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P

o

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u

no

T

e-gami

(Paul's

Epistle)

CENTRAL JAPAN

CHRISTIAN

MISSION

The

people

that walked in

darkness

have

^

seen a

great

light: Isaiah

9^2

Overseas Address

Forwarding Address

Paul

&

Kathleen

Pratt Mrs, Polly Wilkinson

1210 Kamikasuya, Isehara City 257^9 West Edison Road,

Kanagawa Ken, Jap an, 259-11

South

Bend, Indiana, 46628

Bible

Correspondence,

Church Planting,

Kindergarten, Ad-Vangelism,

Campus Evangelism

Vol.

XVI,

Wo. 2, Spring,

1975

D e a r f r i e n d s

i n C h r i s t I

^

we have

had a t

Isehara. Tadashi Sato (27) w a s

baptized o n

Mar.

t o l d h o w h e w a s

c a u s e d t o

t h i n k s e r i o u s l y a b o u t C h r i s t w h e n ^ 9 ^ B B B a | | K ^ * ^ j | p B

t h e

N e w O h i o

S i n g e r s c a m e .

H e

w o n d e r e d ,

T h e r e m u s t b e s o m e - a » | ^ ^ [ H ^ ^ ^ y

^Sj^SSB

thing

t o

this Chris tianity when these young people c me all

w a y t o J a p a n t o t e l l u s a b o u t i t .

J u s t

n o w w e h a v e five'young^SHH

1 ^ ; -

men zealously studying and serving w i t h

us.

Four

of t hem

Stephen Hancock,

in

a

recent a r t i c l e in the Seminary Review

minded us

of

the Lord Jesus' own disciple training methods.

P r a y f o r

us as

we

try to put them to work. r ' W i b h . . a ' ~

visidn^for,

Tadashi S ato ' s b aptism

supporting himseiy;. while

preaching the

gospel,;. Hideto Yoshii

Us going to

gr aduate f r om C.B.S.

in December

this

year. Pray

for

him and

for the

Mark

Pratts, the Rick

Coyles and

the

Larry

Lamb-

d i n s w h o

a r e

p reparing

f o r

future

se rvi ce in

JapahT^-

'Looking f o r w a r d to new work ers coming

to

Japan, and opport unities at Obilin University, (the

s c h o o l

h a s

a

j u n i o r h l g H

s c ^ < 5 t ^

a n d h i g h s c h o o l , t o o ) w e

a r e s t r i v i n g t o

b u y l a n d

a n d

b u i l d

a

b u i l d i n g for grampus H o u s ^ . - t h e r e . We will, thereby, be a b l e to m a i n t a i n regular B i b l e T r a i n i n g ,

Counselling^--Evang^xsm

an d

English Conversation- HERE ARE THE FACTS

A ND FIGURES: NhlKUED

LAND

WILL COST ABOUT $50,000, (If we can rent land it will b e cheaper.) THE FIRST UNIT OF A NEW

BUILDING WOULD COST ABOUT $10,000. Inflat ion is even w orse in Japan than in the U.S. We are

also eff ected by the devaluation o f the d ollar. In 1971 we got nearly ¥560 f o r one , but t o d a y

we

get

about ¥260 for

that

same

.

WE WILL BE WELL ON

OUR

WAY TO ACHIEVING OUR

GOAL

IF THIRTY

H U R C H E S C O U L D P R O V I D E f l O O O E A C H

O V E R P E R I O D

O F A

Y E A R

O R

T W O

hanks

for

praying w i t h us

for

the acquisition of the mi li t a ry

houses. Andrew Patton

and his

sons

and several

men

at Isehara elp

ed

us

to dismantle

two

of

them

and

haul the salvaged

lumber to

Isehara.

Our

church people

will

also provide

funds and manpower

to

b uild

the

building.

WOULD, HOWEV ER,

LIKE

VERY

MUCH TO BORROW

A

DEDICATED, RETIRED CARPENTER

FROM

ONE OF OUR CHURCHES FOR ABOUT

THREE MONTHS. Japanese carpenters are asking $25-00 a day. So you



.Gift

Promise

Toward

The Campus House

^

hurch

...

Family—

PROMISE OR

REQUEST

FORM

T o b e p r e s e n t e d t o y o u r t r e a s u r e r

^

y e a r o t h e r

Within 2 ears

promises

(God

providing)

Other

Name

Address

romise of

Carpenter

Services

I am interested in serving as a carpenter in

Japan.

Please

send

me

further information,

Request

for

Paul to visit our church group

Kind of program

Date

m

Paul

Exie

Recent visitors included former classmates Alice Gene

Houpt who serve the

Old

Union Church, Danville, 111. and

South

India

Church of Christ Mission. Brother Gene spoke

at our

morn

ing

service

and

for our

Tokyo area

missionary

fellowship.

Their

church has supported our work for fifteen

years, now.

Sara

Bur-

ney

also

brought sixteen other members of the Christian

Academy

speech team for an

overnight stay

on

their

way

to

a

contest.

We join with those who expressed their

appreciation

to our

returned P.O.W.*s

and to the M.l.A.'s

for

their sacrifice in the

cause of freedom. Countless of those who suffered are not alive

to testify to the likes of Jane Fonda about their ill-treatment.

Our paper told

of

two American lady

missionaries

who were

burn

ed alive

by Communist

troops after they

were captured in

Laos

just five months ago . I'm

sure the atheist persecutors

were im

pressed

by

the fortitude and dependen ce

upon God

manifest

by

so

many

of

our

people.

May His

name be praised. r r n ^

Kathleen

Fultz

Central

Japan

Christian Mission

Inc. is not as yet recognized as a Non-profit

by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

So those of

you who

wish for a

deduction

on

your inc ome tax

should channel

your

gift through

your

local church, earmiarked for C.J.C.M.

Karis Ann Pratt made her debut at Cincinnati

on

March

8,

1973-

Go

cute

s i n d

so cuddly, so

sweet and so n e v T I All that and, what's more, Tax Deductable, too. Mark and Lyn n claim

all

8 lbs

10 oz. of her. As of

April

1st

she and

her mom and dad moved

to

R.R. # 2,

Dillsboro,

Ind. where

they

will

work with the Church of Christ.

Mary

Joyce

is just now

(April 6-l6) enthusiastically

involved in the

Florida

Beach Crusade at

Lauderdale. She

is

nev er happier

than

when

she

can

tell

someone

about

her Christ.

Paul

and Mary now liv e at 553-K Tustin Av e.,

Santa

Ana, Calif. 92705-

He

is hoping to

law school at Pepperdine College-in the fall.

-•

—

^

Lydia

finally

was able

to m s d c e

the dean' s l ist at

C.B.S.

She

will

graduate

with

a

Christian

Education on

May

10th. Her

husband,

-lUck Coyle r-was invoLved in

the

beginning

. T o c - n j : ? House at Hichview in Cincinnati. (See

the

Jan. 2Sth CHRKi^lAN STANDARD page

Eugene

&

Alice Houpt

Organization

Ft.

begin

W I L L S T U D Y ^ ™ H M M E R , B E T W n ^ J U N E 1 . 5 t h

A N D A U G U S T 3 0 t h . S H E

A V A I L A B L E

mp

S e a U N I v p s i T Y 0 1 ]

M I C H I G A N ,

A N N A R B O R . I W I L L B E



— i / ( 7 )

P o -

r

u no

T

e-gami

(Paul's

Epistle)

CENTRAL JAPAN

CHRISTIAN MISSION

The

people that walked

in

dar kness have v^

seen

a

great light:

Isaiah

9:2

Overseas Address Forwarding Address

Paul Kathleen Pratt Mrs. Polly Wilkinson

1210

Kamikasuya, Isehara

City 25769 West

Edison

Road.

Kanagawa Ken, Japan, 259-11 South Bend, Indiana,

^6628

5

9 7 3

Bible Correspondence, Church Planting, Kindergarten,

Dear friends,

Ad-Vangelism,

Campus Evangelism

Vol.

VI,

No.

3,

Fall, 1975

The saying, While the cat's

away the mice will

play

could

never apply to our summer's

absence. In addition to painting the

house,

and entertaining

a Sunday School

Camp, the church

sent nine persons

off

to camp at Mt. Fuji. The

group

participated in a

youth

evangelism in To

kyo and kept the youth meetings,

Bible School_and Worship Serv ices alive througho ut the

entire

summer

We owe

a

debt

of

gratitude/to Rodney Crider,

my

nephew,

. . w h o - J t e p t

close track

of

the

pro

p e r t y a n d h e l p e d k e e p t h e p r o g r i ^

m o v i n g .

H e i s a

p e r s o n n e l m a n

a t ^ h e

U . S . N . A i r F a c i l i t y

a t

A t s u g i . W e a r e h a p p y , t o o ,

to

h a v e h i s g o o d f r i e n d , D e b b i e E i k e l a n d , . J i f

A n a h e i m ,

C a l i f . ,

a

zealous Christian, return

with

us to assist

with

Kathleen's^-woxk-ajid—to 'teach

English classes.

How good it was

to see your

faces again, to

observe your work,

to

fellowship

with

you and

to

receive the

assurance

of

your

continued

prayers and support. The

Paul Pratt clan, with the

exception of Paul's wife,

Mary,

all gathered for a reunion (eats, touch

football and

all) and a

family picture

at Mary Lou

and Harry

Bauer's in

Indianapolis

on Sept. 2nd

and

3rd.

Those

who

are

interested,

please

make

a note

of

these

address

changes: Mar k

Pratt, (avail

able- -for—preaching), 960-Graad:

v e . - , -

Apt^S,—Cincinnati,

Ohio, -45205; - Paul D. Pratt, 3333

Monair Dr.,

Apt.

501, San Diego, Calif. 92117; Mary Joyce Pratt, 473 Riddle Road, Cincinnati,

Ohio, 45220.

The Lord always supplies our need. Mr. Tom

Carter,

of

the Cincinnati Bible Seminary

step

ped forth to offer his 1962 Chevrolet, no strings a ttached, for our summer travels. It served

us

well,

and we acknowledge our thanks

to

Tom and praise God for

bringing

us together.

Kathleen

has successfully completed the eight

weeks summer course

at the U. of Michigan's,

English Langua ge Institute. In the process she was a ble to contact several of the hundreds of

Japanese students who were also studying on campus and

to

encourage a few Japa nese Christians.

A candid

observer suggested

to

one of our missionaries that Since the work in Japan is

quite difficult,

why not

leave

it

for awhile, hoping that

future reception

will be better? . We

refer you, in reply,

to

the enclosed picture of a man's field which old age forced him to leave

standing

idle this year. How can a

plot

in God's

acre,

where His good seed hasbeen sown

be

any

different? And,

how

could His

laborers be

expected

to hear, Well done, thou

good and f a n

thful



The

Central

Japan Christian Mission Inc.

held

a meeting of

its Board

of Directors

on

Aug.

25th . T h e Di r e ct o r s

a r e as follows:

Paul a n d

Kath l e e n Pratt

Fie l d

Di r e ct o r s; Se cr e t a ry-T re a

sur e r,

M r s .

Pol ly

Wilkinson ; Ernie Wilkinson,

R o g e r B u r n h a m

a n d Ha r ry

B a u e r ,

T rust e e

-

i r e c

t o r s . A n y

sug g e s t i o n s,

p r o p o s a l s or qu e s ti ons toward th e Mi s s i o n s h ou ld be d i r e c t e d

t o

t h e m e n

serving as trustees. They will serve as liaison between the churches a n d the field.

Constitu

tion and By-Laws have been drawn up and progress

h a s

been

m a d e

in

our application

t o

the Inter

n a l Re ve n ue Se r v i ce

f o r

t ax-exe mp t s t a t us. Wh e n t h is occur s, g ift s wi ll be co n si d e r e d

as

tax

d e d uct able,

r e t r o a c t i v e

t o

May

19

1972,

t h e d a t e o f t h e

e s t a b l i s h m e n t of

t h e M i s s i o n .

We are still

very much

in the

market

for a

retired

or

vaeationing carpenter

who

could

give

us

two to six mont hs work

o n o u r

church building

at I seh ara. Our

chu rch grou p s a v ed u p

S15O

in

t h e s u m m e r m o n t h s

toward

t h e p r oje ct.

Thanks

t o

Hank a n d Imogene

McAdams

Roy Koizum i

of

Isehara will be able

to

fulfill a dream

t o

s pend h i s s ophomore year

at

the

high

s chool

i n

St.

L ouis,

Mi chi gan.

His p are nts,

a n d we

t oo

are

g l a d

t o

h a v e f o u n d s u c h f i n e

C h r i s t i a n

p a r e n i s

t o

b e

his

s p o n s o r

Pray,

too, t h a t he w i l l

find the Lord as

his Savior,

soon.

(Of

course, Roy s par ents

are paying his

expenses.)

In order to

lighten

Polly Wilkinson s load ^ bit,

those

who send

gifts

will

receive direct

receipts

from

Japan. Please be

patient,

because

i t

will

take

a

bit

longe r this way. However ,

p l e a s e c o n t i n u e s e n d i n g t h e g i f t s

t o

o ur Sout h

B e n d

addre s s . .

If

your

church does not receive a bundle of ur Paul s

Epistle,

and you

wish

a copy to be

se n t t o you r e gul a r ly, p l e a se d r o p us a c a r d s o t h a t we wil l kn ow you want

it,

s e n t . We d o want

to hear from you. An airmail card

(15?)

will reach us in five days. Regular sea mail will be

a

m o n t h

r e a c h i n g u s

—Vv

PR YER O GR M

PRAISE

GOD

FOR

HIS FAITHFULNESS

IN HELPING

THEISANNOBA RA CHURCH MEMBERS TO GROW EVEN

IN

OUR ABSENCE ...FOR SENDING ROD

AND

NOW DEBBIE OUR

WAY

THE NAVY HAS SIGNED HIM UP FOE

DUTY I N JAPAN TILL APRIL,

1976

PRAY FOE STI L L ONE MORE, A CARPENTER TO HELP

WITH

THE

BUILDING PRAY

FOR APPROPRIATE

LAND

TO BE

MADE AVAILABLE

TO RENT

OR

BUY AND

FOE

FUNDS

T O

B U I L D

T H E

O B I L I N

C M P U S H O U S E P R Y F O R

t I i S I M P O R T N T F L L N D

C H R I S T M S S E S O N

O F

EVANGELISM



December,

1973

1210

Kamikasuya, Isehara City,

Kanagawa

Ken, Japan,

259-11

Dear friends,

The greatest event of

all

human hist ory took place about

1977

years

ago. Namely,

The WORD

was

GOD and the WORD became

man

and

lived

for a time among us, and we viewed His glory - such glory as the only-be

gotten

Son receives

from

His

Father

-

abounding

in grace

and truth."

(John l:l,l4 Berkeley)

This world has

not been

the

same since that

day.

In

His day,

doctors

lost their patients to His healing power. Sinners learned for the first

time about God's

loving

forgiveness. Even

His

disciples

were

shaken to

realize that

our

attonement demanded His death.

But God,

the

Father's

seal

upon

His life and ministry came when

He

called Jesus out

of

the tomb

on that glorious third day.

Praise

God

this

age old

'Good News report'

still

speaks

to people

here in Japan, 6000 miles from

the

place of His

birth. Though

adults

forbid

the

children

from

coming, they

still

hear Him say,

"Forbid them

not".

In

spite

of material prosperity

many young

persons

agree with

Jesus'

state

ment

of man's

real

need when He said, A

man's

life consisteth not in the

abundance of things

which he

possesses". Mature Japanese regret that

the

very thing

their

nation needs is spiritual basis which they do not have.



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