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Vol.

22,

No. 1, January, . :

So

many

of you

greeted us across the ocean

with

cards,

letters

and gifts. We thank you.

The Honorable Kazu.ji Nagasu, Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture invited Kathleen and me to

Year s Gathering on Jan. 28th. Since it is in

the

interest of International frien

I have been

given opportunity

to speak. Mary Lou,

working

at the Indiana State house as

forand

received

a personal greeting

from

Indiana s Governor, The Honorable Otis Bowen to h

in Kanagawa. We ll report to all

of

you later about details.

If

we

think that

is

getting

up

among important figures, there

is

more. The very

Angels

re.joiced with

l i s in November and December as Hiromichi Hara and Yoshie Yamamoto accept

and were baptized

in His

name. The former is the

proprietor of

Kentucky House Restaura

Yoshie, his sister-in-law is a free lance architect.

WHERE

ARE THEY NOW? Now

and

then

it

is

necessary

to look back

at

those who

have found t

here or

worked with us. (1.)

Koichi

Homori.

who

completed

our Bible

. Correspon- 1

English

Bible with us in Kajiki

is

now preaching the gospel as

of the

church

in

Kagoshima City. He was married last summer. (2.) Moriyama,

became a Christian

thru our

work

at Kajiki and

Sakurayaraa. He is

now teach

ing

at

a

girl s high school

in

Tokyo

and

is a leader

in

the Mabashi

Church.

0 hichiro

from Kagoshima finished the Correspondence Course

and

was

bap-

tized. He is serving with the

Seaman s

Labor Union and serving with Homori

at the church in Kagoshima. (4.) Morohashi, Kuwabara and Yamazato who stud

ied

with

our Leadership

Training

School

in Tokyo ( 67-*70) are

preaching

the

gospel in the

Tokyo area. (5)

Hideto

Yoshii,

who

worked

with

us from

66 to

70

studied

in the States and is

now

teaching and serving as Chaplain at a

girl s jr. high,

high

school and

jr. college

in Kita Kyushu. He

preaches

on

a

part

time

basis. (6.)

Susumu Kojima,

lived in our home

(1959)

is Assistant

Loan

Manager

of

the Tokyo Branch of Industrial B ank of Japan.

He

is married

with two children and

serves

the Minato Church, Yokohama

as

a deacon. (?)

Hikoyasu

Sugimoto

was

baptized during his college

days at Isehara. He is

a

Patent

Attorney with Numagawa Rubber

Co. in

Chiba. He helped form the nuc

leus for a new

church there

and teaches in their

growing Sunday School.

(8.)

Minamiyama

is

taking

over his father s business in Mie Ken

and works

in

the

local church there. (9-) Congratulations

are in order

for

M a s a r a i Sugimoto

,

who will graduate

from Obirin College s Dept.

of

English

Literature, having

11.

served

two

years as leader of

the Christian Club .

He is a

member

of the of

ficial

board of Sannobara Church and seeks

God s

leading

for his

future. He

wants to

make

his living by teaching and preach the gospel.

(10,11)

Tetsuo

^

ideko (Yabiku) Domen

now

have five children and still sing

as a team

upon

invitation. Tetsuo works with I.B.M. in Tokyo and they assist the church at

Bayama City.

The

Izu-Oshima Earthquake registering 5 on the scale of

7

ere at Isehara was o

strongest since coming to Japan

19

years ago. Bro. Milton Bates of Disaster Relief

phone

challenged

me to get involved by sending a fund for that

purpose.

I saw firs

hand much

of

the

damage. Details

will come

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Po

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ru no T e-gaai

(Paul

Mark's Epistle)

CENTRAL JAPAN CHRISTIAN

MISSION

"..declare His praise

in the

islands." Isa.

^2:12

Overseas/Address

Paul Kathleen

Pratt

1210 Kamikasuya, Isehara

City,

Kanagawa

Ken,

259-ll

Japan.

Ph. 0463-95-1019

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 Morino

Machida Shi,

Tokyo

1^4, Jap

Ph. 0427-26-9778

C a m p u s o u s e P l a n s

o v i n g v i i l I

y o u s h a i e ?

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o n e . n o w . ^ e n j i c h i n g . f o A . a p f w o p A l a t e .

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All o u r

p l a n s a r e f i l l e d

w i t h

f o r t u n a t e s

a n d

u n f o r t u n a t e s .

\

Fortunately,

Mark and Lynn had

a

dream

of a

campus

house in Tokyo.

V

Unfortunately,

they didn't

have

funds.

F o r t u n a t e l y a n i c e J a p a n e s e b a n k e r o f f e r e d t h e m a loan.

f t

l

U n f o r t u n a t e l y , h e d i s c o v e r e d t h a t b a n k s d o n ' t

l o a n

m o n e y t o

f o r - k

eigners.

F o r t u n a t e l y , G o d

g a v e t h e m t h e p a t i e n c e

t o

w a i t .

U n f o r t u n a t e l y , w h i l e w a i t i n g , t h e

p r i c e s o f

l a n d a n d b u i l d i n g

J 1 S _

^

soared, but

the

need

was still

there.

F o r t u n a t e l y ,

t h e y

C A N N O W

G E T

A

L O A N a t a l o w i n t e r e s t r a t e .

Unfortunately

this

will

not

be quite enough for the

total cost. .

Fortunately. YOU

can

share in th is building

program for

God by W

p r a y i n g a n d h e l p i n g f i n a n c i a l l y as m u c h as y o u s i n - f l l

cerely desire

to

do

so.

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1

still

t i l

p

>s

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Muo

3 o

a

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CENTRAL JAPAN CHRISTIAN MISSION

Forwarding Address

Mrs

Mary

Lou Bauer

2910

East 98th

St.,

Indianapolis, Ind., 46280

Ph. 317-844-3659

Overseas Address

Paul c

Kathleen

Pratt

1210

Kamikasuya, Isehara City,

Kanagawa Ken, 259-11, Japan.

Ph. 0463-95-1019

C.J.C.M. - Campus Ministry

Mark

and

Lynn Pratt

3-4-19 Morino

Machida Shi, Tokyo

194,

Japan

Ph 0427-26-9778

Dear friends.

r

o

- r

u

no

T

e-gami

(Paul

t M a r k s E p i s t l e )

B

"..declare His praise

in the islands. Isa. 42:12

Vol. 22,

Feb., 1978

Our regular readers have followe d us through 2 years of frustration in regard

to

buying

land

We

were confident

of getting

a bank loan. We located several

lots

that we

thought

would be

suitable. Then we were disappointed

to

learn that we

would

not

be

granted

a

loan. We had land

but no money. Now we have some money, but no land The Yotsuya Christian Mission recently

sold some property near downtown Tokyo. Part

of

this money has been put into a loan

fund

to

help other missionaries; and

part

of that

has

already been specifically designated to

us.

This

is an unbelievable opportunityand we have every

real estate

man and his brother look

ing for

property

near

the

Obirin campus.

LET'S BACK UP t's hard to really describe the problem of housing/prices

here.

Buying re

quires so

much

money that

we

have considered the practicality

of

renting. Howeve r, rent is

expensive,

too,

and continues to

go

higher.

On

top of

that,

most houses here are

way

smaller

than American houses.

To

rent

a

house

for

a

growing family

plus

a

meeting room/study

area

would be an

enormous amount of

moneydown the

drain.

In the

next

ten

years

at

least

$50,000

would

be

lost

if

we continued renting. Buying seems to be

the

wisest use of

the Lord's

money

WHAT'RE WE

GONNA

USE FOR

MONEY?

e

have some

cash on hand

that we have

received

from you

over

the past

2

years (plus

interest). We

are very thankful for this.

The figures

on

the

thermometer show how much we have, how

much

the

loan

will

provide,

and how

much

is still

needed. By

looking

at

the figures

only, you might think we are planning too extravagantly.

For that

reason,

we

have

included measurements

and

sketches. In

Japan

it

costs about twice

as much to

build

as it

would

in

the

States;

and land is

more

than

twice

as expensive. The

prices are high; but we are planning as

economically

as possible.

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House-)

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F / .

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T H E S E

F I G U R E S ARE NOT

E X A C T

rices rise, a n d

vary

in

size, w e haven t selected a site yet,

ma te size

a n d

co st

of a lo t

here.

O f

course, b u

t o b e adapted for t h e lot

purchased.

These f i g u ;

m e r e l y

t o

a c q u a i n t

y o u

wit h o u r n e e d s . We

f e e l


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o r u

no

T e-i;aai

(Paul Mark s

Epistle)



6/8

you realize t h a t t h o u g h M a r k a n d lynn w i l l liv e in t h e house i t will be t h e

p r o p e r t y

of

Christian Mission.

And

our

Constitution

provides that i n

the

event

of

a disolv

th^

mission

the

t s s e t s will

be

turned

ove r

to

other missions

of Churches of Christ.

Had you

r e a d my article

on

Missionary Freedom

in

the Feb. l?th issue of

Horizons?

Le

a p o r t i o n of it. "I

.

c 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

a n

a r r a n g e d m a r r i a g e . *0 h ,

y e s i

God

w a s

t h e g o - b e t w e e n

fo r P a u l

s h e e xp l a i n s . In t h i s s a m e

w a y ,

is

i t

n o t p os s i b l e f o r a m a r r i a g e

of t h e

s e n t ones

senders w i t h G o d a n d

His

Holy Spirit i n t h e preeminent

place

w h i c h He deserves? As

comm

t o b e

g i v e n , He

h a n d s t h e m d o w n . As c o n t r o l

is i n

o r d e r ,

h e

m a i n t a i n s i t . N e e d l e s s 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

a dialogue." Read the entire article and write m e

your

comments.

Meet Asako Niwano.

She is 37i m a r r i e d to

a

truck driver and t h e y

have

t w o children.

to

talk and she tells all that is

on

her heart. She is so different from other Japan

h a s

b e e n h o s p i t a l i z e d

fo r

b r a i n s u r g e r y a n d

fo r

n e u r o s i s . S h e

w a s a t

h e r v / i t s e n d h a

v a r i o u s

religionr,,

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

to t h e

S a n n o

has

come ever

since. "The

Bible

is

different.

It speaks

to me and to my need.

F

w i t h

p e o p l e w h o

l i s t e n

t o m e

and take

m e s e r i o u s l y

h a s m e t

m y

n e e d . E v e n i f

I

tr y s t

a w a y I

t h i nk

o f

y o u r s e r v i c e s

a n d

v / i s h I

w a s

h e r e , " s h e t e s t i f i e s . Sh e

h a s n o v ; p r o f e

i n

C h r i s t a n d w i l l s o o n b e b a p t i z e d . G o d s t i l l l i v e s , a n d

He

i s a c c o m p l i s h i n g His g r e a

of w h i c h

h e s p o ke . We Pr a i s e His

N a m e

You met M a s a r u Shiraki ( J a n . ,

1977

Epistle).

He wa 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

a n d

attacked

him

w i t h a hammer.

He is

a new man, now,

as

he says, "by God's grace". He

mis s ed a n

e v e n i n g s e r v i c e

(works day s ) for

the

p a s t

seven months, works regularly and

i n

r e j oi c e s d a i l y i n plod's p r e s e n c e ,

" .. i n

C h r i s t

h e

is a

n e w

c r e a t u r e" . Pr a i s e Go d

T h i s

year 's All

Japan

Christian Convention (April

?S - Ma y

2) shows

g r o w t h

i n

J a p a n e s e c h u r c h e s t h a t w e've

n e v e r

s e e n b e f or e

It w a s s o

e x

t o s e e -

i f ^ 8 p e o p l e - g a t h e r

f o r

t h e S u n d a y w o r s h i p

s e r v i c e .

T h i s

is

attendances

Not only have

the numbers i n c r e a s e d

but

there

t o b e

m o r e m a t u r i t y

a m o n g t h e -

J a p a n e s e p r e a c h e r s a n d m o r e e n t h u s i a s m

c o m mi t m e n t

e m o n g th e

l a y p e o p l e . It's

b e e n

a s l o w , s t e a d y c l i m b w i t h

i n d i c a t i o n t h a t c h u r c h e s

w i l l

b p g r o w i n g

in

q u a l i t y

a n d

q u a n t i t y .

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JAPAN CHRISTIAN MISSION

19194

H e l e n St.

South Bend, Indi an a ^ 46637

A Non-profit

Organization

Yukiya

Shimokawa

baptized

Feb. 26.

Winter,

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in

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Forwarding Address

Mrs. Mary Lou Bauer

2910 East

98th

St.,

Indianapolis,

Ind., 46280

Ph. 317-844-3659

Overseas Address

Paul Kathleen

Pratt

1210

Kamikasuya, Isehara City,

Ksmagawa Ken,

259-lli

Japan.

Ph. 0463-95-1019

C.J.C.M.

- Campus

Ministry

Mark and Lynn

Pratt

3-4-19

Merino

Machida Shi,

Tokyo 194, Japan

Ph. 0427-26-9778

Dear

friends,

/ t ^ l / C O

^

S

P

o

-

r

u no T

(Paul

& Mark's Ep istle)

B

..declare His praise

in

the islands. 42:12

J J N .

Vol. 22, Hay 1978

Convention

T h i s y e a r ' s

a l l J a p a n

C h r i s t i a n C o n v e n t i o n w a s

h e l d i n O k i n a w a . A l l

y e a r

l o n g

w e

g e t

g o o d - a n d - s t a r v e d - u p

f o r t h i s

f e a s t .

T h e n

w e s i n g

( i n E n g l i s h i ) t i l l o u r

t h r o a t s

a r e

s o r e ,

t a k e

i n

s o m e

s p i r i t u a l f o o d

( i n s t e a d

o f g i v i n g

i t o u t , f o r a

c h a n g e ) , a n d s i t u p

t i l l a l l h o u r s

o f

t h e n i g h t j u s t t a l k i n g w i t h m i s s i o n a r y

f r i e n d s w e

r a r e l y

s e e . O v e r

500 attended

t h e

comb ined Japanese-Engli sh conv ention.

Land News

,

^

j i

1

M o n e y " f o r t h e

l a n d

f u n d

h a s b e e n

c o m i n g i n s t e a d i l y

s i n c e

t h e e n d o f J a n u a r y t h a n k s

t o

a l l

o f

y o u

O n

M a y

1 2

w e

h a d a

m e e t i n g

w i t h a

l a n d

o w n e r .

W e

h a d b e e n l o o k i n g a t a

i d a n t m a p o f t h e

O b i r i n

a r e a w i t h M r . a n d M r s . T a k a g a k i , o u r f r i e n d s w h o t e a c h

a t

T h e r e a p p e a r e d

t o

b e v e r y f e w p o s s i b i l i t i e s . N o w o n d e r w e

h a d r u n i n t o s o

m a n y

d e a d - e n d s

with the

realtors. . ^ j

it

S o

t h e T a k a g a k i s o f f e r e d t o t r y a n d f i n d

o u t

w h o o w n e d t h e

l o t s

t h a t s e e m e d a v a i l a b l e ,

s o

w e c o u l d t a l k p e r s o n a l l y t o t h e m

( a n d

s k i p t h e r e a l t o r s ) .

A m e e t i n g w a s a r r a n g e d

w i t h o n e m a n w h o o w n s t w o or t h r e e

a v a i l a b l e

p l a c e s

n e a r

O b i r i n - T h i s f i r s t m e e t i n g w a s m a i n l y t o m e e t e a c h o t h e r a n d e x p l a i n w h a t w e

a r e

l o o k

i n g

f o r -

N o t h i n g w a s

s a i d

a b o u t m o n e y .

T h e J a p a n e s e

l i k e

t o t a k e t h e i r t i m e a b o u t t h e s e

t h i n g s ;

w e are to think for

a while,

then

meet

again.

W e

a r e k e e n l y

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

i n

t h e

L o r d ' s

h a n d s .

W e h a v e n o

s t r i n g s t o p u l l , n o l a r g e s u m s o f m o n e y t o

f l a s h

a r o u n d , n o s p e c i a l p o w e r o f p e r s u a s i o n .

W e

m u s t

s i m p l y

d o w h a t w e

k n o w

t o d o , t h e n w a i t a n d

s e e

w h a t t h e L o r d w i l l a l l o w t o o r

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

j J a r k

Moj^e, a student at Great Lakes

Bible College. Mark is f r o m 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.'?

Dad

D a d

a n d I h a v e b e e n i n v o l v e d

i n a s p e c i a l

a r i K C - I i s t i c

p r o t j r a n j t h a t

d e s e r v e s

t o b e

m e n t i o n e d .

I t

w o r k s l i k e t h i s :

s e v e r a l

o f

u s hoa t h e T o k y o

a r e a

m e e t a t o n e

o f

o u r

h o m e s . W e p a r t i c i p a t e i n a m a s s t i a c t d i st r i b u t i o n ; w e s t a n d i n t h e

l o c a l

s c h o o l y a r d s

B i b l e s t o i i e s w i t h

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

r o l l s

a s v i s u a l s ; w e p a s s

o u t

s u r v e y c a r d s .

T h e

i d e a

is t o m a k e c o n t a c t w i t h i n t e r e s t e d p e r s o n s for t h e m i s s i o n a r y

i n

t h a t

a r e a ,

W e r e j o i c e w i t h

M o m

a n d D a d

o v e r 2 i e c e n l

baptismsMiss

T o k e s h i ,

a y o u n g

n u r s e ,

r l r .

S h i m o k a w a ,

v d i o s e w i f e h a s b e e n a C h r i s t i a n for s e v e r a l y e a r s .

College

Enjrlish

class

ews

You will

r e me m b e r th a t

I held

an English

Bible

class a t Obirin, ma king use of t he

High. Well,

two

guys

f ro m tha t

class

requested

another class

this

so I

have

begun

one. In

addition,

two freshman

girls were

interested in a special

ut had s chedule conflicts , s o I began a second class .

I continue

t o

teach

English

a s

p a r t of the r egular

college

curriculum

as well

as

and

junior

high). I

don't

know

how to say this

and

remain

humble,

b ut

college b oy

had

heard t hat

m y

English class las t year was

s o

good, he

t o make

sure

he

got

into

it

this year. 'When the kids come t o me,

it's

a

s t e p up .

Last week,

f o r t h e f ir s t

time,

I went to

watch an

Obirin Junior High bas eball game.

really

feel the need to show the students

t h a t

I'm interes ted

in

their

extracurri

ar a ctivities. I must tr y and do this kind of thing

more

often in

m y

s p a r e time.

We

have scheduled

a

fur lough to b egin in October of 1978. Regular contribut ors

b e

receiving special info on this.

We

hope t o

see

many of you then.

w o i ^ h c t l

c i r t A j h \ L i k r r ^ i

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b u L i l A m

i n

M A - r c - U ^ i i

pratt mark lynn 1978 japan

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