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P o * r
u
no T e-gaiBi
(Paul
& Mark's Epistle)
CENTRAL JAPAN CHRISTIAN MISSION
.declare His praise in the
islands."
Isa. ̂ 2:12
verseas/Address
Paul
Kathleen Pratt
1210
Kamikasuya, Isehara City,
Kanagawa Ken,
259-11* Japan.
Ph.
0463-95-1019
friends,
Forwarding
Address
Mrs. Mary Lou Bauer
2910
East
98th St,,
Indianapolis,
Ind.,
46280
Ph. 317-844-3659
C.J.C.M.
-
Campus
Ministry
Mark and Lynn Pratt
3-4-19
Mori no
Machida
Shi,
Tokyo 194, Japa
Ph. 0427-26-9778
Vol. 22, No. 2. Spring, 1
With
the value
of the dollar dropping we are very thankful to
those of you who have
your promised
amount to
us. Because of
the
prayerful
regular support
of all of
special
offerings our
needs are
being
met.
... This is marvelous ... Psalm 118
After
a period of drought, v i have beep praising
the
Lord for our four baptisms during
five
months.
What a thrill
it
was to be
able
to have Koichi Homori, our
Timothy from
Ka
with us for our spring evangelistic meeting. As a result,
two
more b aptisms are in
and more
prospects are
in
the wings.
Our
church
members
may
ha ve
profited the most.
Our Missionary team, likewise has seen good results from literature distribution and str
We
receive
about
one response
per
thousand requesting
a
Bible, directions
to the
church, asking for literature etc. Five have been enrolled
in
the Bible Correspondence L
too.
Speaking
of
literature distribution, how did we ever do without Harold and Neomia and Ma
Akers
arrived on
March
12th. Mary
returned with
roommate Jan Berte on
April 2nd.
Besi
of
the
Sunday evening English services, Harold
is
right
in
the middle
of the l
distribution
two
days a week. Both
he
and Neomia have been able to counsel in Engli
Kathleen has been able to turn over the
culinary
and household duties
in
favor
of
teach
letter
writing.
Neomia with
a reputation
for tasty pies will
also
have many
chances to t
those
who
are making request. Mary
came
at
a g ood
time. Having
had
more
classes
passed
at Obirin,
I
was
glad to
have extra help
in
teaching.
She
is
teaching
Junior
Church
so
as
well
as
other English
classes.
She will be with us through the
summer.
Do pray for Hark and Lynn during this time They have
been
lead to some good land rece
and are imploring the Lord for
wisdom
and trying to get the
price of
the
land reduced.
M
Preachers &
Missionaries: J.
Fleenor, Itagaki,
Akada, Takamura, Fatton, M.&M. Debalt,
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f you realize that
though
Mark and
Lynn
will live i n
the
house
i t
will
be the
property of
And our Constitution provides that i n the event of a disolv
f the mission, the asset s will be tur ne d over
to
other missions of Churches of Chr i st.
H a d y o u r e a d m y a r t i c l e on M i s s i o n a r y F r e e d o m in t h e F e b . 15t h i s s u e of Hor i z o ns? Let
jus t a p o r t i o n
of
it.
"I •
o n c u r w i t h
m y w i f e
w h o
o f t e n
s h o c k s
h e r J a p a n e s e f r i e n d s
t h e m
that she
had
an arranged marriage. 'Oh, y e s
God
was t h e g o-b etv;een for
Paul
, she explains. In this same way, is it not possible
for
a m a r r i a g e of t h e
sent
ones
senders w i t h God and His
Holy Spirit
in the preeminent place
w h i c h
He
d e s e r v e s ?
As comma
to b e
given,
He hands
t h e m
down. As control is in order,
he
maintains it. Needless t o
c o m m u n i c a t i o n
is
t h e k e y t o u n d e r s t a n d i n g
a n d
h a p p i n e s s i n m a r r i a g e , t h e t w o p a r t i e s
m
a
d i a l o g u e . "
R e a d
t h e
e n t i r e
a r t i c l e
a n d
w r i t e m e y o u r
c o m m e n t s .
Meet Asako Niwano. She is 37, married to
a truck
driver
and
they have two children.
to
talk and she tells all that
is
on her heart. She is
so
different
from
other Japane
b e e n
h o s p i t a l i z e d f o r
b r a i n s u r g e r y
a n d f o r n e u r o s i s . She
w a s
at
h e r
v / i t s
e n d h a v
v a r i o u s r e l i g i o n s , w i t h o u t s a t i s f a c t i o n . E i g h t e e n m o n t h s a g o
s h e c a m e t o
t h e
S a n n o b
has
come
ever since. "The
Bible is different. It
speaks to me
and
to m y
need. F
wit
people w h o
listen
t o m e and take me s e r i o u s l y has m e t m y need. Even if
I
try st
here," she testifies. She has nov; profes
still lives, and
He
is accomplishing
His
grea
away
I
t h i n k of your services and
v/ish
I was
in Christ and will soon be baptized.
God
of
w h i c h he
spoke. We
Praise
His
I^ame
You
m e t
M a s a r u Shi r a ki (Jan ., 1977 Epistl e) . He w a s t h e m e n t a l
p a t i e n t
v ; h o s e d a d t h r e a t
and
attacked him
with
a
hammer.
He is
a
new
man,
now,
as
he
says, "by God's grace".
He
mi s s e d a n evenin g service (w o r k s d a y s ) f o r the past seven mo nths, wo rk s
r e gul a r l y
an d i n
m i n d . r e j o i c e s
daily
in God's presence, "..in
Christ he is
a n e w
c r e a t u r e " .
Praise
God
^
This
year's All J apan C hris tian Co nventio n (Apr i l ?S - M a y 2)
s h o w s
growth
in
Japanese churches that we've never seen before
It
was
so
ex
t o
see
people gather Tor t h e Sunday
w o r s h t p "
service. This is
recent
attendances Not
only have the numbers
increased but
there
to be
more
maturity
among
the
Japanese preachers and
more enthusiasm
Oj
—I
(\J
-p
CO
o
m
commitment among
t h e
lay people.
It's
been a
slow,
s t e a d y
c l i m b
w i t h
indication that churches will be g r o w i n g
in
quality and
q u a n t i t y ,
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VD
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Feb. 26.
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CENTRAL
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ForwardirxK Address
Mrs. Mary
Lou
Bauer
2910 East 98th St.,
Indianapolis, Ind., ̂ 6280
Ph. 317-844-3659
Overseas Address
Paul Kathleen Pratt
1210 Kamikasuya, Isehara City,
Kanagawa Ken, 259-lli
Japan.
Ph. 0463-95-1019
C.J.C.M. -
Campus Ministry
Mark and
Lynn Pratt
Morino
Machida Shi, Tokyo
19^<
Japan
Ph. 0427-26-9778
Dear friends,
( 7 ) K
P
o - r u no T e-gami
(Paul & Mark's
Epistle)
B
..declare His praise
in
the
islands."
^2:12
juN.
^
Vol. 22, May 1978
Convention
This
year's
all
Japan Christian Convention was
held
in
Okinawa.
All
year
long
we
get
good-and-starved-up
for this
feast. Then we sing (in English )
till our throats
are
sore, take in some spiritual food (instead of giving it
out, for
a change), and
sit
up
till all hours of
the night just talking with missionary friends we rarely
see.
Over
0̂
ttended
t h e
combined Japanese-English convention.
Land News
Money for
the land
fund has
been
coming in steadily
since the
end of January—thanks
to all
of
you
On
May
12 v j had a meeting
with
a
land owner.
We
had been looking
at a
giant map of the Obirin area
with
Mr. and Mrs. Takagaki, our fr iends who
teach
at
Obirin.
There appeared to be very few possibilities.
No
wonder
we
had
run into so
many
dead-ends
\itth
the
realtors.
So
the
Takagakis
offered to
try and find
out who owned
the
lots
that
seemed
available,
so
we
could
talk personally to
them (and skip
the
realtors).
A meeting was arranged
with
one man who owns two or three available places near
Obirin. This first meeting was
mainly
to meet each
other
and
explain
what
we
are look
ing for. Nothing was said about
money.
The
Japanese
like to take their time about
these
things;
we
are to "think" for a while, then meet
again.
We are keenly
aware
that
this
whole land
business
is in
the
Lord's
hands.
We have no
s t r i n g s
t o pull, n o large sums of m o n e y t o f l a s h around, n o special p o w e r of
p e r s u a s i o n .
We must simply do what we know to do, then wait
and
s e e what the Lord will allow to or
cause
to happen.
Intern
We
are always wishing
for more
workers
in
Japan. This summer we
will
have
a young man helping
us
for about six weeks. He is M̂ k
Monroe, a student
at
Great
Lakes
Bible College. Mark
is from
one
of our contributing churches,
St.
Louis Church
of
Christ,
St.
Louis,
Michigan.
We
are anticipating
a
busy and happy time.
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News Involvin/y Dad
Dad and I h a v e b e e n i n v o l v e d in a special e v a n g e l i s t i c p r o g r a m t h a t
d e s e r v e s
t o be
mentioned. It works
like
this: s everal of
us
from the Tokyo area meet
a t one
of our
h o m e s .
W e
p a r t i c i p a t e
in a
m a s s
t r a c t
d i s t r i b u t i o n ;
w e s t a n d in
t h e
l o c a l s c h o o l y a r d s
t e l l i n g Bible stories w i t h
g i a n t
p i c t u r e rolls
a s
v i s u a l s ;
w e
pass out s u r v e y c a r d s .
The idea is to make contac t w i t h interes ted pe rsons for
the
missionary in that area.
We re joice
with
M o m and Dad over
2
recent,baptisms—Miss Tokeshi, a young nurse ,
and Mr. Shimokaw a,
whose wife
h a s
been
a
Christian
for several
years.
College
English
c l a s s
birin
Nev/s
You
will
r e m e m b e r t h a t
I h e l d
a n English
B i b le c l a s s a t O birin,
m a k in g
u s e of t h e
m u sical, Natu r al
High.
W ell, t wo
g uys
f rom th at c l a s s r eq u e s t e d anot h e r c la s s t h is
t e r m , so I h av e b e g un one. In a d dition,
two
f r e s h m a n girls v / e r e int e r e s t e d in
a
s p e c i a l
class but
h a d
schedule conflicts so I began a second class.
I continue to teach English
a s
part of the regular college curriculum
(as
well
a s
k i n d e r g a r t e n
and junior high) . I don't know how to say
this
and rem ain humb le, but
anyway—one college
boy had he ard t hat
my
English
class
last year was
so good, h e
wanted
to m ake sure he got into
it this y e a r . ;
When t h e kids
come
to m e , it's a
s t e p
up .
La st
week,
for
the first time,
I went
to watc h
a n
Obirin Junior
High baseball
game.
I r e a l l y feel
t h e n e e d t o show t h e students tha t I'm
i n t e r e s t e d in
their e x t r a c u r r i
cular activities.
I
must try and
do
this k ind of thing more often in my spare time.
Furlough
We
have
scheduled
a
furlough t o be gin in October of
1978.
Regular contributors
will
b e rec eiving
sp ec ial info
on
t h i s . W e
ho p e to s e e many of you
t h en .
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P
o
- r
u no
T e-j^ami
(Paul's Epistle)
_
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
Ŝ t
^ • • d e c l a r e H i s p r a i s e
i n t h e
i s l a n d s .
' O v e r s e a s A d d r e s s
F o r w a r d i n g
A d d r e s s
Paul & Kathleen Pratt Mrs. Mary Lou Bauer
IHIO Kamikasuya,
Isehara
City, 2910 East 98th St.,
Kanagawa Ken,
259-llt
Japan. Indianapolis, Ind.,
^ 6 2 8 '
Ph. 0463-95-1019 Ph. 317-844-3659
Forwarding Address
Isa. ̂ 2:12
C.J.C.M.
-
Campus Ministry
Mrs.
Mary
Lou Bauer Mark and Lynn Pratt
2910
East
98th
St.,
3-'+-19 Merino
Indianapolis, Ind ., ̂ 6280
Machida
Shi,
Tokyo
19^, Jap
Ph. 317-844-3659 Ph. 0427-26-9778
Vol. XXII, Fall,
19
August 12th was a
milestone
for the
Pratt
family. On that a e ^ y , 20 years
a g p ; ^ u r
freight
Canada
Mail moored
in Kobe harbor
and
our tour
began.
On
t h i i s - a n n i v e r s a i ^
day we
were
s
Mrs. Inoue a n d her daughter who b r ought flowers and gifts to our doo r, helping
us
the o c casion. At that time, Mark
revealed
that
he
was the first one to
set
f o o t
on
la
After
20
years
do you
think
ve deserve a
raise?
A
few
of our
churc hes have
recently rai
to
our work. Let
me
b reak
d o w n
f o r you
how the
dollar has shrunk in
Japan.
In
1958
$1.00
= 560 Yen
Japan In 1978 (Aug.15 )
$1.00 = 186 Yen
$.50 A
hair
cut $6.00 to $10.00
.50
Gasoline
(per gal.) 2.00 +
.30
Bread (large loaf) 1.70
.09
Aerogramme
(to
U.S.)
$
.55
our obligations have recently increased, JUST NOW WE ARE
COMPLETING
A LOAN AGREEM
BUY
A LOT
FOR
THE
CAMPUS
HOUSE,
Kathleen
and I
alone
will need
more
than $500
a month so
ulfill our obligation on that loan, MAY WE REQUEST THAT
OUR
REGULARLY PROVIDING CONGRE
INCREASE THEIR
PLEDGES
BY
50 to lOC^
IN
ORDER
TO HELP
US
MEET OUR
BUDGET.
It is a
gr
that
is
opening
to
us
in behalf of the Campus Ministry,
We just kn o w you will aid us.
Ma ny thanks, Harold and Neomia Akers You
cl osed
your First Missionary Journey with
a'w
T h e y
are
b a c k
in
harness again
at
the
Milburn
Blvd. Church,
Mishawsika, I n d. as minis
conservation. Love's message f o r
them
got
thru
the barriers of
ra ce
a n d language. Their
to remember each
one's
name provided
an
important
key. During
their stay they w
to
attend five ladies meetings. Neomia gave her testimony
a n d
demonstrated
the baking
She
inherited a
bigg er house a n d another
family
to
help
look after for
a
per
five months.
Harold
b e c a m e
Sannobara's Sunday
PM preacher,
distributed
thousands
of trac
with the team, called and took care of various house repairs
a n d
weekly church cleaning
n i c e send-off party and numerous gifts our people provided for
them
are testimony
of
how
people came to
love and
respect
them. Contact them at
4115 W. Washington
St., So.
Bend, I
1
arold Neomia
adopted
b y
Japan
One
year old
beauty
Shara
Coyle
Ojizo -
Guardian deity
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Preacher
Shitnada
and
Sannobara's
annual
Retreat group
August brought
with it
daily
temperatures in the
90's
and a full
schedule
at
the chur
Fourth Annual
Retreat
with
Mr.
Shitnada
teaching
us was a
great
boost. This was followed
first Daily
Vacation
Bible School. It was a great success
in
terms of the
enthusiasm g
ated on the part of the
teachers
and workers.
Mr. Yamada
is
a
teacher.
He was
crippled
by
polio
at
26.
His wife of eight years had
w
in a Christian bo ok store. Both of them had been sprinkled ye ars ago, so patiently we tau
about Jesus'
example
and the meaning of
baptism.
It
was
a great day when they both obe
will
on
August 20th.
They
will
be
good leaders in our group.
Mark
and
Lynn
and the
kids
will be going
Stateside for
furlough in
October.
Contact
them
Lou's
address
or
thru Hubert Lusby, R.R.
1,
Williamstown,
Ky., ^1097.
Mary Joyce has
gone back after a wonderful 5 month
stay
with
us.
It'll be lonesome
all of a
sudden.
Mr.
Carl
Bruce, Treasurer
of the Clear Creek Church,
Ashland, Ohio sent
a contribution a
Memorial
to Mrs. Nellie Bruce. It will
be applied toward
payment
on
the land.
Our Missionary
co-op
team (Kanto
Evangelizing
Ass'n.) spent three
weeks in
what
we call
hous
evangelism'. Crouds flock to the
beaches and
to the
mountains
in
the
heat of A
Many come to Old Karuizawa and nearby
Mt.
Asama. Many Japanese workers joined us th
Fleenors have a camp house within 500 yards of the main drag. Tables are set up
with ornamental oil
lamps.
Hot coffee
and
home-made cakes are
prepared.
O
goes out during the
afternoon
with
prepared
invitations and hand
mike
to do the inviting
group goes out to call them
in
near 7:00
PM,
the time
of
beginning.
Another team sta
preparing
to
talk with those who
come
while ea ting and
drinking t ogether. One young man
c
night this year.
He
was baptized before the
last
week ended.
In
addition, many meani
l contacts
were made and several Bibles were
given to
those who promised
to seriously study
God really lives
and answers
prayerl This was
one
man's response upon hearing from M
how He
provided
the
needed land
for the
Obirin Campus House aft er months of prayer coup
the hours of
labor
in seeking land. It is a bit larger t hen we planned
but
some of it
taken
for
a future road.
It
is
just
two
bus stops
from
the Obirin
College
Campus or a g
It is 50
yards
from the
bus stop and
200
yards
from a prominant intersect
is a junior high
school and
an
elementary school nearby and
a park
for
children. There
older
and
new housing throughout the
area so
great possibilities for a
church,
too. Wo
step
throuth this open door with
us
by your assistance
and
prayer?
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Forwarding Address
Mrs* Mary Lou Bauer
2910 E.
8th
Sto
Indianapolis, IN
46280
Ph. 517-B44-3659
Overseas Address
Paul Kathleen Pratt
1210 Kamikasuya, Isehara City
Kanagawa
ken
259-11» Japan
Ph.
046>95-1019
NEW CAMPUS MINISTRY ADDRESS
Mark Lynn Pratt
3182 Tokiwa, Machida City
Tokyo 194-02,
Japan
Ph.
0427-97-191^
Temporary Furlough Address
Mark Lynn Pratt
e/o
Hubert
Lusby,
Rt.
1,
Williamstown, KY
41097
Ph. 606-824-5552
/S3̂
P o -
r
u no T e-c^Bd
(Paul
e
Mark's
Epistle)
Vol. 22, November, 1978
Dear friends.
We're now
in
the
good
ole'
U.
S.
of
A.
on
fxirlough.
September was very
hectic—
moving, closing the land deal, preparations for
furlough—all
on top
of
our
r e g u l c u :
schedules; but we survived. The hill s of Kentucky are n ow givi ng us a
much-needed
change
from
Tokyo.
Lynn's parents
did
a terrific job of
remodeling their
basement
into a
nice ap artment
for us. And we are
enjoying
being
together with
the
members
of
our family here
in
the
States.
It was a misty-eyed moment
when
we saw the
Western
coast of
America from
the air
—home
sweet
home. Yet there are some things we must get used to again. The size and
weight of J a p a n e s e
yen
is different
to
that of dollars
a n d
cents.
So
the first few days
of
dealing in American money created a strange sensation. After seeing practically no
yard space at all
i n
Japa n, every yard here looked big. S ome of these reverse culture
shock
experiences
are dangerous, though.
One afternoon
I
bsent-mindedly started
driving down
the left
side
of
a
busy streetI
We brought the Hiromichi Kara family with
us to
the States. We had about one
week
to visit
with
my
brother and
cousin
and
their
families
in the Los
Angeles
area.
Then
on to Kentucky for three weeks. It was really
fun
showing the Kara fa mily around
the state and watching them enjoy Mom Lusby's down-home cooking, i b ? Kara picked up a
lot of authentic
ideas
for
his Kentucky
House Restaurant in
Isehara. They
visited
several
of our
c h v u ^ c h e s with
us, so many
people
got a real treat
when
they
heard
the
testimony
of
this
fine Christian
family.
Our home
in
Japan
is
certainly not standing idle. While we continue
to
pay the
rent and utilities there. Miss Sarah B urney
is
li ving there
and
carrying on with our
work.
She
is maintaining our
regular
classes and has taken on a few additional
ones
of
her
own. These clas ses provide her finan cial support. Sarah is helping
some
with
Dad's
church
on
weekends, as well. We thank her
for
doing such
a
good
job, so that the
tension
of
worrying about the work
i s
not hanging over us while we're away. (Oops2
Just got a note
from
Sarah—she dented the car
door
on a guardrai l )
L«t us fill
you in on
where
we ve
been in
October and
November.
Garden Grove
Church
of
Christ, Garden Grove, CA; Church of Christ,
Harrison,
OH; Lystra Church
of
Christ, Williamstown, KY; Williamstown Christian Church (county-wide meeting), Wil
liamstown, KY; Milburn Blvd.
Church of
Christ, Mishawaka,
IN;
Central Christian Church,
Carmel,
IN.
An interesting note on the visit at
Carmel—There,
listening
to our
pro
gram
about
Japan,
was a Japanese lady. She
had
already made her decision and was bap
tized the
following week. We
also
spoke to:
Attica
Christian
Church,
Attica, IN;
Celin a Church
of
Christ, Celin a,
OH;
White Oak Christi an Church (Primary and Junior
Church),
Cincinnati, OH. It's
been exciting seeing old
friends
again
as
well
as
presenting
our
work
to
some new
jieople.
We thank
all of
you who have
welcomad
us
and
especially
to
those
who
have had
us i n
your homes.
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8/19/2019 Pratt Paul Kathleen 1978 Japan
8/8
There's been
lot of
interest shown
toward our
land project.
It's veiy
time
ly for us
to
be back here now
to
talk
to many of you
in
person
about this.
Since
there
is so much money involved,
we're eager
to
give a clear,
detailed
explanation when we speak to your chur
ches. We've
been able
to
answer
lot
of
questions.
This
helps clear
up any
mis
understandings and keeps
the
missionary-
contributing church relationship in
a
good
position. The payments on
the
land
run
over
$700
a month;
and we are needing
extra funds
for
this. Our regular con
tributions cannot cover this expense.
Remember that your gifts are
tax
de
ductible—and
even a small gift will
help
a
lot.
Karis and Cason are cashing in
on
all
those hugs
and
kisses Granny
and
Papa
Lusby
sent in
their
letters
We're
confining our speaking engagements
mostly to
the weekends. During the week
I'm working on my master's thesis in order to receive my
degree
in
May from
The Cincin
nati Christian
Seminary. The class work for
this
degree
was all done before
we went to
Japan. Now only the thesis remains, but the deadline
is
this year.
My
topic
is,
"The
Concept
of
Sin
in
Japan."
I'm literally locked
into
the basement every morning to
work
on
my thesis. Karis
is
happily
away at kindergarten
in the mornings; b ut Cason wants to
come down
and
play with Daddy. So I lock the door. The only
problem
is that the lock is
on the
other
side,
so
when
I ant out I have
to
go
up the stairs and
beat
on
the door
and hope
someone lets me out
If
I'm down there too long,
I
come
out talking
like
the
Zen
masters: "Empty-handed, I hold the spade; walking, I ride
on
an ox."
Good
grief'
No doubt, everyone
is tired
out from all
the
Christmas shopping
this season.
For
tunately
we
shipped some Japanese
items for
gifts,
so
we wouldn't have to
do
much
Christmas
shopping.
We
do
have
another
kind of shopping to
do,
however. With the high
j n i ^ i c e s
in
Japan,
we bought virtually no clothes and did without
several household items
for our
t h r e e years
there. So now w e r e
o n the
lookout
for sales
so w e c a n
stock
up
on
a
three—or—four—year supply of clothes and
other
necessary
things.
Furlough time
is
not a vacation; it's j u s t a different
k i n d
of work. These a r e
v e r y b u s y d a y s for
u s .
W e a s k y o u r
p r a y e r s
for o u r h e a l t h a n d
s t r e n g t h
a s w e l l a s for
Sarah and
the
work in Japan.
w i s h y o u
a l l
t h e j o y s
o f
C h r i s t m a s
a n d h p p i n e s s
o r t h e
n e w e a r