Seedtime and Hardest

OZAKK BIBLE CO .J-3GIL

VOL. 10

JANUARY

^ 19 6^

NO.

NASHIROS AND

HUCKINS

How beautiful are the feet of Them that preach the gospel of peace, And bring glad tidings of good things!
'' Rom. 10:15

urit^ <^/\/(e and <A/[ai^Uxiie. c^uc^tni

IN THE

BYUKYU ISLANDS

ESTABLISHING SELF-SUPPORTING, SELPPROPOGATING NEW TESTAMENT CHURCHES

THE SECOND DAY OF C!!P,I STNAS

It is the night after Christmas, and it has been a day to remem ber. CXjr family, together with Seiken and Toshiko Nashiro and their NEW little YOSHIHISA, TOOK THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST TO THE POOR LITTLE
HO^ES IN r^KASONE AND UNTEN.

Our Doctor friend from Nakasone (whom some of you met in our

STORY, 'Little Silk of UNten*) gave us his sick list to prepare for
AMD THEN WENT WITH US ON OUR CHRISTMAS JOURNEY. hE IS AN M.D. AN M.D. IN Okinawa can be a rich m\n. But this country doctor does not charge
the poor. Hfe CLIMBED HILLS AND WADED THROUGH MUD WITH THE REST OF US
AMD THOROUGHLY ENJOYED HIMSELF.

THERE isn't space TO TELL THE STORY OF EACH HOME WE VISITED,

THOUGH EACH ONE LEFT ITS II^RESSION. ONE OF OUR FIRST STOPS WAS NEAR

the HOSPITAL--THE HON OF AN OLD COUPLE. THE OLD M<VN GREETED US COR
DIALLY AND SETTLED HIMSELF ON THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE OPEN DOORWAY.

In the REAR OF THE ROOM, BY A TINY CHARCOAL BURNER, SAT THE OLD WOMiVN.

HER FACE SO HOLLOW AND WHITE SHE WAS STARTLING TO LOOK AT. SHE SMOKED
A LONG SLENDER PIPE WITH A TINY BCWL WHICH SEEIVED TO GLOW WITH A SING

LE EMBER. Her hair HUNG LONG AND LOOSE. HER EYES LOOKED EMTY, AND

TRULY THEY WERE, FOR SHE HAb BEEN BLIND FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS.
WE TALKED TO THE OLD M\N, AND HE REMEMBERED THAT WE HAD BEEN TO

THEIR HOI^ FIVE YEARS AGO AT CHRISTMAS TIME. HE LOOKED MUCH THE SAME,

BUT THE OLD WOMAN HAD CHANGED BEYOND RECOGNITION. AT THAT TIME SHE Hrt)

CLAPPED DELIGHTEDLY WHEN THE CHILDREN SANG CHRISTIES CAROLS. NOW THERE
WAS HARDLY A SIGN OF LIFE IN THE PERSON SHE HAD BECOrC.

As WE WERE STANDING THERE TALKING. TOSHIKO, ON SUDDEN IMPULSE ---

NO. NOT ON IMPULSE. BUT THE MOVING OF THE SPIRIT---OUICKLY STEPPED

INTO THE HOUSE AND RAN OVER TO THE OLD WOMAN. SHE CLASPED BOTH OF
THOSE THIN, WHITE HANDS IN HERS AND DREW THAT SORROWFUL OLD WOMAN TO
HERSELF IN ONE OF THE FEW GESTURES OF PURE LOVE WE HAVE SEEN IN THIS

PLACE. The LOOK OF WEARINESS AND DESPAIR ON THE OLD WOMAN'S FACE SEEM

ED TO BE DIFFUSED BY A WONDERFUL LIGHT FROM WITHIN. TOSHIKO SAID.'WE

HAVE COME TO TELL YOU ABOUT jESUS CHRIST, GOD'S SON.'
As SHE LISTENED, THE OLD WOMftN SAID," IF I BELIEVE WILL I BE ABLE
TO SEE AGAIN?'

TOSHIKO SAID,' I don't KNOW ABOUT THAT, BUT GRANDMOTHER, IF YOU

BELIEVE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GO TO HEAVEN AND THERE ALL THE BLIND CAN

SEE AGAIN.*

The OLD WOMAN WAS DEEPLY TROUBLED. ' I KNOW I AM GOING TO DJ-E SOON
AND I AM AFRAID. I CANNOT EVEN SEE TO WORSHIP AT THE GOD-SHELF-- HOW

CAN I SEE TO GO TO HEAVEN?'

"THE YOUNG WOMAN KNEELING BY HER SA ID

WILL SHOW YOU THE WAY.'

GRANDMOTHER . YOU DO NOT

NEED EYES TO SEE THE WAY TO HEAVEN. YOU CAN SEE WITH YOUR HEART. AND I

the OLD WOMiVN BEGGED HER TO CONE AGAIN. AND TOSHIKO WILL. FOR HER
CWN EYES AfsD HER HEART WERE OPENED.

The LONGEST STRETCH OF OUR JOURNEY TOOK US TO A HOME THAT LEFT A

MOST PAINFUL INPRESSION, THE ENTIRE HOUSE WAS NOT N^ORE THAN TWELVE BY

SIX FEET.

IT WAS PARTITIONED. AND

IN AN AREA ABOUT SIX BY THREE. ALONG

A CENENT WALL. LAY A WOMfliN ON A THIN M^T COVERED BY RAGGED QUILTS. SHE
WORE A TIRTY KIMONO AND AN OLD WOOL COAT. A PERSISTENT COUGH SUGGESTED
TUBERCULOSIS. BUT HERE AND THERE ON HER BODY WERE BANDAGES. AND SHE
PAINFUL.

SAID THE AREAS WERE

NOT ONLY WAS THIS WOMAN'S BODY SICK. BUT HER MJND AND SOUL AS
WELL. As SHE TALKED ON AND ON. THE THINGS SHE SAID DID NOT M^KE SENSE.

On THE FLOOR BESIDE HER WAS A TINY KEROSENE STOVE. IN THE NEXT ROOM
HER TWO BOYS WERE EATING THE EVENING MEAL. A MOTHER MUST STILL BE A
MOTHER AS LONG AS SHE CAN SERVE. FOR THERE IS NO ONE TO TAKE HER PLACE.

the LAST HOME WE VISITED WAS THE MOST PITIFUL OF ALL .PERHAPS.DE
PEND ING UPON HOW ONE LOOKS AT IT. IT WAS THE LAST HOUSE IN A LONG ROW OF HOUSES--ALL SM^LL AND BARE WITH MUDDY YARDS. THE DOCTOR WENT AHEAD
TO TELL THEM WE WERE COMING. VWHEN WE ARRIVED AT THE HOUSE THERE WAS A

SM^LL STIR GOING ON IN THE EARTHEN-FLOORED KITCHEN PART. "THEN, TWO ARMS
FROM BEHIND THE SCENES PUSHED A mN OF ABOUT THIRTY-FIVE OUT THE DOOR.

He wore a

long khaki-colored rain COAT HURRIEDLY BUTTONED TO THE NECK.

AND SUN-TAN PANTS CAREFULLY ROLLED UP AT THE BOTTOM. HIS HAIR WAS NEAT LY PARTED AND STILL DAMP FROM THE WET COMB. HE HAD BEEN GROONED.BUT HE
HARDLY KNEW WHY. HE STOOD UNCERTAINLY FOR A MOMENT.THEN MADE HIS WAY

ACROSS THE YARD WITH THE ST IFF.HALTING WALK OF THE BLIND. THE DOCTOR
CALLED HIS NAN AND HE WALKED OVER TO HIM. IN THE KITCHEN DOORWAY APP EARED AN OLD WOMAN IN A SO I LED.RAGGED KIMONO. BEHIND HER WAS A YOUNG

ER WOMftN.HOLDING A LITTLE BOY IN HER ARMS. THE OLD WOMi\N AND THE BOY

HAD SIGHT IN ONLY ONE EYE. THE YOUNG WOMAN.THE BLIND WVN'S WIFE.HAD
NORMAL VISION BUT A SQUARE.FLAT FACE AND OTHER CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
SIVPLE-MINDED.

This paper is published quarterly in the interest of Mel and Marguerite Huckins, Missionaries to the Ryukyu Islands. All gifts shculd be sent to Lloyd Sapp,407 Prairie, Norfolk,Neb.
SECOND aASS MAIL PRIVILEGES AUTHORIZED AT NORFOLK, NEB.

When the blind swn realized who we were and our reason for being

THERE.HE WAS OVERCONt. HE COULDN'T THANK US ENOUGH, ht HELD THE BAG OF

FRUIT AND CANDY AND CLOTHES REVERENTLY AS THOUGH IT WERE SOMETHING

SACRED. Suddenly.HE turned and walked to the mmn doorway of the house

WHERE the old WOWN HAD SEATED HERSELF. ' LOOK WHAT THEY GAVE US.' HE SAID. 'M)THER, GET UP AND TELL THEM THANK YOU--HURRY!'
THE OLD WOMAN LAUGHED AND SAID.'I CAN'T.I'M TOO EMBARRASED! '
the BLIND Mi\N STOOD THERE A LONG TINC AFTER WE LEFT IN HIS LONG
RAINCOAT AND BARE.MUDDY FEET.CAREFULLY HOLDING THE BIG PAPER BAG. A

FEW HOUSES AWAY THE DOCTOR POINTED TO A WOM^N STArOING STRANGELY ALOhE

IN THE YARD-WAY. SHE WAS FACING THE ROAD.BUT SHE DID NOT SEE THE ROAD.

OR US AS WE PASSED BY. 'THE BLIND M^N'S OLDEST SISTER.'THE DOCTOR SAID. Tonight our 'Tiny Tim' . who CA^E to us just ten years ago in tin FOR AN OKINAWAN CHR ISTMAS . PUT HIS ARMS AROUND ME AND SAID.'OH [VbM.lT WAS SUCH A HAPPY DAY.GOING TO THOSE POKR PEOPLE.' YESTERDAY WITH ITS
GIFTS AND LAUGHTER AND MISIC WAS A HAPPY DAY.TOO .AND I COULD NOT TELL
F( WHICH TIM WAS HAPPlEST.

A CHIU

IS BOHN
No, you can breathe again, this is not to announce an addition to our

full house, but to tell

you that IVir. and ^irs.

j '

Seiken Nashiro, our coworkers, have a son, their

first child, born Nov.18
Little Yoshihisa

^
j)

'/ xJ'

(Yoh-she-he-saw) was big

to start with and has advanced in stature ever since. It is our

prayer that his name, which means "eternal reason" will be ful filled completely as he also advances in wisdom and in favor
with God and men. Can we hint since it isn't for ourselves? A

belated birth gift would be a wonderful surprise. The famil y

could also use some more monthly financial help. Send all gifts except money, directly to: Seiken Nashiro, Imadomari Hu Nakijin Son, Okinawa. All money gifts should be sent to the forwarding agent and designated for Ifeshiro baby.

Bro. Nashiro and one o{ the four Dible classes. Con and Tim are at the left rear

The

year
been

of our Lord
recorded

1961

has

now taken
Glancing

its

place
over

in

the
year

annals
we can

OF

the history of the world.and so,too.have the

time
the

labours for God during

the

this
NOTE

in Heaven.
AND

back

following

ACTIVITIES

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

FROM January 1.1961 through the middle of may,we were concerned with the study of THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE IN KOBE.JAPAN. ON MAY 24th. Marguerite's 34th birthday,we arrived back in Okinawa and took up our
LABOURS once AGAIN. THE DAYS.WEEKS AND MONTHS TIVITES which INCLUDED PREPARING MESSAGES IN QUICKLY FILLED WITH AC THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE,
ISLANDS.HELP1NG
AND REBUILD

PREACKING.HELP 1NG BROTHER NASHIRO

CAMPS.STARTING
OUT IN TIME OF

IN EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS ,SUMMER

TO OFF-SHORE

NEW

CLASSES,MAKING

TRIPS

TYPHOON

0 ISASTERS.SICKNESS.DEATH.REPA IRING

ING,MAKING PLANS--THE LIST IS ENDLESS. Seedtime and Harvest and our

LINK-LETTERS
IT IS NOT

GIVE

THE
TO

SPECIFIC
REPEAT

INFORMATION ON
THEM HERE.

MOST OF

THESE

MATTERS

SO

NECESSARY

There cause
WITH AMONG

have

been

many problems AND FINANCIAL

THE MEN. HAVE

and HELP

increased WE HAVE

opposition.but ON
IN A RISE

be

OF
THE THE

YOUR

prayers
AND

LABOURED

TOGETHER
INTEREST

BRETHREN

DEFINITELY WITNESSED

PEOPLE--ESPECIALLY

Three
CLASS HAS

men
BEEN

have

come
IN

for
ONE

teaching.and
NEW AREA AND

as

result one
MORE IS

new

bible
TO

STARTED

ONE

SCHEDULED

BEGIN
ONE

THIS MONTH.
LOCAL

THREE

NEW ENGLISH
WHERE

BIBLE CLASSES
IS

HSVE
AN

BEEN STSRTED-IMMERSED BELIE\fc

AT THE

HIGH SCHOOL

THE PRINCIPAL

ER. AND TWO AT THE CHURCH HERE IN

Contacts in many homes have

IMAOOMARI.
been made a t the time of sickness or

DEATH AND
teaching GATHERED

SRE

BEING FOLLOWED

UP.

AS

A RESULT OF

PERSONAL WITNESS

AND

BY NASHIRO AND 0URSELVES.SOME FIFTY OF THE VILLAGE IN OUR HOME ON CHRISTMAS DAY FOR A SPECIAL VISIT AND

PARENTS SERVICE

DURING WHICH THE

WORK OF THE

CHURCH WAS EXPLAINED

BY NASHIRO SAN.

THE

VARIOUS EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS STILL NUMBER BETWEEN 150 AND 300 WHICH ALSO INDICATES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE GOSPEL PRESENTATION. THERE WAS
ONE ADULT CONVERT DURING THE YEAR.

AT THE

CLOSE OF

1961

THE COMBINED WEEKLY TEACHING

IS AS

FOLLOWS:

Primary classes--4 Jr. High-------------4 High School-----2 Adults---------------4

Total: BEGINNING IN

with 225 attending with 205 attending with 37 attending with 50 attending
MORE CLASSES AND REACH

14 weekly classes reaching 518 people

JANUARY WE PLAN TO START FOUR

TWO MORE
GETHER IN

ISLANDS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP IN 1961. MAY WE INCREASE TO

1962 FOR THE GLORY OF THE LORD.

iiyiNe-LiMif

gjt-

SENERAL SUPPORT
A recent letter stated the interest of a congregation in
supporting the work of the Ryukyu Christian Mission, but in dicated this support was contingent on our need of personal

living-link. This echoes the statements personally heaixi so

many tirres, "We will s\:5)port you personally, but we don't want
our giving just used in "general" ways.

I have often wandered if giving to ths local church were

based on this premise just how the church could meet its obli

gations. Even thou^ the missionary's personal support is pled ged for only a year at a tims in seme cases, when ttere are in sufficient funds to meet the general expenses the missiorary's
personal support is used to ksep the mission debt free.

Thanks be to God, o\jr personal support has been faithfully paid through 196L, but unfortunately we have received only part
of it due to a lack in "general receipts"i.

In the final analysis, the personal ST:5)port and operating

support corns from the same offerings. How wonierful it would be to receive the full amount of personal support sent to the 5/lssion becaijse thou^tful brethren have sent sufficient work ing funds! IVfeiy we count on you?

ACCORDING TO

THE RECORD BOOK:

Ryukyu Christian Mission bank balance shows the amount of $272,^ on

hand. This would be mnderful cause for rejoicing,were it not borrowed money! The financial record as of Dec,31 also reveals a deficit of
$812,71 in the general fund (or service-link). This means that the mission ended the year $812.71 in the red! In order to pay the bills this ampunt has been taken from the Huckins*family living-link receipts. Besides this, there is nothing in the required furlough fund and $8,2W still outstanding on the Volkstoagon, Brethren, this ought not to be!! Please,won't you vho are not now helping in the Ryukyu work help those who are so faithful in their support that the year 1962 will bring
forth a new financial picture in the black?

As of Dec, 31,1961, the

0(ieQyofewagon
n
The Volkswagon rolls on daily helping us perform the rmny tasks necessary to evangelization here in the islands. The speedoireter has rolled up 10,000 miles since last IVay. Its list of accoirplishmsnts is l^ion, not the least of which is trans porting supplies, carrying the generator and equiprrent for village meetings, making many hospital runs with the sick and dying, and increasing our own personal efforts in spreading the Gospel.
It has done well snd continues to do so, but there is one

thing lacking: seven months after its acquisition throu^ the

gifts of the Joliet Church, a Christian ball player in Japan,

and a personal lean of $1,800 from one party, the loan is still
far from being paid off. Ve appealed for a quick liquidation of the loan and to date only two families have sent in specified help.

Brethren, we are msQcing |75.00 monthly payments to retire

the loan, but that takes so long. As of Dec. 31, there is

|;1240.00 outstanding on the loan. Che family alone has given

|l66.66. This final amount can be written off the mission

accounts by only ten families or groups: ^125.00 will do it!

Changing

address

always causes

lot of

bother,

we

are

glad

so

AvE.

MANY OF YOU HAVE NOTJCED ANO ARE MAILING YOUR CHECKS TO 407 PRAIRJE

Norfolk. Neb. Checks should be made payable jo Ryukyu Christian

correspondance and packages should be sent directly to

Mission.
Personal

THOSE FOR whom THE ARE INTENDED.

marI, Nakijin Son, Okinawa.

HUCKINS' ADDRESS

IS:

1573 AZA OYAOO-

NASHIRO'S ADDRESS IS:

SEIKEN NASHIRO.

IMADOMARI KU, NAKIJIN SON

Okinawa.

All money should be sent to the fonvarding agent.

OUANSETS DISNAMTLED for CHURCH BUILDINGS

.>

Ch August 20th. sixty-five i^n from Iivwdomari village gathered in

FRO^JT OF THREE OLD ABANDONED U.S. AlR FORCE OUANSET BUILDINGS NOT FAR FROM HERE AhC RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE DAY'S WORK. FOUR HOURS
LATER THE THREE BUILDINGS WERE DISMANTLED.SORTED.AND THE FIRST TRUCK

LOADED. THIS FIRST TRUCK TOOK ONE BUILDING TO TOGUCHI PORT WHERE IT

WAS PUT ABOARD THE IE SHIMA SHIP AND SENT TO THAT ISLAND TO BE. SET UP
AS A TEr/PORARY MEETING PLACE FOR THE lE SH IMA CHURCH.

the SECOND TRUCK DELIVERED

ITS LOAD TO ImADONWRI WHERE A MEETING

IN 1954 AND HAS

PLACE FOR THE VILLAGE KINDERGARTEN IS TO BE CONSTRUCTED. YOU WILL RE CALL THAT THIS KINDERGARTEN WAS BEGUN BY THE MISSION
BEEN NETING WHERE SPACE PERMITTED EVER SINCE.

THE FINAL LOAD OF M^^TERIAL WAS UNLOADED ON THE MISSION PROPERTY TO BE SET UP AS A TENPORARY tvEETING PLACE FOR THE
SOON AS PROPERTY ARRANGENNTS ARE CONfLETED.

IMADOMARI CHURCH AS

We THANK THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FOR THIS HELP WHICH GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE CHRISTIANS.

IS

The CHRISTIANS ARE CONfLETlNG PLANS FOR FINANCING THE CONSTRUCTION

OF THEIR house: OF WORSHIP.BUT IT IS ONLY RIGHT THAT WE SHOULD HELP

THEM. To DATE $35.00 HAS BEEN RECEIVED FOR THIS MJTUAL UNDERTAKING.
the CHRISTIANS HERE DO NOT EXPECT THE IRAMER ICAN BRETHREN TO KJILD FOR THEM.aJT THEY HAVE SAID.'PLEASE ASK OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN AnCRICA TO HELP US WITH OUR FIRST HOUSE OF WORSHIP. T><EY HAVE WAITED
OVER EIGHT YEARS FOR THIS BUILDING OPPORTUNITY HERE IN iMftDONttRI AND
MORE THAN TEN YEARS IN lE SHIM^.

God WILL HONOR THEIR FAITH AND PATIENCE AND WE TRUST THAT ODD Will.

USE MftNY OF YOU TO HELP THEM. CNLY $1.00 FROM EVERYONE

THIS PAPER WILL BUILD THEM ONE HOUSE OF WORSHIP.
FORE YOU FORGET. THANK YOU.

wHO

RECEIVES

SEND YOURS notwBE

SEND ALL MONEY GIFTS TO: RMJKMJ CHRISTIAM MISS ICN.^cLLOYD

SAPP,

407 Prairie Ave. Norfolk. Neb. Be sure to desi^iate 'building'.

Ml!
YUU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU WILL
WISE YOU PREPARE YOUR*

SELF BEFORE YOU GO IN THE DOOR. E&jf

THE WINDOWS OF

THE

TREAT-

MOMENTARY PLUNGE OF A

IT

IS

KNOW IT WILL BE OVER IN A MOMENT. WE WAITED FOR THE MOMENT TO PASS,

BUT IT NEVER DID. THE TWENTY MINUTES WE WERE THERE WERE AMONG THE Longest in my live.

A little GIRL WAS BEING HELD BY FORCE ON THE DXTOR *S TABLE. SHE
WAS UNDERGOING THE TWICE DAILY CHANGE OF DRESSING AND HER RIGHT HAND WHICH HAD BEEN BITTEN TWO WEEKS NEDICATION ON BY A HA8U

BEFORE

(Okinawa's deadly poiscmous snake) while she slept, thinking it was a

RAT BiTE.HER GRANDMOTHER HAD WAITED THE THREE HOURS UNTIL MORNING.

Then.seeing that the hand had swollen.she tied a tourniquet around her
WRIST tightly AMD LEFT IT ANOTHER TWO HOURS. FINALLY ALARMED.THE GRAND MOTHER TOOK THE CHILD WITH HER BLACK.SWOLLEN HAM3 TO THE HOSPITAL. NDW
THE DOCTOR WAS FIGHTING DESPERATELY TO SAVE THE HAND--WHAT W/B LEFT OF

IT. One FINGER HAD DETERIORATED BEYOND REPAIR AND BEEN AMPUTATED. THE
WHOLE HAM) WAS A MASS OF DISCOLORED .ROTTING FLESH WITH THE BONES AND TENDONS EXPOSED.WHILE ABOVE THE WRIST THE WHOLE STRUCTURE OF THE
ARM WAS SHRUNKEN.

FORE

No GLEAMING CHROME.FRESH WHITE SHEETS.OR COOL ROOMS IN THIS HOS

PITAL. htRE WAS HARSH.GREYISH-COLORED MUSL IN .TARNISHED METAL.ST I FL ING HEAT OR BITTER COLD.DEPEND I NG UPON THE SEASON. THE LITTLE GIRL WORE A COTTON SKIRT AND BLOUSE.CRUIvPLED AND BLOOD-STAINED. AFTER TREATMENT OF HER WOUNDS SHE WOULD BE CARRIED,BACK TO HER HOSPITAL ROOM---ONE OF THE
CLUSTER OF LITTLE HUTS BEHirO THE HOSPITAL BUILDING WHERE THEVERY SICK

STAY. Here the grandmother would tend to her needs s fan the FLIES AND
MOSQUITOES AWAY.PREPARE HER MEALS OVER A CRUDE.OPEN FIRE.PRAY TO ONE OF HER GODS FOR THE CHILD.AhD WAIT EM)LESSLY FOR IT TO ANSWER.

We went back home.UNABLE TO GET THE LITTLE GIRL WITH THE HABU
BITTEN HAND OUTOF OUR MINDS AND HEARTS, EVERY CHILDISH PRAYER THAT WAS

SAID MENTIONED THE LITTLE GIRL WITH 'THE POOR HAND*. TVlEN.ONE DAY WE TOOK A TRIP TO UNTEN.THE HOME OF KINUKO ZAMAMI (thE 'LITTLE SlLK*) OF OUR STORY FOR CHILDREN) AND THERE ALONG THE ROADSIDE WE SAW THE LITTLE
girl OF THIS STORY WITH HER GRANDMOTHER. WE TOOK r>/ENTAL NOTE THAT THEY
WERE STANDING JUST BEFORE A TUNNEL,AND PLANNED THAT WE WOULD COME BACK
and try TO FIND THEIR HOME ANOTHER DAY,

A WEEK OR SO LATER WE WENT IN SEARCH OF THE HOUSE OF KEIKO ONGA .

We FOUND IT NESTLED IN THE CURVE OF A LITTLE HILL IN THE BEAUTIFUL
green country-side FIVE MILES EAST OF THE VILLAGE OF THE JOSHI--THE

TINIEST .POOREST HOUSE IN LNTEN. WHEREVER WE STOPPED TO ASK THE WAY .THE PEOPLE ALL SAID THE"SAME THING--'IT'S THE Small HOUSE.' WE WNEW FROM THEIR EMPHASIS THAT IT MJST BE VERY SlwALL.BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW SMi\LL
UNTIL WE STOOPED TO SIT IN THE DOORWAY OF THAT ONE TINY ROOM. THERE

WAS JUST SPACE FOR THREE PEOPLE TO SIT AhO FOR THE BEDDING TO BE PILED.

The HOUSE WAS so close to THE GROUND WITH SO MCH THICK FOLIAGE AROUND
IT TO HIDE ITS SNWLL.WOODEN BARENESS.THAT ITWAS NO WONDER A HABU FOUND
IN THE NIGHT.

IT AN EASY PLACE OF PREY

It WAS OUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE THE LITTLE GIRL CLOSELY. She WAS one big.toothless grin from the TIN we arrived until we LEFT.
The hand,still in its splint and wrapped with layers and layers of

BROWN gauze,she HELD CAREFULLY UPRIGHT. THEY GAVE HER AGE AS 10.BUT
SHE WAS SXH A THIN .SM^LL-BONED LITTLE GIRL THAT SHE LOOKED TO BE ABOUT

SIX. Her eyes were slightly crossed.but so big and black in their
FRINGE OF LONG.THICK LASHES THAT THEY WERE HER OUTSTANDING FEATURE.

ffiSIDES KEIKO.A SISTER A YEAR OR TWO OLDER .A YOUNG AUNT IN HER EARLY TWENTIES .AND THE OV^NDr^OTHER WERE THERE. I INTRODUCED MYSELF AND
RE-

THREE OF THE CHILDREN WHO WERE WITH ME. TVlE GRANDMOTHER SAID SHE

NEMBERED HAVING SEEN US AT THE HOSPITAL. V\t TALKED 2f\B0UT KE IKO'S HAND.
It WAS GETTING BETTER AND THE REST OF HER FINGERS WOULD BE SAVED. I
COULD TELL AS WE TALKED THAT THEY WERE PLEASED BECAUSE WE HAD COf^.BUT

QUITE PUZZLED. FINALLY,THE AUNT SAID.'WHY DID YOU CON HERE?'

I TOLD THEM WE FELT SORRY ABOUT KEIKO'S"HAND:THAT THE CHILDREN

PRAYED EVERY NIGHT FOR GOD TO HEAL HER,AND THAT THEY WANTED TO GIVE

HER SOMETHING. THE 'SOMETHING* WAS A FEW APPLES AND ORANGES .SONE CANDY.
GUM AND A LITTLE BlBLE STORY BOOK IN JAPANESE. THE LITTLE BOOK TOLD THE STORY OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN. MAYBE THEY WILL UNDERSTATJD WHY WE
CANC WHEN THEY READ IT.AM) MAYBE THE BOOK WILL BE LOANED TO THE NEIGH

BOR CHILD WHO SAID."Why are you GOING there?'-WHEN I ASKED HERTOTELL
US THE WAY.

WELCOME,

VISITORS!

TVIE USUAL DIET OF ONLY JVPANESE AND OKINAWAN SPEAKING VISITORS TO

OUR HOME IS

RARELY GIVEN THE ADDITIONAL SPICE OF ENGLISH SPEAKING

GUESTS^WHICH THE CHILDREN.ESPECIALLY LONG TO ENJOY.

Drug Company here

OCCASIONALY MR.

h^RIANO OONTCB.A CHRISTIAN PHILIPPINO BROTHER .MANAGER OF THE AMERICAN

in Okinawa.comes to visit and worship with the

CHRISTIANS. Then.thanks to Brother Taylor of the Bella ire Church of Christ (Christian) in San Antonlo.TtxAS,and their very thoughtful min

ister, brother gene BIRNEY.WE were introduced via letter to NySGT. Am

Mrs. Herman Austin and family stationed at Kadena Air Base. WE h/ve

enjoyed several fine visits with these folk. Another military family.

Pvt. and M^s.jim Pope have visited our home, as a result of Mdm Huckins
TRIP TO Okinawa when she am) Carol Pope crossed the Pacific together. "TVHE last guests OF THE YEAR WERE MiSS VlELMA HELD AND MISS VELMA

WEIR.AMERICAN school TEACHERS WITH THE AlR FORCE IN JAPAN. "ME TWO
VELMAS have visited many.if NOT ALL THE MISSIONARIES IN JAFAN.AND NOW Okinawa and Miyako have been added to their list. WE got to see them BOTH coming and GOING CM THEIR TRIP TO MIYAKO FOR CHRISTMAS AND DID SO
MUCH ENJOY THEM.

How GOOD IT HAS BEEN TO HAVE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE

IN OUR HOME AND

TO FELLOWSHIP WITH THEM IN A CONWON FAITH. IF YOU KNOW OF OTHERS WHO ARE HERE IN OKINAWA.OR WHO ARE PLANNING TO BE,LET US KNOW AND WE WILL
TRY TO CONTACT THEM.

THANK

YOU

Many, many thanks to all who made our Christmas a happy one with your gifts and offerings. Many churches who support us regularly gave an extra offering as a Christmas gift, and we want you to know we sincerely appreciate your sacrificial giving
May God bless each one of you, and send you joy and pros perity in the new year.

Doris Bobbitt

Ozark Bible College

516 N. V.all Joplin 5fio.

Dear

Christian Labourers, The Primary class has learned of the

and has oyer

many needs of the missiona ries,

the past months brought nickles, and dimes, in hopes that some need might be met. For child ren to realize the task of winning souls who
have not heard the Gospel, is sometimes diff icult, but a remij)der each week in the way of

a contribution, they feel some connection with

the mission field.

In Christian love.

The Primary Class

Iferhaps you, too, have realized it is difficult to help children realize the meaning of irdssions. If so, won't you try
this irethod of having the children give regularly, each week?

However, you need not limit this irethod of mission educa

tion to the children. Try it in the adult .classes, too. J\jst small contributions, given regularly, each week.

Seedtime and Harvest

APRIL MAY JUNE 19 62

Ti-n

Nashir*

THE GUN HAS BEEN SILENCED FOR 17 YEARS WHILE THE GOa>EL IS PROCLAIMED DAILY

Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit saith the Lord, ..Zech. 4:6

utU^

and cJ\/(a'i^Uxite.
IN THE

RYUKYU ISLANDS
ESTABLISHING SELF-SUPPORTING, SELFPROPOGATING NEW TESTAMENT CHURCHES

VI LLAGE OF THE JOSHl

CHAPTER 6

THE STORY OF SACHIKO

Wherever THE there are missionaries and a BE missionary home THERE FROM DAWN there will be

children OF THE PEOPLE.

THEY WILL

UNTIL DARK-IN

THE YARD,ON THE DOORSTEP,AT THE WINDOW. THEY DO NOT KNOW THE MEANING OF
PRIVACY OR OF PERSONAL OR PROPERTY RIGHTS. THOUGH THEY WILL LEAVE WHEN

THEY ARE ASKED TO.THEY ALWAYS RETURN.

TRESPASSED ON THE SACRED PORTALS OF

IT
YOUR

IS STRANGE.BUT ONCE THEY HAVE

HEART THEY ARE NO LONGER IN-

TRUDERS'THEY

BELONG

THERE.

THIS

STORY

TOOK

PLACE

QUITE

LONG

TIME

AGO

IN

THE

VILLAGE

OF

THE

JOSHI. I HAVE TRIED TO TELL I T MANY TIMES,BUT THE WORDS WERE NEVER RIGHT.
It is ABOUT ONE OF THESE CHILDREN WHO WAS ALWAYS HERE UNTIL ONE DAY SHE

wasn't.

Her name was Sachiko.

I realize how long ago ithappened when

FRIENDS. ONE OF
NOW.

I
IS

LOOK AT HER
IN THE HOUSE

BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND HER

AT THIS MOMENT-A YOUNG WOMAN

HER

FRIENDS

SACHIKO WAS

THE OLDEST OF

SIX CHILDREN;

OLD

ENOUGH TO

KNOW THAT THE

BIG.LUMBERING,DRUNKEN MAN WHO OCCASIONALLY CAME HOME WAS HER

FATHER,BUT

NOT IN THE SENSE THAT OTHER GIRLS HAD FATHERS. SHE SENSED HER MOTHER'S
FEAR AND DREAD OF HIM. THE YOUNGER CHILDREN CLUNG TO HIM,TRIED TO GET

HIS ATTENTION,BUT SACHIKO KEPT OUT OF HIS WAY. HER FATHER WOULD STAY
BRIEFLY,DRINK HEAVILY,AND THEN RETURN TO HIS JOB AND HIS OTHER HOME AND

FAMILY IN THE SOUTH. SACHIKO'S MOTHER WORKED HARD TO KEEP THE CHILDREN
FED AND CLOTHED. SHE WAS A BEAUT IFUL WOMAN WITH DARK,SOFTLY WAVING HAIR.

BUT A ROOT OF
FROM OTHER

BITTERNESS AND A DEFENSIVE PRIDE KEPT HER AT A DISTANCE

PEOPLE.

HOW DOES A PERSON DESCRIBE ONE CHILD OF A RACE

OF PEOPLE WHOSE OUT

WARD CHARACTERISTItS ARE ALL SO MUCH THE SAME? OF COURSE.NO ONE TRULY
LOOKS THE SAME EVEN THOUGH THE COLOR OF THEIR HAIR AND EYES AND SKIN

IS ALMOST IDENTICAL.

SACHIKO RESEMBLED THE OTHER GIRLS ONLY IN THAT

HER HAIR WAS SHORT AND BLACK.HER EYES DARK AND HER SKIN SUN-BROWN. SHE
WAS AS SLENDER AND SUPPLE AS A YOUNG BROWN MOUNTAIN REED;A CHILD OF

THIS BEAUTIFUL GREEN OUTDOORS WHO LOVED TO RUN WITH THE SALTY SEA WIND.

SHE WAS.IN FACT.THE BEST GIRL RUNNER AT KANESH I JUNIOR SCHOOL. AT THE
SAME TIME.Sachiko was an imaginative child who sat spellbound during
BY MUSIC AND LOVED THE

THE telling of A BIBLE STORY,WAS EASILY STIRRED

island SONGS AND CHRISTIAN HYMNS WHICH SHE SANG UNUSUALLY WELL.

This paper is published quarterly in the interest of Mel and Marguerite Huckins, Missionaries to the Ryukyu Islands. All gifts shuld be sent to Lloyd Sapp,407 Prairie, Norfolk,Neb,
SECOND CLASS MAIL PRIVILEGES AUTHORIZED AT NORFOLK, NEB.

there was nothing about this active.carefree girl to

SHE WAS THAI NOT

indicate that
OF HER SKfN HAD

WELl .EXCEPT A FAINT YELLOWISH CAST TO THE COLOR MORt; NOTICABLE AS TIME WENT ON. MORE ANO MORE

BECAME

OFTEN SHE

TO MISS SCHOOL A WEEK AND LONGER AT A TIME. AFTER EACH

SHE BOUNCED

ILLNESS.HOWEVER.

BACK WITH HER WONDERFULLY H/^PPY SMILE,AND WAS SEEN RUNNING VILLAGE AGAIN. IT WAS HARD TO BELIEVE ANYTHING SERIOUS

THROUGH THE
COULD BE

WRONG.

We went back to America for our first furlough,and were gone for more
THAN A YEAR. WHEN WE RETURNED TO OKINAWA WE SOON HEARD ABOUT SACHIKO.

She had not been able to go to school for a year.

hoping her CONDITION WOULD NOT BE TOO BAD;
MIGHT BE WORSE EVEN THAN THEY HAD SAID.

I went to see her,

IN MY HEART THAT IT

FEARING

I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE GIRL WHO WAS SITTING JUST INSIDE THE DOOR-WAY

OF Sachiko's house. Black hair hung long and lifeless to her shoulders
FRAMING A LARGE BLOATED FACE. THE REST OF HER BODY WAS CONCEALED UNDER

AN OLD

BROWN WOOL COAT WHICH SHE HELD

TOGETHER WHERE THE BUTTONS SHOULD

HAVE BEEN.
FAINT GASP.
HER HEAD

YOSHIKO.THE YOUNG CHRISTIAN WOMAN WHO WAS WITH ME,GAVE A

'You ARE SACHIKO,*SHE SAID UNBELIEVINGLY. THE GIRL LOWERED
BIT HARD ON HER LOWER LIP.

AND

IT WAS THE

TOO

FAMILIAR STORY OF THE

TERRIBLE

PROGRESS OF DISEASE

LEFT UNATTENDED.
AND THEN IT

IT WORKS A LONG TIME

SUBTLY ALTER THE

INSIDE WHERE IT DOES NOT SHOW,

OUTSIDE,AND THE SLIM HOPE THAT

BEGINS TO

THE WHOLE THING REALLY

I ASKED
BY HER

ISN'T SO, SLOWLY DIES.

Sachiko many questions.ano my anxiety was somewhat relieved

ANSWERS:

How ARE YOU FEELING?'

I AM WELL,THANK YOU. '

'DO YOU SUFFER ANY PAIN?'

'No,I DON'T'
'Do YOU HAVE TO REST EVERY DAY?'

'No,I DO NOT NEED TO REST.'

'Are you taking medicine?' 'No.! DO NOT NEED TO TAKE MEDICINE NOW."

'Are you Getting better.then?' 'Yes,I AM getting well.thank you.'

Actually,THE
THAT THEN.
AND OF

questions were answered too well,but

TAUGHT DISREGARD
NOT MAKE

I did

not know

GIRLS ARE
ONE

FOR

THEIR

OWN PERSONAL FEELINGS,

FEEL SAD BY TELLING

COURSE

DOES

ANOTHER

PERSON

him OF ONE'S OWN TROUBLE.

ED ABOUT THE RUN-DOWN

I WAS A LITTLE SUSPICI 0US.HOWEVER,AS

AND PROPERTY,THAT THERE WAS NO

I LOOK
FOR

HOME

MONEY

medicine OR TO PAY

A DOCTOR FOR HIS ORDERS.

I DECIDED

TO SEE THAT

Sachiko was taken to

new missionary doctor who was

soon to arrive

in

the southern city of Shuri.

The doctor was delayed two months

in coming to Okinawa.

One morning

Yoshiko and
A moment.

I stopped on our way through the village to see Sachiko

approached the house we saw a number of women s i t t i n g

As we

inside,

they were not talking, my heart sank as

I LOOKED AT YOSHIKO

for confirmation of the thing that FLASHED THROUGH MY MIND.'SACHIKO IS

DYING.

"AH YES.SHE MAY BE DEAD.*YOSHIKO SAID SADLY.

We GREETED THE WOMEN AT THE DOOR-WAY AND WERE MOTIONED TO COME IN

SIDE. AS WE SETTLED OURSELVES OPPOSITE THE LONG-FACED oboscois IN THEIR

DARK KIMONOS.Sachiko's mother entered the room from the kitchen part.
'How IS Sachiko?'we asked anxiously.

AN old woman shook her head sadly and whispered.'She wi lld IE soon.
Sachiko's mother began to cry.

A tiny corner of the room had been enclosed with cardboard, behind
this partition on a thin straw mat lay Sachiko. The terrible effort of

HER breathing FILLED THE ROOM. AT INTERVALS SHE MOANED. "OKASAN' (MOTHER).
WE ASKED IF THE DOCTOR HAD BEEN CALLED. THE WOMEN ALL SHOOK THEIR

HEADS 'no' and SAID.'IT IS TOO LATE NOW.

IT IS TOO LATE.'
'WE WILL GO AND

'BUT A DOCTOR CAN HELP HER SUFFERING.'WE ARGUED.

CALL THE DOCTOR.'

'Yes,' said the mother brokenly. "Please call the Doctor.'

WE WENT TO NAKASONE FOR OUR GOOD FRIEND.DR. NISHIHIRA.WHO TOOK CARE OF 'Little silk of Unten.* This always weary.wonderfully kind country DOCTOR CAME AS ALWAYS TO DO THE BEST HE COULD. WE SHOULD HAVE
HIM SOONER.

CALLED

THE DIAGNOSIS WAS TUBERCULOSIS. SACHIKO'S SUFFERING COULD BE RELIEVED FOR AWHILE.BUT THERE WAS NO HOPE FOR HER LIFE. I BELIEVED THE DOCTOR.

BUT I ALSO BELIEVED GOD.AND I PRAYED FOR A MIRACLE. ALMOST OVERNIGHT

SHE BEGAN TO IMPROVE. AS FLUID WAS REMOVED FROM HER BODY.THE TERRIBLE

SWELLING WENT DOWN LEAVING HER PITIFULLY THIN.BUT LOOKING MORE LIKE HER
FORMER SELF. SHE WAS ABLE TO TALK AGAIN AND COULD EAT.

THE DOCTOR HAD WARNED ME NOT TO GO INSIDE THE ROOM WHERE SACHIKO WAS
BECAUSE OF THE DANGER OF BECOMING INFECTED THROUGH A FLEA OR MOSQUITO

BITE.

INSTEAD. 1 STOOD IN THE KITCHEN-PART WHERE

I COULD LOOK THROUGH

THE DOOR-WAY AND STILL SEE AND HEAR HER.

I BROUGHT SOUPS AND PUDDINGS

AND JELLO-AS MANY THINGS AS

I COULD THINK OF TO TEMPT HER APPETITE.

SHE HAD A WONDERFUL SENSE OF HUMOR. ONE DAY HER MOTHER ASKED HER. 'WHOSE

SOUP 00 YOU LIKE BEST? MOTHER'S OR THE MISSIONARY'S?

Her EYES DANCING.Sachiko answered.'Mother's soup is from down there,

(pointing down)and the missionary's is from up there!(pointing up).

Word was sent to Sachiko's father when she was not expected to live.
He took his time getting there,and so was not only surprised,but re

sentful WHEN HE arrived TO FIND HIS DAUGHTER IMPROVED. 00 THE MISSIONARIES

THAT THE DOCTOR WAS

HE SAID, 'WHY

INTERFERE? MY CHILD HAS A FATHER.' HE THREATENED

NOT TO COME AGAIN TO SEE HER.

Dr. Nishihira did come again,in spite of THE Father's threat.

I was

THERE ALSO DURING THE DOCTOR'S VISIT THE NEXT DAY,WHEN SACHIKO'S FATHER
lumbered up THE PATH TOWARD THE HOUSA. I BREATHED A QUICK PRAYER THAT

60D WOULD TURN HIM ASIDE FROM ANY EVIL

INTENTION.

HE CAME

INTO THE

HOUSE.GREETED US CORD I ALLY.AND IN NO WAY INTERFERED WITH THE DOCTOR'S

Sachiko's mind
GREW WEAKER AS THE

and

spirit remained
WENT BY,

bright and alert,but her

I STOOD

body
IN

DAYS

ONE AFTERNOON

A LONG TIME

THE KITCHEN-PART OUTSIDE HER ROOM.KNOWING

HOWDREADING FEELING THAT I REACHED TO LEAVE.

I MUST GO BACK HOME.BUT SOME

I FINALLY SAID GOODBY AND LEFT WITH THE DISTINCT IT WAS UNUSUALLY QUIET WHEN BIRD WAS DEAD IN THE BOTTOM

1 WOULD NEVER SEE HER AGAIN. THE LITTLE WILD MOUNTAIN

HOME.

OF ITS

BAMBOO CAGE-A SMALL HEAP OF SOFT BROWN FEATHERS.

IT MIGHT HAVE

HAPPENED ANY TIME.BUT HAPPENING WHEN IT DID SEEMED AOMOST PROPHETIC.

(To BE CONTINUED)

Dressed in their best

Playmates f the Huckins children

DR.
Dr,

AOKI

IN OKINAWA

Hideo aoki.well known Japanese-American educator.outstanding

Christian and preacher now serving the mabashi church in Tokyo.Japan.

TOOK TIME out FROM HIS BUSY SCHEDULE OF TEACHING AT THE ARMY'S UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EXTENSION HERE,TO COME TO OUR COUNTRY VILLAGE
DAYS OF MEETINGS.

FOR TWO

Sunday.MARCH 4th.was a very full

Sunday.MARCH

4th.was

very Dr.

full Aoki

inspirational

day.

spoke to the combined Bible

school

'

' V c l a s s e s at the Sunday school HduR.

Then 64 Junior High students from

Imadomari .Gushiken and

Izumi

Bible

P- ' c l a s s e s descended on Toguchi Port

and finally IeShima for annual

Bible class picnic.

During the two

hours between boats we divided into three groups; Dr.Aoki meeting with
the IE Shima brethren.Brother Nashiro and I leading a group to the top OF MT.GUSUKU.AND the third group relaxing at the HALF'WAY rest area.

Dr. aoki spoke in Imadomari both Saturday and Sunday nights.

It made

us REALIZE MORE THAN EVER HOW DESPERATELY THE OKINAWANS NEED THEIR OWN MEN OF GOD TO STAND BEFORE THEM AND TELL THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE OFHAVING COME OUT OF DARKNESS INTO THE MARVELOUS LIGHT.

THE Priestess of Nunduruchi Ya was present at both meetings. From a

PLACE JN THE REAR OF THE BUILDING I WAS ALLE TO OBSERVE HER REACTION

to the message. SHEWAS so UNCOMFORTABLE-NOT physically.BUT SPIRITUALLYTHAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HER TO SIT STILL. THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS NOT GIVEN HER PEACE FOR SEVEN YEARS.BUT SHE STILL HARDENS HER HEART. SO MUCH IS AT STAKE: HER POSITION IN THE VILLAGE AND IN HER HOMEsTHE RE ACTION OF THE PEOPLE .SHOULD SHE TAKE A STAND. IT WOULD TAKE GREAT CON*

VICTION AND COURAGE FOR THIS WOMAN TO 'COME OUT FROM AMONG THEM'.BUT
THE ENABLING.TRANSFORMING POWER IS AT WORK HERE TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE. WE WERE MUCH IN PRAYER FOR DR. AOKI AS HE PREACHED. HE WAS LED TO BRING OUT THINGS IN HIS MESSAGE THAT HE HAD NT INTENDED TO INCLUDE. They were matters that pierced right at the heart of trouble here in
THIS area.

A sukiyaki dinner preceeded the Sunday evening service.providing an

opportunity for the people to get acquainted WITH Dr.aoki. seated near

HIM WAS A HIGHLY RESPECTED VILLAGE ELDER.AN OLD VERY SYMPATHETIC TO THE PREACHING OF

GENTLEMAN WHO HAS THE

BEEN

THE GOSPEL. HE HAS

IDEA.AS HA/E

SO MANY OKINAWANS.THAT AMERICA IS MERELY LARGER THAN OKINAWA-THEY HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH LARGER.AND THAT CALIFORNIA IS OF COURSE SMALLER THAN THAT. He THINKS ANYONE FROM AMERICA SHOULD KNOW HIS BROTHER IN LOS AN GELES. We expected THE USUAL QUESTION TO BE ASKED DR. AOKI:'DO YOU

KNOW MY BROTHER?* BUT THE ANSWER THIS TIME WAS MOST UNUSUAL:'YES.I DO.
He is a very GOOD FRIEND OF MINE. WE WERE ASTONISHED AND NO ONE WAS

ANY MORE SURPRISED THAN DR. AOKI.

NOT SO THE OLD MAN. HE JUST CHUCKLED

AND SHOOK HIS HEAD IN AGREEMENT.AS THOUGH TO SAY.'AH YES,WELL I THOUGHT

YOU WOULD." The others in the GROUP WERE ALL PLEASED.TOO,BUT NOT PAR

TICULARLY SURPRISED. ONE OF THE YOUNG WOMEN CASUALLY REMARKEDISN*T

IT A NARROW WORLD?* Isn't it!
* * * *

AS

UNTO

THE

LORD-

I T ISWITH GRATEFUL THANKS

THAT WE EXPRESS APPRECIATION TO THE CON

GREGATION AT LUSK.WYO.FOR THE FAITHFUL COMPLETION OF TWO YEARS OF SUP

PORT TOWARDS OUR FAMILY'S LIV ING-LINK NEEDS. IT IS ALWAYS A SOURCE OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO US TO BE FREE FROM CONCERN ABOUT OUR PERSONAL SUPPORT.

AND SO SE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE BRETHREN AT LUSK FOR WHAT THEY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TOWARD THE PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL IN OKINAWA.
WE WOULD SAY THANKS AGAIN TO ALL YOU OTHER CO-WORKERS WHO UPHOLD US IN PRAYER AND MATERIAL SUPPORT SO FAITHFULLY. ALSO.TO THE CHURCHES WHO HAVE SENT GIFTS OF CLOTHING AND FOOD ITEMS,THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.

PRAY THAT OTHERS WILL TAKE UP WHERE NECESSITY HAS CAUSED SOME OF THE SUPPORT TO BE D ISCONTINUED.THAT THERE WILL BE NO LACK IN CARRYING ON
THE Lord's work.

BELIEVE

IT OR

NOT!

ONLY SIC.00 RECEIVED AS SPECIAL OFFERING FOR THE VOLKSWAGON THROUGH

JAN.-March! There is nothing in our repatriation fund as of April 1!! Some gifts have come designated 'use where needed most'. These have
TO BE stretched TO HELP PAY THE VOLKSWAGON. HELP PAY NASHIRO'S SALARY.
Help pay the general expenses of evangelizing the islands.etc. Only

2% OF THE 2.000 PEOPLE ON THE Seedtime and Harvest mailing list re

spond! so many times WE SAY THAT IF ONLY EVERY ONE WHO RECEIVES THE

PAPER WOULD SEND 81.00! WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL NOT HINDER THE GOSPEL
BEING PREACHED INTO ALL THE WORLD.

Remember, all gifts of money must be sent jo: Byukyu Christian Misshn
407 Prairie Ave.. Norfolk. Neb. All boxes should be sent directly to:

Mel & Marguerite Huckins, 1573 Aza Oyadomari. Nakijin Son. Okinawa.

IMPORTANT
I HAVE WRITTEN PLEAS FOR FINANCUL HELP MANY TIMES AND TORN THEM UP
WITHOUT EVER SENDING THEM IN TO BE PUBLISHED IN THIS PAPER. PERSEVERING PRAYER AND FAITH SHOULD BE ENOUGH. BEGGING FOR FUNDS SHOULD NOT BE.

Perhaps prayer and faith have not been exercised enou6H;perhaps we are
TOO human.but I FEEL THE NECESSITY OF WRITING THIS NOTE REGARDING THE
FINANCES. present STATE OF OUR

The FINANCIAL RECORD FOR 1961 REVEALED A MISSION DEFICIT 0F } 1 ,135.65. This amount has been borrowed from our living-link receipts over a two YEAR period. The amount increased to $1,160.28 IN January of this year;

TO SI .242.50 IN February,and asofmarch 31

baring any sudden
thing to

it stands at $1,326.1 1.

We

are thankful to God that we are making out alright atthe present time,
illness or emergency.
for!

With six children.this

is some*

be thankful

We
one

are concerned about this continued

of our living-link churches TO MEET has

Increase.especI ally now that

a two year committment

fulfilled OUR

AND

THEIR

SUPPORT
IS

IS

NO LONGER

FORTH COMING.
BOTH

WHAT WILL

HAPPEN WHEN

OUR
UN

LIVING-LINK

NOT ENOUGH

LIVING NEEDS AS WELL AS

DERWRITE THE
We DO NOT

COST OF
ASK YOU

EXPANDING WORK AND

WHO HAVE BEEN

INCREASING PRICES?
AND HAVE GIVEN SO WONDER

FAITHFUL

FULLY FOR THIS WORK TO GIVE MORE. RATHER, PLEASE PRAY WITH US THATTHOSE WHO ARE NOT GIVING AT ALL WILL BE CONVICTED OF THE NEED. WE DO APPEAL

TO THE MAJORITY OF YOU WHO RECEIVE Seedtime and Harvest and are kept
POSTED JOIN ON THE US WORK BUT WHO MAY HAVE THIS OVERLOOKED THE FINANCIAL NEEDS.TO WITH ESPECIALLY AT TIME.

In ORDER TO JUST BREAK EVEN EACH MONTH WE NEED AN INCREASE OF $70.00

PER MONTH IN SERVICE-LINK.
BEFORE THE FUND,OR

THIS

DOES

NOT
WORK.

ALLOW

FOR

URGENTLY NEEDED
A PRO-RATED

HOUSE

REPAIRS

SOON-COMING TYPHOON SEASON.FOR

REPATRIAT<ON

FOR EXPANDING THE

Please, will you help? thank you,and God bless you.

K A J I
I SOUNDED LONG AND PERSISTENT,AND
FOR FIRE INA VILLAGE OF

!
GONG ALARM RANG ITS NOTE OF TERROR,
TERROR.

was teaching our children school this morning WHEN the VILLAGE THE FIRE

THATCH-ROOF HOUSES ONA WINDY DAY MEANS

The AIR BECAME SMUDGY AND STALE WITH SMOKE.

IT HUNG HEAVILY OVER THE

ROOF-TOPS AND TREES OF THE VILLAGE.

I SHOULD

HAVE DROPPED EVERYTHING

AND RUN WITH THE OTHERS, BUT I THOUGHT THE FIRE WAS NEAR THE SEA AND SO

WOULD BE QUICKLY PUT OUT.

FINALLY, I TOOK THE CHILDREN AND WENT.

SOME

ONE WE PASSED ON THE WAY SAlP.'lT IS KIMIKO'S HOUSE.* KIMIKO I S MY BEST

FRIEND. I
ING

I WISHED IN

HAD RUN WITH THE TO SEE THE MEN

REST. TEAR OFF THE LAST OF

THE WOMEN

ARRIVED
STRAW

TIME
THE

THE SMOULDER

FROM

CHARRED

RAFTERS.AND TO SEE

LEAD THE FORLORN

FIGURE OF KIMIKO.WITH ONE TWIN STRAPPED ON HER BACK.AWAY FROM HER HOr. None ofKimiko's five children were harmed.although one l i t t l e boy

HAS AN awful LOAD ON HIS SHOULDERS-THE ONE WHO LIT THE MATCH. THING WAS SAVED.

EVERY

'Everything* was a small pile of clothes that looked

BEDDING.AND A THIRD SMALL PILE OF DISHES AND

LIKE rags.ANOTHER PILE OF

pans. This wasn't everything.though: Hopes and dreams,tears and laughTER-THOSE THINGS THAT THE YEARS WEAVE INTO THE WOOF AND WARF OF A HOME

WERE

GONE.

THEY WOULD BE WOVEN AGAIN

IN

THE NEW HOUSE.BUT

IT WOULD BE

WITH A NEW SKEIN AND THE PATTERN WOULD NEVER

BE QUITE THE

SAME AGAIN.

DURING THE PAST THREE MONTHS

Due to unforseen delays.problems and work which required our time in

IMADOMARI ANO IE SHIMA.WE WERE UNABLE TO REACH THE TWO NEW ISLANDS AND

BEGIN THE FOUR NEW CLASSES AS PLANNED IN THE LAST ISSUE OF Seedtime Olid
Harvest,BUT the prospects are bright for this accomplishment shortly.
January through March has been filled with the usual number of meet-

INGS and classes, incluoing twenty-two studies prepared and delivered by

myself inthe Japanese language.which required many hours ofpreparation.

Aside from this primary work.countless hours have been devoted to help ing the people with their personal problems ano in their experiences of

trouble and sorrow.accident and death. The effect of Christian love and

concern for the people is realized when we are called upon in time of
NEED. We are grateful for this.

Brother Nashiro continues his fine labour of teaching,counseling and

ADVISING IN NEARLY ALL PHASES OF WORK AND DAILY LIVING.

HIS WIFE ALSO

IS DOING A FINE WORK WITH THE WOMENS CLASSES. TWO CHRISTIANS ARE GIVING

THEIR TIME IN A WONDERFUL WAY IN TEACHING CLASSES FOR CHILDREN. MORE

PEOPLE ARE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CHURCH AND THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.

FINALLY.OUR TIME CONTINUES TO BE DIVIDED BETWEEN THE WORK.PROPERTY REPAIRS,AND TEACHING OUR CHILDREN THEIR SCHOOL LESSONS. WE HAD CONSID
ERED ENTERING THE CHILDREN IN A MISSION SCHOOL IN THE SOUTH,BUT COULD-

NOT LOCATE A CHEAP RENTAL PROPERTY FOR THEM AND MY MOTHER. PLEASE PRAY
THAT
FROM

WE

WILL

BE

ABLE

TO

FIND

A PLACE
THE

DURING

THE

SUMMER

AND

SO

BE

FREE

THIS

RESPONSIBILITY

DURING

NEXT

SCHOOL

YEAR.

IzumiJr.Hi students nn buard the le Shima ship fi>r Bible School picnic on le Shima Island

THE

PR ICE

OF

BETRAYAL

IViE RELIGIOUS LEADERS PAID JUOAS THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER TO BETRAY

Christ in hopes that his message might be stopped. Tragic for that be.
TRAYER AND FOR THE CONDEMNING WORLD FOLLOWERS OF BY NOT OF THAT TIME! STILL BUT CAN IT NOT BE AND SAID TODAY THAT THE CHRIST ARE BETRAYING HlM WORLD

HINDERING HIS MESSAGE

PAYING THE PRICE OF

EVANGELISM?

Could

jt be that the amount with held

IS ACTUALLY THE PRICE OF

by

both the Christian and the

CONGREGATION

BETRAYAL?

ON THE
Mrs.

AIR

Isabel dittemore's fine radio presentation. Behola Christ's

first OF
OF

Church, WENT ON THE AIR HERE IN OKINAWA OVER KSDX.THE CHRISTIAN RADIO
station.the FEBRUARY.
FOLLOW.UP

IN

COOPERATION WITH MRS.

DITTEMORE WE
COURSE WEEKS

ARE TAKING CARE IN

THE

FROM THE BIBLE CORRESPONDANCE THE FIRST RESPONSE THREE

CONJUNCTION WITH

IT.

WE RECEIVED

AFTER THE
WILL BE

PROGRAM
IN

BEGAN.

PLEASE PRAY THAT

HOMES.

THE

MESSAGE OF

THIS PROGRAM

HEARD

MANY OKINAWAN

WELCOME

VISITORS

Mr. and Mrs. WaroZd DeBar of university Christian Church.Los Angeles.

Calif..SPENT two busy days
was these fine good to in have our home for a

in Okinawa ontheir Far East tour of mission

with short

people

TIME,AND

TO

TALK

OF

MUTUAL

FRIENDS

AND

WORK

IN THE STATES. Such vrsiTS from home are

always so REFRESHING AND ENJOYABLE.
Another
WHAT HAVE A

B,' SraLVIilifr'
if'tI

fine

guest was put to work,and

IN THE SPIRIT OF WE THE

good

fellowship WITH BROTHER

ENJOYED

HIDEO AOKI

MABASHi Church of Christ in Tokyo. Dr. Aoki

HOLDS A Ph.D.,AND TAUGHT A TERM FOR .THE MILITARY AS

Harold Debar
A STAFF MEMBER OF

THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND'S OVERSEAS SCHOOL.

VICTION AND UNSHAKABLE FAITH MADE A GREAT

HIS DEEP SPIRITUAL CON

ON THE MINDS OF

IMPRESSION

THE OKINAWAN

PEOPLE

WHO

HEARD

HIM.

WE LEARNED TO KNOW AND

LANGUAGE SCHOOL
VISIT AND US WHILE

LOVE
OF

ISABEL
COURSE

DiTTEMORE
WE WERE

IN KOBE.JAPAN DURING
TO
OF

DAYS

THERE.
ON

DELIGHTED
WE DID A LOT

HAVE

HER

IN OKINAWA

RADIO

BUSINESS.

TALKING

COVERED ALOTOFMILES

IN A VERY SHORT TIME.BUT ITWASMOST

ENJOYABLE.

The laying the fcundatitn

A CHURCH

BUILDING FOR I E SHIMA

Thanks to your response.the Ie Shima Christians were able to begin THEIR LONGED-FOR HOUSA OF WORSHIP ON PROPERTY PURCHASED ABOUT TEN YEARS

AGO BY BROTHER J.D.SNIOER.WHO WAS A SEARGENT SERVING WITH THE AIR FORCE
HERE AT THAT TIME. THE PROPERTY IS IN A BEAUTIFUL LOCAT ION.BOUND ON THE
WEST BY A SMALL LAKE,ON THE NORTH BY A NICE GROVE OF TREES WHICH CONCEAL
A MADE-T0ORDER OUT-DOOR WORSHIP THE EAST BY FIELDS.
THE HORIZON; IN

PLACE,ON THE SOUTH BY A ROAD,AND

ON

IN THE REAR MT.

GUSUKU LOOMS MAJESTICALLY AGAINST

ITSELF AN INSPIRING SIGHT.

This first building is constructed from salvaged Air Force quanset BUILDINGS. The Christians hope that it will last for around five years

AT which time a permanent concrete BUILDING CAN BE CONSTRUCTED. THE

Christians are confident of steady growth: they are working and giving: THEY ARE HAPPY ANO ARE GRATEFUL TO YOU WHO HAVE HELPED THEM. THIS IS
ONE WAY WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER FOR THE GLORY OF GOD.

PRAY

WITH US FOR

VICTORY IN THESE ISLANDS !

Doris Bobbitt

Ozark Bible College

516 N. Wall

Joplln, Mo.

QUOTES

FROM

HERE

AND

THERE

We cannot sipport missions abroad because we need the money to evan gelize at home. If we don't spread out to the mission fielis we will
DIE AN HOME. TO DENY MISSIONS IS TO WITHHOLD THE GOSPEL WHICH IS TO

WITHHOLD SALVATION.

EZEK.

3:18.19

As a man thinketh in his heart,.. But oh. how difficult to get man

to

THINK beyond his own heart! Vision without mrk is visionarywork without vision is mercenaryvision AND work are missionary. Selected

eedtime and Harvest

OCT. NOV. DEC. 1962

urn

itt.-

...Deal thy bread to the hungry... bring the poor that are cast out

to thy house...Then shall thy light break forth as the morning...Isa.58:7,8

lA

and ^:^a'yuste c:^uc^ini.

IN THE

RYUKYU ISLANDS
eSTABI-ISHING SELF-SUPPORTING, SELFPROPOGATiNG NEW TESTAMENT CHURCHES

VILUI6E

OF
Chapter

TUE
8

J0S4-II

SHALL

THE

BLIND

SEE?
impression of rich.comfort

Not many Okinawan homes give the first

able living: living without the drudge

of

toil

imprinted

on

every

OBJECT. BUT THERE IS A HOME THAT DOES. ThE WOOD IS HIGHLY POLISHED.
THE FLOOR TATAMI - COVERED WITH GREEN AND GOLD BINDING. ThERE ARE
TIFUL
LOVELY

BEAU
A

DOLLS
FLORAL

IN

GLASS

CASES

AND

AN

EXPENSIVE

HARP

IN

THE

ALCOVE;

ARRANGEMENT

AND

EMBROIDERED

PICTURES.

In

SHARP CONTRAST TO
TOO
AND

THESE
AT

SURROUNDINGS
SINCE
LOW

A SMALL MAN WITH

BEFORE.AND
TABLE IT.

HAIR

A
IN
AT

LITTLE
PATCHED A BLUE

LONG.BEARD
WHITE

UNSHAVED
A

THE
CUP

DAY

DRESSED
STARING

UNDERGARMENTS.SITS

BL-CK

LACQUERED BESIDE

TEAPOT WITH

A SOLITARY

The man's deep study

SHORT ATTRACTIVE

is

interrupted by an even smaller woman with a

AND SHARP BLACK EYES SET IN A SMALL DELICATE

HAIR-DO

FACE. She KNEELS

QUICKLY AND DECISIVELY IN FRONT OF THE MAN.GRABS HIS

IN THE PALM OF
BACK

HAND AND WRITES SWIFTLY

HIM SHARPLY ON
THEN LAUGHS

IT.

THE MAN JERKS FORWARD

FACILITATE
TO STEP UP

WITH
SHE

A START.FLUSHES A DEEP RED AND STUMBLES TO HIS

HIS RETREATING
AND

FEET. ThE WOMAN SLAPS

HIS
INTO

SIDE TO
US

EXIT.
HER

A PPOLOGETIC/" L L Y

iVELCOMES

HOME.

In A MOMENT THE
SERVES
ing HIS

MAN

SETTLES HIMSELF AGAIN ON THE

TEA AND
ON

RETURNS IN A SUIT OF FRESH WHITE CLOTHES. HE FAR SIDE OF THE TABLE. ThE LITTLE WOMAN
THINGS.CHATS
FLEXING

PICKLED
THE

AND
THE

IN

GENERAL

MAKES
OF

THE
HIS

ROOM
ARMS

SPARKLE. The man sits silently.occasionally clearing his THROAT.thump

FOOT FLOOR.OR TIRED MUSCLES

AND

SHOULDERS.

ONCE

IN

AWHILE HE

SAYS SOMETHING AND THE WORDS SEEM TO

EXPLODE
ON THE

FKOM WITHIN HIM WITH A'.VFUL EFFORT. WHAT HE SAYS

FLOOR? PLEASE ARRANGE YOURSELF COMFORTABLY."

IS A DESPERATE

ATTEMPT TO PLAY THE ROLE OF HOST.

"AhE YOU NOT UNCOMFORTABLE SITTING

Then the silence enfolds him again.for he cannot hear a

CAN see only the DIM SHAPE OF COME
or

sound and
PGO.FOR
OF A

THINGS.
DIRTY

IN

A WAY IT

IS AS

THOUGH HE HAD YEARS

FOOT

NEVER
PRT

BACK

FROM

THE

MARKET-PLACE ON A NIGHT SEVEN

IN THE STREET UNDER

HIM

'JIED

THERE

THE

DRUNK EM

AIRMAN.

To GO
Happened

BACK SEVEN
late the

YEARS:

We

KNEW NOTHING OF
near the

THE

TRAGEDY THAT
in the

HAD

night

before

market-place

village

OF Toguchi.ten miles from the village of the Joshi. We went to purchase

AN
MAN

ITEM OR
AND HIS

two FROM OUR

THERE AND LITTLE

FAVORITE
HAD

HARDWARE
GOOD NOW

STORE
FRIENDS THE

IN

THE

MARKET. We
THE CLOSED AND

HAD
APP

ALWAYS

TRADED

BECOME

WITH

SMALL.QUIET

BRIGHT-EYED WIFE.

SHOP WAS

ARENTLY FOR SOME UNUSUAL REASON. OTHER SHOP-KEEPERS HAD CONGREGATED

SMALL GROUPS HERE AND THERE. BUSINESS WAS AT A STANDSTILL.

IN

It did not take long to learn the story. The man.Heishin.was return
ing HOME LATE FROM THE SHOP WHEN HE WAS ATTACKED BY A MAN TWICE HIS

This paper is published quarterly in the interest of Mel and Marguerite Hucklns, Missionaries to the Ryukyu Islands. All gifts should be sent to Lloyd Sapp,407 Prairie, Norfolk,Neb. SECOND CLASS MAIL PRIVILfiUES AUTHORIZED AT NORFOLK, NEB.

SIZE .THROWN TO THE GROUND AND KICKED BRUTALLY INTHE HEAD. HIS ASSAILANT WAS AN American airman who had been drinking Hepaid the price for his WRONG-DOING,BUT THERE tSNO PRICE FOR A MAN'S SIGHT.FOR HIS HEARING AND
HIS POWER MONEY IS OF SPEECH. TwO-THOUSAND DOLLARS COULD NOT BUT HEISHIN CANNOT SEE
for this man:

BRING

IT BACK.NOR

COULD ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD.

BEAUTIFUL.
is

ThE HOUSE THAT WAS BUILT WITH THAT

IT.
and sensiti

There

only one hope

that with the eyes

vity OF HIS soul he may BE ABLE TO SEE AND FEEL THE HAND OF GOD UPON
HIS LIFE.AND KNOW THAT THERE
SPIRIT ALONE TO CUMMUNE WITH.

IS

ONE WITH WHOM

IT

IS POSSIBLE FOR THE

This man" s

health

is

so now .that

i f h e i s willing and his

family will

CONSENT.it will be possible.by spending a

PERIOD OF TIME AT THE SCHOOL

FOR THE BLIND AND DEAF.FOR HIM TO LEARN BRAILLE. IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE.HE CAN STILL BE TAUGHT BY RECEIVING THE WRITTEN CHARACTER ON HIS HAND.OR BY USE OFA BLACKBOARD WITH LARGE CHARACTERS WRITTEN WITH STRONG
WHITE CHALK STROKES. SuRELY SOMEONE WILL HAVE THE TIME AND PATIENCE TO

UNDERTAKE THIS TASK. EVEV THE LORD HADTOWRITE WITH LARGE GREEK LETTERS

ON THE GROUND FOR THE SCcing TO UNDERSTAND.

If no one WILL HELP THIS BLIND MAN TO SEE CHRIST.THEN THE ANSWER TO
THE QUESTION THIS CHAPTER RAISES WILL BE HO,AND NO ANSWER WILL EVER BE
MORE FINAL THAN THAT.

Bummer

Gamp /

SlXTYFIVE
PRAISE

STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

FOR

FROM NaKIJIN,

GuSHIKEN.
IN THE ABOVE

IZUMI.

IE

ShIMA, NaGO. and MIYAKO REGISTERED AT OUR ShINZATO SUMMER CaMP. We

THE LORD SEVEN CONVERSIONS.SI X OF THEM PICTURE.

Shortly after our last paper was sent out,several changes were made

RELATIVE TO OUR WORK HERE' IN THE Ryukyu Islonds. UPON MR. AND MRS. DON
RICKERSON'S*RETURN TO THE STATES FOR A LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM THE FIELD

OUR FAMILY.OR RATHER PART OF OUR FAMILY.MOVED TO MIYAKO ISLAND TO HELP LOOK AFTER THE WORK OF THE MiYAKO CHRISTIAN MISSION UNTIL THE C.A.
BoULTON*FAMILY RETURN FROM FURLOUGH NEXT YEAR.

This change was a wonderful answer to prayer in that it has given us the opportunity to become familiar with the southern islands and their peculiarities and customs which differ from Okinawa and islands nearby.

Also.it has made possible the turning over of the Nakijin work (on
Okinawa island) to Brother and Sister Nashiro. Actually, this was done
upon our return to Okinawa.but our living in the village caused them to be hesitant about many small matters, our leaving there has given them the courage and opportunity to go ahead with all aspects of the evangelistic work. It is our hope and plan that the mission home.which Nachiroes now occupy.can be remodeled to provide a permanent place of worship for the Imadomari church with living quarters in the rear for THE Nashiro family. The two-story unit will provide adequate classroom
AND STORAGE SPACE.

Since our coming to Miyako.six new weekly Bible classes have been
STARTED in ADDITION TO THE FOURTEEN WEEKLY MEETINGS ALREADY ESTABLISH

ED.THUS bringing the total to twenty SERVICES WEEKLY. ThiS INCLUDES ONE
NEW VILLAGE ENTERED FOR THE FIRST TIME. GROUNDWORK HAS BEEN LAID AND

FIRST CONTACTS MADE TO ENTER ANOTHER NEW VILLAGE IMMEDIATELY. IN ADD ITION. REQUES TS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED TO TAKE THE GoSPEL TO ANOTHER ISLAND FAR OUT ON THE END OF THE RYUKYUAN CHAIN. TwO MORE CONVERTS. A MAN AND HIS WIFE WERE ADDED TO THE MIYAKO CHURCH IN NOVEMBER. ONE FULL-TIME
AND TWO PART-TIME WORKERS ENABLE THE WORK TO EXPAND.

Our time is divided between this outer-island work and helping Bro
ther Nashiro in Okinawa. I return once a month to Nakijin for a few DAYS.purchase SUPPLIES IN OKINAWA.TAKE CARE OF BUS INESS.CHECK ON THE

THREE SCHOOL CHILDREN AND MOM HuCKINS AND RETURN TO MIYAKO. ThE LAST
TRIP TOOK ELEVEN DAYS DUE TO CANCELLATION OF SHIPS WHEN ANOTHER
TYPHOON BLEW UP.

The WORK MOVES AHEAD SLOWLY AT TIMES. ATA

PHASE OF OUR LABOR.

FASTER PACE OTHER TIMES.

BUT IT IS ALWAYS MOVING TO THE GLORY OF GoO. PRAY FOR US IN THIS NEW

Mr. and Mrs. Rickerson are Marguerite's parents.

Mrs. Boulton is Marguerite's sister.

AAAAAAA^
PLEASE NOTE;

The Huckin's new address

is: Aza H i gashinakasone 95

Hirara City. Miyako. Ryukyu Islands. Send personal corresponoance directly to them. Air letters go for twenty-five cents an half ounce.

Send all money to the forwarding agent: Lloyd Sapp 407 Prairie Ave.

Norfolk. Neb. Make checks payable to Ryukyu Christian Mission.

 Qiudeni Centeii {,ok cAlabjin

1^; I
The piles of salvaged metal in the above picture are anything but PRESENT STATE. BUT IF YOU WILL RECALL THE CONSTRUC

PICTURESQUE tN THEIR

TION OF THE IE Shima CHURCH (SEE VoL.io No.3 Conversion of a Quanset)

FROM A SIMILAR PILE OF SCRAP.YOU WILL BE ABLE TO VISUALIZE THE LONGEDFOR Student Center which we hope to erect shortly.

The Center will be

built on this location which is actually a bench

just below the level of the mission home. Brother Nashiro envisions a combINATIonBIBLEstudy room AND LIBRARY FOR HIGH ScHOOL STUDENTS AND
YOUNG PEOPLE IN ONE END WITH THE OTHER PORTION UTILIZED AS A RECREATION ROOM.

There

is a growing and

interested group of young people coming now

FOR WEEKLY BibLE STUDY. BROTHER NASHIRO FEELS DEEPLY THEIR NEED AND IS CONCERNED THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE TO MEET AND STUDY WHERE IT IS QUIET.
Supervised recreation

AND loitering IN ITS

WILL SOON BE MET.

in a village that knows nothing but drunkeness, FREE TIME.IS A GREAT NEED AND ONE WHICH WE PRAY

The IMADOMARI CHURCH WILL PROVIDE SIOO.OO FOR THIS PROJECT. PRESENT
ESTIMATES ARE THAT $300.00 WILL BE NEEDED. BUT POSSIBLY MORE WILL BE REQUIRED IF WE BUILD A PERMANENT BASE UNIT. OUR HOPE IS THAT A PERMA
NENT BASE UNIT WHICH WILL INCLUDE HEAVY DUTY FOUNDATIONS . FOOT INGS.AND

FLOOR CAN BE CONSTRUCTED NOW WHICH CAN BE USED IN A PERMANENT CEMENT BLOCK BUILDING AFTER THE METAL QUANSET MATERIALS ARE NO LONGER SERVICE ABLE. We estimate THAT THE PRESENT MATERIALS MAY LAST FOUR OR FIVE
YEARS
BE
THE

IF

KEPT IN GOOD REPAIR. AFTER THAT TIME THE METAL PORTIONS COULD
AND THE WALLS AND ROOF OF A PERMANENT STRUCTURE BUILT UPON
FOUNDATION.

REMOVED
PRESENT

Brethren.YOUR response and help with the Ie Shima church building WAS VERY FINE AND GREATLY APPRECIATED. W|LL YOU ONCE AGAIN HELP THE iMADOMARI CHURCH CONSTRUCT THIS STUDENT CENTER? PLEASE. SEND YOUR GIFTS

MARKED FOR Stiu^ent Center to Lloyd Sapp 407 Prairie Ave. .Norfolk . Neb.
\'IE thank you and GIVE GOD THE GLORY.

TVPMn/
I KNOW AGENTLE LITTLE LADY NAMED 'Vora, BUT THE HUSSY THAT BLUSTERS AND
STORMS HER WAY ACROSS OUR ISLAND TONIGHT IS NEITHER GENTLE NOR A LADY,

I'M A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT HER BECAUSE MY HUSBAND IS OUT. I'M WAINTI UP FOR HIM. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE MIGHT DO TO A MAN ON A NIGHT
Like this--slash him,claw him.browbeat him with wood.cement,stone or
ANYTHING WITHIN REACH.

Unable to sleep because of the noise (you can hear her all over the

island).! was up checking on various rattles and bangs.when I GLANCED

out the WINDOW AND SAW WHAT AT FIRST APPEARED TO BE THE LIGHTS OF A

CAR COMING DOWN FROM THE

MOTION
FLASHLIGHTS OF TWO PEOPLE

VILLAGE, AS THEY DREW NEARER,AN UNEVEN,JERK ING

NOT LIGHTS OF A VEHICLE AT ALL.BUT THE
RUNNING HARD AGAINST THE WIND,

INDICATED THAT THEY WERE

In a

few MINUTES

THEY WERE

HERE.POUND ING AND

YELLING FRANTICALLY ON

THE DOOR

OF THE EMPTY

TWO-STORY THE

UNIT NEXT TO

THE

HOUSE.CONFUSED

IN

THEIR EXCITMENT AND THE BLUR OF THE STORM. We WERE FINALLY ABLE TO DI
RECT THEIR ATTENTION TO
AND NEEDED TO GET TO

HOUSE AND FOUND OUT

THAT SOMEONE WAS HURT

THE

HOSPITAL.

Would

it mean two miles up the road to the l i t t l e dispensary.or on

TO THE NAGO hospital TITENTY MILES AWAY? MEL LEFT WITHOUT KNOWING.BUT

HE WAS BACK WITHIN AN HOUR-- THE VICTIM OF SOfec AND A BROKEN GLASS
WINDOW PANE WOULD BE ALL RIGHT AFTER SEVEN STITCHES IN HIS HAND.

Typhoon Nora and all her counterparts.wanton women though they are. THROWING THEMSELVES FLAMBOYANTLY AT ISLANDS OF THE CEA.CAN'T BEGIN TO
DO THE DAMAGE A BOTTLE OF SAKE CAN 00 TO A MAN'S BODY AND SOUL.

IN DUE SEASONTHE HARVEST

The November

trip

back

to Nakijin was

wonderful

occa=ion

in

that

WE arrived in time for harvest. Seed sown over a period of ten years
was finally harvested when Brother Nashiro baptized three people Christ in the East China Sea. into

The oldest of these is a Mother of seven children:who has heard the Word for several years; the next a young woman of twenty three who has
been under conviction for more than a YEAR: AND THE THIRD.A THIRD-YEAR

High School student who Grade School.

began attending Bible classes when she was

in

Seed

in the

ground.bread

upon

the waters--nothing

returns

void but

IN due season brings forth a harvest. How we praise God for these new Christians which brings the total to 11 so far this year.

Praise God for your part in these conversions'.

^IMPRESSIONS IN
The sights and sounds and smells opacity are rather pleasant after
TWELVE YEARS (MINUS FURLOUGHS)
LONELY ABOUT
EARLY: BRIGHT

SPENT

IN

THE COUNTRY.
LIGHT LULLS
A BOOK

THERE
NO
A

IS NOTHING
TO SLtEP
'-tACH-

THE

NIGHTS

HERE.

SOFT LAMP

ONE

ELECTRIC

LIGHT

BULBS

ILLUMINATE

OR

SEWING

I NE OR A GAME OF '!o.
No ONE SLIPS UP TO OUR WINDOWS
SCENE. AND OUR 'Ae ARE SURROUNDED 'compound' IIS GUARDED

AND LOOKS

IN ON OUR PRIVATE DONiESTIC

WITH fi BIG IRON GATE DACHSHUND NAMED MAZIE.

BY A HIGH

CEMENT WALL

BYA FIERCE LITTLE

We are CITY DWELLERS.BUT HORSES

THEIR
KET

STILL PLOD BY IN THE NARROW STREET WITH

THE COUNTRY
STOP AT

LOADED.CREAK ING
THEIR FADED

CARTS,AND

WOMEN
THE

ON
GATE

THEIR
TO

WAY

TO MAR
AT THE

IN

COTTON

DRESSES

LOOK

FOREIGN

CHILDREN.

I WAS WASHING THE

TREES AND THE PALMS

DAY'S
AND

(THAT'S
A

RIGHT)

DISHESATSUNSET THIS EVENING.

GLOW IN THE BROAD FRINGED

The COLOR CREPT UP OVER THE TOP OF THE WALL,SPREAD THROUGH THE MOCUMAO
DIFFUSED WONDROUS

LEAVES

OF

THE
ICE

BANANA

TREE.

AT

FIRST

IT WAS

THE
AND

DELICIOUS
FINALLY

SHADE

OF

STRAWBERRY

CREAM.THEN

BEAUTIFUL

ROSE-GOLD

THE

DEEPEST

Oriental red I have ever seen. I gave up washing dishes altogether and STOOD OUT ON THfc PORCH TO ENJOY A MORE THOROUGH INTOXICATION. I LOVt

THE MOUNTAINS OF HOKUSAN.BUT THERE

UNINTERRUPTED EXPANSE OF MiYAKO SKY

IS

ALSO SOMETHING ABOUT THE WIDE.

IS VERY BEAUTIFUL.

THAT

Naturally (not supernaturally)

my

family are ^hosts

in this house.

The CHILDREN RECOGNIZE GrANDPA'S OLD ROBE IN THE CLOSET,THERE

PENCILS.ETC. ARE IN ALL THE
MY SISTER HERE AND THERE.

IS A

PENCILED fon OVER ONE TOWEL RACK.MOTHER*S FAMOUS COLLECTIONS OF STRING.

CUPBOARDS AND DRAWERS.
I USE HER TABLE

THERE ARE
AND

TRACES OF
WORK IN HER

AND CHAIRS

YELLOW AND BLUE

KITCHEN.

ThE ROLL-AWAY BED I N THE STUDY

IS REMINISCENT

OF MY
TOWN
THE

ITINERANT BROTHER. AND WHEN I THINK OF ALL OF THEM.lTHINK

with nothing OUTSTANDING
THING IN THE

OF
BE

America,AND when I think of America,!

AOUUT
WORLD

know that even a plain little

EXCEPT
BEHOLD.

IT
TO

ITS

CITIZENS

WOULD

MOST

WONDERFUL

Yesterday,THE children and WITH ITS NOISEY JANGLE

1.walking down the main street of Hirara

OF JAPANESE AND MiYAKO DIALECT.WERE STARTLED TO

HEAR MASCULINE AMERICAN VOICES SAYING.

'H|,KIDS!'AS THREE U.S. A|R

A CHORD FOR THEM.TOO.

Force boys bicycled down the street,

THEY looked BACK AT US WE K'UST HAVE

it was music to us.and the way

STRUCK

New
rith

cooTert
Christian

(left)
friend

cwaswai
Christnas,
But out

?
heard

Christinas everywhere
no one's

where

Hen plow their field and keep their store And beg and buy and steal
And do not think and seldom dream

And do
A

not
star

know,
shown down

A shepherd saiti
A wisenan came.

Christmas,
But out
And

Christmas everywhere
no one loves
to their heart

where
hold

Men fear and hate and grasp

their treasure

And weep and curse when it is gone

And do not know,

God gave Binself And nen must give

And love will triumph last.

But

Christmas, Christmas everywhere out where one knows fear

Men bom and scrape the dust of sacred hills

^nd cry in anguish to their gods who cannot hear

And have no hope except for time to heal
And do not know.

The Refuge from the storm The Shadow from the heat The Bindeiup of broken things:
God ' s Son.

Marguerite

Hucklns

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