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( aul's Epistle

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CENTRAL

JAPAN CHRISTIAN MISSION INC.

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M A Y 12 9 8

The

people which

sat

in darkness saw

great

light;.. Matt.

4:16

U.£. Address

Mrs.

Mary Lou

Bauer

2kO

W. Elbert St.

Indianapolis,

Ind.

4621? Isehara City,

Tel. (317) 787-6753

Japan Address

Mr.

Mrs.

Paul Pratt

1210 Kamikasuya,

Japan

259-11

Tel. (0463)

95-1019

Campus

Ministry

Mr.

S Mrs. Mark

Pratt

3^-5

Negishi

Machida

City,

Tokyo

194

Tel. (0427) 9l-if600

The Harry Bauers

Our

Forwarding

Agents, Mary Lou

&

Harry Bauer

Vol, XXV, No. 1, 1982

C.J.C.M. Staff (U.S.)

Co

directors

Mr.

s

Mrs.

Paul

Pratt

Mr.

Mrs. Mark

Pratt

Forwarding Sec'y.

Mrs.

Mary Lou Bauer

Recording

Sec'y.

Mrs. Polly Wilkinson

Trustees

Harold Akers

Harry

Bauer

Roger Burnham

Ernie

Wilkinson

Sannobara Ch.

of

Christ

Isehara, (Japan)

Representative

Paul

S. Pratt

Trustees

Hiromichi Hara

Mark F. Pratt

Viikiya Shimokawa

M a s a i t i i Sugimoto

Michio Yamada

Katsumi Yamazaki

Minoru & Fujiko Pa

The

Aiharas

The Sakamoto

Dear friends,

Minoru Aihara and Fujiko Sakamoto

were

engaged

on Jan. 27th, It

had

been

23 years since we had attended an enga

gement

ceremony.

Newcomers t o Japan,

we thought it was a wedding. In

the

in

terval

I

have had 27 weddings wi t h

this

being my first

engagement

ceremony. The

wedding

is set

for

June.

In our Christmas 'letter' we asked

prayer about the possibilities of using

video recordings in evangelism and tea

ching. Yuichi 'Nick' Nakagawa

is pre

sently finishing his studies at Cincin

nati

Technical Institute for this

kind

of work and

is

interested in doing that

kind of service.

He'll

return this

June. Continue

to pray

for

God's lea ding in t h i s are a.

You

will remember tha t our Kanto Evangeli zing Ass' n

is a

joint

outreac

in t h e Greater

Tokyo

area through literature distribution etc. So

far this

year

we

have

spent

six days

helping

the Bill

Turners in

their new

beginning

at

Kotesashi and

four days

with

the Mark

Pratts

at Machida.

We

are get ting

a

better postcard response than the old Japanese salesmanship adage "Sen

ni mitsu" (3 out

of

1000

contacts).

Most of

thes e, however

have

been

from

junior high

and high s chool

students. Apartment dwellers

are

getting

an

ad

quate

chance to "know the truth

without

giving much response.

Volunteer workers

are

pillars in our structure of Direct Support

Mi s

sions. Mary

Lou

and Harry

Bauer have

been serving without pay

a s Forward

ing Agents for the past seven years.

As

we

salute them

we

are reminded tha

they sp end

countless h ours at

office

work,

provide

that space, their car,

t h e ir

telephone and

th e ir

personal atte ntion providing liai son

between

t h e

missionaries and the ir living-li nk churches. Standing with them are Harol

and Neomia

Akers

and

Roger

and

Betty

Burnham.

The Akers,

in addition to

forwarding bundles

of

the

'Epistle'

to our churches,have traveled thousands

of

miles tel ling you all about

our

work

and

raising

funds for us.

The Bu rn

hams

maintain our address list and address those sent to you as individuals

I'm sure I speak for you, too, when

I

say, "Banzai for

all

t h e s e worthy,

sacrificing servants]

No

nation

is

talked

about

these

days

more than

is

Japan. Many wonder

at

the

reasons

for

their successes. Let

me

offer just

a

few. (1) They

are

s t i l l on the ascension which began after W.W.II. (2) They

are

a

social

people trained and

ontrolled as

groups and working together in the same wa

(3)

A class society with superior

and

inferior e ncourages both their compe-

tative spirit and their sense

of

responsibility. Ci)

Factories

and business

es maintain a kind of paternalism

with

the company president as 'Father' an



the

workers

as 'children'

Job security

with

kes

and

faithful

service. However,

in

the

coiipetative

world there

is

an

absence of any

no layoffs is given in exchange for

limited

str

'Do

ha

to

A rising spirit of

nationalistic

pride

What will happen

unto others as you would have them do unto

yo

resulted

in an unwritten code of buy Japanes^. because it is

the best ,

the balance

of trade

adjustments? Who can

know?

M r s . M a k i k o I s h i i a l o n g

w i t h h e r h u s b a n j i N a o a k i i s a g o o d

p r o s p e c t

at

Isehara. She is a trained operatic singer and she lead our Sunday

two

numbers in a giant

re-

a

personal testimony. Both

numbers

were from

Verde's operas.

The

translation of

the testimony

one is

children at Christmas time. She sang

cital with

other

singers

and

one of these was

, a Follower

of

The Creator .

Her

husband,

a

professor,

experimenting

with genes

realizes that

he comes close to

that

creator

in

his

studies.

O u r

s o n P a u l

D a v i d

w a s m a r r i e d o n F e b r u i r y

1 2 t h a t

G a r d e n G r o v e

C a l .

to Jeannie

Hill of

Indianapolis, Ind. Paul is

in

the contracts section

of

t h e Bell a n d Howell C o r p . in Los

A n g e l e s .

J e i n n i e b e c a m e a C h r i s t i a n last

s o t h e y a r e a l s o o n e

in

C h r i s t .

W e

pri^

God's

b l e s s i n g s u p o n y o u r

new home,

Paul and

Jeannie.

Mary Joyce was one of the witnesses

at

t i d e wedding.

She resigned

her

job at Tosco Corp.

in

Boulder, Col,

in

order t

for

a

masters in Occupational Therapy,

has

been given

her

first

patient. Her one

year experience

in

this

kind of

w o r k c a m e w h e n s h e s e r v e d

a t

t h e M o u n t H e a l t h y j C h r i s t i a n H o m e i n C i n c i n n a t i .

We're proud

of

you,

Mary.

We

continue

to pray for

your

future.

c j

enter the U.S. C.

Graduate

She

is

so

happy that she now

Lydia'

husband, Rick

Coyle

is serving

w i | t h

the Federal

Reserve Bank

Cincinnati. We are looking forward to their three week visit to Japan

in

May. Of course Shara

(5

in June) and Lauren (2

in

Sept.) will come, too.

M a n y o f y o u ,

b y o u r r e q u e s t ,

p r a y e d f o r ^ a n n ob a r a s C o n g r e g a t i o n a l

M e e t i n g w h i c h

was

set for M a r c h 2 t t t h . PLEASE

j C O N T I N U E

T O

P R A Y SINCE IT

H A S B E E N

P O S T P O N E D

T I L L

L A T E R

I N A P R I L . T h e f u t u r e o f . t h e c h u r c h d e p e n d s

much

upon this and subsequent meetings. 'According bo

Carl

Sandburg, an

e l d e r l y w o m a n a s k e d Lincoln, How c a n y o u s p e a k

k i n d l y

of y o u r e n e m i e s

when you should rather destroy them? Madam, he

said, do

I not destroy

them when I

make

them my friends? (quoted

f r o l n

Points

to

Ponder, Reader's

Digest,

Sept.,

19^1 ^

Paul and Jeann

Mary

Joyce

In

Grad

Schoo

We were

so encouraged

last

year

when

the Community

Christian

Church,

Lake Worth, Florida

d,ecided

to

join

us as partners

in

this work. Then, this

year they have notified us that their gifts will be increased. Long

time

friends, Jim and J

Greenwood

(C.B.S.

days

and South Bend

Area dayb) are

ministering to this congregation.

We t

God

for this trust and those of others

who

have increased

their

committments. The most recen

of

these is

the

First Christian

Church,

Bradenlon, Fla. Jack Fawley, their new

minister,

is

stranger

to

us

though we

haven't

met since

our

days at C.B.S.

So we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. II Cor. 5*20

Central Japan Christian Mission

1919^ Helen St.,

South Bend,

Indiana, 4663?

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28 Oaober 1 ,

1982

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'The people which sat in darkness saw great light;.. Matt. 4:16

U.S.

Address

Japan Address

Mr.

s

Mrs. Paul Pratt

1210 Kamikasuya,

Mrs. Mary Lou Bauer

2 ^ + 0 W.

Elbert St.

Indianapolis, Ind. ^6217 Isehara

City,

Japan

259-11

Tel. (317) 787-6753 Tel. (0463)

95-1019

C pus Ministry

Mr. Mrs. Mark Pratt

3^-5 Negishi

Machida

City,

Tokyo

194

Tel. (0427) 91-^600

Thanksgiving-Christmas Issue,

198

Vol.

XXV,

No.

Dear

friends.

Praise

the

Lordl For it is pood

t o

sing praises to our God; Great

i s

our Lord, and

abundant

in

strength ; His understanding

is

infinite. Sing to

the Lord with

thanksgivin

Psalms

147; 1,5,7 (MAS) When we count our

blessings,

each of you is high on the list

sin

God has

used

you to keep us

here

these

m any years.

James urges us to Consider it all T o y » • .when you encounter various trial s,

knowing

t h a t

t h e

t e s t i n g

o f

y o u r

f a i t h p r o d u c e s

e n d u r a n c e . . . J a m e s 1 : 2 , 3

(NAS)

W e h a v e h a d

t h i s

k

o f

j o y

d u r i n g

1 9 0 2

s i n c e

i t h a s

b e e n o u r m o s t

d i f f i c u l t

o n e s o f a r .

N o , o u r

p h y s i c a l h e a l t

a n d u i e l l - b e i n q h a v e

n o t

b e e n i m p a i r e d . W e a r e t a l k i n g a b o u t d i s a p p o i n t f r e n t s c a u s e d

b y t h e

backsliding of previously

faithful

leaders. We continue to pray for

them.

We HANK

GOD for...

... men and women in our congregation who

are

seeking to know the word of God more

fully.

Recently two persons completed our correspondance course and are in

to

t h e next s r t u d y .

... t h e

added

opportunities of a B i b l e Seminar (at Dbirin

U.) o f

50 students

and

t h e

chapel

responsibility

and

the strength

to

carry it o n in

f f l a r k ' s

absence.

...

p e o p l e

w h o l o v e

t h e

L o r d e n o u g h

to v o l u n t e e r

t h e i r c a r s , t h e i r t i m e

t o d i s t r i b u t e

l i t e r

ture and

to

take care of God's bouse.

... a strong American dollar that has increased i n it's value i n recent months.

...

wise men

and women,

too,

who still seek

t h e

Savior.

One of these,

a

high

school soph

more girl, a seeker herself, has counselled with a girl friend and kept her from suicid

...

having

h a d

b o t h f ^ a r y Joyce

a n d Lydia and h e r

family

visit u s

this

p a s t y e a r .

Wary, stu

i n q

Occupational Therapy, was

invited b y l i r . F r e d

Sammons, Pres. o f

F r e d

Sammons Inc. t

g u i d e him and interpret for h i m o n his recent

two

w e e k

tour i n Japan. W e h a d two wonde

ful

week-ends with her. Her address is

4499

B Via

flarisol, Apt.

331,

Los Angeles,

Ca,

90

Did

you

know... hat Hideko (Yabiku) Domen and

her

family ha

gone to California? Tetsuo, her husband,

is

enrolled

in

San Jose

Bible College. ... that Sachiko

Hashimoto

(Spring Epistle, 1979)

went

back to

Minnesota

this

autumn and

ha*

received

an engagement

ring from Rod Friese with whom she has

continued

to

correspond

since her first visit there in 1978?...

that Penny Boqqs,

who spe

most of 1981 in Japan as an intern, has returned as a missionary

and-is

occupyi ng Mark and

Lynn's

house and assisting the church i

their absence? She is going back to

language

study, too.... that

Dawn of

Morning

and Light

of

Day ,

a devotional

book

will

be com

ing off

the

Mission Services Press in

the

near future? I t was pr

pared by many of your

missionaries

in Japan..,, that our elder s

Paul

David is back

in

California? His address is

452 W.

Hurtingt

Dr., 23 E, Arcadia, Ca. 91006.

Do you think of a Christian as

a

kind of sinless model? I

rather

think of

him

as one

who

is

thankful

to God for

every day

life and who makes every effort to be pleasing to God each day,

Hidetc Yosh

Dad and Mary Joyce



Ktthleen and Paul

Isehfira

Christians

with

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