Pratt Paul Kathleen 1985 Japan

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CENTRAL JAPAN CHRISTIAN MISSION INC.

The people which sat in darkness saw great light;..." Matt. "tilSJapan Address

Mr. & Mrs. Paul S. Pratt1210 Kamikasuya,Isehara City,Kanagawa Ken, 259-11, JapanTel. (0U63) 95-1019

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Mrs. Mary Lou Bauer Mr. & Mrs. Pai2U0 West Elbert St., 1210 Kamikasu;Indianapolis, Indiana, Isehara City,

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Dear friends.

The little note at right was at-tached to a beautiful basket of flow-

ers given to us at the Anniversary pro-gram. It says, "Many thanks for yourmany years of evangelism in Japan. Wepray God's protection for you so youcan continue on into the future." It

is signed on behalf of all the people .at Sannobara Church. You, too, whohave continued sharing in this work in ^^Bjjthe past are no small part of all thatis accomplished. We thank you!!

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We are happy to announce that Mary Joyce will be married to ^ s, ,Steve Sawch on April 13, 1985- The ceremony will be held at the *Brookville Christian Reformed Church, Long Island, New York. Wewill be in the States for the wedding and I will 'give the bride ^H||||^KEPaway* and gain a son. Steve is an engineer for a constructionmanagement firm in New York City. Mary Joyce is serving as anOccupational Therapist with a children's school on Long Islandwhere they will be living. The two met while she was studying p|fon her masters at U.S.C. and Steve was doing the same at Stan-ford. All of us certainly ask the Lord's blessings on you both. ^

Central Japan Christian Mission has been undergoing somechanges recently. In recent Trustees* Meetings Harold Akers waschosen to serve as Executive Director under the trustees. Carl ic 'Chapman was elected as a trustee and to serve as Director of Fi-

nance. Richard Coyle, who has been serving as Mark and Lynn'sForwarding Secretary will be Director of Recruiting and Market-ing (Public Relations). Carl, an elder of the Central Christian h'Sk 3^'Church, Carmel, Ind. is a CPA working for Arthur Anderson Co.Richard Coyle is a financial analyst with Digital Equipment Co.He is an elder at the Highview Church in Cincinnati, 0. w t ^

Mary Joyce and SteveMark and I_ each had about 80 students in our Bible Seminar classes at Obirin College. We

have a ̂ 0 minute study followed by the same amount of time in chapel, both required. Our textfor the study was "Is Jesus God or Just a Carpenter?" (an exact translation of the Japanese).In a survey following the course we got replies from ̂ students, 67_ of whom declared "I believe Jesus is God". Eight others said, "My faith in God is stronger because of this study",and 23 persons reported "I was made to think more deeply about God than ever before".

Mr. Stephen li.jima, Minister of the Minato Church, Yokohama will lead the Sannobara Churchin its spring evangelistic meeting in our absence. The dates are March 9th and 10th. Be inpray with us for the several prospects.

Also for the next ten weeks, Mrs. Leone Cole, veteran missionary living in Tokyo will conduct a course in "The Christian Family". Eight have registered for the full ten week courseand still others are interested. Generally mothers in Japan are interested in ways to bettertheir family relations and are concerned about how to train their children in this changing age.We have sold several copies of James Dobson's book, "Dare To Discipline". Pray for this effort.

Thanks to a special gift from the Northway (South Bend) Primary Church kids we were ableto add "The Ten Commandments" (English and Japanese) to our video library. We still have oursights set on the Genesis Project. Both "The Book of Genesis" and "The Gospel of Luke" are inJapanese and English.

Even though the Community Christian Church, Lake Worth, Fla. has been serving with us justa few years they have increased their giving in that time. Brother Jim Greenwood, the Ministerin expressing his regrets that the church could not increase it this year voiced a prayer thatour dollar would increase its value against the yen. This prayer has been answered. While wegot yen for each dollar during 198^, already this January we have gotten 257 to 259 yen forthe same dollar. Our God surely works in various ways his wonders to perform.

Some of you have not heard from Hideto and Masako

ist establishing a church in his own home. During the ..

lish teacher and Chaplain at a mission school near his W^home. We are proud of the fact that he has been chosen W I ito give the keynote message at the 36th Annual All-Japan ■Church of Christ Convention this summer. His address is I35-5 Daiya Newtown. Onga Cho, Qnga Gun, Fukuoka Ken, Bll- 143. Japan. Why don't you drop him an encouraging line.

A recent visitor at Sannobara was George Bodine of

Our church people, who had been reading about efforts tosend Bibles into China were glad to hear of his reportsince he had gone into China and visited his sister, who Mark Hideto Masakoalong with other Christians are helping Chinese College Kathleen Mrs. HashimotoEnglish teachers perfect their English skills, Keiko Hideki

Kathleen and I were refreshed by attending the President's Prayer Breakfast in Februaryat Camp Zama. Since we are serving the Japanese our table conversation was quite interesting.A Major Clark, recently out from the U.S. told of two surprises he got in conversation with hislady guide on a tour of Tokyo. "Sir, I suppose you are a Christian, aren't you". Surprised,he replied, "Well, er, yes, I guess I am." When he asked her the same question he got his second surprise when she responded, "No, I am not." Of course we reminded him that Christians aregreatly in the minority in Japan. But, we wondered, "Which of the two really knew what a Christian is, the Major, or the guide?"

Here's the good word from Addison Bowerst The only people with whom you should try to geteven are those who have helped you. ^ ̂

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Vol. XXIX, No. Thanksgiving-Christmas, 1985Dear friends,

^ blessed Thanksgiving Day to each of you! "Praise the Lord! Oh give thanks to the Lord,for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting. Who can speak of the mighty deeds ofthe Lord, Or can show forth all His praise?" Of course we cannot say it all, but we do givethanks to Him for what has been happening with us and His church at Isehara.

Students from the Christian Clubs of three colleges joined us in the mountains of GummaPrefecture for a Summer Camp September 2-5. Upperclassmen lead studies and discussions duringthe day and I gave three messages at evening sessions. Interest and attendance both have increased at our Bible Studies at Obirin since that time.

We wish you could have seen a modern housewife getting off her motor bike, with helmet,leather jacket and slacks. Mrs. Mariko Koizumi was scheduled for the testimony during themorning service. She had studied with a Neighborhood Bible Study group. After a time shebegan attending our church since her children had attended Sunday School here. On that day,she told us of her having confessed faith in Christ, adding that she had not yet been baptized. The whole church rejoiced with her on October 6th when she made her obedience complete inbaptism. She now attends Kathleen's women's Bible study regularly. Pray for our prospects atthis important season toward Christmas. We are seeing an evangelistic spirit here which wehaven't witnessed before. Praise the Lord!

Miss Junko Kikunaga (aged 5^) passed on to her reward on October 1985. Some of you mayremember that we had taught monthly at Shinomiya Orphanage during our early days in Kagoshima,800 miles from here. She was the housemother who had invited us there. She first listened toMrs. Isabel Dittemore's weekly radio program and then completed the 56 lesson study of John'sGospel by correspondence. She later was transferred to work at Nagaoka Senior Citizens' Homeabout 1)^ hours ride from us and began attending at Sannobara occasionally. She was baptizedhere on March 17, 197^. In April of this year r:he became -(11 and retuirned to Kagoshima for anoperation. All joined in prayers for her recovery, but the Lord had other plans. She knew asthe Apostle Paul did that ".. die is gain" when we know the Author of Life.

Paul speakingat Nagase dedication

Sannobara leaders - five couples + Akira IshiiSome would still be in darkness if we hadn't come preacher

You have rejoiced with us about Akira Ishijj, who has worked for three years with the BillTurners and the support of Tokyo area churches io begin the new work at Kotesashi. Theynowhave a total of 19 Japanese Christians and otheit* prospects. Missionaries Dale and Peggy Wilk"inson are now living there and assisting during |the Turner's furlough.

Speaking of new church efforts, on October 20th I was invited to speak at the dedication of

another preaching point at Musashi Nagase near ̂ ayama City. Mr. Kaide, a civil engineer and his^wife are buying a building which they use three days a week for tutoring. They have offered itto the Lord for services each Sunday afternoon. Serving as the nucleus, themselves, they haveinvited Steven Fleenor from Sayama to lead the services. Pray, too,for them.

October and November seem to be great montjis for weddings in Japan. We had one on October26th and are planning another for November 25rdLabor. Pray for both these couples as the brid^

which is Japan's Thanksgiving Day for Diligent

s are Christians and the grooms are not yet.

Hideko Doraen, who has five children now, isl more active than ever, singing the praises ofthe Lord. She has recorded for radio programs, been interviewed on T.V., has her recordingson radio nearly every day of the week. She often visits different churches on Sundays and thruthe week. Kathleen lead her to Kobe for a ladies luncheon at the Oriental Hotel in late Octo

ber. She sang and Koji Honda, a noted evangelipt spqke^ We have tapes of her singing for anyof you who request a copy. All songs on this tape are in Japanese,

The boy scouts of our community are being ijntroduced to different religions. They went tothe Buddhist temple Tn September and then came to the church on November 9th. We had a talkabout the Bible and then showed a movie about Christ, Each went away with a pamphlet and a useful souvenir. '

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"Thanks be to God for His indescribable giftllof the world by "sending His own Son". When God,night. He was saying "I love you, my wayward one^belong". Receiving the gift is receiving Him andnight the inns of Bethlehem were closed to Him.come to my heart. Lord Jesus, there is room in

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" Our Lord was showing His own form to the eyeslai^ the Prince of Peace into the manger that

Behold my Son and come back to me where youturning back to God. On that first ChristmasMay each of us say with the song writer, "0heart for thee".

Peace to you through the Prince of Peace,

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