
up
together
I t was a l so my p r i v i l e g e to
ember i n 2 o f t h e
c h a n e l s o f
p a r t in en t i r e l y Eng l i sh s
er
as
the
s ing ing
with
oianc
Most Japanese
j u s t
c a n t
be
en-
in
Miss l emon s j e ep to
today- in the
t
r a
in
Soon
t a r y
p e rs cn e l . A fte r a
did
finish t h e series
o f
w as no n e e d for
immed i a
f u l l y unders t and wha t
ment Japanese hosp i t a l
Bay Ad v en ti s t h o s o i ta
equipments
We know
t he i r
cos t is
very
high . Marcia
will eith er
improve/ci grew worse in the words
of
the
doctor.
I f
she grows
wcise
sne must
e i t h e r have
th e t e s t s o r r e t u rn home
in 2
or
3
weeks t ime,
which means go
by
olane. We
orsy
God wi l l
prepare the.way for/whatever is His will. Thankyou for your pray
ers t}:hei behalf
ann
olease
continue
them. We must begin
now mak
ing
our
appea l fo r
t r ave l funds home sc
they
wi l l be
on hand i f
n e e d e d . b e f o r e
nem
J u n e .
This is
the/season
of the heathen
fal l
festivals end special
spor ts
days in
the
schools .
Many
of these-.eirents
t ake place on
Gunday
and the /church
attendances
havefrllen.
This
is discourag
ing to th e min i s t e r s bu t it helps to shew them t h e i r weaknesses .
We five
Ahanke to
God
always
for
ycu
all ,
making mention of
:ycu
in our nrsyers ; remembering wi thout ceas ing your work c f f a i t h
and labor of Aove and
patience
of hope in our Lord Jesus
Christ,
in the sight/cf God and our ^ather; knowing brethren beloved
your
e l e c t i on o f f
God.
g e t s
ther
rme s upp l i e s . They s t s r tv .d bdck
will b e the various
Ch r i s t m a s
and
new
y e a r s
a c t i v i t i e s
and
s c /w i l l
end
ano the r
yea r .
Marc ia
has dec id ed
she / h ad
b e t t e r
n o t te a ch h e r
Semina ry
course.
The
res t
us
alsyo
feel
she should conserve her
strength.
A day or twc
befo re
she went to Bagcya fo r he r l a s t check up,
an
order
came
to
a l l Air Toro e hosp i t a l s to
s top
ca r ing fo r non-mi l i
Cj6nference
^ i th the hcso i t a l
doctor , they
e s t s a l ready s t s r t ed . T^jese
snowed t he r e
su rge ry bu t
f u r t h e r tests
a r e
needed to
e t r oub le i s . These t e s t s : requ i re
equio-
do
n o t
h a v e .
Ve
have
wr i t t e n th e Sev e n t h
in Tokyo
to see i f
they
have the
necessary
s
condition
8/21/2019 Nielsen Paul Marcia 1952 Japan
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NIELSEN S
ON FURLOUGH IN JUNE
As we write
these lines
we i nt e rupt a busy
Christmas
season.
We
f eel
the
Christians
have
made
c o ns id e ra b le p ro gr es s as they
observe
another birthday
of the Christ. Their programs
are
better
prepared
and more
Christian
in
content. We o f f e r
thanks
to God
fo r
t he s tr en gt he ni ng i nf lu en ce
o f
C hr i st
on t h e
l ives o f His people here in J apan.
These
last 5
months
of our
first
term
in
Japan
will^ass
rapidly.
look
forward to our
furlough
time in anticipation
of
visaing those who have so
faithfully supported
us during
the past 5
years
and of
making
new friendships. j
I t will also
be a
time for strengthening both
physical and
s p i r i t u a l bodies
I
in preparation f or furthe r service in
Chr is thaves t
field.
Each missionary in
Osaka
Christian Missioiy uses
funds
sent in the development
and advancement of the cause of Christ in
^e area
where
ho serves
Therefore
when furlough time
comes it
is necessary ^o make a special plea for travel funds
Travel
coats to
Los Angeles will be aboiA 14^0.
We
must make definite bookings
with the boat company by March and
wili
hoed half of our
boat fare
a t that time.
We pray
God
will put
upon
the
hearts
qf our supporters the need of these travel
funds. Please send
your
gifts by personal
check
or
bank draft
direct to Paul
D e