Pratt Paul Kathleen 1983 Japan

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U.S. Address

Mrs. Mary Lou Bauer

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Elbert St.,

Indianapolis, Ind.

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Tel. 317- 87-6753

Paul s Epistle

CENTRAL

JAPAN CHRISTIAN MISSION

INC.

Japan Address

Mr.

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Mrs. Paul Pratt

1210 Kamikasuya,

Isehara City, Japan

259-11

Tel. 0^+63-95-1019

Dear friends,

Campus Ministry

Mr.

Mrs.

Mark

Pratt

3 * 0 - 5 Negishi,

Machida City,

Tokyo

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Tel.

0427-91-^600

March,

19Sj>:

Vol. XXVI, N o.

January 15th is Adult Day

in

our adopted land. It is the time of celebrating for all

become 20 during the year. They are then permitted to vote and

are

supposedly permitted to

make their

own

decisions. MIYUKI YAMAGUCHI is a fine Christian nurse.

She

came

to

the chu

bringing three of her friends whom she wanted

to

introduce to Christians.

Speaking

of maturing, everyone is challenged at

seeing spiritual

growth. God

has

used various persons and means

to

lead

MARIKO

TERADA and

help her grow. She

received a tract from

the

K.E.A.* distribution at

Obi-

r i n

J u n i o r

H i g h o n e y e a r

a g o . R i g h t

a w a y

s h e

b e g a n

t a k i n g

o u r c o r r e s p o n - 9 B f l H | | p i [ | ^ ^

dence course, entered Mark's 8th grade Bible course at

school

and started

attending the Machida Church.

Leaders

at

Shinshu

'English

8 c Music^ Camp

h e l p e d h e r

t o

r e a c h

a

d e c i s i o n a n d s h e

w a s

b a p t i z e d a t

I s e h a r a ,

S e p t . 5 t h .

A t p r e s e n t , s e r v i n g a t M a c h i d a , s h e i s m a t u r e

b e y o n d

h e r y e a r s .

t

I

A LIVING MEMORIAL GIFT was presented

to

our

work by

BILL

AND BAR-

y

B R

KELLY

in

memory of

her father,

VERNON

A. CREIGHTON, of

Indianapolis,

The Kellys are serving faithfully at the NORTHWAY CHURCH, South Bend, t

Ind. Barbara and Kathleen attended C.B.S.

at

the same time. I

A

few

years ago

I was

surprised to

see

a T.V.

set being used in

a

school. Well, our church bought one. We have assembled quite a library

of video

tapes and without moving into our living room, the S.S. child

ren

(or adults) can see the movie we

scheduled.

David

8 c Goliath ini

tiated

the new set on

February

6th.

MARK AND LYNN and the kiddies are presently in the States on fur

lough.

After

one

semester of spiritual refreshment under Dr. Cottrell

at

C.B.C. Graduate School,

they

have been called to Kentucky Christian

College

as

that school s first

On

Campus Missionary . I guess the kids,

too, have

made

new friends there.

Gifts

and letters

to

them should be

addressed.

Campus

Ministry,

c/o R.L.

COYLE,

3357 Tallahassee

Dr.,

Cin

cinnati, Ohio,

45239.

LYDIA (Pratt) and RICK are new forwarding agents.

Miyuki and frien

KSi

d

Mark

Lynn

Clinton Karis Cason Mar

photo- courtesy Olin Mills

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Mariko

Terada


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When

Mark

returned Stateside,

I

inherited

two

of his classes at Obirin

College. One

wa

a Bible Seminar for 50 freshmen. Our text was More Than A Carpenter

by

Josh McDowell.

the

close

of the

course

I

took

a survey.

Of t h f e

42

who

answered

the survey, 29

agreed

with

McDowell that

Jesus

was

God.

Six of the remaining ones said they did not know and

six

othe

persons said

they

didn't believe but that the study had caused them

to

think more deeply o

God than

they ever

had before. Pray

for

each of

these young

people.

Attention

please If

you are making

a hospital call

in

Japan, PL EASE

DO

NOT GIVE A POTT

We have been

advised that "older folks

have

the

superstition

that as the root

of

th

flower lives,

so

the sickness

of

the

person

visited may

continue

as a rooted sickness." How

ver, w h e n

I

b o u g h t m i n e ,

t h e

flower lady a g r e e d

w i t h m e

t h a t "surely

a

y o u n g

33

y e a r old C h

t i a n m a n

w o u l d

n o t h o l d

s u c h

a f e a r " . W e

w e r e

r i g h t , b u t I h a d f o r g o t t e n a b o u t t h e 64 y e a r

P r i e s t ^

a n

a c q u a i n t a n c e of mine, w h o

o c c u p i e d

o n e of t h e s i x b e d s in

t h a t

w a r d . So,

p e a c e in t h e w a r d , m y patient sent t h e 'mums' h o m e

for

his w i f e

a n d

c h i l d to

e n j o y . Ha

ou considered recently what it means

to

be

"set

free

by

Christ"?

O n J a n u a r y 2 n d w e h a d o u r s e c o n d

E n g a g e m e n t

C e r e m o n y

i n J a p a n . S a c h i k o H a s h i m o t o ,

w h o

to graduate from Osaka B ible Seminary this spring was engaged to Rodney Friese. Sachiko'

o t h e r

h a s

a t t e n d e d

c h u r c h

o n o c c a s i o n, b u t

m o s t o f h e r

r e l a t i v e s

a n d

2 0 o t h e r g u e s t s w e r e i

h e

church for

their first time. So,

this, too, was an important pre-evangelism opportunity

be married at " t h e Reformed Church ih Slayton,

Minn,

on

June

5th this year. He

their

address will

be lona,

Minn.

Probably

you did

not

know that overseas missionaries receive

the Lookout, the

Christian

a n d t h e

R e s t o r a t i o n H e r a l d

f r e e

of c h a r g e .

We c e r t a i n l y d o

a p p r e c i a t e

c o m i n g i n t o

o u r h o m e

r e g u l a r l y .

Of

c o u r s e

H o r i z o n s is

b a s i c a l l y

a

m i s s i o n s J o u r n a l ,

of late w e

h a v e

b e e n

p l e a s e d t o

n o t e

e a c h

of

t h e

o t h e r p e r i o d i c a l s including articles

o

.

And we

all

have one important thing in

common,

wherever we are

in this

As

Bob Russell reiterated recently, "the continuing need is for trained leaders in

t

s . " W e p r a y

t h a t o u r

J a p a n e s e

c h u r c h i s

m i k i n g h e a d w a y in t h i s d i r e c t i o n .

I believe that we are t aking a big step here in the

Tokyo

area.

For

the first time in

years

we

have

Joint

efforts toward establishing

a

church. Three "Timothys" have

gone

o

the little Arakawa Church. One of these Keichi

Suzuki

returned to be it's minister. Wi

third man graduating

this spring the Bill T u i f n e r s begin

the new church at Kotesashi.

Ak

is the

minister and the Tokyo

Churches will

work together

to

provide

his support. Th

w i ll s e r v e

a s

t h e c e n t r a l

o f f i c e . P r a y

t h i s i s t h e

b e g i n n i n g

o f

g r e a t e r t h i n

Our Prayer List ^ The Machida property is n o t completely registered yet

^ Pray

for

Mark

and Lynn, their plans to return, continuing

growth

in

the

Machida

Church

- Spring

Evangelism, March 26th, 27th

-

Junior High-High

School

Camp, March 28th-31 at Shinshu

Camp Pray for

the new

church

venture, the Turners 8 f

Akira

Ishii

at Kotesashi

The

outreach of

Kanto Evangelizing Association

-

pray

for your

Japan

Missionaries at

a time

when the dollar's val-ue is-decreasing

-

- For

us

to

be able

to

grasp

every

opportunity.

Central Japan

Christian

Mission

19194 Helen

St.,

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searching, or

who

are

seeking

fpr something, they know not what. Can you

a brain surgeon being told by

an

elderly'lady that

his

teen-age daughter must be give

treatment right away

or

she would die? It is a psychological problem brought on b y

and community pressures and neither

father

nor

mother

would admit a

problem.

Yet,

their

was withdrawing herself and withering away. We are trying to show them that love i

answer;

that

love

must

be

applied along

with

discipline

in the

home. What

a

very

powerfu

is

love.

Speaking

of love, Ruth Yamazaki

was

a minister's daughter who attended

Obirin

College a

ago. She

had gone into welfare studies and was observing physio-therapy treatments

n the Philipines. While she was swimming one day she rushed to the aid of two persons who

in danger of drowning, and saved them both. In the process she lost her own life. As

the

Philipinos

now

know the truth

of Jesus' words greater

love hath no man

a

man

lay down

his life for

his

friend .

We

are hoping that

the

Philipine

sitting

next to Kathleen

on

the plane heard the story, too. For she spoke

of

her inabil

rid of a

terrible hatred

for the Japanese. Again, love triumphs over hate.

Just about ten of our missionaries

in

Japan minister regularly

to congregations.

The

Sa

has a budget of

some

$10,000. One fifth of that

amount

goes

unary'iTi~Thailand, Osaka

Bib le Seminary

and to the New Church effort

being

put

in

the

Tokorozawa area. They have

also taken over responsibility for part

of

my

salary

s

well.

Pray

for their

vision

and

outreach to

expand.

All

of

you remember

Sarah

Burney who

ser

ved both at Machida and

at

Isehara

when each

our

families took furloughs.

Sarah

and

her

husband,

Geof

Acker are beginning right

now

t

make

plans

to come

to

work in

Japan.

In

fact

we are hoping

that

they

can

arrive by

Christm

so that we can take at least a three-month

furlough. They will supply for us. They hav

been

living

and

working

in

Ontario. We com

mend

them to

you and to

all

the churches

as

worthy of

your

support.

We all have been pra

ing the Lord of the harvest that he

will

sen

forth laborers into his harvest . He

is

now

moving them to

ome

and

answer

that prayer.

They now have

one

son, John, who

is just

one

year

old.

Write and give them

your encourage

ment.

Their address

is 23 May Street,

Beams-

ville, Ontario, Canada,

LOR

IBO.

Sarah t Geof with English Students

in-Isehara, 1980- -

Central

Japan

Christian Mission

1919^ Helen

St.,

South Bend,

Indiana,

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Indianapolis,

Ind.

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CIMTRAL JAPAN CHRISTIAN MISSION

INC.

Japan Address

Mr.

Mrs. Paul

Pratt

1210

Kamikasuya,

Isehara> Kanagawa

Ken,

Japan 259-11

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We

recently

read

in

the Christian

Standard (July

3*

1983) of

the

passing of

Mildred

Wei

himer

Phillips* Kathleen

recalls

that she

was a

counsellor at the

first

Christian

Serrice

Camp she attended. It was soon after she had made her committment to Christ. Kathleen says

Welshimer was a

kind

and

wise

counsellor and

advised

me

to go to

Bible College

at

C.B.

you

well know,

I did and that is where I

met

Paul and then it

all

began. So, I was

one o

those mentioned by Dr.

Fred

Thompson in the editorial for whom she 'took the time

to talk

wi

ndividually about

their life plans....

.

Hew marvelous

is the

providence

of God.

We salute Mr. Howard

Harris,

Forwarding

Agent

for

Ben

Hirotaka, and

retired,

who came

t

the field to supply

for

Ben while he

was

on furlough. What sacrifice and dedication, what

pirit of

adventurell

His granddaughter, Belinda,

graduated from high

school

and

came

to

to

nd visit with

him.

She visited in our

home

for a

few

days. Other

recent visitors

were Mi

ton and Barbara Jones and son Eric. God has answered their prayers by healing Eric of leuke

mia, permitting them to return to Japan after more th en six

years

absence. They are encoura

ed by invitations

to

come back

to

Sendai , now

a city or

more

than

a million population.

Pr

or them and for Brother Shimada who

is

ministering to the Asahiga Oka Church

there,

THINGS TO PRAY

ABOUT:

Pray

for

Sara and

Goeff

Acker who

plan

to come

soon after Christmas

-

for

Alfred and

Rhonda

Juve, new missionaries who will work

with

the Maxeys - for the

Jones family's

new

sta

possibilities to

open

up

for

new evangelism at

Hatsuda,

Shibusawa, Fujisawa or possi

bly at Fu.jiyoshida where

we

visited - for Mark and Lynn's third term -

for our

planned

four

month furlough r Christmas thru

mid-April)

- finally,

brethren,

pray

for

us that the word

the Lord

may spread rapidly and be

glorified,... (IIThess.

3^1)

WE ARE NOW SCHEDULING DATES FOR OUR FOUR-MDNTH FURK)UGH. In

such a

short time it

is

ob

vious that we can not get around

to

the

thirty or

more churches

who

have

been

providing for u

And we expect to be visiting with the family and resting

a

bit till after the New Year's hol

day.

We

will

be contacting you, but it would be

helpful

if

you

in the

churches

could please

write suggesting a date to us. Write AIRMAIL to Japan through

the

end of November.

After t

contact us c/o

Mary Lou Bauer,

2^0

W.

Elbert

St.,

Indianapolis,

Ind. 6217.

Live while

you

live, the epicure would

say.

And

seize

the

pleasures

of the perfect

day.

Live

while

you may,

the

sacred preacher

cries.

And

give

to God each

moment as

it flies.

Lord in

my view

let faith

uniced

be,

I live in pleasure while I live

to Thee.

Philip

Doddridge

Central

Japan Christian Mission

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easons

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EMMA^IUEL

AHl

CAN IT BE THAt GOD CAME DOWN

TO DWELL WITH

US

SO LONG AGO?

WE DID NOT KNOW.

OUR L ONEL INE SS, HpART*S DEE PEST PAINS,

TinS_WEIGHT

OF S l l f J _WE_CAraOT

B E AR

H E C A M S

T O S h | r E

AND HIS

ABIDING

PUCE WILL BE

WHEREVER HUMBLE

HEART AND

HOME

WILL

MAKE

HIM

ROOM

SO

GREAT THE LOVE HE HAD

FOR

US,

HE

GLADLY LEFT

HIS GLORY HOME.

YEA, LORD,

WE COME

WITH JOYFUL, OPEN HEARTS TODAY

TO W ELCOME THEE. 0

HOUT,

AND SING

HIS

NAM E, our:KING

EMMANUEL

GOD

DWILLS

WITH

US

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