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V "The people which sat i n darkness saw great light;.
Address
Mrs.
Mary
Lou Bauer Church Planti ng
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Elbert
St.
Student
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I n d i a n a p o l i s
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Matt. 4:16
Japan Address
Mr. e
Mrs.
Paul
S. Pratt
1210 Kamikasuya,
Isehara
C i ty,
Ka n a ga wa K e n ,
259-11
T e l .
(0463)
96-1192
Vol, XXXIII, No.l , Spri ng , 19
friends,
T h e m i s s i o n a r y men's Hayama Semin ar c l o s e d on J an u a r y 7 t h w i t h t h e p r e - s c h e d u l e d m e s s a g e ,
Chur ch , X-Day
a n d B e y o n d " . A l l a re a w a r e t h a t t h e Emp e ro r p a s s e d
a w a y
t h a t ve ry
mo r n i n g,
You c a nn o t
fo rg e t,
e i t h e r, th a t
f o l l o w i n g
Wo rl d Wa r
II
h e had been fo rc e d to r e n o u n c e h i
being
a
g o d .
Many s t i l l believe
that
he
i s . O t h e r s
thin k o f
him a s
a symbol o f unit
way t h a t t h e B r i t i s h d o t h e i r Que e n . St i l l o t h e r s
c a n n o t
w a i t f o r the
d a y
they
c a n
a
e m p e r o r s y s t e m e n t i r e l y . T h r o u g h t h e y e a r s J a p a n ' s e mp e r o r s h a v e be e n a l o o f fr o m g o v
untainted by the n itty
gritty o f p o l it i cs .
Shogun
and prime ministers
have
unde rtake n
t
her
history.
T h e p o p u l a r P r i n c e Aki h i t o be c ome s t h e ne w emp e r o r
o f
t h e He i s e i P e r i o d . I n
1959
be bro k
to m ar r y M i c h i k o Shoda, a common er, daug h t e r
o f
t h e o w n e r
o f
N i s s h i n
M i l l i n g
C o . T h o
h avi ng
be e n ba p t i ze d, s h e
re c e ive d h e r
e d u c a t i o n
a t Cat h o l i c
s c h o o l s .
R e c e nt l y P r i n c e H i
to t h e t h r o n e , w a s i n t e r v i e w e d .
He r e v e a l e d
t h a t h e w o u l d l i k e t o m a r ry a p r a c t i
a n d
o n e
w h o
w o u l d r e a d t h e B i b l e w i t h
h im
as h i s p a r e n t s h a v e d o n e .
So, o u r
God
a n d His
i n f l u e n c e
in
h i g h p l a c e s as
t h e y d i d i n
C a e s e r ' s
h o u s e h o l d . P r a y f o r
t h e m
a n d f o r
J a p a n .
M i s s
A k i k o
l izuka w a s
baptized
i n t o C h r i s t
o n February 1989» After
s t u d y i n g
for five
s h e t o o ,
b e l i e v e s
i t t o be a k i n d of
m i r a c l e .
C a n y o u i m a g i n e
t h e b a r r i e r s
t h a t h a d
t o
d o w n ? T h e
w o r d 'God'
summo ns
up i ma g e s
o f s t o n e
o r
bronze,
a l l t h e
a n c e s t o r s
w h o w e r e
(hotoke)
a n d t h o u s a n d s of a n i m a l s or
a g e d t r e e s or s a c r e d m o u n t a i n s .
T h e n w e
c h a l l e n g e h
believe i n
T h e
On e w h om 'ey e h a s n o t seen'. So, s h e t ru l y
mea nt
i t w h e n s h e
d e c l a r e d, "I
b
that
Jesus is the Christ the
Son of
the Living God
and my Savior".
This
'invisible God* is showing
His
existence and power. Each
of
us
at
Sannobara
was
dow
a t C h r i s t m a s t i m e . Y u s uk e K o i z umi
(1^)
w a s l o s i n g t h e s i g h t
of
h i s r i g h t e y e
be c a u s e
lesion
in
his b r a i n . He f a c e d serious surgery
on
January 13th. All w e r e praying, including
of y o u .
M a n y fasted and
p r a y e d
on t h e 13th.
As a
result, the obstruction was r e m o v e d a
doctor declared, "its a near miracle". His eyesight is normal and
he
has no apparent
abno
He
is scheduled
to
be back in school next
week
(Feb. 20th).
Praise
be
to
God
Just one year ago^ntroduced two -year old Taketora to you.
He
was the little boy
with
face
and lymphatic leukemia. You,
too,
prayed w i t h
us.
Radium treatments and therap
in t h e
doctor's
verdict of
'cured'.
Of course he must g o
for tests once
a mont
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Yusuke
a n d
T a ke t o ra's
mot h e rs a re
devout
be l i eve rs . But t h e s e w e r e
s p e c i a l
t r i a l s . As
c a s e f superstitious relatives b e l i e v e that acute
illnesses,
or handicaps, or
accide
sent
by
t h e
'gods'
angered by someone accepting a foreign religion'.
So
b o t h mothers
hav
f o r
r e j o i c i n g
at G o d 's a n s w e r . J u s t as t h e
p e o p l e
on M t .
C a r m e l
d i d b a c k in E
t h e y
a r e s h o u t i n g
w i t h us, " T h e L o r d, He is
G o d ;
T h e L o r d, H e is G o d " .
It
is
difficult
to
summarize
the
effects of our outreach
at
Qbirin College. The Machida
s e n d
a
c o u p l e of C h r i s t i a n s i n t o t h e
w o r k
f o r c e
w h o
a r e g r a d u at i n g . T h e C h r i s t i a
h a s
bee n
h avi ng
i t s
t r i a l s but i n d i v i d u a l s c o n t i n u e
to
w i t ne s s . Kat h l e e n,
w h i l e
t e a c h i n
Bible
class students
asked
t h e m
to
w r i t e
down their personal beliefs.
K.T.
wrote as follow
"We
studied bible class
of
Mrs.
Pratt,
and
I
became to be
able
to
believe
in
Jesus...Be
f o r e
I
s t u d y t h i s
c l a s s ,
I
t h o u g h t t h a t bibl e i s n ' t fu n . But a f t e r l e s s o n ,
I
t h o u g h t
bible
is one
of
best books in
the world... I want
to
read
bible now and forever."
sees
the
need for emphasis on English but
rejoices
at
seeing
this spark of
faith.
We
w e r e
i m p r e s s e d b y
t h e i n g e n u i t y
of C o n n e a u t v i l l e
(PA.)
C h u r c h ' s M i n i s t e r , B i l l G e i g e
i n t e r v i e w e d me
at
my desk
one
d a y last December by phone in
order
t o
g i v e
his
people an up
t o
hear
prayer requests. Following that a
letter
from Dan Monahan
on
Januar
us of
t h e prayers of the Antioch
Church at Rossville, 111. Without
knowing w e w
as a church family, they had set aside Jan. 25th as 'Fasting and Prayer
the
Pratt's
work'.
Our
special thanks to Bill and
Dan
and their fine people.
C e n t r a l
Japan
C h r i s t i an M i s s i o n
s t i l l
h a s
a
debt
o f
a p p r ox imat e l y
$50,000
o n t h e
l a n d
l o
t
Mach i da. T hanks
to a ^
recent sizable gift w e
w e r e
able
to
make
five extra payments
o n th e
This will enable us t o shorten t h e time for paying it
off
and
cut
down considerab
the
interest. If "it is more blessed
to
give than to receive" our benefactor is truly hap
We continue to serve as a link for our Stateside churches with
the
Onga Christian Church
Under Hideto
Yoshii's
leadership they recently went into debt for their
new
buildin
who wish can
write
to
him directly. The
address
is
Hideto Yoshii,
3^-5 Daiya
New
Town,
Cho , Onga Gun, Fukuoka K e n, 811-^3 Japan . T h e y n e e d o u r p r a y e r s a n d s u p p o r t .
Also, don't forget to pray
for
Tim and
Lisa
Turner, recruits to
this
work. They plan t
out soon after their 'little one* arrives in June.
Sannobara's seminary student, Hitoshi Nishiyama
was
engaged to Miss
Yuka
Hosokawa
at
th
i z o n o C h u r c h , N i s h i n o m i y a, J a n ua r y 1989* They p l a n t o m a r r y s h o r t l y a f t e r h i s g r a d u at i
March of 1990. They will come
to Sannobara to
serve
with us.
Kat h l e e n a nd
^ i l l
a ga i n ut i l ize o u r c o l l e g e summe r va c a t i o n
to
g o ba c k Stat e s i d e .
We
t o vis i t mo s t
o f
o u r s u p p o r t i n g
c h u r c h e s
t h a t w e c ou l dn 't g e t
to
i n 1987.
P l e a s e
w r i t e
s
if
you would like
for us
to come. We look forward to visiting with
many of
you
at
the Nor
Christiain C o n v e n t i o n a t L o u i sv i l l e, July 11-l^th. Look fo r u s a t C.J.C.M.'s boo th.
In His
service,
I n c .
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Sout h B e n d , I n d i a n a, 46637
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Matt.
4:15
Japan
Address
Mr. & Mrs.
Paul
S. Pratt
1210
Kamikasuya.
I s e h a r a City, K a n a g a w a
K e n ,
259-11
T e l . (0'+63) 96-1192
North American Christian Convention Editi on, Paul's J C p i s t l e Vol . XXXIII, Summer^ 1989
i
(
of
Machida
Church
in
Bill & Betty Turner
Tim
&
Lisa Turner
&
Paul teach at
Junior College
Ministry in the
Sannobara Church,
Isehara
where the Pratts minister
will join Campus
fall of
1989.
Obirin Christian Club
joins in
a
e d d i n g of
a g r a d u a t e member
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Hitoshi Nishiyama, graduates 1990 to
i**
nt.
Hideto Yoshii, Onga
G r o u n d b r e a k i n g
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"The people which
sat
in darkness saw great light;.
Address
Mrs.
Mary Lou Bauer
2kO
West Elbert
St.
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We to
introduce
Ippei Watanabe
and
his
family
you.
He 33 serves Uni-
Hospital,
Japan's
largest. He had been
to third world countries to help to
ade their facilities. Most recently
he spent
a few
in Indonesia. His ten-hour night
flight
brought
Narita Airport on Sunday morning. His wife
and
en met him and together they came directly to the
h o u s e f o r
s e r v i c e s -
H e
a t t e n d s o u r
M i d - w e e k S e r - -
3
regularly and teaches
Sunday
School. God
is
bless-
his home, too. f f
In t h e
S t a t e s
w e i n t r o d u c e d s e v e r a l
of
y o u^
M i s s i o n a r i e s P a u l a n d
F a i
h ( M a x e y ) A x t o n «
H i e y
§ •
e s t a b l i s h i n g
A m e r i c a n
C h r i s t i a n C o l le g e .
I t
h e l d
i t s
H .
o n S e p t . 2 , 1 9 8 9 a n d i s u t i l i z i n g t h e b u i l d -
^
^
f o r m e r l y
o c c u p i e d
b y T o k y o
B i b l e S e m i n a r y
( 1 9 ^ 8 t o
• y
e x p l a i n s t h a t t h e y
w i l l q u a l i f y J a p a n e s e
i L m C « . a - .
in
English for overseas study, cooperating with
in Tennessee. - C r e d i t s
will be
accepted ^
Tamiko with
their
two
childre
Milligan College
toward
degrees. Yotsu ya Chr istian
o w n e r of
t h e p r o p e r t y
has
r e n o v a t e d t h e b u i l d i n g
in
c o o p e r a t i o n w i t h t h i s
w o r t h y e f f o r
the
Axtons
and those who will
be
working
with them.
Back in
June
I was
trapped
for 'speeding' in
a commercial
area on a
four-lane highway.
My
was
70 K's
(^2
MPH) in
a
K (2A MPH) zone.
Here
a r e t h e
d e t a i l s :
1. The f o l l o w i n g
day
I
was
a s k e d t o
w r i t e a s t a t e m e n t of e x p l a n a t i o n a n d apology.
2.
M y l i c e n s e w a s
s u s p e n d e d u n t i l
I
c o u l d
r e c e i v e
s a f e d r i v i n g
i n s t r u c t i o n , ( p a r t o f
t h i s t
I spent in the U.S.)
3.
A f t e r
r e t u r n i n g ,
I
t o o k a d a y
o f f f o r
t h e s i x - h o u r t r a i n i n g c o u r s e . A f t e r p a s s i n g t h e t e
I received my license back.
k. The next
day
I was r e q u i r e d t o r e p o r t t o t h e
t r a f f i c
c o u r t to p l e a d 'guilty' or i n n o c e n t
5 .
I r e c e i v e d 6 o i n t s o n m y d r i v e r s l i c e n s e .
( I 8
p o i n t s i n o n e y e a r m e a n s l i c e n s e r e v o k e d
6. Later
I
was given a fine t o
pay
of ¥^0,000 or $285.0O.
No, t h e y w e r e n o t p i c k i n g on f o r e i g n e r s .
I
h a d h u n d r e d s of J a p a n e s e in
t h e
c l a s s w i t h
Please
mark
Nov. 11th, 12th on
your calendar and r emember to pray
for Sannobara
Church. Th
our 'Ov ernight Retreat'
to
be held
at
a Y.M .C .A . facility at the foot of Mt. Fuji. Brothe
Obata,
Ochanomizu
Church Minister
will
lead us on the theme The Growth of
the Chu rch .
T im and
Lisa
Turner and little Sar ah arrived
in
Japan on schedule, Augu st 24th. Both of t
already involved in Japanese
language study. Tim
is taking his turn
at
preaching and is
e
about every
possibility of
serving.
Pray diligently for theml
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