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MISSIONARIES TO OKINAWA AND JAPAN, 1951 - 1982
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Nago, Okinawa...
Harold was appointed pastor at the Nago Church -- which met in the
home of a war widow -- shortly after arriving in Okinawa.
However, Margaret and Harold lived in the city of Naha, Okinawa, where
a residence had been built for them.
This made for lengthy travel times given the condition of the roads
in post-war Okinawa.
Top Right: Overlooking Nago Bay (1951). Right: Some of the people of the Nago Church pose with Yamazato Katsuichi in front of the Miyagi home "Taroya" (that is, 'Home of Taro'). |
 
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...and Naha Left: Looking over the rooftops of the Rickard's Asato neighborhood in Naha (1951). Naha is Okinawa's capitol city. |
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Left: Bobby, Jeanie, and Harold on the front porch of their Asato home (1951). In addition to pastoring at Nago, Harold also worked with the three Okinawan pastors serving the northern two-thirds of Okinawa at the time. Meanwhile, Margaret trained church school teachers, taught children and youth in church school and in English classes, played the small reed organs for worship in the churches that did not have an organist, and of course cared for the Rickard home and children. |
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Doing what children do naturally, the Rickard children played
with the children of Okinawan neighbors -- and in so doing
often helped "open doors" to neighborhood homes.
Below, left: Bobby and friends at the Rickard's
Asato house (1951). Below right: Margaret plays the organ for worship at the Haneji Church School. This facility had been an old post-war hospital for Okinawans (Summer 1952). |
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