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+ toAY AND Mas. MATTIE MINGS IN JAPAN

Ray and Mattie with three chlldreB

Donnie and Lonnio elwen and Cai^ol six

years old left America iu December 1950

They arrived in Japan January 4, 1951

and caise to Osaka the next day* Ray

iiamediately began working on Osaka Bi ble Seminary while both Ray and Mattio studied language. At this time with the

help or othersi tliey beisaa a church in the Horiii,uchi area^ a aubu-rb of Osaka. Xhoy lived in a temporary building i

wliich they erected on the property of

the Osaka Cliristian Mission, for about

years 9 after which they.inoved to a

house being constructed in Hirakata.

church was stai'ted in this house in Jan

uary 1954.
was born*

On May 15t 195^ Timothy Dale

Donnie Lonnie and Carol studied at

a small school kept by the mission and

managed by Lucille Sheriaan.

After the

boys gx'aduated from the eighth grade, they

began their high school studies by corr

espondence.

After three years of study

this way, they were able to take the last

year of study in Kentucky and graduate

with a class* Rs^y e.nd Mattie took their

first furlough in 195^-1957i returning

in July of 1957 for the second terra*

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boiini.e and Lonnie studied fox* two years

in Osaka Bible Seminary and Carol stud*

ied at home*

When Dale was old enough

to begin Kindergarten* he was taught aby

his mother and all through the next seven

grades with the exception of the 4th grade

which he took at Taylor County Grade Sch
ool in Kentucky* Carol took all of her

high school through correspoi||dnee and

when the family z^eturned for the second

furlough in 19^3 she enrolled in Cinci*

nnati Bible Seminary.

When Donnie and Lonnie x^ere study&'

ing at Cincinnati Bible Seminary, the^
met their wives and were both married the
same year* Lonnie and Coral were married

October 21 I96O; Donnie and Charlotte

December 10 i960* Carol met her husband

at the same place and she and Dan Blliott

were married August 21, 1966*

Dale Stud

ied for three o# four years at Christian

Academy in Tokyo after which he returned

to the States emd entered Bible College

at Cincinnati*

Through the years Ray has continued

to teach at the Bible Seminary in Osakaf

to preach at the churches and to teaeh

different Bible classes*

He serves as a

coimcilor member and has different duties

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in connection vrith the Mission and the

school* Hat t i e has worked with woiaen

and children as well as in the differ

ent chiirches and Vacation Bible School*

She has taken care of all correspondence

for t^hrenty three years as well as the house works teaching the children and other thingSa Wlion Donnie and Lonnie

returned to the field as missionariesi

the worked in the Bible Seminary and the

churches

Ray and Mattie have lived at the

Hirakata house during the last three
terms The church started in their house

put ou ptheir own building on the back

of the lot, in 1970 and it is known as
the Nakabiiri Church of Christ Although

no attempt has been made to keep a defi

nite account of those won to Clxrist

during these years they and the boys

have won many people to Christo It is

their hope and sincere desii-e that their

work will not end wi^g their death or the

end of their terra of service. They would

like to liliink that their efforts will

still bring forth fruit long after they

are gone*

W* Ray Mings was born Nov* 1, 1913

in Adair County| Kentucky* He was grad*

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uated flrom high school at CaapbellsvlllQt Ky Ho received training at Transylvania

College in Irexingtono Ky. and Butler Uai

versity School of Religion in Indiana*

polis Ind* Ray has been preaching sincj|

19^43 and hei^^erved in Indiana before he
went to Japan* His mission isrork is teac

hing in Osaka Qible Semonary and preac

hing in Japano

Mrs* flattie Roberta Mings was born

Aug* 1, 1913 ia Taylor County^ Ky*

She

was also graduated from high school at >

Campbellsville 0 Ky* They have fourriChil-

dren:

Oonnie Mings born March 8, 1939

in Campbellsville Ky. j Lonnie Hinge born

March 8, 1939 in Campbellsville, Ky*

(twins); Carol Elaine Mings (now Mrs*

Dan Blliott) born May 15 19^^ i^ India napolis, Ind*; and Timothy Dale Mings

born May 15, 195^ in Japan*

Their forwarding agent is Mrs* Robert

P. Webster, PoO* Dox 312, Campbellsville,

Ky* 42718* Their field address is Ray

and Mrs* Mattie Mings, 35-2 Suikoen Hirakata*shi, Osaka 573, Japan*