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(KagosUBa)

ay, 1968

PURIOUGH

ISSUE

Volume

11,

Number

?

U.S.

Address

Mrs.

Polly WiUcinaon

a n

25769 West

Edison

Road,

South Bend, Indiana, U ^ S 8

Phone: South Bend

CEntral

4 5459

or Indianapolis 241 4593

Paul,

Kathleen, lydia, Paul D, Mary, Mark

Kathleen

and

Paul

graduated

from the Cincinnati Bible

Seminary

in 1947

and

*49

respectively. They were married

in

1947. All

the children

except

P a i a (Cincinnati) were

born

d i a r i n g a

seven year ministry a t Mishawaka,

Indiana .

Paul David is

a

student

at

urdue U.

and Mark

is enter

ed for study

a t

C.B.S. Xydia

and Mary are inhi^ school.

The Pratts l a n d e d in Japan

en

August 13, 1958. After tw o

years

of

language study

they

worked with Kag oshima chur

ches in cooperation

with

t h e Mark Maxeys in

southern

Japan

for three years. The Ka^iki work as well as ra dio

e v an

g elism and its Bible Correspond ence

follow-up

continue.

Since 1964

they

have been working in

the

Tokyo area.

Iseha ra City

(pop. 30,000) 45

miles southwest of

Tokyo ha s

Keisen Girls Junior College an d Toka i Univ ersity,



ara

s

J

Preacher

kada

ssists

at

Is ara



f

Chxircli

Group,

Preacher

Daikuzono wife

at right

Kajiki

is

a

city of

30,000

population with no other

of

the Christian faith.

Meetings

were

begun

in 1953

by

Mrs.

Dittemore and

a

erected

by

Mark Maxey in

1957.

The Pratts

ser

the group as

minister for

nearly a year

\mtil Mr.

came

in

1962.

They

served

the church together

it has

been essential that mission funds be usedto

his salary.

The building was moved to land which had

been reser

for

the

Pratt's home.

In 1964 the kindergarten

ad

was built

and

the school opened the

next spring.

has

been

both

a direct and an indirect means

of

evan

for the

church.



i

At

least

a dozen

Now

a

student

at

were baptized Osaka Bible Sem.

This plan

of

evangelism arose

Tokyo Using the from the need for follow-up

of

the

ibliceman s

Course

to

weekly

radio

program Calvary Calls

Bride teach

fellow

in Kagoahima. Mr. Pratt outlined

students the 58 lessons and four preachers

wrote

the material. With cooper

a tion from c hurches, b y

the

use of a p

plication form

inserts in

tracts and by

newspaper ads, there are correspondants

in

various

areas of Japan.

Hideko

(Yabiku) Domen,

blind evan-

•

gelistic singer

is

providing

the

same

course via

tape

to

the

blind. Ans

wers are punched out

in

braille.



Fo ru no

Te

•oM.

Paul Coist

Quarterly

report

of the Paul S. Pratt family, miseionariee to

Japan

Affiliated

with Kyushu

Christian Mission

Furlough Address

Paul and

Kathleen

Pratt

2301

Utarsaw

Ave,

Cincinnati, Ohio,

45204

Vol.

11

No.

Nov. 1968

Forewardino Agent

Mrs. Polly Wilkinson

23769

West Cdison

Road,

South

Bend, Indiana,

46628

Dear Christian

friends,

Wora than five

months

have passed since our plane alighted at Indianapolis. Six

iHseks of Christian Service Camps and nearly

half

a

semester

of contact with students

at the Cincinnati Bible Seminary have given us

a

spirit of optimism about our

youth.

Hundreds of them

have answared

His call by saying, Lord, we

are

able . Kay

their

tribe Increase. World

events

in these

days

point up the tremen ous need for ambassa-

dors of

the

cross on every front. Pray ye

the Lord

of the

harvest.

Without exception we have had

enthusiastic receptions at each

of our *livlnQ«

link churches. We praise

the

Lord for

this relationship

with

all

of you and thank

you

from the bottom of our

hearts

for your

fellowship in

the gospel .

We

do, too

appreciate

the interest

you have

shown

In

our teaching ministry at

C.6.5.

and

in

our

desire

for more

schooling

during this year

of furlough.

We

are

sorry

that because of

my misunderstanding

we were unable

to keep

our

data

with the

Nars

View

Church, Indian

apolis,

Indiana.

f t e y b a

we

can get together again.

Here is good news from

across

the

seas.

During the early part of August eleven

young

people from Isahara

participated in

notosu Christian Camp at the foot of f i t .

Fuji, marine Sargeant Abel Perez served

as life guard

and chauffeur

for

them.

He

was

a

big help, too, to

H ldeto Yoshll, junior student at

Obllln University who

took

care of our house and

guided

the work during the

summer

months. We owe a debt of

gratitude

to

them for keeping things 'alive'• They were more than happy to welcome

the Harold Sims

family

on August 30th. Typhoon side winds delayed the docking of the

S.S.

President Wilson which carried them

and

the Mark Waxey

family.

Now

the Sims

are

well established and

John,

Bob

and

Danny

are

In

school

at the

U . B T ,

~ A r m y

her Cast

H e a d - ~

quarters base school at Camp Zama. f l o r a recently the Osaka Bible Seminary team came

to Isehara for

a

Week of evangelism. We are told that more community folk than pre

viously (adults) attended. Two

young

ladies confessed faith

in

Christ. Naomi Tsubol

is a

junior high student and f l i s s Ito

Is

a third

year

student at Obilin University.

Re

joice with us over these two who

ware

lost

and now are found . Brother Sims also tells

about

beginning another home meeting

in

West Tokyo.

Pray for

him and for the Heeebes

in whom the meetings are being held.

Soeakino of

t h e Osaka B i b l e

Seminary, it

is performing

a

tremendo^ task

for our

churches

in

Japan and

yet

it

does

not

receive

enough

funds

with

which

to operate.

DO

JOIN HANDS WITH US AND WITH PRESIDENT

flARTIN

CLARK AND OTHERS TO

HELP

GET

THE S^ :GOL

OUR

OF

DEBT. It is certainly worthy of your support.

Hldsto

Voshii

Tha North Anarlcan Chrlatifln Convention

Abal Perez

Marine Sgt.



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T h i s

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A c a d e m y d o r m f o r t h e p a s t t w o

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c o u l d s e r v e t h e L o r d b y e d u c a t i n g m i s s i o n a r y c h i l d

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t h e 21 s o m e

o d d

c h i l d r e n

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h a v e

e n r o l l e d a t

the school

w o u l d

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(2)

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t h e

s c h o o l a n d u s e

p a r t o f

t h e i r

h o m e f o r

a d o r m i t o r y

f o r

o u r o u t - o f - t o w n s t u d e n t s . T h e

f a c i l i t i e s a t t h e s c h o o l a r e

t a x e d

m o r e a l l t h e t i m e a n d

n o n - p a r t i c i p a t i n g

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l i k e o u r s e l v e s w i l l n o t b e a b l e t o f i n d p l a c e i n t h e s c h o o l ' s d o r m i t o r i e s . A n y o n e

w h o

m a y

b e i n t e r e s t e d i n e i t h e r

o f

t h e s e p r o p o s a l s

p l e a s e w r i t e

d i r e c t l y

t o

u s o r

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pratt paul kathleen 1968 japan

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