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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


2/6

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


3/6

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


4/6

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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0.

Box 2427

Knoxville TN 37901 -2427


5/6

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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


6/6

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

d u r i n g t h a t s t u d y . And

he

d i d n o t f o r g e t

t o

g i v e g l o r y

t o

Go d

when

he p a s s e d t h a t exam

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