21 JUNE 99 - PRAISE & PRAY from the HILLS of JAPAN

We are in one of those periods when we are preparing for events
coming up. For example, preaching this next Sunday and ...

"Friends Together 99" is coming up and in just a short month we will
join together with 4 young adults from Washington Heights Baptist.
Church and their leader, Robert Nakaoka. Pray as we endeavor to
know and experience what "Two Cultures, One Kingdom" means for
the subjects of Christ's Kingdom.

Also, Jeffrey's semi-annual evaluation will occur in July. Jeffrey is
working hard to finish this 6 month period well and all of us with him.
Please pray that we and the specialists, that will evaluate Jeffrey, will
understand just exactly what is needed for the next phase of his
growth and healing. We anticipate and hope for Jeffrey to near
"whole-ness" by January 2001.

And then, related to that last comment, this past 5 - 6 months, we
have prayed, thought and consulted regarding the timing of our next
Home Assignment. For reasons related mostly to Jeffrey's
rehabilitation needs, we plan to take our next Home Assignment
starting during January 2001. We will get the details out to our
financial supporters, as to how we came to this decision soon. (Any
others interested, drop us a line...)

As you can imagine, this decision has its "hard" side too. Perhaps it is
hardest on Grandparents & other family members. Please pray with us
that God will make every provision; emotional, social, physical, spiritual,
etc. It will be hard to put off seeing you all for another year, yet we
are confident that God has lead in this as best for family and ministry
at this time. (One of the bottom line "hopes" is that if Jeffery's
growth & healing rate continues to increase at the current rate, we
could do much of our next Home Assignment travel as a family.
Something we could not consider if we were to return on schedule.)

This coming week:
MONDAY - 21st
Office work & correspondence.

TUESDAY - 22nd
Office work in the morning. Volunteer time at Ikedas in the Afternoon.
Children's, Jr. High & Adult English in the Evening.

WEDNESDAY - 23rd
Prayer and Preparation. In-House-Date with Cheryl.

THURSDAY - 24th
Office work, correspondence, ... English in the evening with High
School Students, and Adult Class.

FRIDAY - 25th:
Catch up all some of the things slipping through the cracks. Prayer
and Planning with Pastor Okita.

SATURDAY - 26th:
Housework in the morning. Awana Club in the afternoon. Victory
Prayer Meeting in the evening.

SUNDAY - 27th:
I preach at Midorino Chapel. Awana Leaders Meeting and Friends
Together 99 Host Families' Orientation meeting in the afternoon.

UPDATE ITEMS: (refreshed on 21 June 99)
* ERIKO KOIZUMI *
Pray for her future plans. She is unsettled about her future.

* $BM'$K(B99 / FRIENDS TOGETHER 99 *
Plans for a group of young adults to come from Washington Heights
Baptist Church are well underway. Our general theme will be "2 Cultures
1 Kingdom".

* BRETT TURNER *
Pray for Brett. Pray as he seeks God's guidance for his future
education and ministry. Looking forward to his visit with the Friends
Together '99 group.

* ERIKA MORIGUCHI *
Ikeda's niece, preparing for Weber St. Univ. She is living with us now.
Pray for her salvation!!! A hard week for her. Especially Father's Day.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ was shared with her clearly and she
showed interest. Pray that she will let go of the conditions she has set
for God.

* SANAE HOYA *
Making serious plans to return to attend Weber State University. She
has received the paper work to apply for her Student's Visa. Pray for a
public confession of faith in Jesus and that she will bond with Erika
who is planning to start Weber St. at the same time.

* AKI TAIDO *
Studying at Eastern Oregon Univ. in LaGrande, OR. Pray for the
Christians of FBC LaGrande ministering to her there. Praise God that
we were able to arrange a one week home stay (June 14 -20) in
Portland during Aki's break between quarters. We were able to pair her
up with our good friend Sachiko Hayashi through the help of another
good friend, Rev. Dan Hotovec of Faith Baptist Church.

* ICHIKAWA FAMILY *
Megumi and the family have started home schooling with the blessing
of the school officials.

* NOBUE KONNO *
Nobue is ministering together with Washington Heights Baptist Church
and MTA missionaries Robert & Karen Nakaoka as she studies at
Weber St. University in Ogden, UT.

* NOZAKI FAMILY *
Pray for fellowship with this family and their salvation.

* RYUNOSUKE NOZAKI *
He is studying at Weber St. University in Ogden, UT. He also attends 2
Bible Studies and other events organized by Robert Nakaoka &
Washington Heights Baptist. Church. Pray that Ryunosuke will confess
faith in Christ.

* KENICHIRO WATANABE *
Pray for his salvation.

* AKIKO & REIKO TOMONARI *
* YURIKA & MEGUMI SOEDA *
Two sets of sisters from Ryugasaki New Town preparing for Baptism.

* CHERYL (the Mama) HILL *
Unless otherwise indicated, Cheryl is always the one running Jeffrey's
program and there is ALWAYS A SPECIAL PRAYER NEED for her.

Thank you for your ever faithful prayers. We praise God for you!

Your Compatriots in Christ's Kingdom,

The Hills: Abigail, Jeffrey, Cheryl & Leon