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8/19/2019 Pratt Paul Kathleen 1986 Japan

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Mr.

& Mrs. Paul

S. Pratt

1210 Kamlkasuya.

Isehara

City,

Kanagawa

Ken,

259-11

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96-1192

Vol.

XXX, No.

2,

Summer, 19

Rejoice with

us

Our second granddaughter,

Shara

Lynn

Coyle was

into

Christ

at

the Highview

Christian Church in Cincinnati, on

9» 1986, She

will

be nine

years

old on June iBth.

Omedeto

gozai-

Shara Give your whole life to

Jesus

^

By the time you receive this letter, our Sannobara Church will have

i n d o o r

b a p t i s t r y . S o m e 7 0

p e r s o n s

h a v e

b e e n i m m e r s e d i n

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o n e ,

A

g o o d p e r c e n t a g e o f

t h e s e

t o o k

p l a c e

i n c o o l e r

w e a t h e r .

T h e

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one will

be set

in

the

stage

area

of

the building behind the pulpit.

that

our

present

prospects

will soon

be

ready to take advantage

of

n e w

f a c i l i t i e s .

W e

a r e e x p e c t i n g

a

c o u p l e

o r s o

f r o m M a c h i d a ,

t o o ,

^

this year. W

S p e a k i n g o f t h e M a c h i d a C h u r c h , t h e p e o p l e h a v e a g r e e d t o g o a l o n g S h a r a L y n n C o y l e

our

experiment. Two

Japanese preachers and

two missionaries

are taking turns in

the

pul

on

Sunday

mornings.

With

English

majors

attending and

some

foreign teachers as prospects

first

and third Sunday

of

each

month the messages will be

in

English. Both Dale Wilkinso

I will

have our

material

outlined

in

Japanese just to

be

sure the meaning gets across. W

the

attendance, too,

will incr ease. The

K.E.A.

(Kanto Evangelizing

Association) is doin

best to

help

us. When we had

a 'kick-off

for the new season's Fellowship Hour with a sp

and distributed 10,000 pamphlets

(a

two-day record for fo u r men)

in

th

areas around the church. May

God

reward these efforts.

The Christian Club at

Obirin Academy prepared itself for

the new

school

year with a

Pray

down

by

the

sea in April. God

honored those prayers by helping

us

double

our

number

with new workers. They have plans

for

testimony meetings

and

a

special

evangelism.

Obirin's

Chaplains, too, began the year

with

^ etreat.

We are

responsible for

chapel s

ices and are

looking

forward

to seeing

the construction

of

the

first

purely

'chapel

building

the

history

of

the

school.

With

a

rash

of suicides

sweeping

the

country

after

the death

o

popular

l8

year

old singer,

parents

are asking,

"What

shall we

do?

What can we

tell

our ch

ren?" I,

for

one have responded by affirming

in

my

chapel messages that,"When We Follow God

Life

Is

Worth

The Living".

Christian Club at their

retreat

Obirin

Chaplains

Dr. Shimizu is 95


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Since

I preach

one Sunday

a month

at Machida, Sannobara needs

a substitute

for

that

day.

times

we have an 'open testimony meeting', too.) We were overjoyed when Ippei

Watanabe,

three

year

old Christian agreed to supply for me when needed.

He is

33i the

father

of

one

is in

management

at

one

of the largest hospitals in the Orient. He has

studied diligentl

for more

than three years.

"May

his tribe increase".

Many young men

would

love to visit the during their singlehood.

Hitoshi

Nishiyama,

Osaka Bible Seminary student

^

xception.

Bill and

Betty Turner, who

lead

him to th

are

to be

in

the

States

through July. So, with the yen valued high,

Hitoshi will

join

at

Atlanta for three

weeks

during

his

summer

vacation. He'll be back

in

time

for

helpin

our

Summer

Bible

School

in

August.

The

Sannobara

Church will lose one

family,

at least for two years. •Dr. Naoaki Ishii,

a

with

his

wife and

son will

be

at Nutley, N.J. with

Roche

Institute of

Biology for his

research

as of July. We

so appreciate the Lawrence Kepler's

havin

us to the Tom

Harts

and Parsippany Christian Church. What hospitality and

cooper

they

have already

shown

even

with Ishii's

departure

still a month away.

They

have

agree

all

shipments at their church, they located an apartment for

them

to live in, they

assembled together two

rooms

of

furniture

and have a family

scheduled

to meet

them

at Ne

entertain

them

upon

arrival.

We certainly trust they

will

be worthy

servant

side-by-side-with^-hese committed

brothers and sisters

at Parsippany,

N.J.

We

westerners experience something

of a

'gift exchange' at

Christmas time.^

apan we

s

the

year

around.

Should

you visit me

during

my hospitalization, as soon as

I

am up and

ab

bring

a

'thank

you'

gift

to your

door. When

y o u

get

married

I'll

send

my

R.S.V.P.

for

t

and

then take a large enough cash gift to cover

both

the

food

and drinks and the me

I

know

yo u

will give me to carr y home fr om the celebration.

Yes,

even when

you come

to

funeral

you will remember

to

bring a cash

gift or flowers if only

because you know

my surv

have

a

token present

for

you to

take

home with you. Needless to say the merchants i

have not voiced opposition to this

custom. In fact

they seem to laugh

all

the way to t

We have gone thru

at least

three projects of building bu ildings

in

Japan. B ut we find t

up the

living

church in Japan

takes longer, takes more labor,

patience

and sacrifice

ago a

Japanese minister declared,

"It

took

me seven

years

to

come

to

Christ.

It

will b

long or longer befor e most people come to faith."

I

labeled that

as

"Pessimistic". But

I

see his wisdom. Even thinking of humble,

receptive

people like

*Naoaki

and

Maki

we find

a

similar

case.

He

came

seeking God's truth. After studying for

sometime

ne

a loving wife, likewise humble and open

to

God's

word.

They wrote

on

their

wedding

inv

"Help us to carve out

a Christian

home". Yet

it

was seven

years from

the

time

of Nao

coming until they were baptized into Christ together two year s ago. God give us patienc

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Him,

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Japan

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friends.

Vol.m o. 3, Autumn, I986

In

the U.S.

many

families have r eunions during July

and

August. Jap

with

Buddhist convictions

take it one step

farther.

Obon is

a festi

val

celebrated

July

15th in

some places and

on

August

15th

in others.

At

that time

it

is believed that the

spirits of the dead ancestors also

return

or the

reunion. At

right is

a

picture

of a

display on which a fire is set

to guide the returning spirits to

the

entrance of their home. In the cen

ter is an egg plant standing on wooden legs which represents

a

horse which

can speed them on their homeward journey.

We congratulate

our

grandson, Cason Pratt, who was baptized into Christ

August at the Orrville Church. He will

be

ten this December 27th. Rem

ember,

Cason, that

Jesus

is

more than

a life-long friend. He will

guide you

eternal

life. "He has

said,

'I

will

never..forsake you'."

Speaking of baptisms, Shiger u

Hasumi,

a^

ear

old English teacher at

high school fo r nursing students was baptized on July

20th. He

had

tudied the Bible

as a

seeker

constantly

for

more than

fourteen years.

His

weak legs have

become increasingly

unable to

carry his body

as it has got

ten

heavier

through the

years. He had been stricken with

polio since the

war. Shortly

after

his

baptism he

was

informed that

his

driver's

license

could

not be renewed. Praise the Lord, however, he was able to acquire

a

new Carina with automatic dr ive and hand contr ols so he has

'wheels'

again.

can

attend

the Machida Church and commute to his

teaching job.

Still another baptism had been reported through the 'Epistle' just 20

years ago.

That

is

when Koji Moriyama from

Ka.jiki obeyed his Lord

at Moto-

Camp.

Recently he

c me

for

a

visit and we celebrated

that

anniversary

together. He

has

continued faithful

to the

Lord along

with

his Christian

wife. They have two

children. He teaches Social

Science at a high school.

August

P ' + t h

was a memorable day . A1 Hammond's youngest son,

Billy

lead

team of four students from San

Jose

Bible College

and

we

had

an afternoon

exchange

of

music and testimony at Kinuta Park

in

Tokyo. Four Osaka Bible

dents includ ing our own Hitoshi Nishiyama joined

in

the program.

Yuichi Nakagawa, known to his

American

friends as 'Nick' was married on

August

19b6

to Hiroko Hoshino.

They

spent

their

honeymoon in a

tent

as

they roughed

it together

u p

in

northern

Honshu.

Cason

John Pra

Yuichi

and Hir

\

¥

ind

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Congratulations,

to

Polly and

Ernie Wilkinson upon the 60th anniver

of their

marr iage, September

l^th. They

have

served the

Lord

faith

lo,

these many years and as

y o u

know,

were for warding

agents for

C.

for eighteen years. Ernie ju st recently asked to be relieved of

duties as tru stee. Polly continues to serve as our recording secre

Both maintain

a

keen interest in the work and faithfully pray with

God bless

you

both

with the

best of health

and

spiritual sustenance.

Robert Wittenmyer,

elder

at Seerley Cr eek

Christian

Church,

Indian

Ind. and

long time

associate of

ours was

chosen to serve in Ernie

as

trustee. Bob and Marg served

as

ou r first Mailing

back in

1957

- 19^0. Welcome back on the teami

Many

of

you knew that Mary Lou Bauer,

our

Forwarding Agent was

spend

three weeks with

u s

in Japan thru Sept. 26th. We

certainly do

appre

her

and

Harry's

valuable assistance

in so many ways. God bless them

all good

forwarding

agents.

We

have

followed prayerfully the series

of

exchanges between

Christ

Churches and

Churches of

Christ

(non-instr u mental) Stateside by tapes

page. For years we have

had fellowship

with the Elmer

and

the

Motoyuki

Nomuras

and enjoyed

exchanges among

our

churches.

exchanges

this summer. Many

of

you read the editorial

in

August 5 t 1986 C h r i s t i a n S t a n d a r d titled, F a i t h and F e l l o w s h i p

in

P o l l y a n d Ernie

by

Elmer Prout. Coleen Burgett,

the high

school

exchange

student

of

whom

he writes

is

of the late Merle and

Mrs.

Eichelberger of Ashland, Ohio.

Her

grandparents were

of the

Clear

Creek Church

which

has

supported

our work during

most

of our

time

in Japa

Coleen accompanied the

Prouts on

Easter Sunday

when

Brother

Prout

spoke

at our

Fifth Sunda

were

all

inspired

by Elmer's message at this year's

Missionary Convention

at Osaka.

Pray for

the

witness being made at

Machida

Church. Sunday services

continue with

four m

taking turns

at

preaching. Paul teaches

the Tuesday B ible

School for

children

and

lea

Thursday evening

Fellowship Hour. Since

June,

two

persons

have been baptized

and one stud

just now

transferring

his

membership.

Pray for the on-campus

witness

at Obirin College, also in Machida. Kathleen and Paul tog

reach 270 college students with

elective

Bible Classes. Many of these, who come from all

studying the Bible

for

the

very

first

time. Paul

continues serving as

one

of nine c

with scheduled chapel-speaking opportunities.

He

is also faculty sponsor

of

Obirin

Chri

the

group

twice

a

month.

They

had

a fou r-da y retreat

in

September.

"Now the

God of peace,

who

brought up from

the

dead...Jesus

our Lord,

equip you

in

every

do His will, working in us that which is

pleasing in

His

sight,.." Heb.

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Mr.

& Mrs.

Paul

S. Pratt

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Isehara City, Kanagawa Ken,

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Vol.

XXX, No. 1,

Winter, I9

Of ten we speak of the 'spirit' of the

holidays. But

in a for eign land we have noticed

that

be

it pagan or

religious,

the

festival

itself has a congenial,

light-hearted

spirit.

Th

spirit of

the

New Year's holiday in Japan is so.

And

it lasts over a three or

four

day

cele

bration, The uniqueness

of

Christmas is deeper than

a mood or spirit. It revolves

around t

fact

that heaven came

down

to

earth in

the person of the Babe

of

Bethlehem's manger.

Our

special

thanks to

each of

you

for cards

and

gifts during

the holidays. We'd like t

write

each one

personally.

Please accept this as

our note

of

appreciation to

you. In Japan

we are doubly blessed each

year.

Besides

the Christmas cards,

our Japanese

friends

all over

the land

keep

in

touch

with

us

by

that

once

a

year New

Year's

greeting.

And

it

is

timed

to

delivered

on

January 1st.

Many

of you received the notice from Mark and

Lynn

Pratt that they

have

returned Stateside and have

now resigned

from C.J.C.M. as of

Decem

ber

31,

19^^

Since

they have served

w i t h

students in the Campus Minis

try for

ten

years, there

is

a void that must

be filled.

Kathleen and I

have begun

shuttling

back

and

forth between Isehara and Machida for the

time

being and are being

assisted by

other

ministers.

Lynn's letter of January 28th gave

cause

for real

rejoicing.

Karis

Ann was baptized into Christ on Saturd ay, January 23, I986 at

the Chur ch

of

Christ

in Orrville

where

they are attending. She

is

the first

of our

seven

grandchildren to make

this, life's

most

important

decision. There

is

certainly rejoicing in heaven, too. Their add ress

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Ann

Pratt

God

is

planning for us

on

the long-range level. Hi-

toshi Nishiyama, 28, (Paul's Epistle, Sept. I982) a graduate of Daito Univer

sity has

resigned fr om

his

salaried

position at

Yaohan

Super market Chain

(th

h a v e o n e store i n Fresno)^ e n t e r Osaka B i b l e

S e m i n a r y

in April, 1986.

^ H e

not sure what God has for him as yet, but

is

"ready to do God's will". Pra

knowing

that

God will surely guide such a willing

heart.

Speaking of

O.B.S.,

Sachiko (Hashimoto),

her husband Rodney

Friese and

one

year

old

Cynthia Marie will be visiting back

in

Japan through February a

March.

After attending Osaka Bible

College,

Sachiko was married to Rod

in

Slayton,

Minnesota

in I985

(Paul's

Epistle,

March, I983).

_ A special vote of thanks

is

due our Central Japan Christian Mission tru stees. Ernie Wi

kinson, Roger Burnham, and

Harold

Akers,

all

of

South

Bend, Ind. and Harry

Bauer

of Indiana

polis, Ind. have served faithfully

for

many years. Carl Chapman,

of

Carmel,

Ind.

was added

the group in

January

of

last year.

They

have shared many hours

in prayer and work,

getting

together for

meetings

and writing letters

in

efforts to find

solutions

to problems. Each

o

their wives,

too,

has

been

active

in the

function of

the mission.

Some of the young men whom we have taught have really

'gone

places'.

Some

of you have me

Susumu Kojima

who

is responsible for setting up

t h e

Industrial Bank of Japan in Washington,

Tsunematsu, a graduate of Obirin who helped

us

arr ange Christian

camps

has been

in

London for eleven

years.

He has his own

tourist

bureau and has set up a Soseki Natsume Muse

um

there

to

honor the

famous Japanese

novelist. Most r ecently, Yoshihisa

Kanda

was

sent to

Belgium by the Morgan Guarantee Trust

Co.

to

be

on the staff of the branch bank there.

Hitoshi

Nishiyama


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Mrs.

Inaba, 76,

started coming to

our

Sannobara Church after hearing

Hideko Domen's

songs on

the radio. Her mother, at 102, was in a nearby n

sing home,

being cared

for by her roommate, a

younger

sister of 87. The

JlFfc Im

v e r n o r o f K a n a g a w a P r e f e c t u r e t o o k

a

p o l l a s k i n g

h i s

f i f t y c e n t e n a r i a n s

what do you

attribute your long life?". Mrs. Shimamura was the only one

reply,

"It

is because

I

have faith

in

God". What

an

epitath to

carve

f

e r se l f ? A n d w h a t

a

r e m i n d e r

s h e

l e a v e s t o u s . I t

i s

o n e

t h i n g

t o r e c e i

ll

God*s b l e s s i n g s .

It

is

still a n o t h e r to g i v e

p r a i s e

to

G o d

w h o

"hast

j

one

all

these great things". (II Sam. 7520-223

I

became acquainted with

^̂

P I r P

b e f o r e h e r p a s s i n g , N o v e m b e r I 8 , 1 9 8 5 « T h e

f u n e r a l

w a s a s e r v i c e o f v i c t o

. T i A missionary's life

is

never boring. During our summer school a you

himamura — ^-rr —̂ ^ . r i .

a w a

a t

1 0 2 c a l l e d

e x p e c t i n g

t h e

p r e a c h e r

t o p r o v i d e

a

f u n e r a l

s e r v i c e f o r

h e r c

w a y

a

t h a t h a d

f a l l e n i n t o h e r o p e n

o f u r o

( b a t h )

a n d d r o w n e d .

T h e n a

c a n d i d a t e

yakuza (Japanese maf ia) came the day

before

he was to

be inducted

to counsel about it. Y

an

angry

young

husband

came to counsel with

a

kitchen knife

in

his

belt. We cou

decide whether he intended suicide or to take the life of his estranged wife. After coun

and prayer, he left

the knife

on the

table

which was later

picked

up

by the police. The

f cour se, the

real

thrill to the

missionary

comes when, as Kathleen

experienced

recently, a

requested, "Teach me more about Jesus". Then, to hear

him aff irm

his

faith

in Christ

greatest joy.

Kathleen

was looking

in

her

suitcase

for something. Shara, five

at

the time, watching,

"What

are

you finding, grandma?" We

thought,

"What a

positive type q uestion?"

We

w

of our task in Japan. Through the power of y o u r praters, we

are

here finding those

need His

salvation.

Another college

year

has been completed. Once

again I

taught

about 73 students in r a

y Bi

minar Cour se u sing Josh

McDowell's

text, "Mor e Then A Carpenter".

Here

is a brief r e

from the

survey

I

took:

53 stud ents cooperated

in

the

survey.

^0

students a g r e e d

t h a t 'Jesus

God'. (Japanese

t i t l e is

"Is He G o d or A C a r p e n t e r ? )

9 tudents checked, "I have a different opinion".

27 students

declared that they were caused to think about

God

more through

this

study

than at

any other

time

in

their lives.

(No Grades had nothing to

do

with it

since

no one

signed the

survey sheet.)

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a

receipt

for

y o u r

gift,

it is possible that

some

mail

has

gotten

If y o u have any question about mail,

please

write. It might have gotten

lost.

This summer's North American

Convention

is

uni q ue

with several

missionary

speakers. Haro

and Leone Cole will

be representing

Japan at

Indianapolis.

Drop by

C.J.C.M.'s booth.

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Japan

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St.,

South

Bend, Indiana,

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CENTRAL JAPAN CHRISTIAN

MISSION

INC.

The people which sat in

darkness

saw great light;.." Matt. 4:16

U.S.

Addresa

Hra.

M a r j r Lou

Bauer

ZUQ

Vest Clbert St.

Indianapolis, Indiana,

Tel.

(317)

787-6753

Dear

i'rieiids,

Church

Planting

Student Evangelism

Literature Distribution

Bible

Correspondence

Course

Japan Address

Mr. S i Mrs.

Paul S.

Pratt

1210 Kamikasuya.

Isehora

City, Kanugawa Ken,

259-11

Tel. (0'i63) 96-1192

Vol. XXX,

No.

Thanksgiving-Christmas,

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"T WILL PRAISE THE NAME OF GOD WITH

A

SONG, AND

WILL

MAGNIFY HIM WITH THANKSGIVING."

(Psalms 60:30)

"...IN EVERY

THING

BY

PRAYER

AND SUPPLICATION WITH THANKSGIVING LET YOUR

RE

QUESTS

B E MADE KNOWN

UNTO

GOD." (Philippians ^:6)

During Forwarding Agent Mary Lou's

visit

it all

went like clock-work. We were

able

to hear the Tokyo

Symphony

and witness the dedication

of

Camp Zama's re

furbished chapel. She gave

greetings

from all

of you

to

the

Sannobara and

Machida

Churches.

The

Shimokawas

arranged

for

a

tea ceremony and

a

koto,

samisen

and

shakuhachi concert. The latter began as

a

private con

cert

and since

it

was on

a

holiday more than

27

per

sons attended.

She

got

her.share

of

Japanese

foods,

sightseeing and

shopping, too. With a video camera

she was

able

to

capture both

colored sights and sounds.

She has

a

program (slides, video

and

display)

and

will

travel.

So

do Harold and Neomia Akers

who

still take

every chance to

present

our

work.

How blessed we arel

Mary

Lou's

phone

number

is listed above. The Akers can

be

reached at

219-288-0098.

a weekend we

had

Nov. 8-10

Eddie)

hat a weekend we

had

Nov. 8-10

Hideto

in

oshii and Masako Invited

down

to their church

Onga,

Kita

Kyushu

for

evangelism. They expressed their

appreciation to

us

and

to all

of

you

for

assisting him

in his

schooling.

"The church which is in his house"

is

in Dia

New

Town, a housing

area

of 300Q population,

a

five minute walk from

Onga Gawa station

area with a

population

of 20,000 more.

The church

has

provided

him

with a

second

car

and they are

seeking

for land

on

which to build.

Like

David, Hideto is small,

but like

David, his

God is great

against his Goliath-like task.

Hideto extends his witness thru a Christian girls

high school and advanced nursing

school of

1^00

girls.

Form For Mailing

Update

(Clip this out

and mail

it

to

Mrs.

Mary

Lou

Bauer

2^0 W, Elbert Street,

Indianapolis, Indiana, 46217

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The Yoshii s address is 55-2 New Town> Onga

Onga Gun, Fukuoka Ken, 8ll-^5.

Japan.

More th a n a yea r

has

p a s s e d since Ma r k a n d

Lynn

returned

to

the States.

Various preachers have

serve

the

Machi d a

Church

during

that

time. Bill a n d Betty

Turner,

who have served

in Japan for 21

years

have a

nounced that they

will come

to

Machida.

They

will be

moving in during the

first week

of the

new

year,

198?

We,

a l o n g

with

the church m emb er s

at

Machida,

h a v e

o

necks exten d ed as w e say in Japanese, awaiting their

arrival.

We

are

assured that your prayers

w i l l

conti

in behalf of this ministry and for them, too.

Remember

we asked you to pray for

Hitoshi

Nishiy

that

Godi

would lead

him

in his future? With just sev

months

of

study at Osaka Bible Seminar y h£ has

realiz

the n e e d for ministers of the gospel and has decided

continue at O.B.S.

three

more years. He is enthusias

tically talking about ways of evangelism. God still

answers

prayer

The Yoshii s home is the

Onga

Church

Come, Thou

long expected

Jesus,

Born

to set Thy people free;

From our fears and sins release

us;

Let;

us find our rest in Thee

I s r a e l s j s t r e n g t h

a n d

c o n s o l a t i o n

H o p ^ o f a i l

t h e

e a r t h T h o u a r t ;

Dear Desjire

of

every nation,

Joy of every longing heart.

harles

Wesley

Central Japan Christian

M i s s i o n Inc

1919^

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St.,

S o uth B e n d , I n d i a n a ,

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