Six more missionaries, Percy and Ilma Iszlaub, Adrian Thompson, Lloyd and Melba Barry and Lyn Robbins, arrived at Yokohama October 31, 1949, bringing the total of missionaries, including the three Tohara children, to sixteen.

Witnessing in Japan had its unusual problems. The missionary has to become accustomed​—if possible—​to sitting cross-legged on the floor before a low table at Bible studies. Since shoes have to be taken off at the porch when entering a house, he has to watch that his socks are in good shape​—without holes. And one missionary, Lloyd Barry, on making his departure at the porch after a study, found that a thief had made off with his shoes.