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( P a u l ' s E p i s t l e )

NEWSLETTER

OF THE

PAUL . PRATT

FAMILY

MISSIONARIES TO KYUSHU, JAPAN

MARCH,

963

F o r e w a r d i n g A d d r e s s

Mrs.

o l l y Wilkinson

23769

W

di s o n Road

South

Bend, Indiana

Dear friends:

Phone

CE.

.5459

CH. -8980

VOLUME II,

NO.

F u r l o u g h

Address

Paul . Pratt

470 .

HoltRoad

I n d i a n a p o l i s 41,

n d i a n a

A l l o f o u r f a m i l y

s a y

' A

t h o u s a n d

t h a n k s t o a l l o f y o u f o r

s t a n d i n g b y

u s w i t h

y o u r

g i f t s

a n d

p r a y e r s .

I n t h e

p a s t

s i x m o n t h s we

h a v e

b e e n

p r i v i l e g e d

t o v i s i t

p r a c t i c

a l l y a l l

o u r

l i v i n g - l i n k

c h u r c h e s a n d

h a v e s p o k e n

a b o u t 8 0

t i m e s .

B e c a u s e

o f my c h o o l

i n g

l a s t s e m e s t e r , s p e c i a l

m e e t i n g s w e r e p o s t p o n e d

t i l l

s p r i n g .

We i l l

b e

i n t o s i x

s t r a i g h t w e e k s

o f

m e e t i n g s b y

t h e

t i m e t h i s

l e t t e r

r e a c h e s

y o u .

WE

CONTINUALLY RECEIVE

ENCOURAGING WORD

FROM OUR

FRIENDS

IN

JAPAN.

MI S S

FUKUMOTO,A PATIENT AT THE T.

B.

SANI-

TORIUM

HAS

COMPLETED

THE

43

LESSON RADIO CORRESPONDENCE

COURSE ON

The

A c t s ' . SHE S A VERY

HUMBLE,AND DILIGENT YOUNG

LADY

AND WE

ARE HAPPY THAT

HER

HEALTH IS

IMPROVING.

EIGHTEEN LESSONS ARE NOW

COMPLETED

IN

THE

NEW

BIBLE

SURVEY SERIES. I

MADE

THE GENERAL OUTLINE AND FOUR OF OUR

PREACHERS ARE WRITING THE LESSONS. THE OUTLINE

IS

AS FOLLOWS:

A. BASIC OLD ESTAMENT FACTS

(6

l e s s o n s )

B . THE

L I F E

OF

HRIST (1 0

l e s s o n s ) C. THE HISTORY

OF

THE CHURCH (10 l e s s o n s ) D. CHRISTIAN

LIVING (12 e s s o n s ) .

AS

OF

JANUARY s t

OUR SENDAI GROUP BEGAN

MEETING IN TWO

LOCATIONS

NEAR THE ITY. MR.

TANIJIRI,

THE KUSHIKINO

PREACHER

MEETS WITH

THEM

AT MR.

IKEDA'S HOME t h e

man

b e d f a s t f o r

1 1

y e a r s )

ON THE n d SUNDAY.

THEY

MEET

AT KUMANOJO

THEN ON

THE r d

SUNDAY. THOSE WHOCANATTEND

KUSHIKINO

THE OTHER

SUNDAYS.

MR. IIMURE

AT

KAGOSHIMA CONTINUES WITH ONE ENGLISH

BIBLE

CLASS

FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS AND AT AJIKI, MR.

DAIKUZONO

CONTINUES

TO

HOLD

DOWN

A

UNIOR

HIGH

LASS,

( s e c

p i c t u r e )

TAPES

WE

SEND

ARE HELPFUL

TO

THEM.

B o t h

Mark

a n d P a u l h a v e p a s s e d t h e

5 ' 1 0 "

m a r k . P a u l p l a y e d f r e s h m a n f o o t

b a l l a n d M a r k w a s t h e c e n t e r o n h i s 7 t h

g r a d e

b a s k e t b a l l

t e a m .

L y d i a

f i

n a l l y r e a c h e d

t h e h o n o r r o l l

b y m i d - y e a r a n d

M a r y

w o n

a

m u s i c - m e m o r y

c o n t e s t . T h i s y e a r w i l l p r o v e

a good e x p e r i e n c e f o r e a c h of them.

We r r i v e d h o m e

i n g o o d

t i m e f o r M o m

a n d Dad

P r a t t s G o l d e n W e d d i n g An

n i v e r s a r y ,

O c t o b e r 6 t h .

I t w a s t h e

f i r s t t i m e

t h e i r f a m i l y o f s e v e n

c h i l d r e n

w e r e

a l l

t o

g e t h e r i n

1 5

y e a r s . I n t h i s d a y o f f a m i l y t r o u b l e s a n d d i v o r c e , m a r r i a g e s

o f

g r e a t e r

l o n g e v i t y m u s t

b e h e l d u p b e f o r e u s

a s

t h a t

w h i c h t h e

L o r d p l a n n e d f o r m a n . M a y y o u

have m a n y more, mom

nd

dad.

O u r s i n c e r e

s y m p a t h y t o

t h e M a r k M a x e y f a m i l y o u r c o - l a b o r e r s .

M r s .

M a x e y ' s

f a t h e r a n d m o t h e r , M r . a n d

M r s .

P e t h t e l o f

W ^ i n d

R i d g e ,

P e n n a . ,

b o t h p a s s e d

a w a y

w i t h i n t h e

l a s t

t h r e e

m o n t h s . " . .

. o r r o w n o t , e v e n a s o t h e r s

w h i c h

h a v e n o h o p e .

for

...

he

dead

in

Christ s h a l l

r i s e .

.

.

F o l k

c o n t i n u a l l y

a s k

When

a r e y o u g oi n g b a c k ? "

We

l a n t o

m o v e w e s t w a r d

i n l a t e

J u l y

w i t h a n a p p o i n t m e n t t o

s a i l

a b o u t

t h e

1 5 t h o f A u g u s t a l o n g W i t h t h e M a r k

M a x e y

f a m i l y . We

e e d

y o u r

h e l p

i n

p u r c h a ^ n g

c l o t h i n g ,

a

s t o v e ,

b e d s

a n d

o t h e r

i t e m s

a s w e l l a s t he tickets.

N e e d s f o r o u r f a m i l y

w i l l

b e

g r e a t e r t h i s

t i m e

s i n c e

t h e

c h i l d r e n

a r e

o l d e r .

Th e

c o s t o f ^

t h e

c o r r e s p o n d e n c e s c h o o l c o u r s e s i n c r e a s e s w i t h t h e y e a r s .

P a u l

w i l l e n t e r a p r i

v a t e h i g h s c h o o l i n T o k y o

t h i s

y e a r ,

M a r k

w i l l e n t e r i n 1 9 6 4 a n d t h e n L y d i a w i l l b e g i n

i n 1 9 6 5 . T h e s e e x p e n s e s

a r e

t e r r i f i c We

p l a n

t o r e s u m e r a d i o b r o a d c a s t i n g a n d a s

f u n d s p e r m i t w e

h o p e t o a d v e r t i s e o u r c o u r s e s o n T V . a n d t h r u t h e

n e w s p a p e r s .

W e

p l a n

i n

t h e

f u t u r e t o move

o u t

o f t h e

r e n t e d

h o u s e

a n d c o n v e r t i t

i n t o a

C h r i s t i a n

Dorm

i t o r y ,

r e n t a l l i b r a r y

a n d b o o k

s t o r e .

J o i n w i t h u s

i n

m a k i n g

e a c h o f t h e s e i t e m s

a m a t t e r

of

p r a y e r .

Sayonara,

0au/, a m c /

/ u / e / j t e n ,

( C a p i t a l i z e d

p a r t s i n d i c a t e h i s t o r i c

f a c t s

f o r

f u t u r e q u i c k

r e f e r e n c e )

MISS

FUKUMOTO

JR.

HIGH

CLASS

SUNDAYSCHOOL

MOM NDDADPRATT


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( P a u l ' s E p i s t l e )

NEWSLETTER OF THE

PAUL .

PRATT FMIILY

MISSIONARIES

TO

KYUSHU. APAN

. - |

June,

1963

FORSWARDING ADDRESS

Mrs.

Polly

WiUclnaon

23769 W. Edison Road

South Bend, Indiana

Dear friends,

Tolume

711.

Ro. 2

ADDRES S

TILL JULY

27, 1963

Paul

S.Pratt

470

South Holt

Road

I nd i a n a p o l i s 41, I nd i a n a

Kathleen

declares

that the

missionary's

theme song

is "This

World Is Not

My Home".

Of the

past eight years, the year

1961

holds

the

honor

of being the

only

year

in

which we

did not

move.

We're

made to

feel

very much without

a

home since we received word that

our

rented

house

in

Kagoshima is up

for

sale. Of

course

we

wouldn't

even consider

letting go our

lease on that

"Mansion

Over The Hill

top" but

until we

move

to

that

land, please

pray that

the

Lord

will

provide us with

one

in Kagoshima. He is

faithful

to provide.

It won't be long now.

Word

from the travel agency is that we

will sail aboard

the

CALIFORNIA BEAR of the Pacific Par East Lines

on

August 14th. (Some missionaries

do

not encourage

us as

to the

faithfulness

of

freighters meeting

their

sailing

date.)

We looh

foreward

to

the restful voyage and the reunion

with

the

Mark Mazey

family oxir only

fellowpassengers.

We still need funds toward

the

purchase

of

tickets. With Lydia reaching her twelfth birthday

this

J u l y 27th, all except

Ma:^

w i l l . be p a y i n g

f u l l f ar e .

We

have

appreciated the sincere welcome, the entertainment

and

gifts given to

us

by

all

of you. The marked evangelistic zeal

and

concern

for

missions in general in

so

many churches truly e n o o i ur a ge

ua. 0\ir

family owes

a

great deal to

our Indianapolis

friends and

especially t o th e Mars ^11 hurch

for

opening

its

arms to

us

a nd

for ministering to our

young

people. This

all helped them

to

live

for a

few

months

like normal boys and girls.

Six weeks

o f e v a n g e l i s m w i t h N o r t h w a y ,

Niles, Attica,

V a nder

-

bilt and Bee c h'

Gr o ve

c h a l l e n g ed me and we trust proved helpful

for

a l l ,

A

total

of

ten souls responded to the i n v i t a t i o n . Seven

w e r e

baptized and

t h e

o thers pla ced

me mb e r s h i p w i t h t h e r e spe c t i v e

local

churches.

The

final two

weeks

were spent

at Beech

Grove, near Port

Wayne, with our

friend

Don

Foust.

We were honored, too, to be work

ing

w i t h Mr. V i r g i l

Brook,

a u t h o r of

many

w e l l - k n o w n

gospel songs,

the most

popular

of

which

is

"Beyond

The Sunset". He so graciously

surrendered his

total

income

from the meeting to

this

missionary

for

which we are truly

grateful.

S o m e o n e

has been praying, for God is

a n s w e r i n g . For

three and

o n e - h a l f

years after

w e e n te r ed J a p a n t h r e e m i s s i o n a r i e s c a m e

h o m e

and none were recruited to go.

In 1962

Lonnie Mings and his wife

Coral came,

f o l l o w ed

by

D o u n i e h i s b r o t h e r

and

C h a r l o t t e ,

his

w i f e .

As of

April

t h i s

year,

Mr.

and

Mrs. Carl

Fish (formerly

of O k i n a w a )

have Joined the

workers on

the

field. In addition to these, both

Mr.

Maxey and I have been

in

conversation with four fine

young

cou

ples from Great Lakes Bible College who have Japan in their plans.

Among these

are Harold

Hicks, his

wife

the

formerly

Beverly Hostet-

ler

and

Jim

Longley,

all former acquaintances

in Michiana.

Do pray

for

their

future planning.

Folks everywhere are

asking "Are the communists making

headway

in Japan?" We usually

e a^ i l a i n

our concern

for

their growing 'grip'

on

labor and

teachers

unions and student groups. But

we are

like

wise alarmed about their

subtle

Inroads into oiir American way of

life.

Our

family was

reminded of

the

great ideals of

freedom which

form the foundation of our co\mtry when we visited Washington

D.C.

in early June. Our blood ran warm

as

each memorial reminded us

of

the clear vision possessed by those founding fathers. We also ut

tered a

prayer

that

all men

everywhere,

including the

slaves of

atheism mi^t k n o w

the

truth tha t makes men free.

This letter is not complete without a sincere note of appreci

ation

to

the

fine Christian

couple who

have

served the Lord

and

us

so

faithfully

as

o \ i r f©rewarding agents.

Polly and Ernie

Wilkinson

assumed

this

task Just six

years ago this fall.

Noone

has

served

at

any task

so

faithfully, thoroughly and effieciently. Their hos

pitality

to

our

whole family causes us to

conclude

that they have

altogether

adopted

us as their own. May God bless

their

service and

multiply the

fruit of

their labors.

aa yo

na

ra

Mr.

Virgil Brock

Sameshlma San

Baptized in September

Nakamura San

Baptized

in December

Ernie Polly

Wilkinson

our forewarning agents


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Dec.

1965

DcC2b

Report of

Tlie

Paul

S -

Pratt

family

A receptio n wa s held upon Maxey*s and our

return.

your

g i f t s

helped provide

this

1964

Toyopet

station wa

g o n

w h i c h doubles

a s

sound

c a r .

w e

have begun monthly visits

to the

orphanage.

They

so much ap

preciated the

children's

gifts

Thirty persons

are

en-

* l

r o l led

in

o u r new c o r r e s -

pondence

c o u r s e .

W e

adver-

^ ' tise i t i n the newspaper.

we

have

begun

eight

dif-

fe re n t E n g l i s h B i b l e c l a s s -

es

besides resuming twice

m o n t h l y

m ee t i n g s

a t Se nd a i .

AS a

result

of

ten

days of evangelism in

three

churches

with

the

help

of

a

team

Osaka

Bible

w e r e

a b l e

t c f ^ e e n i n e

persons b a p l n » B : 4 - r d . n ^ ^

Christ, praise H^s name

MAT

THE BLBSSIN(xS

OP GOD'S

GIFT

SO LONG

AGO BE

MULTIPLIED TO

BACH OP YOU

IN

EVERY

DAY

THRODGHODT

THIS

NEW YEAR 1964.

pratt paul kathleen 1963 japan

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