pratt paul kathleen 1988 japan

8/19/2019 Pratt Paul Kathleen 1988 Japan

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Address

Hrs. Harjr

Lou

Bauer

Z i O

West Elbert St.,

Indianapolis,

Indiana,

U6217

Tel.

(317)

787-6753

Po-ru No Tegami

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aul's Epistle

CENTRAL

JAPAN

CHRISTIAN MISSION

INC.

"Let then give glory unto

L i i t

LoiJ,

and declare

his

praise in the islands"

Church Planting

Student

Evangelism

Literature Distribution

Bible Correspondence Course

Japan

Address

Mr. Hrs. Paul

S.

Pratt

1210 Kamikasuya,

Isehara

City,

Kanagawa

Ken,

259-11

Tel. (0'»63) 96-1192

friends,

V

Tim and

Lisa Turner are coming to Japan Tim is the son

and

Betty Turner

who

are

presently

serving at Machida

the

church and

in Campus

Ministry.

So, in answer to our

invitation they are being

introduced

to the

brotherhood

s to "work

with

the

Machida Church".

They

went up

to

In

on

April

5» 1988 and

had a good

meeting and visit

Central

Japan Christian

Mission

trustees. Please

con

them

c/o Atlanta Christian College,

2605

Ben Hill Road,

V

Point, Ga .,


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M r s - Y o s h i k o

N a k a w a , w h o c a m e t o

o u r

E n t e r i n g t h e C e m e t e r y

Christmas service from

her hospital

bed passed

away on February 21st

(see

winter Epistl e,

1988).

The

funeral

was held on

the

2;3rd, her body wa s

c r e m a t e d a t t h a t t i m e a n d k e p t a t t h e h o m e t i l l { / 1 ^IH

April 12th. On that

day

seven family members

and

friends joined

me

in

taking her ashes

to

Mu-

What a different type of vision this

isl

At

that same cemetery the Latter Day Saints

purchas-

ed

a

couple acres

of

land and have about 1700

p l o t s l a i d o u t w i t h stones.

Only

a few

of

t h e m i

have nsuses

on

but

evidently they have a

selling

point in promising "We have lots ready for you".

Machida Church is on

the second

floor with

an

outside stairway. To protect the stairway | , n

from ice

and

snow

we contracted with

a

fabri- *i . -

eating company to

build

a roof over the stairs. Son-in-law

Grandson

The church group paid for

"twenty

percent of the Daughter

^

cost and Mr. Hasumi, the school

teacher

who sits

down, climbing

those

steps

one-by-one contributed twenty percent

of the amount.

Son-in-law

Grandson

/Her remains

'in the furoshi

At

Sannobara, Stephen

Fleenor

refreshed us

all

with his

messages during

our Week-end Ra

It

was well

attended

and

one young

college student determined to

diligently

seek the

Lord.

hasn't missed a service including

the

women's meetings since. We eagerly await the return of

Naoaki

Ishiis

from Parsippany, N.J.

this June.

Thanks to

all

of you who assisted

them.

We know that some people read our 'Epistle'. Claire and Donna Boulton. who formerly se

in Okinawa were planning a trip back to Japan. They read of our Missionary Convention and

s

their schedule

up so as

to

be able to

attend. He

preached for us at

Sannobara. They

boast

thirteen grandchildren and one more was on

the

way. They

live

a t Spokane, Washington and

Cl

preaches

in

between trips hauling chemicals with a 26 wheeler.

Some are

confused

about

how

to send

your contributions.

Central Japan

Christian

Missio

is t s o c - e x e m p t s o

f o l l o w t h e s e i n s t r u c t i o n s ,

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M a k e y o u r c h e c k

o u t in t h a t

n a m e a n d

(2) S e

it

to

Mary

Lou

Bauer.

2^0

^

lbert

,

ndianapolis. Ind. 46217. That

way

there

is

no ban

charge. If you

wish

any

of it to be Personal, just mark it so. Also, be sure to specify

a n

that is sent for Onga Church Building Fund. Send gifts for the Tim Turners to

his

East

Poin

Georgia ad dress listed

in

the

first paragraph of this

'Epistle'.

Yours

in Christ,

Central Japan Christian

Mission

19194 H elen

Ave.,

South Bend,

Indiana,

46637

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Mrs Mary Lou Bauer

2^0 West Elbert St.,

Indianapolis, Indiana ,

'•6217

Tel.

(317)

787-6753

Po-ru No Tegasii -

Paul's

Epistle

CENTRAL JAPAN CHRISTIAN

MISSION

INC.

"Let then

give

glory

unto

the Lord,

and declare his

praise

in the islands"

Church Planting

Student Evangeliso

Literature

Distribution

Bible Correspondence

Course

Japan Address

Mr.

Mrs.

Paul

S.

Pratt

1210

Kaaikasuya,

Isehara

City,

Kanagawa

Ken,

259-11

Tel.

(OU63)

96-1192

Vol. XXXII, No. 3, Summer.

Today is August 11th. Kat hleen and

^

ent to

reminiscing

of that

d ay

in 1938 when our

from the freighter,Canada Mail.

o

we lifted

our

voices in thanksgiving to God for

us

to all^of you and for keeping

you

through all these

years. Twenty

of

the

(besides various individuals)

continued

financial

and prayer

assistance over

Then we

add

our

thanks,

too, to

een

other

churches who

have

joined

their

the years. God be praised

We

certainly

never

regretted the

task

of visiting

churches

presented

ourselves as

'beggers'. We

simply

our

burden for

Japan in order to

allow you

that

burden with us. And, God

seen

fit

to bless

us

collectively.

Our

children watched the

July ^th fireworks

at Indianapolis

that

summer. A

friend

re

"Better

enjoy

this

because

it

may

be a long

see something

like this where you

Would

you

know

that

when

our

ship

was

in Yokohama at 9'A3 PM, Sunday, we all

sa w

s

big

a

barage

of fireworks (flower fire)

as

we

saw in the U.S. This became symbolic, and I

ure the children later looked back on it

that

As Jesus

said, "Every

one

who has left...fa

er or

mother

.. or lands for my natae's sake,

will

a hundredfold

,

nd inherit eternal

life."

certainly

have

been

rewarded

in

many ways.

Many

of

these blessings were brought

to our

year's All-Japan Convention,

Aug.

in Tokyo, sponsored by the Hachioji Church.

so many brothers and

sisters in

Christ from

over Japan whose

lives

have

been

touched thru

and vice versa. Many

of

these

we saw

come

to

still others we encouraged to

enter

the

Our

Sannobara

Church had

a small

reunion

with 28

persons a ttending. Christ is

build

His

church. And

He

has seen fit to use many

of

our brethren.

One

family

could not

attend. That

was

the

Hi-

Yoshii

family,

whose church broke ground for

proposed

new

building which is to

be

comple

by October. We

admire their

great

faith and

to, in Hideto's words,

'Give

the

very

best

our Lord'. Your assistance

will

be appreciated.

as

'for

Onga Church

building'.

13,

1988

will b e

Dedication Day.

'On

the

dock

of

the

bay' -

30 years lat

Some of Sannobara's

attendees

Onga

Groundbreaking - July

311 1988


4/8

Since

Mary

Joyce and

Steve Sawch

are expecting their

child in

September, Kathleen

will be

going Stateside

as

of August Ibth.

Both

of us

have had

good

health

and

neither is

seeing

a

doctor. The expectant

to

be

back at her

teaching

duties

by

Oc

^th. We trust the

little

one will

cooperate.

Gam-

Steve

III.

After

that,

we both have

plans

to attend

World Convention of Churches of Christ in

Auckland,

New

Nov.

2-6, I988. Will we see

some of

you there?

Some of

you

have

written about the many recent earth

in Japan. Literally hundreds

of

them have been re-

from Northern Izu.

This fault

is

35

us and 65 miles from Tokyo.

However,

to

date,

has seen fit to

hold off

great

natural catastrophes

this land for several

years. We wonder with you, why

many, so blessed, still refuse to Praise Him or at least

Library &

Children's

Science Hall

Under Construction

Isehara is now a city of over 80,O O P popula tion. The

churches

cooperated

in bringing a Christian

movie to our

new Citizens

Culture

Center

las

The

building

above is to-be

the

new Library and Children's Science Hall.

So, the

five

have presented 38 Bibles and

Christian

books

as

well as

the entire

set of The

N.I.V.

on tapes.

We

then

recommended

severa l other Christian reference books for

them to

purcha

again, we were reminded

that one set of

Children's

Bible

Stories

on

the list is t

me one we

had placed

in 24

school l ibraries in Kagoshima

26

years

ago.

The 'Moonies' are active in

Japan,

too. A Christian couple

from

up near Nikko

visited

u

of Aug. 6-7th. Their

I8

year old son was attending nightly^meetings

with

plans

t

an

8-day seminar

in Korea.

Armed w i t h many

prayers

and with revealing literature they m

aware that it was

a

religion

and

that it was not Christian. They successfully helped him

We continue in contact with him and praying

for him.

Pray

others have

their eyes

open

Speaking of

the

Cults our contacts with students at Obirin

College

are

very vital. Bibl

there

are

God's positive

approach.

The Turners

and us

a l l look forward to

their

son

Lisa joining us next

year.

Pray for their up-coming meeting

with

the C.J.C.M. trustees.

ber, t oo, that we have nearly $60,000 yet to

be

repaid on the Campus

House

land

loan.

Hitoshi

Nishiyama

will b e

with us for

nearly two months, from Osaka

Bible Seminary. He w

we

entered

Japan, so

is

just

30

years old.

H e

lead the young people

a t

a

Okinawa; with a

fellow-student,

had charge

of

the youth group a t the convention

and is

now

us

with

D.V.B.S.

He

is

a

dedicated student and

a

scholar.

He

wants to learn more f

about ministering. Pray for us as

we work

together.

The Clear Creek Church

of Christ, Ashland,

Ohio where Tom McFadden ministers is one

of t

stayed

with

us throughout

our ministry here.

Their Morning Glories Circle

honored

y skiXTfully and lovingly piecing out the loveliest eight-point star quilt.

It

graces our b

s a

display bedspread reminding us daily of their love

and

prayers.

Yours in Christ,

Christian Mission

19194

Helen

Ave.,

South

Bend, Indiana,

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Hary

Lou

Bauer

2 » 0 West

Elbert

St,,

Indianapolis, Indiana ,

^•6217

Tel. (317) 787-6753

Po-ru No Tegani -

Paul's

Epistle

CENTRAL

JAPAN

CHRISTIAN MISSION INC.

"Let them give glory unto the Lord,

and declare his praise in the islands"

Church

Planting

Student Evangelisco



Japan

Address

Mr. Mrs. Paul S. Pratt

1210

Kanikasuya,

Isehara

City,

Kanagawa

Ken,

259-11

®

Tel.

( O i » 6 3 ) 96-1192

VoI« XXXII, No. 1, Winter, I988

r'ends.

S o .

ry ab out those

of you

who have

been

experiencing severe

weather. Ours

has been quite

Of course,

winter

days

on

this Pa cific Ocean

side of Japan

are usually clear and sunny.

Fuji is always more visible during the winter months.

We had a memorable

Christmas season for

many

reasons. Hitoshi Nishiyama was back from

Os

Seminary

to

assist us. The Sannobara CSiurch is now definitely a rra nging and b udgeting

f

return to

work

here after he graduates

in

1989 or '90. Support him by your prayers.

Mrs. Yukie Koyama *

had st udied

the Bible

with

Mrs. Koizumi ('Epistl e', Vol. XXIX,

No.3,

19

a year. Trouble

in her

family caused

her

to think more deeply about the claims of Je

two counselling sessions with me, she accepted Christ and was baptized on December 20th.

continues

to study

and

grow

in

Him. His word

still

has

that power.

On

that same

day

the hospital gave special permission

to

Mrs. Yoshiko

Nakawa

to

leave he

bed,

intravenous feeding apparatus and all, to attend Christmas worship.

She

is

term

ill with cancer and renewed her repentance a

month

before.

As

she put it, "I took

a

long

ur away after

I

was baptized at age seventeen and I'm coming back to my first

love."

How we

God, who is

longsuffering

to all of us l

Kathleen and I

hosted the Christian

Church

missionaries here

on Dec. 29th. Sharon

(Hammo

Curt Lueck, with

David

and

Daniel,

recent

arrivals,

ttended

along with

25 others. Nishiya

for

suggestions from the missionaries

about

evangelism. Then

he

reminded us to do our b

of

the Japanese and their customs so that we can more effectively

with

them. Just seven days later,

the

missionary men joined

seventy

others from all over

very things a t H ayam a

Seminar.

Such subjects as 'Spirituality in Chris

and Buddhist Thought' and 'Western Individualism

as

Opposed to Oriental

Family

and Society

etc.

were dealt

with.

Surely "Ea st is

East and West

is

West..."

We

reioice with the

Turners

and the Machida Church in

their

recent victories. Two

sister

birin H.S.

and

Jr. Col.) were

baptized in

November. Mrs. Kiyoko H a t a , a

devout

believer

in

been attending a t Machida since

its

beginning. So,

Mark

and

I

both,

had

reminded her

need to

be immersed into Christ.

So, it was a

happy

day when

she decided

to obey Chris

• f

t

Koizumi

Koyama*

Sharon Curt Lueck

David Daniel


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She

was immersed by

Bill

Turner

at

Sannobara

on

December

28th.

M

Mitsuo

Uchiyama, at is

an

English teacher at Obirin High

Scho

As a classmate

of

Hideto Yoshii he attended at Sannobara occasion

years

ago.

He not

only attends

a t Machida now^

but enjoys the

ex

Bible study he gets from helping Bill put his outline into

good

J

anese each week. He told me recently» "I want to come to God

in

near future".

Guess

who said,

"Praise the Lord"i

^

oin with

t

Turners

in

anticipation

of

their son, Tim and

his

wife

Lisa,

comi

to

serve with them possibly late

this

year.

Dr. Yasuzo Shimizu

mP3iss

p

Just

as

we

were beginning

this

'Epistle'

a call came from th

O birin Academy office t elling

us that

Dr.

Yasuzo

Shimizu,

96,

Fou

er

and

President of the school

had

passed on

to his

reward, after

tending church services,

Sunday,

January

17i

1988. What

a full

l

he lived

What

great results are visible as

a

result of his

and

wife's faith Pray for the future

of

Obirin Academy. Pray that

emphasis which he

gave

to 'educating the whole man', including

h

spirit, shall be maintained there.

January l^th is Adult Day

in

Japan.

In

other words, each yo

person who will become

20 by March 31st that

year

celebrates his

ing-of-age

then. Girls

prepare

for

special ceremonies at

the ci

hall, and for photographs

by

getting

outfitted with beautiful

kim

costing

$1000 to $15000 each. Only

a

few men turned out at the l

ceremony

in

h^kama haori

or

men's

kimono.

Students tell us that

adults they

now

become

responsible

for

their own actions,

they

m

vote,

drink Alcohol, smoke

and do as they wish.

Hideto Yoshii,

whose

Onga

Church

is

meeting

in his home

repo

one more baptism which brought

their

total

for 198? td

six. We d

so

rejoice with

them.

Don't forget to

pray for

them, and as the

blesses, send a gift toward their purchase of property.

Kathleen

Miss Ozawa

(an Obirin Graduate)

This year's Missionary Convention will be held

in

Niigata

wh

the Bill Belews

and the

Joel Likens are

serving. Brother

Tom

Fri

ney, long-time Professor

of New

Testament at Cincinnati Bible Sem

nary will serve as

our

guest speaker.

Pray for his

coming and

f

the

convention

to

be held March 22-2^, I988.

The

dollar

is

losing

its

value.

So

we

are

economizing.

If

have not

written to

us

within the past year and you wish to conti

receiving

'Paul's Epistle' at

your

address, PLEASE SEND A CARD TO

AT

THE

ADDRESS

WRITTEN BELOW.

Thanks

In Christ,

CiWTRAL JAPAN

CHRISTIAN

MISSION

INC.

1919^ Hel en Ave.,

South

Bend,

Indiana,

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people which sat in

darkness

saw great light;

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Mrs. Mary Lou Bauer

ZUO West Elbert St.

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Japan Address

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Pratt

1210 Kamikasuya,

Isehara City, Kanagawa Ken,

259-11

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Vol.

XXXll, No. Thanksgiving - Christmas 198

"Oh give thanks to the

Lord,

call upon

His

name; Make

known

His

deeds among the peopl

to

Him,

sing

praises

to

H im: Speak of

all His wonders." Psal ms 105:1|2

We in

Japan

give thanks

along

with you for

a l l

His bounties.

We

thank H im for you,for

y

erous assistance a nd pra yers in our behalf.

We a re tha nking God for the safe

delivery

of a

healthy

seven

pound

ten ounce boy

to

Mar

and Steve Sa wch

on

September 22nd. He claims the name of Stephen Gregory Sawch

IV,

an

s twenty-one inches long. At this writing he has been

given

a

clean bill

of

health.

Our Sannobara C h u r c h g r o u p is

thankful

for haying

w i t n e s s e d a n e w

b i r t h on September l8t

Kara, aged

16, (see

Autumn, 1979 Epistle) wa s baptized

a t

the church.

He is

somew

and

mentally impaired

as

a

result

of an injury sustained at birth. But

there

is

his

sincere faith.

H e

instructed

his

10 year old brother,

"I

will not be ab le to

to college,

so

you study hard. I will be a servant of God."

His

child-like faith

is an

e

and blessing to al l of us.

"..a

little child shall

lead

them".

We say thanks to

God, too, for

extra opportunities to witness. Two different retired

groups invited me to speak

and

show

a good movie.

Then the Isehara Lions Club

allowe

to reminisce about

my

thirty

years

in

Japan.

We are thankful that the World Convention of Churches of Christ came to New Zealand thi

We

imagined

that

it was

just

down

the way

a little bit past

the equator, but

it

proved

o

be ten

flight-hours

from

Japan. We

received

a

challenge

from the messages of

Dr.

Lloyd Og

of Hollywood, California.

We were

ab le to surprise various

folk with

the realization tha

are hundreds

of

direct support missionaries

throughout

the

world

and also

visited with

brethren whom we have known from Stateside, Along with

Kathleen

and I,

Mark

and Walt

represented Japan at

Auckland.

New

Zealand

is

a lovely

country.

All who know Hideto Yoshii and the Onga Church are thankful

for

challenge of their d

After

meeting

in his

home

for

the past eight years they stepped

out this

year

to

buy

on November

15, 1988

dedicated

an

adequate, lovely building to God's service. In or

our very best to

God"

they have taken out a thirty year loan. We are caused to ech

"..Not

even

in

Japan

have I

found such faith".

Let's

support them

in

prayer.

Onga Church building - dedicated

Mom,

Grandma and Greg


8/8

We are

t h a n k i n g ; God

for

the prospect

of

Tim and

Lisa Turner

c o m i n g ; t o

serve

at

Machida.

e

h e a r t h a t G o d i s

going

t o b l e s s t h e m w i t h a

little

o n e

about June,

so t h e y h a v e s e t t h e i r

date

for August. Please

remember

that the v alue o f o u r

dollar

i s the

lowest

n ow

yen)

that i t has

ever been. So

they

will

need even more

financial

backin g. All o f us c

W e t h a n k G o d f o r

e v e ry

i n d i c a t i o n o f

o u r

g e t t i n g t h r o u g h t o

. j u n i o r

c o l l e g e s t u d e n t s . A f

of

t h e prodigal so n ,

Kathleen

asked

students

to write down

some thin gs

th

l e a r n e d . He r e a r e

s o m e

c o m m o n

a n s w e r s . 1. G o d l o v e s a l l p e o p l e , i m p a r t i a l . 2.

T r u e

l o v

s

f o r e v e r .

3. W e m u s t p e r c e i v e

o u r

s i n s . It

i s

i m p o r t a n t

t o f o r g i v e .

Speaking

of the prodigal so n , j addition to

our

thankfulness, there

i s joy

i n t h e prese

f t h e a n g e l s o f G o d : L a s t

e v e n i n g h e r e a t

S a n n o b a r a a 50 y e a r

o l d

m a n

e x p r e s s e d

h i s

d e s i r e

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