nielsen paul marcia 1955 japan
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September
1955
De a r
B r o t h e r
Mac ;
Final ly we
are
actual ly
moved. We have
selected
Sendai,
up in
Miag
ken,
hours
t ra in r ide north of Tokyo, as the cen te r from which
to s t a
our rura l evangel is t ic work. We
t rus t
the
folk
a t home wil l not confuse
t h i s
Sendai
with
the
one
down in Kyushu in the area
where Mrs,
Dittimore
working. The
2 Sendai s are hours t ra in r ide
apar t
The
Sendai wher
now
l ive
i s
219
miles
north
of
Tokyo.
I t
i s
the
l a rgest
and
most
import
c i ty
in
nor theas t
Japan.
We are
not rea l ly
a cqua in ted w ith the
ci ty
our
but
we know
there
i s a needy f ie ld Sf -evangelism
fo r
Chris t
here . We pr
tha t
we may have the wisdom and streng th to use our
time
and His. money
through
you
in the w isest
way.
We
are
start ing
under
a
financial
handicap
with
a
def ic i t
of
256.4
our l ink support could be completed, th is d ef ic it would not need to cont
exis t . We need 170 per month in
living
link support and 50 per month
l ink support. We pray
brethren
a t home may r ise to this need tha t
our l
here may
be more e f f i c i en t
Our
new
add r e s s
s
P au l
Marc l a
Nie l s e n
154 Mlnami Miagino
Minami no me iranomachi
^
Sendai, Japan.
Thankyou for bringing this to the attendtton
of
the
brethren throug
HORIZONS.
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F I R S T SERVICES
HELD
IN SENDAI JAPAN
Services were started in November in Mr, Tak afu ji s
native
evangelist) home.
Pictured with Mr. and Mrs. Takafuji and
th e ir
daughter Mari, are 2 college g i r l s and
1 high school g i r l . These attended th e second
service.
w
others are now
attending
th e services.
None
of these
girls
are C hr istian s but
they
show interest
in
studying
God s Word Besides regular services, these girls, with the help of Mr Takafuji,
are
producing a tape recording in Japanese
to
be used with th e showing of th e
Christmas St ory a t Christmas
time.
These are th e f i r s t s e r v i c e s
o f
the churches o f
Chr is t
in
S endai s i n c e
B r o t h e r
M. B. Madden ha d
to
l e a v e the work
he
s tar ted some
50 years ago. As y e t no t r a c e o f
t h a t
work has been found.
The g r e a t e s t
need,
ot her than the
prayers
o f th e bret hren at home f o r th is new
work,
is
a month increase in support to
make
a skeleton budget balance. Seventy
Five dollars is needed
now for
an adequate budget . By
next
spring,
when
we
plan
to
go out
into
th e villages
to
s ta r t work, a t least an additional 75 per month will be
needed. Please write Paul Nielsen,
Minami
Magono,
Minaminome Haranomachi
Sendai, Japan for further information about
the
work and this need of adequate support.
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L DOG Iiroi N CHURCH
PLEDGES
SUPPORT THE
NIELSENS
We are hapoy to announce
that the Chris tian Church in Ladoga has been added
to
our family
of living link
churches They have
pledged
1^ a month We praise God
for
them
for
showing
t ir
added
interest in this
new work
in
northern
Honshu
Pray
with us
that
other
congregations
will complete our needs for this new work
We
lack ll^O
per
month
in l iving l ink To have an adequate working budget we need a month in
service
link Who
there
that
will
answer the cal l of the v il lages by sending
support tha t will take
the
Gospel to these villages in northern
Honshu Please
w rite fo r fu rth er d eta iled information :
Paul
Nielsen Box 97 Sendai Japan
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JAN 20 ?956
Last
Minute News From
th e Nielsens
in
Sendai Japan
THE CHRISTMA S STORY
SERVES
AS AN lOEBREADKER
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Special e f f o r t
was made
to
increase
attendance fo r
the Christmas
program
in the Sendai
congregation.
Many
.Japanese
have
the idea that Sunday
worship
services are for Christians
only ^gfe
They feel they should a tt en d s er vi ce s
only
when spmething special
i s
going
on and
special announcement has been made Mr. Takafuji n at iv e e v an ge l is t made good
use
of th e opportunity
to
t e l l
th e ^8
present
fo r
the
Christmas
program about the
true purpose
of the
church
in the community and
explained
that
they
are welcome
to the r eg ular s erv ice s also. The average attendance for th e f i r s t 5 Lord s Days
of
1956 is l4. None
of these except the
Takafuji s
ar e
C hr is ti ans . There is
much p a t i e n t
teaching
to do.
Pray
fo r
them and
f o r Mr. Takaf uj i as
he
t eaches .
Perhaps the following bes t i l lus t rates the present
work
of t h i s
congregation.
In
D ec em be r a
couple
o f th e
gir l s brought
another gi r l
to service with
them. I t was
th e f i r s t time
t h i s
gi r l had ever
been
in a
Ch ris tia n
service of
an y kind.
This
gir l livens
in
th e
country
and comes from a poor
family.
Her
father is
a cripple
from ar th r i t i s
There are
small children in th e home. The gi r l had come to town
to
find
work
to
help th e
family
pa y
bi l l s
by
the
end o f th e y ear.
Japanese t r a d i t i o n
teaches
t h a t
to
have
the blessing of th e
gods
t
is
important
to
s tar t
th e
new
year
f r e s h
with no
unpaid
b i l l s The church folk
decided
to help th is
family.and^prok
them.some food c l o t h i n g an d a g i f t o f money which th e congregation
ha d
been
col lect ing from t he i r
v e r y f i r s t
s e r v i c e to g i v e to needy p e r s o n s . On New Years
morning lir .
T a ka f uj i
fur ther
t a u g h t th i s g i r l
o f
t h e poor
f a m i l y
more a b o u t
C h r i s t i a n i t y . w h e n
sh e a sk ed him he
had
b een to t h e
shr ine
yet J a p a n e s e
r e l ig ions
t e a c h
th is
must
b e
done
a t
New
Years t ime
to h av e
a
ha ppy an d successfu l
new year Mr . T a ka f uj i e x p l a i n e d t ha t hris t ians do n o t do th i s
b u t
pray to God
d a i l y an d
by
serving Him are blessed. Thus th e congregation
is
l ear ni ng to share
bot h
i t s
m a t e r i a l
and
sp i r i tua l bless ings
P l e a s e pray
fo r
them.