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A PRAYER
FOR VELDA:

Wm M <* Ada Drti* Ofrihn. BM a6

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INTRODUCING
Frank and Hazel Conner

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May the Lord answer you when you are in

distress;...

67 Lanaghan Drive
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Fairview Heights, IL62208 /

NEW FORWARDING AGENTS
July 10, 1979

May He send you help from the sanctuary;...

May He remember all your sacrifices;...
May He give you the desire of your heart;... He answers from His holy heaven.
Excerpts from Psalm 20

To Christiana Ererywhsre: BrsthTM, as ars pleased to recoBaend wlttiout rsserrattoB

Hr. and Krs. Frank Conner, ho havs volunteered to accept the

responsibility as Forwarding Agents for Mrs. Qcle fultz.
Vis Conners are active meabsrs of the Central Church of

IChrist In O'Fallon, UllnolB bre both of tbea serve aa

Teachers and he as an Elder. They are concerned and coaalttecL Christians >bo will fulfill their reaponalhlllties prayer fully and In a tuslaese-Xlke way.

It gives us pleasure to reeoemend thes for this alolstry.

Sincerely,

orace schaffner, Hlnlater

Iriun of the Elders
Chalraan of the Board

FULTZ MISSION FOR THE MASTER

Exie Fultz, Missionary

At the close of Vacation Bible School at

Exie and Velda

WHERE TO SEND MAIL

fold), the Conners (Frank and Hazel) who had ^

been Exie's hosts for the week, quite as a surprise to her, volunteered to become Exie's forwarding agents, replacing Mrs. Velda Clatfelter who has served in this capacity for 27 years. The willing ness of the Conners to take on this responsibility comes as an answer to prayers of both Velda and Exie (back fold).

Central Church of Christ, O'Falion, Illinois (inside

All financial gifts for Fultz Mission for the

Master and other mail for the Mission that does

not require specific attention from Exie should be

mailed to:

Old friends who would like to keep in touch

with Velda, write:
Mrs. Velda Clatfelter
R.R.4

Fultz Mission for the Master Frank and Hazel Conner

67 Lanaghan Dr. Fairview Heights, IL 62206

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Hazel, who will handling the accounts, writes,

Marshall, IL 62441

Personal mail for Exie and mail that requires her specific attention should be mailed to: Exie Fultz. missionary
Fultz Mission for the Master

DO NOT MAIL TO: Box 222, Marshall. IL 62441. This address is being discontinued Dec.
31,1979.

"We have been totally committed Christians 6 + years. I became a Christian about 22 years ago, but regretably did not live as a Christian should live for about 15 of those years. However, the Lord was never out of my mind completely, and He does have His ways of bringing one to the place where there is no place to go but to the Lord, and I thank Him for it..."
The Conners are recommended for this

2709 Kuruma, Higashiura Cho Tsuna Gun, Hyogo Ken 656-23 Japan

position by the minister and elders of the Central Church of Christ, O'Falion, Illinois (outside fold).

THE JOY
OF

JUNIORS

A FORMER VBS JUNIOR WRITES

Junior girls in Japan (below) formed the first Bible Class group to be taught by Exie Fultz shortly after she moved to Awaji Island from Tokyo in October, 1977. The opening of these classes pioneers the work for the Lord at
Cords-of-Love Bible Place.

One year Vacation Bible School made an out standing impression on my life and one which helped shape my interest in missions since that
time.

During Exie's furlough (April, 1979- February, 1980) these classesand others for high school
ershave had to close for lack of a teacher.

JUNIOR GIRLS IN A 1979 VBS

Each year young ladies from the Cincinnati Bible Seminary came to help and to teach. One
year Exie Fultz was the Junior Class teacher and

Junior High classes will open when Exie_returna'\'\

It was a joy to Exie to be the teacher of the

Junior Girls' class at the Central Church of Christ.

to Japan, the Lord willing, theJjxlof FebruaryJ^

1980. Along with their opening will be the
brothers and sisters and for mothers.

the boys and girls loved her. One young girl went home and confided to her
mother, who was confined to bed with a severe

opening of additional classes for younger

O'Fallon, Illinois: as well as the missionary for the entire VBS group. Each girl of the above class mailed a picture postcard of the St. Louis area to

case of poisoning on her legs, her desire, "Mom, I

wish you were not sick because I wish Exie could
come to our house for dinner." Mother's answer

a Japanese girl on Awaji Island with a verse of Scripture written on it (In English, of course). Scripture references were cited so that the Japanese girls could read the messages from
their Japanese Bibles. Other Vacation Bible Schools where Exie

was simple, "If you really want her to come, get this house straigntened up and go chop off a chicken's head and get dinner." (Exie's note: Never had the girl killed a chicl<en by chopping off the head or by any other method.) The dinner was far from perfect, but Exie came and this young girl was proud and thrilled with her gracious guest. Exie and her work have always been special to me because I was that young girl. . Martha E. (Mclntosh) Grave Formerly of Syria Christian Church
Orleans, Indiana

taught as missionary were: West Side Christian Church, Springfield, IL; Five Points Christian
Church, Martinsville, IL; First Christian Church,
Marshall, IL. All were great groups.

May God prosper you all,

in every way. in the year of 1980.

It was Exie's delight to meet Martha again, during School of Missions week at Lake James Christian Assembly this year (1979) and to be
reminded of the above incident. It was now Exie's

Japanese Junior Girls

turn to feel proud and thrilled to know that Martha

married a minister and serves with him at the

Hamilton Church of Christ, Hamilton, IN. Pictured above with Martha are her husband, Arthur L. Grave, Jim (16), David (14) and Deborah (11).

Exie plans to leave the mid-west shortly after New Year's Day, spend January in the south-west and west and leave for Tokyo-Osaka from Seattle, Washington around the first of February, the Lord willing. She asks for your continued prayer for her
and the work of the Lord she is engaged in on Awaji Island.

CORDS-OF-LOVE BIBLE PLACE AWAJI ISLAND JAPAN

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INTRODUCING THE ISLAND . . .

Awaji Island, the largest in the Inland Sea group, is a triangular (or pear-shaped)
emerald island lying in the blue waters of Osaka Bay, Japanese mythology credits Awaji vith "being one of the first islands created by ancestral dieties of Japan. It is the cradle of the Japanese puppet play. It enjoyed a high standard of civil ization when Tokyo was still swamp land. The scenery along the east coast is most

picturesque. Its mountains are terraced with rice paddies (sometimes abloom with flowers in off seasons); its fertile land arable because its mountains are low. Mihara Valley is known for its milch cows and the Swedish company, "Nestles," oper
ates milk processing factories in the valley. Marine life abounds in its waters. It is also known for its onion farms, tangerine orchards and beautiful flowers. Be cause of the crowded Kobe-Osaka areas across the bay, Awaji is becoming a recrea tion land for metropolitan residents. Swarms of people flock to the island in summer for fishing, golfing, and yachting.

Exie sometimes sits in the living-room of her home on a small mountain ridge over looking the Higashiura coastline where she watches the boats at work and play, sees the lights go on on the opposite shore, notes the rising of the moon over the water

and thinks, "This is my home.

YOU SHOULD KNOW . . .

Thanks to the Lord, this is my home."

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190,000 PEOPLE LIVE ON AWAJI ISLAND, AN AREA OF

2^0 SQUARE KILES WITH __ _ _ . ,

10 CHURCHES OF VARIOUS FAITHS SERVING THE PEOPLE OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL AWAJI.

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1 OF THE 10 CHURCHES IS A SMAIi CHURCH OF CHRIST (CHRISTIAN).

1 MISSIONARY LIVES ON THE ISLAND.
U.S.A. IS THE ONLY MISSIONARY.

OTHER MISSIONARIES OF OTHER FAITHS HAVE

LIVED THERE BUT AT PRESENT EXIE FULTZ OF CHRISTIAN CHURCHES (CHURCH OF CHRIST)
* 1 BUILDING IS ON THE PROPERTY AT CORDS-OF-LOVE BIBLE PLACE.
THE HOME OF EXIE FULTZ.

THIS BUILDING IS

1 CHAPEL BUILDING IS DESPERATELY NEEDED FOR TEACHING THE EVER INCREASIHJ NUMBER OF CLASSES.

3 ACRES OF LAND NEED TO BE DEVELOPED.

CORDS-OF-LOVE BIBLE HACE is the missionary project of:

FULTZ MISSION FOR THE MASTER

67 Lanaghan Dr.

Fairview Heights, IL 62208

CHAPEL BUILDING PLANS

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In comparing all things in Japan with their counterparts in U.S.A. the word *small* as over against 'large' should generally be used. Exie, too, thought 'small' when she
worked with the architect on designing a chapel building for Cords-of-Love Bible Place.

Seating capacity for the second-floor auditorium (with balcony) will be approximately
150 persons. Besides being used for worship services these areas will also serve, for some time, as classrooms. The chapel will sit on the same low mountain ridge as Exie's home and will be visible to the Higashiura folk living in the coastal area.
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First floor has been designed for a bap tistry, office space, social room, small kitchen and an Elijah's room for visiting
evangelists and their wives. The front entrance, or genkan, will be large enough

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to accommodate a number of people removing their outside shoes for slippers with a getabako - a place to put guests' outside shoes until services are over and they return home. Though especially designed for Japanese comfort there will be no straw-mat flooring or sitting on the floor. Pews, chairs and tables are planned as these things are in keeping with the modern Japanese person's
idea of comfort.

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Winter temperatures on Awaji Island seldom reach freezing point, for which we are thank
ful. It is an island, however, and is swept at times with chill winds. Rather than be ing concerned with ice and snow we must be concerned with a damp chill factor. Because of cost and the uncertainty of long range oil supplies to Japan we have not included a heating unit in the building plans. We have, however, faced the auditorium to the south

with the apse end of the nave to be built of concrete-block windows surrounding a cross. This not only takes advantage of the sun's heat during morning worship hours but pro vides the worshipper with an inspiring view of the bay and sky.
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Costs for the building as shown has been

estimated at $92,000.00
According to the construction company, work

could probably begin with $^^0,000.00 on

hand.

Of this $l|-0,000.00 needed to begin, we have about $2,500.00 from Japanese

sources.

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Interest rate in Japan at this time

(1979) is about 7^ (cheaper than

U.S.A.). Help us with the $^^0,000.00
and we'll try for a loan in Japan.

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