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(Paul's Epistle)
CENTRAL JAPAN

CHRISTIAN MISSION

"The people that walked in darkness have

seen a great light:"

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Isaiah 9^2

Overseas Address

Forwarding Address

Paul & Kathleen Pratt

Mrs, Polly Wilkinson

1210 Kamikasuya, Isehara City

Kanagawa Ken, Japan, 259-11

257^9 West Edison Road,

South Bend, Indiana, 46628

Bible Correspondence, Church Planting,

Kindergarten,

Ad-Vangelism,

Campus Evangelism

Vol. XVI, Wo. 2, Spring, 1975

Dear friends in Christ,

we have had at Isehara.

Tadashi Sato (27) was baptized on Mar.

told how he was caused to think seriously about Christ when^9^BBBa||K^*^j|pB

the New Ohio Singers came. He wondered, "There must be some-a|^^[H^^^y
^Sj^SSB
thing to this Christianity when these young people came all

way to Japan to tell us about it". Just now we have five'young^SHH

men zealously

studying and serving with us.

1^;-

Four of them

Stephen Hancock, in a recent article in the Seminary Review

minded us

of the Lord

Jesus' own

disciple training

methods.

Pray for us as we try to put them to work. r'Wibh..a'~ visidn^for,

Tadashi Sato's baptism

SCHUR ESCOULDPROVIDEflO EACHOVERAPERIOD FAYEARO TWO.

supporting himseiy;. while preaching the gospel,;. Hideto Yoshii Us going to graduate from C.B.S.

in December this year.

Pray for him and for the Mark Pratts, the Rick Coyles and the Larry Lamb-

dins who are preparing for future service in JapahT^-

"

" 'Looking forward to new workers coming to Japan, and opportunities at Obilin University, (the

school has a junior hlgH sc^<5t^ and high school, too) we are striving to buy land and build a
building for grampus Hous^.-there. We will, thereby, be able to maintain regular Bible Training,

Counselling^--Evang^xsm and English ConversationWILL COST ABOUT $50,000, (If we can rent land it
BUILDING WOULD COST ABOUT $10,000.
Inflation is
also effected by the devaluation of the dollar. In
we get about 260 for that same $.

HERE ARE THE FACTS AND FIGURES:

NhlKUED LAND
will be cheaper.)
THE FIRST UNIT OF A NEW
even worse in Japan than in the U.S. We are
1971 we got nearly 560 for one $, but today
WE WILL BE WELL ON OUR WAY TO ACHIEVING OUR GOAL IF THIRTY

Thanks for praying with us for the acquisition of the military

houses.

Andrew Patton and his sons and several men at Isehara help

ed us to dismantle two of them and haul the salvaged lumber to

Isehara. Our church people will also provide funds and manpower to

build the building.

WOULD, HOWEVER,

LIKE VERY MUCH

A DEDICATED, RETIRED CARPENTER FROM ONE OF OUR

TO BORROW

CHURCHES FOR

ABOUT

THREE MONTHS. Japanese carpenters are asking $25-00 a day. So you

can get some idea about how much of a savings that will be.
You met Mrs. Mitsu Akiyama thru the pages of the Sept. 1970
Paul's Epistle. That was at the time of her baptism. Her conver
sion was somewhat of a miracle. For 67 years she knew only Buddhist
and Shinto thought, formalities and rituals. So, it took a power

ful gospel to start her anew. During a sickness that first winter
hardening of the arteries and high blood pressure caused her mind
to become dull-

Mrs. Mitsu Akiyama

Her faith in Christ became weak and she was ten^t-

ed to revert to the old superstitions. In answer to prayer her body

and mind both returned to good health and her faith became a power
ful force in her life again. She seldom misses a service and has a
glowing type witness for her Lord.

PROMISE OR REQUEST FORM

.Gift Promise Toward The Campus House

^

Church

...

promises (God providing)

Family

To be presented to your treasurer

^ year

Within 2 years

other

Other

Name

Promise of Carpenter Services

Address

I am interested in serving as a carpenter in Japan. Please send me further information,

Request for

Paul

to visit our church group

Kind of program
Recent visitors

Houpt who

Date

included former classmates

Alice

serve the Old Union Church, Danville, 111.

Gene

and South

India Church of Christ Mission. Brother Gene spoke at our morn

ing service and for our Tokyo area missionary fellowship. Their
church has supported our work for fifteen years, now.

Sara Bur-

ney also brought sixteen other members of the Christian

Academy

speech team for an overnight stay on their way to a contest.

We join with those who expressed their appreciation

to our

returned P.O.W.*s and to the M.l.A.'s for their sacrifice in the

cause of freedom. Countless of those who suffered are not alive

to testify to the likes of Jane Fonda

about their ill-treatment.

Our paper told of two American lady missionaries who were "burn

ed alive by Communist troops after they were captured in Laos

just five months ago". I'm sure the atheist persecutors were im
pressed by the fortitude and dependence upon God manifest by so
many of our people. May His name be praised.

m
rrPaul

&

Kathleen

Central Japan Christian Mission Inc.

is not as yet recognized as

Exie

n^

Fultz

a Non-profit

Eugene &
Alice Houpt

Organization

by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. So those of you who wish for a deduction on your income tax
should channel your gift through your local church, earmiarked for C.J.C.M.

Karis Ann Pratt made her debut at Cincinnati on March 8, 1973-

"Go cute

sind

so cuddly, so

sweet and so nevTI All that and, what's more, Tax Deductable, too." Mark and Lynn claim all 8 lbs
10 oz. of her. As of April 1st she and her mom and dad moved to R.R. # 2, Dillsboro, Ind. where
they will work with the Church of Christ.

Ft.

Mary Joyce is just now (April 6-l6) enthusiastically involved in the Florida Beach Crusade at
Lauderdale. She is never happier than when she can tell someone about her Christ.
Paul and Mary now live at 553-K Tustin Ave., Santa Ana, Calif. 92705-

law school at Pepperdine College-in the fall.

--

He is hoping to

begin

Lydia finally was able to msdce the dean's list at C.B.S.

She will graduate with a
Christian Education on May 10th. - "Her husband, -lUck Coyle r-was invoLved in the beginning

.Toc-nj:? House at Hichview in Cincinnati. (See the Jan. 2Sth CHRKi^lAN STANDARD page

WILL STUDY^"^

^HMMER, BETWn^ JUNE 1.5th AND AUGUST 30th. SHE

AVAILABLE mp Sea
UNIvpsiTY 01] MICHIGAN, ANN ARBOR. I WILL BE
THAT
1&0U!.
'TIME; "THE
WRITE
TO MENUMBER
DIRECTLY
THRU 23^-5^59.
THE END OF PRAY
MAY. K)RAFTER
that, WRITE OR CALL TO OUR SOUTH
BENDTHAT
ADDRESS-.
PHONE
IS (219)
US'
Central Japan Christian Mission

Mrs. Ernest Wilkinson, Forwarding Agent

23769 West Edison Road,

South Bend, Indiana, h6628

5 1973
P o

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- r u no T e-gami
(Paul's Epistle)

CENTRAL JAPAN

CHRISTIAN MISSION

"The people that walked in darkness have

seen a great light:"

v^

Isaiah 9:2

Overseas Address
Paul & Kathleen Pratt

Forwarding Address
Mrs. Polly Wilkinson

1210 Kamikasuya, Isehara City

25769 West Edison Road.

Kanagawa Ken, Japan, 259-11

South Bend, Indiana, ^6628

Bible Correspondence,

Church Planting,

Kindergarten,

Ad-Vangelism,

Campus Evangelism

Vol. VI, No. 3, Fall, 1975

Dear friends,

The saying, "While the cat's away the mice will play" could

never apply

to

our summer's

absence. In addition to painting the house, and entertaining a Sunday School Camp, the church
sent nine persons off to camp at Mt. Fuji. The group participated in a youth evangelism in To

kyo and kept the youth meetings, Bible School_and Worship Services alive
summer.

throughout the entire

We owe a debt of gratitude/to Rodney Crider, my nephew, ..who-Jtept

close track of the pro

perty and helped keep the progri^ moving.' 'He is a personnel man at'^he U.S.N. Air Facility
at Atsugi. We are happy, too, to have his good friend, Debbie Eikeland,.Jif Anaheim, Calif., a
zealous Christian, return with us to assist with Kathleen's^-woxk-ajidto""'teach English classes.
How good it was to see your faces again, to observe your work, to fellowship with you and
to receive the assurance of your continued prayers and support.
The Paul Pratt clan, with the
exception of Paul's wife, Mary, all gathered for a reunion (eats, touch football and all) and a

family picture at Mary Lou and Harry Bauer's in Indianapolis on Sept. 2nd and 3rd.
Those who are interested, please make a note of these address changes: Mark Pratt, (avail
able- -forpreaching), 960-Graad: Ave.-,- Apt^S,Cincinnati, Ohio, -45205; - Paul D.-Pratt, 3333
Monair Dr., Apt. 501, San Diego, Calif. 92117;
Ohio, 45220.

Mary Joyce Pratt, 473 Riddle Road,

Cincinnati,

The Lord always supplies our need. Mr. Tom Carter, of the Cincinnati Bible Seminary step
ped forth to offer his 1962 Chevrolet, no strings attached, for our summer travels.

It

served

us well, and we acknowledge our thanks to Tom and praise God for bringing us together.
Kathleen has successfully completed the eight weeks summer course at the U. of Michigan's,
English Language Institute.

In the process she was able to contact several of the

hundreds of

Japanese students who were also studying on campus and to encourage a few Japanese Christians.
A candid observer suggested to one of our missionaries that "Since the work in Japan is
quite difficult, why not leave it for awhile, hoping that future reception will be better?". We
refer you, in reply, to the enclosed picture of a man's field which old age forced him to leave
standing idle this year.

different?

How can a plot in God's acre, where His good seed hasbeen sown be any

And, how could His laborers be expected to hear, "Well done, thou good and fan thful

//IW

Neglected land

Debbie Eikeland Sr Rod Crider

The Central Japan Christian Mission Inc. held a meeting of its Board of Directors on Aug.
25th. The Directors are as follows: Paul and Kathleen Pratt, Field Directors; Secretary-Trea
surer, Mrs. Polly Wilkinson; Ernie Wilkinson, Roger Burnham and Harry Bauer, Trustee - Direc
tors. Any suggestions, proposals or questions toward the Mission should be directed to the men
serving as trustees.

They will serve as liaison between the churches and the field.

Constitu

tion and By-Laws have been drawn up and progress lhas been made in our application to the Inter
nal Revenue Service for tax-exempt status. When this occurs, gifts will be considered
deductable, retroactive to May 19, 1972, the date of the establishment of the Mission.

as

tax

We are still very much in the market for a retired or vaeationing carpenter who could give
us two to six months work on our church building at Isehara. Our church group saved up S15O in
the summer months toward the project.
Thanks to Hank and Imogene McAdams, Roy Koizumi of Isehara will be able to fulfill a dream

to spend his sophomore year at the high school in St. Louis, Michigan.

His parents, and we too

are glad to have found such fine Christian parenis to be his sponsor. Pray, too, that he will
find the Lord as his Savior, soon. (Of course, Roy's parents are paying his expenses.)
In order to lighten Polly Wilkinson's load ^ bit, those who send gifts will receive direct
receipts from Japan. Please be patient, because it will take a bit longer this way. However,
please continue sending the gifts to our South Bend address..

If your church does not receive a bundle of our Paul's Epistle, and you wish a copy to
sent to you regularly, please drop us a card so that we will know you want it, sent.

be

We do want

to hear from you. An airmail card (15?) will reach us in five days. Regular sea mail will be

a month reaching us.

Vv ^ "
PRAYER-O-GRAM

PRAISE GOD FOR HIS FAITHFULNESS IN HELPING THEISANNOBARA CHURCH MEMBERS TO GROW EVEN IN
OUR ABSENCE

...FOR SENDING ROD AND NOW DEBBIE OUR WAY

DUTY IN JAPAN TILL APRIL, 1976

BUILDING

PRAY FOE STILL ONE MORE, A CARPENTER TO HELP WITH

THE

PRAY FOR APPROPRIATE LAND TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO RENT OR BUY AND FOE FUNDS

TO BUILD THE OBILIN CAMPUS HOUSE

EVANGELISM

THE NAVY HAS SIGNED HIM UP FOE

PRAY FOR tIiS IMPORTANT FALL AND CHRISTMAS SEASON OF

I

December,

1973

1210 Kamikasuya, Isehara City,

Kanagawa Ken, Japan, 259-11
Dear friends,

The greatest event of all human history took place about 1977 years
ago.

Namely, "The WORD was GOD . . .and the WORD became man and lived

for a time among us, and we viewed His glory - such glory as the only-be
gotten Son receives from His Father - abounding in grace and truth."
(John l:l,l4 Berkeley)
This world has not been the same since that day.
lost their patients to His healing power.

time about God's loving forgiveness.

In His day, doctors

Sinners learned for the first

Even His disciples were shaken to

realize that our attonement demanded His death.

But God, the Father's

seal upon His life and ministry came when He called Jesus out of the tomb
on that glorious third day.

Praise God! this age old 'Good News report' still speaks to people
here in Japan, 6000 miles from the place of His birth.
Though adults
forbid the children from coming, they still hear Him say, "Forbid them not".
In spite of material prosperity many young persons agree with Jesus' state
ment of man's real need when He said, "A man's life consisteth not in the

abundance of things which he possesses". Mature Japanese regret that the

very thing their nation needs is spiritual basis which they do not have.
Aged persons grasp for some hope to assure them that there is something be
yond this 'pale of tears'. Again, Jesus' clear promise, "He that liveth
and believeth in me shall never die" causes their response.
"Who knows whether" we "are come to" this nation "for such a time as

this?" Pray for us to be able to deliver this earthmoving message.

In behalf of the Prince of Peace,

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GOD IS ETERNAL

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the star

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GOD IS HOLY

PRAY FOR THESE!

Jan. 4-6

Winter Bible Camp

April 1-3 Spring Bible Camp

April 19-21 Spring Evangelism
May 1-3 Japan Missionary Convention
May 3-5 All-Japan Christ, Convention
August 5-9 Motosu Christian Camp

Aug. 18-25 Karuizawa Festival Evang.

Nov. 1-3 Fall Evangelism

^01973 Japan Sunday School Union Na2393

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