Each Adult missionary should complete one of these forms and send by regular seamail to:

Mission Services

Box 968

Joliet, Illinois

PERSONAL FILE

Februairv 21^
Name in full, Donald Cfiltner

Complete address on

SexMais.

3-llji.6 Shi'TnnnohiaT j. SVn'njnlmj TnTryOy .Tapan

Complete home (for forwarding) address,

Name and address of hometown newspaper

596

11th

Ffiru Indiana

OrggOK jQUTIialj Jonnnal Blgd^j Portlandy , Qne-

Names and addresses of other newspapers which mi^t carry stories of your work..,

. ^amsey Nevrs Jottmaly Ramseyj Illlnoig

^Lincoln Evening Courier^ Lincoln, Illinoia
Peru Tribune, Peru, Indiana
Place of Rirfh.

Where

Day I ?9

Dallas, Texas

Month, 5>

Year-2B.

Ash arovey Missouri

HI
What age?
On back of page please describe any special circumstances regarding conversion.

Marital status: Married,

Single,

Divorced-

Widowed- Married at what ageH2.

List children by full name giving place, day, month, and year of birth;

Name

. Paul Stephen ^vmey

Place

Day Month Year

Pfinn, IllinoTa

pfl /

Schooling (High School and on):

Name and Location of School

Number of Years

Major

Degrees with date

Portland, Oregon
Benson Polvteclinio

Electronics Material Sch,

IT*S- Wavy, iToaa. Tr . , Sa-n,

Uorthvrest Christian College

ItP
2

Lincoln Bible Institute

Lincoln Bible Institute

Lincoln,

IfiPfb Rf^dl'O

.Time 1Q1|^

.^le':'trpnics

October 19^!-7

vears

2-fr y^ara
1 year

A.B.
ITT

.Timo

/
A*

.
0

Itersonal File - Page 2 - Mnrr.o

BurneTT. Donald g.

What things influenced you to become a missionary? Your own story in some detail might be in*
flential in leading others into fulltime service (use a separate sheet if you need more space)?

Describe briefly in outline form the nature of your daily duties.

Which of the following terms most nearly describes your missionary status:
EvangeUst
Doctor.

Bible College teacher

Nurse.

Social worker.

Father's name and home address (if

His occupation

Pubhc School teacher

Office worker

Other

W. Biirnp.-y. k6'^2 S. E, Brookl-yn| Portland*

RRtlrftd

Is he a rniriai-ian9

What positions of leadership has he held in the local rhnrrh 7

Mother's full maiden namp

Homemaker.

Mvra Sthel Giltner

Yes, inactive

nnno

jg ghe living?

Is she a Christian? XOS . Her occupation if employed outside of home

Yes

xx

What leadership positions has she held in the local church? Deaconess

Name of forwarding agpni-.

Aririrpga.

I.Ir. Oarland Petty

W, llth Street.

Peru. Indiana

Telephone

What are his or her duties:

Receive and forvmrd funds
Mail Hewslefcters

Should money be sent to forwarding agent only?XeS , In what form?

you, please indicate how-in what form?

Does your forwarding agent serve without salary?

Yar

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

If it can be mailed to

Oregon

^cb Adult missionary should complete one of these forms and send by regular seamail to:
Mission Services

Box 968

Joliet, Illinois

PERSONAL FILE
Date

Name in fnii

Nonna

'Tlsnn

Sex

Female

Complete address on fipiH 3-lli!-6 ShimoocMal, Sliinj-ul-ai, Tokyo, Japan

Complete home (for forwarding) address , .^96 W. 11-hh St-PAA-f-.j Pa-pHj IrtH-Tflng
Name and address of hometown npwwpappr

i-'eru Iribimej Peru, xndlana

Names and addresses of other newspapers which mi^t carry stories of your work...
Ra^ttse-^r ITevi-H Journal, Rsmso", Illinois
Lincoln .Ivonj-nr: Goitrior Lincoln, Illinois

Place of Birth

"Tni^inn. Indiana (RFl. )

Day.

po

Month

Yeat-i^

Where baptised?,

.naiana
What age?-2 ialmost 10;
On back of page please describe any special circumstances regarding conversion.

Marital status: Married -jfe...

Single-

Divorced.

- Widowed Married at what age_^i.

List children by full name giving place, day, month, and year of birth;
Name

Pav.l Stephen Burney

Place

Day

Pana, Illinois

28 /

Month Year

/ 5k

Schooling (High School and on):

Name and Location of School
111 on Iv/'o. .

I.'ac^--

T,incoin Bible

Number of Years

Institrto
Tnoiiin-hft

Hay 19l'-6
ilT

LincoIn, Illinois
L-Thio

Degrees with date

.na

Lincoln, Illinois

Major

Semestsp

AB

jime 195^1

PeTBoaai File - Page 2 - Name.

T^urnov. Homa

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)?
A plea for help on the Xakima reservation made by Ray Zack and relayed
to me by Uorma Uorrls, first influenced me to become a missionary.
Having met my husband on the Yalciraa reservation and married, it was
his interest in Japan and description of the need for Christ there that

influenced our descision for Japan, along with our conviction that we were
able to go overseas when others perhaps weren't, and could take care of
evangelization in the U.S.

Describe briefly in outline form the nature of your daily duties.

Which of the following terms most nearly describes your missionary status:
Evangelist,
Doctor.

Bible College teacher

Nurse

Public School teacher

Social worker_ Office worker

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

His nrrnapHnn .IVov'rr: fn-

Other

jnnp.i.c v;-i.lson.

js

3.3. :^in3ori:atondont(v.hori vounft)

Mother's full maiden name"-^ryR ni7i-ibo-;0 n

Is g^e

Is she a Christian? Her occupation if employed outside of home

Name of forwarding
Address^

Iladison, Peru. Ind.

a nhn.gfian9 "os: inactiVG

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

What leadership positions has she held in the local

Home maker,

Ygs

iwC

- Ob-'lrk/'en's toacher* Primary Sunt.

M-p. n-nyland Petty

VJ- 11Sb-pf>et

Peru. Indiana

What are his or her duties:

Receive and forward funds
Mail Newsletters

Should money be sent to forwarding agent only? .Yes In what form?

you please indicate how in what form?.

Does your forwarding agent serve without salary?^.Xas

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

If it can be mailed to

Donald G. Burney ( May 29, 1928 at Dallas, Texas), Paul Barney ( January 28, 1954 at
Pana, Illinois), Mrs. Norma Burney ( December 29, 1928 at Marion, Indiana), and Sarah
Burney ( January 7, 1966 at Toliyo, Japan).

The Donald G. Burney family serves as missionaries in Japan. They received good training
before they left this country from* Don#- Northwest Christian College 1948- 1950.

Lincoln Bible Institute 1952- 1954; Lincoln Bible Institute Graduate School 1954- 1955.
Normav Lincoln Bible Institute 1946- 1951. Both have A. B. Degrees from L.B. I. .
Don served as preacher at Harasey, Illinois Jan. 1952- Mar. 1954. i?elped establish

Sanders Hill Christian Church, Rural Royte. - Ramsey, Illinois Feb. 1954 - September 1954.

Don taught Bible classes on week ends'at Chemawa Indian School, Salem, Oregon from October
1949 to May 1950. He worked with McKinley Indian Mission, Toppenish, ll^aahington summers
of 1949 &1950. Norma also worked with McSinley Indian Mission aumrners of 1948, 1949,
1950, and 1951.

The Burneya are sponsored in their mission work in Japan by the following churchesi
Bachelor Creek Qiurch of Christ, R.R. 1, li^abash, Indiana
Treaty Christian Church, R.R. 5, ^a^gash, Indiana
Ohward Christian Church, Onward, Indiana

Maoy Ch)'istian Church, Maoy, Indiana

The Burney family entered Japan in July 1955. Both have been in Language School
since entering Japan.

Forwarding agentt
Garland Petty
596 West 11th Street

Peru, Indiana
leU

ForerigH Address s

Shikoku Church of Christ Mission

Donald G. Burney
1- 732 Unzaki
Uozaki- Cho

Higachl Kada- ku^ Kobe, Japan

Tokyo, Japan

Dear Mac,

fiAf

August 20, 195^

V/e arrived in Yokohanaa on July 25 after leaving 3an Francisco

July 10.

G-race Farnham and Harold Sims along v/ith. Yaniada-san (Paul

Yamada) and one of the deacons from the Shimoochiai church, met us
at the ship, and Harold helped us get our stateroom baggage through
customs.

We stayed with Grace until we could get our hold baggage and
freight through customs, and moved into the Pleenors* home July 29.

Since then we have mostly been straightening up and waiting for our
language school to start in September 7;hile we get acquainted v/ith
the neighborhood and Tokyo.

It appears that we are going to got our Jeep Monday at last.

have had soraewhat of an awful time v/ith it.

We

The length of our ownership

was not at fault at all, but we had to send back to Illinois for notarized

statements as to when we bought and sold our Oldsmobile, the car we had

before.

We also had to send our bill of sale on the Jeep back to Mr. Kinney

to be notarized.

The next thing v/as a typographical error on one of the

papers--Jeep motor number listed as "26 something" instead of "W6 something."

After other papers v/ere received, it looked like v/e were going to get it,
until Customs noticed that the actual number on the motor was "TW6-etc."

instead of as listed on the registry and all papers, "w6-etc." Don spent
part of a day in Yokohaj^ia this week, and he and a Methodist missionary
who was having the same"TV/" problem with customs over a Jeep, convinced
them that it was OK and probably stood for "Transportation",

It would be

interesting to Imov; what it does stand for and why they don't register it
v/ith the motor number. It almost cost us another month or so in storage

bills on that Jeep,

Incidently, the 6-raonths ownership time is supposed to

be completed before leaving the United States,

V/e were OK because the bill

was dated in December when v/e ordered it, not in January when we received it.
I v/ill believe we have it when I see it.

K/

n:

enclfcsi^ some pictures for the Calendar. Will you nlease

bill our forv/arding V/cretary for them?

Thanlc you fQrVp.ll the help you have been to us.

In Christ Jesus,

.THE BTJHrreiTSTO VJORK/ni ViItOi/-U

'

79^7^87 DWA^O GUut/W/:

Arriving in Japan July 23V'""3:7^?

settled in the Julius Fleenor

home in Tokyo, and entered language school in September.

In the midst of learning to live under a different set of condi

tions, the paganism of the country becomes increasingly apparent to us.

During early September we frequently witnessed the throngs of young men

carrying portable shrines about on the shoulders of as many as could

get into the crovfd.

Hardly a day passes without some new sight or

incident to remind us of the grip which Satan holds on these people.

On our way home from language school one day we passed a

Buddhist priest piously chanting Buddhist scriptures in front of a
laimdry scarcely a block from our house.
,, On a children's festival day in Hovember boys of three

five

and girls of three

and

and seven (7)4were draaacid. in-thair--

traditional garments and taken to the shrines.

At the shrine the mothers

vjere pulling a rope which vxas attached to a noise-maker (to attract the
attention of the shrine's spirit), bowing in prayer, and throwing money

into the treasury.

Then they, with the child, went into the inner section

for tlae special services over which the priest officiated.

The proceedings

are said to include prayers of thanks for growth and petitions for
continued growth.

On Tlianksgiving Day a drummer, accompanied by three

men, each

v/'earing red masks v/liich resembled a lion's face, came doivn our street.
Vihlle the drumraer announced their presence by his continual beating,

the

men entered the houses, put on their hideous masks and attempted to
"chase out the evil spirits", then collected their fee and hurried on to
the other houses.

Squally pathetic, as these v/ho v/orshlp after the manner of their

ancestors ^^^ho were imenlightened by the V/ord of God, are the yotmg

Bu^neys

"education worshippers" of Japan, who have become atheistic, and vdio seek
only the riches and pleasures of this present lifSo

There are many of them^

At the present we are studying language in order to be able to

proclaim the Message "which saves

It is admitt^y a difficult task,

but we share the blessing of God in this effort by having skilled teachers,
good materials, and time to devote to it.
I r

least

We will be in Tokyo for at

ghteu^n months altogether, devoting ourselves to the study of

the language.

Many advised that we get this minimum in the language

before attempting other work, and thoxight that to do otherwise was to

permanently limit our usefulness to the Lord.

When the Julius Pleenor family, in v^hose home we are living,

return from furlough we expect to settle somev/here on Shikolui (the smallest

of the" four main Japanese islands.

establishing churches.

There we will be evangelizing and

This island has an area over 7jOOO square miles

-and a population of nearly six million people.

the Christian Radio Mission

have reached into this area, and we have been

there are nov/ several students from Shikoloi on the roles of

informed that

their corresp DncJ.ence school.

us

Also,the brethren in Osaka have informed

tha-t Chris tians from that area move

Y/ill be of ai d

to Shikoioio

Both of these factors

to us in beginning work in that section of Japan.

our knov/ledge , *o/e will be the first

of undemomins. tio'nal
We ne

The radio programs of

To

to go to Bhikolhi wi'bh the message

Christianity.

ed the continued pra^/ers of fellow Christians that wo might

continue to liave the strength and means necessary to the work<