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Taking the Good

News

of the Risen Son

to The Land of The Rising Sun.

TUB PAUL PRATT FAMILY

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Mrs Mary Lou Bauer,

Sec'y.

P.O. Box

1525

Carmel, Indiana,


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OUR

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The

Christinas Season

The Christmas season is one of the busiest times of the

year,

yet it

is one of

the most

rewarding times

as

we have the opportunity to share the

birth

of

Jesus

with many people.

Classes at

Obirin Junior College

ended the first

week of December

so

the

Christmas

activities for them

were

very early. We had a Christmas party

at our house

the

last week in Movember. Then Tim attended

the

Christmas

chapel

service as well as the Ch ristmas program

of

the Christian

Club.

They

were both

very

good.

On

December

12 a few of

us

from

the

I

little

program

of

singing

and puppets

for

H

' sT c o u l d c o m e t o t h e

d i n i n g

r o o m F o r

1 1 those

w h o

couldn t, Tim dressed up i n a

Santa

isited every room and

passed

out

of cookies and fruit. They all

seemed

to

enjoy us and

we

received a letter

from

the


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The

Campus

Ministry

As the Japanese

school

year begins in

April and

ends in

March,

we are

in between school years now and have a break froai all

om'

teaching. Obirin

ended

the

last

week

of

January

and it

was

a

good

year About one-third of

Tim's students at

Obirin

stated that

they

were interested in Christianity

but none wanted

to

make a commitment. Tim

is going to

try

to follow up

on

these students when school begins in April again.

Classes

at

American Christian College finished up March 19.

This

past

term,

Tim taught

a

writing class, a

speaking/listening

class, and a survey

of the New Testament class.

It

was

a

good

term

with a lot

of

interest

shown. In April, the school hopes to gain 3 new

students

which will

increase the enrollment to 13

which

is the mo-st it has

had

in

one term

In the children's English/Bible

classes

that Lisa teaches, from Janu

ary to March, they studied

the

life

and

teachings

of

Jesus.

The

last few

weeks of

class

they studied and watched

videos

of the death and resurrec

tion of Jesus. Many of the older

students

were moved at the death of

Jesus

and wondered

why

He had to

die. It was a

good

opportunity

for Lisa and

Masumi to

teach

them about Jesus

and

His

love

All

our classes

will

start again the week of April 12,

so

we are busy

preparing for the new school year. Ve

will

meet many new

students so

please

pray

that we may be able to share the

love of

Jesus in some

way

with all

these students

NEWS FROM PAUL AND KATHLEEN

PRATT

In our

last issue, we mentioned

that Paul

and

Kathleen were suffering

from

some health

problems

and

we

asked

for prayers for them.

They both

became better, but

they still

decided

to go

back

to

America

for a

while

to

rest,

recuperate, and get some more

medical attention.

With their decision to

go

back,

they

also decided to resign

as

minis

ter from the Sannobara Church since they had a Japanese minister working

with them. The Church is in capable hands now and

they

could leave without

worry

The

Sannobara Church

held a

see you again program for them

on March

7 with many people

from

various places in Japan

coming to

wish

them God's

blessings.

They

left

on

March

12 with plans to come

back

to

Japan

if

it

is

the

Lord's

will.

Please pray for them as they adjust to this

change in

their lives. They will be living in Indiana but

will

be traveling

some

to

report to their

supporting

Churches.

SIBLING

SCRIBBLES

Sarah and

Katie

have had a good

win

ter

and both are

doing

fine.

They both

had

bouts

with colds and the flu but are

o k now

Sarah

began

going to Japanese pre

school two

days a week in January

and

really

enjoys it.

She

is

picking Japanese

up fast and

is

making lots of friends.

She is a good big sister to Katie.

Katie

is

growing

fast and is getting

more active. Now that

Sarah is

gone 2

days a

week,

she

tries

to

rule the

house.

She

is starting to say

a

few

more words

like dog ,

baby , and bunny . It

won't

be

long

till she will be rattling off

whole senten es

They both enjoy watching Sesame

Street

and

could watch

it

all day. They

also

like going outside and playing.

They

both bring great

joy

to this house.


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J O

T

T I N G S bout P N

English has bGcome the international

Western

world.

Japanese students study

English

from

Junior High through

Most Japanese

people

are interested in learning

and

speaking

English

language

as Japan deals with the

but

the English

they study in the

Even

though they study English

for 6

High

school

and even on through college,

schools is mainly

grammar

and reading,

or more years

they cannot carry on

a

^ood

conversation in

English.

Because

of this,

there are

lots

and

lots

of English Conversation

Schools

in

Japan.

Many

Americans and Europeans come to Japan to teach English

in

these

schools or

in

universities.

Teaching English conversation

is

a

big

business

for

those who

want to make money as students pay from S15 to

S50

an

hour.

Some

parents

of children that we teach have asked us if we had an

adult conversation class, but

we

have always said "no".

Since

many want to

learn

English,

we

decided to offer

classes

for

adults. We

also

thought

that

this

would be

a good

opportunity to meet more parents and people in the

neighborhood. We began

the classes

in

February,

and

Tim teaches a men's

class on Saturday

night

and Lisa teaches a

ladies'

class on Tuesday night.

We have 17

students between us and

we enjoy

getting to know the

people.

Prayer Needs

We

ask for your

continued

prayers

for us as we work here in Japan.

Here

are some specific needs.

1.

For the growth

of the Machida

Church

2. For

the

campus

ministry and all

the students

that

we teach

3. For the children's

ministry

that

we

may

make contact

with

parents.

4

For

Paul and

Kathleen

Pratt

while

they

are in the

U.S.

5.

For new

workers

to

Japan.

6. For our

health and

strength for

the summer activities

Thank you all very much

Visitors Coming

this

Spring

We are very excited to

have

some

family visitors come over this

spring for

a

little visit.

On

April 19, Tim's mother will

be

back

in Japan

for a

visit.

She

will

be helping mostly at the camp,

but

we

are

sure we will be seeing

a

lot

of

her.

Sarah

is looking for

ward

to

going

swimming

with

her.

Later on in May, Lisa's parents

are planning on making another trip

to

Japan.

They will drive again to

California

and then fly on

military

Space-A from

there.

They

will stay

for several weeks and we are all

looking forward

to their coming.

It

should be

an

exciting

spring

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friends,

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the

Good

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of The Risen Son

to

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2,

Spring,

1993

What a

send-off

we got

from

brothers

and

sisters

in Japan

On

Feb.

18th the

ladies invited

former

English students and neighborhood friends for a sendoff party. Paul and three

r men joined them

for

a sumptuous meal and exchange

of

memories

around the table.

Then began the day-by-day task

of

executing the move. It was complicated by the 25 years

have lived in the same house.

We

were able to find time for various families who invited us

a meal, called

or

wrote from far away to wish us well. We give special thanks to the dedi

crew that

assisted

us in packing and cleaning up.

March

7th

was

the

church-planned

"See

you

again

Party".

In

the

morning

I

preached

to

a

ful

on the subject "If this Were My Last Message . A program of special music, testimony

and

of memories

was

sandwiched between

the

noon and evening fellowship meals. Seven

per

came

from far-off Kyushu

in the South three came from Nagoya

and

one

flew

in from the nor

island

of

Hokkaido. More

than 120 well-wishers

attended.

Both

of us were

overwhelmed

the many

expressions

of

love

and gratitude shown toward

us. We sincerely pray for those

who

still not given themselves to

our

Lord who died for them.

Stateside supporters have been asking, "Are you retiring now?" The answer

is "No".

Our

through

Central

Japan Christian Mission

will

be

varied

but we

intend

to continue promo

and

attempting

to

enlist young recruits for service in Japan. C.J.C .M. is

than one man or one

family.

Sponsoring churches have received our financial report

and

are

aware

of four

areas of

mission.

(1) Machida

Church,

(2) The Campus

Ministry

(3)

Onga Church

and (4) The

Bible Room in Sendai City. Then

as

new recruits

are

enlisted,

the

Evangelism will increase.

Since our last report, on February 21st three persons have been added to the Lord's body

Sannobara.

Taizo

Nakamura (aged

43)

studied with

me for four years.

He and his

son,

Masahiro

the baptistry together. He is

11

years old. Then Yoshiaki Ishii (aged 10) son

of

Ishii became

the third second-generation

to be born again in

the

Sannobara family.

Since we returned to the States Miss Natsuki Kamlyama

was

baptized into Christ on March 21st. She came to the States

in 1991 on the home-stay

program.

She was

so

happy

to have

passed the entrance exam

to

Obirin High School

because "It

is a

Christian school". The next week following her baptism she

was

instrumental in encouraging six other young people to join her

in

the Spring Youth Camp.

Speaking of Obirin Academy,

the

Christian Club

with

which

Tim Turner and 1 have been associated has

been

lead by three

different members of Christian Churches in four years. The

most recent

one

is

Shingo

Tsuda,

from the Mejiro

Dai Church

Nakamura, Masahiro

& Yoshiaki

where Harold

and Lois Sims

minister.

Having graduated

from

Obirin College this

year, Shingo

will

enter

the

Osaka

Bible

Seminary this

year

to study for

Christian

service. Praise God

Beginning with this school year

(from

April) Tim

and

Lisa

Turner's

responsibilities

will increase. Tim has an

extra Bi

ble Class

in

the

Junior

College and will teach the Christian

Club

each week.

He has

also

been given

the

chance

to teach an


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Bible

class,

elective for all

We are thankful that

Cole,

son

of

the late

Harold and

is

taking

over my classes

those of Penny Hoggs

in

the Junior

has

returned Stateside

serve at her

Alma

Mater, Kentucky

an College,and to take

classes.

has served in Japan

faithfully for

Naoaki

Ishii,

a faithful member

and

the Sannobara Church is a Mo

Professor at Tokai

He has been

the honor of providing an experi

be taken aloft aboard Discovery

is sent up on July 30th, 1994.

astronaut, Dr.

Chiaki

Mukai,

will

for the experiment during the flight.

Ishii with

Ms. Mukai

and

two

other astronauts

PRAY;..for Masako, wife of Hideto Yoshii, Minister

of

the Onga

Church in

Fukuoka. She faces

for the removal of a

kidney on

May

10th....for the Sannobara Church-Machida

Church

joint

meeting set for May 16th..thank God for Kathleen's and

my

improved health..for Ma

Yamada,

of Sannobara

who will enter

Brevard College

(Brevard,

North

Carolina).

Though rear

a Christian home, he has not yet become a Christian...that

"the

Lord of

the

harvest will send

laborers into His harvest.

During our month and

a

half stay in Indiana we

have

attended the

Central Christian

Church i

What

an impressive

portrayal

we witnessed of the Musical Drama "The Victor" We felt we

witnessing the triumphal entry, the

trial,

the crucifixion

and

the resurrection

our

Lord.

And what a

joy

it was

to

see seven

of our relatives

participating

in

the

drama.

a

'Victor' is Jesus

Both

of us are

waiting upon the Lord,

so

that

as Isaiah says we may "mount up with

wings

as

to

"run

and

not

get tired" and to "walk and

not

become weary".

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It had

been

six years since

our family were able to be

at one time. So on the

4th weekend we

all

conver

upon Lydia

and

Rick Coyle'

home. Paul

and his

Jeannie

flew in from Cali

Mary

Joyce,

Steve and

boys came

by

car

from

Long

Mark, Lynn

and

fami

We

rshipped, played, sang

and

talk

a blue streak together. We

Paul

David's being ad

practice

law in Cali

and

Lydia's

nd

birth-

We

are

so

happy

that all

are

serving

our

Lord.

of a righteous man

joy". Prov. 23:24

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The Paul Pratt

family, 17

in all

(count

'em)

Bob Maxwell, a 1993 graduate of Johnson Bible College was called

by

the

of Indianapolis and the Chapel Rock Church to serve in reviving the New

Christian

Church (formerly Parkview) there.

Wishing to

serve

my Lord

I

vol

to

help Bob

with

calling

two or so days each

week. Mid-week

Bible

s begun with good

results

and the

Sunday Morning

Service is set to begin

n November.

Pray for

a great

new

beginning.

In addition

to

the aforementioned National Missionary Convention, we are

king forward

to a

rally

at Orlando, Florida,

in

Northwest Kansas

and with th

at Alexandria, Indiana.

If we may be of

assistance

to your

in a

Faith-Promise Rally or

a

Missions

Rally,

write

or call us.

We have

been privileged

to

meet

with

various Japanese friends since return

U.S. Sachiko and Rod Friese

came

from Burnsville, Minnesota with

children

in

late

June.

Hideto

(Eddie) and

Masako

Yoshi

i,

Hideki and

were able to spend the

first

two weeks of August in Indiana and

Kentucky.

Ka

bhleen and I

met Yoshiyuki Taki at Indianapolis airport

on

18th. He has served

with

Bill Belew at Niigata

and is

enrolled

in

Indiana

College of

Law. We look forward to

seeing

him now

and

then.

Pray

r Scott LaRue as

he and Carmen

return to serve

in

Russia

in

September.

Having

recently ^jturned to

our natiye land, both

of

us_ were_ deeply moved_

we pledged allegiance

to

our

flag,

"one nation under God".

We

pray that

our

people,

Lorsakiri'

violence, lawlessness

and

sin,

will

Him

who

loves us so.

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10/16

OUR

SPRINGNDSUMMER CTI

TIES

The

Machida Church Vork

The theme for

the

Church

this

year is Serve one

another in

love.

Throughout the spring and summer v f e have been

studying about

being

a

servant.

During the spring,

Tim preached through

the Gospel

of

Mark showing

Jesus as

the

model

servant. Then in

the summer

months, we

studied

about

being servants in

this

world. It has been

a

good study for all of

us

and we

have

been trying to reach out more to

people.

The attendance at

Church

has been growing and we are encouraged about

that. Since April,

we

have averaged almost 25 in the Sunday morning worship

service. Ve

have had

several

first-time

visitors

come

and a few

have

started

to come regularly.

One

man who

has

started to

come

is

a

Christian

but hasn't been to Church in

a long

time.

Tim

met

him

on

the bus

one

morning while he was

going

to American Christian College. The man wanted to

practice

his

English

so began talking

to

Tim.

During

the conversation, Tim

said that he

was

a

minister and

the

man

expressed that he

was a Christian.

Tim

invited him

to

Church,

and

he came

the next

Sunday

and has been coming

ever since.-God uses us even in the smallest

of

ways.

Our annual Tri-Church worship service and picnic was

held

on

May 23. Ve

Joined the Sannobara Church, where Paul and Kathleen ministered, and the

nearby Zushi Church

for a

good time of worship and fellowship.

After the

service

we went

to a nearby park

and

enjoyed

playing softball.

summer was

the

baptism

of Aya Kikuchi.

She and

her boyfriend, Takehisa,

started

I

;

c o m i n g

q u i t e

r e g u l a r l y T a k e h i s a w a s

a

b e c o m e o n e t o o . A y a

s h a r e d

h e r i n t e r e s t i n

after several

teaching sessions, decided to

e baptized. As she

wanted

her

friends to

atch she set the date for August

22.

It

was

a

beautiful baptismal service

1^ I a I «

with

close to 30

in attendance.

Her parents

please

pray for Aya that she

will be

faith

ful

and that she will be a good example.

In

June, Tim performed

his first wedding

in Japanese.

Tim

had

known

Aki Hasegawa ever since high school as she was a member of the

Sayama

Church

where

Tim's parents were

at

that time .

After

graduating

from high

school she

left

the

church for a while

as she started

to

work

but

has

recently come

back and

is faithfully attending the

Machida

Church. Her new

husband is not a Christian but

she

is working on him and we are praying for

him. Anyway,

they were married on June 5

in

a Church building

in

downtown

Tokyo.

It was a

beautiful

service, and Tim

did

o.k. for being his

first

time in Japanese.

The Church is trying to

target

college students

this

year,

so

we

decided to plan several

programs

to attract students. On May 20 we had

a

Welcome Night for Obirin

College

students. Ve passed out announcements

on

campus for this but

only

had about 5 come. Ve still

had

a good time and got

to

know them better.

Ve

are going to try several more things this fall

including

a

concert in November by

a

well-known Japanese Christian band. Ve

hope that

many

students and people injthe community

will

come.

The last Sunday in August, we hosted the Tokyo area fifth Sunday

Rally.

Ve had

a sports

theme and rented

a

nearby

gym

to meet in. Bill

Belew, a

missionary

in

northern

Japan,

came

down

and

spoke on

the

topic

of

pressing on to

the

goal.

Over

40 attended

and

we

played

games,

worshiped,

ate supper together, and

had

a good time of fellowship.


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Suimner Activities

This past summer was one of the busiest summers we have had hers.

Almost every

week

we

were

doing something or going somewhere, but

it was

a

very good summer and

here

are some of the things that went on.

The day after all our classes ended in mid-July,

we

headed for Shinshu

Bible

Camp for a

few days

of Vork Camp. Not

many

came

this

year

so

we

worked hard getting ready for the summer camp season.

For the

first

time in a long

time,

Tim was able to

attend

the Japan

National

Convention

of

our Christian

Churches.

This

year

it

was

held

on

July 23-25 in Kobe City,

Tim

drove our van

down

with a load of people

from

a

nearby

Church. It was a

good convention

and

Tim

was

able

to see many

people whom he has known growing

up

Over 400 Christians from all over

Japan came

to participate and be encouraged.

From July

26-29, we

had our Vacation

Bible

School here

at

the

Church.

It

was

held

each morning

from

Monday through

came

and had

time singing,

while

we were in charge of

the

crafts.

The

very

good

week.

The

main

speaker was a young

t i a n T i m l e d a

m o r n i n g

c l a s s f o r

J u n i o r h i g h

students which went well.

The

National

Missionary Convention

of our

Churches was the

next week

from

the 10-12.

Because

of the dates

this year, it was

not

well

attended

but those

who

did come were

blessed by the

meetings.

Professor

David

Faust

from Cincinnati Bible

College

was

the

guest speaker and he led 5 sessions

on being Always

Ready.

It was encouraging for all of us and even Sarah

and Katie

had a good

time

in the

children's

sessions.

The day

after returning home from the convention,

Tim

headed

out

to

the Leadership Training Camp

for

Christian college students. Over 20

students•from our Churches came for a three day retreat of intense Bible

study

and

fellowship. Three from Machida went and we had a good time.

Tim

was a group

leader

and led several discussion

times.

The

one week we were free this

summer

was

the

week

of August

16-20,

but since most

people

are off that

week in Japan,

we decided to stay around

home

and relax

and

catch

up

on

some

work that

needed

done.

Ve

did

take

two

days and

visit

the Axton's (Paul is the president of American Christian

College in the

next

prefecture and

go

camping. Ve

enjoyed

the rest.

August 23-26 was

our

first

English

Bible

Camp

for

college

students,


12/16

The Campus

Ministry

The month of April brought the beginning of our teaching schedule

again at the colleges, the kindergartens,

and

classes here

at the

Church.

Classes at American Christian College began again on April 12 with 13

students. Tim

continued

to teach

pn

Mondays and taught 4 classes from

10:00

A.M. to 4:30 P.M. He

taught

2 \^ltlng classes a

reading

class

and

a speaking class.

It was

a

busy term

for

Tim,

but

most

of the students were

faithful In coming

and

studied very hard. As a

matter—of-fact,

after the

spring

term,

5

students

were

able to go to the States to study. Three

students transferred to

Mllllgan

College where

they

are studying very

hard.

The school year

for

Qblrln Junior College began on April 13 for Tim.

As before h goes to Ob lrln on Tuesdays and

Wednesdays

to

teach

3

ible

classes

to a total of 94 students. Most of the students know nothing about

the Bible

when

the year begins

so

It

Is a

challenge to

teach them

the

message of

the

Bible.

After

a

few

weeks of

Introductory lessons,

Tim begins

a series of

studies on the

Gospel of

Luke using videos and

questions.

Many

of the students are Interested

and thait Is

encouraging.

Besides teaching at the

Junior college,

Tim was

asked to

be

the

spon

sor

of

the Qblrln Christian Club.

a

group of Christian students who

meet

together for study,

prayer,

and fellowship. Paul Pratt was the sponsor last

year and

with

their leaving, Tim was asked to continue. It

Is

not a demand

ing

position

as

the

students

do

most

of the

planning, but

Tim

Is

there to

help In

any way. Tim Is

looking

forward

to doing

many things with

the

Christian Club In the

years

to come.

At the end of last year,

a

chaplain at Oblrln asked Tim If he was

Interested

In teaching an English Bible study after school one afternoon a

week. Tim was excited to do so and on April 20, began leading an English

Bible

study on

Tuesday afternoons

at

4:30. Most of the

students

who come

are from the Christian Club, but there are

a few

who comeeach week who are

not Christians and are Interested In the Bible and

n

English. The

average

attendance

Is about 12 and

we

have a gpod time.

Lisa

and Masuml

started

up the

children s

Engllsh/Blble classes

again

In April too

and

that Is going well.

From

April to mid-July,

they

had 7

classes

on

fternoons

with close to

Bible

lesson In

Japanese for about 1

60

students.

Masuml

teachesashort

minutes

and

then Lisa

teaches them

English

for

the

next

30 minutes. Lisa[uses

songs

picture cards and games

to

teach

them English phrases and

the

English alphabet.

The

kids have a

good time and Masuml and Lisa do a good job.

Through the children s English Classes, we had special programs on

Mother s

Day

and Father s Day On Mother s

Day

we asked the kids to bring

games, eating,

and

a message by

good crowd

came

and they

had

a good

their mothers for an evening of slnglni

Tim s

mother

who was back In

Japan.

A

time.

Then on

Father s Day, a

good

group

of

children

and their

fathers

came

for a curry rice supper and an evening of songs, games, and a

short

message

by

Tim. Both

times

the

Church

building was

full

and It went very well. Ve

want

to

reach

the parents, and

In

this

small way,

we

hope that some become

open

to

the

Gospel.

|

Lisa

continues to teach at two kindergartens

during

the

week. She

teaches at Eunice

Preschool

on Monday

on

Friday

mornings.

There are ab out

^0

kids

at the preschool

and 160 at

are

Christian schools, she If free

blrln. Because

both

of these schools

to

teach

about

the Bible as

she

teachds English.

Although

teaching little

kids takes a lot of

patience, Lisa

enjoys these two classes.

Ve

are continuing to teach our adult

English classes

during the

week.

mornings

and at Qblrln

Kindergarten

and

Tim teaches 7 men

on Saturday

isa teaches 5

ladies

on Tuesday night

night.

Several

dropped out after a few weeks because of different reasons

but

the 12 who come are faithful and we have a good

time.

Ve pray

that

somehow

we

can lead themto know The Good Teacher .

Ve

spend a lot of time teaching so we ask for your prayers that

we

may

be

strong and

bold. Ve are praying

that

many will

believe In

Him.


13/16

People Coming and

Going

This past spring

and summer,

we saw a lot of people

come and go

here

in Japan. Penny Boggs.

a

12 year missionary here in JapAn, decided to

return

to America to begin working at

her

alma mater, Kentucky Christian

College. She

taught

at Obirin and lived

near

us, so

we will

miss

her

and

the good times

we shared together. She left on

April

22

and started

working

full-time at KCC

in August.

Tim s Kother

also came back

to

Japan

to spend

the summer with

us

and

with

the

work at Shinshu Bible

camp. She arrived on April 19 and spent a

few

weeks

with

us

before heading

up to camp to

spend

most

of the

summer

there.

She

really worked hard

at camp. She

left on September 3.

Lisa

parents were also able to

come

to Japan

for

about a month. They

arrived

on

Kay 17 and

stayed until June 18. Ve

all

enjoyed visiting

with

them

and

taking

them

places.

They both

were a big hit in

our adult

English

classes

each week.

Sarah and Katie also loved being with them.

Ve had a short visit in August from

Melissa

Kacintosh. a member of

Bufflngton Road Christian

Church

in College Park, GA.

Ve

are grateful

for

her work

at camp

and for her

encouragement

here.

Finally, Kasumi Naka, who has been helping us

here

at Machida for over

a

year, left

to

go

back to America

to make

plans to get

married.

She

met

Bobby Snyder

when she

attended Cincinnati

Bible College and

they

have

con

tinued

to correspond.

She

left in August to attend another semester

at CBC

before

they

get married in December. She will be greatly missed, as

she

did a lot here, but we pray that

God will give

her and Bobby

much

happiness

together. They plan

to return

to

Japan after

Bobby

graduates

from

CBC

and

we

anxiously await their return.

MEVS FROM PAUL AND KATHLEEN PRATT

In our last

issue

we said

that

Paul and Kathleen

made

the decision to

go back to the

U.S.

because

of

health reasons. They wanted

first

of

all

to

rest and

have

some

medical

testing

done. Ve

thank

you

for

your

prayers for

them. As of now, they

are both feeling

a lot better

and

have

started

traveling and

visiting

supporting Churches. They are open to

what

God wants

them to do

and

if it is His

will,

they

want

to return to Japan next

year.

Because they

left

Sannobara Church

in

the

capable

hands

of

a

Japanese

minister, they are open to God s leading to another place

in Japan.

Please

continue to pray for the Pratts as they decide about

the future.

SIBLING

SCRIBBLES

Sarah

and

Katie

are

both

doing

fine

and growing up.

Sarah

celebrated

her 4th

birthday

in June and

had a big party

with

3

randparents

here.

She is quick

to

tell

you that she is a big

4-year old.

She is

becoming such

a little

lady and is a good

sistertoKatie

Katie

celebrated her 2nd

birthday

on

September 27. She

is

talking more and

more

and will soon be speaking sentences.

She loves

to

mimic

Sarah

and does

what

ever she

does. They both play well

toge

ther most of the

time.

Ve

received

a

puppy from

a

lady in

the Church and both Sarah and Katie love

their

dog.

Sometimes they treat it

like a

doll

and

throw

it

around but

sofar

it is

still alive andit iswellloved

They both had

a

good summer and

enjoyed traveling and

seeing

many people.

Ve

thank God

for His

precious

gifts.


14/16

JOTTINGSboutJ P N

This past summer,

we

have seen

t

against

the

yen.

Because of

this,

we

than we used to and

it

is

making thi^s

that much more

expensive

here

we

received a salary in yen

from

Japan

since we

receive

dollars from

you

in

he value of the

dollar

drop gre

atly

are

getting

even

less

of our dollar

If

there

would be no difference, but

America

and

have to

exchange

it

into

yen,

we

are really losing

a lot. Four years ago

in

The Turner Times, we

listed

some

price

comparisons when the

exchange

rate was 150 yen for $1.

This summer, the

dollar

dropped to 100 yen

for

SI.

Here

is a comparison of

1989 and 1993 with no difference in th

Gasoline

Movie

Candy Bar

Coke

Big Mac

1989

S3.20/gal.

SIO.70

$.67

S.71/can

S2.65

1993

S4.80/gal.

S16.00

SI.

00

SI.10/can

S3.90

e

Japanese

prices:

1989

Steak S12.85/lb.

Rice S2.00/lb.

Bread SI.00/12si

Milk S5.00/gal.

Eggs SI.20/10

1993

S18.50/lb.

S3.00/lb.

SI.50/12si

S7.50/gal.

SI.80/10

Prayer Needs

We ask for

your continual

prayers

for us

as we

work here

in Japan.

Here

are some

specific

needs:

1.

For the Church as

we

strive

to

reach out

into

the

neighborhood.

2.

For the Gospel Concert the

Church is

hosting on November 20.

3.

For the Campus

Ministry

as

we

teach

many students.

4.

For our

upcoming

Christmas

acti

vitiesatChurch.

5.

For Paul and

Kathleen

Pratt

as

they

make

plans for their

future.

6.

For

new

workers to Japan.

7. For

our

health and strength this

winter.

Thank you

all

very

much

Billy Graham coming

to

Japan

Next

year

from January

13-16,

Tokyo

will

be

host to Billy

Graham

and

his evangelistic

crusade.

It

will

be

held in

the Tokyo Dome,

home of the famous Tokyo Giants

baseball team.

As always, a Billy Graham

cru

sade is a boost

to

the Churches in

the area. Many Christians

in

Japan

are joining together in prayer for

a great revival

in

Japan through

the

crusade as

well

as

other

events

in

Japan

this year.

Ve

ask that

you

please pray

for

a

revival in Japan too. Many

here

are searching for peace and purpose

in their

lives.

Pray

that many will

find

"the Way, the

Truth, and

the

Life.

CENTRAL JAPAN

CHRISTIAN

MISSION

9699 Second Street

North

St. Petersburg,

FL

33702

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U.S.

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15/16

T a k i n g

t h e G o o d N e w s of t h e R i s e n

Son

to

The Land of The Rising

Sun.

THE PAUL PRATT FAMILY

Forwarding Address

Mrs. Mary Lou Bauer, Sec y.

P.O. Box 1525

Carmel, Indiana,

^6032-6525

Japan Address

Church

Planting

Student

Evangeliso

Literature Distribution

Leadership Training

On furlough

as

of Mar.

12,

1993

U s e a d d r e s s

a b o v e Vol.

XXXVII,

No.

I,

Winter,

1993

THE TIM TURNER FAMILY

Forwarding Address

Mr. Mrs. Dan

Spencer

9699 -

2nd

St.

North

St. Petersburg, F1

33702

Japan Address

340

- 5 Negishi Ch o,

Machida

City, Tokyo ,

19 ^

Robert

Wittenmyer,

Exec.

Director

Indianapolis

Harold Akers,

South Bend

Harry

Bauer,

Indianapolis

Roger Burnham,

South Bend

Richard Coyle

Cincinnati

Bruce

Norton

Orlando

Dear friends,

There is cause

for

rejoi ing at Sannobara. Tomeji Ishikura,

31»

after

months of study repented of sin and was baptized into

Christ

on December 13th.

He and his wife, Naomi,

have

been

serving

in a facility f o r retarded children.

He is a

willing

servant and

an able guitarist.

His wife also transferred

her

membership

having

been immersed years ago. Their daughter is six months

old.

Christmas was reat time f o r

our

church. The

newly

opened Day

Care

Center and

Retirement Home

nearby invited our Bible School

to

tell the

story

of

Christ s

birth through

song,

slides and Scripture.

We

anticipate getting

other

invitations

in

the

future. Because

members invited

friends,

family

members

and colleagues, the Christmas service and Eve Candle Services brought

near record crowds.

P o l l y W i l k i n s o n

Probably

you

guessed

it

by

now.

Things have

been goin g

well

under

Bro.

s o u t h ^ f l e n d Hitoshi Nishiyama s leadership.

For

that reason , Kathleen and I have

been

making plans to vacate the

mission

house and turn over the responsibilities

f ministry to him.

I f

we had

any

questions as

to God s

will

in

the matter,

we were

convinced

He

approved when she became ill

in

September and then my visits to

the

doctor began in

No

After

receiving

various tests we

plan

to

take

x-rays

and reports back

to

the

States

us fo r whatever treatment is necessary. We will

leave

o n March 12th with permits to return

we

have

obligations to

Central

Japan Christian Mission . We

expect

to

be

able to accept

dates by May, if t h e

Lord

be willing. Please address us at P.O. Box 152^, Carmel, IN

Our

telephone number

is

317-378-8808.

John Thybault, Campus

Minister at Western

Michigan University, Kalamazo o, contacted

us fo r

o n campus. Thru cor respondence we learned

that

Churches o f

of books to

Michigan

Tomoji,

Naomi, little Yuriko and grandma Ishikura


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