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working anyway. They believed that God would provide the
money, and He did!
People around the world began to give money. A judge from
the United States heard of what God was doing in Japan. He
wrote a letter to Charles that said, “I am so excited about the
work you are doing in the villages, telling people about Jesus.
Will you visit a whole province for me? Here is $3,000 to do it!”
The workers used the money from the judge to visit the
province called Saitama. One of the old priests they spoke with
said, “I believe that what you have told me today is the truth.
For the past 25 years, I have shown thousands of people the
wrong way. Now I want to lead them to Jesus, who is the Way,
the Truth and the Life.”
When the whole province had been visited, Charles wrote to
the judge to let him know that the work was finished. His letter
explained, “Because you gave your gift of money to God’s
work, approximately 1.5 million souls have heard the story of
Jesus. Hundreds have given their lives to Him.” The judge was
so excited about what God had done that he sent another
$2,000 to share Jesus in another province!
In one town, all the policemen from the surrounding
villages had gathered for a conference. The chief officer
invited the Japanese Christian workers to speak to the
policemen. They sat quietly, listening to the stories from the
Bible and what Jesus had done by dying on the cross. The chief
police officer said to the workers, “Would you stay and teach
us some more? We need to hear these things which will stop
our people from sinning.”
Lettie said about visiting the villages, “We were at that task
night and day for five years! We were out in the districts,
where there were hundreds of people, thousands that never
heard the name of Jesus. And it took five years and $100,000.
The money was all sent in answer to prayer from many of
God’s people.”
During the Great Village Campaign*, Bible college students
walked to many villages. People gave their lives to God. New

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