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(Paul's Epistle)
CENTRAL JAPAN

"The people that walked in darkness have

seen a great light:"
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CHRISTIAN MISSION

Overseas Address

Forwarding Address

Paul & Kathleen Pratt

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1210 Kamikasuya, Isehara City 23769 West Edison Road,

Kanagawa Ken, Japan, 239-11

Bible Correspondence,

Church Plantim
Planting,

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Mrs. Polly Wilkinson

South Bend, Indiana, 46628

Kindergarten,
Kindergarten,

Ad~Vangelism,
Campus Evangelism
Volume XVII, No- 1, Winter, 1974

Dear friends,

"Akemashite" (the new year has opened up.) "Omedeto Gozaimasu" (congratulations!). And
might add as our friends do, "As in the past, we request your favor in the coming new year".
Go back with us for a moment in order to review some of the victories we have

cent days.

seen

we

in re

As a result of Brother Akira Oda's preaching in our fall evangelistic meeting Minoru

Aihara was baptized on Sunday, Nov. 4th. We were happy to learn that Ryohei Koizumi, (see fall
Epistle) our exchange student at St. Louis, Mich, was baptized there on that very same Sunday by
Brother Hank McAdams, who is also his host.

No sooner had December begun, than Miss Mine Kihara

a junior high student determined to be baptized in the chilly evening water of our outdoor bap
tistry.

She was lead in her decision by the influence of our very youngest Christians.

In the aforementioned Epistle, we introduced Debbie Eikeland as nephew Rodney Crider*s'good

friend'. After a very brief engagement they were-jnarried on NavendJer"17tEl".-- Debbie's mother was
able to come from Anaheim, Calif, for a week of preparations and for the ceremony. The newlyweds

are living in an apartment here in Isehara about 35 minutes from Atsugi Naval Air Facility where
we

Rod serves. They are invaluable to the work as examples and as leaders and
build the church house. Only the Lord could have planned for his assignment so near by.

Christmas programs at the Junior College, Jr. High School were over early in the month. The
rest of our time was spent visiting the children's hospital, caroling, in the Sunday School pro
gram, a candle light service and church sukiyaki dinner. Along with people all over Japan, our
group enlisted customers to visit the local movie theatre to see "Shiokari Mountain Pass". This
is based upon Ayako Miura's best selling Christian novel. Pray for its influence and that of re
cent showing on TV of "The Robe" and "The King of Kings".

Oh Christmas .day>'we were honored by the presence of a Japanese family, a Viet Nam student a
Nigerian'student, and--a^sailor from Minnesota as well as Rod and Debbie. In the afternoon, who
should show up at our doo'F~bu-t~Hideto Yoshii, unexpectedly returning from his graduate study at
Cincinnati Bible Seminary. Pray for the Lord to lead in his future planning.

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Aihara's Baptism
Nov. 4th

Our house

where meetings have been held

Debbie & Rod's Vows

Christine Takahashi

Masami Sugimoto

A most wonderiEul Christmas eve gift from sifiter Mary Lou was a telephone callfrom our child
ren, In her wonderment, Karis Anne couldn't quite follow through as she had been coadTied,

Hideto Yoshii preached for us on Uegember^j^Jih .and then joined in the groundbreaking se^ice
for the new church .building immediately in" front of our house. Along with everyone else, we look

'to it since services have_been held in our house now for seven years. This building is
1 forward
special, indeed, since the local people will be paying for.more" than 'lialf' of' it. But we are still
in need of all the help you can give.

Here is a brief report of our Sannobara Church and of our activities at Obilin Academy.
Total Weekly attendants (Youth meet., S.S., Church)
Total amount given to the building fund this year
Total amount given to missions this year
Weekly contacts at Obilin Academy

Total Baptized into Chri^ in 1973

60
$800.00
$360.00
^0

- - -6 (1 adult, 3 young adults, 2 teenagers)

Paul will be busier than ever this year. In addition to his helping with the new building,
he has begun two more Bible classes each week. Important coming events at this writing would be
our Bible Camp at Karuizawa, Jan. 12th to 15th and the All Japan Christian Convention here in the
Tokyo Area May 1st to 5th.

As of the end of 1973 our committment to the Kajiki Church and-teiadecg^ten ( in Kagoshima)
was ended. We had assisted the church there for the past 13 years and .the kindergarten thru its
entire 10 years of existance. They will be on their awb-from here^on. Pray for their numerical,

and spiritual growth.

You read about tile U.^. Campus Ministries in the Sept, 23 Christian Standard.

If they are

useful methods in the State'^7^4he^-wil-l-be-even mor.e. effectix^. here. With the price of land on
the rise, it appears necessary for us to try to rent' a place if it can be found.

So far, the to

tal amount in our building fund is $4000.00. Pray for this CAMPUS MINISTRY,
The entire world is plagued by the energy crisis. Yet to the child of God there is no cause
for anxiety. The power of His Spirit, His word and His Almighty hand are unchanged. It remains
"the same yesterday, and today and forever." "Do not be anxious about your life." For Vmy
God
will supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus." "And the peace
of God which passes all understanding will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus,"
PRAYER

GRAM

THANK THE LORD FOR ASSISTANCE IN OUR BUILDING PLANS FliOM OTHER JAPANESE CHURCHES . . . FOR SIGNS

OF THE DOLLAR"S VALUE RISING AGAIN . . . FOR A CO-OPERATIVE JAPANESE CARPENTER. PRAY FOR GOOD
WEATHER, SUFFICIENT HELP AND FUNDS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF BUILDING NOW GOING ON . . . A CONTINUING
SPIRIT OF EVANGELISM AMONG OUR YOUTH . . . GOD TO CHOOSE THE PROPER COLLEGES FOR HALF A DOZEN OF

OUR YOUNG MEN AND SUCCESS IN TAKING THEIR TESTS. , ,

Central Japan Christian Mission Inc.
(Paul and Kathleen Pratt)

23769 West Edison Road,

South Bend, Indiana, 46628

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Paul and Mrsa Kathleen Pratt,

1210 Kamikasuya, Isehara City,

Kanagawa Ken, Japan 259-11 report
that Hideto Yoshii returned to Japan

on Christmas day from graduate study

at Cincinaati Bihle Seminary and
he preached for their Pecemher 30th
service.

He then joined in the

groundbreaking service for the new

chn.rch building immediately in front

of Pratt's home where services have

been held now for 7 years.

This new

building is special because the

local people will be paying for more

than half of it,

Pratts still need

all o'f the help you can give, send

gifts to their forv/arding agent:

Central Japan Christian Mission,

Mrs. Polly Wilkinson, 23769 West
Edison Road, South Bend, Indiana
46628.

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(Paul's Epistle)

CENTRAL JAPAN

CHRISTIAN MISSION

'The people that walked in darkness have

Isaiah 9*2
seen a great light:"
Forwarding
Address
Overseas Address
^
Plml & Kathleen Pratt

1210 Kamikasuya, Isehara City

Kanagawa Ken, Japan, 259-11

Mrs. Polly Wilkinson

Mn
23769
West Edison Road,
23'

South
Bend, Indiana, 46628
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Phone; Iseharfi, 0453-95-1019

Church Planting,

Bible Correspondence

Kindergarten

Ad-Vangelism,
Campus Evangelism
\/nlune XVil, No. 2, Spring, 1974

MAY 31 \%u

Dear Christian Friends,

The Lord ans'ijers prayer! We'we prayed Tor a carpenter to help us build the Sannobara
"ch building.
In January Julius Fleenor phoned^us about jvi^r. a_nd l^.rs. Pave Reynolds from
me, Qragnn. Pa is a contractor-builder and^in Wovenber,"1972" thay sold their horns and went
to

Srazil to help :nissi'onariss there

After a year

there they

in their

went to Cthiopia

building endeavors.

to help the missionaries

for three nnnths. They had written Brother Fleenor that they wanted
to visit JAPAN on their way home.
So I fired an airmail letter to
them inviting them to come over to ISEHARA and help usl
pf:arch 28, I
was in Osaka for a counsellor's meeting of the Seminary.
Dave and

^8 Eleanor flew into Osaka from Okinawa and inquired at the office how

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to got in touch with Paul Fratt.

They came here with ma that night

ftnd began working on the foundation the next morning.

completed the footing. How marvelous is HIS provision

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and powerful

HIS love in the hearts of HIS children, which motivates such sacrifi, cial servicel

We had already

God's Spirit never ceases to work. Fiiss Junko Kikunaqa listened

Dittemore's radio program, "Behold This Man" broadcast in

Kagoshima City fifteen years ago, and completed the fifty-six lessons

of the Bible correspondence course.

March 10 she phoned from Shizu-

oka where she is now working in an old people's home, and confessed,

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le are grateful for their labors for thr^e weeks!

l^gSH "After so long, I'm ready to become a Christian".

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tk Eleanor Reynolds

here on March 17, the day following her 47th birthday.

Bible study by correspondence
Aaxey and Koichi Homori

Miss Junko Kikunaga

A new birth

She was baptized

at 47 years

has brought

other fruit.

Jnvitad Mr. Fumio Sato and me

to

i^Jalter

Keooshima

I'iasami Sugimoto & Minoru Aihara

Finishing concrete footings in the rain

f.^r ? t'vG f'Gy conT^rencs on Siblff study c^nd prsyer, m't, Gcto takos care of the correspondence
fcr tde course nt present. -'t thie" neetincj
Koto (''aeda received Her certificate far having

oonpletsd our course of thirty-eight lessons, Keiya ,lj-~hj-^A

baptized and a high school girl

Iti 11 he in-ersed in the near future. HIS Judh continues to be HiS P-L)'Uc.f^ unto salvation.

five of the si_x colle_gs prep t^o_ys pass^

Sugimoto will be
:oini"J^"
our
ubilin"Univs7sity
family.
iv7.'Stephen
lijima,
minister
in
Yokohama
^'linato Church)

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teaches Religion at ubilin.

i' OPN'ious to hslo us beain a Christian Club there this >ear.

it-

'

' Tn turning awav from the Lord Jesus by those vthom we've taught the 'Jord and prayed for
cVrtTis us into th valley of the brokenhearted. To most in this heathen and idolatrous country
obedience to God is too costlv. They think the Christian life is too restrictive. We hadn't
rret Kazuo for over four years. Recently his best friend came by to tell us that he is in prison

because of .n automobile accident in which he yms convicted of drunken driving and hit-and-run.

Cray with us that in the loneliness of his prisoi^ cell he will recall God's <;ord.

.e hear^-lc-t about, 'foreign missionaries' and 'home rr^B sion aries' and we always wonder

whvO~hsy are 'referring' to as' 'home mi^ssicnaries'! we think they are the persevering, dediC3td 3iSL' SCHOOL TEACHERS. Because of the ceaseless prayer and unremitting patience of Kathhl-n's Siblo School teacher during her intermediate years she was started on the road to becnlin^ . Torsion missionary'. Others in her family were lead to the Lord, too.
Fax
, r-ana7=r
th-t teacher. Mr. and Mrs. E.M. Gallagher are working with Urst Christian Church
^T73r?T^ntD'^ Fl'^i^TT'TRAlSE GOD for her, the Bible Schcnl teachers in your congregation. and
ik-rfor all those the world over who are God's messenqers right where they ^rs.
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lydia

-A52DA.

^ick Coyls' s new address as of last December is 938 Chateau Ave., Cincinnati, 0.

They have been saving their money to'vard a trip to Japan on August L8th.

Rick will take

^^vT-a^ion Frnm his job at the Federal Resrrve Bank and Ly.iia from the Singer Store. The hank
() is assisting Hick toward a banking degree ah ths University af Cincinnati. He is rsally excited
' about their plans to visit Lydia's hometo'^n.

' ' " "For we know that God, who raised the Lord Jesus to life, will also raise us up with Jesus
^ and bring us together with you, into his presence. h11 this is for your sake; and as God's
crace reaches more and more people, they will offer more prayers of thanksgiving, to the glory
' or 'dod." II Corinthians 8:1A,15
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fbaul 5. and Kathleen Pratt^

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ear friends,
We are thrilled at the prosects of evangelism on campus at
bilin and at other nearby univer

ities.

Hideto Yoshii graduated

rom Obilin.

It was while he was

ttending in 1969 when Kathleen

egan looking for the chance to
erve outside the home. The door

as opened to her when the

hea'

aster asked her if she could b

in teaching on the very day

er interview.

Since that time

he has taught in the Jr. High

r. College and in the College,

ince 1971, I too have been

eaching and now serve as the

acuity advisor to the Obilin
hristian Club.

We are free to teach Chris

anity and we do. Available cl

ooms are provided for special
eetings and school authorities

ave offered help in searching fo

and for our Campus House. (At
resent it seems most advisable

o rent property.) We have been

nvolved in four camps with Obili
tudents. Eight persons have mad
ecisions for Christ.

Both Ohio

inger groups held four chapel

essions each there.

Gideon

Bi

les have been presented to des-

ring students.
Our son, Mark is about to do
hat has been his desire for some

ineteen years. At five he first

xnressed, "I want to preach like
y daddy." He had not changed hi
ind when he was baptized at seve
t twelve, when interviewed by a
isk jockey on the streets of Kag
shiraa he boldly replied, "I am
going to be a raissionar;y be
cause I believe everybody in
the world needs the gospel."
Mark and Lynn, who both visit

ed Japan with Ohio Singers # 1,

Ian to arrive in August, 1975.

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Mark and Lynn were married in 1971 at WillianiBtown, Ky. and both received their AB degrees

the following spring. Karis Ann was born March 8, 1973- At present, Mark is writing his masters
thesis with plans to arrive in Japan in August, 1975- Lynn plans to study Japanese at U.G. this :
fall. Their address is 96o Grand Ave., Apt. 8, Cincinnati, 0. ^5205, Phone 313-251-5779-

Mary Joyce has been enrolled at U.G. as an English major since Jan,

She received a two year Ministerial Assistant's Certificate at C.B.S.

She lives at the Campus House and joined the group in a trip to assist the Merlyn Beemans in Mexico. We, too, were shocked to get
this picture of her psirachute descending being towed by a boat.

Her address is 473 Riddle Road, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45220.

When you receive this letter Lydia and Rick Coyle will be
with us in Japan. They will be here for a full month of visiting

Lydia* s former homes, preaching and sightseeing.

,^BSH

A1 Hammond has also brought twelve young persons from San

Jose Bible College for musical programs, disbussion with Japanese
young people and for study. We had a team of three one weekend

and plan for another trio next week. Then a joint program will be
held together with the total group at Hachioji with the Sims.

Paul David will begin his second year of graduate school (law) on

August 27th, his birthday. He remarked about the NACC that "It was good
to meet old friends and as always the convention was very inspiring".

^ary J. descending
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He and his wife Mary have a new temporary address. It is I285I Haster St. #19F, Garden Grove, Ca.
92640-

true.

With the dedication of our Isehara building late this fall, ^ eight year dream will have come
Since that time our church has (l) set aside a building fiind and (2) given one week's of

fering each month to missions. Of course you have provided for our family (as the preacher) but
their offerings, coupled with gifts from other churches in Japan and their work have made this a
local project. So the building has not been handed to them by the Americans. We are so theinkful
for no serious accidents in the building projectnew nail.

% battered thiunb has been enhansed by a brand

The stucco man fell from his ladder but luckily the lid of the outdoor baptistry was

off and he entered it without a scratch.

After learning about what baptism is he remarked, "Then

maybe something good will come of it."

Yumiko Takanashi, 2nd year at Hatano High School was baptized into Christ on July l4th. Roy

Koizumi, who is in the same class with her placed his membership with us in July. He was immersed
into Christ by Hank McAdams who also served as his sponsor for one year study in the U.S. The McAdams along with the St.Louis, Mich, church have made an inestimable contribution to the Lord's
work in Japan by this gesture.

Eight Isehara youth and four Zushi Church young people were leaders at Motosu Christian Camp
this summer where 110_attended. Two young persons were obedient to Christ. .The entire camp has
come to appreciate the microbus as much as we do.
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A Non-profit Organization

Paul S. and Kathleen Pratt

23769 West Edison Road,

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