n.

-K-^ Uf nmOKi: rural EyASGEUUM w northern Honshn

first Quarter 1961

Vb'l I iMOo 2

LOAN FOR MISSION HOUSE

P(/C l/u- /^PR/PAprxl 1961 completes

years since

we received the loan from Tokyo

Bible Seminary. They need this money

as badly as we need to have it paid.

Here is how i t can be done:

Ifjust one half the folk

who read thi.s appeal will

send Otijly $2 the idan

of

p95455 vail be easily

reached. Send yours Now,

I am

told a

mountain

climber has

keepers stationed along his climb

who supply his needs so he isn't so
i?reighed down in his dangerous climb.
Will you be one of our keepers by
sending a gift NOW to help us make
our building loan goal by April?

Send your gift marked HOUSE FUND to:

Paul Nielsen

94-21 Ichinempo Kami,

Odawara-Aza, Haranomachi
Sendqi, Japan

TFIE CALL OF THE VILLAGES

THE GALL OF THE VILLA0E3 is

BIBLE SCHOOL STARTED

the

quarterly news letter of Paul

and Marcia Nielsen telling about
the work
of TOHOKU RURAL EVANGEL
ISM.
TOHOKU means northeast
and

designates location, the north

east part of Honshu, the main
island of Japan. News letters
are sent to all from whom gifts
are received

and to

other vrho

ask to be placed on the mailing

list; Address all" inquires to
the

mission

Nielsen,

home address:

94-21 Ichinempo

Odawara-Aza,

Paul

Kami,

Haranomachi, Sendai.

in

Often, as we see the children

the mommunityabout us at play

or starting off to school early in

the mormmng, we have thought these
children should be learning about

Christ also. On Sunday afternoon,

Jan, 8, we had our first Bible
school hour

16 came.

in the raisBion house.

Only 1 or 2 had ever sung

any of the Bible school songs but

they all tried as Mrs. Takafuji led
them, 'heir teacher then told them
a flanograph story about the birth
of Jesus

Due to family customs, it will

VJE NEED YOUR HELP

be some time

before these children

We need your help in prayers. can take an active part .in church
activities. Some may never be able
The Apostle Paul's suggestions in
.to
do so, . Others may have to wait
Col. 4*2-6 are_most applicable to
untilihey
become adults and have a
our prayer needs in Japan just now.
family
of
their
own,. Some of these
"Continue in prayer and watch in
can
break
from
follovang
old family
the same v/ith thanksgiving." Pray
traditions and help make their own
that God will open a "door of ut
terance" for us in the villages to family really christian'
which the Gospel calls us. The
The future of Christianity in
door of opportunity is open. There
Japan depends much on the teaching
are no government or religious re
strictions to keep us out of these of these young boys and girls now
villages. There are century
old so they may plqce a correct inter
pretation on Christianity in their
social barriers of tradition, in
actions and thinking in their adult
difference and unconcern.
Pray
lives. The-young people and adults
that the Holy Spirit, will show us
of today ad.indifferent, and often
how -to speak the "myst-'ries of
ignorant, of what
Christianity
Christ"truths of the Gospel
Their paidekeeps them
tho.t vre "mi^rht make i t manifest as really- is.
I (v;e) ought to speak." Pray that from seeking out opportunities to
we "might know how to answer every study Christianity for themselves.
We are
thankful to have the
man". These are our suggestions
opportunity
tp'teach
these young
to help you "watch in your prayers
lives
now.;
iPiease
pray
.with us
Praying like this will hold up our'
that 1 day they will give Christ
hands to do the work more effect
His rightful place in their lives.
ively.

NUGGETS

FROM

THE

NIELSENS

. Our activities as a family

haven't been so varied but certain

munity. Then v;e hurried home to

peepare for the Christmas service

ly full to the brim, I have been

30 busy teaching and preparing les

here at the house that night. -

sons that Martha has felt she does

n't have much of a Mother.
Both Paula and Martha have

been busy

studyingj

playing

running errands for us.

The girls persuaded Daddy to

take a day off, the third one since
returning to Japan, and go skiing.

They went to OMOSHIROIYAMA (fnnny

and or interesting mountain). It was so

They have

uneven

and

hard to ski on but the

learned that all dogs can't find

their way home as easily as Lassie

spills made it interesting.

On Dec. 5 Paula, mth 2 other

did,.

of my pupils, made an appearance on

TV. It is v/ork but they learned

Brownie followed Paula on her

bicycle

\dien she

went to buy some

something of what it takes to put

on an hour
program, Martha and I
bicycle so he brought her back ih made our appearance by a picture
his 3 wheel motor-bicycle. They they showed of us. We-went next

roofing paper.

The store

man thot

2 rolls were too much to put on the

tried to put Brownie in too

refused

the

ride.

but he

IfJhen he wasn't

home by the next morning, the girls

went back to the shop and found him

not far away, wet, hungry and glad

door to watch the program, .

As

draw this

litie chat

to a close it flnds' us all perking- '

in full swingof routine school
work-an-d-evangelism,
-

to see them.

''fe were invited to the home of

/:

one of my pupils for Christmas din

ner on Dec, 24-^

She

had the whole

works and we. had a lovely visit. On

Christmas morning we opened the
boxes sent from America

Church,.

On

January

nd went to

13th

another

package-arrived.,, We thank'God Iforo

them and enjoyed them much. Thank
to year end labor strikes Christmas
for us has been spread out.

FINANCES -- $50 SERVICE LINK

That .
delayed financial state
ment is completed. It balances
at ^9303*66 for Jan> 1 - Dec. 31
1960.' Please write us if you vdsh
itemized copies of this statement
and have not as yet received one.

Since

returning to Japan,

our ^

regualr expenses have been more

The Sunday before Christmas
income. To
continue
was our big day for services. There than our
with a klanced budget we must
was a snecial service at Tsuchidoi
church with lunch together at noon.

My school children presented a reil

American Christmas program in the
afternoon

for the

Missionary com

have,- $5Q-_-^^month__^

__ljjak. Ho-w much will you

that

we may

pledge

continue on a sound

finanical basis?

jeep.\ccid]?:nt

Brother Takafuji and I were a- WAS THROWN TO THE BACK OF THE JEEP.
bout 20 minutes out of Sendai on He received a severe bump on his

our v;ay to the Furukawa Bidle class head but seems to have had no last
the last Thursday night in November ing effects from it, I had the
v^hen we made a rather sudden stop steering v^heel to hang on to so was
at a road repair spot on our side able to stay on the front seat,. VJe
are thankful not one involved was
of the road, A large bus coming
from the other way kept us from go seriously hurt.

ing out around the repaired spot^ A

The truck driver lives about 4

heavily loaded truck following us hours north of Sendai. He has pro

mised to pay the
repair bill on
did not see the Jeep stops The
driver said the headlights of the the Jeep and is financially able to
approaching bus blinded him,, "^he do so but has proven very mdependable in it. The Jeep is repaired
law says he'did n6f have, his truckbut
the police say leave it in the
under control so he is responsible
repair
shop until the bill is paid,
for the accident.
The back end of

the

Jeep was

pretty badly smashed in by the

pact.

im

The backs of the front seats

"were "broken

off

and

Mr. Takafuji

December and January are ulways low

financial months for us so we don't

have the money to pay the bill and

so the Jeep continues to be unused.

UNIVERSITY CHURCH OF CHRIST

1507 University Ave S. E. .

Minneapolis 14, Minnesota
TOHOKU RURAL EVANGELISM

Paul Nielsens, Missionaries

NON PROFIT ORG,

U. S. POSTAGE
PAID

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN
PIKMIT

Mission Servises

Box 968

Joliet, Illinois

Form 3547 Requested

NO. 2113

Six weeks ago

the

leader

class,

severe

Takahashi

in the

san,

Furukawa Bible

wejt to the hospital with a

case

of

pneumonia.

then no one has come

to the Thurs

day night Bible classes.

san is at home now

Since

Takahashi

but he is still

a sick boy. He told us probably the

others would not come

until he was

able to be in class again. I asked

Brother Takafuji
the reason for
this. He replied that it is all a

part of the old fuedalistic social

system, ^ecause Takahashi san had

invited the others

to attend the

'

class, fuedal custom makes them his |

followers in all things regarding^

the class.

go where

Afollower should nevep

his leader

can not

Yes, we live on an island with ^he

largest city in the world. Televi

sion sets, automobiles, electrfec
washing machines and

refrigerators

are bought and sold every day. Hjet

age old custom controls the soc^'ial

life of many people.. Only time i^ll
break such barriers.
wears thin. Western

Our patiernce
thinking aks

haw much time will i t take?

SEE THE NEED?

Tohoku

has

population

of

9,650,000. Over-1/3 of this numbrr

have no

Christian witness in their

own community.
have

Of

some sort

65

cities,

57

of Christian work.

Only 65 of 234 towns and a mere 11

)f 151 villages have any Christian
vidtness or workers in them.

It is easy to quote statistics

that has taken Evangelical Mission
ary Association much time to pre

pare.

Yet they

help see

need the towns and

Ph

touched

by

a local

with the Gospel.

the rea^

villages un

relationship

Pray for us as we

go to some of these towns and vil-'

lageo this summer with the Gospel.
^2 or 3 more missionary families are

Can you
that are-ln

really see
Tohoku?

the needs

How

can

you

help meet these needs? Can you come

'as a missionary? Can you trulv loli

lup pur hands

M O
O rH

in .prayer

as we work

'here? Can you send money to help us

I go to some of these needy places
with the Gospel this summer.

<D

1-1

THE CALL

OF THE

VILLAGERS is the

quarterly news letter of Paul and

Marcia Nielsen
work of

telling about the

TOHOKU RURAL E73SNGELISM.

TOHOKU means northeast and desig

nates the location, the northeast

part of Honshu, the main island

of Japan. News letters are sent
to all

from whom

ceived

and to others

gifts

are re

who ask to

Tl^is &ap snows the 6 Prefectures of

be placed on the mailing

Tohoku. Numbers represent the ratio

Addresw all inquiries to the mis^

of 'Christians per capita. (Example:

sion

Miyagi Pref., where we live,

Kami, Odawara Aza,

has 1

Christian for.each'10,400 people.)

address;

9421

list.

Ichinempo

Haranomachi,

Sendai, Japan

^^UGGETS

FROM

THE'NIELSENS

Janu ary thru March was spent mostly with school and each of us also
had a turu with the flu.

Paula spent most of this time in Tokyo

so she

could get chiropractic treatments.to help straighten her spine. She took
her studies with her. The first week in June finished the school year
but Paula still has about 3 more weeks to finish her years work.

In April we all went to Osaka to attend our yearly convention. It

had been several years since we had seen some of our missionaries and
longer for the children. Many did not recognize the girls.
We were thrilled to have Bro, Frank Palmer

of Norton, Kansas visit

us May 31. Due to language barrier he got on a local train by mistake so

he had a 95 hour ride to Sendai instead-of the
hour express ride for

which he had bought tickets. But we did so much enjoy' his short visit.

Vie have a Japanese" visitor about every day. Alittle boy, beginning
to vraHc good by himself, walks up the hill and comes to our y^d fence
and longingly looks thru at our puppy. The first time he came, his folks
looked all over for him. Now when he is missing, they look here first.
The first Sunday in July the'9 of us that hadn't sca'ttered for the
summer from the Tsuchidoi services, had a picnic. Vie all piled into the

Jeep and bounced 2^ hours- to a very beautiful hiU top here we had our
worship service and lunch before returning home for thenight serviced

This week Martha is near Tokyo in a camp for missionary children.^

She was so thrilled and excited about going, she said, "Just think, this

is the first time I'm going to camp as-a oaraper, not just a tag-along.
Paula went with Martha to Tokyo, then she will go to Karuizawa, a

ain resort, for 5 days so the doctor can check her back. Dr. Baker_said
Paulaimi^t have to do some buying and cook a few meals_ for herself _
he got busy with patients. This trip kill be the girls vacation for

^oia also spent 3i weeks in Tokyo going to Dr. Baker every W to

see if she could get her equaUbrium established again.-she

walk now

without falling over but she still has a ringing in her .ears. (Paul s^s
she has bells in her head.) While in Toky9,_,she got to see many of om
missionaries who were passing thru: the Joe oegglekes on their w home
from Korea; Harold Taylors returning to Korea; Bernal ^tters

from India (they planned to come to Sendai to see us but Bemal "as tj.
sick to make the trip); and the Ernest Fabers arrived back
Jap^
Marcia went down to the train station early an s oo
could have seats together and they got to visit the 65 hour bripJfo

Sendai. But the Fabers had only covered l/5 of their journey to Obih^^
Marcia's hope for the summer is to-get some sew^g done and do .so^
sorting, which actually ccnmets of getting settled after furl"gb. th^

there is also the canning and the hopes of studying language snce ^ain
Oh yes, she wants to take a day off now and then to just p ay.
.
We need your presyers and financial support for the work here-

^Si6,l7
Cj O^L'

--j-

....F.INr\NCES-AR'E-LOV/i

TGGY" jms.mEPm

Usually

$500 was paid on

le loan from Tokyo neriences

the

missionary

a decrease

in

ex-

finances

BtLble Seminaiy last after

being on the field 2 or 3

years.
It has been less than a year
April. This was a
: Dut half vriaat was since we returned from furlough but
c ue
n ust

so

the

our

loan

financial

statement

for

the [

first 6 months of 1961 shows a sal- t

Adding ary deficit of |181,99. This is i

continue

an-

cther year.
another years
erest, makes

in-

pril 1962

money we should be buying veget- |

the ables with to put in the deep (

payment freezer so we won't need to eat {

on^ cabbage, carrots and spinach j

5iv6.17.

We pray the Lord.can i

Why not get your this winter.
guide
you
in
helping remove o u r
church
group
to
deficits,.
We
need
_j
itart a "piggy" jar
] fOW

and

collect

link support

to keepjis

going

limes and quarters?, further-in debt - The total receipts and expend
fhen the jar gets
itures
for January thru June, 1961
'ull send hhe money
was
$3250,01.
Tills includes tlie
5ut to us so we can
$500
payment
on
the tokyo Bible
cing the bell be
Seminary
loan.
fore April 1962,
There remains 3 unpaid hilla:
Let's see how far
can

clapper

raise

by

vflien the fall

the

T.B.S, Building loan

1962)
Sept;,
Personal
Building Loan
i"ssue

of CMX OF THE VILLAGES is printed.

bllVERSITY CHURCH OF CHRIST

1507 University Ave, S.E,
Minneapolis 14', Minnesota

(due in ipx~-l
$546.17
$993,7^

$181,991

Salary Deficit

NON PROFIT ORG.

U. S. POSTAGE
PAID

TOKOKU RURAL EVANGELISM

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN,

Paul Mielsens, Missionaries

Permit

Mlsgion Servlses

Box 968

Joliet, Illinois

Form 3547 Requested

No. 2113

es

of T(>lH)Klj HAJRA!. EVASGEIASM in norl/unn Honsini Jojiuii.

Vol. I

Fourth Quarter 1961

No. 4

f
1

SUMMED ACTIVITIES
Our summer activit,ies

have been ithe

illness of

Takahashi san^ the i

I pretty much routine; The plans for Ileader there. We pray the class can |
fa summer young people's camp did Inow go on to fuller development and 1
Inot materialize because most of our fwitness.

fyoung people left the

city for the I

Although Brother Takafuji

and I |

Those v;ho remained easily i considered 2 villages as places to |

I found jobs and there just wasn't a I start classes, we can not have reg- |
itime when enough of them could get |ular meetings in either of them |

1 summer.

Itime off from their work

to have a Ibecause of lack of funds

fcamp.
During the surjuer, Paula
fsponsored a monthly fellowship nito
I to try to get more young people to
I attend the Bible classes here at
fthe house.

Attendance

at all

to rent a |
Iplace to have the services. Can you |
I do something similar to v/hat the |
I class in the follovdng news item |
I has done to help releave this lack |
I of funds?

services has

iheld up exceptionally well and this

Iis encouraging. The studies in the i * S. S. CUS3.i::C?.CA3ES-SUFFCRT/-><- |
1
The Gleaners class in the church |
IBible classes have been centered
I at Hill City, Kansas has increased |
1around

fworship

the

life

service

iphasized vdiat the

of

Christ,

studies

Christian life

Ireally is.

The

have em-

I their pledged support by Five Dol-1

1 lars a month. We are most gratefuli

I to these good folk.

They have set|

1 a good example. In these days when|

After almost 9 months, the FuruI money for missions in the home|

|kawa Bible class began

iSeptember, In the last

again in 5 churches seems to be decreasing 3

issue of 1 this help from this class is truly|

iCALL OF THE VILLAGES we told how I appreciated. May God increase their|
Ithe class

was discontinued

due to I kind is our prayer,

THE CALL OF THE VILLAGES is the|

quarterly nev/s letter of Paul &

Marcia
Nielsen telling aboutj
f
the work of TOHOKU RURAL EVAM-^

GELISM.

Tohoku means northeast

and designates the location,

the northeast part of Honshu,
the main island of Japan, News
letters

are sent

to a l l

from

whom gifts are received and to

others ^/dio ask to be placed on
the mailing list. Address all
inquiries to: 9/^-21 Ichinempo
K.Tii_, Odavrara Aza^ Haranomachi,
Sendai, Japan-

LET'S TALK ABOUT MONEX

Some folk do not want the mis- |

Isionary

to talk

Ithank God
fus

to tell

about

money.

V'e |

for others who encourage |

of our needs heart- |

laches as well as success. Brethren,

Ithe time has come vjhen we must talk
labout money. Only 4 months of the
Ipast 9, have v/e been able to pay

|
|

|
|

|all bills at the end of the month. |

lln September
had $110 for food |
land utilities.

How

do

v:e

do it? a

fCertainly our diet has not been the I

fkind to maintain health, ^"'e have |

|had to use vegetables iroin the deep |

fireczer that we vdll need this

EO you ''ANT TO BE ACHRISTIAN? |teR

i

H
This is the question 2 Nichiren |
Ibh.e market,
I priests
asked Brother Takafuji- |

been
sect off fuel

[NICHIREN is a very strong

I Buddhism - that, is .rather dogmatic |

-1

wheii" there are nc vegetables on |

V'e

shoul-d

also

have |

buying our v/inter supply of |

while it is still at the sun-|

mer price, Novi If v/e are able to |

! and sometimes revolutionary in its | heat ,the house this vrinter, v/e v/ill |
jiractrrcs;It" "Is antv-Ar.erican as |
i well

as

anti-Christian.

have to pay the higli winter

It waiits =

[all foreigners to leave Japan. V/hen

[ these 2 men came to Mr. Takafuji's
I home, they tried to persur-le him to
I break with Christianity and b:.%.?:no

f a Nichiren -follovier.

for fuel-

price |

These are the facts. Mayf

|
God .lead you to help as you can,
|
|
The following illustration is |
|
v/orthy of careful consideration. A|
|

boy grew up in a lai'ge city. He re-|

Because Taka- | ceived a good education and decided |

[ fuji san sho\^red no interest in what |

[they had to. say, they

became

to enter the ministry. His first!

very | pastorate v;as with a rural congre-1

[ angry and used some rather strong

Hlanguage. They refused to listen
1 to Brother "Takafuji's defense of
: Christianity .arid promised to come
[ see him'-'again.-' -In some-places, -the

| gation. He and his wife and their |

|
2 children moved to the country. A|
| f STraer had pity on them and brought |
| them a milk cow and feed for her h
|
and taught him how to milk. The |
I Nichiren people have destroyed song | young minister was very happy to|

[books and Bibles, ''^e pray this wil2| have milk for his children. But^in!
[ not happen in Sendai, Between the | a few weeks he came to the farme-r|
[Nichiren sect, the Mormons and the | and said, "X don't know what is the|

I Jehovah Witnesses, we have some in! teresting things to talk about at

I times. Satan is really at work in
I them, .''e are gx.ad to be Christians
i only.

| matter with our cow; she is all|

\ dried up; I can't get any milk, I|
| have fed her as you told me, and I|

| have been just as good to her as I|

1
(Cent. Col 1. Page 3)
i

'

**

'

NUGGET3

FROM

THE

MIELSEN3

I
- Doao asobu in kitte kudasax. itovm promises to come to church I
|You come see us how. These 2 terns |each time we see him but he only |
lliterally mean about the same but |comes to services once in -awhile, I

|the Japanese term can*be used in iTakaluji san feels he is'only'being =

rjust a polite form of greeting, |polite and is insincere',
'
=
=harcia learned this when she went |
>pq have real American visitors I
|to the home of a neighbor lady who
home is a joy. Vie. were happy =
lhad often used

the above phrase, I j-q ^ave 3 such visitorb

for-Labor

|But the neighbor lady seemed sur=prised . v;hen-Marcia did visit her. =^^2- Force Dependents school teacher =
jTaJcafuji nan 3:cplained that it can
^
Christian lady, came to |
|be a par- of a greeting, in a sim-the work in Sendai. With her |
^ilar v/ay, a business man here an |-,110 Pamela Walker, one of-Paula's;
i
|friends -and the daughter of one off

I (TALIy I&EY cont. from page 2}

| our Tolcyo missionary families. Also I

|City preacher 'did not know j.s that

;thie only way to keep a cow fresh is
ftp milk -heF regularly and hii-Ln her
|dry each time, ^ ^
I
the' chrisbian, or a whole

|-^iine passed rapidly in fellowship, |

|
seeing and visiting.|
|
Marcia and the girls are busy |
I'v^rith school again. Marcia has only 1
|pupils this year; 2 girls who are |

|know hpW;| talving onlj' what little |a/3c Stephen.Mayfield, son of the |
iraijlk . v;o have ' to have, a pint
|nD-osionary .family formerly in Italy |
|and| a d'-iarb ne::b titne." Wliat this 100220
-t;,j2e long week end. The;

Ichurch, that is not "milked" reg-|

the 6th grade with Martha, and a I
|ularly' and ''nllc'^c:" dry can _^o't|7th grade boy. Paula is studying!

|maintain a fresh spiritual life, | Shorthand and French and doesn't!

^Giving irregularly and giving only | seeju. to have much spare time. Per |
|a part of what God has intrusted us |haps you have noticed that the re- ;
|for use in His v.'ork dries us up as ^ ceipts for your gifts are not sent |
I certainly as it dries up a cow. | very regularly. This is because |

eTOHOKU rural evangelism is God's | panl has to type the letters again. =

|work entrusted to you and to me. We | goth Paula and Martha are also |
|must "milk" some of you a little | learning to read and write Japanese |
fmore regular3^ and others a little| f-rmn Mrs. Takafuji.
i
|drier to continue this work,
|
Paul keeps busy in his "spare |
| time" making some cabinets to re- |
I
Here are some suggestions:
I 10 individuals or groups i"^bO|
boxes in the kitchen where;

will send >5 a. month to main =the dishes and pots and pans are ;

I
;
=

tain a minimum budget,

f kept. He is also getting the yard;
100 individuals or groups who^ cleaned up to look a little more |
will send a special gift of| respectable and so we can have some I

from $ 1 to 1i>50 to pay of all; green grass next summer,

I
financial debts.
|We dare not be a city "milker".

|
tjg cio thank you all for yourl
| prayers and support in our behalf, s

$5^6.17 T^l

HOW ARE THOSE "PIGGY JARS"?

In the last issue of the CAtL OF THE WILL

VILLAGES vre suggested the use of a
"Piggy Jar" to collect money to pay

off the building loan from Tokyo ftlKlG

Bible S^inary, Is your Sunday School
class youth group women's group

passing that "Piggy Jar" around each THE

time

you meet to collect

your con-

tribution?

rj r i i

DlLL

IThe little man at the right is looking a bit

ianxious. Perhaps he is getting tired of holding
ihis mallet poised ready to ring the bell. As yet
[we have heard of no results to our plea for money
[to pay the building loan from Tokyo. Yes, there
[is still time, if you are working a plan now.

-Let's_ring the bell before April 1962.

UNimSITY CHURCH OF CHRIST

1507 University Ave. S. E.

Minne?vpolis 174 ,_M^nePota _
TOHoku rural" evangelism
Paul Nielsens, Missionaries
Mission Servisea

Box 968

Joliet, Illinois

Form 3547 Requested

NON PROFIT ORG.

U.S.

POSTAGE
PAID

MINNEAPOLIS, MINK.
Permit

No, 2113

/ TOHOKV nr"
0RPHANAG3 BIBLE CLASS STARTED

in nor,I,ern.Hon.sl,uJ.,l.n
I

SUMtiARY OF 196I

I
A few of^ the personel frora|
tj^q number of classes conducted!
doubled during this past year. 1
I Sendai C^istian Orphanage have|
I been coming to the Sunday iiigbtg After 6 years of working here in!
I Bible class here at the mission | ^Qj^oku, we feel folk are beginning |
I house ever since it was started:
accept us as sanething permanenti

I while we were on furlough in 1959-1 Opportunities we have been seeking |

160, The orphanage conducts a chapel? ^re being acccauplished. Each week, =
I service _ach morning at 6:30 with|6 services in Japanese" at 4 places !
I the children but some of the adults fa^d 5 English Bible classes, are!
I expressed a desire to have a Bible =held. The Bible is taught to some!
I study for themselves. 20-25 attend =
the mission house each day I
ithis Bible class vdiich was started |of the week except Monday.
1
I last November. They must alternate |
^he week begins with the Sunday 1
I their hours of duty so all of bhem rooming worship and Communion ser-s
I can't attend every week. The Supt. I^ice at Tsuchidoi. Average attend-!
I us a fine Christian man and wants |ance is 12.
Brother Takafuji's f
I his helpers to have an opportimity |niessages are largely verse by verse I
I to leam to know Christ also.
^ fstudies to be applied in Christian |
=
There is no church of any kind study and living, Ve are just fin- I
I in the area of the orphanage so we fishing a study of Galatians.. Smday I
I had hoped we could get some from lafternoons, 20-25 children meet in 1
Ethe community to attend the class. |the mission house for Bible School. I

|As yet, none but the orphanage folk |until last September, Mrs. Takafuji 1
|attend. We are told that because
charge of this group. She is 1
I the orphanage is not a public meet- |iaving to rest now to combat tuber- |
fing place, people in the community liuiosis in her lungs. In the mean- |

^hesitate to come, V7e are facing thep^ijjjg^ Paula and one of our Bible =
|same problem in the services here |:;iass girls are doing a commendable I
Iin the house.
I Continued on page 3)
I

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I""""!'"

GRATITUDE

ii|THE CALL OF THE VILLAGES is the

liquarterly news letter of Paul &

about-,

For the past 2^ years we havef

lithe work of TOHOKU RUR iL EVAM-

been gratefiil to University Church |

in Minneapolis, Minnesota for mail-l
ing out THE CAI-E OF THE.' VILMGESl

iMMarcia

IpGELISM.
and

Nielsen

telling

Tohoku means northeast

designates

the

||Hhe northeast part

location,

of Honshu,

ijllthe main island of Japan, News

and also

tetner

for the use of their Ges-|

to print them. .-Son Russell |

Ij-'if letters are sent to all from

Ipwhom gifts are received, and to

has been

|':nothers

Alyce Monson,

who ask to be placed on

sllthe mailing list. Address all

g'lTinquiries to: 94-21 Ichinenpo

|||Kami, Odaw.ara. Aza, Haranomachi,

ililSendaij Japan.

??r75??^TmTrh?vwrriTi.=f?n

sity

secretary in Univer-i

Church office,

stencils.

but|

are now made for Maryf

to cut

these=

So we are .fuF.ther grate-e

"ful to University Church andto Mary I

Alyce for this improved service to|
US all.

I -.00000000000-

FINANCIAL STAmiENT

cutting the stencils

arrangements

THE TIGER YEAR

We. have reason to rejoice in our

friches in Christ. In August-October

|we experienced 3 straight months of
flow finances. As a result, we_have
fwitnessed again how "prayer ch^ges
sthings" and have seen hov; God leads
iHis people to provide things needed
|by His own. We needed a spiritual

Here in Japan this is Showa 37|

(1962) the year of the tiger, ac-|
cording to the Zodiac calendar.|
Japanese tradition declares it a|
year to follow old ways of life and|

llesson and then material needs were

It is a year when all must store up|

one should not

start anything new. |

fsupplied. As of J.an. 15, 1962, your strength and energy for coming pro-|
sprayers and gifts not only paid the
Idebt in our general fund, but

also

fwe have on hand >173 designated for

fthe building loan due in April.

sperous times. Those particularly!

governed by the "tiger sign" are|

people who aie 12, 24 , 36, 48, 60 or|

72 years old this year. Both Martha|
and

ItOTAL RECEIPTS (July 1

I
Dec. 31, 1961) > 3317.98
ItOTAL expenditures

IbALANCE Dec, 31, 1961

fUNPAID BILLS:
I

1
I

T.B.S. Building Loan

(due April 1962)

Personal Building Loan

3317.65

.33

I are

in

this

catagory.

As|

tigers are fast runners, it is thot|

not good to marry "tiger girls" this|
year because they will quickly run|
away. Men born in a tiger year willf
be successful during the year. Wef
are glad we do not have to placeh
our hope for the year in zodiac|

373.17
signs. We are confident God will|
> 993.74 ^ continue to lead in His work everys
; where and at all times,
|

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lsUMMAR^('Uontinued from page l)

of teaching

the children

nev/j^hen he knows

his son

wants to go =

isongs and choruses and the Bible |to Bible class. We can only con- |
llessons with the help of Sceno-felt|binue to teach Takahashi san and |

|Dn Sunday nights Brother Takafuji |pray that one day he will do what |
Icomes tothe house for a Bible class |ie knows is right,
Iwhere 15-18 young people are now|
Marcia and Paula

|
have charge |

fstudying Acts. These young people |of the 5 English Bible classes. The |
ialso stay for the 2 English Bible icalls to teach English are alv/ays a |
fclasses which follow.
problem for the missionary. These |
I
On Tuesday nights Brother Tak-English classes were started by |
iafuji and I go to oendai Christian |naking a bargain. Only those who |
fOrphanage for a Bible class withfattend at least one of our Japanese |
120-25 personel vAio work in the orp-|services each week, can attend an |

fhanage.

This class is our newest palish class.

Also,

at the start |

iclass and was started last Nov. Weipf each class, a series of 12 les- |
ihave been studying John since its isons containing 30 difficult English|
ibeginning,
fsounds, is used. The exercises in |
I
V/ednesday nights are meditation |bhe Bible studies stress tne dif-|
land prayer time at Tsuchidoi, Bro. fficult sounds of that lesson. This |
iTakafuji's meditations are thought |nnt only helps with English annun-|
Iprovoking to get the folk to think |ciation and pronounciation, but ac-|
labout Christianity

and ask

quest-|complishes our chief aim: to intro|

lions. Following this service there Iduce the student to the Bible and |
iis a time of fellowship around thatfwhat it contains; to Christ and who |

lever present cup of tea.

is; and teaches what makes a|
i
Thursday nights we make thefchristian. After this series is |
ftrip to Furukawa. Though this classfcompleted, Junior S.S. papers, andf
iis disappointing as far as numbers|qu_arterlies for the advanced class, |
igo, both Brother Takafuji anil feel fare used. So the Bible is taught |
lit should be continued. Vie are in|in these classes with English being|
ithe process now of seeing v^hat can|the tool. Vie pray that through it, |
Ibe done to increase attendance. Now|some may be reached for Christ.
|
1there are only 2 young men

that we|

The high light..of the year was

lean depend on each week. One of|the baptism of Mari Takafuji on her^
ithese is Takahashi san, who wants|i2 birthday. When taking ilari|s |
Ito become

a Christian

but hisfconfession, her father said it is a|

I father's Shinto concept ofappeasing|result of 12 years of receiyingi

fthe deceased ancestral spirits atfchristian teaching and living in a|
ithe family god shelf makes him re|Christian home. It is complete ^
i fuse to permit it. The father is|3hristian homes like this that we|
I so antagoristic toward Christianityfwant to see
I that he asks Takahashi'san
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and pray

to work fwork here in Tohoku.

for in the|
|

UST CALL TO PAY THE BUILDING LOAN $54^,17

IN APRIL

For a year now, our little

bell ringer
I

has been

waiting

patiently to ring the bell and

fannounce the final pajrment of the building loan to

ITokyo Bible Seminary. He has now made some practfice svidngs.

As the close

'N

LET'S
HING
THE
gj^[^|

of 1961 there was ^l60

oti HAHO

fdesignated for this

loean payment.

As of

$173

|Jan, 15, $13 more has been recoivBd. Thes'

Igifts have started the clapper on it's vnr

|to ring the bell. Just $1 from each perfson who reads this plea will more

than

fring the bell. Send your gifts NOW

so

fthis debt of $546.17 can be paid by Apr.

|1.

Send gifts to us at: 17364 East Cypress, Covina, Ca3j.f.

[UNIVERSITY CHURCH.OF CHRIST .

[I507 University Ave. S, E...

NON PROFIT (HG.

U. S.
POSTAGE
PAID

iMinneapolis 14. Minnesota

[TOHOKU RURAL EVANGELISM

iPaul Nielsen, Missionaries
\
Mission ^ervises
[
Box 968

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN,

V1S62

PERMIT NO. 2113

Joliet, Illinois

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