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13

September

1955

De a r

B r o t h e r

Mac ;

Final ly we

are

actual ly

moved. We have

selected

Sendai,

up in

Miag

ken,

hours

t ra in r ide north of Tokyo, as the cen te r from which

to s t a

our rura l evangel is t ic work. We

t rus t

the

folk

a t home wil l not confuse

t h i s

Sendai

with

the

one

down in Kyushu in the area

where Mrs,

Dittimore

working. The

2 Sendai s are hours t ra in r ide

apar t

The

Sendai wher

now

l ive

i s

219

miles

north

of

Tokyo.

I t

i s

the

l a rgest

and

most

import

c i ty

in

nor theas t

Japan.

We are

not rea l ly

a cqua in ted w ith the

ci ty

our

but

we know

there

i s a needy f ie ld Sf -evangelism

fo r

Chris t

here . We pr

tha t

we may have the wisdom and streng th to use our

time

and His. money

through

you

in the w isest

way.

We

are

start ing

under

a

financial

handicap

with

a

def ic i t

of

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our l ink support could be completed, th is d ef ic it would not need to cont

exis t . We need 170 per month in

living

link support and 50 per month

l ink support. We pray

brethren

a t home may r ise to this need tha t

our l

here may

be more e f f i c i en t

Our

new

add r e s s

s

P au l

Marc l a

Nie l s e n

154 Mlnami Miagino

Minami no me iranomachi

^

Sendai, Japan.

Thankyou for bringing this to the attendtton

of

the

brethren throug

HORIZONS.

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F I R S T SERVICES

HELD

IN SENDAI JAPAN

Services were started in November in Mr, Tak afu ji s

native

evangelist) home.

Pictured with Mr. and Mrs. Takafuji and

th e ir

daughter Mari, are 2 college g i r l s and

1 high school g i r l . These attended th e second

service.

w

others are now

attending

th e services.

None

of these

girls

are C hr istian s but

they

show interest

in

studying

God s Word Besides regular services, these girls, with the help of Mr Takafuji,

are

producing a tape recording in Japanese

to

be used with th e showing of th e

Christmas St ory a t Christmas

time.

These are th e f i r s t s e r v i c e s

o f

the churches o f

Chr is t

in

S endai s i n c e

B r o t h e r

M. B. Madden ha d

to

l e a v e the work

he

s tar ted some

50 years ago. As y e t no t r a c e o f

t h a t

work has been found.

The g r e a t e s t

need,

ot her than the

prayers

o f th e bret hren at home f o r th is new

work,

is

a month increase in support to

make

a skeleton budget balance. Seventy

Five dollars is needed

now for

an adequate budget . By

next

spring,

when

we

plan

to

go out

into

th e villages

to

s ta r t work, a t least an additional 75 per month will be

needed. Please write Paul Nielsen,

Minami

Magono,

Minaminome Haranomachi

Sendai, Japan for further information about

the

work and this need of adequate support.

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L DOG Iiroi N CHURCH

PLEDGES

SUPPORT THE

NIELSENS

We are hapoy to announce

that the Chris tian Church in Ladoga has been added

to

our family

of living link

churches They have

pledged

1^ a month We praise God

for

them

for

showing

t ir

added

interest in this

new work

in

northern

Honshu

Pray

with us

that

other

congregations

will complete our needs for this new work

We

lack ll^O

per

month

in l iving l ink To have an adequate working budget we need a month in

service

link Who

there

that

will

answer the cal l of the v il lages by sending

support tha t will take

the

Gospel to these villages in northern

Honshu Please

w rite fo r fu rth er d eta iled information :

Paul

Nielsen Box 97 Sendai Japan


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JAN 20 ?956

Last

Minute News From

th e Nielsens

in

Sendai Japan

THE CHRISTMA S STORY

SERVES

AS AN lOEBREADKER

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Special e f f o r t

was made

to

increase

attendance fo r

the Christmas

program

in the Sendai

congregation.

Many

.Japanese

have

the idea that Sunday

worship

services are for Christians

only ^gfe

They feel they should a tt en d s er vi ce s

only

when spmething special

i s

going

on and

special announcement has been made Mr. Takafuji n at iv e e v an ge l is t made good

use

of th e opportunity

to

t e l l

th e ^8

present

fo r

the

Christmas

program about the

true purpose

of the

church

in the community and

explained

that

they

are welcome

to the r eg ular s erv ice s also. The average attendance for th e f i r s t 5 Lord s Days

of

1956 is l4. None

of these except the

Takafuji s

ar e

C hr is ti ans . There is

much p a t i e n t

teaching

to do.

Pray

fo r

them and

f o r Mr. Takaf uj i as

he

t eaches .

Perhaps the following bes t i l lus t rates the present

work

of t h i s

congregation.

In

D ec em be r a

couple

o f th e

gir l s brought

another gi r l

to service with

them. I t was

th e f i r s t time

t h i s

gi r l had ever

been

in a

Ch ris tia n

service of

an y kind.

This

gir l livens

in

th e

country

and comes from a poor

family.

Her

father is

a cripple

from ar th r i t i s

There are

small children in th e home. The gi r l had come to town

to

find

work

to

help th e

family

pa y

bi l l s

by

the

end o f th e y ear.

Japanese t r a d i t i o n

teaches

t h a t

to

have

the blessing of th e

gods

t

is

important

to

s tar t

th e

new

year

f r e s h

with no

unpaid

b i l l s The church folk

decided

to help th is

family.and^prok

them.some food c l o t h i n g an d a g i f t o f money which th e congregation

ha d

been

col lect ing from t he i r

v e r y f i r s t

s e r v i c e to g i v e to needy p e r s o n s . On New Years

morning lir .

T a ka f uj i

fur ther

t a u g h t th i s g i r l

o f

t h e poor

f a m i l y

more a b o u t

C h r i s t i a n i t y . w h e n

sh e a sk ed him he

had

b een to t h e

shr ine

yet J a p a n e s e

r e l ig ions

t e a c h

th is

must

b e

done

a t

New

Years t ime

to h av e

a

ha ppy an d successfu l

new year Mr . T a ka f uj i e x p l a i n e d t ha t hris t ians do n o t do th i s

b u t

pray to God

d a i l y an d

by

serving Him are blessed. Thus th e congregation

is

l ear ni ng to share

bot h

i t s

m a t e r i a l

and

sp i r i tua l bless ings

P l e a s e pray

fo r

them.

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