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KYUSHU CHRISTIAN

WISSION

The people

that

tualked in dark ness have

seen a

great light: Isaiah

9:2

Formardino Ad dress O y j e j o s e a ^ f r d d r e s g

Wrs,

Polly

Wilkinson and Kathleen Pratt

2 3 7 6 9 W e s t E d i s o n

R o a d t ^ 1 2 1 ^ J ^ f n i k a s u y a » I s e h ^ j M s f C h o »

South

Bendy

Indiana,

46628 Kanagawa~~Ksn7~da|^

Bible Correspondence. Church Planting.

Kindergarten*

Ad-vanoelism. Radio.Campus Evanoelis

February,

1969

Dear Co-laborer,

People like you

inspire,

encou rage and invigorate those whom you sustain

through

prayer

and

living

giving*

As we have told

you before,

you are

a

very special

people in

God 's sight*

We are

confid ent that the evangelization of

Japan

is most significant in

spreading

the

Gospel to

all

the world*

Happiness

is being a part of

God's

eternal plan*

Mr* Voshino (Goodfield) wrote us recently,

'Every

day

my

life is very fine in

Christ*

And day by day my

prayers

are

being

answered and my

faith

grows

stronger.

So

I

am very thankfu l

to our Lord

and

to my teacher, l * l r . Pratt*' This young

man

is a

senior in the university* We

find

the college

campus

ministry very rewarding, and

we

pass this

word

of thanks

on

to you

who

make it

possible

for us to

be

there to lead these

youth to know Christ*

We are

often asked, Are

you accepted

in

that

country?

What

do

they think

about

your

going there to teach Christianity?

'I

think

that

you

are an ambassador

from the

Kingdom of Heaven to this world,'

wrote a

former

neighbor

and

pen friend, Yug o Wori* 'And

I

think also you

are a

modern

John who wears

a

nice suit and drives a very nice car instead of

wearing raiment

of

camel's hair and eating locu sts and wild

honey*

I am missing you often and

wish

to see

your pleasant

and happy

face

and

hear your cheerful

speech.

You may

wish

to stay in

your

own country

as

long

as

you can,

but I wish

you would

coma

back to this cou ntry,

and the sooner the

better*'

Hideto Yoshii, the college stu dent who

lived with

us for almost two

years,

wrote,

'Well, it

is

getting near June

of

this year*

When

are

you

coming

back

to

your

second

home, Japan? To

all

of you who

ask

this same question

we

reply, We lan to

return

in

September, sooner or later, the Lord willing*

The

Lord has

provided

all our needs in the

past*

Sometimes He has

provided

not a

dollar

more, and sometimes the

day before*

We

have no reason tc doubt that

He

will

supply

this

need at this time, also*

We

pray these words

that

Solomon wrote, recorded in

Proverbs 30:8,9* 'Remove far

from me vanity

and

lies: give me neither poverty nor

riches;

feed

me

with food

convenient

for me: Lest

I be

full,

and deny

thee,

and

say.

Who

is

the

Lord? or

lest

I be

poor,

and

steal,

and take the name

of

my

God

in

vain.

Pray with

us about the

ADvangelism, evangelism

and

college

campus

ministry

in this

strategic field that is wide open to

the gospel*

f r i a r y

Joyce is looking forward to our return to Japan and

her junior

and senior

years

at Christian

Academy* Lydia, well acquainted at C*B,S*, is makirg

plans

now

f or

dorm life

here beginning

in

the fall* Singing groups

and the basketball

team make life

interesting

for Wark

here at

the

Seminary*

Thank s to those churches

that

have continued

help

toward

his schooling and books* Paul, at Purdue is in line for pilot training with

the Air

Force*

As

for the

two of us,

we're

storing

u p

the

things learned this year

in

preparation

for

our new term of

service.

A

hearty

vote

of thanks

to all of you faithful

from

all of

us* God is

able to

provide you with

every

blessing in

abundance,.**'

Sayonara,



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C O

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KYUSHU CHRISTIAN

WISSIDN

The people that walked in

darkness

have

seen

a

great

light:

ForwardinQ Address

Wrs. Polly Wilkinson

23769 West Cdison

Road,

South Bend, Indiana,

46626

Isaiah 9:

Overseas Address

Paul

and

Kathleen

Pratt

1210

Kamikasuya, Isehara

Cho,

Kanagauta

Ken,

Japan. 259-11

Bible

Correspondence.

Church Planting.

Kindergarten.

Ad-vanoelism.

Radio. Campus

Cvanoelism

Lydia

JUNIOR

TO PLAN

INSP CE

P ? i u l S . Pratt r . , son nfRev.

Mrs.

Paul S.

Pratt

S r . ,

South

Bend

r e s i d e n t . s , i s

of

Purdue

Air

ROTC

-

c i a s . s

i n -

i n

p l a n

a

space

with a c e t {

l i f e

f o r

a i t y

persons

would

two years

space.

semester

involves

i n

a

paulpratt

. s u p p o r t

system and

n d u s t r y .

an

n d u s t r i a l management

i s

p a r t i c i p a t i n g i n

p l a n *

t h e c i t y ' s i n d u s t r y .

f f l

ark Wary

Sra

une. 1

Dear Christian Friend,

We thank you and God will bless you for your financial support

unceasing prayer

for Japan.

It

doesn't

saetn possible, but it must

be

true because we have b

sending out announcements that read,

'The

Class of Nineteen Hundred S

ty-Nine of Western

Hills High School announces its Commencement Exerci

Wednesday

evening,

June eleventh

at

eight o'clock. University of Cinc

nati

Field

House',

The

name

card enclosed

is

that of Lydia

Pratt,

It

seems

such

a

few

years ago that

Lydia

was

born in Mishawaka, I

iana while Paul was preaching at the

1 V 1 I L 6 U R N

BLUD,

congregation, (one

the

congregations

that

has

supported our

work

since

we

went to Japan

1950). Lydia is enrolled

in

the Cincinnati

Bible

Seminary and is look

foreward to

rooming

with

Joy

Lewis,

a kindergarten

classmate

and fri

from VANDALIA, hilCHlGAN. (The

Uandalia

congregation, after adding us

its

regular giving provided us with a substantial sacrificial offerin

Easter time. For two

years

now, the BRANCH

HILL CHURCH,

Loveland, O

another former

ministry

has

also

been having a

regular part

in our wo

A ll four of

our

children

are Christians

seeking

God's

leading

for

th

lives. Any investment in the education of a missionary 's c hildren is

wise

one.

We are forever grateful to

all

of you.

^

clippino

from the May 8. 1969 South B e n d

Tribune.

ANSWERS

TO

PRAYER-

f f l r s ,

Daikuzono,

preacher's

wife at Kaj iki has b

released from

the hospital

The

enrollment

of the

kindergarten

Kajiki

is

sixty-six

students, almost

double that of

last

y ear......

Japan Christian Convention

this

year was the best ever'. Eleven

M

sionaries

were

honored

by

the

Japanese

for having given

twenty

years

more

service

to Japan......Mr. Homori,

our student in

O.B.S.

is

evang

izing in

his hometjJwrr"ar8a,

Kajiki, during

his

summer vacation.

.

e v a n g e l i s t i c ^ j D e i f i C i n g

w i t h

t h e

S G U T H S I D E

C H U R C H , D a n v i l l e , 1 1 1 , ( a r e g u

suppdrting*^hurch) resulted in^four baptisms.. Bro, Thomas More has

b

caM^dô

t h e

m i n i s t r y t h | , » d ^ . . ., t

t h e M i s s i o n

E m p h a s i s W e e k a t C . B

l ^ l a f i C j i y b l i c a H y d e d i c a j t d ^ h i m s e l f t o S e r v e as a m i s s i o n a r y

i n

w h a t e

f i e l d

G T o c .

r e a d s V . ^ ^ H ^ r e e ^ o t h e r s p l e d g e d t h e m s e l v e s

t o

J a p a n , o n e o f w

w a s S y l v i a

^ i m s ^ ' ^ ^ a r k

w a s

p r e s e n t e d

w i t h

a t r o p h y o n H o n o r s D a y as h

rebounHef

dh

the basketball team.

An

'apple of

gold' (P roverbs 25:11) "If I've helped

you, pass

it

with ood deed to someone else. This is what my mother-in-law s

to

me

when I

thanked

her

for

helping us when one of the

children

was b

This was

the

principle she lived by and

one

of many which she taught

children,

relatives, neighbors

and friends. Few women are as blessed

I by

the

life

of

such a

godly mother-in-law.

Mrs, Roger

Burnham,

a

member

of the NORTHWAY CHURCH,

South

Bend, I

has

been

serving

as

mailing secretary

for us.

Thanks

Betty, for

giv

of

yourself

in this

way.

This

c ongregation, too, has shared with us

the past eleven years in these labors. Please report any new addres

or chanoe of address to

her

at

19194 Helen,

South

Bend. Ind. 46637.

will save

us lOp on every letter

by giving

us this change.

We return to Japan in September. Now unto Him that is able to

exceeding abundantly above all that

we ask

or

think,.."

(Eph.

3:20)



\

K Y U S H U C H R I S T I A N W I S S I D N

J "The

people

that walked in darkness

a/

s e e n

a g r e a t l i g h t :

j f J

F o r m a r d i n o A d d r e s s ^ - ^ w ^ s W a s A d d r e s s iT*

W i l k i n s o n

T,

ûl

n d

K a t h l e e n

P r a t . t ^

2 3 7 6 9 W e s t E d i s o n

R o a d »

^ • « l Z i O ^ K a m i k a s ^ a y : - 4 s B f i a r a

C h o ,

TT7

South

Bend* Indiana, 4662B

Kanagawa ên,

Japan.

259-11

Bible CorresDondence. Church Plantinq, Kindergarten. Ad-vanoelism. Radio. Campus Cvanoelism

September,

19

Dear

Christian

Friend,

**What

made us friends,

you

and

?•••• I think I know

the

reason why*

T

best

in me and

the

best in

you*..* Hailed each other

because

they

knew****

Th

always and always since life began***Our being

friends

was a part of God's plan

"Time flies like

an arrow*"

The

study and fellowship

here at

C*B*5* has i

spired

and envigorated us and

we

return to irhe work with renewed zeal and hop

These

are days

of tearful

farewells but

we really wouldn't

have

it any

other

wa

"He

that

goeth forth

and

weepeth, bearing

precious

seed, shall doubtless co

again with

rejoicing,

bringing his sheaves

with

him*

(Psalms 126:6)

As

of

August 26th Marv Joyce was

on

her way

back

to Japan* alone*

She

wi

be

a

full

time boarder at the

Christian

Academy dorm until we arrive Sept*

29t

We

will

leave Chicago at 11:45 AM aboard Northwest Airlines' flight 3 that da

Speaking of

our return,

we are happy for the

renewed

invitation from Mr* liji

representing the Tokyo preachers*

"We always remember you

in our

prayer and

are looking

forward to

seeing you here in Japan again* The

Hammonds

and the

Pattons

are

going home

next year*

We need you,

so please prepare your

w y for

coming

to

Japan*

God

bless

you

all in every w y and let

us

see you

here

and

work together for the victory of God. With love in Christ*

Y^r

brother

in Jasus,

W e

h a v e b a d n e w s f r o m a c r o s s t h e P a c i f i c * I n

m i f ^ f t u g u s t

t h e ^ K s j i k i c h u r c

building in Kagoshima was lifted off the floor and turned into rubble

by a

t

phoon*

The church has arranged to borrow more

than

S800 toward

repair

of t

kindergarten's tile roof* The group will

meet there

until such

a

time as f25

or

so is

provided

for a reinforced concrete block structure to replace the

fra

structure which was demolished* Please pray for

the

group and-forward -any-gif

earmarked as

such

to

23769 W. Edison

Rd^,

South

Bend, Indiana, 46628*

iSii'



22rid

NATIONAL

MISSIONARY

SEPTEMBER 3-26.1969

CIVIC AUDITORIUM

KNOXVILLE,TENNESSEE

Susumu

Kojima

Lived

with our family

With'

his

Christian bride

He is now at U« of Chi.

August seems to be the month for family

reunions

in the

U.S.

On

August

17t

had

a kind of ^Japanese family'

reunitfn,

too. The

Bob

Warrick

family (o

from Tokyo)> Hope and

om

Schmidt, Sylvia Sims (daughters of the Harol

, Tokyo), and

Goro

Kuwabara

(senior student

at C.B.S.) all joined

our

famil

occasion was

the

coming of

Mr.

Yoichi Muto to

Cincinnati.

He has been

time

preacher

of the

gospel in Tokyo and conducts our correspondance cours

ion

to

teaching English and Bible at

the

Y.M.C.A. there. He was able

t

e to the U.S.

as one of three supervisors

of a group of

52

students in

a

Y.M

er study

course at

the

University of

Louisville.

The

next week was a repeat performance with a different

ter Sargeant Bill Miller and

his

family

brought Mrs. Exie

Tokyo) and Susumu

Kojima to our

home. Susumu

became

ago under Mrs. Fultz' leading and

was honored by

his

b

two years study at the University of Chicago toward his

management.

The Bill

Millers

were

a tremendous

help

family in Japan during

their three

years of

service

address

in

Chicago

will be International House. 1414

fllinois. 60?3T.

group of

visitors

Fultz (on

furloug

a

Christian

twelv

ank with the

chanc

masters degree i

to the entire mis

with the Air Force

59th

St.,

Chi

Wb praise God for good

news

from across

the Pacific.

Noriko

Ayabe,

a forme

of ours at

Isehara

and Mr.Sakuramoto, a fiiend at Kobe were

both

baptize

Both

of them, having had a

time making decisions bear

fin

for Christ.

Paul

David spent the month

of

August

in training

at Gunter Air Force Base

served

as

commander

of his

unit,

attained a high

reting

and gained ex

in

flying a jet. Mark had a

full-time

job

until

his scheduled week o

up and then joined

Pzôf.

Biays

for a canoe tri p up into Canada

begins his

sophomore

year at C.B.S, Lvdia is living

in

the dormitory an

forward

to

her f reshman

year at the Seminary.

We naturally

agree

wit

McReynolda who

has oft

repeated

that The best dollar

you'll ever invss^ ^ ^

which

you

send to aseist

a

loyal

Bible college.

O n August Ist w e met w i t h fifteen

m e n

from u p l i i j ~ f t ^ i i i ^ i i i n i i i i i

S o u t h

B e n d a r e a

t o c o n s i d e r

t h e s e t t i n g u p c w j ^ e t f i ^ a d v i s o r y

b o a r d l ^ T h e f o l

t h e n

d e c i d e d : (1) T h e A d v i s o r y B o ^ r d i ^ w i l l

b e

h e l p f u l

a s

a - ' ^ s p o n s i b l

and

for consultation on business and 2)

1 0 sponsoring congregations

i n

that a r B a ^ B n r e d ' ' ' ' t B ^ o T n t to it as a lo

ter

for such

a body.

So,

two men

(the

preacher and an

elder

each

church could participate

in such

a

meeting. (3) Other sponsoring con

the

South Bend area shall be given an invitation

to partici

in

decisions as

they are able to attend or

by

expression of their

opinion

absentee

letters. (4) Mr. Ernie Wilkinson is to serve

as

go-between fo

and

as chairman of such mee tings.

Brethren,

pray

for

us.

Pratt Paul Kathleen 1969 Japan

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