Continuing the story of the move to Tokyo. For a little timeline context, the move from Kobe took place late in the summer of 1968. Last post Milton went into great humorous detail about the house we moved into. In contrast to Kobe, it was a tiny box with three feet of backyard. A big … More A new chapter in Tokyo
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
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
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
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
June & Milton’s arrival in Japan in two previous posts (Hello Adventure & The Big Box Adventure Continues) highlighted how their ship came to Tokyo and they got the contents of their big box into a small house. Many prayers were answered and that theme continues. They were living day to day completely turning over … More Tickets to Kyushu
The story continues from the Hello Adventure – Big Box post where June & Milton arrived in Kobe, Japan with their massive box with all their belongings. Their destination was Tokyo/Yokohama and by a miracle the ship continues up there instead of dumping them in Kobe, where they had no contacts. At the end of … More Big Box Adventure continues
From the Land Down Under to the Rising Sun 