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CO

KYSHU CHRISTIAN MISSION

''The

people

that walked in

darkness

have

seen a great

Ii gh

t:

Isai h

9:2

FORWARDING ADRESS

Mrs. Pol

ly Wi

lkinson

23769 West Edison

Road

South

Bend,

Indiana

466

2

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OVERSEAS ADRESS.

Paul and

Kath

1210 Kamikasu

Kanagawa Ken, Japan~

BIBLE

CORRESPOHDEMCE. CHURCH

PLAHTIM6. KIHDERGARTEK,

AO -VAN GEL

ISM, RADIO,

CAMPOS

EVANGELISM

Dear Co-Workers, Vol.

14:

No.

2

May, 1971

A HAPPY GROUP

Spring

has arrived and as anticipated we've enjoyed

the beauty

of

cherry

and

plum blossoms

and

camellia.

During the month

of

May we see the colorful azaleas

which

resemble

the

rhododendrons.

Delicious straw

berries as

large

as plums

all laid

neatly

in rows

in

a

quart sized-box are marked 300

yen

{ 8 0 ( / : )

.

Besides the miracles of nature we are

also

witness

ing

miracles

of the Holy

Spirit

performed

through

the

power of the Word

in

the lives of God's children. Our

doorbell

rang at 7:30

one

Sunday morning

recently.

I

thought, 'These

diligent Bible

School children

are

coming earlier all the time owever, it was

Katsumi

Omura,

the young man baptized in February.

Several

weeks before

he

became a Christian plans

had

been

made for him to

go

out of

town.

He came to pray

and

partake

of the

Lord's Supper before

he

left.

A

recent

overnight guest

was Keiko Ishikawa,

who

became

a

Christian

in

February, too. After graduation

from

Keisen Jr.

College

she became a

secretary

in the

office of

a

member

of

the

Upper

House

of

the

Diet.

She h u l i g e r s for Christian fellowship.

It

seems—to-her

that all those

around her at

work

think

only of

money.

 'Today, if

you are not

a s

close to God

as

you once

were,

who

moved?

God

didn't

his

question

was

asked

by

David Smith when he

preached here. David and

Sylvia

are spending

a

missionary

internship in Japan with us

for

about

six

months.

One

hundred five adults

and children

attended

the

Missionary Convention, April

5-7, at

Amagi Sanso on

Izu Peninsula, a two

hour

scenic drive

from

Isehara.

The fellowship

was like

an

oasis

to

thirsty, weary

travelers.

M a r y s r o o m a t e t h i s

y e a r i s

S a r a h B u r n e y ,

a

f r e s h

man

at the Christian Academy and daughter of Mr.

Mrs.

Don

Burney

who

serve

on

Shikoku

and

publish

the

Japan Reporter. We're grateful that the Andrew Pat tons

allowed us to

live

in their house this

past

year

so

that Sarah

and

Mary could commute every day.

The Standard clipping at t h e

right

is not just mere

statistic to us. It

tells us

of

the baptism

of our

s i s t e r - i n - l a w , R o s e m a r y

P r a t t F a r r a n d

h e r t w o d a u g h

ters Susie and Cindy. We give thanks

t o

God for lead

ing them.

M a r y Joyce

i s b u s y

w i t h t h e u s u a l

s e n i o r

y e a r a c t

ivities including

the

spring play.

High

School grad

uation

is June

18th. She

and

two

of her

classmates

will

be bridesmaids

for their

older brothers

and

all

three

weddings

are

on

the same

day,

June

26th.

This

fall Mary

will enter

The Cincinnati

Bible

Seminary.

Last

week Mary w ent with

the C.A.J. Choir

to

the

Zama

Base

Chapel and hospital. Meeting these injured

servicemen from Vietnam causes us to pray for peace

in

that

country and

for these

men who

have

already

sacrificed so much of life.

We

know that All things

work together for good to them that love

God,

 ut

what about

those

who don't love'Him?

One

of

the most important

men in

Japan,

to

us,

is our mailman. Every day we listen

for

the

sound of

the squeaky

brakes on his bicycle. Sometimes we are

disappointed, but

often

we receive just

the letter

we need to inspire us for

the d ay, week

or month. Be sure

When the

Ohio

Singers

visited lest sunmer

Indianapol

 

s

(Mars Hi l l

SARAH BURNEY

)

Three

baptisms Dec

.

27

E.M. Gallager is minster

CHRISTIAN STANDARD

CLIPPING

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that

your

unceasing prayers and continued support are invigorating

to

us.

A

recent letter from

Lydia

was reassuring.

She wrote, It's thrilling

to

hear

of your

endeavors for Christ

in

the

land I love. Even

though

I miss you very much,

God

has given me

happiness

and

duties to

fulfill

here.

 

he

and Mark

are singing

in the Seminary musical Natural High'  ritten

by

Ralph

Carmichael.

Mark is happy

in

his new task as Youth Minister at

the

Montgomery Road Church, Cincinnati.

MARK

and

LYNN LUSBY o f

W i

  iamstown, Kentucky have set thei   WEDDING

DATE

at

JULY

9,

1971

 

We

met and learned

to love

Lynn when she came

with

the Ohio Singers.

Paul

David questions,

Why

do

we

divide

the

body

of

Christ?' quoting 1 Cor.

1:10-16) The center of

our

lives is not any form of manmade sect of Christiany,

but

the center

of

our

lives

is

JESUS CHRIST the

HEAD.

As

Christians,

 

uided by

the Holy Spirit, and inspired by the person of

Jesus

Christ, ^.ill we not concern

ourselves with proclaiming the WORD, JESUS

CHRIST,

instead o interdenominational

bickering.

 

Did you read Sam Stone's article, Ohayo Shingazu' 

n

the January 24th. , 1971

issue of

the

Christian

Standard? Your

prayers and gifts

made

this

tremendous

evang

elistic

effort

possible.

Bill

Miller from Patterson, APE, Dayton, Ohio recomends

that we send

more

groups like

this

one to the

mission fields.

  ersonally, we

would

like to see more groups come to Japan if

they

come with the

same

purpose and

zeal as the Ohayo Shingazu.

 

DON'T

FORGET ASIA Now more than ever, the Orient needs Christ.

 

Kenneth

A. Stewart, CHRISTIAN STAN DARD, February

14,

1971, page 11) I'm

sure

you

remember

the parable

of

the one lost sheep (Matt. 18:12-14). If

one

sheep were one of your

loved ones,

how

much

time, effort

and money should be

spent to

find

that one

who

is lost? It is not the will of the FATHER that one

of

these should

perish.

I've been saving money from teaching English so that

Paul

and

I

can return State

side for

the two

weddings this summer. We three

will

leave from Haneda Airport

on

June

21st and just the two of

us

will

return

to Japan on

August

31st. Shin Kubono

of Osaka Bible Seminary nill assist at Isahara in our absence. IF YOU WOULD LIKE

FDR

US

TO VISIT YOUR CHURCH

OR

GROUP DURING THAT PERIOD, WRITE TO

JAPAN

DIRECTLY

OR THROUGH OUR FORWARDING AGENT.

PRAYER-A-GRAM

TENS

OF

THOUSANDS

LIVING IN

APARTMENT COMPLEXES AT

MACHIDA WITH LITTLE WITNESS

FUNDS NEEDED

FOR A

MICRQBUS

FOR

REMODELING

OUR GARAGE AS

A SUNDAY SCHOOL

ROOM

WE NEED WISDOM IN

PLANING

TOWARD COFFEE

SHOP EVANGELISM

PRAY FOR THE TWO

NEW

 

HOMES

TO

BE STARTED BY

OUR

OFFSPRING

''I

have a lot

I

could

write

to

you,

but somehow

I

find it hard to put down on

paper. I hope to come and see you personally, and

we

can

have a

heart-to-heart talk

together-and how we shall enjoy that '  i John 12

(Phillips

)

K Y U S H U C t i R I S T I A N M I S S I O N

23789 West

Edison

Road

South Bend, Indiana,

46828

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