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Eaph Adult missionary should complete one of these forms and send by regular seamail to:
Mission Services Box 968 Joliet, Illinois

PERSONAL FILE

Darf^. July 50. 1954

Name in full .Julius Virgil Pleenor

Complete address on field

Sex.

5^1146 Shimoochiai, Shinjuku, Tolcyo

Japan

Complete home (for forwarding) aHHrpgg "t MT*a.

Name and address of hometown newspaper

V. PleenoT^ 2201 Lincoln. Yakima. Wn*

Yalr-i-mfl MrfP*^-ng Harald

Names and addresses of otlier newspapers which might carry stories of your work...

Place of Birth

Kannas

Day 19

Month-2^

ypar 1921

Where baptised?. YflkiTnaj VJaRhln^ton -^Vhat age? 12 On back of page please describe any special circumstances regarding conversion.
Marital status: Married 2L_ Single Divorced Widowed
Married at what age^-^S.

List ciiildren by full name giving place, day, month, and ye.ar of birth;
Name Place

Day

Month

Year

Julia. Nadin Pleenor Jiilis Kadin Pleenor

Dana L^e Pleenor

Inflfianapolis, Ind. (died)

Tokro,
RTokro.

13
51 27

10
12
1

1948

Japan
Japan

1951
1954

Schooling (High School and on):

Name and Location of School
Number Years

Major

Degrees with date

Jfakina SfftTnto'p High

4 yeag^

"Mn-pf.hwAn+i fibvi cj-h-i'r.r.11 ago.

ButlftT^ Snhool nr RftTignn

4 yegg's
5 veara

th

B. D.

(M>A> h.ou7*a completed but thosis had

to b written on field at source of information

an eg yftt unconmleted.)

Personal,File - Page 2 - Name.Jnlinn VlTGil,

What things influenced you to become a missionary? Your own story in some detail migjit be influential in leading others into fulltime service (use a separate sheet jf.you need more space)?

^ r3-,a-^

^r: n.^o

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Describe briefly in outline form the nature of your daily duties. Teach mornings in th Tokyo Bibl Seminary as a full time teacher. Established a church and feed th shep and lambs in Bible classes, Study the Bibl in Japanese and prepare sermons, SpesiJc in evangelistic meetings. Pray for the brethern
Which of the following terms most nearly describes your missionary status: Evangelist.
Doctor

Bible College teacher

Nurse _ Social worker

X Public School teacher

Office worker Other.

Home maker,

Father's name and home address (if living):

His occuaption^^

rn to n?ot Fi? ^athor

Is he a Christian?

What positions of leadership has he held in the local rhnrrh?

Mother's full maiden ngm^

Is she a Christian?

Dn-pfias

Ha-rtlAy I?1 Aanr^-P Is she living?-.JCftS.

yftn Her occupation if employed outside of hnmA R^iy^-P -in Dftpth . g-hn-n^.

What leadership positions has she held in the local

FaitliTul chi3rch member for

Name of forwarding agontAddress.^-^

Jbs. Wadine Flflenor^ 2201 LincolnAAvenue, Yakima

Telephone

Wanh.
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What are his or her duties: Editing our quarterly paper "Mabashi News" and ansv/ering of letters and receiving of funds and keeping th fingjicial records. Praying fior our work. Should money be sent to forwarding agent only? Yfin
you please indicate how in what form?

In what fnrm?. Any

if it can be mailed to
her

We can receiva chocks in mail sjid cg.nh

Does your forwarding agent serve without salary? _X2.S_

What problems do you need help with, that Mission Services might provide?

Each Adult missionary should complete one of these forms and send by regular seamail to:
Mission Services Box 968 Joliet, Illinois

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PERSONAL FILE

nafP

flep-fcember

59. 1954

Name in full

Complete address on

.'^..114^ ythiffloochlai. Shin.lulcu^ TokYO .

Complete home (for forwarding) flHHrpgfl

gpni Lincoln Ave. Yakima^ Washington

Name and address of hometown newspaper Los Angeles Herald and Express

Names and addresses of other newspapers which mi^t carry stories of your work...
Los Angeles Times
Los A nereleg Examiner
Ln^ Anrelen Daily News

L.A.

California

Place of Birth

HollTWood.

California

Day12

MonthYear

Where baptised?, Figueroa Christian Church.

On back of page please describe any special circumstances regarding conversion.

Divorced,

L.A.

11 years

Marital status: Married..x__ Single

Widowed.

Married at vrfiiat age

List children by full name giving place, day, month, and year of birth;
Name
iStftPlicin Brncft-.J'leenor

Place
Eugene. Oregon

Day
17

Month
4

Year
1947
1948

rTl7l1n T?Rfi1r>e. Fieenor

Jlllia Nadrlne Fl enor

Indl an&.DolT a . Ind.

Tokvo. Japan

(died)

13
51 27

10
12 1

1951
1954

.J?ana Left Flnftno-p

^okTo. Japan

Schooling (High School and on);

Name and Location of School
Number of Years

Major

Degrees with date

Graduated

. 'Wrniir'1

a-r^-h^ H-igh. T../1,

nv>-P-; o-p Hnl 1

4 yftg.rn
>

TTrfT-*TAr>.-T-hTr

1 y<>ar

Personal File - Page 2 - Name , Vxrp:lnla Dana Fleonor

What things influenced you to become a missionary? Your own story in some detail might be influential in leading others into fulltime service (use a separate sheetdf^you need more space)? Was reared bj a Christian minister and his wife since I came from a broken home. Bro. Sc sister ftbrgan took mo to church from the time I was a babe
and my first memories are of God and Jesus Christ being more real than other

living people.

my heart and called me to Japan.

to the Word and lov to God.

My Sunday school teachers directed my mind alv/ays to obedience

At C,E camp at 15 God spoke definitely to

During my teens tihe C*lii,

on me ^clearly His will through His Word.

inspired me, but time alone in prayer with my Heavenly Father impressed I teach ?/omon*s group, teach a teacher training class, conduct Eaglish Bible class In Girls* School, and do personal work and calling among

The lives of missionaries and Christians

T-i complete pelohaps was on of the strongest influences. Describe brieny in outlme form s^render the nature of your daily duties.

nru- of the following those v.'ho God leads to cross my pathway. to Which terms most nearly describes your missionary status:Provide a home onen open -co
^ all as a

sanctuary and

Evangelist
Doctor. Nurse

Bible gggPelcglr
Social worker Office worker OtherEnayer ministry

Father's name and home address (if living):

His occuaption.,. Is he a Christian?

What positions of leadership has he held in the local church?

Mother's full maiden name.

Is she a Christian?

Dece^/.sn^

jg gjje living?.

Her occupation if employed outside of home____

What leadership positions has she held in the local church?

Name of forwarding QgAnf

w,

'Pt

Address P.P.O'] Tilnrnln

Yak-! ma ^
and afeknowledge letters.

Telephone
receive funds for v;ork

What are his or her duties: Edit paper "Mabashi News"

Should money be sent to forwarding agent only? you please indicate how in what fnrm?

In what form?

If it can be mailed to

Does your forwarding agent serve without salary?.^

What problems do you need help with, that Mission Services might provide?
Publish articles T/hen we send them or take excerpts from our
Nev/s

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January 6, 1954
Julius & Vi2?sinia Floenor
SmiARY OF WORiv 1953

Th0 church that meets in the Shimoochial Mission Center

whore the Pleenor's work io centcpod has grov.n from 25 members

in January 19543 to 59 members by the closing day of December 1953. Since July, 1953 the chirrch supports & native pastor,
Paul Yai^ada, at the rate of ^^15.00 a month and has ponducted

five weeks of evangelistic meetings during the year as well as a Bible school averaging 55 ciiildren a v/eek paying all
running expenses. Tlie morning v/orship service is so crowded

that the church nov; desires to build a church building

on the front of the property whore the Fleenor's Mission

Homo is built and vzhore the church nov/ meets. We are asking for 14000.00 for a "CHURCH BUILDING LOAN FUlJD". From this mon'jy we hop to construct a sturdy corci ote brick building

and the Shimoochial Church will in turn sot asiu.e 10^ of their

offerings weekly to pay back into this fund that another church building might be built in the future in another area.

The work of the Shidioochiai Church will not grov/ to any extent j
in the coming year without more room to house nev/ members.

As it is nov/, non-Ciiristians hesitate to talio up room in the

small 56X12 meeting room of the mission cantor and cause the Christians to stand or be crowded. We ask the churches at

hom to pray about tlois need and send offerings marked

"Church Building Fund" to oui*' forwarding agent W.V.Floenor

2201 Lincoln Avonue, Yaicima, Washington.
Dui'ing the yjar four to five Biblo classes have boon

Julius has been preaching ev^jpy other Sunday in Japanese.

Regular language study has occt pied the year as well as

condiictecl each week by tho Fleenors and since Sipjjember

full-time teaching by Julius in the Tokyo Bible College.

Summer camp was conducted for four weeks in the mountains

under the Fleenors* directorship enrolling 114 Japanese

young people. Nineteen stated they now believed in Christ

Jesus the son of the one True God, but felt they should

read their Bibles completely through before being baptised. Hire were batpized into Christ and one yotoig man decided to enter the Biblo College and train for the ministry.
the year besides the actual work at thy Shii^ioochiai Mission

Tracts were given out to several hundred Japanese dt.ring i

Center as well p ersonal testimony and Bibles given to

inquirers.

STATEl'IENT OF FINA;:ClAL Ni^DS:

Living link pledged ^250.00 .a month Needed for family of five ^300.00 a month
Service link |;500.00 a month needed for:

1. Church building fund for new chi.\rches establislied

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2, Bibl Colloge buildi^ fimd (10 new students at least will

enter the College in April and we need new dormatory

4. Support of native workers in training in the Bibl Colloge at the rate of $20.00 a month minimum expenses 5. Travel, language study, and summer camp woik and other
incidentals in connection with the v/ork

space and classrooms) 3, Translation of literature and tracts

STORIBS OF WORK

On Christmas day Sterihen Fleenor age 6 came running to his daddy calling "Come quick a boy has fallen from a tree and is bleeding and hurt bad." Julius Pleenor went immediately and picked up the limp child and carried him tenderly to his parents* home. Two thoughts filled his mind. First, just how badly was the child hurt. Secondly, he was
greatly concerned becavse the mother had just become a Christian Ijwo v/eeks before and the Japanese often feel that religion is a matter of good luck and he feared for the mother's faith if the child was seriously hurt. The Japanese

father anc Julius took the child to the hospital and v/as happy to learn that only three stithies were necessary for

facial cuts and no bones were broken. The Christmas day was climaxed by the mother coming in the evening to give a prayer of thanksgiving with us that the child was not seriously hurt
and to tell us that her husband' f elt much more interested

in Chrisstianity through his v/iJ&e's calmness and faith in the incident. These ptirents had lost three children in a fire

bomb raid during the war and it v/as a difficult thing for the mo
mother to give up the v/orship of the souls of her throe dead children, but now she has greater comfort to know her children
in Bible School attendance.

are with the one True God and that she will one day join them around that happy Throne. Her two living children ard faithful

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We have stressed the importance of soul winning to

all our new converts, but it is often a very difficult thing

for the Japanese even as i t is for Americans.

About Sj- years ago Virginia Fie nor won her interpreter
to the Lord. The woman, a v.idow aged 35, was so filled v/ith joy she immediately v/rote a letter to her parents and each

mjember of her family telling of her new found joy and sending them Bibls. On the first Sunday in December 1953 her aged mother was baptized into Christ giving up years
of following the teachings of Buddha. Her mother-in-law

v/as so angry when Mrs. Mkami, my interpreter, was baptized 2-z ^ears ago and decidcd to train up hor tv/o young sons in the Lord, she left the house for over a v/eek, but we are rejoicing that nov/ the mother-in-law is attending church

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on beyond otir efforts and the Japanese catching tihe vision

of v/inning thoir ov^n families to Christ,

services and sho. ing more and more interest in the Biblo. It iz a real joy to nissiomrijs v/hen v/e see^the woric going

Dear Harrold,

family of 5 by counting this nov/ aflGition since this will

go in the April issue.
Sincerely,

Hop::; -uhis is sitiiifactory. We will send a news item in January as soon as ve can to announce the arrival of Pleenor Boy? or Girl?. W stated in report we havo a