Pratt Paul Kathleen 1960 Japan

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FEB 131360

( P a u l ' s

E p i s t l e )

A

e p o r t f r o m t h e P a u l S .

P r a t t f a m i l y

M i s s i o n a r i e s t o

K y u s h u ,

J a p a n

Fnrewatding

Address

Mrs.

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

2 3 7 6 9 " W . E d i s o n

Ed .

South

Bend,

Indiana

Dear Friends,

Japan

Address^

5 - 1

C h o m e ,

K a g o i k e D o r i

Fukiai Ku, Kobe,

Hyogo K e n , J a p a n .

a b e a u t i f u l

d a y ,

p r a i s e

t h e L o r d , b u t

r . g r e a t f a i t h w o u l d h a v e d r i v e n

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{ Paul's S ^ istla)

A

sporc from b ± 3 Paul S. P r a t t fanul-

MisL;lonariss

to

Kyushu,

Japan

A p r il, 1960

;,ror-wardin2Add:

Volume

IV,

No,

Japan

Address:

I -

Mrs, Polly

Vilk inson Paul

. P r a t t

2;3769

V / ,

Edison Rd,, 5-1

Chome,

Kagoike

D e r i ,

Couth Bead, I n d i a n a Fukiai Ku, Kobe, Japan

Dear friends,

As

a

result of comp a r a t ively

mild weather,

o u r

contributed

vitamins

and above

all the

continaoias

blessing of the Lord,

we

have been quite heal thy

this winter.

The very important

matter

a t

h a n d is

the

p u r

chase of

land, moving the church building

in

Kajl-

k i

w h i c h must

be

moved

by

the

1st.

of April), a n d

making

plans

to

build

o u r home. To

his e n d ,

I

took an early test at language school on Feb. I6th,

went o Kyushu, view e d the lots

together

with Mark

Maxey, preached i n t h r e e of the churches i n

Japan

ese, and

then returned

t o Kobe on h e 23rd f o r my

classes

a g a i n .

The

church

building to

be

moved

is

abo u t 20'

x

40' and

to

save

trouble i n

moving

t

we

tried to

get land not too f ar away, with a w i d e enough

street to move it o n . The p r e s e n t location is near

t o

schools

and t h e

t r a i n s t a i o n ; so we were

fortu

nate in finding a lot abo u t 45'

x

80'

not

three

blocks

away. I n

order

no t to

t i e

u p traffic,

the

moving will

take p lace a b o u t m id n i g h t .

The ot

which

we

chose

for

our house is near

the

rice

p a d d i e s

a t the

s o u t h e a s t corner o f town,

so

we

could

buy

more

land(about

60'

x

SO')

f or

j ust a bit more

t h a n

th e o t h e r lot cost.

Pictures

a t

the

right

show that i t is the site o f a

small h o

t el that burned out. On he

land

whichiselevated

with

a

g o o d 3 '

wall

on

the

e a s t and

west

side is a

stone

porch with

ste ps,

a

small bomb

shelter, and

a

3 '

to 4' deep

hole

f o r the foundatioji.^ ' ^^:^-^^

Both of t h e s e lots

are

avaiIabla,^for $1, 00.

Down payment h a s be e n made I0%)^':a^ the bal-

ance must be p a i d by A p r il 30th, T h i s is necea^ ''^

ary

because our credit is

no t established at

lyushu

a s yet.

At his writing

we n e e d

$1,00

e

f i n i s h off th ese payments. To you

who

w i s

0 contribute,

please try

to

get the

offering t t

u r S o u t h Bend

address by

A p r i l 27th, so t

c

e wired t o Japan from

there.

Cur

schedule

will

be a bit altered

from

no'

n.

Kathleen ill

stop school, I plan

to

attend

f t e r n o o n s so can teach a

: o u r s e

in Genesis

t Osaka Bible Seminary b e f o r e moving south

The Maxeys:

our

Associates--my hosts

The

lot

for

our house.

Uppe r —Porch, n d

excavation s i t e

Lower--A view thru t h e

g a t e posts.


4/8

J u n e ,

1910

Forewarding Address

Mrs. P o l l y Wilkinson

2 3 7 6 9

W.

d i s o n

Rd.

South Bend, Indiana

( P a u l ' s

E p i s t l e )

A e p o r t f r o m

t h e

P a u l

S . P r a t t

f a m i l y

M i s s i o n a r i e s t o Kyushu, a p a n

V o l u m e

I v , N o . .

j

New

J a p a n A d d r e s s

( A f t e r

J u l y

1 )

222

Uearata

Ch o

Kagoshima, J a p a n .

Dear

f r i e n d s , .

f̂ r . r m e r

s e r v i c e m a n w e

T h a n k s t o t h e

f i

n e r e s p o n s e y o u m a d e ^ T ' T t o k r

o

M r k M a x e y ' s d i p l o m a c y a n d

u s e

o f t h e

w e r e

a b l e

t o

m e e t

t h e

A p r i l

3 0 1 .

d e a d l i n e

o n

o u r

l a n d , ^ ^ h

J a p a n e s e

l a n , p r a g e

w e

w e r e h o

a l w a y s

r e w a r d s

w h a t l i t t l e f a i t h w e e x e r c i s e ,

p r o s p e c t s a r e

b r i g h t f o r p a y i n g t h a t o f f a l s o , w e p

we

d o

a p p r e c i a t e

y o u r

g e n e r o u s g i f t s .

f r o m M r s . N o r m a S c h o e f f l e r

i n m e m o r y

o f

h e r h u s b a n d w h o p a s s e d

a w a y M a r c h l O f . . T h e y l i v e d a t B r a n c h H i l l . O h i o

w h e r e

w e b e g a n

o u r m i n i s t r y .

O u r

d e e p e s t s y m p a t h y

g o e s o u t t o h e r

i n t h i s o s s .

T h e

l U . l l - J a p a n C h r i s t i a n C o n v e n t i o n w a s

a

t r u e b o o s t e r s h o t

f o r

a l l

o f

u s . I w e n t

t o m o s t o f t h e

J a p a n e s e

C o n v e n t i o n

a n d s a n g w i t h

t h e

M e n ' s C h o r u s w h i c h i s p i c t u r e d a t l e f t . K a t h l e e n a n d

t h e

c h i l d r e n

c a m e

j u s t

i n

t i m e

f o r

t h e

F o r e i g n e r s

C o n v e n t i o n

( M a r c h S l s f t o A p r i

9 „ d )

A v e r y

i m p o r t a n t

m e m b e r o f

t h e

f a m i l y ,

t h e

v i b r a h a r p ,

w a s a l s o

t h e r e

T h e

f e l l o w s h i p w a s s w e e t , t h e m e s s a g e s i n s p i r i n g a n d t h e

o p p o r

t u n i t y

t o

l i f t o u r

v o i c e s

t o

p r a i s e

G o d

i n

E n g l i s h

t h r i l l e d

o u r

s o u l s .

O n

t h e l a s t d a y a s p e c i a l f a r e w e l l w a s h e l d f o r

y e t e r a n M i s s G r a c e F a r n a m

w h o i s r e t u r n i n g t o

t h e

S t a t e s a f t e r s o m e

3 0

y e a r s o f f a i t h f u l s e r v i c e

h e r e .

O u r p r a y e r s a r e

w i t h

y o u ,

G r a c e .

K . b . C b . ™ .

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s a m e

t i m e . H e i s t r a n s f e r r i n g f r o m O s a k a

B i b l e S e m i n a r v

t o T t > - u ,

a n d

h a v e b e e n s t a l w a r d s

i n

t h e

U c a k i C h u r c h h e r e l i n

K o b e .

f t

N o t i c e t h e p i c t u r e

a t

t h e l e f t . N o , t h e

m e n

a r e

n o t b l a c k s m i t h s . N o r

a r e t h e y b r e a k i n g

s t o n e .

T h e y

a r e

p r e p a r i n g

m o c h i

r

r i c e

c a k e s

f o r t h e

c o m m u n i t y a t

N e w Y e a r s t i m e .

T h e y a r e e a t e n

a t

o t h e r t i m e s a l s o . T h e m a n a t r i g h t

t e n d s

t h e f i

r e

a n d b o i l s

t h e r i c e .

W h e n i t i s r e a d y i t i s

t r a n s f e r r e d

t o t h e s t o n e b o w l . T w o m e n a l t e r n a t e l y

p o u n d

i t

w i t h

m a l l e t s a n d

t h e o t h e r m e n

k n e a d

i t a t

i n t e r v a l s

W e h a v e l e a r n e d t o e a t r i c e c a k e s p r e p a r e d c e r t a i n

I g R j l l l l ^ M p w a y s - O f c o u r s e t h e J a p a n e s e l o v e t h e m .

W h i l e

y o u

a r e

r e a d i n g

t h i s , w e w i l l b e p a c k i n g

e a c h y e a r f o r t h e

p a s t

f i v e y e a r s

H o w e v e r

t h i s

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6/8

JUN

1

C

i960

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(D

S

po-ru no Te-gami

(paiil's Epistle)

A

Report from

the Paul s«

Pratt family

Missionaries to

Kyushu,

japan

Volume IV, Ro. 5

Japan Address

~22R~trearata~Cho,

Kagoahima

City, japan

October,

I960

Porewarding

Address

Wra,

Polly

WiiKinson

23769 West Edison Road

south Bend, Indiana

pear friends,

After almost

three years (one traveling in

the

states and

two in Kobe Language school) we are back in the

saddle

again .

We began a ministry at the Kajiki Church, July 31st,

which is

about 20 miles from

our temporary

home

in

Kagoshima City.

Sunday

preaching and teaching in the Sunday school have kept us both

working on the language constantly. We have two English Bible

Classes and

Japanese

Bible

Study

on

Wednesday and have

now

taken

on

an English Bible class each

in

Kagoshima.

At right you will see the

group which

assembled

at

Kajiki on our first Sunday.

Paul and

Mark

had gone

to

camp early.

Our

highest attendance to

date

is 25.

Seio San, in the vehicle, and ishihara

San, the young

man

just behind her were

both baptized into Christ on the next

Sunday. seio San had

been

hospitalized

for sometime

which

prevented

her

obe

dience.

Ishihara

San is an electrician

who became

interested

through

Mrs. Isa

bel Dittemore's

radio

program.

He com

pleted the correspondance course and

upon moving

to Kajiki,

began attending

the church there. We

praise

God

for

the

power

of His word.

The work at sendai is

still

in the

formative stage. We meet each

Sunday

night

in the

homes

of Christians.

There

are about

seven,

but

all

are interested.

The problems are many

but

no different

from those

in

other parts

of

Japan.

1)

Laborers,, shopkeepers,

etc,

work seven

days a week. 2) students are often

taken away by extra-curricular activi

ties on

sundjy or are urged not to be

out

at night.

3) Members and radio

program

contacts are

often scattered

and

cannot easily get

transportation

at ni^t.

These are

a

few

of

the

many

adversaries,

but,

The Lord has

set

before us an open

door . He has said, »My grace

is suf

ficient

for thee . (II Cor. 12:9)

Meet

Saito

San, who tirelessly walked the

streets of

sendai with

me

seeking

out the

members,

pictured

beside him is Motoyo-

shi

San, the

high

school

teacher o

n

terpreted for

Mark

Maxey

and

preached

for

several years. He is now

teaching

at

Sendai

and

assisting

with the church.

saito

Motoyoshi


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he children already have more friends

of

their

own

age here

'than they had

in

Kobe.

With

table, chairs, stove, washer, etc,

the girl's friends think it

strange

that we have no television.

With

none of these things, yet, they have

the

TY.

However,

bydia and Mary

visit their

homes to see programs and the Japan

ese friends enjoy

onr

piano

and

other

things. So,

everyone is

inconsistant, but happy.

The

people of Kagoshima

prefecture have

a

dialect all their

own. „

When

saito San

came from Kobe, he remarked,

it

seems

as

if

have

come

to

a

foreign

coimtry .

Paul and Mark are learn

ing

different

expressions rapidly. They even taught saito

san

some

Kagoshima

'ben'. The

boys never

meet a stranger, and make

conversation wherever

they are.

Have

you received

a report

from

Martin

Clark

as

to

the in

come received toward the new Osaka Bible

Seminary building?*

Our latest information says they are yet $10*000 short

of

the

oal.'

Our

contribution with your

help

was $110.

Pray

about

this

continued need and

remember

the

school with

a

gift.

If

conditions remain

good,

japan is

looking

foreward to

its sixth

straight

year with

a

bumper rice crop. Fields

are prepared for planting

in

June.

The

fields are

laid

out on the level so as

to be flooded easily. As you see

by

the

picture,

a man

with

an

ox-drawn

drag digs up

the soil and levels off

the

hills previously made

to

elevate

the strawberries, wheat

or

sweet pota

toes above the excess water. spirit

ually

speaking, it is necessary for us

to

irrigate, plow up

and

level

off

in

preparation

for

the

setting out

of

tender plants. We need

divine wisdom.

Join

us in

prayer to

Him

V/ho

giveth

to all liberally and

upbraideth

not .

(James

1:5)

We

desire

to bear

much

fruit for

His

glory. As

the

farmer

must do his very best and commit the

result

to God, so

do

we.

To you who have

so

faithfully

remembered

us in prayer and by

your

giving, we say,

Domo, arigattou

gozaimashita (thank you

very

much).

Sa

yo na ra

p.

. In answer to q^uestions,

we have

never

at

any time been

personally affected by political strife (except disappointed

feelings such as you have had). In fact, the people as a

whole

are

very

gracious to foreigners. We

also

thank

God

that

to

this writing, all the typhoons have made a detour

around

Kagoshima.

Pratt Paul Kathleen 1960 Japan

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