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THETIMTURNERFAMILY
Forwarding Address
M/M a n Spencer
96992nd
treet North
S l
e t e r s b u r g ,PL
33702
813) 77-7523
Japan Address
340-5
N e g i s h i
Machida
i t y ,
Tokyo 19 4
27)91-4600
Taking
the Good
News
f the Risen Son
to the L a n d o f the Rising Sun.
Church
P l a n t i n g
Student Ev angelism
Literature Distribution
L e a d e r s h i p T r a i n i n g
THE
PAULPRATT
FAMILY
Forwarding
Address
Mrs.
M a ry Lou auer
P.O.
ox
1525
Carmel.
IN 46032-6252
317)578-8808
On
u r i o u g h ,
Use
above
ddre s s.
SPRING ISSUE,
199B
The
Turner's
Furlough
It
was a busy Furlough
time for the Turners
as they tried to visit
most
supporting churches. They were in
3
states, speaking in EB churches,
schools,
4
small
group
meetings and 1
state-wide
missionary
rally.
Busy as
were they enjoyed visiting with
the
people
sharing about the w o r k i n
Japan.
Everywhereg
t h e y
w e r e
w e l c o m e d
a n d m a d e t o
f e e l*
^ IBHHH
t
home.
They are
very
grateful
to all
those i i i f y | l H | j j | R | B
he ped make the
r
stay
in
America a wonder-
time. The Turners
a
so had a chance to
v
i-
with
f
m
1
y
and f
ends.
uring
Christmas
hey
were with
both
sets
of parents at some
o r
another as
well
as
w i t h
brothers a n d
dVI
1k~
For
the
first
month
or so
1
n
America,
they
JB
in
St.
Petersburg
trying
to settle
down
get used to life
i n
the
U.S.
again. Sarah ^ * 1 1
Katie
began
school
on
January
3 and though
t
was a little difficult
at
first, they
both
fine and
enjoying the r school life.
Meanwhile
At Machida
Likewise the Pratts were well
recieved at
The Turners
All
were
mutually blessed
by
the experience.
The
weekly exchange
the Christians
at
the
Sagami
Army
Depot
was
truly unique. It
is
cross-
exchange at its best. Just as the Turners did, we attended each others
they baptized
in
Machida's
poo
and rejoiced together
in the
Lord.
Touring
With
The Geigers
Bill
and
Shi r1een and
all deeply
inspired by
deeply by
Ke
ko No-
.
years
stay
w
Zealand she was lead to the
She urged her younger sis-
for you, She promised.
her
return to
Machida, toget
-
^r2
.
they searched for
a
church 1
God's help. They not only were B
God h a d lead them, they zeal- J p i B R j j j C ^ J B M
y invited their
f
ends.
Tim
V^
sent ord that oth
of
them
ere
bapt zed
on
Resur rect on
Day
God
answers
prayer.
The
fur ent
to S e n d a i
Citv.
S e g e m i
Dep ot G r ou p
. Mieko in
U.S. flag -
Keiko is behind her
A
79 year old
man declared, This
is
my first time
to attend
a
Christian
1
am
a Buddhist, but I have read
the Bible through twice,
I have
love
Jesus.
The
Word
of
God,
i n
and
of itself is the power of
God
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Bill
Geiper
has
an excellent
27
minute audio
tape which he
calls a Docu
mentation oF Answered Prayer
It details the
many
ways
that
God
answered
prayers during that
ID-day
evangelism here.
You
may receive
a copy
by writ
ing to him
at
Box
333,
Conneaut
i
1 1 e,
P j A
or write to C.J.C.M.
at
the
above
address.
Or, we will be glad to make an appointment
to
visit your church or
group if
you
Just drop us
a
line.
W h i l e t h e P r a t t s i n J a p a n t h e i y
were called upon to
assist
the Onga
Chrilst-
i a n C h u r c h i n c e l e b r a t i n g t h e F i f t e e n t h
A n -
| i
M | | l j | | | M
niversary
of
its founding.
At that
time 45 HpK ^ t
persons gathered and the seven y e a r
mort-
m W|
g a g e o n
t h e
b u 1
d
n g
w a s f u l l y p a i d
o f f . | H i
-
I | N |
deto Yosh i is Minister
of
the Onga Church
I
IB
and also serves as Head Chaplain of Qrio I
|H
Womans Academy. I .
The weekend before retur ng to Japjan
Lisa and Tim
made
a trip
to
I nd anapo i j
B
t o a t t e n d
t h e C e n t r a l J a p a n C h r i s t i a n M i s -
||
sion Trustee/D r ectors meeting
and
to v
i
s t
j B
a supporting church.
We
had a good meeting
^
and
talked a lot about future goals and |ac-
tivities
of
the Mission.
The
Geigers
S
The Chidas
(Bendai)
Jine
Mission Meeting
In Brief
With
Tim
and
Lisa Turner already
Stlateside Pau a _ n ^ Kath een arrived in
the States in due time to have
both
Mission
families participate in
the
Trus
tee/ Directors meeting
on
Mar.16th. A
Five Year
Plan
was
presented
by
the mi
sionaries
with
contributions by
Trustee/Director
Bill Gejger.
The
following
is
the
plan in
a
nutsihell.
The
Machida
Plan involves
building tihe
road
on the west
side
during 1996.
moving the building during 1997.
enlarging
the
church room by
building
a room on
the
present varanda.
The Sendai
Church
and
possibly
the
Onga Church will be in
need
of Mission
funds,
As
recruits are enlisted
the
City of lizuka
20 miles northeast
of Onga
in
Fukuoka Ken
and/or Chiba
Prefecture are prospective areas
for
evangelism.
In addition to the above-named direptors R i c j T . a r _ ^ Cgyle is Executive Di
rector, Harold Akers, Harry Bauer
and
Bruce Norton serve
as
T^ustee/Directors
Mrs.
Mary Lou
Bauer
is the Forwarding
Agfent,
Back To Japan
Tim
and his mcather Betty
arrived
pafely in Japan
on
March
19
after a
14 hour flight
from
Atlanta.
They
were
tired
but thankful
for
a safe trip.
Brother Nishiyama came from Isehara to meet them at Yokohama City Air Termina
It
took several
days
to get
over Jet lag, waking up
early
and
then being
tire
by
8:00 PM,
but by Sunday, the 24th they| were back
to
normal and ready
to
be
at work again. |
L s Sarah Kat e
and
Spenc stayed
in
St. Petersburg and will be
there until
May
30th when Sarah will finish her first grade year at Central
Christian
School.
They are enjoying the time with
Lisa s
family and with her
home church
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Tim began right away to preach at the Machida
Church
It
was
good to
see everyone and
it
was
an
encouragement to see some new Paces. Things seem^
to
be going well with the church They are very grateful to Paul
and
Kath
leen
For
ministering during
Tim and
Lisa s absence.
OrdinatlonCFAssociateMimister
Since
last
summer,
the
Machida Church
has
been
looking forward
to the
coming
of
^̂
5h ngo
T
suda as Associate Minister to help W
Tim
in the
work
here. On
March
29 Shingo
graduated from Osaka Bible
Seminary and then
o n
S u n d a y M a r c h t h e 31st
h e
w a s o r d a i n e d J | | ^
i n t o t h e
m i n i s t r y .
T h e o r d i n a t i o n s e r v i c e k . i^Hfel
w a s h e l d a t t h e M a c h i d a C h u r c h i n a n a f t e r -
d j k
noon service, Harold Sims, missionary at
Shingo s home church, gave the message and
Tim
and
other
leaders
took part B
t h e
l a y i n g o n
o f h a n d s . M o r e t h a n 90
p e r - B^b^B
sons attended the service and
it
seemed
that
the building
would
not
hold them
all. Shingo
Tsuda
S
Tim
Turner
It was really a wonderful service and on a
very beautiful
day
Shingo will begin his
service
during the first week
of
April and
Tim
is looking
forward
to
serving
with his Japanese
brother
Spring
Youth
Camp
Just as Tim and Betty were getting over
Jet lag,
they
were on
their way
to
camp for
days.
Betty
helped in
the
kitchen and dining room. Tim helped
with the
program
although he did not have a big
part since
he
was
gone
dur
ing all of the planning
meetings.
There were
37
at camp altogether and it
was
a
good
week.
There
were
more
of the
junior
high
age than usual
and
that
was
encouraging to see.
Sannobara Member
Will
Study a_t C
Motoko Nakamura
was
the first
in
her family
become a Christian. She graduated from
school this year
and
served as song
lead
at this year s
Youth
Camp By
all
means she
ants
to
enter the Cincinnati Bible College to
tudy the Bible. She has enrolled in a seven-
summer course at Indiana University
and
stay at the Christian
Campus
house there.
ere she
will
study English
so
as
to be better
le to
communicate
and to understand the pro
essors
at the Bible
College.
S e _ i _ ^ i i
Ik e
^ ob Herbert I
Both
of these are well known at Cincinnati I
Seiji
served
with the Machida Church during I
college days. They are teaching together I
n
cold
Hokkaido.
For
those who would like to
them,
address c/o
Asah kawa
E
. . .
Dog n
B1dg. Asahikawa Hokkaido Japan
Pau1 and Kath1een ministered to
Rob
Herbert
years ago.
M
ohuk
otoko
her
Masah ro
church in Branch Hill
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Just
before the Pratts went to Japan this time, Pau1 was
approached
by
j
• Lee Mason, Executive Director
of
the Christian Restoration Association.
He
stated that
Norvai Campbe11,
who
has long
served
in
charge
of correspon
with
the
Christian Bible
Institute
was planning to
retire. So
they
were requesting
Paul to accept the Job. After prayerful consideration,
he
on
condition
that
he could
begin it in April after they
return
from
It requires, generally three days in midweek leaving
the
Lord s Day
in
which they can represent the Central Japan Christian Mission. With
Just a few days of experience,
Paul
appreciates the
many years of
faithful
Brother Norval
has
accomplished.
The Pratts continue enlisting and
representing
the
Central
Japan Christ
Mission, Contact them at P.O. Box 1555, Carme1,
IN
46033-6555.
Some
of you may have
heard
through the grape
vine
that Kathlean
had
in the hospital. She
was
taken to the Emergency
Room of
Christ Hospital
n the
late evening of March
55th with chest pains.
She
was hospitalized
spent three
days undergoing
tests
and an
angiogram. It was
revealed
that
had a 75 blockage. Four cardio1ogists agreed that this alone
that much pain. They are treating
her
with medicines. As of
writing
she
is doing much better. Thank
you
for praying for
her.
Fami y
News
Lisa
and
the children
are
doing
in the
U.S. Sarah
is
doing well in
and making good grades. She
has ^
up quite well in her reading
and
IA i
her
teacher
is impressed.
continues
to
go to
pre-school
and ^
^
B
playing and
learning.
Spencer
is at
^
Lisa and
learning
to
talk
a
His
favorite activity is hitting
ball
with his bat. They will
all
be
in
by
May 31.
Katie Spencer Sarah
1, Pray for the Turner family as they are separated for two months.
3.
Pray for
the
Machida
Church
and
For
Shingo
Tsuda
as
he
begins
serving
3. Pray for the Campus Ministry as the new school
year has
begun in Apri
CENTRAL JAPAN CHRISTIAN
MISSION
9699Second
Street
North
St. Petersburg,
FL
33705
NON-PROFITGRG.
U.S.
POSTAGEPAID
PERMIT
904
ST. PETE. fl 337
Address Correction Requested
Mission
Services
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THETIMTURNERFAMILY
M/M an Spencer
96992nd
tr e et
North
S l e t e r s b u r g ,PL
33702
(813) 77-7523
Dear
fnends.
Taking the Good
News
f
the Risen
Son
to the Land o f
the
Rising Sun.
Church
P l a n t i n g
Student
Evangelism
Literature Distribution
Leadership
T r a i n i n g
THE
PAULPRATT FAMILY
Forwarding Address
Mrs. Mary Lou Bauer
P.O ox
1525
Cannel.IN 46032-6525
317) 78-8808
September,
1996
I t h a s
b e e n some
i m e s i n c e o u r
a s t
l e t t e r .
We
a v e c o n t i n u e d t o
s e n d
o u t our
m o n t h l y news
s h e e t ,
s o
t h a t you o u r c o n t r i b u t o r s
a r e
b r o u g h t up- o - d a t e .
We
h a n k you o r m a i n t a i n i n g t h i s
l i n k
w i t h u s . D e t a i l e d p l a n s and t h e d a t e of u i l d i n g on o our Machida p r o p e r t y a r e s t i l l on h o l d
because
of
t h e i t y s
r o a d
s c h e d u l e . However , Tim
T u r n e r
and h e
Machida members
r e
d r e a m i n g
e x a c t l y
how o r e - a r r a n g e
t h e
b u i l d i n g a t t h a t time Pray o r
them
and f o r
t h e
t r u s t e e s
as h e y
c o n s u l t t o
g e t h e r
i n
the near u t u r e ,
Many o f
you were a b l e
to
meet Kensei Yokomizo wh en
he
v i s i t e d w i t h
us
i n May nd
June.He s
t h e M i n i s t e r
of
h e Yokosuka
Church
which was
t a r t e d f o r t y - s i x y e a r s ago
by
Ogden
Robbins who as s t a t i o n e d t h e r e with the U.S.
Navy
Kensei met with him a t Yuma. rizona o n
h i s
v i s i t .
S o m e
o f
you
had
n o t h e a r d t h a t K e n s e i s f a t h e r
had
p a s s e d
away on
June 23rd
.
Kensei
was
a b l e
t o g e t a
r e t u r n
f l i g h t i n t i m e t o be h e r e
f o r
t h e f u n e r a l . Our i n c e r e sympathy t o t h e f a m i l y .
Miss Motoko Nakamura from o u r S a n n o b a r a
Church
s now i n h e r s e c o n d
E n g l i s h s t u d y
c o u r s e a t
I n d i a n a
U n i v e r s i t y She
s p l a n n i n g toward
m a j o r i n g i n
Music
a t t h e
C i n c i n n a t i
B i b l e
S e m i n a r y i n
t h e
n e a r
f u t u r e . Her
s e c r e t t o d e f e a t i n g h o m e s i c k n e s s i s a d a i l y E - m a i l b a c k t o J a p a n -
O t h e r w i s e s h e i s e n j o y i n g h e r
C h r i s t i a n
f n e n d s a t t h e S t u d e n t
C h r i s t i a n
F e l l o w s h i p
t h e r e .
We e e l
a
deep s e n s e of r a t i t u d e
t o
t h e R i c h i e H o f f i n a n s s e r v i n g t h e r e .
Our m i n i s t r y w i t h t h e C h r i s t i a n
R e s t o r a t i o n A s s o c i a t i o n
i s
f u l f i l l i n g
a n d
r e w a r d i n g .
The
Norval C a m p b e l l s , K a t h l e e n
and I were
h r i l l e d t o b e
a b l e
t o
v i s i t
t h e
c h u r c h
a t
Weston,
Ohio o
p r e s e n t
a
M i n i s t e r i a l d i p l o m a
t o
Dan H o m e r on A u g u s t 2 5 t h . H e r e a c h e d
a
i n e sermon on h a t
d a y
a n d
h a s b e e n s u p p l y i n g o c c a s i o n a l l y a t a r e a c h u r c h e s . H e
o v e r e d
1 4 0
l e s s o ns d u r i n g t h e 1 4
m o n t h s
h e was n v o l v e d i n
t h e
c o u r s e . Lead on Dan The
Lord
c a n u s e many good men. For
o t h e r s
wh o may b e n t e r e s t e d i n
t h e s t u d y , t h e r e
a r e
t h r e e
o t h e r o p t i o n s
b e s i d e
t h a t f o r m i n i s t e r s . They
a r e
( I ) e r s o n a l
B i b l e
S t u d y ,(2) tudy o r
T e a c h e r s ,
and(3) o r E l d e r s and
Deacons.
Kensei
okomizo
Dan Homer e c e i v i n g h i s diploma
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H i d e t o
Y o s h i i a n d
Onga h r i s t i a n
Church
a r e
b e g i n n i n g a new
o u t r e a c h .
Burdened o r t h e
one
i l l i o n
s o u l s n K i t a Kyushu i t y
w i t h o u t
a
w i t n e s s
o f New e s t a m e n t C h r i s t i a n i t y t h e y p r a y e d
a b o u t
i t .
The
Uejima amily w h o i v e i n Kokura
a s
opened t s h o m e o r weekly e r v i c e s ,
B r o t h e r
Y o s h i i p r o v i d e s
messages
i a
a u d i o
t a p e s f o r them. The
e j i m a s t h e n
a t t e n d t h e
e v e n i n g
s e r v i c e s
and
Mid-week s e r v i c e s a t t h e
Onga Church.
The e n t i r e group h a s b e e n
p r a y i n g t h e Lord
o f h e
h a r v e s t t o s e n d o u t workers n t o His a r v e s t ' I s t h e Lord p e a k i n g t o
anv
o f
ou?
h i s same church
now h a s one o f t s own,
T e t s u y a Obana,
nephew
o f
r o t h e r
Y o s h i i s t u d y i n g a t Osaka B i b l e
S e m i n a r y . S t i l l
a n o t h e r nephew, asato o s h i i
i s a s s i s t i n g
t h e Al uve a m i l y i n Miyakonojo i t y ,
Miyazaki
Ken.
I have b e e n busy w i t h
one
week
o f
a c a t i o n B i b l e S c h o o l and one week
o f
amp
b e s i d e s
h a v i n g
s i x
s p e a k i n g e n g a g e m e n t s .
I
h a v e
an
a s s i g n m e n t a t t h i s y e a r ' s E n V i s i o n ' 9 6 a t L e x i n g t o n ,
Kentucky
about
W i t n e s s i n g
t o
Buddhists.Of o u r s e ,
K a t h l e e n and
I w i l l
be a t our d i s p l a y booth
which i s
621 D r o p by
o r
a i s i t
.Thanks
to good
d o c t o r s
and
a p p r o p r i a t e m e d i c i n e s our e a l t h i s
i m p r o v e d . , f o r which
we
r a i s e t h e Lord. Let us know f y o u would i k e f o r us o i s i t your h u r c h .
C^
s
d i r e c t
a t
( 5 1 3 )
8 1 - 5 1 9 8 .
O u r
d d r e s s
s
5 3 8 0
e e s
C r o s s i n g
D r . ,
C i n c i n n a t i ,
OH
5 2 3 9 .
We
e c e i v e d an n c o u r a g i n g c a r d f rom oji
Mor i yama
n August. He
as a
h r i s t i a n
h o m e
w i t h
t w o
h i l d r e n .
For
h e p a s t
t w e n t y - f i v e y e a r s he
has
been t e a c h i n g s c i e n c e
i n a
h r i s t i a n g i r l s
s c h o o l .
He e m i n d e d
me
h a t I
had
b a p t i z e d him i n Mo to su Lake t t h e f o o t o f M t . u j i t h i r t y y e a r s
ago.
He expressed h i s thanks t o God
and
t o
me
H is
s e r v a n t .
Of
o u r s e 1 remembered.
have
w i t n e s s e d o f i s
a i t h t o
many, o o . While he was t i l l s e e k i n g , he was t u d y i n g d i l i g e n t l y i n
o r d e r t o
p a s s t h e
e n t r a n c e
e x a m i n a t i o n
i n t o p r e s t i g i o u s Waseda U n i v e r s i y . He r o m i s e d Go d and me h a t
he
would c o n t i n u e
B i b l e
r e a d i n g and p r a y e r and a t t e n d i n g w o r s h i p
s e r v i c e s
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our m a i l i n g s e c r e t a r y and more e c e n t l y
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