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Japan
Address
340-5 Negishi
Machida
City
Tokyo 194 JAPAN
Ph 0427 91 4600
CAMPUS MINISTRY
Central Japan Christian Mission
Supported by
î ristian churches/churches
of
Christ
Forwarding Address
Rick Lydia Coyle
3357
Tallahassee
Cincinnati
OH
45239
Ph 513 385 9247
Volume 11 February
1985
Dear friends,
M A R
1 S
9 8 5
Christmas news -- We had hoped to have
our
outdoor nativity scene again
this
year. But
there
weren't enough people
who
were free
to
help with
it,
so we
had to give
up
that
idea.
We
did,
however,
manage several other small project
at Christmas
time.
Yuriko is Karis's piano
teacher.
She also plays piano
here
twice
a month.
She wanted to have a
Christmas
party for all her students. Could she use our
building
and would
I tell the Christmas story to
the
students? She
could
and
I would. About 17
kids
were
present
for this party. The church gave each
one
a
little packet containing
a
Christmas tract,
pencil,
bookmark with
a
Scripture
verse,
etc.
The Kitagawa family has
„
•
b e e n
a t t e n d i n g h
me to wear on
this oc
casion.
I
told
the
Kitagawa seated L)
Christmas story to and his adult students
about 50 children then.
Mr.
Kitagawa
seated
L)
and his adult students
T h e c h u r c h
p u r c h a s e d 2 0
c h i l d r e n s B i b l e s t o r y b o o k s . T h e s e
w e r e
g i v e n a s
gifts to the
church
children and to the
neighbor
children who are friends of
our family.
We
eliminated
our
gift
exchange this
year.
Instead, w e p u t the money
w e
would have spent into a special Christmas offering.
We added to
this
from
t h e g e n e r a l f u n d a n d s e n t C h r i s t m a s o f f e r i n g s t o : O s a k a
B i b l e S e m i n a r y ,
°
(Bibles
to
China),
Japan D eaf
School,
and Food
for
the Hungry
Ethiopia) ^
Something w e repeated from last y e a r
was
the
church
sukiyaki
party
after the
w o r s h i p h o u r o n C h r i s t m a s
S u n d a y .
T h i s
i s
a
l o t
o f w o r k .
M r s .
H a t a c h o p p e d
Hasumi brought a special cook-
i n g t a b l e
a n d
all k i n d s o f p a r a p h e r n a l i a t o m a k e e v e r y t h i n g just right
W e
had.'17
for
this
meeting.
z f J ^
i - x y x i u .
we
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It
was
decided to
have a candle
service
on
Christinas
Eve, and
we went
all
out in
preparation.
The
400 Christian
newspapers we distributed had
inserts
announcing
the
service.
Other
contacts
were notified
by mail
and
phone.
Christmas
Eve
day was spent
in
decorating and final
plans. The program
con
sisted of
carols, Scriptures, and
a
short slide
program of
the Christmas
story.
Refreshments followed. All
30
in attendance
received
a packet of the
tracts,
pencil, bookmarks,
etc.
Most
of those who
came were new people.
We always get
tickled
at ourselv es for [ t h e way w e eat at Christmas and New
Year's here. We had sukiyaki
at
church
but
shared a roast beef and mashed
potatoes dinner
with
the Hasebe family. (The
roast beef was
our gift
from
the kids' school teacher.
For
New
Year's
Day lunch we ate
traditional
Japanese
food: rice
cakes with
seaweed
and lots
of mandarin
oranges. But
that night we
had the
T a k a g a k i
family
over for a
Western meal i n c l u d i n g
Kentucky corn pudding and Bluegrass buttermilk biscuits
Kids' c hurch -- We
continue
to have k i d j s ' church every Sunday during
the
worship hour. We have had up
to
10 chi ldren
i n
attendance. Lynn
i s i n c harge.
Penny has been busy helping to prepare l essons and now teaches
the
c l a s s
once
a
month.
W e
are really thankf ul fob Penny's help; wi thout this break,
Lynn
would
never get to
participate
in the adult
worship ser v i c e. Penn y and
Lynn
must make preparation to teach in
[Japanese;
but if
only
our kids and
the Hasebe
k i d s are present, the class
L L s
taught i n English.
Adult Sunday
s chool
— e have
begun
a n i
adult
Bible study time on Sunday
mornings before
the
worship hour.
W e
have been through
a
Bible survey
and
are now f i n ishin g up
a
quarter on basic theolog y. Penny , Lynn, and I wi l l
take
turns
teaching. (At lea st, that is our
present plan.)
It
was our hope
to prepare "courses" that
could be
used
over
and over
again throughout
the
com ing years. Unfortunately , so far there hasn't been m u ch interest. In
fact,
many mornings there
is
no one present
except Penny , Lynn
and
me.
One
thing's
for
sure: W E are certainly enjoying
the
study tim e together. And,
going through
the
cl ass for
the
first
time
without much
of
an audience g ives
us opportunity
to get the kin ks
out of the material
before
using it again
another
year.
The
lack of
interest,
though, is
disappointing; especial ly,
since
some of
our
people were the
ones
Who
said we
needed more
Bible
study
tim e. Perhaps
we'll have
to
arrange f o r i
a different
time
or
something.
Three
of
our girls (Mari, Mariko, and Satori) w i l l be moving their m em
bership to another church, I don't
quite
know how to explain why, but
here goes: There were some things
that
were bothering
the
girl s. For
instance, why did we ask them to help with
the
church work instead of
Lynn doing it all
herself,
l i ke
a
good preacher's wife? Why did
I
sometimes
refer
to the
Shinto
shrine^ in my sermons-- isn't this looking
down
your nose
at the
Japanese? There were a number
of
related things
piling up in the
girls'
minds. But, since
we were
oblivious to any
trouble, we were just going along in our merry way. The trouble finall y
s i _ i i ; f a . c e d
in the form
of
a v erba l exp los ion. Of
course,
we were sho c ked.
We got together about 3 times after this initial c onfrontation. We
apologized where
we
could.
And we
asked
for
understanding in matters
w e
felt
they h a d
misjudged.
To make
^ long story
short, w e h a v e reached
a
better understanding with each other.
W e
have learned
a
lot But the
girls still
feel it
is best to leavep-not only because w e have been a
disappointment
to them , but
also
because in Japan it is
a
rather un-
forgiveable thing
to "correc t" one's
superior.
So,
while we feel
we
could "make up" and go
on,
the girls] feel it is best to leave.
The girls have by
no
means lost their
faith.
W e
don
t
want you
to
worry
about that. We are praying that they
can
find a
Bible-believing
c h u r c h that
w i l l b e
a real sourc e of streng th
an d
growth to them. As
for us, this trouble has led
us
to have some in-depth talk s with the
other members here to disc uss needed c h a n g e s , their expectations of
us
and vice versa.
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Campus Ministry CJCM
—
984 Financ^L
Balance carried from 1983 ...
.
Income:
Rec d from church
groups
and
i n d i v i d ^ i a l s .
Interest received
U. S. tax refund
R e c d f r o m
Penny Boggs
al
Report -- (¥236= 1.00)
2863.00
Expenses;
R e c o r d e d contributions to churches i l i d charities
Pers onal exp ense (food,
cloth ing, mi^c).
Benefits:
Life
insurance
Health insurance
Medical expenses
267.81
1493.74
84.75
Payr o l l
t a x (Social Security) . .
Fees
f o r fund-raising
(p h o t o ,
d i s p l a ii j , adv)
Interest
paid
on loans
Occupancy:
Building insurance
Building repairs
Utilities:
Heat oil (kerosene) ....
Propane
gas
Water
Electric
4
4
Equipment
and equipment maintenance
Printing
and Postage:
Printing
Postage
42.02
103.39
78.60
221.44
199.62
1131.72
460.60
837.86
Tel e p hone
Of f I ce s u p p l i e s
(paper, envelopes,
ec
Travel:
Gasoline
Required car inspection
&
insuranc
Car
tax
Maintenance
& repair
c
Evangelism
(tapes, books,
tracts,
etc
Education:
Convention, camp, etc
Kids*
school
Gov't fees and taxes:
Passport
& visa
expense
Land
loan repayments
. . .
Personal loan repayment
Bank charges
Balance
on hand
12/31/84
Feel free to
question
us
about anythin
q
Sincerely yours--and
His,
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Japan Address
340-5 Negishi
Machida City
Tokyo 194 JAPAN
Ph
0427-91-4600
CAMPUS MINISTRY
Central Japan Christian Mission
Supported by
iChristian
churches/churches of
Christ
Forwarding Address
Rick
&
Lydia Coyle
3357 Tallahassee
Cincinnati OH 45239
Ph 513-385-9247
Volume 11
May
1985
Dear friends,
Lynn's folks were here for approximately
six
weeks. They were able
to
celebrate Karis's,
Clinton's, and my birthdays with
us; attended
Karis's
piano recital
(Granny even
performed
"Twelfth
Street
Rag"
in
the
middle of all
that
Bach and Beethoven ); and got to
see the cherry
blossoms. In
addition to
the
fun.
Granny
and
Papa helped us
with some
much-needed
improve-
inehtrs
on th e~tJux ldiiTg and yard.
-
i
The
grandma
next
door had
been in the
hospital
for
three weeks. We knew
it
was serious and
had been worried
about
her.
One
morning we
were
relieved to look out our window and see
the
grandma being brought
home. Our relief
soon
turned
to shock,
though, as we realized
it
was
her
body being brought home for
the
funeral.
Visitation, the wake, and the
funeral
all take
place
at
the
home,
so there
is much bustling
around. We
joined in with
the
other neighbors
helping as we could; parking arrangements, set
ting up tables, etc.,
preparing
food.
On
the
third
day, the family
and
other "mourners" all
stood
outside
for the final "send-off,"
when
the coffin is loaded into the hearse and taken
to
the crematory.
The family seemed to take
some comfort from one of the men in charge, who
remarked, "We can be assured that she
has
now
safely arrived in that other world."
We person
ally didn't feel any assurance. The absence of
-the
victory
that accompanies-
Christian death
made
this
a depressing experience indeed. And
the burden we daily
feel for
these people was
intensified
on this
occasion.
Some interesting
funeral
customs:
The
"mourners"
give cash gifts of
condolence.
You
would think
these
could be used to
defer the
high funeral costs. But it doesn't quite work
like that. The bereaved family gives a return
gift
to everyone
who contributes.
In
the case
of
the family next door,
this
gift consisted
of
a blanket,
a bottle
of rice wine,
and a
small
packet containing a handkerchief and a tiny
envelope
of
salt.
(The
salt
is to
be
sprinkled
over oneself before entering one's home, an act
of purification from being in
the
presence of
death.)
The priest may receive
about
$3,000 for his
services. These include
his
chanting over
the
altar decorations from
funeral
next door
Cason
invites
all his
friends to
church
school
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deceased and
also the
choosing
of a
ne
Rented altar decorations and hearse
depending
on how luxurious they are.
This term at Obirin, I am in charge of
sermon,
we are using three songs from a
for which we have produced an accompany
MEET
AND
PRAY
FOR:
Haruo-- a
graduate
Buddhist
name
for eternity,
can cost
from
$600
to
$8,000
or
more.
College,
Haruo
has been working as a b i j i t c h e r in a
supermarket
for
several
years
class regularl
e has attended my English-Bible
five chapel services. Instead of a
professional tape by THE MESSENGERS,
ing slide program.
of the English department
at
Obirin
y
for
3-4
years.
Re
cently
he has
shown
more interest in the Bible
part of
the study, asking ques
tions about one's life after becoming
a Christian.
Yuki— a high
school
sophomore who lives near us.
She
has no: attended church since she was a litt
girl. She came to our
worship
service a few Sundays ago and
said
she wants to
come back. Niizaki-- a
senior 4- Obirin
College
who is
wondering abou
truth and meaning in
life.
He is
beginning
to realize
that the
Bible may have
the answers, since he has
been greatly
tific accuracy.
We have wanted to have a children s Sun
here. But
we felt we could
not
take
on
no one
else to
lead it. Penny has now
ing it "church school" and are
having
i
Bible
stories,
crafts, songs, puppets.
The
first
three
weeks of church
school
T h e M a c h i d a C h u r c h i s p a y i n g t h e e x p e n
full credit for carrying this responsifc)
.mpressed by
its
historic and scien-
lay school ever since the church start
:his extra
job
personally; and there w
idded this to her schedule. We are cal
on Tuesday afternoons. Penny is usin
i n d
English
in this one-hour session,
jaw 14 different children in attendanc
IS,
Karis is assisting--but Penny gets
lity.
ATTENTION: MISSIONS CHAIRMEN
it i s
suggeste d t h a t t h i s c h a r t o f s t a -
t i ; L s t i c s b e k e p t a s o u r r e p o r t f o r
upcom-
i l i i mission fairs and rallies.
CHURCH:
Adult Bible study -- 4 attending
r
Wor ship
--
a v e r a g i n g
15
in a t t e n d a r
Newly
begun:
Church
school
—
veraging
7
in
Re g u l a r b u s i n e s s a n d d i s c u s s i o n
Distributing 400 Christian news
CAMPUS WORK:
C o l l e g e Bible s e m i n a r -- t a u g h t i n
no Christians
Fellowship Hour
—
tten dan ce was p
those was
baptized at a
church p
several new students are attend
Chapel on campus
—
lead
5
servit
2300
FINANCES:
A
c o u p l e
of
c h u r c h e s
ha v e i ncr e a s e d
you very much ); but total support
qgularly
ce
attendance
after 3
weeks
meetings
papers monthly
i n
commun ity
Japanese, 95
enrolled
in April,
own to 2 or 3 regulars. But
one of
ear his home recently. As of April
ng
es
quarterly; total attendance of
support
in the
last year (Thank
was down.
Most of our
r egula r
expenses for
th is
year are a nticipa ted
t o b e
about
the
same
as
last
(including
land payments). However,
the
k i d s' school costs w i l l go up.
The
b oy s w i l l c o n t i n u e
w i th
c o r r e
spondence;
Karis
enrolling
at
Zama
school).
Last
year's
cost:
32001;
Middle School (U.S. military base
this year's will be $6600.
Sincerely yours and His
--
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CO
Po - ru no Te- arni
(Paul's Epistle)
CENTRAL
JAPAN
CHRISTIAN MISSION INC.
T h e
p e o p l e w h i c h
s a t i n d a r k n e s s
s a w
g r e a t l i g h t ; . . .
M a t t .
l ^ . S . Address
Mrs. Mary Lou
Bauer
2^0
West Elbert St.,
Indianapolis, Indiana,
^621?
Tel. (317)
787-6755
Japan
Address
Mr. Mrs. Paul S. Pratt
1210
Kamikasuya,
Isehara City,
Kanagawa
Ken, 259-11, J ap an
Tel. (0^463) 95-1019
Cam pus Ministry (U.S. Address)
c/o Mr. & Mrs.
Rick
Coyle
335V
Tallahassee Dr.
,
Cincinnati, Ohio,
^5239
Tel. (513)385-92^47
Vol. XXIX, No. 2, Summer, 1'
Dear friends.
As y o u k n o w
b y
now, K A T H L E E N a n d T
w e r e
a b l e t o s p e n d
s e v e n
w e e k s of
o u r
Obirin C o l l e g e
s p r i n g
b r e a k in t h e U . S . I t
w a s
a j o y t o s p e n d
a
w e e k
w i t h
M A K Y J O Y C E
a n d
t o m e e t S T E V E
S
family before
t h e
wedding.
Our
family was well-represented at
t h e
wedding. M / i K Y LOU and
HARRY BAUER,
m y
sister,
CATHERINE
and CHARLES RUSSELL,
m y
brother RALPH and ETHEL
PRATT, f el
low-missionaries,
STAN
A N D
MABEL B UTTRAY,
GEORGE
and
ARLYCE
WILLIAMS,
of Ba ngor, Mich, and
LAWRENCE and
I D A
MAE
KEPLER, of Glen Cove, N.Y. helped share in
t h e
big
event. It
goes
w i t h
o u t s a y i n g
w e w e r e
o v e r j o y e d t h a t P A U L D A V I D , L Y D I A a n d R I C K C O Y L E a l o n g
w i t h
S H A R A
A N D
L A U R E N
could a ttend. MARK and LYNN were lined up to
sing,
too, but their voices couldn't b e heard
t h a t f a r since t h e y r e m a i n e d
in
T o k y o .
^ . T E V E
M A R Y
J O Y C E SAWCH a r e
n o w
in their
o w n h o m e a
39 S e v e n t h St., L o c u s t V a l l e y , £.Y. I I 3 6 O , T e l .
3 1 6 - 6 7 6 - 7 ^ 1 0 .
F o l l o w i n g t h e w e d d i n g ,
w h e n g o o d - b y e s
w e r e b e i n g s a i d , S H A R A
( a g e
8) c o u l d n o t h o l d
b a c k
the
tears. All were leavi ng MARY
in
New
York. PAUL
DAVID was going
ba ck to Los Angeles, the
COYLES
to
Ohio and later
KATHLEEN and I to
Japan.
Sobbing, she voiced what
all of us felt .
Why
do
we
have
to go so far to see
the
ones we love?
Would you
believe that NAOAKI
ISHII,
(Christmas
Epistle, 1984)
visited MARY and
STEVE a t
their
home a
little over
a month
after
we
left N.Y, He
had
been sent b y
Tokai
University to
a bi ology lab oratory
a t
Cold
Spring Harbor
which
i s just about ten minutes
from
Locust Valley.
On
the
same
trip
he was
sent, of all
places,
to Notre
Dame where
HAROLD
and NEOMIA AKERS were
able
to visit
him.
Congratulations are
in order
for NAOAKI
since
he will receive
his
Doctor
of Medical Science degree i n Septem ber.
While
we
were
Stateside,
three
families at Sannobara
(Isehara) called
on MARK
to have
a
bri ef Resurrection Day service
a t
each
of
their f a mily graves. Thus
i n
a
respectful
way,
the
Christians
were able
to witness to family
members, some for
the
first
time, that
Christ has
bee n raised from the dead, the f ir st
fruits
of those who are
asleep .
(J
Cor. 1^:20)
There is
joy
i n
the presence of
the
angels of G od...
Miss
KIYOKO
HARA
was
baptized
into
Christ on June 2nd.
She is
a high school
sophomore, the
daughter of
Christian parents
servin
with us.
She
and
her sister sing and
play the
synthesizer
and
are
pr act icin g with the
ISHIIS
toward having
a
singing
group
from
our
church. Pray for her and for these plans.
Flying Carp
-
Boys Day,
May
5th
KIYOKO
HARA,
Baptized
June 2, I985
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The
Sannobara
Church
has
been
growing in various ways. There are more workers, more pros
and there
is a
hunger
for
Bible study and Christian
fellowship. Both
an
adult Sunday
and a
monthly home meeting have begun
by popular
demand.
One of
the
two S.S. classes is
procpects. Thursday's
Ladies
Meeting is going
well.
Following
Mrs.
COLE'S Marriage Semina
studying about Mothers
i n the Bible
and
are
reviewing
J'MES
DOBSON'S
book, Dare To
With
three
or more small
children
jbining
their
mothers it
becomes necessary
at
to put into practice some
of
the methods of discipline they have learned on the
spot.
We
enjoying the
revival
of our Saturday
Night
Y o l u t h
Meetings,
too.
The Lord Reigns
by Vivian
Lemmon
Who dares
to
say there is
no
God,
No Master of the earth or sea;
No loving friend who gives to us
Life
and love
and liberty?
Who
dares deny His majesty.
Who
rules
the kingdoms of the earth;
Knows the
emotions
of each
heart.
And
gives to each
its own
true
worth?
Look up Away from petty self—
Off
yonder
to those shining peaks.
They rise above the
storm
and cloud,
They
face
toward
heaven, as one who seeks
To
know His will, and
then
to stand
Through years to come, as they have stood
In ages past, mutely to worship
Their
Maker, God.
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Shop
in Manhatten
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of
Dawn,..Light
of Day
Our
experience showed us people
who
N̂.Y.
and are helpful to total
strangers.
We shal
return. Some special people
live
there.
It is
better
to go to
the
house of mourning, than to go to
the house
of feasting:... Ecc-
7:2
Yukio
Goto's father's
funeral w as
a blessing t o many.
Several
heard
the g ospel
the first
time,
the
church
w as able to'w eep
with
those
who
weep' and
thus see
the servi ce
a
means of
'ministering'
for the Lord's
sake,
purely
this
is part of the meaning of
wise
ol
words.
Pray we will
have
still
more results
through o u r
upcoming summer
of
three Christian
Camps,
visit
with the
San Jose (Calif.)
Bible College
team and
Vacation Bible
School.
Pray,
too, fo
d a n d L o i s
S i m s
w h o w i ll b e l e a d i n g a g r o u p o | f J a p a n e s e
C h r i s t i a n s
i n a t o u r
o f
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Anaheim, Ca. July
9-12
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Orlando, Fla.
Sept.
25-28
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CAMPUS MINISTRY--Central Japan Christian Mission
Mark and Lynn Pratt
Supported
by
Christian
churches/churches of Christ
Japan Address Forwarding Address
340-5 Negishi Rick and Lydia Coyle
Machida City 3357 Tallahassee
Tokyo 194, JAPAN Cincinnati, OH 45239
Ph 0427 91 4600
Ph 513 385 9247
V o l u m e 11 September 1985 f lM
Dear friends,
The
first week of
August
Harold
Sims and
I were
co-deans
for
the Homework-English-Music
Camp.
I was in
charge
of
the English-Music part.
My
responsibilities
were
lightened
tremendously by the help of a group of interns who were visiting from
San
Jose Bible
College.
You're probably wondering
what a Homework
Camp
is.
Well, the summer
is in
the middle
of
the Japanese
school
year which starts
in
April; so all the
students receive
tons
of
assignments
for
t h e
su m m e r vacation. In the past many students
who wante d
to
go
to camp
couldn't because of the
homework.
Last year one of our
Japanese preachers came
up
with
the
idea of having
qualified
tutors to
lead a
supervised study
time
at camp. And so
t he
first Homework
Camp
was
born.
It was
successful
again this year as there vjere over
50
campers in one
of
our biggest camps ever. We had
study
time in the mornir.g (including
English-Bible); sports in the afternoon; and vespers,
singing,
games and Bible dramas
at night,
Karis invite d a
new
friend Yuko, and
Yuko
in turn Invite d her friend. It was
their
first
contact
with t he Gospe l.
Yut:o v ; a s really int e r es t ed and
stayed up
till 2 a.m. one night
talking
with Mami
(Machida me mb er ). The last night of
cam p
Dave Cole
baptized a gir l
who was one of his contacts.
We are now
back
in
the States to discuss the new policies that our mission trustees are
adopting.
There were just too
many aspects involved
to
discuss by mail.
Since the
re
turn was necessary, it seemed that the end
of
the summer would b e
a
good time, since
we could get the kids
star t ed
right
in on
t h e
new school year. For
t h e
time being,
we
are staying
with Lynn s siste r s
family (M/M
Rick Houp) in Orm^ille,
OH,
I m g o n e
I ve l i n e d up d i f f e r e n t m e n t o
c a r r y on t h e
p r e a c h i n g
r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s
at Machida. Penny Boggs, who helps us
a lot,
has recently
had
minor surgery, but
is
recovering just fine. She
will continue
with her Tuesday afternoon
Sunday
school,
high school English-Bible
class,
and keep children's worship going in Lynn's
absence.
Please
continue to pray for the
church
work
and the students at
Obirin College.
Sincerely yours—and His,
8/20/2019 Pratt Mark Lynn 1985 Japan
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MINISTKY—CENTH L J P N
CURISTX N MISSION
Mark and Lynn Pratt
8/20/2019 Pratt Mark Lynn 1985 Japan
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WHAT ABOUT YOU
CONTRIBUTORS?
Having resigned as missionaries, we, of course, cannot
go
on receiving mission
funds
in-
definitelye
Basically,
our brotherhood policy
has been to
continue
to list the
returned
family as
missionaries in
the
i'dlSSIONAHY DIRECTORY
for
one
year after
return. Likewise,
the supporting churches continue their support for one full
year while
the
missionary
gets
relocated
and
reestablished.
In our case, we have put
virtually
everything into the
work
in Japan.
We have
not taken
out
any
sort
of
personal
savings or benefits. Our
personal
ef
ects in
Japan have been
sold
at
a total
income
of $2,000.
We
have no
home, no
car,
no
job.
n addition,
we
had to
take
out a personal loan for
$6,000
to
bring ourselves
home.
Here is what we
propose;
1.
We plan
to
have
all
the
mission business
wrapped
up, so our
resignation
can be effective
on December
31» 1985.
2. For
6 onths —
ROM JANUARY TJIHOUGH
JUNE
1986
— our
continued
support
will help us
get
on
our
feet and will partially r eimburse us for personal
fiinds we had to
use
to
cover mission expenses.
As you think about
using these funds
to
support another missionary
after June
1986, may
we
ask
that
you consider Geof and Sarah Acker:
Introducing
Geof
and Sarah Acker
Geof grew
up in
the Niagara
Falls area.
He
has had
experience
in the
local ministry, home
missions, and mission
work
in Austria.
Sarah,
daughter of
missionaries
(M/M
Don Burney),
grew
up in
Japan. Sarah
has
served as
substitute
for
4
Japan
missionaries during their
furloughs. Both G eof
and Sarah went
to
Christian colleges. They
have
been
Bi ble teachers,
youth sponsors,
have helped
with music
and
shepherding.
With
these abilities
plus a strong
desire
to
work in Japan, it' s no wonder that Geof and
Sarah
have received numerous
letters
from the missionary community, hoping to hasten their
arrival
in Japan
Geof
and
Sarah
have
been
eager
to
go
to
Japan
for
some time, but they have not been able
to
raise
support.
The
rest
of our proposal is:
3. Please
contact
Geof and
Sarah IMM EDIAT ELY
to arrange
for
them
to present a
program at your
church.
4. From
July
I986
on,
you contributors
woUld tr ansfer
your support to them.
The loss
of
our family as Japan missionaries can
be
recovered by
the
sending
of
Geof
and
Sarah. Your
sharing
with them,
as you have with
us,
will
give
you the
opportunity
of
con
tinuing to
help
Japan evangelism. T here is still so much work to be done there.
So
we
ask
you to prayerfully consider
our
proposal. We would be glad to
talk
with you further
about
this
by phone.
Most
of you
have
been with
us as
partners
for the full
10
years.
Thank you
so
much
for your
contribution
to worldwide
evangelism. Special thanks
to Rick and
Lydia
Coyle for their outstanding work as
forwarding secretary.
"We have spoken freely
to you...and
opened
wide
our
hearts to you"
(2 Cor. 6:11 ).
"And
this
is
my prayer: that your love may
abound
more
and
more in knowledge and
depth
of insight, so
that
y o u
may
b e
a b l e
to
d i s c e r n
what
is
best" (Phil,
: 9 »
10).
We
encourage you
to
contact Geof and
Sarah
at:
Acker Mission to Japan
914 E Jefferson
Pana .IL 62557
PH
217-562-2202
Sincerely
yours—and
His,
Mark and
Lynn Pratt
6 E Oak
Orrville (home of Smucker's
jam
OH 44667
PH
216-684-1040
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