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8/19/2019 Pratt Paul Kathleen 1966 Japan http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/pratt-paul-kathleen-1966-japan 1/7 Quarterly report of the Pall S. Pratt fartly Missionaries in Japan 77—5— Vol. IXi NojJLi„ U S. Address: apan Address: Polly Wilkinson W Paul Kathleen Pratt 23769 W, Edison Road ® 345 OntaMachi, Indiana 46628 f Higashimurayaoia Cityi ToKyo. I Three ^sf o^S ^one? A^Sek^f ^ a team bJtS j needed boost December and the third was bap- late November, another ^ an hour of caroling with tiaed on Christmas ^ okyo. We arrived home in atefLX^fS e te^t of >.rl.tl» Acadaay Choir singing on opportuni- Mr. Akada, our f t^ir children have a ties. CoMuunity ^thers yarned to help^to^^ They needed a nice Christmas party. They ^ to the children meeting place and someone kada had the room srv-^'5 rg:rtgs:t i: -Shir^'Sooi day of activities crouded ^he 26t^ I f the and worship as usual. At this potot^ni^^^ Fortville, J+uq Tord in Southern Rhodesia. She after a year of t;?S^ where we showed went with us to the commi^ This was followed by the slides of Shin Chan's Christmas , T^s as^i^ children and theadult program at the mental hos- a o^oli^s^s^n ^o reach over 700 persons with pital. AU in all w ^ partly explains why we the gospel message on , gest period of evangelism, say that the P^'^t^/,^^,iderus''Sh a national con cur oorrespondance the work of the local gregation. In many respeto locations, they church. They have problems, y forewarding their replies, become negligent in Bible study ®d one. We So we pray for each and t^ delinquent ones began were encouraged reojitly when ^ with us. again where they holiday H.S. basketball tourney Eight in the of the hoinaay n. ndssionaiy we «re lo are studying thelanguage in the familxes. The BxU former co » city of Kobe were visxtiJig novis family stooped by on laborers in the PhilippMes, the Mark's Christian their return to the^°ther ^mt^. plays on theTs.lT tS^ hto they rested through this tournament. The season is in full swtog senior year, so we are Speaking of Paul D a v i d , thi wofore he will be leaving makingthe most of these f. great country which you us. He plans to enter a ® f ht will go to col- SeT^tt fo?it rfe osStrfot-ttmlo Visit m.y of your chTirches on week-ends. Paul at 16 Three Converts Ob at a-Kase-TaUc awa Isehara group before Isehara Cliristmas D

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PAUL*S EPISTLE

Q u a r t e r l y r e p e r to f t h e P a u l S. r a t t f a n i j y , a i i s s i o n a r i e s I n J^an- August , 1966 - o l . li, o , 3 -

3S Paul David 's U.S. Address N e w J a p a n Addr- W i l k i n s o n O w e nRes. H all, S.W. 16? Paullnd K a t h

E d i s c n R o a d , P u r d u e U n i v e r s i t y 1 2 1 0K a n i K a s i ^1 , I n d i a n a , 4 6 6 2 8 * L a F s y e t t e , I n d i a n a ,4 7 9 0 7 K a n a g a w aK e n ,J E n t r a l 4 459 Ph. 92-71576 P h . 0 4 6 3 - 9 5 - -

D.S. ^^ Paul D a v i d ' s U.S. A d d r e s s N e w J a p a nA d d r e s sO w e nR e s . H a l l . S . W. 167 Paullnd K a t h l e e nP r a t t

rlT? P u r d u eU n i v e r s i t y l ao K a n i K a s u y a ,I s e h a r a G h oS o u t h B e n d ,I n d i a n a , 4 6 6 2 8 * L a F e y e t t e , I n d i a n a ,4 7 9 0 7 K a n a g a w aK e n , J a p a nP h . 2 1 9 G E n t r a l4 4 5 9 P h . 9 2 - 7 1 5 7 6 Ph. 0 4 6 3 - 9 5 - 1 ( 1 9

Dear F a i t h f u l ,May 29th was a n eventful day in the history o f the Kumegawa church, Mary hours v / e r e spent

conver t ing the public h a l l i n t o a church house f o r t h e big wadding. Everyone cooperated t o m ait a big d a y * T h o u g h busy wi th last m i n u t e plans for t h e 1:00 a f f a i r , t h e coup le were r igh t o nthe f r o n t r o w f o r my s e r m o n o n T h e Chr i s t i an H o m e a t 11:00, Mr, Aki ra Ta k e k a w a had been b-

t i zed last N o v e m b e r * T h o u g h t h e bride is n o t ye t a C h r i s t i a n , she is now o n t h e t h r e s h o l d o ft h a t decision* She h a s studied f o r m a n y m o n t h s a n d h a s been employed in a Christ ian s c h o o l f o ra s long. Pray th i s wi l l be the b e g i n n i n g of grea te r t h i n g s w i t h Brother Al aaiiiond's w o r k . T h eH a m m o n d f a m i l y will a r r ive back in J^an a b o u t September 1st.

N o wI t h i n k that I s h o u l d h a v e ^ven h e e d to t h e B i b l e c o m m a n d ,' T h o u s h a l t n o t s t e a l ' .While d e m o n s t r a t i n g , w i t h Mark, t h e game o f ' s t e a l t h e b a c o n ' at o u r S, S, i c n i c , I f e l l a n dhroke my left a rm a t th e e lbo w. F ive days under obse rva t ion a t t h e S,D*A, hosp i t a l r e su l t ed int h e a e c i s i o n n o t to o p e r a t e . T h e break w a s amending wi thou t p in s . A s y o u with ejqserience a lready know, hose were ds of medi ta t ion and r e f l e c t i o n . The cas t cwaes o f f in m i d - J u l y,

J u n e 1 5 t h brou^t o n g j n o r e b a p t i s m . T h r e e years a g o a y o u n g seven th g rade b o y b e g a n l i s t en-4 n g t o the radio program, 'Calvary d a l l l s ' , in Kagoshima, Since he lived back in the countiyt h i s was the o n l y w a y f o r h i m t o h e a r t h e Wo r d of God, i t s u o S h i c h ir o is now a s o p h o m o r e a tt h e H i ro s h i m a S e a m a n ' s Hi School, e has comple ted o u r Bible Correspondence C o u r s e , a t t endedlast year ' s Chr i s t i an camp and kept his ques t ions answered by regu la r cor respondence wi th us.A s h i s f i r s t s e a t r ip approached h e w r o t e , I 'm c o m i n g to Tokohama, l a n to baptize me a t thatt i m e , H a v i n g j \ ^ t o n e g o o d a i m , I a r ranged wi th P r e a c h e r S a t o a t t h e K a m i o c ^ i a i C h u r c h todo t h e Job, And M i t s u o ' we n t o n h i s way re jo ic ing ' ,

J u l y 1 7 t h b r o u g h t t h a t H,S, dip loma to Paul D, n d 75 o t h e r c l a s s m a t e s a t A , S J [ , J , Fe ws t u d e n t s h a v e g o t t e n m o r e f r o m t h e i r h i g h s c h o o l experience t h a n Paul has. His year b o o k reads,

f oo tba l l (1 ) , basketball (3 ) , chorus(2 , 3 ) , class play ( 2 ) , Brigadoon ( 4 ) , baseball(2 ) , Class V, reSv, (4). H e was on the honor roll his senior year and served as math-matics lecturer for underclassmen on a few occasiois.

T h r o u g h t h e s p r in g and siimmer m o n t h s Paul David h a s bec(mie k n o w n throu^out J^an. He h a staken part in the nat iona l ( N H K ) radio and television English conversat ion programs. On a tl e a s t o n e o c c a s i o n h e was able t o s ing and p lay h i s g u i t a r.

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Usua l ly ' bus iness and p leasure do not mix'. i th r i ch fe l lowsh ip a t H o k k a id o , our servicethere proved a t r u e pleasure. Afte r o u r t w o day Missiaiary Conventicm thir ty remaining memberwere excorted by the Walkers and Fabers c a i a b u s tour of t h e island. h e scenery w a s g o r g e o u sand the e n t e r t a i n m e n t b y t h e s e f i n e f a m i l i e s was tops. Afte r t h e o t h e r s h a d r e tu rned h o m e ,o u r whole fam i ly was Joined a t Sapporo by Hideko Yabiku and her f i a n c e , Mr, o m e n , f o r a f o u rday evangelis t ic meet ing . W e owe a big debt t o the Walkers f o r u s i n g o u r entire fami ly as at e a m and afford ing th i s b less ing . The you nger members even f o r g o t t o be l o n e s o m e f o r To k y of r i ends a n d gi r l f r i ends , I preached to the l a rges t ind iv idua l church g roup s ince l e a v in g t h eStates, a th leen and I o g e t h e r spoke twelve times. Two person s were co nver ted, inc lud ingPreacher Suzukii 's 63 year o l d f a t h e r, and a t l eas t twenty- four others signed cards as t o the i rd e c i s i o n t o s t u d y t o w a r d b e c o m i n g C h r i s t i a n s ,

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The s i t i x a t i o n a t o i a * house wil l be canpletely changed i n Septanber, P a u l D a v i d w i l lhave gone t o t h e S t a t e s f o r college. S i n c e I s e ha r a i s t w o hours by t r a i n f r o m C h r i s t i a n A c a *d a m y, Kark , Ly d i a and M a i y w i l l spend f ive d a y s a week i n the s c h o o l d o r m . T hi s m ea n s addeds c h o o l i n g e x p en s e . The C hr i s t i a n A c a d a m y is i n the m i d s t of a m o r e t h a n $400,000 cons t ruc t i ca i

program. The g r e a t e r p a r t of t h i s i s c a r r i e d by the f i ve member m i s s i o n s We feel o b l i g a t e dto a s s i s t the s c h o o l above a n d b e y o n d t h e q u o t e d a m o u n t for s e r v i c e s . P l e a s e give t h o u g h t f u l ^p r a y e r f u l c o n s i d e r a t i o n t o this i m p o r t a n t need.

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Right novj we a re i n the m i d s t of p l a n s f o r c a m p a t ake Motosu, n e a r MT, Fuji, When thisreaches your m a i l bo x o u r Jr. High , High S c h o o l a n d a d u l t s wi l l be e n j t ^ i n g c a n p in A u g u s t .Wi t h B r o t h e r S i ms o n f u r l o u g h , the m a n a g i n g j o b h a s f a l l e n to Andrew P a t t o n a n d myself,

God h a s r a i s e d His f a i t h f u l o n e s to he lp p rov ide the new p r o p e r t y for u s a t Isehara,As of J u l y 1 s t , t h e fo l lowi ng have des igna ted t o w a r d t h e house : a n g o r , M i c h . Church ,

Mrs. Nel l i e Budd, Connea i rbev i l l e , Pa. Church , Mr, Mrs. E l v i s Dyer, D a n v i l l e , 111. S o u t hSide Church, Mrs. Luc i l l e F i l l e y, Mr, Mrs, O s c a r G r o v e r, Mr, Mr8. R a l e i g h Htyt, Mr,Mrs, K e n n e t h L a n k f o r d , Mrs, H a z el L e i g h t y, I n d i a n a p o l i s , Ind. M a r s Hill Ch\2rch, M a r t i n a v i l l e ,Ind . Liber ty Church , a n d L a d i e s Aid , / r. M r s . M a r k H a x e y, Mr. Mrs, e l v i n Max w e l l , Misha'waka, Ind, Milbum Blvd. Chiu:ch /, Miss Vera M u s h r u s h , P l y m o u t h , Ind, Church , Sgt, Mrs,Ted Putman, Mrs, H.E, R o s s , M o b e r l y, Mo, U n i o n Ave, Church , Va n d e r b i l t , Pa, Church, L a d i e sAid, /Hen 's C l a s s , Yorktown, I n d . Venrdll ion Church (2 ) , Mr, Mrs, Ernie Wilkinson (2) ,The f o l l o w i n g h a v e p r o m i s e d to i n c r e a s e t h e i r r egu la r g i v i n g to help us in the r i s j n g c o s t of

l i v i n g . C l e a r C r e e k C h x i r c h , A s h l a n d , Ohio, St. J o s e p h , Mich, r o w n S c h o o l R o a d C h u r c h ,Misha-w a k a , Ind, Milhuin Bl vd . Ch\irch, I n d i m a p o l i s , In d . North Liber ty Church , / i g n i f i e s t h o s ewho have premis ed r e g ' a l a r suppor t toward house p^nnent s . (2) s i g n i f i e s repeated g i f t s .Since many g i f t s were n o t c lea r ly eanna r i ced , we loay have over looked them. P l e a s e forgive,

God f o r b i d t h a t we should f a i l to p r a i s e Him f o r the s a c r i f i c e o f y o u o u r c o n s t a n t l i v i n g l ± n kf r imids . Thru you He has proven t o u s al l the sure ty o f the promise t h a t God shal l sx ^plya l l y o u r need a c c o r d i n g t o H i s r i ches i n glory t h r u C h r i s t J e su s ,

AT THIS WRITING, PkUL'S FUGHT DATE IS STILL INDEFINITE, IT SHOULD BE SCMETIME DURINGAUGUST. THOUGH HE WILL BE PLENTY BUSY WITH SCHOOL, HE WANTS TO VISIT CHURCHES IN INDIANA,

MICHIGAN AND ILLINOIS, ON WEEKFiNDS. PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF HIS PURDUE ADDRESS ON THE FRONT PAffl,_ M i s s ^ H i d e k o Ya b i l c c « i t i n u er e a c h i n g b l i n d f r i e n d s t h r o u g h t h e B i b l e C o r r e s p o i d a n c e

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