Mabel continued her missionary service from the Tokyo Mita missionary home.

The first truly theocratic convention in Japan was held on the grounds of the spacious Kobe missionary home, from December 30, 1949, to January 1, 1950. The attendance swelled to 101 at the Sunday Public Meeting, held in the Tarumi, Kobe, school auditorium. Three were baptized in the large Tarumi public bathhouse.