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Taking the Good News of the Risen Son

to the Land of the Rising Sun.

THE TIM TURNER FAMILY

Forwarding Address
M/M Dan Spencer

THE PAUL PRATT FAMILY

Forwarding Address
Mrs. Mary Lou Bauer

9699 2nd Street North

P.O. Box 1525

Sl Petersburg,PL 33702

Carmel.IN 46032-6252
(317)578-8808

(813)577-7523
Church Planting
Student Evangelism

Japan Address

340-5 Negishi

On furiough,

Literature Distribution

Machida City, Tokyo 194

Use above address.

Leadership Training

( 427)91-4600

SPRING ISSUE, 199B

The Turner's Furlough

It was a busy Furlough time for the Turners as they tried to visit most

of their supporting churches.

They were in 3 states, speaking in EB churches,

2 schools, 4 small group meetings and 1 state-wide missionary rally.

they were they enjoyed visiting with the people

and sharing about the work in Japan. Everywhereg

they went , they were welcomed and made to feel *

at home.

They are very grateful to all those

Busy as

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who he 1 ped make the i r stay in America a wonderfu 1

time.

The

Turners a 1 so

had

sit with fam i 1 y and f r i ends.

chance to

v i-

During Christmas

they were with both sets of parents at some

time or another as well as with brothers

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and

sisters.

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For the first month or so 1 n America, they

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stayed in St. Petersburg trying to settle down

and get used to life in the U.S. again. Sarah

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and Katie began school on January 3 and though

it was a little difficult at first, they
both
are fine and enjoying the r school life.
Meanwhile

At

Machida

Likewise the Pratts were well recieved at

The Turners

Machida. All were mutually blessed by the experience.

with the Christians at the Sagami Army Depot was truly
culture exchange at its best. Just as the Turners did,
services, they baptized in Machida's poo 1 and rejoiced

The weekly exchange

unique.
It is crosswe attended each others
together in the Lord.

Touring With The Geigers

Bill and Shi r1een and all

were deeply
by Ke i ko Noguchi.
years stay
New

Zealand

Lord.

she

was

lead

to

deeply inspired by

the

She urged her younger sis-

praying for you," She promised.

Upon her return to Machida, toget-

^r2

her they searched for a church

by God's help.

They not only were

sure God had lead them, they zealous 1 y invited their f r i ends. Tim
Turner

sent

word

that

both

of

Jp iBRjjjC ^"JBM
V^

them

were bapt i zed on Resur rect 1 on Day

Sunday.

God answers prayer.

The fur went to Sendai .Citv.

A 79 year old man

Segemi
Depot
Mieko in U.S. flag
- Keiko
is Group
behind her

declared, "This is my first time to attend a Christian

service. 1 am a Buddhist, but I have read the Bible through twice, I have
learned to love Jesus." The Word of God, in and of itself is the power of God

Bill Geiper has an excellent 27 minute audio tape which he calls a "Docu

mentation oF

Answered

Prayer

It details the many ways that God answered

prayers during that ID-day evangelism here.

You may receive a copy by writ

ing to him at Box 333, Conneaute v i 1 1 e, PjA, or write to C.J.C.M. at the above
address. Or, we will be glad to make an appointment to visit your church or
group if you Just drop us a line.

While the Pratts

in Japan theiy

'

were called upon to assist the Onga Chrilst-

ian Church in celebrating the Fifteenth An-

niversary of its founding. At that time 45 HpK

persons gathered and the seven year mort-

gage on the bu i 1 d i ng was fully paid off. |H i - I

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deto Yosh i i is Minister of the Onga Church I

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and also serves as Head Chaplain of

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Womans Academy.

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The weekend before r etur n i ng to Japjan ,

Lisa and Tim made a trip to I nd i anapo 1 i sj

to attend the Central Japan Christian Mis-

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a supporting church.

sion Trustee/D i r ectors meeting and to v i s i t

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We had a good meeting

and talked a lot about future goals and |activities

of

the

Mission.

The Geigers S The Chidas (Bendai)

Jine Mission Meeting In Brief

With Tim and Lisa Turner already Stlateside, Pau 1 a_n^ Kath 1 een arrived in
the States in due time to have both Mission families participate in the Trus

tee/ Directors meeting on Mar.16th.

A Five Year Plan was presented by the mis
sionaries with contributions by Trustee/Director Bill Gejger.
The following is the plan in a nutsihell.
The Machida Plan
involves building tihe road on the west side during 1996.
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the present varanda.

moving the building during 1997.

enlarging the church room by building a room on

The Sendai Church and possibly the Onga Church will be in need of Mission
funds,

As recruits are enlisted the City of lizuka 20 miles northeast of Onga in

Fukuoka Ken and/or Chiba Prefecture are prospective areas for evangelism.

In addition to the above-named direptors, ,RicjT.ar_^ Cgyle is Executive Di

rector, Harold Akers, Harry Bauer and Bruce Norton serve as T^ustee/Directors.
Mrs. Mary Lou Bauer is the Forwarding Agfent,
Back To Japan

Tim and his mcather, Betty , arrived pafely in Japan on March 19 after
14 hour flight from

Atlanta.

They were tired but thankful for a safe trip.

Brother Nishiyama came from Isehara to meet them at Yokohama City Air Terminal
It took several days to get over Jet lag, waking up early and then being tired

by 8:00 PM, but by Sunday, the 24th they| were back to normal and ready to be
at work again.
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L i s a , Sarah , Kat i e and Spenc e
stayed in St. Petersburg and will be
there until May 30th when Sarah will finish her first grade year at Central
Christian School. They are enjoying the time with Lisa's family and with her
home

church .

Tim began right away to preach at the Machida Church. It was good to
see everyone and it was an encouragement to see some new Paces. Things seem^

to be going well with the church.

They are very grateful to Paul and Kath

leen For ministering during Tim and Lisa's absence.

OrdinatlonCFAssociateMimister

Since last summer, the Machida Church

has been looking forward to the coming of

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5h i ngo Tsuda as Associate Minister to help

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Tim in the work

here.

On March 29 Shingo

graduated from Osaka Bible Seminary and then

on Sunday, March the 31st he was ordained

into the ministry. The ordination service

was held at the Machida Church in an after-

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^ i^Hfel

noon service, Harold Sims, missionary at

Shingo's home church, gave the message and

Tim and
other leaders took part

the laying on of hands. More than 90 per-

sons attended the service and

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it seemed

that the building would not hold them all.

Shingo Tsuda S Tim Turner

It was really a wonderful service and on a

very beautiful day. Shingo will begin his service during the first week of
April and Tim is looking forward to serving with his Japanese brother.
Spring Youth Camp

Just as Tim and Betty were getting over Jet lag, they were on their way to
camp for
days. Betty helped in the kitchen and dining room. Tim helped
with the program although he did not have a big part since he was gone dur

ing all of the planning meetings.

was a good week.

There were 37 at camp altogether and it

There were more of the junior high age than usual and that

was encouraging to see.

Sannobara Member Will Study a_t C.B.C.

Motoko Nakamura was the first in her family

to become a Christian.
She graduated from
high school this year and served as song lead
er at this year's Youth Camp,
By all means she
wants to enter the Cincinnati Bible College to

study the Bible.

She has enrolled in a sevenweek summer course at Indiana University and
will stay at the Christian Campus house there.
Here she will study English so as to be better

ohuk

able to communicate and to understand the pro

fessors at the Bible College.

Se_i_^i i Ike

^ Rob Herbert

Both of these are well known at Cincinnati I

and Seiji served with the Machida Church during I

his college days. They are teaching together
I
in

cold

Hokkaido.

For

those

who

would

like to

encourage them, address c/o Asah i kawa E.C.^.

"

M otoko, her

Masah i ro

2-9 Dog i n B1dg. , Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan,

070.

Pau1

and

Kath1een

forty-nine years ago.

ministered

to

Rob

Herbert

church

in Branch Hill,

Just before the Pratts went to Japan this time, Pau1 was approached by
Jj Lee Mason, Executive Director of the Christian Restoration Association.
He stated that Norvai Campbe11, who has long served in charge of correspon
dence with the Christian Bible Institute was planning to retire. So they
were requesting Paul to accept the Job.
After prayerful consideration, he
accepted on condition that he could begin it in April after they return from
Japan. It requires, generally three days in midweek leaving the Lord's Day
free in which they can represent the Central Japan Christian Mission.
With

Just a few days of experience, Paul appreciates the many years of faithful
service Brother Norval has accomplished.
The Pratts continue enlisting and representing the Central Japan Christ
ian Mission, Contact them at P.O. Box 1555, Carme1, IN 46033-6555.
Some of you may have heard through the 'grape vine' that Kathlean had

been in the hospital. She was taken to the Emergency Room of Christ Hospital
in the late evening of March 55th with chest pains. She was hospitalized
and spent three days undergoing tests and an angiogram. It was revealed that
one artery had a 75% blockage. Four cardio1ogists agreed that this alone

should not cause that much pain.

They are treating her with medicines. As of

this writing she is doing much better. Thank you for praying for her.
Fami 1 y News

Lisa and the children are

fine in the U.S.

doing

Sarah is doing well in

school and making good grades.

She has

ca-ught up quite well in her reading

and

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writing and her teacher is impressed.

Katie continues to go to pre-school and

enjoys playing and learning. Spencer is at
home with Lisa and

learning to talk

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little.
His favorite activity is hitting
a ball with his bat. They will all be in
Japan again by May 31.
Katie

Spencer

Sarah

1, Pray for the Turner family as they are separated for two months.

3. Pray for the Machida Church and For Shingo Tsuda as he begins serving.
3. Pray for the Campus Ministry as the new school year has begun in April

CENTRAL JAPAN
9699 Second

CHRISTIAN

Street

MISSION

NON-PROFIT

North

GRG.

U.S. POSTAGE

St. Petersburg, FL 33705

PERMIT

PAID

#904

ST. PETE. , fl

Address Correction Requested

Mission Services
? 0. Box 2427

Knoxville, TN 37901-2427

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THE TIM TURNER FAMILY

M/M Dan Spencer

9699 2nd Street North

Sl Petersburg,PL 33702
(813)577-7523

Taking the Good News of the Risen Son

to the Land of the Rising Sun.

THE PAUL PRATT FAMILY

Forwarding Address
Mrs. Mary Lou Bauer
P. O. Box 1525

Church Planting

Cannel.IN 46032-6525

Student Evangelism
Literature Distribution

(317)578-8808

Leadership Training

Dear fnends.

September, 1996

It has been some time since our last letter. We have continued to send out our monthly news
sheet, so that you our contributors are brought up- to- date. We thank you for maintaining this link
with us. Detailed plans and the date ofbuilding on to our Machida property are still on hold because
of the city's road schedule. However, Tim Turner and the Machida members are dreaming exactly
how to re-arrange the building at that time . Pray for them and for the trustees as they consult to
gether in the near future,

Many of you were able to meet Kensei Yokomizo when he visited with us in May and
June.He is the Minister ofthe Yokosuka Church which was started forty -six years ago by Ogden
Robbins who was stationed there with the U.S. Navy .Kensei met with him at Yuma. Arizona on
his visit. Some of you had not heard that Kensei's father had passed away on June 23rd . Kensei was
able to get a return flight in time to be there for the funeral. Our sincere sympathy to the family.

Miss Motoko Nakamura from our Sannobara Church is now in her second English study
course at Indiana University , She is planning toward majoring in Music at the Cincinnati Bible
Seminary in the near future. Her secret to defeating homesickness is a daily E-mail back to JapanOtherwise she is enjoying her Christian fnends at the Student Christian Fellowship there. We feel a
deep sense of gratitude to the Richie Hoffinans serving there.
Our ministry with the Christian Restoration Association is fulfilling and rewarding. The
Norval Campbells, Kathleen and I were thrilled to be able to visit the church at Weston, Ohio to
present a Ministerial diploma to Dan Homer on August 25th. He preached a fine sermon on that
day and has been supplying occasionally at area churches. He covered 140 lessons during the 14
months he was involved in the course. Lead on Dan! The Lord can use many good men. For others
who may be interested in the study, there are three other options beside that for ministers. They are
(I) Personal Bible Study,(2)Study for Teachers, and (3)for Elders and Deacons.

Kensei Yokomizo

Dan Homer receiving his diploma

Hideto Yoshii and Onga Christian Church are beginning a new outreach. Burdened for the
one million souls in Kita Kyushu City without a witness of New Testament Christianity they prayed
about it. The Uejimafamily who live in Kokura has opened its home for weekly services, Brother
Yoshii provides messages via audio tapes for them. The Uejimas then attend the evening services
and Mid-week services at the Onga Church. The entire group has been praying "the Lord of the
harvest to send out workers into His harvest'" Is the Lord speaking to anv of vou? This same church
now has one of its own, Tetsuya Obana, nephew of Brother Yoshii studying at Osaka Bible
Seminary. Still another nephew,Masato Yoshii is assisting the Al Juve family in Miyakonojo City,
Miyazaki Ken.
I have been busy with one week of Vacation Bible School and one week of camp besides
having six speaking engagements. I have an assignment at this year's EnVision '96 at Lexington,
Kentucky about Witnessing to Buddhists.Of course, Kathleen and I will be at our display booth
which is 621 Drop by for a visit .Thanks to good doctors and appropriate medicines our health is
improved.,for which we Praise the Lord. Let us know if you would like for us to visit your church.

C^ us direct at(513)481-5198. Our address is 5380 Lee's Crossing Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45239.
We received an encouraging card from Koji Moriyama in August. He has a Christian home
with two children. For the past twenty-five years he has been teaching science in a Christian girls
school. He reminded me that I had baptized him in Motosu Lake at the foot of Mt. Fuji thirty years
ago. He expressed his thanks to God and to me His servant. Of course 1 remembered. I have
witnessed of his faith to many, too. While he was still seeking, he was studying diligently in order to
pass the entrance examination into prestigious Waseda Universiy. He promised God and me that he
would continue Bible reading and prayer and attending worship services during that study. And he
did not forget to give glory to God when he passed that exam either.. May God bless you and
yours,Koji.

Many of you remember Brother Bob Wittenmyer. He served C.J.C.M.in the very beginning
as our mailing secretary and more recently as Executive Director of the Trustees. Bob under-went
a seven by-pass surgery on June 25th at St. Vincent's Hospital in Indianapolis, Ind. As teacher of the
Adult class at Garfield Park Church he just missed two class sessions. We praise God for His healing
powers.

"The Lord is near to all who call upon Him; To all who call upon Him in truth".

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The Pratts, The Homers, & The Campbells