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Paul

Kathleen

Pratt

1210 Kamikasuya, Isehara City,

Kanagawa

Ken, 259-11» Japan.

Ph. 0463-95-1019

Mark

and

Lynn

Pratt

3-̂ -19 Morino

M a c h i - d a

Shi,

Tokyo 19^,

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Ph. 0427-26-9778 /

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It

comes from

our

hearts when

we

say, "Thanks

to

all

of

you

for

your meaningful

over

t he holida ys".

T he

extra enclosures and packaged

gifts

helped to sho v

prayers

are behind us. "We thank o u r Go d upo n every remembr ance o f

y ou."

(Phr

all the wishes y o u extended

t o

us be yo u rs as well

in

thi s New Year ' '

The MEMORIAL FUND

balance was

applied

t owa r d

the purchase of the

new

car.

T han k

d to y our genero us Christmas gifts the car was completely paid for

by

y ear's end

a^

turned

over to Mark and Lynn for the

Campus

Hou se Fund. Ho wever

more

than $46,000 it

on their project. Pray and help as God provides for

y o u i

Recently,

a

Japanese

T.V. networ k

has shown

a

series of candid movies on violence, rc

d police

w o r k

in

New

York City. We

were made

sick

watching it,

but have had first-hand

with

violence

in

Japan.

It

is no wonder that

our

young 23 year old believer has been

djusted and committed

to a

mental

institution. During his New

Years home

visit,

upon one

his father offered, "Here's my bathrobe belt. Go ahead

and

commit suiside "

It

•

nly after much persuasion

that

he promised not

to

use

the

meat cleaver and butcher knife ti

layed

aside.

B u t

six

h o u rs later the

son was for tunate to

get by with o nl y a

h a m n i

the back of t he head w it h o u t fighting back. B o t h father and son are

in

the hospital

time.

Pray for

both and

for the family.

For

some time the

c i t y

of Isehara has been planning to widen the 7 ft. r o a d by our

chu rc

o 18 ft. and pave it. We have sold

about

SOO square

feet

o f

land

to

the

city

f o r

that purpos

nce this takes away about half

of our

present

parking

area,

we are taking

steps

to

get

mo

etaini ng wall i s

being

built

along

the side

of our

hou se to make a driveway fo

t o go to the play area at the

rear

of the hou se. F unds received fro m the land sale

wi

8 0 5 ^ of

the cost

of the

retainer wall. T he church

wants to take

part

in

thi s pro ject,

t o

chicken houses and fences cleared

away

for the road, t he chu rc h

building

is becoming vis

le from the

main

highway one

b l oc k away.

^

URNING

BACK

THE CLOCK

—

I f i ' i

After the first Worship Service

Isehara,

Sept.

5, I966

Preacher Akada O.B.S.

Evangelistic

Team

helped us

t o our first six converts,

Nov.


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Forwarding Address

Mrs.

Mary Lou Bauer

2910 East 98th

St.,

Indianapolis,

Ind.,

^6280

Ph.

317-844-3659

Overseas

Address

Paul Kathleen Pratt

1210

Kamikasuya, Isehara City,

Kanagawa

Ken,

259-111 Japan.

Ph. 0463-95-1019

C.J.C.M. - Campus Ministry

Mark and

Lynn

Pratt

5-̂ -19 Morino

Machida Shi,

Tokyo

19^,

Japan

Ph.

0427-26-9778

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in the islands. Isa. ^2:12

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His

praise

in the islands.

Isa. ̂ 2:12

Paul& Kathleen Pratt

1210

Kamikasuya

Isehara

City

Kanagawa

Ken

259-11* Japan.

Ph.

0463-95-1019

Forwarding Address

Mrs.

Mary Lou

Bauer

2910 East

98th

St.,

Indismapolis, Ind., ̂ 6280

Ph. 317-844-3659

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friends,

Japan

has often been called a "field resistant to the gospel"* Brother George Alder h

somewhat of a cause for this in his book

God ,

Western civilization developed with

in o n e Go d, th e Creator, Therefore, it

was

assumed th at

t he

c r e a t i o n

was

orderly,

d eve l o pe d

out o f faith

in

th is

o r d e r .

In

t he

East,

h owever,

t h e b e l i e f

in many

g o

a c h a o s

o f

c o n f l i c t i n g f o r c e s , h e r e f o r e, t h i s a r e a

o f

th e wo r l d

f e l l

b e hind

a n d

scie ntific deve lo pment," The Japanese l a b e l themselves a s

" g r e a t

imitat o rs

t h a n i n v e n t o r s. F a i t h

in

t h e C r e a t o r , Him s e l f or

l a c k of it has m a d e

t h e d i f f e r e n c e .

B u t, J a p a n h as

i t s

believers, Katsumi Omura, our f i r s t l e a d e r f r o m t h i s a r e a w a s mar r i

March, Our

church

l a d i e s

g r oup p r e p a r e d

a n d

se rve d

five

b i g

cakes

i n

a t e a party re ce ptio

their very formal hotel reception which followed,

his

bride

changed

her

kimono twice.

The

was strange

to

see

both

of them

in

traditio nal kimono cutting their giant wedding cake

f a s h i o n , (We

W e s t e r n e r s h o p e t o s e t

g o o d

s p i r i t u a l e x a m p l e s

f o r t h e i r i m i t a t i o n ,

t o o ,

Speakin g o f our

l e a d e r s , Michio

Inoue

(an e l d e r)

is

b e i n g s e n t by h i s Engi ne e r i ng Co-al o

his wife, Hideko (church treasurer)

to build

a highway in

The Celebes, Indon esia,

f o r two years. Pray that our newly chosen

l e a d e r s

will grow

a s

they take over.

They'

gone

lor two

years

W h i l e w i d e n i n g t h e r o a d

b e s i d e

t h e c h u r c h, a p o w e r s h o v e l u n c o v e r -

some-bones^- Immediately

_the o f f i c i a l s _ A f L e j i e . . _ c a l l e d _ i n

a n d

c o n f e r e n -

T h e y c o n c l u d e d t h a t t h e y w e r e t h e r e m a i n s of

a n aincestor

who

d i e d

d u r i n g t h e

t i m e w h e n a s h r i n e h a d b e e n o n t h i s s p o t .

The

r o a d

water

a n d d r a i n a g e a l r e a d y in

w i l l

b e c om pl e t e d

b y

A p r i l

30th.

On

A p r i l

1st

Mark b e c am e

th e

32nd g r a d u a t e

o f

t he J a p a n Missio nary

has had

more

than

300

total

enrollees. One

his

teachers stated

that

she learned

a

lot

from the

experience

of

h im". Afte r just 1 ^ years

o f

p r e p a r a t i o n

they a r e n o w d e e p l y

in

the work

of

student evangelism.

Did you

know hat

the American

$ which;was worth 3^0 ¥ five

is o n l y

worth

272 ¥

t o day?

..h a t

G a s o n

J o h n, o u r

g r a n d

yk m o n t h s

l a u g h s

a n d

'co o s'

a l r e a d y ?

that

marriage

Japan

is t h o u g h t of as b e t w e e n t h e t w o f a m i l i e s r a t h e r t h a n b e t w e e n

p eop le?...h a t w e a r e p l a n n i n g a n o t h e r Coffee House

Evang e l ism?

PRAY

FOR •

t he S p r i n g Evang e l ism

i n May,

.

t h e

28th A l l

J a p a n

( A p r i l

29th-May

3rd)

.

f o r o u r

daugh ter, Lydia 's

expe c t e d

one

in

June, or

Summer Camp plains

for students in

Julyl

Elvis Dy e r , o f Indian a po lis p ass ed o n

t o h i s r ewar d

o n

Mar ch

27th.

a n d h i s

wife

Hil d e g a r d e

h ave

p r o v i d e d

r e g u l a r

f i n a n c i a l

a n d

p rayer

p p o r t f o r us

sinc e

we

d e c i d e d

o n J a p a n in 1937. A M emo r i a l G i f t t h ru

Mars Hill Church has

been

received i n his

nam^.

We were likewise

in Janu ary t o l e a r n

o f

th e a c c i d e n t a l d e d t h of~"Mrs. Lucrlle

dear friend from Vandalia, Michigan. Our

Lord

promises,

are

the dead who die in

the

Lord, .they will

rest

from l a b o r s '

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CENTRAL JAPAN

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Forwarding Address

Mrs. Mary Lou Bauer

2910 East 98th

St.,

Indianapolis, Ind., 46280

Ph. 317-844-3659

Overseas Address

Paul Kathleen

Pratt

1210

Karaikasuya,

Isehara City,

Kanagawa Ken, 259-11, Japan.

Ph. 0463-95-1019

C.J.C.M.

-

Campus

Ministry

Mark

and Lynn Pratt

3-4-19

Morino

Machida

Shi,

Tokyo

194, Japan

Ph. 0427-26-9778

P

o

- r

u

no

T

e-gami

(Paul & M a r k s E p i s t l e )

B

..declare His praise

te

the

islands.

Isa.

42:12

Vol.

21

— ept., 1977

O b t r i n - s ^ p o n s o r e d

Camp

ENGLISH TEACHER GOES

BERSERKI

At

least,

sometimes

I

think

I

will.

But

there are rewards. The English diaries

often provide

my

comic

relief

for

the

day.

One student wrote, I

sprained

the

thumb finger of my right foot.

The students also write

things that

lue me in on problems

they

may be

having: The reason

why I don't

like

my father, I don't know.

But

in my

childhood

I liked him.

We were involved in two English can5>s

this summer. One was an English-Bible

camp sponsored

by Dad and us. The

other

was

an Obirin-^onsored English camp.

I was able to teach about Christ at both times. I also taught at

our

regular church

camp; there were about

80

students for that. The Obirin teachers asked

me

to

speak

at

their

retreat

up

in the

mountains.

So

we had

a

total

of 4 camp

experiences.

GRAM

only

dark

spot

in

ou r

was that we lost

grandmother, Mrs.

el Lusby.

She

died

of

heart attack; but she

tly didn't

suffer

was alert and active

he end. She was a

Christian lady. We

le

to

share her

with

the Chris

here.

BABIES, BABIES

Many of our

regular readers know Hideto

Yoshii, a former

worker

at Sannobara

Church.

We

were able

to see

them

this summer.

Little

Hideki is one year

old

now. He is expecting a baby broth

or sister in October. Hideto's

mother-in-law,

Mrs. Nogami, is

a

new

baby

Christian

as

of

a

few

months ago.


8/12

CONGRATULATIONS, Y'ALLI

Hiromichi and Kyoko Kara

were

presented with Kentucky Colonel awards which Lynn's parents

obtained. The

Haras

operate a restaurant

known

as The Kentucky House

that

serves food any

Kentuckian would

be

proud

of.

Kyoko is a member of the

Sannobara

Church of Christ where

Dad works. Hiromichi has been attending regularly recently. They have two children.

VACATIONING IS HARD WORK

An

old

lady was heard

to

say: "When

I

works,

I

works

hard—and

when

I

sets,

I

sets loose."

We had sure

worked

hard and

were

ready to

set loose

for

a

wonderful

month

with Lynn's

parents visiting here. Traveling is hard work even in the States, but harder here

with

few

expressways and fewer hamburger

stands We started on

a

trip via

the

overnight

ferry—19 hours

from

Tokyo to

Hyuga,

Kyushu.

The man at

the

travel bureau

had

told Mark

we only needed to pay for the

4

adults.

(What

he really meant was

that we were only getting a sleep

ing

space for 4.) We boarded

the

ship and

located

our quarters—a

huge room where at

least

200 peo

ple

were

"laid

out." Each

one's

sleeping space

was

only 5' x 18 .

Four big Americans

with

two chil

dren, suitcases, diapers, and

bottles,

stood

staring in dis

belief A kind steward saw our

problem and mercifully led us to

a place where we'd be

"more

com

fortable.

It was

a

room for

18,

but we had it all

to

ourselves

From

Hyuga, four

hours

of

driving

brought

us

to

the Mark Maxey home.

After a wonderful

time

there, we

started the return trip by car.

Six days later we were home—tired

but refreshed after much sight

seeing and visiting

with

friends.

Mr.

rtArs-

M a r j c M a y e y

^

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Kans

PRESSING

ON

We continue with our private classes and those at

Obirin and with

the Sannobara

and Zushi churches.

Through these we are

in

touch with over

400

people

regularly each week.

(Incidentally, Mr.

Fukuda, who

preaches

at Zushi

part-time, is seriously ill

and

needs your prayers.)

Coming

up:

1.

12-week

English-Bible class for

Obiri

collegestudents

^ 2. the Sannobara

church

retreat^

3. a special meeting we're helping

with where

Milto

Jones and

Dale

Wilkinson work.

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P o

-

r u no T e-i;ami

(Paul

& Mark's Epistle)


.declare His

p r a i s e in

the

islands.

Isa. ^2:12

Paul

Kathleen Pratt

1210 Kamikasuya, Isehara City,

Kanagawa

Ken,

259-11i

Japan.

Ph.

0463-95-1019

Forwarding

Address

Mrs.

Mary Lou

Bauer

2910 East 98th

St.,

Indianapolis,

Ind.,

^6280

Ph.

317-844-3659

C.J.C.M. - Campus Ministry

- Mark

and

Lynn

Pratt

3-̂ -19

Morino

Machida Shi, Tokyo

19^,

Ja

Ph. 0427-26-9778

Vol. 21, No.

3i September,

1

friends,

We

are

bragging about our third gra ndchild born on June

l8th to Rick

and

Lydia Coyle.

is

Shara

Lynn and

she weighed in a t

^358

grams

(8 lb

10 oz). Kathleen was able

to take

c

her and help

her

mother

during a two month stay in

Cincinnati. She came back

on August

19

Guests during

the

summe r included Patricia

Sheely

who

hopes

to return to Japan to ass ist

force some day; The Dave Reynolds, who did so m e r e p a i r s

for

us on their

way to

Han

rport after

completing Fleenor's dual

puiTpose

building

at

Sayama;

12 Christians

from

Decate

e i n d Louisville,

Ky.

lead

by

Jack Ballard and Wayne

Spangler; Nita

Garrett

&

Nancy

Jo

from

Iowa; Lynn's

parents

Mr.

&

Mrs. Hubert Lusby from Williarastown, Kentucky; Nine

mem

f a

basketball

team

from various Bible Colleges lead

by

ilsb y

of

the

Traveling Christian

College, Seattle .

Our Tokyo Area Camp

was

a great experi ence of studying

Is

The Greatest

(I Cor.

13)»

Mark, Lynn and I

used

same theme in our Obirin Christian Camp. We also took

in

English

Seminar

Camps from the college.

As in

pre

ous years

I was able to

spend a

total of

seven days help

w ith Coffee House Evangelism at the resort village of

in the mountains. Stephen and Carol Fleenor were

of

the

project. Believe

it

or

not,

John

Lennon

of

Beetles who was there, attracted

by the

poster Jesus'

and

Light ,

came one night.

At

that time six missionaries

decided to b^d

together

a two or

three day

weekly evangelism.

Beginning

with

follow-up

of

Tokyo

converts and contacts from the Coffee

the Sakurayama Church in September a schedule

ha s

made out for

every

week this year

at

various places.

June

Meeting

with

brethren

who do

Did you know that ideto Yoshii was able to bap

his

mother-in-law

into

Christ?

aul has

had two

recently

to minister to sailors at

the

U.S.N.

Facility,

Atsugi?

a r k

spoke

at Obirin Chapel in

spoke to the Christian Teachers' Camp during

summer?

r.

&

Mrs.

Hubert Lusby

presented

certi

from Gov. J.

Carrol

to Mrs. Hiromichi Kara,

f our church (they manage

the Ke ntucky

House) making them

'Kentucky

Colonels'?

uring the

month of July

Mr.

Lusby's

mother and

Paul's brother-in-law J.^. Cri-

ssed

on

to their reward?

Kipling decl ared that East is

East

and West is West

never

the twain shall meet . Recent personal

work with

seekers

seem to verify this fact. Proofs of

God's

validity of Bible history

s a i d

miracles

s e e m

o

have

little effect upon Asian hearts. Pray that we

have

specia l abundance

of patience

and

His

Spirit to the task.

course we labor knowing that

the

re-creation

of

persons

Christ

is

God's part

of

evangelism.

use

the

instrument

i n worship,

I b l

Koji Homori

(our

Tim othy) Minist

of

Kagoshima

Church and his

brid


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Karis

8 e

friends,

baby sitting with Cason

It was a

busy

emd exciting two months

e

at

Cincinnati

at 9:30 PM and

with tears

of

joy

said

baby girl was

bom

at PM" till

waved and said, "I'll

be

seeing you" to son

and

Mary

Lou at Indianapolis Airport on

17« I also

got

to

see Rod and Debbie,

their girls

Shawna

and

Stacy in Califor

Tadao

and Christine Takahashi and their

children the next day. Christine

&

her

Lisa were baptized here at Sannobara

February,

1975.

The

Takahashis operate

a

in San Bernardino.

Lynn

sgdd that

every daughter needs her

the first baby is born. We've

al

tried

to

be

near when

our

children

need

a truly thrilling experience

to

care

a new-born baby. HOW MARVELOUS GRANDMO-

I S 1 W e

'real

l i v e

m i s s i o n a r i e s * c e r -

l o v e o u r f a m i l y n o l e s s

t h a n

y o u ' r e a l

p e o p l e ' .

A n d

I

d o

t h a n k

L y n n , M a r k a n d P a u l f o r h e l p i n g t o m a k e t h i s t r i p

p o s s i b l e

f o r

t e a c h i n g m y c l a s s e s , e t c .

h e N A C C w a s i n s p i r i n g f o l l o w i n g t h e t h e m e T h e W o r d

o f

G o d F o r e v e r . H e a r i n g t h e

m e s s a g

the heavenly

music

and

seeing so

many Christian

friends made it

a

mountaintop

experience.

of

it

was in English

It was good to spend several days with Mary Joyce and see her busy life with Challenge

She taught m issions at

two DVBS's.

Her

special

friend,

Tom

Wilson, "from

Troy,

0.

g

the University of

Cincinnati

with

a

degree in engineering and is employed at IBM

Colorado.

I

spent several

days with Mary Lou (my sister who is our F.A.) and visited with m y two b

attended

a family reunion,

the Michiana

Area Fifth Sunday Rally

and

trustees

meeting.

The

trustees are

Ernie

and

Polly

Wilkinson,

Harry Bauer & Roger

Bu

Roger's wife, Betty,

is

Mailing

Secretary

for the Mission.. We are

grateful

for these

our

concern for

this

work

The

Biographical

Sketch

in

the June 15th issue

of

HORIZONS was about someone

you

know.

In the September,

1975

Epistle

you

saw a picture of Mark's ordination. Harold Akers, of

Church

in Mishawaka

participated

in

this

ordination. Harold and

his

wife,

Neo

e to Japan next April for at least three months to work and learn about the

work.

H

was

baptized

at

Mishawaka

when we

were ministering

there.

MRS. EDNA HAVERSTOCK,

of the

Sauktown Church, Mill Creek,

Ind.

presented a gift to

us as

MORIAL TO HER DEPARTED HUSBAND.

Let us read, and commit to life Matthew 6:19-3^. "...Don't store up for yourselves... Do

at

the

birds

... See the lilies

of

the field,

...0

you

of

little faith... pag

t h e s e m a t e r i a l t h i n g s . . .

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Isa.

k2:12

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t

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friends.

Vol.

21,

No.

3i November, 1977

•Japan's Thanksgiving For Diligent

Labor

Day compares to our Labor

with

God as the Giver of "every good and perfect gift" we

do

for using us, for His patience with us and for opening your

to us in

so

many ways.

"Oh

that men would praise the

Lord for

goodness, and

for

His wonderful works to the children of

men "

Seishiro Shimura

was married on

October 21st. Noone

in

his family

r hers seems to hav e ever been in_a church, let

alone

heard

a gospel

Their Shinto weddings are basically

for

the smaller family

is quite unin telligible. No wonder that they

one by on e expressing surprise

at

understanding this foreigner's

appreciation

for the

simple

message about

love

and

God's

the home. Isehara's Mayor Nakamura

was

among the 65 persons

attended.

Mrs. Shimokawa at one time had made some kind

of

committment to

in Kyushu.

But,

under family influence and other pressures she

slipped back. I attended

her

Buddhist funeral. One by

one

mourn-

approached her

picture in

front

of

the casket,

lighted a

stick

of

prayed

silently to

and

for her. Just

before

the service

I

approached

the

casket

and

prayed aloud addressing The Creator

of all m a n k i n d p r a y i n g n o t f o r

her,

b u t

f o r t h e

c o m f o r t

o f

family. The

Buddhist

Priest's

sing-song type

ritual

was basically \

igible even to the Japanese. Other than my

pr^er,

the only

words

expressed

in

the

40 minute service

were

by

an as

who instructed the

mourners

to line up, burn incense and pray.

Harold ard Neomia Akers came into the Milburn

Blvd.

Church when we

a t M i s h a w a k a I n d . s o m e 2 6 y e a r s a g o .

T h e y

h a v e b e e n

there

and

have served

in

so many ways.

Harold,

at a young 6 0 ~ ^

s

now retired from the railroad and serves with

Preacher

Tim

Storms as

Golden

Age

Visitation

Minister.

The church is

helping

them to raise

funds

toward

their

proposed

visit to Japan in April of

They will assist with literature distribution, teaching English,

and other duties in

a

few

months'

stay.

Then,

they ex

to be able to tell you about Japan when they return.

Speaking

of

Milburn Blvd., received a thank

you

letter from Mrs.

Buckman

Blume,

who now

lives

in Minneapolis.

Having

also

been

us

at

Milburn Blvd., she

asked,

"Is thirty years too

long a

time

for me to say 'thank you'?

Needless

to say we were

overjoyed

to

her

letter and told her

so. Maybe

you will want to follow Marjorie

express to some

former

teacher, or counsellor or friend

your

thanks.

both be glad you did.

"Why the Isehara street

scene?"

you ask.

If

you were

on

that app

bus

you would hear the announcement

via

tape recorded message,

stop is Sanno Junior High School. All who wish to go to Sannobara

Christ

please get off here . This announcement

is

given 110

every day. The tall sign at the right marks a

fire

hydrant, and

sign tells

you that this

is

the entrance to Sannobara Church.

Neomia Harold Ake

/ity Bus

Church

Si

Atsuko

Seishiro


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Someone wants to know how English teaching

as

a

result of our witness.

Kathleen a n i j l

at each

session. We have discussed in

Killing , Beverage Alcohol , Finding

Purpos^

u p on th e s ubjec t. Numerou s op p or tu n i t i es

wi th and sponsor the

Obirin

Christian

Because we

had contact with the sch6

He

is recognized

as a

'Chaplain' and takp

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

in

Jap anes e.

h a v i n g

its own buildin g

n e a r

t h e campus,

: i ^

helpful i n evangelism.

Student s come

t o

I t e a c h

e a ch of o u r

c o l l e g e

s t u d e n t s

s cr ip tu

ass s u ch s ubjec ts as Love a nd Marr i a g e , Me

In Life e tc. and a lways bring God's word

counsel have presented themselves to us.

plub and Mark

now

has

an

English Bible Class

ol Mark is becoming more and more a

part

of t

s his

turn

speaking

in

the

junior

high,

hi

Of course

we

still look forward to the Cam

an eventual Bible

Chair

and Bible Seminary.

Speaking

of the Campus Ministry, Mark

and Lynn

are doing their best in

small

rented qua

while keeping their sights upon building nearer the college. Cash and l o g i n s

totaling

$20,

ailable

and

we expect more will be

in

the

near future. PLEASE PRAY FOR THEM AND CONTRIB

C A N

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C A M P U S M I N I S T R Y - C E N T R A L J A P A N C H R I S T I A N M I S S I O N .

O u r

M i s s i o n a r y

E v a n g e l i s t i c T e a m

o f e i g h t m e m b e r s h a s b e e n w o r k i n g t o g e t h e r t w o d a y s a w e

Sept. We d i s t r ib u t e literature house to

house,

take time for personal witnessing

who

open the door,

pass out booklets of Tme

Life

of Christ t o Elementary, Junior

High

a

School students and do street preaching at xhe

train

stations.

We are

planning

a

follow

Movre'and Eva n g e l is ti c mee ti n g at Isehar a this mon th. Each c h u r c h we have

as s is te d

has s e e n r e s u l t s f r o m our e f f o r t s .

A n d l

e a c h

of

us

has

g r o w n

as

a r e s u l t .

Japanese s tudents have a time with English. _

my

dear

g l a n d m o t h e r

was

glowing

old.

I

sprained

the

thumb

finger of

my

right foot.

sorrow

that Obirin High

School of baseball t eam beated by strong

Waseda team.

n

my upper

under. Everyone

needs a

good

laugh

every day.

Let me share a . few laughs

we

received. I kn

I

got

bo

D i d '

y o u k n o w t h a t . . . t h e r e h a s b e e n a n

i n c r e ^

e l em e n t a r y school children

in

Japan?...that

Eng l is h? Get

it for y o u r c h u r c h by w r i t i n g W p i j

» . t h a t

o u r

1 0 m o n t h o l d g r a n d s o n

i s ~ v j s

wife Mary

have

returned to California? He i i

Masako

Yoshii's

second baby,

a

girl, was bori

e sai d

t o

be atheistic (believe

i n

no

god)? In

is

speechless or says, I don^t

se in the

niimber

of

s u i c i d e s ,

among

junior hi

;he

movie SHIOKARI

MOUNTAIN PASS

is availa

Id

Wide Pictures, Hennepin Ave.,

Minneapol

Iking

already?...that

our lawyer

son, Paul

a

e m p l o y e d

by the Hughes

Aircraft Corp... Hid

on October

6th?...most

sects

of Buddhism

c

Lswer

to

the

qu stion

to

whom do

y o u pray? t

:now .

In the

beginning

was

the Word, and the Word was

wi th

God,

and

the

Word

was God. This

One who

was

in

the

beginning wi th God. Through Him everything came

into

being and with

nothing that

exists

came into

being. In

Him was Life,

and

the Life was the Light of m

t h e

W o r d b e c a m e m a i n a n d l i v e d

f o r a

t i m e

^ong

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- s u c h

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s

a n

o n l y

s o n

r e c e i v e s fr o m h i s f a t h e r - a b o u n d j l n g i n g r a c e a n d t r u t h . T h a n k s b e u n t o G o d

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