CAMPUS MINISTRY

Japan Address

340-5 Negishi

Machida City
Tokyo 194 JAPAN

Rick & Lydia Coyle

3357 Tallahassee

i^ristian churches/churches of Christ

Ph 0427-91-4600

Volume 11

Forwarding Address

Central Japan Christian Mission

Supported by

Cincinnati OH 45239
Ph 513-385-9247

February 1985

MAR 1 S 1985
Dear friends,

Christmas news -- We had hoped to have our outdoor nativity scene again this
year. But there weren't enough people who were free to help with it, so we
had to give up that idea. We did, however, manage several other small projects
at Christmas time.

Yuriko is Karis's piano teacher. She also plays piano here twice a month.
She wanted to have a Christmas party for all her students. Could she use our
building and would I tell the Christmas story to the students? She could and

I would.

About 17 kids were present for this party.

The church gave each

one a little packet containing a Christmas tract, pencil, bookmark with a

be n at ending h^

Scripture verse, etc.

The Kitagawa family has

me to wear on this oc

casion. I told the

Christmas story to

Mr. Kitagawa (seated L)

and his adult students

about 50 children then.

The church purchased 20 children's Bible story books. These were given as
gifts to the church children and to the neighbor children who are friends of
our family.

We eliminated our gift exchange this year. Instead, we put the money we
would have spent into a special Christmas offering. We added to this from

the general fund and sent Christmas offerings to: Osaka Bible Seminary,
.
(Ethiopia)

(Bibles to China), Japan Deaf School, and Food for the Hungry
^
Something we repeated from last year was the church sukiyaki party after the

worship hour on Christmas Sunday. This is a lot of work. Mrs. Hata chopped
Hasumi brought a special cooking table and all kinds of paraphernalia to make
everything just right We
had.'17 for this meeting.

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It was decided to have a candle service on Christinas Eve, and we went all

out in preparation. The 400 Christian newspapers we distributed had inserts

announcing the service. Other contacts were notified by mail and phone.
Christmas Eve day was spent in decorating and final plans. The program con
sisted of carols, Scriptures, and a short slide program of the Christmas
story. Refreshments followed. All 30 in attendance received a packet of the
tracts, pencil, bookmarks, etc. Most of those who came were new people.

We always get tickled at ourselves for [the way we eat at Christmas and New
Year's here. We had sukiyaki at church but shared a roast beef and mashed
potatoes dinner with the Hasebe family. (The roast beef was our gift from
the kids' school teacher.) For New Year's Day lunch we ate traditional
Japanese food: rice cakes with seaweed and lots of mandarin oranges. But

that night we had the Takagaki family over for a Western meal including
Kentucky corn pudding and Bluegrass buttermilk biscuits!

Kids' church -- We continue to have kidjs' church every Sunday during the
worship hour. We have had up to 10 children in attendance. Lynn is in charge.
Penny has been busy helping to prepare lessons and now teaches the class

once a month. We are really thankful fob Penny's help; without this break,
Lynn would never get to participate in the adult worship service. Penny and

Lynn must make preparation to teach in [Japanese; but if only our kids and
the Hasebe kids are present, the class LLs" taught in English.

Adult Sunday school We have begun ani adult Bible study time on Sunday
mornings before the worship hour. We have been through a Bible survey and
are now finishing up a quarter on basic theology. Penny, Lynn, and I will
take turns teaching. (At least, that is our present plan.) It was our hope
to prepare "courses" that could be used over and over again throughout the
coming years. Unfortunately, so far there hasn't been much interest. In
fact, many mornings there is no one present except Penny, Lynn and me. One
thing's for sure: WE are certainly enjoying the study time together. And,
going through the class for the first time without much of an audience gives
us opportunity to get the kinks out of the material before using it again

another year. The lack of interest, though, is disappointing; especially,

since some of our people were the ones Who said we needed more Bible study
time. Perhaps we'll have to arrange fori a different time or something.
Three of our girls (Mari, Mariko, and Satori) will be moving their mem
bership to another church, I don't quite know how to explain why, but
here goes: There were some things that were bothering the girls. For
instance, why did we ask them to help with the church work instead of
Lynn doing it all herself, like a good preacher's wife? Why did I
sometimes refer to the Shinto shrine^ in my sermons--isn't this looking
down your nose at the Japanese? There were a number of related things
piling up in the girls' minds. But, since we were oblivious to any
trouble, we were just going along in our merry way. The trouble finally
si_ii;fa.ced in the form of a verbal explosion. Of course, we were shocked.

We got together about 3 times after this initial confrontation. We

apologized where we could. And we asked for understanding in matters

we felt they had misjudged. To make ^ long story short, we have reached
a better understanding with each other. We have learned a lot!

But the

girls still feel it is best to leavep-not only because we have been a

disappointment to them, but also because in Japan it is a rather unforgiveable thing to "correct" one's superior. So, while we feel we

could "make up" and go on, the girls] feel it is best to leave.
The girls have by no means lost their faith. We don t want you to

worry about that. We are praying that they can find a Bible-believing
church that will be a real source of strength and growth to them. As

for us, this trouble has led us to have some in-depth talks with the
other members here to discuss needed changes, their expectations of us
and

vice versa.

.Hri

Clin
shee

Sukiyaki partyCason
knew where he wanted to

sit, as soon as he no

ticed the aroma coming

from Mr. Hasumi's table

Kids'

church meets in

our dining room.

Practicing for the candle

service. Nativity scene

made by Penny's Mom added

to our decorations.

Migiwa Takagaki demon

strates that wearing a

kimono does NOT prevent

her from rough-housingi

Campus Ministry CJCM 1984 Financ^L al Report -- (236=$1.00)

Balance carried from 1983

.. . .

2863.00

Income:

Rec'd from church groups and individ^ials .

35503.39

Interest received
U. S. tax refund

85.54
461.31
336.13

Rec'd from Penny Boggs

39249.37
Expenses;

Recorded contributions to churches ailid charities

Personal expense (food, clothing, mi^c).

3554.15
10706.64

Benefits:

Life insurance
Health insurance
Medical expenses

267.81

1493.74
84.75
1846.30

Payroll tax (Social Security) . .

Fees for fund-raising (photo, displaiij', adv)

Interest paid on loans
Occupancy:
Building insurance

442.02

Building repairs

103.39

3235.46
102.25
1213.98

Utilities:

Heat oil (kerosene)

Propane gas

....

478.60

221.44
199.62

Water
Electric

1131.72
2576.79
1230.51

Equipment and equipment maintenance

Printing and Postage:
Printing
Postage

Telephone

460.60
837.86
1298.46
1745.51
147.47

OffIce supplies (paper, envelopes, ecc)

Travel:

"

Gasoline

Required car inspection & insuranc

674.66
255.34

Car tax

177.54

Maintenance & repair

215.25
1322.79
633.44

Evangelism (tapes, books, tracts, etc

Education:

Convention, camp, etc

Kids* school

Gov't fees and taxes:

Passport & visa expense

Land loan repayments . . .

Personal loan repayment
Bank charges

451.78
3218.01
3669.79
86.82
3389.85
210.24
129.24

Balance on hand 12/31/84

Feel free to question us about anythinq in this report.

Sincerely yours--and His,

37099.69
2149.68

/3 3^
CAMPUS MINISTRY

Japan Address

340-5 Negishi
Machida City

Tokyo 194 JAPAN

Rick & Lydia Coyle

Supported by
iChristian churches/churches of Christ

Ph 0427-91-4600

Volume 11

Forwarding Address

Central Japan Christian Mission

3357 Tallahassee
Cincinnati OH 45239

Ph 513-385-9247

May 1985

Dear friends,

Lynn's folks were here for approximately six

weeks. They were able to celebrate Karis's,

Clinton's, and my birthdays with us; attended
Karis's piano recital (Granny even performed
"Twelfth Street Rag" in the middle of all that
Bach and Beethoven!); and got to see the cherry ^

blossoms. In addition to the fun. Granny and

'

Papa helped us with some much-needed improveinehtrs" on th"e~tJux"ldiiTg and yard.

i
i

The grandma next door had been in the hospital !

for three weeks. We knew it was serious and

had been worried about her. One morning we were

relieved to look out our window and see the

'

grandma being brought home. Our relief soon

turned to shock, though, as we realized it was

her body being brought home for the funeral.

Visitation, the wake, and the funeral all take
place at the home, so there is much bustling
around. We joined in with the other neighbors
helping as we could; parking arrangements, set
ting up tables, etc., preparing food. On the
third day, the family and other "mourners" all
stood outside for the final "send-off," when
the coffin is loaded into the hearse and taken

altar decorations from

to the crematory. The family seemed to take

funeral next door

some comfort from one of the men in charge, who

remarked, "We can be assured that she has now

safely arrived in that other world." We person
ally didn't feel any assurance. The absence of
-the victory that accompanies- Christian death
made this a depressing experience indeed. And
the burden we daily feel for these people was
intensified on this occasion.

Some interesting funeral customs:

The "mourners" give cash gifts of condolence.

You would think these could be used to defer the

high funeral costs. But it doesn't quite work

like that. The bereaved family gives a return

gift to everyone who contributes. In the case of

the family next door, this gift consisted of
a blanket, a bottle of rice wine, and a small
packet containing a handkerchief and a tiny
envelope of salt. (The salt is to be sprinkled
over oneself before entering one's home, an act
of purification from being in the presence of
death.)

The priest may receive about $3,000 for his

services. These include his chanting over the

Cason invites all his

friends to church school

deceased and also the choosing of a ne

Rented altar decorations and hearse

Buddhist name for eternity,

can cost from $600 to $8,000 or more.

depending on how luxurious they are.

This term at Obirin, I am in charge of five chapel services. Instead of a
sermon, we are using three songs from a professional tape by THE MESSENGERS,

for which we have produced an accompany ing slide program.

MEET AND PRAY FOR:

Haruo-- a graduate of the English department at Obirin

College, Haruo has been working as a bijitcher in a supermarket for several

years. He has attended my English-Bible class regularl y for 3-4 years. Re

cently he has shown more interest in the Bible part of the study, asking ques
tions about one's life after becoming a Christian.
Yuki a high school
sophomore who lives near us. She has no: attended church since she was a little

girl. She came to our worship service a few Sundays ago and said she wants to

come back.

Niizaki-- a senior 4- Obirin College who is wondering about

truth and meaning in life. He is beginning to realize that the Bible may have
the answers, since he has been greatly .mpressed by its historic and scientific accuracy.
We have wanted to have a children's Sun lay school ever since the church started
here. But we felt we could not take on

:his extra job personally; and there was

no one else to lead it.

idded this to her schedule. We are call-

Penny has now

ing it "church school" and are having i

Bible stories, crafts, songs, puppets.

on Tuesday afternoons. Penny is using

ind English in this one-hour session,

The first three weeks of church school

jaw 14 different children in attendance.

The Machida Church is paying the expen4 IS,

Karis is assisting--but Penny gets

full credit for carrying this responsifc) lity.

ATTENTION: MISSIONS CHAIRMEN

it is suggested that this chart of stati;Lstics be kept as our report for upcom-

iliig mission fairs and rallies.

CHURCH:

Adult Bible study -- 4 attending rqgularly

Worship -- averaging 15 in attendarce

Newly begun:

Church school averaging 7 in attendance after 3 weeks

Regular business and discussion

meetings

Distributing 400 Christian news papers monthly in community

CAMPUS WORK:

College Bible seminar -- taught in Japanese, 95 enrolled in April,

no Christians

Fellowship Hour attendance was p own to 2 or 3 regulars. But one of

those was baptized at a church p ear

his home recently. As of April

several new students are attend!ng

Chapel on campus I lead 5 servit es

quarterly; total attendance of

2300+
FINANCES:

A couple of churches have increased support in the last year (Thank

you very much!); but total support

was down.

Most of our regular expenses for this year are anticipated to be

about the same as last (including land payments). However, the
kids' school costs will go up. The boys will continue with corre
spondence; Karis enrolling at Zama Middle School (U.S. military base
school).
Last year's cost: $32001; this year's will be $6600.
Sincerely yours and His --

- ;v CO ^
Po

ru

no

Te - garni

(Paul's Epistle)
CENTRAL JAPAN CHRISTIAN MISSION INC.

The people which sat in darkness saw great light;..." Matt.

l^.S. Address
Mrs. Mary Lou Bauer
2^0 West Elbert St.,

Indianapolis, Indiana,
^621?

Tel. (317) 787-6755

Japan Address
Mr. & Mrs. Paul S. Pratt
1210 Kamikasuya,
Isehara City,

Campus Ministry (U.S. Address)

c/o Mr. & Mrs. Rick Coyle
335V Tallahassee Dr.,

Kanagawa Ken, 259-11, Japan

Cincinnati, Ohio,
^5239

Tel. (0^463) 95-1019

Tel. (513)385-92^47

Vol. XXIX, No. 2, Summer,

1'

Dear friends.

As you know by now, KATHLEEN and T were able to spend seven weeks of our Obirin College
spring break in the U.S. It was a joy to spend a week with MAKY JOYCE and to meet STEVE S
family before the wedding. Our family was well-represented at the wedding. M/i.KY LOU and
HARRY BAUER, my sister, CATHERINE and CHARLES RUSSELL, my brother RALPH and ETHEL PRATT, fel
low-missionaries, STAN AND MABEL BUTTRAY, GEORGE and ARLYCE WILLIAMS, of Bangor, Mich, and
LAWRENCE and IDA MAE KEPLER, of Glen Cove, N.Y. helped share in the big event. It goes with

out saying we were overjoyed that PAUL DAVID, LYDIA and RICK COYLE along with SHARA AND LAUREN
could attend. MARK and LYNN were lined up to sing, too, but their voices couldn't be heard

that far since they remained in Tokyo. ^.TEVE

MARY JOYCE SAWCH are now in their own home at
39 Seventh St., Locust Valley, .Y. II36O, Tel. 316-676-7^10.
Following the wedding, when good-byes were being said, SHARA (age 8) could not hold back
the tears. All were leaving MARY in New York. PAUL DAVID was going back to Los Angeles, the
COYLES to Ohio and later KATHLEEN and I to Japan. Sobbing, she voiced what all of us felt.
"Why do we have to go so far to see the ones we love?"

Would you believe that NAOAKI ISHII, (Christmas Epistle, 1984) visited MARY and STEVE at
their home a little over a month after we left N.Y, He had been sent by Tokai University to
a biology laboratory at Cold Spring Harbor which is just about ten minutes from Locust Valley.
On the same trip he was sent, of all places, to Notre Dame where HAROLD and NEOMIA AKERS were
able to visit him.

Congratulations are in order for NAOAKI since he will receive his

Doctor

of Medical Science degree in September.

While we were Stateside, three families at Sannobara (Isehara) called on MARK to have

brief Resurrection Day service at each of their family graves.

Thus in a respectful way, the

Christians were able to witness to family members, some for the first time, that "Christ has

been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep".

(J Cor. 1^:20)

"There is joy in the presence of the angels of God..." Miss KIYOKO HARA was baptized into
Christ on June 2nd. She is a high school sophomore, the daughter of Christian parents serving
with us. She and her sister sing and play the synthesizer and are practicing with the ISHIIS
toward having a singing group from our church. Pray for her and for these plans.

Flying Carp - Boys Day, May 5th

KIYOKO HARA, Baptized June 2, I985

The Sannobara Church has been growing in various ways. There are more workers, more pros
pects and there is a hunger for Bible study and Christian fellowship.
Both an adult Sunday
School and a monthly home meeting have begun by popular demand. One of the two S.S. classes is
for procpects. Thursday's Ladies Meeting is going well. Following Mrs. COLE'S Marriage Seminar
they began studying about Mothers in the Bible and are reviewing J'MES DOBSON'S book, "Dare To
Discipline". With three or more small children jbining their mothers it becomes necessary at
times to put into practice some of the methods of discipline they have learned on the spot. We
are enjoying the revival of our Saturday Night Yoluth Meetings, too.
The Lord Reigns
by Vivian Lemmon

Who dares to say there is no God,

No Master of the earth or sea;

No loving friend who gives to us

Life and love and liberty?
Who dares deny His majesty.
Who rules the kingdoms of the earth;
Knows the emotions of each heart.

And gives to each its own true worth?

Look up! Away from petty self
Off yonder to those shining peaks.
They rise above the storm and cloud,
They face toward heaven, as one who seeks
To know His will, and then to stand
Through years to come, as they have stood
In ages past, mutely to worship
Their Maker,

A. Christian Coffee Shop in Manhatten

Our experience showed us people who ^N.Y.

God.

Copied from
Gleam of Dawn,..Light of Day

and are helpful to total strangers. We shall

return. Some special people live there.

"It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting:..." Ecclesiasts 7:2
Yukio Goto's father's funeral was a blessing to many. Several heard the gospel
for the first time, the church was able to'weep with those who weep' and thus see the service
as a means of 'ministering' for the Lord's sake, purely this is part of the meaning of wise old
Solomon's words.

Pray we will have still more results through 'our upcoming summer of three Christian Camps,
a visit with the San Jose (Calif.) Bible College team and Vacation Bible School. Pray, too, for

Harold and Lois Sims who will be leading a group o|f Japanese Christians in a tour of the U.S.
.

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Central Japan Christian Mission Inc.

1919^ Helen St.,

South Bend, Indiana, ^6637

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U.S.
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N.A.C.C. at Anaheim, Ca. July 9-12

All-Japan Convention (Eng.) July 22-24

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Orlando, Fla. Sept. 25-28

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CAMPUS MINISTRY--Central Japan Christian Mission

Mark and Lynn Pratt
Supported by
Christian churches/churches of Christ
Japan Address

Forwarding Address

340-5 Negishi

Rick and Lydia Coyle

Machida City

3357 Tallahassee

Tokyo 194, JAPAN

Cincinnati, OH 45239

Ph 0427-91-4600

Ph 513-385-9247

Volume 11

September 1985

flMKH

Dear friends,
The first week of August Harold Sims and I were co-deans for the Homework-English-Music
Camp. I was in charge of the English-Music part. My responsibilities were lightened
tremendously by the help of a group of interns who were visiting from San Jose Bible
College.

You're probably wondering what a Homework Camp is. Well, the summer is in the middle of
the Japanese school year which starts in April; so all the students receive tons of

assignments for the summer "vacation." In the past many students who wanted to go to camp
couldn't because of the homework.

Last year one of our Japanese preachers came up with

the idea of having qualified tutors to lead a supervised study time at camp. And so the
first Homework Camp was born.

It was successful again this year as there vjere over 50

campers in one of our biggest camps ever. We had study time in the mornir.g (including
English-Bible); sports in the afternoon; and vespers, singing, games and Bible dramas
at night,

Karis invited a new friend Yuko, and Yuko in turn Invited her friend. It was their first
contact with the Gospel. Yut:o v;as really interested and stayed up till 2 a.m. one night
talking with Mami (Machida member). The last night of camp Dave Cole baptized a girl
who was one of his contacts.

We are now back in the States to discuss the new policies that our mission trustees are
adopting.

There were just too many aspects involved to discuss by mail. Since the re

turn was necessary, it seemed that the end of the summer would be a good time, since

we could get the kids started right in on the new school year.

For the time being, we

are staying with Lynn's sister's family (M/M Rick Houp) in Orm^ille, OH,

^While I'm gone, I've lined up different men to carry on the preaching responsibilities
at Machida. Penny Boggs, who helps us a lot, has recently had minor surgery, but is
recovering just fine. She will continue with her Tuesday afternoon "Sunday school,"
high school English-Bible class, and keep children's worship going in Lynn's absence.
Please continue to pray for the

church work and the students at

Obirin College.

Sincerely yoursand His,

CAMPUS MINISTKYCENTHAL JAPAN CURISTXAN MISSION

Mark and Lynn Pratt

Supported by

Christian churches/churches of Christ

Volvone 11

4^ m/jt/jBS

December 1983

Dear friends,

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the
God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any
trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God" (2 Cor, 1:3 ^)

You are getting ready to read a letter that has been terribly difficult to write. But, since
our past relationship vri-th you has been built on trust and confidence, we are grateful that
we can write to you openly, because we know you will understand.
WHAT?

The purpose of this, letter is to let you know that we are resigning from Central Japan
Christian Mission.

As this is a major decision for us, we need to give you the reasons why in some detail: When
we first went to Japan, we had an unspoken understanding that we would be operating as most
of our church of Christ missionaries do: informing our own churches, handling our own funds,

setting our own goals, doing our own work. In practice, however, it did not work out this
way. Our work in Machida and my parents' work in Isehara became more closely intertwined than
they needed to be. Very different ways of working and communicating led to conflicts. Because
of the complication of our being both co-workers and family, these conflicts could not be ig
nored. But, because of communication problems, it was not possible to discuss and resolve
these issues.

We could not go on in a state of crisis indefinitely. There was much anxiety about a solution,
A professional counselor suggested that we should keep our business relationship separate
as much as possible. We had hoped to do this, and thus solve this problem of many years.
However, neither my parents nor the trustees were in favor of this. Instead, the trustees
voted to establish new policies and a new structure that would intertwine the business rela
tionship even more. My parents and the trustees are proceeding with these policies and
structure. Because of the years of conflict, however, we find it impossible to continue
under these circumstances.

We appreciate all the trustees have done for the Japan work in the past. We certainly re
spect my parents' position and rights as seniors on the field. And so we have concluded that
the Christian and peaceable thing to do is for us, the younger on the field, to withdraw.
WHAT ABOUT US?

When we left Japan this summer, we knew that it might be for the last time. The grief we
experienced actually made us both physically ill. We were devastated and have been in what
1 believe could be described as a state of mourning. But we are going to be okay. We have
decided to remain in the States for an extended period of time to re-group, to be healed
and renewed. 1 am looking for a job, we will be active in the local church, and the kids

will have their school lives. Later, perhaps the Lord will lead us back to Japan as mis
sionaries or even in some other line of work. Perhaps not. But for now we are confident
that we are doing what He would have us do.
WHAT ABOUT OUR WORK ^ MACHIDA?

There is a bright side to this situation. Some of our work is being carried on by others:

Penny Boggs continues to assist with the church and has taken on the Fellowship Hour; my
Father and the leaders of his Sannobara Church are helping the Machida Church group while
they have no minister; Mr, Shindo, a dedicated Christian teacher, has taken over my
100-student Bible seminar at Obirin College.

WHAT ABOUT YOU CONTRIBUTORS?

Having resigned as missionaries, we, of course, cannot go on receiving "mission funds" indefinitelye Basically, our brotherhood policy has been to continue to list the returned
family as "missionaries" in the i'dlSSIONAHY DIRECTORY for one year after return. Likewise,
the supporting churches continue their support for one full year while the missionary gets
relocated and reestablished. In our case, we have put virtually everything into the work
in Japan. We have not taken out any sort of personal savings or benefits. Our personal ef

fects in Japan have been sold at a total income! of $2,000.

We have no home, no car, no job.

In addition, we had to take out a personal loan for $6,000 to bring ourselves home.
Here is what we propose;

1.

We plan to have all the mission business wrapped up, so our resignation

2.

can be effective on December 31 1985.

For 6 months FROM JANUARY TJIHOUGH JUNE 1986 your continued support
will help us get on our feet and will partially reimburse us for personal
fiinds we had to use to cover mission expenses.

As you think about using these funds to support another missionary after June 1986, may we
ask that you consider Geof and Sarah Acker:
Introducing Geof and Sarah Acker

Geof grew up in the Niagara Falls area. He has had experience in the local ministry, home

missions, and mission work in Austria. Sarah, daughter of missionaries (M/M Don Burney),
grew up in Japan. Sarah has served as substitute for 4 Japan missionaries during their
furloughs. Both Geof and Sarah went to Christian colleges. They have been Bible teachers,
youth sponsors, have helped with music and shepherding. With these abilities plus a strong
desire to work in Japan, it's no wonder that Geof and Sarah have received numerous letters
from the missionary community, hoping to hasten their arrival in Japan! Geof and Sarah
have been eager to go to Japan for some time, but they have not been able to raise support.
The rest of our proposal is:

3. Please contact Geof and Sarah IMMEDIATELY to arrange for them to present a
program at your church.

4. From July I986 on, you contributors woUld transfer your support to them.
The loss of our family as Japan missionaries can be recovered by the sending of Geof and
Sarah. Your sharing with them, as you have with us, will give you the opportunity of con
tinuing to help Japan evangelism. There is still so much work to be done there. So we ask

you to prayerfully consider our proposal. We would be glad to talk with you further about
this by phone.

Most of you have been with us as partners for the full 10 years. Thank you so much

for your contribution to worldwide evangelism. Special thanks to Rick and Lydia
Coyle for their outstanding work as forwarding secretary.

"We have spoken freely to you...and opened wide our hearts to you" (2 Cor. 6:11). "And this
is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so
that you may be able to discern what is best" (Phil, 1:9 10).
We encourage you to
contact Geof and

Sincerely yoursand His,

Sarah at:

Acker Mission to Japan

914 E Jefferson
Pana .IL 62557
PH 217-562-2202

Mark and Lynn Pratt

622 E Oak

Orrville (home of Smucker's jam!)

OH 44667
PH

216-684-1040