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8/19/2019 Pratt Paul Kathleen 1981 Japan

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NEW Address

Mrs. Mary

Lou Bauer

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Indianapolis, Ind.

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(317}

787-6753

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.

XXIV,

No.

2,

Spring,

19

Dear friends.

.J.C.M.

Staff (U.S.)

Co directors

Mr,

s

Mrs.

Paul

Pratt

Mr.

Mrs.

Mark

Pratt

Forwarding Sec'y.

Mrs.

Mary Lou Bauer

Recording

Sec'y.

Mrs. Polly WiUcinson

Trustees

Harold Akers

Heurry

Bauer

Roger Burnham

Ernie Wilkinson

Ch. of

Christ

Representative

Paul

S. Pratt

Trustees

Hiromichi Hara

Mark F.

Pratt

yukiya Shimokawa

Masami

Sugimoto

Michio Yamada

Katsumi Yamazaki

May we

call your attention

to

the

NEW

ADDRESS

OF THE

CENTRAL JAPAN

CHRISTIAN MISSION. Please make

a

note

of this and keep

the

new address

o

hand

for

future correspondance.

Thanks to Ed Thomas and his crew

of nine

whocame out from the States

hurry along Mark

and

Lynn^s change of address. Others on the crew who sp

three

weeks

in Japan building

the

Campus House building

are

as follows: M

8 : Mrs^ Russ

Lockwood

(Wichita, Kansas),

Mr.

8 c

Mrs. Mark

Gulley (Harrison,

M r } . ^ rs.

Don

Karris

(Moline,

111.), nd

Clarence (Mowequa,

1 1 1 . ) and Lar

L a m b d i n

( n o w

of P o l a n d , 0 . ). o g e r Lautz w h o is o n

a

s i x m o n t h s w o r k i n g

tour in

Japan

assisted us too. We owe all of you a debt

of

gratitude. Wh

fine

Christiansl V/hat sacrifice 'What service Let us

express

our

than

to

all of you

who

participated in the '20-20 ision'

program

to make th

building possible. Lastly

let

us thank you regular contributors who

hav

given to our work so that we could transfer

nearly

$700 a month to pay o

the loan taken

out to buy the

land.

Here are

some things overheard

about

the building

or the Americans:

"You

Americans

use

such

heavy

wood for framing,

and you use much

more of i

than

we

do* But, I wonder

if

the building will

be

able to withstand eart

quakes*"

Thinking of how Japanese set up

the

frame work and complete

th

roof

first,

one

lady

seeing the

American way

remarked,

"Oh,

you

build

you

buildings

upside down,

don't

you". More

than anything

else the

Japanese

cannot understand "why" our

American

friends c me

over

to help. To this

question Mrs. Harris properly answered

simply

"for Jesus and for

Japan".

We, ourselves

understood 'why* they came but were amazed at what they accomplished.

By

of their departure

on

March 22 nd the

building was

up with

roof completed, dry walls

and

were on all the

first

floor, the house totally

insulated and wiring,

water and sewer i

group gathered with Mark and Lynn

and a

few Japanese

in

the living room

for a

Thanksgivin

rvice

on

the day of

their departure.

This

will

be a

great instrument

in God's hands

T

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back

at

the

home place..

Literature

distribution Three baptisms Non-prof it Corporation Recognit

There was joy

in

heaven on February 1st when

three young

persons

were buried

with Christ

Christian baptism in the snow. Miyuki

was

a high

school

senior and has since entered nu

training. Masako is in her third

year

at Kanagaw a University and Tadashi, in

the picture

a staff worker at Keisen Junior College. Our youth

group

has recently come to

life.

Praise

the Lordl

The Sannobara Church of Christ is now

(as of

Feb.

19*

1981} recognized

government

of Japan

as

a

Non-profit

Corporation. This was

important in

order t h a t the be

of the new

work

at Machida could be considered tax-free too. r f h a t timing This came

a week before

Mark's first

40'

container of building materials

arrived from Canada. It

day, too,

that

Machida City hall approved the

plans for

building so that we could be

on

the footing

on Feb.

20th.

After last fall's refresher

course

in Japanese, Kathleen has

been

able

to

get

at

least t

groups started. The

ladies

of

the church meet

for Bible

Study

every Thursday. Then s

teaching

the Bible in English to

six

doctors'

vives each Friday. Fray that

these,

too,

m

given

a thirst

for

that

water

of life.

Pray with us

for

the three

important sessions

of Christian Camp that are

planned. Junio

School

Week and College-Adult Week are in April. Then our Family Week w ill be May 3-

s

last year

these

are

held at the new Shin

Shu Bible Camp

Grounds

in

Nagano Ken.

We also look forward

to a

season

of evangelism

when

the Singing

Group comes

in

June

from

Southeast

Christian

Church, Louisville,

Ky. We are renting the Isehara Culture Center Ha

Saturday night and will have the group at the

Church for

June

7th. They are

also to visi

local Rotary Club. Lynn and

Mark

are

sponsoring the group

in

Japan jointly

with

her sist

and

Rick Houp who

are

Ministers

of Youth

at

the

Church.

Some have been puzzled by the

address

on this side of P aul's Epistle. Betty Burnham ha

caring for

our address

list and

mailing

out

these letters f or

many,

many

years.

Since

s

with our permit it must be from a South Bend address.

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remind

you again of that change.

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OF

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"The

people which

sat in

darkness saw

great

light;.." Matt.

4:16

U.S. Address Japan Address Campus Ministry

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Navy men - Yokosuka retreat

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Christiansen's building, Nagano

—Mr. Mrs. Paul

Pratt

1210

Kamikasuya,

Isehara City,

Japan

259-11

Tel. (0463) 95-1019

Dear friends,

Mr. Mrs. Mark

Pratt

340 -5 Negishi,

Machida City,

Tokyo

194

Tel.

(0427)

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Vol.

mv,

o. 3, Fall,

1

Eleanor, Eileen Warren, Dave,

with

Doug Delp & Rick Millar,

U.S.

Army,

Kodiak, Alaska

The summer

was

busy

because

of a retreat, two cam

a D.V.B.S.,

the

All-Japan

Christian

Convention, the Ke

tucky Sonshine and the San Jose interns visits and wo

we did on Warren Christiansen's

building.

It all started

with

the Yokosuka

Church's

retreat

May. Andy Patton had baptized several of

the

U.S. Nav

men from

visiting

ships. As a former

torpedoman's

mat

I

was called to

assist. One more was

baptized

on

the

day.

It

was

refreshing

to study in English for a

chan

Dave

and

Eleanor Reynolds,

who helped build

our S

nobara Church building

came

to

help Mark. Then

they

s

ed over to help

get Warren's

building

under roof. It

five hours

away by

car and I went

back

several

times

a

that

two

days

a

week.

Like

Mark's building, it will s

as church

and

living quarters.

Left

over

materials f r

Mark's, from Steve and Julius Fleenor's places proved

real blessing

in getting Warren's place enclosed.

Kentucky

Sonshine

was

the

name

of the singing

gro

from

the Southeast

Christian

Church, Louisville, Ky.

helped

us

get out about 250 persons and

promising

pros

pects at

the

new

culture

center. They

represented

the

Lord

well,

singing for the

local

Rotary

Club,

for

our

day service and at

a

street meeting

by the

station.

News

of Mary

Joyce's

planned move

to U._S.C.

to wo

on a Masters in Occupational

Therapy was

enough to ca

Kathleen Stateside in June.

(Surely

the

granddaughter

Cincinnati whom she

had

not seen

was part

of the

reaso

Mary's new

address

is 12536 Ryerson Ave.,

#36,

Downey,

Calif. 90242.

The Mark Maxeys celebrated their

30

years of miss

ry

service at

the

All-Japan Christian Convention in K

shima

in

July. It was great being

with them

again in

place

we, too,

came

to

love

and to "Recall the

Past an

Look to the Future". CongratulationsI Mark and Paulin

They were extra

happy

to

have

Gregory and Beverly alon

with Faith and Paul Axton present for the occasion.

Kathleen arrived back in time for V.B.^. and

t

camps.

One

was a week-end family camp and the other w

called an

English-Music

Camp. We had to lead

in

the

o

and taught English and Music in the latter. We

all

ga

our best effort

to small

attendances of sincere camper

However,

an average

of 25

campers for each of five

cam

weeks

is

not

so bad

for Shinshu's second season.


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High School Class -

Shinshu

Camp Kentucky

Sonshine Outdoor

Service

r a y f o r S a c h i k o H^himoto (Fall E p i s t l e , 1 9 7 9 J S a n n o b a r a ' s s t u d e n t at^aka

i b l e

S e m i n

t 22 she has to make important decisions

soon.

More than anything else she wants to do God'

So be in prayer

for her

future.

Former

fellow-missionary

A1

Hammond lined up

his

third group

of

four

interns from

San

J

his

wife's surgery. When Eleanor's condition

required

c h e m o t h e r a p y ~ t r e a

h e bowed

out in

favor of

another former missionary.

Don

Byers,

who spent

ten years in

as his pinch hitter doing

a

fine job. The five were

w i t h

us for four days

under a

typhoon threat. Fortunately

it

went around us. Please pray for Elean

her treatments will continue for

several

months.

Hark and

Lynn's work faces a big

hurdle.

Though

recognized, along

with Sannobara Church

in Kanagawa, the

Tokyo tax office

asks him

to prove his mission

and the new

work

worthy of the no-tax

status. Pray that

all

goes well

in the up-coming

applications.

Kanto

Evangeliging Association

is

starting

the season with a big

project.

Several of us

t o

K a m o i n N i i g a t a P r e f e c t u r e

f o r

l i t e r a t u r e d i s t r i b u t i o n a n d a f o u r

Remember the dates, Sept . 17-20th and Pray

for

us I

H a s a m i

Sugimoto (Jan.

Epistle, 1978) has b e e n a

g r e a t

w o r k e r

w i t h u s . He p l a n n e d

t o b e

on Sept. 12th. However, his mother passed away on August iBth.

A

Buddhist custom calls

a s e v e n

w e e k p e r i o d of m o u r n i n g ,

s o

t h e w e d d i n g

w a s

p o s t p o n e d u n t i l N o v e m b e r .

In s t

f a s h i o n , M a s a m i h a d d e c l a r e d , G o d

is

o n e . I d o n ' t b e l i e v e m o t h e r w i l l b e c o m e

a

g o

b u r n

i n c e n s e n o r p r a y to h e r .

I

w i l l ,

however,

pray

t o

God "

Of c o u r s e

this

b r o u g h t

d i s r e s p e c t f u l ' ' - e t c .

from family members

and

neighbors. Wh

local custom

is to

b u ; r y the

body,

T s u y o s h i Sameshima (June Epistle,

1963)

will

b e

on

t o u r

w i t h o t h e r

E n g l i s h

teachers, s o

at the

Downtown Holiday

Inn in Indianapolis during October 6-llth. He

speaks

good English

welcome

a call in

the

evening. ( S ame is

pronounced

like Sameria i n

the

Bible.)

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entral Japan Christian Mission

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Ministry Address

Mark Lynn Pratt

340-5

Negishi

Machida City

Tokyo

194

Japan

Dear

friends

CJCM address

Paul Kathleen Pratt

1210 Kamikasuya, Isehara City

Kanagawa ken


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ouzuki

also handed me a plastic

bag

full

of

coins. "When I

buy groceries, I've

been

putting

the change

in

here",

he said. "It's not

much,

but

please

use

it

toward buying

the

frames."

I'm sure he needed

this

money himself, but I

couldn't refuse

his gift. I

was humbled

by this kindness.

W e gave him a New Testament and a calendar with

inspiring

artwork by

Joni.

MltSUZ-UKl i

PAINTINGS

CASON

ARIS i

CLlNT-bN

SAY

CHKISTMAS

Soon after New Year's,

we will welcome our new helper, Lilah Scott of

Florence,

OR.

L i l a h a retired lady, w a s h e r e

a

c o u p l e of y e a r s ago w o r k i n g

w i t h

the J u l i u s Fleenor

family. She w i l l

teach Karis's 3rd

grade, help w i t h

classes, office work, and

what-have-

you.

Please keep Lilah in your prayers as she makes final preparations

for

her

6 to

7

m o n t h s t a y . A n y o n e w h o w o u l d l i k e t o

h e l p

h e r f i n a n c i a l l y m a y d o s o t h r o u g h our f o r w a r d i n g

secretary.

U n t i l L i l a h arrives, w e are d o i n g our b e s t t o k e e p u p w i t h

our

schedule. The b o y s

are

going to nursery school

3

mornings a

week;

during those hours Lynn teaches Karis.

And speaking

of

our

schedule We continue with worship

on

Sundays,

2

English

and

2

B i b l e

classes at O b i r i n J u n i o r Hi,

2

n g l i s h

and 1

B i b l e class at O b i r i n C o l l e g e an

English

class

at

2 companies, the

Fellowship Hour, a

private Bible

class

and th e Christian

Club. These represent over

300

people each week, only

a

handful of whom

are

Christians.

T h e r e

is p r e p a r a t i o n

and

f o l l o w - u p for

e a c h

e n g a g e m e n t .

And there are e x t r a s like

camps,

rallies, counseling and chapel services.

There

is

much more that needs to be

done

in the way

of

outreach

for

the church.

Evangelistic

meetings,

youth activities, tract distribution, many

possibilities.

These

call for time and

manpower. But

we

already seem

to b e

"booked

up"

on

both

counts.

Do

we

drop

something and replace it with

something

else? Can we possibly take on

one

more

thing ? It's a problem.

T o

say

that working in Japan calls

for

patience is putting it mildly, as this story

will

illustrate.

A friend

called,

w o u l d we help his father

w i t h

an English

question?

Three phone calls to make an

appointment.

The friend and father arrived.

Lynn

served

coffee.

W e

c h a t t e d about 30 m i n u t e s . The

father t h e n

said,

"Now,

e x c u s e me for coming

to the

point

so

suddenly, but..." The

question

was over the

spelling

of

the

word

"strengthened". The

word

was on

an

inscription the father

had

photographed

while travel

ing abroad. We

determined

that the

word

was indeed

misspelled. This

process,

which

w e

could easily have taken

care

of

in

a 1-minute phone call,

ended up

being

an

hour-and-a-

half event. This is

JapanI

Can you make a N e w Y e a r ' s resolution to pray for the campus

ministry

daily

this

year?

Arigatol

(Thank You )

Sincerely

yours—and His


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people which

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great

light;.." Matt. 4:16

Address

Mrs.

Mary

Lou

Bauer

2̂ ,

Elbert

St.,

Indianapolis,

Ind.

46217

Tel.

(317) 787-6753

Japan

Address

Mr. Mrs. Paul

Pratt

1210

Kamikasuya,

Isehara City, Japan

259-11

Tel. (0463) 95-1019

C.J.C.M. staff (U.S.)

Co directors

Mr, i Mrs. Paul Pratt

Mr,

Mrs.

MarJc

Pratt

Forwarding

Sec'y.

Mrs. Mary

Lou Bauer

Recording Sec'y.

Mrs.

Polly Wilkinson

Trustees

Harold

Akers

Harry Bauer

Roger

Burnham

Ernie

Wilkinson

Sannobara

Ch. of Christ

Isehara, (Japan)

Representative

Paul S.

Pratt

Trustees

Riromichi Hara

Mark F. Pratt

yukiya Shimokawa

Masami

Sugimoto

Michio Yajnada

Katsumi Yamazaki

Dear friends.

Campus Ministry

Mr. t Mrs. Mark

Pratt

340-5

Negishi,

Machida

City,

Tokyo

194

Tel. (0427) 91-4600

Thanksgiving-Christmas Issue, I98I

Vol. XXIV, No. 4

At this Thanksgiving

Season we look back

over

the 23 years you

have stood

with

us in

our ministry to Japan. This leads us to

say,

"Thank

you

from the bottom

of

our hearts" and echo

a sincere

song

of

thanksgiving to our God who has bountifully provided for both

you

and us.

Consider

with us a few of the results.

•

he

Kajiki

Church

in

Kagoshima has for 20 years been evangel

izing with it's own building, with Junko Daikuzono as it's

full-time

minister

and a Christian kindergarten. Koichi

Ho-

mori, a Timothy

of the church now ministers

at

the

Kagoshima

City Church.

(2). The Sannobara Church,

witnessing

in Isehara

City

for the past

15

years

has

grown,

has

it's own

building

and leadership.

(3). Hideto Yoshii, whom you helped train

in

the States to be a

self-supporting evangelist,

has

been doing

just that for his

last five

years.

Then, one

year

ago

when

his

new home

was

built^

a

room

for what has

become the Onga Church of Christ

was included. This is located

in

Fukuoka Ken.

(4).

After 6

years

in

Japan working as

a

Campus

Minister,

our son

Mark and his

wife

Lynn

are now

living

in

the newly completed

building with

meetings

of

Machida Fellowship Center on

the

second floor.*

(5). For the past several years Mark

and

I have ministered

part-

time with the Zushi Church in Machida attempting to lead them

to the

New Testament

position.

As of June,

this

year,

Takeo

Fukuda, a 1958 graduate of Tokyo Bible Seminary was called to

the ministry there full

time. They

also

sponsor

the Christian

Day School,where Cason and

Clinton

are

now

attending.

(6).

Along with Mark, classes

at

Qbirin

University provide

numerous

opportunities for me.

(7j. Responses

continue

to

come

in

from literature d istributions

we make along with others of the

Kanto Evangelizing

Fellowship.

I

continue

to

handle

the

adult Bible

Correspondance Course.*

*We co-operate

with other

missionaries in

buying

literature

for

K.E.A. distributions. Also, payments are set

up

for

13

years yet for

repayment of

the

loan taken for

the

land at

Machida.

Otherwise

the

other five projects are self-supporting. PRAISE THE

LORD

So,

as you 'count your blessings'

,

number these along with

them.

"Praise the

Lord,

y

soul,

and forget

not

all his

benefits.

Praise the Lord, all

his

works

everywhere

in

his dominion."

Psalms 103:2, 22


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They.. l l

down,

and worshipped him. —Matthew

;

God

gave

a song at Christmas

And had the angels sing it.

God gave a gift at

Christmas

And had a virgin

bring it.

Oh, may

that

Chr i s tmas song be yours

So that your heart

keeps

singing

Because

of all the

blessings

God's wondrous Gift keeps bringing.

And

when we

give each other

Christ

mas

gifts in

His

name, let us remember

that

He

has given us the sun and the

moon

and

the

stars, and

the earth

with

it's forests and

mountains

and oceans -

and all that lives and moves upon them.

He has^^ iven

us all

green things and

everything

that blossoms

and bears

fruit

-

and all that we

quarrel

about and all that

we have misused -

and to

save us from our

own foolishness, from all our

sins. He

came down to earth and gave us HIMSELF.

by

Sigrid Undset

Central

Japan Christian

Mission

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South Bend, Indiana ,

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Ind.

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No, 316

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