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Quarterly letter of the Paul

s.

Pratt family in Japan

Associated

with

the Kyushu

Christian

Mission

U.S.

Address

_ japan

Address

Mrs.

polly Wilkinson 1967

paul & Kathleen

pratt

23769

west

Edison Road Vol.

10, No.

1

1210 KamiKasuya,

Isehara Oho,

south

Bend, Indiana, 46628

Kanagawa

Ken,

Japan

pear

faithful,

Christmas

brings many benefits.

your cards

and

letters

bring

us

together

at least

once

each

year.

Tokens

of

your

love

whetted

our

appetites and provided

the

proper

sized

garments for

our

kids.

Thanks

to

your generous

cash gifts

we've

been able to meet our obligations, in His name

we

express our deep appreciation.

AS

usual, Christmas this year gave opportunities

for

evangelism. Wednesday

and

THursday were spent

in

dlstriDutlon of

literature.

Our commionity sing came

off

at the community

hall

on

Thursday

evening. After the

students got out of

school on Saturday at noon, eighteen

of

us went to Hatano T-B. Sanitarium over

the mountain.

There we

taught 60

children the

Christmas

story

and presented

them

with gifts. A youth sukiyaki party and outdoor

caroling

occupied

Christmas eve.

The Sunday school youngsters

had

their

party early

Christmas day

and got

the

mes

sage

via

slides

of

Shin Chan«s

Christmas . Following the

morning service much

time

was

spent preparing

for

the drama which came off that

night.

With the child

ren taking

part

in

the drama we discovered

a means

of getting

the

moms and dads

to come,

many

of

them

for

the

first time. By demonstrating what

the

children are

learning at

S.S.»

Hideto yoshii

(Hideo's brother)

made a good impression

on

the

parents and seized the opportunity to teach them.

our group experienced the grace of giving this year. Two

persons

provided

the treat lor the T.B.

patienTs

and our youth were more blessed

than

the ones they

went

to entertain, our

total

Christmas

offering of y 6466

($23.51)

was forewarded

to the Osaka Bible seminary. You remember that the O.B.S.

team

helped our entire

community by their

wonderful evangelisti c

meeting

in

November.

The school has two

young

men

graduating

in March. One of these, Mr.

Boyama

will go to the

yagoshima

Church which has been without

a

fulltime preacher since we left in

1964.

Holiday entertaining saw the Tokyo M issio naries and their

families

at our

house

on the i^bth.

This

fellowship

is

a boost to us

all. on

the

day

after New

years the Tok yo area preachers and their famili es visited

with

us. Each reviewed

1966 and

announced

his

plans and

resolutions for 1967. We began

the

year

(a

bit

later than you

did)

with

prayer

for

His

wisdom

and guidance. During the-four day

Japanese New years

holiday

we were invited to three area homes and had quite a bit

of company in,

too.

Of

course

our hosts were ready with the Coca cola or tea

for

us

in

place of the usual Qsake (Japanese wine).

There ve been some changes made. (1) The south side Church, Danville, 111.

has been

providing funds

towara the radio broadcast. They

have agreed

to let

us

apply this

toward the

less expensive, but v e r y effective, newspaper ad-vangelism.

The

extra amount will

be

made

available

toward

our

children s schooling. By ad-

vangelism

w e mean that an

appropriate scripture will accompany

an invitation

to

enroll in the Bible correspondance

course.

The Nippon Broadcasting

Ass H (Mr.

Claude

Xikins)

will sponsor

the radio

broadcast

for a three

months

period

during

which time we will together appeal for funds toward the same. (2) Mr. Domen is

b e g i n n i n g

on t h e j o b

t r a i n i n g

as a b o o k k e e p e r at C h r i s t i a n A c a d a m y .

A n d ,

s i n c e

his wife

(the

former Hideko

yabiku) is

expecting,they

have decided to be

independ

ent as

of

January Ist. They will still assist us in correspondance with

the

blind.

Paul

pavid

was

able

to visit his dad*s

home

church at Tanderbilt,

penna,

the

Woodside Christian

church,

prankfort,

the Mars Hill church, Indianapolis,

the

Xiu-

wood

Church, Lafayette a n d the west S i d e church,

south

pend, Indiana,

in

Michigan

he has

presented o u r work

at

the prown school Road

church,

St. Joseph and

at

the

First Church of Christ, Niles. He has

also

been

privileged to

spend time in the


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Christmas Drama

Group

T.B. patients

homes of

numerous

friends. He joins us i i l

this

expression of

thanks.

Mark,

at 6'4 1/2

enjoys

a

place on the starting five

at

C.A.J. again this

year.

As defending league

champs,

they remain in

the race at this

writing, xydia

is still on the honor roll and exercizes her l ungs in the pep

club,

she is also

engaged in girl »s basketball ,

wary

is captain of

her junior

high c heering squad.

There's

never

a dull moment around the C.A.J . campus.

Shotaro Yamada.

who

recently completed our Bible correspondance course, is

using the same material

in

teaching

five fell ow high school

students. Another,

Yasuhiro

Arima, an

ardent

worker and S-S . teacher wrote us a letter from

pagoshima

recently. Re declared,

i

truly want to be

used

of

God and

feel he has

a

mission

for

me

as a

prayer warrior , pray

that

more of this kind of results may be seen.

Que of the sev en baptized

in November

is

a

28 year old wife and mother of

two. She

has been

the victim of an old

custom.

When she married an

eldest son

they moved

in with his parents. A few years ago the mother-in-law

died. Desiring

to

keep

his

daughter-in-law

in

line

the

old

man keeps

tabs

on her.

she dare

not

go far without his permission and

is

scarcely al lowed out at night, what's more

he

talks against her taking an interest in Christianity. He classifies it along

with Communism.

But, the

j o r d took

a

hand in order to assist her coming to the

ladies

meetings and

then

to

t h e

evangelistic

services. On the day of

t h e

great

typhoon Re

all owed the tyrant to

meet

with a friek accident. His hospitalizaticn

was concl uded just a

few

days after

she

had been baptized. We are still hoping

that our

calls

at

the

hospital helped

to humble

him. pray for the

old

gentleman

and

for her

as

well

Ten

years is a long

time

to serve without pay. But

that is exactly what

Polly

and

Ernie Wilkinson nave~done in behair oT~feis

work. Their task

is

certain

l y not

limited to record-keeping.

They

serve

as our

liaison to

the

churches

by

correspondance, by traveling ac ross

the

miles

taking

time to tell our story, we

count ourselv es doubly

blessed

to

have them as brother and

sister in Christ

and

to be on the receiving end of their valuable service. But

the

reward they seek

is what they

shall

eventually receive,

their Father's kind well done thou good

and

faithful

servants .

Display

maps

are

still

available with pictures, if you

request

our

D.V.B.S.

material, please specify

whether

or not

your

church has used the

map.

Also, let

us

know

your

zip

code

if

you

want

to receive

the

Epistle .

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Quarterly

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japan

Aaaociated with

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Kyushu

Christian Mission

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Address

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C C

23769

West

Edison Road

Vol.10, f f 2 1210 Kamikasuya,

isehara cho

South Bend, Indiana,

46628 Kanagawa

Keu» Japan.

Dear

friends,

Thanks to you who prayed he Kajiki church kindergarten has a Christian

teacher.

Miss

Shizuko Kikukawa went 'down from

Tokyo*

after telling her Lord "I'll

go where

you

want

me to

go".

In this land only

those

who are sent

make the move

away from

the

'Center*. Thus it was surely with a sense of being sent by His will

that prompted her going.

Speaking of

*going

to Kagoshlma ,

Koichi

Moriyama returned to his home there

from

Tokyo (over 1000 miles)

by

bicycle.

This

same type of spirit

helped him

to

enter waseda univ. He spent

one

year in

prep

school, all the

while

saving money

for the fees by delivering milk and

newspapers,

y f t i i l e yet unsaved, he attended

church regularly with prayer

to

God

to

help him pass the enterance exam. Giving

God

the glory he

was

baptized

into Christ

at

camp

last summer. The spirit of Kin-

jiro Rinomiya

(japan's

Abe

Lincoln symbol)

is still alive here.

James tells us that

the

trying of

your faith worketh patience .

TadashiYama-

zaki became a Christian last November. After a few short months of growth he was

called

upon and

gave

himself as God's man.

His married brother

had been stricken

with

a rare

disease. The demands placed upon him cancelled any p lans he

might

have

had for his two month vacation. He learned how to

pray

and to depend upon the word

during those

long

bedside

watches,

our prayers

were

rewarded when

last

week's tele

phone

call

reported

his

steady

recovery. TTaise

the

Lord

for

testing

and for His

ear that

is

bent to hear his children's prayers.

Wiss

Qnuki of

isehara

and Miss Nlrei of Ka.liki have finished

the

Bible corres

pondence

course.

Miss O n x i k i

was challenged"to study when s h e was given

a

tract

with

the application

form by

one

of our

youth

here, as yet, she has not made a de

cision for Christ. Miss Nirei entered the

study as

a new-born

babe

in Christ.

A MAJOR CONCERN

OP

EVERY MISSIONARY IS THE EDUCATION

OP

HIS OWN CHILDREN,

During

their

elementary days

we

operated

a

'one-room

school'

in

our dining

room.

With their

own

mother

as the teacher the simp le

expense of

books

and

permission

to

use the calvert course was all that was involved.

It

was

quite different when one

b y one

they

passed into

high

school, communi

cation with other students, extra-curricular activities and more elaborate equip

ment were needed. THE CHRISTIAN

ACAD.WY

IN

JAPAN

has

provided

all this and more.

i S i e y admitted our three to their school dormitory

and are

providing Christian train

ing for them

as

well, while the school,

as

a missionary enterprise, is much more

reasonable

than

other private

schools,

it

coats a great deal

more

than

our free

school system stateside, we had hoped to

be able

to contribute toward the vast ex

pansion program (total cost $455,000) which has literally transformed the campus.

But

we find

ourselves, at present,

xmable

to

pay for the

children's schooling.

P r o f f l

the very

beginni^

until now

our

children

have been

an important

part of

our witness

in jap^"

If

t n e

y o u t h

of today are tomorrow's leaders,

w e

feel they

are an

important

investment.

None of

them

can at

present predict his

future

course

But as of now, Mark, Lydia

and

Mary all hope to enter the Cin cinnati Bible seminary

upon graduation. We understand that unless

we

can

pay

off

the present

$1400

due

on

this year's schooling, the children will not be permitted to enroll

for

the

'67-'68

school year. Then, of course that year of schooling must be provided.

Japan Address

PaiLL

f t

Kathleen Pratt

1210 Kamikasuya, isehara cho

Kanagawa

Ken, japan.

C-A-J- Knights

vters 2nd In

league

play

Jrd in the ?ar sast Toumey

Kark la

no. 24

Mark C-A-J. a Most im

proved

player

goes

for two.

Klea J'ikl Klral

or

Kajlkl

coBpleted

tba

Correa. cource


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C.A.J. senior HiBb

choir

Rated 'Superior*

at a

R.S.

peetlral

Ijdla ie alto,

Mark

la 2nd tenor

C.A-J<

Junior

nigh

choir

Mary sings

soprano

we propose the establishment of

a

children's Education pund by the following

meanss (1)

equesting

loans from indiviauais

orcongregations

in amounts of $500,

$1000 or

more

in

order to

be able

to meet

immediate obligations

and to enroll them

for the coming year. (2)

Requesting

individuals or Congregations to

pledge

regular

support toward the pund in order to make

possible

the repayment of the loans. (5)

Requesting individual contributions

toward

the

same Pund.

since we

are presently

making plans to return to the states following Mark's graduation in

1968, the

cost

of their

education there

will be less.

yaul David has chosen the wars Hill Church

in

Indianapolis as his home congre

gation.

The family made this our 'home

church'

during furlough n r t

Kathleen's

sis

ter Mary

lou

and

family

are members

there. They

have

faithfully

provided

regularly

for

our

work.

Paul

also

made

known at

the time of

his

response to

the invitation

his

earnest

desire to be

used

by the lord as He

shall

lead .

It is just twenty years ago this month since

Kathleen and J

exchanged our vows

at

the

wars Hill chxirch^ rEat was only the beginning of

real hanniness

for

us andt

the

Wars Hill chxirch^

That

was only the beginning of

real happiness

for

us and

four others

have come along to add to

and share in

our

love.

It seems

like

only

yesterday

vmtil we see

our offspring moving toward those

mature

years.

'Natsukashii'

is the Japanese

word for it.

Paul David

was born

during our 21/2

year student ministry

at the

Branch

Hill church, Xoveland, Ohio, por

various

rea

sons we

have

not

been able

to visit

the church

for 18 years. But, paul is

speaking

to our

friends there

on

May

7th. since

he was only 10 months

old

when

we

left,

I'm

sure

the

folk will forgive him if he doesn't remember many of

them.

Have you ever heard the like*?

A.bout

the time of our six baptisms

last fall a

certain

;)unior

high

student

who often

attends

our

meetings declared,

I'm to

be bap

tized

for

the second time at the church downtown

on Christmas

day , curious,

we in

quired, HOW'S that?

Well,

he said,

My

mom tells me that she was

sprinkled a

few days before I

was

bom, and

now

that I've made

my own decision,

I'll be baptized

again . Much persuasion on our part failed to influence him to be

immersed.

our Sunday

school

at Isehara

continues

its

momentum.

The spirit of

regular

attendance and

of

inviting others

prevails.

These are

both

rare

items in

japan.

We

have

installed

fusuma (Japanese

sliding doors) so

we can

divide the classes.

Miss

Mary

Harding's S.S.

Workshops

in Tokyo gave

vision and know-how

to

o\ir students.

Matters

for prayer?

The

National Christian Convention

and

Missionary Gathering

at

xagoshima

May

16

to 21st.

The Kajiki Kindergarten

The camp

season

at

Karuizawa and

at Motosu

Xake

por the safe arrival

of

Hitieko (Tabiku) Domen's expected child

Sufficient

amount to be supplied toward the Education pund

The National Missionary convention at Dodge City, Sept. 26 - 29th

CHIIDREN'S

BDTICATION

PDND

b̂scription

porm

Dear brother paul, Name

would like to have

a

part

in

your child- Address

ren's education, please count on us for the following:

(1)

as

a

loan

toward

the pund which

i

understand

wi.

paid

within the year of its

date

at 4

o/o interest

(2) as

a

monthly

,

yearly pledge from

(3)

S as

a

cash contribution

to

the' Fund

from

(1)

(2)

(3)

%'


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Paul'a

Po_

jTi no

te-gaml

Epiatla

StP

U.S«

Address

25769

West Edison

Road«

Souldi Bend, Indiana 46628

Quarberly

l e b t e r

of i i i d

Paul

S. r a f r b femily in Japan

Asaociated with, the

^uahu

Christian Uissicoi

Japan

Addreae

Vol. 10, Ho. 5 —

Augus t, 1967

Paul ^tbleen Pratt

1210 Kanilcas^ya, laehara

Cho

Eanagswa S e n , Japan

1.

i r t t a m y Uazey faadly

sondoff

2. late matlcml C a j i ^ : S t e p h e n E l l i o t t s on w ay

to

Indian,

Mary Hardi ng oloslng F.E.

servioe,

C . f f , Callaways

on

way for furlou^

3. Isehara S.S., Youth A Adults at beaoh pionio

4. ntezn Missicoiarles, Janet

^i tte oore) A

Alan

Bemo

wi th Elizabeth ,

homeward

bound

5. K a j i l d . Correspondent, n e a r

planning

on

Osaka

B i b l e

S e m i n a r y

6.

E a g o s h i m a

O r f h a n a g e d i r e c t o r s

d a u g h t e r

7.

K a i h l e a i ,

with

J q y c e

Warrick

and o r p h a n s

8. N x i r s e K i t a h a r a wiih now, devout, o o r r e s p o n -

dant. Miss Tokudome, now convalescing

9.

Eajim. Kindergarten

studente with

teachers.

Miss lOkawa

and

Miss Yanauohi

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