Mary: The events in this post take place around August of 1968. It didn’t dawn on me until recently that 1968 marked twenty years since June and Milton first arrived in Japan. Tokyo at that time had practically been leveled by the bombs of World War 2. They arrive with baby Stan barely a year … More From Kobe to Tokyo (where it all began)
Milton: I had been introduced to churches in the USA by Dr. Chuck Corwin. As the division chaplain at the army base years ago back in Kokura had urged me, I was given to opportunity to go to the US and share our story. Pastors kindly asked me to return for Spiritual Emphasis week conferences. … More Exceedingly abundantly
Mary: The story Milton describes about the interesting set of events that took place in getting our first car probably dates mid- 1962. He mentions the work with youth camps highlighted the need for a car. In the very first camp he borrowed another missionary’s truck after quickly renewing his license. The next summer camp was … More Coincidences, camp and a car
Milton and June first arrived in Japan in December of 1948. Their first furlough back to Australia was in December of 1953 with their two (at the time) children and they stayed until February 1955. This was chronicled briefly by both June and Milton, especially because it was on that furlough that Dave was born … More The last family furlough
Milton: The only way we could think of to get the new Youth ministry off the ground was to organize a rally. So I rented a hall at the YMCA that was designed to hold 70 people. I figured if we could get that many kids gathered without any padding from church members, we would … More Kobe Adventures and Awkward Moments
In the last post, June and Milton bought a broken-down house to renovate in Kobe. The price was good because there had been a story going around that the house was supposedly haunted. June: With the help of a Christian Japanese man, we went around the district with a loudspeaker announcing a children’s meetings in … More The un-haunted Kobe house
Mary: Last post about June and Milton was about their first furlough in Australia in 1954. Probably around March of 1955 they returned to Japan and headed for the city of Kobe, where their new mission, the Japan Evangelistic Band (JEB) was based. The city of Kobe holds lots of warm childhood memories for me, … More Kobe days – the beginning
From the Land Down Under to the Rising Sun 