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Isaiah 9i2
Overseas Address
Forwarding Address
Bible Correspondence,
Church Plantin
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A larger than usual number of children and youth experienced the fact that
manifest
this
year.
Smiday School
we are hoping
Looking forward to
the return
of
to a degree of independence,
The News Flash we wrote to the churches about the Inoues' baptism was just a'
flash*. More
yr
with Dedication
along with many
the church. The
the tribes peo
were privileged to welcome Larry and Joanie Lambdin to Japan on January 8th. Larry had
worked closely with Hideto Yoshii here at Isehara in 1968-1970 while serving with the U.S. Army
at nearby Can^ Zama. (see Sept. 1970 'Epistle') While escorting the Ohio Singers at Ono he ex
plained his desire to enter C.B.S. for ministerial training. The preacher, Masatami Kikkawa,
seemed to speak God's invitation to him, as he urged, "Why not return and serve in Japan?" So
Mi
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1.
Pray
is
repaid the church itself will have provided 72?^ of the total $9000 building cost. 2. The local
Christians contributed as much during this year of building ($2300) as they were able to save
ever the past six years.
they decided
to give over half the Special Christmas Offering to missions, "As thanksgiving to God for His
blessings to us thru the building program".
Churches and Christians in Japan likewise help
tion right into Cincinnati where Mark and Lynn are ms^ng plans to come to Japan. They have set
^ early August as their deadline for sailing. They will work under Central Japan Christian Mis
sion and plan to live here at Isehara during their period of language study. This school year,
Lynn has been studying Japanese at the Univ. of Cincinnati- THOSE OF YOU WHO WISH FOR THEM AND
DAUGHTER KAEIS TO VISIT YOUR CHURCH, PLEASE WRITE MARK PRATT, 96O GRAND AVE, APT. 8, CINCINNATI,
OHIO, ^5205, or PHONE 513-231-3779.
There are 6,000,000
V be the second missionary and Hideto Yoshii will be the second preacher. So we are already set.sights, .elsewhere for beginning new works. Oh, the need is great!
"Pray to the Lord
of the harvest to send forth laborers".
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Bible Correspondence,
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Kindergarten,
Ad-Vangelism,
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Campus Evangelism
began working
26 years
ago
Blvd.
the West Side Church. Indirectly they have had a real part
in begetting spiritual children in far off Japan.
4. Japan
T
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of
books
and
gifts
were sent4. to
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Ernie
and
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a- Polly
n Wilkinson
While we were in the States they opened their home to us and assisted with
over mailings, they were responsible for getting much of our publicity to the churches.
to take
At their
own expense they purchased a slide projector and answered the call of churches to speak and show
slides in behalf of the work in Japan. They have always kept abreast of the work and presented
an enthusiastic appeal in our behalf. Many who heard their program have been surprised to learn
that they have never visited Japan. We hope they will be able to some day.
WE ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO GIVE THAT GREAT "WELL DONE" BUT
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^ 1975, MARY LOU^AND HARRY BAUER, 2910 EAST 98TH ST.. INAgents. Mary Lou is Kathleen's sister and Harry has been
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New Forwarding
New
Forwarding Agents
Agents
and directors
and
directors
Where We've Been - Since the first of the year we've visited the following churches;
Western
Hills Church, Montgomery Road Church, and Highview Christian Church in Cincinnati, ^hio; HiPoint Church, Bellefontaine, Ohio; and Central Christian Church, Carmel, Indiana.
We also visited Hideto Yoshii (our future co-worker, we hope) at Ball State
in Muncie, Indiana.
Unilrersity
Where We're Going- Our ultimate ^stination is Japan and plane tickets have been reserved for
August 23, 1973. In the meantime we have some other speaking engagements setup with ^chui^
ches who are considering regular support for the C.J.C.M. Campus Ministry.
This month (March) we plan to attend the annual Campus Ministers' Retreat in St. Louis,
Mo.
Our Biggest. Needs- (1) Prayer. It's a temptation to put money as the first need. But we know
that if Christian friends are sincerely praying for this work, the financial part will take
care of itself. We have seen the power of prayer at work for C.J.C.M. in the past. We seek
your prayers for this new area of the work.
(2) Regular Monthly Support. The money shown on this little financial sum
mary is supposed to be building up to take care of our travel expenses. But, as you can see
we have to dip into it quite often for other needs as well. Still, we feel_o_ur travel fund
money is going to come in. We have approximately 1/3 of our regular support promised as of
March 2nd. If your church would be interested'in a program, contact us at: 9^0 Grand, Apt.8,
Cincinnati, Ohio, ^3203
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Our Thanks We want to thank in advance Mark's aunt, Mary Lou Bauer, who will be taking
over the forwarding agent's Job for the whole mission. This will be a big Job. We've spent
a lot of time talking with her, trying to anticipate problems and difficult situations that
may come up.
We also want to thank Karis' Grandma and Grandpa Lusby. We count on them to keep Karis
for us when we have particularly long trips. They will be keeping her when we go to the Cam
pus Minister's Retreat and when we go to camp for one week this summer.
Financial Summery - Campus Ministry Fund
Mark and Lynn Pratt
Expenses
Received
8.00
Travel Atlas
4.00
Passport applications
26.00
Passport photos
11.30
Deposit for overseas flight 100.00
Travel expenses
103.30
Rent-A-Car for speak, eng.
22.00
$235.00
5't3.26
158.00
$756.26
$380.21+
Songbooks
1376.02
Display materials
Film, recording tapes etc.
20.00
13.00
6.00
10.00
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By the time you get this Epistle, I will have quit
ny job at the Federa] Reserve Bank. This spare time will
nov; be used in study of campus ministry, talking with lo~
cal campus ministers, VBS and group engagements, and all
those details of moving overseas.
We have presented the work of CJGM campus ministry
to the following congregations; in Ky., Sherman, Lystra
ianapolis,
Churches
of
Christ.
SHOO. .'The
lowship.
"'World-V/ide"!)
the name
of
gave
these
great need
TRAVEL FUND
$ 376.02
5o5.3d
1615.00
324.00
32880.38
us
with the
these trips
total
promised.
29.12
53.25
294.73
All
they challenged
Expenses
Supplies
Shots, Travel Fix
and
Income
302.00
Total Expenses
% 679.10
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Dear friends,
Mary-Lou and Karry-were thrilled to be able zo participat"e in our v/eek-end revival meeting.
We had a total of 250 persons in four services and ten students decided to study toward becoming
Christians.
Since that time three persons have accepted Christ and been baptized. Ken and Yumi (boy &
girlfriend) made their decisions at about 11:00PM and after a prayer service they were bapti
zed just about midnight. Consultation with her mother revealed a genuine interest in Christ.
In 1970, Akihito'" ^.ed with the Ohio Singers against God at Kagoshima. In 1972, single-
handed, he sponsored
was when I was firs"
after it all began, ;ic came up out of the baptistrjl" making the victory sign.
a victory over his own pride. Praise God!
He had recognized
In May I_ spoke to the Isehara Rotary Club jmd in June to the Lions Club. Tliey requested
remarks about varying customs and gave me freedom to testify of my faith.
In May, Kathleen and I had the experience of a memorial service for Mr. Inoue's parents and
brothers. The family ashes were being moved from Omihachiman to a new cemetary at Mt. Fuji.
Our Missionary Convention followed the All-Japan Convention and developed the illustration
of Jesus, "Except a grain of wheat..die, it abides alone." "Are we prepared to die?" "Rather,
are v;e prepared for the even more difficult task of
living daily
for Christ?"
"Like Paul, do
we really 'die daily'?" Recently, in Viet Nam, seven missionaries were persecuted unto death.
\i/hich makes martyrdom a possibility for those who "are His" in this evil world.
\ Tetsuo and Hideko (Yabiku) Domen are making plans for ^ second Songs of Praise record.
.rfX A ^^ary Joyce and her roommate Barbara Roth will be in Japan during the "^mmer. They will be
a tremendous help to our youth, summer camps and evangelism. Pray for Mark. Lynn and Karis' departure August 23rd and their plans.
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Isaiah 9^2
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Forwarding Address
Dear friends.
The summer found
of preparations before
September, 1975
We were
mission speakers at 10 VBS's, 3 camps, plus speaking to 2 churches almost every Sunday. Moving
details,
Japan.
at Delhi VBS,
Cincinnati.
PRAISE GOD
FOR ALL OF
YOU WHO
SHARED.
PEAYER - A - GRAM
to
Need
Mark and Lynn and Karis' arrival on August 2^th and Hideto Yoshii's return on August 26th. We
praise the Lord who does all things well.
family members left behind.
six college credits by attending the Summer Session at Sophia University. Barbara Roth, Mary's
room mate spent three months with us, too, teaching English and assisting as pianist in the
church. Most people comment about the natural beauties of Japan.
But what impressed Barb was
"the Joy and boldness of the Christians I met, who shine as lights in their world". This is
As of this writing the church has repaid over half of their $1700 building debt since Jan. 1st.
Four persons have been baptized since our last Epistle, and recent converts are faithful.
Yuichi Nakagawa. our gxiitarist, accompanied us to Karuizawa to help ShimoOchiai Christians
in a coffee-house type of evangelism. Two persons were actually baptized but as a result of
personal evangelism many went away relieved of doubts and misunderstandings about Christianity.
Some of the problems are as follows: "Why is there suffering in the world?" "Isn't there qiite
a contradiction between the Bible and science?" "If I become a Christian, what difference
It make in my daily life?" "Aren't all religions striving for the same thing?" "If
the Bible in English, will I be better able to use English conversation?"
will
study
A ^nerqus-_gift was received from the Art Katt family as ^ Memorial to Art's parents Mr. ^
Mrs. Andrew'Katt with whom we seized for seven years at Mishawaka, Indiana.
It will be applied
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Dear friendr,
try. In fact, we even wondered if there would be anything available at a reasonable price, since
Obirin College is right inside Tokyo proper. And now we have found what we think would be an ideal
place to build. It's just two blocks from Obirin and is in a fast-growing community, on a nicely
paved boulevard with water and electricity.
Our plan is to buy this land, then build a two-story buildingone floor for Mark and Lynn's home
and the other floor for the campus house. With our recent experience building the church here, we are
confident that we can do much of the building ourselves at a minimum cost.
Through a campus ministry we will be able to reach 5,000 youth from all over this country and even
a few from other countries. It's our prayer that as they graduate and scatter to other parts of the
country and the world, they will be able to take the Good News that they have heard with them.
In this letter we want you to sense how anxious we are to begin. And we hope that you can antici
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