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Address

Mrs.

Mary Lou

Bauer

2^40 West Elbert

St.,

Indianapolis,

Indiana,

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Tel. 517) 787-6755

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(Paul's Epistle)

CENTRAL JAPAN

CHRISTIAN MISSION INC.

The people

which sat

in

darkness saw great light;

Japan

Address

Mr. Mrs. Paul S. Pratt

1210

Kamikasuya,

Isehara City,

Kanagawa

Ken,

259-11.

Japan

Tel. (0^465) 95-1019

Matt. '4:16

Vol.

Campus Ministry U.S.

Address)

c/o

Rick

& Lydia

Coyle

3557 TallahsBses Dr.,

Cincinnati, Ohio,

^5239

Tel.

515) 585-92'47

XXVIII, No. 2, Summer, 1

friends,

We

were

happy to

get back

to

Japan. Especially

since we were

met

by new seekers

and a re

interest among the ladies of Kathleen's Bible

Study

Class. And

the

group is growing. I

weekly, now.

As you may remember, our

church

building was built

in

197^. Just after that we were able

oose leaders and get an organization started. So, at our co ngregational meeting

w e

decided

198^ as our

10th Anniversary year.

We will

be editing

an

album

(directory) and c om

a

fall

homecoming

with our season

of

evangelism.

m

I

still hav e the

sponsorship of

the

Christian

Club

at

Obirin C ollege.

Mark and

I

each ha

students

in a c ompulsary Bible Seminar. Together w e

are subsidising th e

Word of Life's r

of

the

Japanese copy of Josh McDow ell's More Than A Carpenter . We will use it

as

o

during

the

second

semester.

I

have

two

other Bible

Literature

classes

in

the

Junior Coll

continues teaching 1^0 students there eac h week The Ohio

Singers III

group will hav

ch apel sessions and a class session at Obirin on

June

28th. Pray

for

their total ministry

w

1

A

Bible

Literature Class

Part of our Christian Club

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Jim

Green

Ohio Singers III

Chris Crosgrove Toahialci Chida

Makoto

Yofihii

The

Horimotos

Our

missionaries

in

Tha

Speaking of

the Ohio S ingers, they arrive for

a

sixty day tour on June 23rd. Their

first

in the Tokyo

area.

They are lined

up

for

eight programs in five days before taki

f o r O s a k a . T h e n t h e y

w i l l r e t u r n

o n J u l y l ^ t h f o r

l6

d a y s

of

p r o g r a m s a c a m p a n d t h e

t w o

Sorry we

didn't

get

a good pose

of

Nancy Olson, originally

of

the

Pleasant

View

Church,

Ca

polis, Mich, and presently Librarian at Great La kes Bible College in Lansing, Mich. She wil

on

the

flight

with

the Singers and spend ^8 days in

Japan.

She

is planni ng to help with

o

library and

filin g system

and

that of the church,

teach and

do w ha tever else

needs to

What

a fine

way

to spend

your vacation , Nancy.

Re.joice

with the

Machida Church. Remember

I told

you about the psychiatrist

who

forbade h

to

be baptiz ed.

He

gave

his consent,

he and

his wife

attended the

great event on

May

tears in his eyes he declared, I

shall

remember

this

day as long as I live.

Pray

for th

Your

church

should have

received one

copy

of

the

1984

100t h Anniversary

Edition

of

Japan M

is

history.

We

still

have

several copi es on hand.

Write

for

your

copy.

Also, th

booklet, Gleam

of Dawn...Light of Day

is

still available. Send

$6.50

per copy to

Services, P.O. Box 2427» Knoxville, Tenn.,

57901-

Remember our Missionary Convention

July

25-28

and

the National Convention

July 28-50.

Japan

Christian Mission

19194 Helen

St.,

South Bend,

Indiana,

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(Paul s

Epistle)

CENTRAL JAPAN CHRISTIAN MISSION INC.

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S

Address

~Mrs.

Mary Lou Dauer

2^0 West Elbert St.,

Indianapolis, Indiana,

»»6217

Tel. (317) 787t6753

Japan

Address

Mr.

Mrs.

Paul

S.

Pratt

1210

Kamikasuya,

Isehara City,

Kanagawa Ken,

259-ll«

Japan

Tel. (01^63) 95-1019

Campus Ministry (U.S. Address)

c/o Mr. 8 t Mrs. Rick Coyle

5357 Tallahassee Dr.,

Cincinnati,

Ohio,

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Vacation Bible

School 198^

A Visit

with International Students

Shen Lin, bottom righ

S p e a k i n g o f

H i d e t o

Y o s h i i ,

( 1 9 6 6 - 7 0 ) h e

a n d

S p i i g e r u A k a d a

C 1 9 6 5 - 6 6 ) w i l l b e b a c k

t o

I s e h a r

our-Homecoming Evangelism and

10th Anniversary|

Celebration,

Nov. It

Is just

ten yea

the building was built. We are making every effort to get

members living at

a distance t

reach our many

prospects

at

the same time. Stories are being written for

a

Memor

Album to commemorate the occasion. We will be sending our supporting churches a copy.

Dr. and Mrs. Takeuchi invited us to

a

party in their home for exchange students

from Taiwa

Zealand,

China,

Hawaii and Nigeria. We enjoyed the chance

to witness to

them about our God

t a l k e d w i t h Shen L i n f r o m Shanghai. The j j o v e r n m e n t is paying for

her

education

here,

provide her a job, arrange

her

marriage and thus control

her

future. We

thought, What a

w

is

freedomJ

And

the most wonderful all

is

to

put ourselves

into

God's hands .

i l l k e e p

t h e h o m e

a d d r e s s s h e

g a v e

u s

h o p i n g t

a c c e p t h e r

i n v i t a t i o n

t o v i s i t

h e r

o n e

d a y

When

you pray; Remember Mark Maxey who underwent

surgery

on

August

20,

198^

at

Kumamoto,

a detached retina in one eye. Pray,

too,

for Exie Fultz who has had three suc

Pauline Maxey,

too,

has been under

the

care of a

doctor

for some time.

Remember t

family who operate the Kentucky House Restaurant in

Isehara? Their son,

Michitaro, aged 1

a

non-malignant

brain

tumor.

Pray for

his future treatments and

for his rehabilitation,

Kathleen and

I

w e r e h o n o r e d w i t h

a

certificate and

a

gift along w i t h the other 'long-term

at t h e Japanese Convention

on

July

36th. A

g o o d spirit of b r o t h e r h o o d prevails.

'Knowing Jesus makes a big

difference

in life

who

do know Him never really die.' Addison powers.

Those

who don't know Him never really live

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U.S.

Address

Mrs. Mary

Lou Bauer

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Kathleen

and I will go directly

from Florid^ to

Pennsylvania where we

have three

engagem

will be able to enjoy a

week with old friends

and

brothers

and sisters.

Then

after four

i n

M i c h i a n a

w e

h a v e

a p l a n e t o

c a t q l j a t

C i n c i n n a t i f o r L o s

A n g e l e s

o n

M a r c h 3 1 s t

an

added blessing

to

be

able to make a secc»nd

stopover

with Mary

Joyce and

Paul

David an

More than at other times we have been able to meet other missionaries and friends

of

Jap

way.

Clayton

Goe, aged

82

and also

a

T

in this work for

some

time. We visited him

i'imothy of the Vanderbilt Church has been ass

md

his

wife in Muncie.

We

saw Bob and Joyce

two of their children and

then

attended church with Dale

and

Peggy Wilkinson at C

j o

Japan.

Bill

and Akemi Belew, recruits to

off to the

'land

of the rising sun' on Feb.

Both families are missionaries

i

visit

us in Cincinnati. Pray them

met

a

few

times with members

of

OHIO

SINGjERS

III

at

C.B.S. to discuss their summer pla

like

the first group (1970) and the New OhiO Singers (1972)

they

are coming to serve and

as God opens doors. Will you

pray

for

support? Please write to Jim Green; 2700

G

them? Will

you stand

behind them with fina

lenway Ave.,

Cincinnati;

Ohio,

45204. Two o

group

of

six

members, Makoto

Yoshii

(son

of; pre ac he r

Hideo Yoshii)

and

Toshiaki Chida a

e students from Japan to C.B.S.

Kathleen and have

been

getting thorough physical checkups at the Inlow Clinic

in

Shelb

Ind.

-We gating-new glasses,- tool' She-has come .through

with

flying colors, b

t r e a d m i l l

t e s t r e v e a l e d t h a t

I

h a v e a n

i r r e g u j l a r

h e a r t b e a t u n d e r e x e r c i s e

C o n s u l t a t i o n

a

cardiologist revealed that it is best

to have

the

c athe riz ati on

(heart scan).

So I wi

admitted to

St.

Francis Hospital in Indianapolis

between

Feb.

7th and 9th

for

that purpose

your prayers for our health.

Speaking

o f health,

raise God

for

keeping

Cason from serious

harm

when

he

was re

17th) struck

by

a

car.

Mark explained that "x-rays showed t h a t no bones

were

b

the next day

there seemed to

be no after effects f r o m a bump

on his

head .

As in furloughs

past,

both our daughter, Lydia and Kathleen's sister, Mary Lou have

bee

hosts. They simply

have opened their homes

t o

us

unreservedly, for

which

we will

t h a n k f u l Space

c o u l d

not

b e f o u n d

to m e l i t i o n the

m a n y

others

who h a v e

a n d do n o w h o

doors open to us. Your Father...will reward you.

Mrs. Mildred

Hawkins, a great stalwart in

t l i ^

First Church, East Chicago, Ind. was

calle

She gave

prayer

It

reward November 21

1983.

to the 'missionary effort'

at

East Chicago.

and financial

and

moral support to

us

as we

is

a

'changed'

neighborhood.

C a n a g a w a Ken. Pray for the 110,OOP,OOP who

ray

diligently

for the

6,

OP,

OO

people

of

K

Japan, many

of

whom do not know HIM.

"Pray...the

Lord

of

the harvest to

send out labo

(trained

Christians

within Japan &

workers

f r < | ) m outside Japan) into

his

harvest."

Japan

Christian Mission

19194 Helen St.,

South

Bend,

Indiana, 46637

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CENTRAL

JAPAN CHRISTIAN MISSION INC.

T h e

p e o p l e w h i c h s a t i n

d a r k n e s s s a w

g r e a t l i g h t ; . . .

M a t t .

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j j . ^ . Address

Mrs.

Mary Lou

Bauer

2hO

West

Elbert St..

Indianapolis, Indiana ,

^6217

Tel.

(317)

787-6753

ear friends,

Japan

Address

Mr. & Mrs.

Paul S. Pratt

1210 Kamikasuya,

Isehara City,

Kanagawa

Ken, 259-11,

Japan

Tel. (0 ^63) 95-1019

Campus Ministry (U.S. Address)

c/o

Mr. t

Mrs.

Rick Coyle

3357

Tallahassee Dr.,

Cincinnati, Ohio,

 »5239

Tel. (513)385-92 t7

Vol.

XXV III, No.

5, Christmas,

198

The writer of the

Hebrew

letter tells us that Jesus

the glory of God

and bears

the very stamp of his

nature,.. What a terrific plan our Heavenly Father had to

visit our

planet

in human flesh

in

the

person

of

His Son.

And

what

a

blessing, too, that

the

message of His coming,

his loving, his

dying

and

resurrection

to life was written

own

for those of us who weren't

alive to

see

Him. For

our

aith, and thereby our salvation, comes by ... the

word

of

As we think of His coming, we remember the whole love

ry. His

plan of

salvation for us. We respond

with Paul,

God for his Son his

Gift

too wonderful for

words.

Mrs.

Mitsu

Akiyama, Sannobara s Senior

Citizen at

80,

was

called

to her

reward

on September 26th. She was the

be baptized

in

our outdoor

baptistry

at 66

when the Ohio Singers were here

in 1970.

She faithfully let

er light shine

in her

dark corner. Shut-in much of the time

ue to high blood pressure and

other ailments, she

prayed

each

of the church

people

who

had assisted

her. Entries

er diary

were transferred to our

Memorial

Album

after

er death. They

are

an inspiration to

all

who read them.

will be an influence yet

on

bringing

her

grandchildren

Lord.

She,

being dead,

yet

speaketh .

With our 10th Anniversary Evangelism still

on

the way,

three persons

were

lead

to

faith in Christ.

Mrs.

Emiko

baptism was September l6th and Mr. and Mrs. Nao-

's unforgettable day was November 11th.

(He

is a

professor

and

she is a music teacher.) Mr.

and

Mrs.

Hara, devout Christians came to serve with us from

Church, in Tokyo where I formerly taught

in

school.

The Anniversary Weekend itself was a big boost to our

an

added

step closer for other

prospects.

of our leaders wrote articles for our Memorial

Album

is a

fine

historic record and

holds

forth

a

vision

for

future

of the

church.

Speaking of

vision , just before

the celebration,

we

our first

home

meeting

on

the other side

of Isehara

with

present.

It was decided then and there that

schedule them

every

month in the

future and invitations

ome

in

for several

months

into the

future.

At least

of these are in other cities

around

Isehara.

November 3rd is Culture Day

in

Japan and

an

excellent

for wedding s. Hasako and Sumio, one of our fine cou

were married that

day

at

the church and

we had a

garden party

in

celebration.

About sixty

relatives

Mrs. Mitsu Akiyama

The Ishiis

Naoaki, Yoshiaki

&

Makiko

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and

church friends attended. They

spent

their honeymoon in the Philippines.

Pray

for him a

he

has

not yet made a decision for Christ.

Believe it or

not, Isehara

finally

has two

American fast

food

franchises. McDonalds

an

Kentucky Fried Chicken

both opened

on

October 23rd.

The

Ohio Singers

III and Nancy Olson ca

a

bit too soon. Speaking

of

Ohio Singers

III

we

have

had about a

dozen

enrollees for

our Bi

ble

Correspondence

Course recently as a result of their programs

in

Southern Japan. I'm sur

their influence will be felt for years to come.

The

responsibility for

the

Bible Correspondence

Course

was

taken over by Akira Ishii

since

the

time we

returned

to

the

States a year; ago. He

is

faithfully taking c re

of

this

a

well

as

working

with

the

new church

at

Kotesashi along

with

the Bill Turners. Thanks

to dif

ferent churches

and

individuals

in the

Tokyo

Area he

has

been

able to put

his

full

time into

evangelism. This, too, is a breakthrough

for

the Tokyo area churches.

Evangelism

right

on

the campus has

extra

benefits for us. Mark and

I

invested mission

funds

in

a reprint

of Josh McDowell's

book, "More Than

A

Carpenter"

as

a

text.

Now,

with

o

Bible Seminar students each buying the

book, the

proceeds

come

back

to

us to be used in

othe

evangelism. Praise the Lord And, the book is proving again to be a valuable tool

for

ou

thinking students. We have scheduled the movie

"What's

Up Josh?" as a recapitulation of the

ideas advanced in

the

book. We expect

some

decisions, from the.-200

or

more-

students..

.Pray

Paul David, Jeannie

and

their sons Travis

and

Wade

live

at 28014 Ridgebrook Ct-, Rancho Palos

Verdes, Calif-

They attend the Del Amo Christian Church at Torrance, Ca.,

where Bro.

Charles Magnuson ministers. Paul

serves as

an

attorney, working in contracts with the Magnavox

Corp.

As

of September 8, I983

he was

admitted

and qualiiTied

as an

attorney and

counsellor

of the Supreme

Court

of the

United

t

k

S t a t e s .

H e

is a l s o a d v i s i n g o u r C e n t r a l J a p a n C h r i s t i a n ^9;

Mission.

Hp

 Y T H E G I F T S

O F

L O V E J O Y

AND

PEACE

WHICH

OUR

SAVIOR

BROUGHT

INTO

THE

WORLD BE YOURS ABUNDANTLY

THROUGHOUT THE

COMING

YEAR

985

The

Paul D. Pratt

fsuaily

Central Japan Christian

Mission

Inc.

(a

tax-exempt corp.)

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