Pratt Paul Kathleen 1980 Japan

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CENTRAL

JAPAN

CHRISTIAN

MISSION

7 980

Japan Address

Paul

&

Kathleen

Pratt

1210 Kamikasuya,

Isehara

City, Kanagawa,

259-11

Tel. (0463) 95 1019

friends.

/

(Paul

&

Mark's Epistle)

Forwarding Address

Mrs. Mary Lou Bauer

2910

E.

98th

St.

.

Indianapolis,

Ind., 46280

Tel. (317) 844 3659

Campus Ministry Address

Mark

&

Lynn

Pratt

3182 Toklwa,

Machlda

City, Tokyo, 194-02

Tel. (0427)

97

1914

Vol. XXIII, No.

2,

Summer,

198

Declare

it In the

isles

...

Jer.

31:10

They

say, All good things must come to

an

end . Furlough is a time of

re

and

reminiscence.

I

have my

mother's last

letter. Had she made any last

of us we would

fulfill

them by

all means.

Our Lord

Jesus said,

Go,

all nations.. . Therefore, we must

go. Our

flight leaves

San

Francisco

25th. We hope to attend church

at Sannobara

on

the

27th.

Most

of you

know that

the

Sannobara Church has been contributing

to

a

Japa

missionary

to

Thailand. In November he told

us

about

the

need of the Cambo

refugees

for summer

clothing.

By

December

the church had gathered and

sen

boxes.

Mr.

Hara

of

the Kentucky House

Restaurant saw a

big

opportunity.

H

Club to join

in the

project.

Then, all

the clubs

in

Kanagawa

enlisted and a

T.V,

interview was

held. Recently

10,000 pairs

of

slacks

in. Rotary is paying for and shipping them to the church group in

Thailan

We had ^ usy

April

in

Pa.

We visited my home church in Vanderbilt, then

at

Grindstone, H opwood, Pittsburgh

(Central), Belle

Vernon,

Conneautvj.l

Salem, M eadville,

Carpenter's

Corner,

and

Scottdale. We also

slipped

into

to

participate in the Missions Rally at

Round Lake, and for

programs at

th

and Woodsfield

churches.

We spoke at the chapel service at Eastern Chris

College at Bel

Air, Md.

We started May in Iowa at

Pleasantville,

spoke at

and at

the

Clinton Church. On the way back we kept a d

Mollne,

1 11 . church. We spent

Mother's

Day with

daughter, Lydia

and h

and showed slides

at

the Highview Church. We were in Fairfield, Ohio th

We

then had

fiv6

dates in Indiana

at Mooreland, Indianapolis (Seerley

Japan-Des Moines, Sister Cities

gift

bell in Des Moines

park

First Missions Retreat,

Round

Lake, Ohio

Group picture


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South Bend

(West

Side and Northway) and

Odon.

Two

dates

in

Kentucky

at

and Morning View

Goshen)

and one

at

the Central Church Newton, Illi

the month.

All the Japanese missionaries

know

Velma Held.

She set up dates

for

us in

She

teaches now at Davenport, but has spent

many

years

in

Japan. Likewi

enjoyed visiting

Bill

(U.S.A.F, Retired) and

Margaret

Miller at

Springboro,

a preaching elder and these

are

missionaries in their

own

right.

June will witness two special weddings,

one

in Japan and the

other

at Indi

Sarah daughter of Don

and

Norma)

Burney

will be married

£n the 15th t

Ackers at the

Sannobara Church,

Isehara, Harold Sims will do the

honors.

in our absence and working with the church.

er, daughter of Mary

Lou

and Harry Bauer, our forwarding agents, will

to Robert Stevens at the Central Christian Church, Carmel, Ind. £n June

th. I've

been

asked to perform the ceremony.

Congratulations

to both coup

I

DID YOU KNOW.

..that Mark and

Lynn

have plans to

start construction of

thei

campus building

in March, 1981?...that the first camp week at Shins

Camp

in early

April

was a great

success

with 59 teenagers enrolled?... ha

and

Mieko Yamamoto from Japan joined the Coyle and the Pratt family for

day visit to Williamsburg, Va.?.

.

.that Mark

and

Lynn have

begun,

not one, b

Fellowship Nights

a

week

with Obirin

Students in

their

home?

You

can

save

us

money If you receive Paul's Epistle by direct mail, plea

^

hange

of

address

notice when

you

move. Each returned

'Epistle'

cost

25c

extra and we

still are

not

informed of

your new address.

1f you receive the

'Epistles' in bundles:

(1)

Please post

a copy on the bu

board

at the church

(2) Hand the

other copies

to

interested

persons

per

lly (seldom do

people pick

up these items from

a

table) (3) Put

one

copy

i

church

'missions file'. When you

receive

your copy (1) Read it prayerful

Make a

note

of matters for special prayer.

(3) Share

it with

your

friends.

Suggest any short pertinant items

to

the

preacher for publication in

the

bu

or

in

the church news

sheet. (5)

Set

up an

orderly file for future use.

PRAY . or Mark and

Lynn's

Vision

Campaign

to raise the needed fund

.

.

or Mrs.

Iizuka, who is

ill

and has

come

to

the Lord

through that

illness...

or

Paul

and

Kathleen

as

they leave July 2

term of service in Japan...for planned Summer

Camp

sessions in

..for the Cambodian refugees and for our hostages in Iran.

Have you been

contacted

about

the Vision

Program?

If not,

please wri

Mary

Lou

Bauer, 2910

E. 98th St., Indianapolis, Ind, 46280. f _ o _ r _ j e _ t _ a i l s

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CAMPUS

MINISTRY

— entral

Japan

Christian Mission

CAMPUS MDJISTHY ADDRESS

Mark Lynn Pratt

3182 Tokiwa,

Machida City

Tokyo 19^-02, Japan

Ph. 0427-97-191^

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(Paul

t

Mark's Epistle)

Forwarding Address

Mrs. Mary

Lou Bauer

2910 E. 98th St.

Indianapolis,

IN

46200

Ph. 317-844-3659

CJCM address

Paul

Kathleen Pratt

1210 Kamikasuya, Isehara City

Kanagawa ken 259-lli Japan

Ph.

046>95-1019

Vol.

24,

August, 1980

As we prepared the address labels to send this newsletter to

you,

just

seeing

your names

reminded

us

of

your continued interest in

the

work in

Japan.

Thank

you

all so much.

There is much to tell

you,

as

always:

camp—AND

OTHER

HECTIC

MOMENTS

The

leaders for

the

Obirin

English

Seminar asked

me

again this

year to be

on

their camp

program. This

camp

was strictly

for English

practice, but it gave

me

a

chance

to get

to

know

22 students

a little better. The material

I

prepared was

Bible-centered. I taught

some Christian

songs, and one guy

commented, These songs

are much better

than today's

popular

songs,

because they're about things that will last. I

wasn't

able

to

remain

for

the whole camp. After getting home on Saturday night,

I

unloaded camp bags; then we loaded

other

bags

and the family and headed

for Isehara.

To make a long story short—some lost

keys,

the lateness of

the

hour, the

heat all

spelled frustration.

We

finally had

to break

into

the

house and got to bed about 11:30.

Then up at

S:00 Sunday

morning

to

pick up r a y

folks

at the

airport.

We're

glad to

have

them

back

from Amer ica. The church people

are,

too—especially Mr.

Kato,

who when

he saw

Dad,

jumped

up and gave him a

good

ol' American-style hugi

On

Monday

we

picked

up the

Walter Maxey

family

who had come

from Kagoshima by

car ferry.

And on Tuesday Walter and

I

left by motorcycle for the Japan Christian Convention in

Sapporo. Mary Maxey and their two

kids

stayed and visited

with

Lynn

and

our kids for

the

10

days. We

had

all looked forward to

this

for a long

time. Actually, though,

the motor

c y c l e

t r i p

t u r n e d out t o

b e

v e r y t i r i n g . And M a r y a n d Lynn's v i s i t

t u r n e d

out t o

b e

a lot

of

refereeing

for

the kids. Still, as

the folks

back home used to say,

A

good time was had

by all:

I

returned

from the

convention to

some good

news.

High school

week

of

camp had

been

held;

and three

of

my

Obirin girls

had made

the

decision to

study

the Bible more seriously

toward becoming Christians.

Next

we had a busy week rounding up

kids

for college week of camp which Dad will lead

the first of September. And we prepared

for

junior high week which I

led.

Our good friend

Hideto

Yoshii

came up from Kitakyushu to be our main speaker. We had a great week

even

though

w e only had 8 campers. In class, the

kids asked

questions like: What

is

the dif

ference

between

Buddhism and Christianity? and How do you know Jesus

really resurrected

from

the dead? Even going home in the car, the

campers

were

trying

to quote the

Bible

verses they had learned.

The Obir in Christian

Club

has asked me to have a part in their

camp the

first

of

Sep

tember. Soon after

that

we'll be in full swing with our

really busy

schedule as school

Before the next newsletter is printed,

Robin

Randall

will be

here. We're

thankful for her willingness to

come and work with us for one year.

She

will be

helping with Karis's

school,

some of our English

jobs,

preparation for classes

and

meetings, etc.

She

still

needs regular

monthly

support. Anyone

who

wants to

provide for this 1-YEAR INT ERNSHIP should contact our

s e c r e t a r y . ft''

V'^Bie


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N Q y ^ WHY WOULD ANYONE WITH 20/20 VISION NEED NEW CONTACTS?

Y o u

m a y

h a v e

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

n e w s l e t t e r s d i d

n o t

a p p e a l to y o u f o r m o n e y

f o r t h e

n e w

b u i l d i n g . It h a d b e e n o u r e x p e r i e n c e t h a t g e n e r a l a p p e a l s j u s t d i d n o t

b r i n g

t h e

d e s i r e d r e s u l t s .

So

w e z e r o e d i n on

a

d i r e c t a p p e a l . 2 0 / 2 0 V i s i o n a s k e d

20

p e o p l e t o

e a c h e n l i s t

20

o t h e r s a n d f o r

a l l of t h e m

t o g i v e

a s p e c i f i c

a m o u n t

t o w a r d t h e b u i l d i n g . It

was

hoped

t h a t

this campaign would

bring

in

t h e t o t a l

funds.

T o

d a t e

a r o u n d $ 1 5 * 0 0 0 h a s

c o m e

in. H o w e v e r *

s e v e r a l

p e o p l e c o u l d n ' t

g i v e t h e

r e q u e s t e d

amount. Others felt t h e y c o u l d n o t give at all. This means tha t t here

is still

quite a bit

needed,

altho ugh more is expected

t o

come

in .

Until now, w h e n e v e r you r e c e i v e d a general appeal,

y o u

m a y have b e e n

t e m p t e d

to

t h i n k

one

of two things:

1. "My

gift is

t o o small." It

is often

s a i d

t h a t

" n o g i f t

is

t o o small." This is

cer

t a i n l y t r u e . If e a c h p e r s o n r e c e i v i n g t h e

l e t t e r

g a v e e v e n a

f e w d o l l a r s *

t h e b u i l d i n g

worries would

virtually be

o ve r .

2. "My gift is t o o

big."

Now that soun ds like

a

new onei But isn't it true that we

wonder:

"Oh,

someon e else p r o b a b l y a l r e a d y gave." Or "What will t h e y d o if t h e y g o

over

the goal?" That's

a legitimate

question.

And here's

the

answer: IF we receive more than

t h e

$ 8 0 * 0 0 0 e s t i m a t e d f o r

t h e

b u i l d i n g * t h e r e ' s s t i l l a b o u t S 8 0 , 0 0 0 l e f t t o p a y o n

t h e

l a n d

loan.

You can b e a s s u r e d that Y O U R GIFT

—

hether "too small"

or

"too big" will b e u s e d for

the l a n d / b u i l d i n g p r o j e c t . It will c o m p e n s a t e for o r i g i n a l "20/20 Vision " contacts w h o were

un able t o help.

W e don't

feel it's

wise to wait.

The

value o f our land has doubled in two years. What

if

w e

had

w a i t e d t o b u y ? W o w l

Building

costs, to o,

are s o a r i n g .

This

b u i l d i n g

is

v e r y

simple b y American standards; but it's

a

most important and n ecessary facility

for

the

churches o f Christ in t h e T o k y o

area. At

present all o f

m e t r o p o l i t a n T o k y o

(population:

1 2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 ) o n l y

h a s

9

c h u r c h e s o f C h r i s t .

Y o u

c a n

i m a g i n e w h a t

t h i s m e a n s

if

y o u

c o n s i d e r

what

it'd be like

t o

have

only 9 churches

for the

combined population o f

the

states o f

Illino is, Indiana ,

and

Kentucky Our campus

building will house

the

first church

o f

Christ

in Machida, Tokyo —our

city

o f over a

quarter

o f

a million people. THE

NEED

IS

NOW

The

campus

house/residence

can't become a reality through

our o w n

e ff or ts.

We

k n o w t h a t . B u t it

is

possible

as

you

help us

by

your

prayers" (2 Cor. 1:11, NIV). If y o u

as our

part ners

will j oi n us

in daily prayer, to ge ther

we

ca n

claim

Proverbs 16:3?

Commit

t o the Lord whate ver

you do and your plans will

succeed.

Lynn's

Mom and

Aunt

Norm

a

working

hard on

puttin g to gether

and sending out

info for

20/20

Walter

and I %

take a few

i

minutes

to

rest

on the

^ way t o

Sapporo

Sincerely yours—and

His,


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C E N T R A L

J A P A N C H R I S T I A N M I S S I O N

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p e o p l e

t h a t

w a l k e d i n

d a r k n e s s h a v e

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seen a

great

light:

Isaiah

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&

Furlough A d d » C a i a p u s Ministry Add*

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c / o M r s .

M a r y L o u B a u e r M a r k & L y n n

P r a t t W/

2910 E. 98th St., 3182 Tokiwa,

I n d i a n a p o l i s , Indiana,

46280

Machida C ity, Tokyo , 194-02

Vol.

XXIII,

No.

J , ,

Winter

19

A s

of this writing

just one

month

has

passed since

w e

arrived Stateside.

How

good

is

back It was our

first

C h r i s t m a s w i t h

our

Statesi de family in eleve n years. Yet we

do

and Lynn and

our three grandchildren

in

Japan.

We 'can't

have our cake, and eat

.

I n that month

we were able

to

reach chur ch es

at

Vermillion, Seerley

C r e e k , Mishawa

and LaPorte in I n diana;

the

Bangor , Pleasant View,

and Niles C hur c h es

i n M i c h i g a

the Branch Hill

and

Mulberry C hur ch es in Ohio. How g o o d it

was to

worship with

all

o f y

o n

a

few oc c asions with

Mary J oy ce, Paul

David an d with

Ly dia,

Rick

and

Shara.

Blest

ie that binds our hearts

in

Christian

love".

I n diana has many

c h u r c h e s and many C hur ch es

o f

C h rist.

Yet it

has less.population

o m

over

5,000,000) than Kanagawa Prefectur e (6,000,000) w h e r e w e wor k in Japan. T here a

and th ree co n g regations in Kanagawa.

I s i t

a n y w o n d e r w e

c r y , with Jes

laborer s are few .

Pray

therefore to the

Lor d

of the harvest to send laborers...

W o r d from

Mark in

Japan is,

"Things are doing

well

at

Isehara. We

had 55 out for

the

pr

at Ch ristmas . (At a recent con gregational meeting a head count s howe d 34 active, adul

Sarah Burney, the daughter of Don and

Norma

Burney, Missionaries in Shikoku

is

li

the Isehara

house

ca r r yi ng

a heavy schedule of

teaching there and substituting for Kat

at Obirin Junior

C ollege. Mark p reaches twi ce

a month at

the

Sann obara C hur c h.

Q.

A.

Everywhere

w e

go folks are

eager

to have their

questions

answered. Let me share a few

Is

there

religious freedom in Japan?

Yes. In

some cases

we are

even more

free than in

the

U.S. On

occasion

we have had stre

meetings

without a

permit. Hundreds

of

thousands

of

pieces

of

literature

are

distribu

ed

in high rises without

opposition.

Needless to say, however, family members

exert

u

told

pressure

upon those who try to draw near to the One True God.

The sadness of parting

The

joy of reunion


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Q.

Are Christians actually

cut-off from

their family?

A. In some cases, yes.

This makes

it

necessary that

ties

with b rothers

and sisters in t

Lord

be strengthened.

In

most

casesi however, family

members

try to

isolate the

Chri

tian within the family

so that

he feels like an oddball ,

an

outsider, inside.

Q.

Do

the Japanese oppose your work because of the two atomic

bombs

being dropped?

A. Radicals, yes. And in many cases pacifists do. Howev er, many of the older people w

experienced the

war

know

that

all

of

war is hell and that the bombs came as

a

part

that.

And they see the

tremendous assistance the

Americans gave in

rebuilding

Japan.

course

the

young who

know nothing of the war

by experience

can't relate to it.

Most

the Japanese are anti-war and take for granted that we are too.

Q. How do the

Japanese

accept you as an

American?

A. The average person

is

quite polite to us. How they

feel

or

act

behind our backs

we

not know. Many

being

conscious of

what

others think hesitate

to

be openly friend

unless

we have a

relationship

(teacher-student etc)

with them. Christian Japanese

ar

just like our

American

brothers and sisters

in

Christ.

They

are

colorblind

as we

shou

be. We share joys and sorrows, problems and victories. "Blest

be the tie

that binds

Q.

Do churches

in Japan

become self-supporting?

A. Yes. We

worked with two churches

in Kagoshima and one in

Tokyo

that

have since

becom

self-supporting. Sannobara, likewise

is

paying it s

own way. Now they are

ready

to

as

sist

with

the new

mission project THE

CAMPUS HOUSE. A glance at our financial statemen

for 1979 (available on

request)

will show

that

the

bulk

of funds went

to

pay off a loa

for the

land. FUNDS

ARE NEEDED TOWARD CONSTRUCTION OF THE

CAMPUS BUILDING,

Two

big

things

made

January 13th emorable day.

(1) Bill and

Lois

(Lechlitner)

Merritt

Mishawaka

met

us after the

service

to celebrate

their

29th wedding anniversary. I

had

pe

the

wedding there

on

that

day in 1951.

(2) After

the same service

Mrs Shirley

(Newma

a Bible which

we

had given

her at

the

Branch Hill Church,

Loveland, Ohio

ju

years before.

Her

father had forbid

her to

be bap tized.

She later was baptized, marrie

and is teaching music

in

the public school

and

directing a church choir.

Three

of

our Sannobara Church members

have

been

or will be in

Stateside schools.

Yoshi

has

been living

with

our daughter Mary

in

Boulder, Colorado and attending an Englis

school

there. Sachiko Hashimoto

is

enrolled to study

at

Dallas Christian College fro

fall

semester.

Yuichi Nakagawa, who

attended

one

semester at

the

Cincinnati Bible Colle

year will attend the

Cincinnati Technical College to study Radio and

Television Broadcast

in

the second semester.

God's blessings to each of you.

Jesus promised, "I assure

you

there is no one who has left home

or

brothers

or

sisters.

..

account

of me and the

gospel, but

will

receive a hundred times over

now

in this

life homes

10:29,30) His promise is true. We of all

people

are blessed. Kathleen s sister and

he

(our

forwarding

agents)

have opened their home to us

and

our daughter,

Lydia, and

he

have done

the

same. Everywhere we

go

we have

found

homes for our use

and more

brother

sisters than we

can

count. Our special thanks to all of you,

and

Eraiae to the Lord whos

are so

true.

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saw great

light;.," Matt. 4:16

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Address

Mrs. Mary Lou Bauer

2910

E.

98th St.,

Indianapolis, Ind.

46280

Tel.

(317)

844-3659

Japan Address

Mr. Mrs. Paul Pratt

1210

Kamikasuya,

Isehara City, Japan

259-11

Tel. (0463) 95-1019

Campus Ministry

Mr. Mrs. Mark Pratt

3182 Tokiwa,

Machida

City,

Tokyo

194-02

Tel.

(0427) 97-1914

Vol.

XXIII, No. 5, Autumn, I98

Staff

(U.S.)

o

directors

Mr.

Mrs. Paul Pratt

Mr. S Mrs. Mark Pratt

rs. Mary Lou Bauer

Sec'y.

rs. Polly Wilkinson

arold Akers

arry Bauer

Burnham

Ch.

of Christ

Hara

Pratt

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ginoto

Yaciazaki

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Dear friends.

After seven

and

one-half months with you

all

stateside, we

are

back in

Japan

again.

Mark, Karis and Cason

met

us at

the

airport

early Sunday morn

ing of

the

27th of July. Were we

glad

to see them? Besides

the

instantan

eous reception

that

day,

we were given

an official one on

the 10th

of Augus

Foods tuffs from o ur friends at Northway

in

South Bend and from East Chicago

came early and all of

us

are enjoying

them.

Many, many thanks to

you

all.

Let

us

retrace

our steps for a

moment.

We had spent the first Sunday

of

June in

Michigan,

at

Waldron

and

with the

Fairland

Church,

in Niles. I

spent

one

week

at Michiana Ca mp

while

Kathleen

had a D.V.B.S.

at Highview i

Cincinnati. Together

we spent three

weeks in

D.V.B.S.

at

Seerley

Creek, in

Indianapolis and

at Odon,

Indiana.

I

spoke

at

three

services

at

the

Whetst

Church

at

Anderson, at the Rockville Church and t he

First

Church,

East

Chic

in

Indiana. One more trip into

Michigan

was to

the

Three Oaks

Church

and w

made

it

to

the

Old Union

Church

at Danville,

111.

that

evening. July

was h

and

filled with appointments, packing, travel

and

the reward of enjoyable

sightseeing.

The Wayne Austins and the Harry Bauers gave

us

our first expe

ience of trailer living. Together

we

visited

old

friends

at

North Liberty,

Indiana

and at

the Fifth

Sunday Rally at

the Pleasant View Church, Cassopol

We were

on

our way to the

Fourth

of July Missions Weekend at

Rock

Lake wher

Kathleen and

I

together had seven s peaking appointments in four days. Just

before we loaded

the

car for our

westward

trip, Kathlee n

visited

the ladies

group

at

the

Rockville, Indiana

church.

With an

appointment

to

meet

Mary at Boulder,

Colorado

we

were

happy to

be able to speak for Sherman Nichols in

his

absence at

Colorado

Springs. W

visited the Boulder Valley Church that evening and our

program

was well re

ceived. l i e three of us

thoroughly

enjoyed traveling to L.A. stopping alon

the way to view

those "rocks and rills",

"those

woods

and templed

hills" o

the way.

Gasping for

breath

at Grand

Canyon,

we said

Only God could

do th

h

l Here

grandma

Kathleen, enjoying a visit after church

with

Keiko

who is paralyzed

and

blind.

Youth from our new Shinshu Bi

Camp, hiking and

picking

ber


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We

visited for

two

days at San Bernardino

with Rod and

Debbie Crider, relatives

whom you

served

here with us

while

they

were

in the service.

Shawna

and

Stacey

both

ar

kindergarten. Mary Joyce

left by

plane

from

L.A. back

to

Boulder and

her

job.

AI and Eleanor Hammond, former Japan missionaries, entended gracious hospitality to us fo

days at San Jose

where

they serve

in

the Bible College.

They

escorted us

to our

plane

San

Francisco. Having seen our work across the States

we

must pray for God's total progra

Stan

Buttray completed his camp

facility last December. So

we entered

the first year of

apprehensions. I had the respo nsibility of the University Camp week.

But

went well

and

many

of

the heretofore unconvinced Japanese preachers were very impressed

the wonderful camp

and

it's future prospects. But, students

also

make up

the

camp. All

ed the zeal

of

Asako

from

Isehara. She

attended

three different

weeks

this

year and led

of

her

friends

to

attend.

Mr. Taninari,

former preacher

at

Nakaburi,

has ome

to

work

as

Camp

Assistant

and

we have

joined other Tokyo missionaries in assisting financially.

The

names of

C.J.C.M.

Trustees are listed

on

page one.

They

meet at least

once

each yea

o discuss business and decide in your behalf. In May they accomplished

the

following:

Rog

was re-elected,

Mark

and Lynn were installed

as

co-directors to serve along with the

Ttiey

laid down conditions for the Sannobara

Church to meet

in receiving

1210

Kamikasuya

as a Non-profit Corporation. (l)The church shall budge

wage for it's minister. (2) The house shall

be

made available to missionaries of the Churc

Christ and

Christian

Churches. (3) aving received these properties, the church shall mak

effort to establish other congregations and to assist them financially.

FRUITS OF THE CAMPUS MINISTRY ARE CONSTANTLY APPEARING. Hideto Yoshii, known in

the

U.S

Eddie, was our first

Obirin College student

and assisted

us in

starting

the

Sannobara

Recently he has moved to a

new

housing area in Fukuoka

Ken.

p̂ening

his

home

services

as

of October

3th.

Of course he will preach. Hideto says, "We are considering

church is being planted

by

your C.J.C. Mission in Onga". His address is 33-^

Newtown,

Onga Machi, Onga Gun, Fukuoka Ken, 811-^3i

Japan.

Also,

Reiko

(Takenouchi

of

Obirin

College

was

baptized

seven years

ago. She

is living in

Isehara and

with

husband

is attending our services.

Gasoline in Japan

has

now

reached ^2.30 a gallon

and

up.

Florida grapefruit which

used

each

are now 7 0 < t and up. Not only

imports, but

locally grown

produce such as

pota

at

200

apice for the

medium

sized ones.

THE

CAMPUS MINISTRY IS

FACING

A

DEADLINE

THE

TOTAL

PAYMENT

OF

APPROXIM.\TELY

53

LUMBER AND

SUPPLIES

HAVE

BEEN

ORDERED FROM

9,000 MtJST

BE

MADE

WHEN THEY

ARE

SHIPPED IN

NO-

TO DATE 4 TOTAL OF $l6,000 HAS BEEN

RAISED

THRU THE 20/20 VISION PROGRAM. EVEN IF Y

NOT BEEN APPROACHED

BY

SOMEONE, COULD YOU CONTRIBUTE AT THIS VITAL TIME? PRAY PRAY

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You haven t

forgotten

to pray

for

us, have you?

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