Japan. It is my hope that these photographs will encourage members of the
church throughout the mission to visit the website and remember the days
when they were investigating the church. It is my further hope that
missionaries who are currently in the field can use these photographs to
locate and reactivate members, who are not currently active in the church.
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Kure Branch, February 1975
Kubo Shimai (2nd row center, just in front of Fukunaga Kyodai) would be baptized on 15 Mar 1975. Ilizaliturri ("Ili") Choro, DL, (back row, far right), my first companion in Japan, would leave the following day on 16 Mar 1975, for his home in California. Fujimoto Shimai (just in front of Ilizalitturi Choro) would be baptized on 29 Mar 1975. Shortly thereafer, Fukunaga Kyodai (back row, 2nd from left, just behind Kubo Shimai) would leave on a mission to Sendai, Japan Mission, shortly after Fujimoto Shimai's baptism. Sato Shimai (back row, center, between Fukunaga Kyodai and Ilizalitturi Choro) was the first member of the Kure branch and one of the first members of the church in the Hiroshima prefecture." |
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Kure-Fujimoto Baptism, March 29, 1975
First Row (L to R): Morioka Kyodai (Shibucho), Vassallo Choro, Fujimoto Shimai, Kubo Shimai |
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Kure Branch, April 1975
Out Front: Wood Choro |
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Miyakonojo Branch, November 13, 1975
This photograph of the Miyakonojo Branch was taken after a performance of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in Japanese |
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Yanai's Hayashi Kazoku, January 1976
Hayashi Kyodai was the shibucho of the Yanai Branch at the time this photograph was taken. |
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Yanai's Ohata Kazoku, January 1976
Ohata Kyodai was a former shibucho of the Yanai Branch at the time this photograph was taken. |
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Yanai's Matsuoka kazoku, January 1976
Matusoka Kyodai was one of Hayashi Shibucho's counselors in the Yanai Branch, at the time this photograph was taken. |
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Omuta Obon Matsuri July 21, 1976
(L to R) Hashimoto, Inoue and Kaneko shimai's. Inoue Shimai and Kaneko Shimai were both baptized only two (2) months earlier on May 26, 1976. |
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Karatsu street dendo, Fall of 1976
(R to L) Farnsworth Choro (DL), Kaseda Shimai, Vassallo Choro (ZL), Ishibashi Shimai, Aoki Shimai |
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Nagasaki Branch, Fall of 1976
(L to R) Kitano Shimai, Heaton Choro (DL) and Miyazaki Shimai |
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Nagasaki Branch Shibucho's Musume |
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Kinno & Iwasa Kazoku's of Omuta, November 14, 1976
This photograph was taken at the Chihobu Taikai in Fukuoka. The (back, right) Kinno kazoku was baptized nineteen (19) days later on December 3, 1976. Kinno Shimai and (front, left) Iwasa Kyodai are brother and sister. |