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Paul s

Epistle

KYUSHU CHRISTIAN

WISSIDN X

The

people that walked in darkness have

seen a great light:

roraardino Address

( V l r s ,

Polly Wilkinson

23769 West Edison Road,

South Bend, Indiana, 4662B

Isaiah 9:2

Overseas

Address

Paul and

Kathleen

Pratt

1210

Kamikasuya,

Isehara

Kanagauta Ken,

Japan. 259-

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Dear friend,

Bible

CorresDondanca.

Kinderqarten. Ad^Vanoelism.

Campus

EvanQelism

April,

1970,

Vol.

13, No.

2.

Nine

of our

graduates

with

part

of

ship s

company

Sugimoto

at right, Lambdin in the rear

Since

our

last letter,

various

of our friends

have

sacrificed in order to provide for our needs.

F r o m w h a t w e

h e a r

t h e y

h a v e

b e e n b l e s se d i n r e t u r n .

^g ' ' ?

- ' . A

j J H B I l

is Ule

P l y reply

certainly

ready

He

had such

a

hard

time mustering up

courage

to

he called me

by

long

distance

to

say, Umaku Iki-

m a s h i t a

( a l l w e n t w e l l ) I

t h a n k e d

G o d

f o r g i v i n g o f o u r

g r a d u a t e s

a m i r a c l e

i n a n s w e r t o t h e p r a y e r s o f s o m a n y . O n w i t h p a r t o f s h i p s c o m p a n y

S u n d a y h e t e s t i f i e d ,

I

r e a l i z e t h a t C h r i s t ' s S u g i m o t o

a t

r i g h t , L a m b d i n

i n

t h e r e a r

resurrection

is real, for he has risen in

my own

heart. He

will

be baptized, Saturday.

Give

and

it

shall be

given unto you. This applies to congregations as well as to in

dividual Christians.

We

are giving up seven graduates to churches elsewhere. Others will be

working with us.

And we ere

gaining

volunteers,

too. Some of the seniors

have

been trying

to at least find their own replacement among underclassmen;

Some

prospects seem to be in the

wings

ready

to

make

their decision. Fukuzako

San,

(formerly

a

Bible class

student of mine

at

Kajiki)

comas to

be

trained for teaching

in our

Sunday School. Kathleen will be able to

con

tinue teaching at Oberlin Junior High

School

this coming

semester.

The Lord

has used

her

in

reaching

and

bringing others from this school.

So.5 C.E.Lambdin. is

looking forward

to enrolling in a Bible College

upon

his

discharge

from

the army

this

fall. Kubono San from Tokyo

came with

a

singing group

to

help

with

our

evangelistic meeting. He met Prof. Shimada from Osaka Bible Seminary

and

later made his de

cision to enter

at

O.B.S. following graduation from W aseda

U.

Hideto

Yoshii

graduated

from

Oberlin U.

and

accepted a position at Haneda Airport in

order

to

be

able to

continue working with

our congregation.

He lived with

us for two

years

and so

honored us by giving

us a place beside

his father and mother in

the parents'

section at the

graduation

exercises. Also,

in the

absence

of her

parents. Wise Indo

invited

us

to be her pa

rents at Keisen

Junior

College graduation exercises. Wise Kikawa

who

formerly

taught

in the

Kajiki Kindergarten was married in March. She teaches at the Nursery School which

the

Julius

Fleenors have at Shinjuku. The Domen family seems to be following the pattern

we have

eet.

They now have two boys. She is the former Hideko

Yabijju,

the talented blind singer. They

look

forward eo

much

to

the prospect of

evangelistic work.

Often churches are built in units. But, did you

ever

hear of^ roup building their

baptistry first? That

is

precisely what we are doing. There

is

great enthusiasm in

our

group

to

have a beautiful pond, rock garden and baptistry built

soon. It will

be located

between our house and the plam^ed church building.



Mr, and

Mrs. Ernie Craanuiood of the Harris

Prairie

Church,

Granger,

Indiana and their daughter and her husband John Everett

took a

detour

from

their tour

to

visit

at Isehara,

In

Arelne's

words, "You

gave

us a real taste of Japan". The word 'taste'

here surely includes smells, sights end congested traffic.

Need

less

to say,

we

enjoyed their fellowship and

their

impressions.

The Christian Academy

(Mary's

school) finished their first

undefeated

season

in

basketball. They

took the

Christmas Tourney,

the

Kanto

Plains League title and the Far

East Tournament.

Paul David

will

graduate from Purdue University on

June

8t h

and be commissioned in the U.S.Air Force

the

next day. Evidently

he

made

his decision to be

a

pilot about nine years ago. He and

Mark often

went to

watch the planes

at

Kagoshima

Airport.

Since

communications are done in English, they were often invited

into

the

tower

and talked by radio

to pilots

flying

in

the area.

Paul Mark

readying Bible Story Books

Mark and Lvdia are

included

in a team of

nine called

The

1 9 6 1

^ ^ ^ h a v Q S i n o e r a c o m i n g

t o J a p a n

a b o u t

J u n e

1 6 t h .

(1)

E a c h s t u d e n t

will

raisie'his

own round trip fare by working, getting help from .

p a r e n t s ,

f r i e n d s

a n d f r o m

h i s c h u r c h . (2)

l e

a r e t o p r o v i d e f o o d

a n d l o d g i n g d u r i n g

t h e i r

^

stay

in

Japan.

Offerings received

on

the evangelistic tour will

be

applied toward

transports-

(

tion inside Japan.

The incomplete

schedule is

as follows: June 19-21 -

Osaka, Missionary Con-

/

vention

Youth

Leadership;

June 26-31 - sehara and Tokyo

Evangelism;

July

-

Osaka, Hiroshima, ;

Shikoku, Okayama, Kita

Kyushu

and Kagoshima;

August

1-8 - Hokkaido; August 9-15 -

Tokyo Area

\

C a m p ,

M o t o s u ; A u g u s t

1 6 -

K a r u i z a w a

C a m p , W e e k o f E v a n g e l i e m . A u g u 8 t _ 2 6 t h , r e t u r n . S o m e h a v e

o f f e r e d to s e n d f o o d - s t u f f s . M a i l i n g

is q u i t s

e x p e n s i v e so c a s h w i l l h e l p

p r o v i d e

f o r this

^

group. May

Ist

is the deadline for

full

payment of the round trip

fares

of the group.

Everyone's <64 question:

What will be the

outcome if

the

income

is less than the outge?

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NEW KINDERGARTEN YEAR BEGINS AT KAJIKI WITH SO

STUDENTS

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KAJIKI CHRISTIANS TOWARD REBUILDING

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JAPAN WHEN

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FOR THE

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SINGERS TOUR

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Christian Mission


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PAUL S

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KYUSHU

CHRISTIAN

MISSION

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have

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nes

seen a great

light:?)

Isaiah

9:2

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Forwarding Address Overseas Adress

Mrs. Polly Wilkinson

Paul and

Kathleen Pratt

23769WestEdisonRoad 12

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Ad'Vangelism. CampusEvangelism

Bible Correspondance

Campus

Evangelism

June,

1970;

Vol. 13, No.3

Dear

friend.

Our

prayers are

being answered* The very successful

All-Japan Oiristlan Convention

disclosed three thingsl

H-) The

growing

number of

capable * l a y »

leaders

(2)

prevail

ing spirit of

optlmi»

and

(3) a

sense of

the

importance

of Christian

Homes and

the

home meetings*

Here

at

Isehara we have

one

of

the

home

meetings*

While

X

have not as

yet been able to teach

in

the Tokai University,

I

am auditing classes* This has given

me several contacts* Kathleen is continuing to

teach

at Oberlin Junior Hi^ and K eisen

Junior College* The Lord supp lied the needed funds

for

each

of

the am bitious Ohio

Sing

ers*

The total

round-trip payment was just four days late* Of course they accepted it,

thou .̂

A n

extra

car has been

made available

to us

which

seems to us now as

more

prac

tical

than the microbus we had asked for*

We

thank you

for

praying and Him

for

faith

fully answering*

Paul David

will

be commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U.S*

Air

Force on June

6th. His graduation

Trcm

Purdue University will

be

on

J u n e

7th* Many

things

have co n

tributed

to

his being able

to

reach

this day* Certainly

the

Lord's p rovision is at the

top

of the list* Since his parents are

Indiana

citizens his first two year®' tuition

was provided by the state* Upon

entering

advanced R.O.T.C* he was honored with a

scholarship from the U.S*

Air

Force. He has never had a

lot of spare

time since he

waited on tables in the dining hall and

served

at

the reception

desk in his hall* Of

course

there were many hours of actual fli^t training*

The

Julius

Fleenors opened their

Karuizawa

Qiristian Camp to a Spiritual Life Camp

for our M*K.'3 (missionary kids) during

the

Easter

Vacation.

It was

greatI And

just

what

the d o ^ c t o r ordered for the teac hers, too* The Fleenors

also

invited me to conduct

a two

hour

weekly class in

their

Leadership Training

School

at Shimoochiai

from

April

to

June* We are

studying

The History of

Missions." We hav e nine students*

By the time this reaches you the Church Growth Seminar will be history. We are sony

that the doctor's recommendation made

it

necessary for President Woodrow Phillips to can

cel the trip* Th e Bible lectures assigned to

hi

will be handled b y the other three mem

bers. Prof*

Don

DeWelt will speak

on

"The Preparation and Use

of

Christian Literature."

Prof* Conley Silsby will discuss "Employing Radio and T.V.

in

Church Extension."

Prof.

Gordon~Clymer will challenge us with the theme

"Searching

Out And

Training

Leaders

For

Church Growth.

The

Chio

Singers will be on their

way to Japan on June

l^th* Nino

of

the eleven team

members

are

pictured here* AlT of these except

MarFl atthewB

(Mount Healthy H*S* senior)

are students at C.B.S* Eileen Mounts is a former student and Carolyn Barricklow is a

graduate of Czark Bible

College*

The team is scheduled for at least

3̂

appearances

at

evangelistic meetings schools, colleges, hospitals etc*

in

10 areas

of

Japan* It is

no t

too

late

for

those

of you who have

heard

that 'still small voice' urging you to

partici

pa te in their unique effort*

In

the meantime

The

Ohio

Singers

have been

having

an enjoyable

time with

weekly re

h e a r s a l s , t h e l e a r n i n g oF^panese s o n g s , a n d

in

s p e c i i T a p p e a r a n c e s as a g r o u p at m o r e

than

a

dozen

different plac es. Their longest

journey

was to Decataur, Georgia, Here

a r e s o m e q u o t e s

from a few of

t h e i r l e t t e r s *

"The

L o r d h a s b e e n b l e s s i n g m e

in

every as

p e c t o f

p r e p a r a t i o n

f o r

t h e

t r i p * "It i s

s o o b v i o u s

t h a t

t h e L o r d

i s

ri^t h e r e w i t h

u s ,

s o m e t i m e s its a l m o s t s p o o k y. "Just s e e i n g

w ^ i a t p e o p l e

a r e w i l l i n g t o

g i v e

for h e L o r d ' s

work is a thrill in itself." "God is really bl essing us in so

many

ways."

The Sannobara

Church has

increased

its Sunday School to

three classes. Mary is one of

the Tiachers. We also have

a

monthly street meeting at the station and evangelistic sei^

vice* The

youth

meetings have

picked up

interest with the beginning of the

new

school

tem* The

church

has given $^5 to missions

and set aside

twice that amount

toward

our

building

fund during t h e last

four

months. The congregation intends to bear the full ex

pense

of

our June meeting with the Ohio Singers.

BROTHERS

PRAY

FOR US

I

Thes.

525

lURCH GROWTH SEMINAR

IN PROCESS

AS THIS

LETTER

GOES TO PRF^SI IPRAY THE NEEDS

OF

THE OHIO

JINGERSra

BE

SUPPLIED AND

FOR

LASTING RESULTS IPROSPECTS AT ISEHARA POINT TO A POSSIBLE]

SST SOON MILTON

JONES FAMILY RECENTLT ADDED TO

OUR

JAPAN

MISSIONARY FORCE PRAY THE

WILKINSONS WILL FIND SUPPORT

TO

JOIN OUR CREW

OF

WORKERS SOON IPRAY

FOR

HO^~braNiNGSl

MEETINGS fPRAY WE CAN HAVE MORE RESPONSE FROM OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN

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follouting

his discharge

is

now in C.8.5. preparing t o come

back. Again a

strong challenge was given

to the

Ohio Sing

ers by the chapel speaker

at

i l o t o s u Camp. "Please con sider

preparing yourselves

for

futu re missionary

work

in

Japan",

he invited.

In

Okayama,

a young

g irl from a

blacklisted family in

her community became

accepted by the church grou p as a

re

su l t o f

their

visit. One of their guides, a dental student,

confessed, "Uhen I

began

this

summer

with you I was

an

ag

nostic. Now I see the possibility o f the existence o f an

Almighty

Creator."

There

is

cause for

praise to the

Lord in

the wo rds of some preachers and missionaries.

"This

is the

greatest crowd we've

had

in

my ten year

ministry

here."

"This

meeting

has

broken the ice for our work in the

commu

nity.

We've

uncovered

many

prospects we didn't know ex

isted

i n this

villiege."

You

have

heard us

refer repeatedly t o

the

regular meet

ings

we

have been holding in the home of the little deaf

girl. The preacher at the

nearby Christ

Church where they

attend

i s

being forced t o retire because of i l l health.

We

have been

invited to

assist this congregation. Dur

first

meeting with them

coincided

with the

Ohio Singers' program.

All my fears about food,

lodging

and

transportation f o r

the group were removed

as

He provi ded. He used

you,

mission

ary

associates, gen erous

Japanese Christians and

ah

insurance

loan

to

meet the

need.

This

latter,

too, he will

supply.

We

needed not t o worry

about

the language problem either. C l a r k

and Lydia both were wall-blessed with a recall of what

they

had

learned.

They explained

the songs and I preached. We

always had

three

or

four willing students traveling with the

group as guides

and interpreters

for

them.

Fukuzako San and

Goto San, Isehara Christiana helped greatly by going along

and

giving t heir

testimonies. Yoshii San preached

there.

We

must

use

a sentence t o say "A mil lion thanks"to the

eleven,

the very

finest

youth

which

our

churches have produ

ced. To Carolyn Barricklow, Rick Brouillette, Georgia Brown,

Jerry Carter, Jenna and

Lynn

Lusby, Clark

Ctatthews,

Eileen

mounts,

Lydie and Clark

Pratt and Vicki

Richardson

we

say,

"Congratulations

On the successful

completion of your

first

missionary

journey. Yo u will never be the

same.

Neither

wi l l

Japan.

I'm sure

your feelings are

expressed by the song

which

Carolyn

composed.

'Fly

away,

fly

away

into

the

blue,

"Where

is my

heart? its been torn

in

two;....What

can-I -do

—

but

come

back t o

you

(Japan). Please

do "

And

I know I'm

s p e a k i n g

f o r t h o u sa n d s o f

J a p a n e s e . : y

j k

At Peace Park, Hiroehima

Lydia

& Cilsan with

English

Ciaaa

Uicki,

counselling;

C l r s . Akiyama,

baptized at Isehara Before

the. Kamakura Buddah

Kyushu Christian mission


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