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Address

Mrs.

Mary

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Matt. 4:16

Japan Address

Mr. e

Mrs.

Paul

S. Pratt

1210 Kamikasuya,

Isehara

C i ty,

Ka n a ga wa K e n ,

259-11

T e l .

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96-1192

Vol, XXXIII, No.l , Spri ng , 19

friends,

T h e m i s s i o n a r y men's Hayama Semin ar c l o s e d on J an u a r y 7 t h w i t h t h e p r e - s c h e d u l e d m e s s a g e ,

Chur ch , X-Day

a n d B e y o n d " . A l l a re a w a r e t h a t t h e Emp e ro r p a s s e d

a w a y

t h a t ve ry

mo r n i n g,

You c a nn o t

fo rg e t,

e i t h e r, th a t

f o l l o w i n g

Wo rl d Wa r

II

h e had been fo rc e d to r e n o u n c e h i

being

a

g o d .

Many s t i l l believe

that

he

i s . O t h e r s

thin k o f

him a s

a symbol o f unit

way t h a t t h e B r i t i s h d o t h e i r Que e n . St i l l o t h e r s

c a n n o t

w a i t f o r the

d a y

they

c a n

a

e m p e r o r s y s t e m e n t i r e l y . T h r o u g h t h e y e a r s J a p a n ' s e mp e r o r s h a v e be e n a l o o f fr o m g o v

untainted by the n itty

gritty o f p o l it i cs .

Shogun

and prime ministers

have

unde rtake n

t

her

history.

T h e p o p u l a r P r i n c e Aki h i t o be c ome s t h e ne w emp e r o r

o f

t h e He i s e i P e r i o d . I n

1959

be bro k

to m ar r y M i c h i k o Shoda, a common er, daug h t e r

o f

t h e o w n e r

o f

N i s s h i n

M i l l i n g

C o . T h o

h avi ng

be e n ba p t i ze d, s h e

re c e ive d h e r

e d u c a t i o n

a t Cat h o l i c

s c h o o l s .

R e c e nt l y P r i n c e H i

to t h e t h r o n e , w a s i n t e r v i e w e d .

He r e v e a l e d

t h a t h e w o u l d l i k e t o m a r ry a p r a c t i

a n d

o n e

w h o

w o u l d r e a d t h e B i b l e w i t h

h im

as h i s p a r e n t s h a v e d o n e .

So, o u r

God

a n d His

i n f l u e n c e

in

h i g h p l a c e s as

t h e y d i d i n

C a e s e r ' s

h o u s e h o l d . P r a y f o r

t h e m

a n d f o r

J a p a n .

M i s s

A k i k o

l izuka w a s

baptized

i n t o C h r i s t

o n February 1989» After

s t u d y i n g

for five

s h e t o o ,

b e l i e v e s

i t t o be a k i n d of

m i r a c l e .

C a n y o u i m a g i n e

t h e b a r r i e r s

t h a t h a d

t o

d o w n ? T h e

w o r d 'God'

summo ns

up i ma g e s

o f s t o n e

o r

bronze,

a l l t h e

a n c e s t o r s

w h o w e r e

(hotoke)

a n d t h o u s a n d s of a n i m a l s or

a g e d t r e e s or s a c r e d m o u n t a i n s .

T h e n w e

c h a l l e n g e h

believe i n

T h e

On e w h om 'ey e h a s n o t seen'. So, s h e t ru l y

mea nt

i t w h e n s h e

d e c l a r e d, "I

b

that

Jesus is the Christ the

Son of

the Living God

and my Savior".

This

'invisible God* is showing

His

existence and power. Each

of

us

at

Sannobara

was

dow

a t C h r i s t m a s t i m e . Y u s uk e K o i z umi

(1^)

w a s l o s i n g t h e s i g h t

of

h i s r i g h t e y e

be c a u s e

lesion

in

his b r a i n . He f a c e d serious surgery

on

January 13th. All w e r e praying, including

of y o u .

M a n y fasted and

p r a y e d

on t h e 13th.

As a

result, the obstruction was r e m o v e d a

doctor declared, "its a near miracle". His eyesight is normal and

he

has no apparent

abno

He

is scheduled

to

be back in school next

week

(Feb. 20th).

Praise

be

to

God

Just one year ago^ntroduced two -year old Taketora to you.

He

was the little boy

with

face

and lymphatic leukemia. You,

too,

prayed w i t h

us.

Radium treatments and therap

in t h e

doctor's

verdict of

'cured'.

Of course he must g o

for tests once

a mont



Yusuke

a n d

T a ke t o ra's

mot h e rs a re

devout

be l i eve rs . But t h e s e w e r e

s p e c i a l

t r i a l s . As

c a s e f superstitious relatives b e l i e v e that acute

illnesses,

or handicaps, or

accide

sent

by

t h e

'gods'

angered by someone accepting a foreign religion'.

So

b o t h mothers

hav

f o r

r e j o i c i n g

at G o d 's a n s w e r . J u s t as t h e

p e o p l e

on M t .

C a r m e l

d i d b a c k in E

t h e y

a r e s h o u t i n g

w i t h us, " T h e L o r d, He is

G o d ;

T h e L o r d, H e is G o d " .

It

is

difficult

to

summarize

the

effects of our outreach

at

Qbirin College. The Machida

s e n d

a

c o u p l e of C h r i s t i a n s i n t o t h e

w o r k

f o r c e

w h o

a r e g r a d u at i n g . T h e C h r i s t i a

h a s

bee n

h avi ng

i t s

t r i a l s but i n d i v i d u a l s c o n t i n u e

to

w i t ne s s . Kat h l e e n,

w h i l e

t e a c h i n

Bible

class students

asked

t h e m

to

w r i t e

down their personal beliefs.

K.T.

wrote as follow

"We

studied bible class

of

Mrs.

Pratt,

and

I

became to be

able

to

believe

in

Jesus...Be

f o r e

I

s t u d y t h i s

c l a s s ,

I

t h o u g h t t h a t bibl e i s n ' t fu n . But a f t e r l e s s o n ,

I

t h o u g h t

bible

is one

of

best books in

the world... I want

to

read

bible now and forever."

sees

the

need for emphasis on English but

rejoices

at

seeing

this spark of

faith.

We

w e r e

i m p r e s s e d b y

t h e i n g e n u i t y

of C o n n e a u t v i l l e

(PA.)

C h u r c h ' s M i n i s t e r , B i l l G e i g e

i n t e r v i e w e d me

at

my desk

one

d a y last December by phone in

order

t o

g i v e

his

people an up

t o

hear

prayer requests. Following that a

letter

from Dan Monahan

on

Januar

us of

t h e prayers of the Antioch

Church at Rossville, 111. Without

knowing w e w

as a church family, they had set aside Jan. 25th as 'Fasting and Prayer

the

Pratt's

work'.

Our

special thanks to Bill and

Dan

and their fine people.

C e n t r a l

Japan

C h r i s t i an M i s s i o n

s t i l l

h a s

a

debt

o f

a p p r ox imat e l y

$50,000

o n t h e

l a n d

l o

t

Mach i da. T hanks

to a ^

recent sizable gift w e

w e r e

able

to

make

five extra payments

o n th e

This will enable us t o shorten t h e time for paying it

off

and

cut

down considerab

the

interest. If "it is more blessed

to

give than to receive" our benefactor is truly hap

We continue to serve as a link for our Stateside churches with

the

Onga Christian Church

Under Hideto

Yoshii's

leadership they recently went into debt for their

new

buildin

who wish can

write

to

him directly. The

address

is

Hideto Yoshii,

3^-5 Daiya

New

Town,

Cho , Onga Gun, Fukuoka K e n, 811-^3 Japan . T h e y n e e d o u r p r a y e r s a n d s u p p o r t .

Also, don't forget to pray

for

Tim and

Lisa

Turner, recruits to

this

work. They plan t

out soon after their 'little one* arrives in June.

Sannobara's seminary student, Hitoshi Nishiyama

was

engaged to Miss

Yuka

Hosokawa

at

th

i z o n o C h u r c h , N i s h i n o m i y a, J a n ua r y 1989* They p l a n t o m a r r y s h o r t l y a f t e r h i s g r a d u at i

March of 1990. They will come

to Sannobara to

serve

with us.

Kat h l e e n a nd

^ i l l

a ga i n ut i l ize o u r c o l l e g e summe r va c a t i o n

to

g o ba c k Stat e s i d e .

We

t o vis i t mo s t

o f

o u r s u p p o r t i n g

c h u r c h e s

t h a t w e c ou l dn 't g e t

to

i n 1987.

P l e a s e

w r i t e

s

if

you would like

for us

to come. We look forward to visiting with

many of

you

at

the Nor

Christiain C o n v e n t i o n a t L o u i sv i l l e, July 11-l^th. Look fo r u s a t C.J.C.M.'s boo th.

In His

service,

I n c .

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Matt.

4:15

Japan

Address

Mr. & Mrs.

Paul

S. Pratt

1210

Kamikasuya.

I s e h a r a City, K a n a g a w a

K e n ,

259-11

T e l . (0'+63) 96-1192

North American Christian Convention Editi on, Paul's J C p i s t l e Vol . XXXIII, Summer^ 1989

i

(

of

Machida

Church

in

Bill & Betty Turner

Tim

&

Lisa Turner

&

Paul teach at

Junior College

Ministry in the

Sannobara Church,

Isehara

where the Pratts minister

will join Campus

fall of

1989.

Obirin Christian Club

joins in

a

e d d i n g of

a g r a d u a t e member



r- -

Hitoshi Nishiyama, graduates 1990 to

i**

nt.

Hideto Yoshii, Onga

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

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"The people which

sat

in darkness saw great light;.

Address

Mrs.

Mary Lou Bauer

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We to

introduce

Ippei Watanabe

and

his

family

you.

He 33 serves Uni-

Hospital,

Japan's

largest. He had been

to third world countries to help to

ade their facilities. Most recently

he spent

a few

in Indonesia. His ten-hour night

flight

brought

Narita Airport on Sunday morning. His wife

and

en met him and together they came directly to the

h o u s e f o r

s e r v i c e s -

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a t t e n d s o u r

M i d - w e e k S e r - -

3

regularly and teaches

Sunday

School. God

is

bless-

his home, too. f f

In t h e

S t a t e s

w e i n t r o d u c e d s e v e r a l

of

y o u^

M i s s i o n a r i e s P a u l a n d

F a i

h ( M a x e y ) A x t o n «

H i e y

§ •

e s t a b l i s h i n g

A m e r i c a n

C h r i s t i a n C o l le g e .

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h e l d

i t s

H .

o n S e p t . 2 , 1 9 8 9 a n d i s u t i l i z i n g t h e b u i l d -

^

^

f o r m e r l y

o c c u p i e d

b y T o k y o

B i b l e S e m i n a r y

( 1 9 ^ 8 t o

• y

e x p l a i n s t h a t t h e y

w i l l q u a l i f y J a p a n e s e

i L m C « . a - .

in

English for overseas study, cooperating with

in Tennessee. - C r e d i t s

will be

accepted ^

Tamiko with

their

two

childre

Milligan College

toward

degrees. Yotsu ya Chr istian

o w n e r of

t h e p r o p e r t y

has

r e n o v a t e d t h e b u i l d i n g

in

c o o p e r a t i o n w i t h t h i s

w o r t h y e f f o r

the

Axtons

and those who will

be

working

with them.

Back in

June

I was

trapped

for 'speeding' in

a commercial

area on a

four-lane highway.

My

was

70 K's

(^2

MPH) in

a

K (2A MPH) zone.

Here

a r e t h e

d e t a i l s :

1. The f o l l o w i n g

day

I

was

a s k e d t o

w r i t e a s t a t e m e n t of e x p l a n a t i o n a n d apology.

2.

M y l i c e n s e w a s

s u s p e n d e d u n t i l

I

c o u l d

r e c e i v e

s a f e d r i v i n g

i n s t r u c t i o n , ( p a r t o f

t h i s t

I spent in the U.S.)

3.

A f t e r

r e t u r n i n g ,

I

t o o k a d a y

o f f f o r

t h e s i x - h o u r t r a i n i n g c o u r s e . A f t e r p a s s i n g t h e t e

I received my license back.

k. The next

day

I was r e q u i r e d t o r e p o r t t o t h e

t r a f f i c

c o u r t to p l e a d 'guilty' or i n n o c e n t

5 .

I r e c e i v e d 6 o i n t s o n m y d r i v e r s l i c e n s e .

( I 8

p o i n t s i n o n e y e a r m e a n s l i c e n s e r e v o k e d

6. Later

I

was given a fine t o

pay

of ¥^0,000 or $285.0O.

No, t h e y w e r e n o t p i c k i n g on f o r e i g n e r s .

I

h a d h u n d r e d s of J a p a n e s e in

t h e

c l a s s w i t h

Please

mark

Nov. 11th, 12th on

your calendar and r emember to pray

for Sannobara

Church. Th

our 'Ov ernight Retreat'

to

be held

at

a Y.M .C .A . facility at the foot of Mt. Fuji. Brothe

Obata,

Ochanomizu

Church Minister

will

lead us on the theme The Growth of

the Chu rch .

T im and

Lisa

Turner and little Sar ah arrived

in

Japan on schedule, Augu st 24th. Both of t

already involved in Japanese

language study. Tim

is taking his turn

at

preaching and is

e

about every

possibility of

serving.

Pray diligently for theml

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