The Driving Test

Mary:  In Kobe, Milton and June got their high school rallies off the ground with that first rally that attracted 153 high school students. (blog post “Kobe Adventures”) The time frame is late 1958 to early 1959. The last post flashed back to Milton’s beginnings of organizing camps in Australia which ties right in to … More The Driving Test

Lost and found

Mary: To refresh your memory (or if you missed reading the previous post), June and Milton were in Kobe with the JEB mission, mainly conducting services in the Mission Hall in Shinkaichi – a busy entertainment street. They felt a tug to work with young people and had gotten permission from their mission to branch … More Lost and found

First Furlough

The last blog post following June and Milton’s missionary story had them arriving back in Sydney by ship that had sailed down through the Philippines and Indonesia, after a bumpy island-hopping flight to Hong Kong. This was their first furlough – a year back in Australia, after five years in Japan.   Milton The ‘farewell’ … More First Furlough

Sayonara to Beppu

The story continues and the year is 1953. A church has been built, an addition to the family (Margot) has arrived and even more changes are on the horizon. Milton:We were living at the end of the rainbow and were helping people into the Kingdom of God, but we felt lonely. Here we were, claiming … More Sayonara to Beppu

Life in Beppu

Mary: In this post Milton relates some stories that are so specifically unique to that time and place that it gives an interesting perspective of their life in Beppu. (around 1953) Unfortunately I don’t have specific images that reflect the stories but I am including pictures from a photo album that is from that that … More Life in Beppu

History and Mysteries

This short post is a little break from the Japan story – will come back to that soon. Lately I have been curiously looking through a very old scrapbook/photo album that I believe belonged to June’s mother. I came to that conclusion because many of the pictures seem to go back even further than Mom’s … More History and Mysteries