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Church PlantingStudent Evangelism

Literature DistributionLeadership Training

Tim S Lisa Turner

Forwarding Address

M/M Dan Spencer9699 - 2nd St. North

St. Petersburg, FL 33702

Spring Issue 1994

Taking the Good News of the Risen Son

to the Land of The Rising Sun.'Paul S Kathleen Pratt

Forwarding AddressMrs. Mary Lou BauerP.O. Box 1525

Carmel, IN 46032-6525

Tel. 317-578-8808

Vol. XXXIX, No. 2Dear Friends,

Paul» the apostle, saw a vision of the man from Macedonia inviting him to"Come over." Our call to serve in Ohiba Prefecture came from living people.Some of the forty or more contacts we have there invited us to "Come here."Even before that the Sannobara Church had written us into their budget givingus freedom to decide where we would go. Since the Machida property will be going through big changes in the next few years, it seemed wise for us to be inthe Metropolitan Tokyo area. Everything pointed to Chiba as God's will.

Do pray that He will lead us to Ca) the specific community and [b) to ausable property. We have contacts with real estate agents and they know gener-

"the kind of place we are looking for. By the way, years ago when our son,Mark, was looking for rental property it was not uncommon to have landlords say,"We don't want dogs or foreigners". This time several of the advertisementscame to us with the words written in, "Dogs or foreigners OKEY".

As this letter is being prepared, we are in process of ordering tickets.They will be for September 7, 1994 from Cincinnati to NarTta [Tokyo).

j-s Pratt , Mark and Lynn's daughter, will graduate from the CincinnatiBible College with the degree Associate of Arts, Church Musi c , Saturday, May 14,j^994. Her flight will leave from Dayton, Ohio on June 9, 1994. She will go ̂serve with the Tim Turners at Machida for one year. The C.J.C.M. trustees havewritten Karis into their budget in the amount of $1,000 a month. Please sendKaris off with your prayers and uphold her while she is there.

M££. Amy Grace Keffer was known at Paul's home church in Vanderbilt, Pa,as a friend of Central Japan Christian Mission. So following her death onMarch 8, 1994 her friends presented a Memorial Gift to the Mission in her honor.

The Chiba group that came out in the snow

Bob Wittenmyer , who has served

as C.J.C.M. 's Execut i v e Oi rector for

nine years has resigned for personalreasons. All his services have been

greatly appreciated. Bob teaches theadult class at Garfield Christian

Church in Indianapolis. Rick Coy 1e ,an elder at Highview Christian Church

in Cincinnati. was chosen to succeedhim.

Speaking of Mission trustees,

Harold Akers , an elder at the Misha-

waka Church suffered a heart attack

in January and was hospitalized fora week. He has recovered well for

which we thank God. He has served

as our P . R.Man since 1976, and isalso a trustee. He has resigned

his duties as elder in an effort to

lighten his load.

Some of our Friends have been confusedabout our several addresses. Churches and in-dividuals are urged to send contributions ̂ o

the Carmel , in address listed above. The offi

cial Mission Address is 7147 Sea Pine Drive,Indianapo1is, IN where Mrs. Bauer lives. We

stay there at times, but in order to be near

our family Kathleen and _I have an apartmentin Cincinnati . The return address omthe backof this letter is that of Mrs. Carol Kirk,who maintains our address list and sends out

this letter to individuals. Blessed,aren't we?

In our last letter we told you aboutzumi Koyama and Tomoe Fukuhara who were seek

ing the Lord. They were both baptized onSunday morning, March 6th. We are hopingthis will be a 'shot-in-the-arm' for Sanno-

bara's struggling youth group. Pray that thechurch there will all serve together in loveand unity and that all may have a vision toreach out to save the lost.

Erika, 'Mama* S KeitoStill another has been added to the' cra

dle roll at Sannobara. He is Keito (meaning 'blessed man') and was born to thepreacher and his wife. We pray that he will also b_B a blessing.

Tim and Lisa Turner, too, are expecting their third child in early July.Pray for them at this important time. Bill and Betty Turner are now in Japan.We hear that Dan and Carol Spencer, too, will be on standby for a flight inorder to get a glimpse of the (boy?).They are the grandparents.

Our present needs;

Prayers for guidance in finding God's choice for our place to serve.Prayers for Karis and for the Lord 'to send other 1 aborers into the harvest.Our airline tickets will cost $1,888.We still lack $614 of monthly support.

Andrew Murray reminds us to"be strong in the Lord, and in the power of hismight.* To have His power I must have himself. The strength is His and continues His; the weakness continues mine. He, the strong, works in me, the weak;I, the weak, abide by faith in Him, the strong. And I, in the self-same momentknow myself to be weak and strong.*' >

In His strength, ^

Central Japan Christian Mission Inc1S41D Ronnies Drive,

Mishawaka, IN 46544-6471

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Taking tht Oood N«wa of th# Riaon Sonto Tha land of Tha Rising Sun.

PAUL & KATHLEEN PRATTrorwardina AddrassHra. Hary Lou Bauar, Sae'y.P.O. Box 1525Carmal, Indiana, l«6032-6325

Church Plant!n(Studaat tvanstllaa

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Evangelistic Activities of C.J.C.M.

TIM & LISA TURNERforwarding AddraesHr. i Hrs. Dan Spancar9699 - 2nd St. NorthSt. Peteraburg, fl 33702

Japan Addreaay»0 - 5 Negiahi Cho,Kachida City, Tokyo, IS*"

Robert Vittanaytr,

Cx«c. Dirictor 1. KindergartensIndianapolis

Harold Ikara,South Sand

Harry Bauer,Indianapolis

Richard CoylaCincinnati

Sruca Norton

Orlando

Polly tfilkintoa,HonorarySouth Band

2. Radio

)^4-lKajiki, Kagoshima, 19lC4-to presentLand provided and support to 1966

Machida City, Zushi Eunice Pre-schoolMark Pratt, Betty and Lisa Turnerhave taught

Machida City, Obirin Academy 1978-to present, Mark, Betty and Lisa havetaught.

Weekly 15 min. program and BibleCorrespondence follow up 1961-1966in Kagoshima City.

3. Evangelistic Singer Hideko (Yabiku) Domen a blindsinger came from Okinawa 19^5 used inmeetings, radio and recording

4. Leadership training Shimoochiai, Tokyo Paul taughtfor one year 1969-1970

Yokosuka, Paul taught one year.Study of Acts of The Apostles

Training local leaders 1978-: iSannobara Church became Non-Prof it org.Self-supporting 1990

5. Preachers Timothys - Hideto Yoshii, Onga Church,Koichi Homori, Kagoshima City, HitoshiNishiyama, Sannobara, Isheara City.Trained, Three other ministers.

6. Churches Planted Sannobara, Isehara City, 1966Machida City Church, Mark Pratt

assisted by Paul Pratt, 1981Onga Cho, Fukuoka City financial

assistance to Hideto Yoshii

Kuromatsu, Sendai City, financialassistance to Toshiaki Chida.

7. Campus Ministry Three Ohio Singers groups, 1970,1972 and 1984. Kentucky Sonshine,1981

Campus Ministry at Obirin Academy by

Mark Pratt, followed by Paul Pratt,

Bill and Betty Turner and Tim Turner.

8. The Future The Campus Ministry will continueat Obirin Academy aiid through theMachida Church.

The Sannobara Church, though self-supporting desires a continuing 'sister relationship' with C.J.C.M. supporting churches.

Financial assistance to the OngaChurch and the Sendai City Churcheswill_ continue.

We'Iare presently asking God's guidance as to the next place to starta new church in the Greater Tokyo area

Pray for us as we are now searchingfor dedicated couples who will go tocarry on the work.

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Taking the Good News oF the Risen Sonto the Land of the Rising Sun. Jit

rPaul S Kathleen Pratt Tim S Lisa Turnerc/o Mrs. Mary Lou Bauer o/o Oan SpencerP.O. Box 1SE5 Liceraturs D i s tr i but i an 9B3S — 2n'^ St NorthCarmel, IN 4BD32-B5E5 Leader-snip Trai.ning Petersburg, FL 33702Tel. 317-578-8S0S

Qggp friends Vol. XXXIX, No. 4, Thanksgiving-Christmas Issue, 1994

Tim S Lisa Turner

c/o Dan Spencer9B9S - 2nd St. North

St. Petersburg, FL 33702

"Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with pra ? se. Givethanks to Him; bless His name." Psalms 100:4

WE ARE THANKFUL FOR OUR STATESIDE FRIENDS ....for all of you who have prayed for us and who have financially assisted

us all these years....For at least two young men who are consi. dering Japan For their life's

work For the Lord. Please pray For them and others....for a Japanese student from Niigata completing his law school at Indiana

U,, in one year, planning to take the CaliFornia Bar exam and study part timeat PaciFic Christian College.

...For Cason and Clinton Pratt marching with Be 11eFontaine H.S. Band inthe Thanksgiving Day parade at Philadelphia.

WE ARE THANKFUL FOR C._J.C.M.'S M^I SSI ON ARIES SE^RVING IN JAPAN.

» • .Tim Turner ministered to the Christian Club of Obirin College at itsfall retreat in the mountains.

. . .Lisa Turner has begun a women's Bible study on Sunday morning.

. . .Tim's recent sermon series on "Pain and Suffering" was well received.

. . .Our granddaughter, Karis Pratt was called to Kagoshima Prefecture toassist Walter Mexey in their English Bible Camp. She also teaches at Sannobara.

...Each of these missionaries along with Preacher Hitoshi Nishiyama at theSannobara Church have taken care of our business affairs while we are here.

WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE WITNESS OF JAPANESE CHRISTIANS....for mothers in Japan who make their influence felt in the PTA by bring-

in a handicapped Christian to tell her story to the student body at a juniorhigh schoo1.

...For mothers who introduced a Christian counselor to speak to the PTAmeeting about guiding their children. & li^^.

...For two families at Isehara

that are united in Christ. One of

the sons still insists that he wants

to be a preacher. ^

...For six men whom we i nf 1 uen -

ced to preach the gospei in Japan.

...For the lady who held a Bi- ^ble study in her home, saw her son 7 *'£baptized and anticipates seeing herdaughter and husband being saved.She has had many chances to counsel

neighborhood ladies. -

• . .for the Sannobara Church whichw^^celebrated its 3Gth year of witness-ing. Harold Sims was guest speaker.The chL ch has also been assisting

its missionary Thailand for over iiHHHilHiHi^l^fefei^M3^HHHHIIHIIII^HlHilHIIIHIIatwenty-eight years. Share's C2nd from right) flag drill team

HE I_S THE REASON FOR THE SEASON

..God so loved the

world, thet He gave

His only begotten son,

that whoever believes

in Him should not per

ish, but have eter

nal life,"

John 3:16

..when the fulness

of the time came, God

sent forth His Son,

born of a woman, born

under the Law, in order

that. . .we might receive

the adoption as sons."Galatians 4:4,5

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"HIS NAME SHALL BE CALLED JIMWonderful Counselor, | ^ |

Mighty God Eternal God -

Son of David Messiah-

The Lamb of God - Lord -

Living Bread Son God

-The The

The

The Jews - Son Man -

The - The

Bright and Morning Star -The Word Become Flesh - The Author and Finisher of

The Seed of Abraham - Our Advocate With the Father

I "YOU SHALL CALL HIS NAMEJesus - Savior -

Immanuel - Prince of Peace

The Christ - The True Vine

The Door - Alpha and Omega

King of Kings-Lord of Lords

The Way, and The Truth, and

The Life - The Resurrection

The Great High Priest -Lilyof the Valley - Lord of

the Sabbath - The Master -

our Faith - God's Holy One -

- Servant -Head of The Church

May He be your guide thrcagghout the New Year, 1395

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