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CENTRAL JAPAN CHRISTIAN MISSION

"The people that

walked

in darkness have

Bible

Correspondence, Church Plantim

Kindergarten,

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a

great light:"

Isaiah

9*2

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O v e r s e a s A d d r e s s

F o r w a r d i n g

A d d r e s s

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Kathleen Pratt Mrs. Polly Wilkinson TlT

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K a m i k a s u y a ,

I s e h a r a C i t y

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E d i s o n

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Kanagawa Ken, Japan,

239-11 South Bend, Indiana,

46628

Bible Correspondence, Church

Planting,

Kindergarten, Ad~Vangelism,

Campus

Evangelis

Volume XVII,

No- 1,

Winter, 19

riends,

"Akemashite" (the

new

year has opened up.) "Omedeto Gozaimasu" (congratulations ). And

as our friends

do,

"As

in

the past,

we request your

favor in the coming

new year".

Go

back with us for a moment in

order

to review some of

the victories we

have

seen

in

r

days. As

a

result of

Brother Akira Oda's

preaching in

our fall evangelistic meeting Mino

was baptized on Sunday, Nov. 4th. We

were

happy to learn that Ry ohei Koizumi, (see fa

our exchange student at

St.

Louis, Mich, was baptized there on that very same

Sunday

Hank McAdams,

who

is

also his host. No

sooner had December begun, than Miss Mine Kiha

junior high stud ent determined

to be

baptized in the chilly evening water

of

our outdoor ba

She

was lead

in

her

decision by

the influence

of

our

very youngest Christians.

In

the

aforementioned Epistle, we introduc ed Debbie Eikeland as nephew

Rodney

Crider*s'go

After

a very

brief engagement they

were-jnarried

on

N a v e n d J e r 1 7 t E l . - -

Debbie's

mother

w

to

come

from

Anaheim, Calif,

for

a

week

of

preparations and for the ceremony.

The newlywe

in

an apartment

here in

Isehara about 35 minutes

from

Atsugi Naval Air

Facility

whe

serves. They are invaluable to

the

work as examples and

as

leaders and

house.

Only

the Lord could

have

planned for his

assignment so

near

by.

Christmas programs at the Junior

College,

Jr. High School were over early

in

the month. T

of our time was spent visiting the children's hospital, caroling, in the Sunday School pr

a candle light

service

and church sukiyaki dinner. Along with

people

all over Japan, o

enlisted customers

to

visit the local movie theatre

to

see

"Shiokari Mountain Pass". Th

based

upon

Ayako M iura's best selling Christian novel. P ra y for its influence and that

of

howing on

TV

of

The

Robe and

The

King

of

Kings".

Oh

Christmas day>'we were honored by the presence

of

a Japanese family , a Viet Nam student

a n d - -a^sailor from Minnesota as well as Rod and

Debbie.

In

the

afternoon, w

show up at our doo'F~bu-t~Hideto Yoshii,

unexpectedly

returning from his

graduate

study

ati Bible Seminary . Pray for the Lord

to

lead

in his futu re planning.

i

|u

Aihara's

Baptism

Nov. 4th

Our house

where meetings have been

held

Debbie

Rod's Vows

Christine Takahashi Masami

Sugim



A

most

w o n d e r i E u l

Christmas eve gift from s i f i t e r Mary Lou was

a

telephone call

r o m

our ch

In

her wonderment, Kar is Anne

couldn't

quite follow

through as

she had been coadTied,

H i d e t o Y o s h i i p r e a c h e d

for us o n U e g e m b er ^ j ^ J i h . a n d t h e n

j o i n e d

in t h e

g r o u n d b r e a k i n g

se^

the new church

b u i l d i n g

immediately

i n

front

of our

house. Along with everyone else,

we

t o it

s i n c e

s e r v i c e s

h a v e _ b e e n h e l d

in o u r h o u s e

n o w

f o r s e v e n

y e a r s .

T h i s

b u i l d i n g

indeed,

since the local people

will be

paying

for.more" than

l i a l f ' of'it.

But we are

s

need

of all

the help you

can

give.

Here is a brief report

of

our Sannobara Church and

of

our activities at Obilin Academy.

Total Weekly attendants

(Youth meet.,

S.S.,

Church)

60

Total

amou nt given

to

the

building fund

this

year

$800.00

Total amount g iven to

missions

this

year

$360.00

Weekly contacts at Obilin Academy 0̂

T o t a l

B a p t i z e d

i n t o Chri^ i n 1973 - 6

(1

a d u l t , 3

o u n g

a d u l t s ,

2 t e e n a g

Paul will be

busier

than ever this

year.

In addition

to

his

helping

with

the

new

build

e

has begun two more Bible classes each week. Important coming events at this writing woul

Bible

Camp at

Karuizawa,

Jan. 12th to 15th and the All Japan Christian Convention

here in

Area

May

1st to 5th.

As

of

the end of 1973 our committment to the Kajiki Church and-teiadecg^ten

(

n Kagosh

ended. W e had assisted

the

church there for the past 13 years and .the kindergarten thru

10

years of

existance.

They will

be

on their awb-fr om here^on.

Pray for

their numeri

spiritual growth. —

-

You

r e a d a b o u t t i l e U . ^ . C a m p u s M i n i s t r i e s in t h e

Sept,

23 C h r i s t i a n S t a n d a r d .

If

t h e y

methods

in

the State'^7^—4he^-wil-l-be-even m o r . e .

effectix^.

here.

With the

price of land

it appears necessary

for

us to

try

to rent' a

place

if it can be found.

So far, th

amount

in

our bu ilding fund

is

$4000.00. Pray

for

this

CAMPUS

MINISTRY,

The entire world is

plagued

by the

energy

crisis. Yet

to

the

child of

God there is no ca

anxiety.

The power

of His

Spirit,

His

word and His Almighty

hand

are unchanged.

It

rem

same yesterday , and today and forever." "Do not be anxious about y our life."

For Vmy

need

of yours according

to His

riches in glory

in

Christ

Jesus." "And

the pe

God

which passes

all

understanding

will

keep

your

hearts

and your minds

in

Christ Jesus,

PR YER

A - GR M

THE LORD

FOR

ASSISTANCE

IN OUR

BUILDING

PLANS

F l i O M

OTHER JAPANESE

CHURCHES

.

..

OR

SI

F THE

DOLLAR"S

VALUE RISING AGAIN . .. OR

A CO-OPERATIVE

JAPANESE

CARPENTER.

PRAY FOR

GO

SUFFICIENT HELP AND FUNDS

T O

MEET

THE

NEEDS

OF

BUILDING NOW

GOING ON

. .. CONTINU

OF

EVANGELISM

AMONG OUR

YOUTH

.. .

OD

T O

CHOOSE

THE PROPER

COLLEGES FOR HALF A

DOZEN

Y O U N G M E N

A N D

S U C C E S S

I N

T A K I N G

T H E I R

T E S T S . ^^

al Japan Christian Mission

Inc.

and Kathleen Pratt)

West Edison Road,

Indiana, 46628

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A d d r e s s

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Gleanings

(Mar 25,7^

WEM

Paul and Mrsa

Kathleen

Pratt,

1210 Kamikasuya, Isehara City,

Kanagawa Ken, Japan 259-11 report

that

Hideto Yoshii returned

to

Japan

on Christmas

day from

graduate study

at Cincinaati Bihle

Seminary

and

he

preached

for their

Pecemher

30th

service. He then joined

in

the

groundbreaking

service for the new

chn.rch

building immediately in front

of

Pratt s

home where services have

been held now

for 7

years. This

new

building is special because the

local people will be paying for more

than half of it

Pratts

still need

all

o f

the help you can give, send

gifts to their

forv/arding

agent:

Central

Japan

Christian Mission,

Mrs. Polly

Wilkinson,

23769

West

Edison

Road,

South

Bend, Indiana

46628.

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v CO IS

P o - r u

no

T e-gami

(Paul's

Epistle)

^

CENTRAL JAPAN CHRISTIAN

MISSION

'The

p e o p l e

t h a t wa lke d i n

darkness have

I

Bible Correspondence

s e e n

a

grea t

l ight:"

O v e r s e a s Ad d re s s

^

Plml & Kathleen Pratt Mn

1210

Kamika s uya, Ise hara C i ty

23'

Kanagawa Ken,

Ja pa n, 259-11

S o i

Phone; I s e h a rf i,

0453-95-1019

Church Planting, Kindergarten

saiah

9*2

Forwarding Address

Mrs.

Polly

Wilkinson

23769

West

Edison Road,

So u th

Bend, India na, 46628

Dear Christian

Friends,

Ad-Vang e l i sm, C amp u s E v a n g e l i

\/nlune XVil,

No. 2,

Sp r ing,

19

MAY

31

u

T h e Lord a n s ' i j e r s

prayer

We'we

prayed

Tor

a carpenter

to

he l p us

build

the Sanno

" c h building. I n January Julius

Fleenor

phoned^us about j v i ^ r a _ n d

l ^ . r s .

Pave Re ynolds f

me,

Qragnn.

P a

i s

a contractor-builder

and^in Wovenber,"1972" t ha y sold their h o r n s

and

t o

Srazil

t o

h e l p :nissi'onariss

t h e re in

their building ende avo

_ After a y e a r t h e r e t h e y w e n t t o C t h i o p i a t o h e l p

t h e

missiona

for

three

nnnths.

They had

written Brother Fleenor th a t

they

wan

to v is i t JAPAN on their way home. So

I

fired an

a i rm a i l

l e t t e r

them

inviting

them to

come over

to ISEHARA

and help usl p f : a r c h 2

w a s i n O s a k a for a

co u n s e l l o r ' s

me e t ing of the

Seminary.

Da v e

8̂ l e a n o r f l e w i n t o O s a k a

f r o m

O k i n a w a a n d

i n q u i r e d

a t t h e o f f i c e

T j |

t o

g o t i n t o u c h

w i t h P a u l

F r a t t . T h e y c a m e h e r e w i t h m a t h a t n i

f t

nd began

working

on the foundation the next morning. We had

a l r e

completed t h e footing. How marvelous is HIS provision

and

power

| | M i H I S l o v e

i n

t h e h e a r t s o f H I S c h i l d r e n , w h i c h m o t i v a t e s

s u c h s a c r i

i a l s e r v i c e l l e a r e g r a t e f u l f o r t h e i r l a b o r s f o r t h r ^ e w e e k s

[ G o d ' s S p ir i t n e v e r c e a s e s t o w o r k . F i i s s J u n k o K i k u n a q a l is t

^ ^ ^ ' 4 * ' ^ 1 1 1 1 D i t t e m o r e ' s r a d i o p r og r a m , " B e h o ld T h is M a n " b r oa d c a s t

Kagoshima

C i t y

fifteen years ago, and comp l e t ed

t h e

fifty-six l e s s

L

^

o f

t h e

B i b l e

c o r r e s p o n d e n c e c o u r s e .

M a r c h

1 0

s h e p h o n e d

f r o m S h

^

̂ o k a w h e r e

s h e i s n o w w o r k i n g

i n a n o l d p eo pl e ' s h o m e , a n d

c o n f e s s

I

^ g S H

" A f t e r

s o l o n g , I ' m r e a d y t o b ec o m e

a

C h r i s t i a n " . S h e w a s b a p t i

J ^ T i i h e r e o n M a r c h 1 7 , t h e

d a y f o l l o w i n g h e r 4 7 t h b i r t h d a y .

t k

Eleanor

Reynolds

Bible

study

by correspondence

h a s

brought other fruit. i ^ J

Aaxey

and Koichi

Homori

Jnv i t a d Mr. Fum i o Sa t o and me t o K eoos h

Miss Junko Kikunaga

A new birth

at 47

years

I ' i a s a m i

S u g im oto

&

Minoru Aih a r a

F i n i s h i n g c o n c re t e

foo t ing s

i n t h e r a i



XVIII, No.

3,

Fall,

ear friends,

We are

thrilled

at the pros-

ects of

evangelism

on campus at

bilin

and at

other

nearby

univer

ities.

Hideto Yoshii

graduated

rom Obilin. It was while he was

ttending in

1969 when Kathleen

egan looking for the chance to

erve outside the home. The door

as opened

to

her

when

the hea'

aster asked

her

if

she

could

b

in teaching on

the very day o

er interview. Since that

time

he has taught in the Jr. High

r. College and in the College,

ince 1971,

I»

too have been

eaching and

now

serve as

the

acuity advisor to the

Obilin

hristian Club.

We are free to

teach

Chris

anity and we do. Available cl

ooms

are provided

for

special

eetings

and

school authorities

ave offered

help

in

searching

fo

and

for our

Campus House. (At

resent

it

seems most advisable

o rent property. We

have

been

nvolved in four camps

with

Obili

tudents. Eight persons have mad

ecisions for Christ. Both Ohio

inger

groups held four chapel

essions each

there.

Gideon

Bi

les have been presented to des-

ring

students.

Our son, Mark

is

about

to

do

hat has been his desire for some

ineteen

years.

At five he first

xnressed, I want to

preach

like

y daddy. He had not changed

hi

ind when he

was

baptized

at

seve

t twelve,

when

interviewed

by

a

isk

jockey

on the

streets of Kag

shiraa he

boldly

replied, I am

going

to

be a

issionar;y be

cause

I believe

everybody

in

the

world needs

the gospel.

Mark

and Lynn, who both visit

ed

Japan

with

Ohio Singers

1,

Ian

to arrive

in August, 1975.

7̂



Mark and Lynn

were married in

1971

at

WillianiBtown, Ky. and

both received their AB degree

following spring. Karis

Ann was born March 8, 1973- At

present, M ark is writing

his

mast

with plans to

arrive

in Japan in August, 1975- Lynn plans

to study

Japanese at U.G . th

Their

address

is 96o

Grand

Ave., Apt. 8,

Cincinnati,

0. ^52 05, Phone 313-251-5779-

M a r y J o y c e h a s b e e n e n r o l l e d a t U G

a s a n

E n g l i s h m a j o r s i n c e J a n ,

received a two

year Ministerial

Assistant s

Certificate at C.B.S.

lives

at the

Campus Hous e and

joined

the group in a trip to

as -

the Merly n Beemans in Mexico. We too,

were

shocked to get

picture of her

psirachute

descending being towed

by

a boat.

address is 473 Riddle Road, Cincinnati,

Ohio,

45220.

When you receive this letter Ly dia and Rick

Coyle

will be

us in Japan. They

will be

here for a full month

of visiting

s

f o r m e r h o m e s ,

p r e a c h i n g

a n d

s i g h t s e e i n g .

pratt paul kathleen 1974 japan

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