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news

of TOHOKU

RURAL

EVANGELISM

in

northern

Honshu Japan

P R ^

Paul and Marcia Nielsen: ^60 l ^t h Avenue S. E. Minneapolis Minnesota

Forwarding Agent:

Mrs.

Dale

Holm, 17864

East Cypress, Covina, California

January I960

Evangelism

seems to

be

getting

harder and harder in Japan. These

are

the

words in

l et t ers from 2

missionaries

in Japan. Bro th er T ak afuji says

the

5 class groups and church

services

continue in the Sendai

area.

The groups got together for

some

fine

fellowship

a t

New

Years time.

We

only wish

this

fellowship could reach out

to

others

who

know

nothing o

th e rich blessings

that

are ours in Christ. We covet your continued prayers on behalf of

t h e f o lk

ou t

th r in

Send a i

At

th e

National Missionary Convention l as t September

we

learned of

th e

need

for

giving

gifts to

missions

in

a

way

that will

meet the requirements of

income ta x regulations.

For

example,

to write a check to Paul Nielsen, even though

you

designate the gift for mission

work down

in

the corner of the

check

is no longer legal i f

you wish

exemption in

your

income

t ax. The check must be made

to

an

incorporated mission

name

or to

th e name o f a

church.

In most cases

the

convenient way is

to give your gi f t

through

the local

church

where you worship asking the church to send your gi f t to your d es ig na te d m is si on ar y o r

mission

fi el d . I f sending your gif t to us through the local church is

n ot a dv ie ea bl e

we

suggest that you make your check payeable to

NORTH

TOWNE

AVENUE CHURCH

OF

CHRIST,

Do not

pu t

our

name

on

th e

check anywhere. In your accompanying

letter

s ta te tha t the g if t is

fo

P au l N ie ls en or TOHOKU RURAL EVANGELISM. The canceled

check

w i l l be your r e c e i p t acceptab

for income ta x purposes. V e ar e

thankful

to th e folk in North Towne Avenue Church in Pomo

California

for accepting g i ft s for us

in

this way. Since Mrs. Holm, our forwarding agent

i s

a member

o f th i s

c hurc h

it

i s

convenient f o r

her to re c eiv e th e s e de s i gna t e d g i f t s fo r

d ep os it to o ur C ov in a

Cal i f or ni a

banking

account.

We al l

had a

very

happy Christmas

with

Karcia s father and brother and family a t

O Neill Nebraska. The weather man tempted to snow us

in

when i t was time to return to

Minneapolis, The road vrest of Souix City was blocked. However by coming up

a cro ss th e

sou th ea s t

co rne r o f S o u t h

D a k o t a

we made

th e t r i p s a f e ly

We

thank

God

and you

Brethren

fo r th e

very

fi ne

reception

we

are

receiving in

ou r

visits among

you. Not only

is

Paul busy with tours but Marcia

also is

busy speaking

a t

trious meetings here in the Minneapolis

area.

The children

are

happy in school and in th

'oung people s activities in University Church, Our furlough is half over. We look with

anticipation

and pray fo r God's guidance as

we

begin p re pa ra ti on s t o r et urn to Japan. We

have a tentative

3a^lij3g_date

o^

20.

Please

pray with

us that the needed

boat

fare

money wili

be on hano^n Kay wherT a-payment is

needed.

Give as the Lord

leads

you. h rk

your

gifts TRAVEL FUND.

Thanks

to

you

folk we

closed

th e

mission account

fo r

1959

with

a

balance of


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Hot^ do vou.

.want.-.U --to

re tu rn to Japan?

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of

TOm)}iimVRiil EYATCiMS^M

in novMrn

H.n^h. Jtifxi-t

i

Patil

and Marcia

rj.elsen;

9^0 - l6th

Avenue S. E j Minneapolis,

îi^ssoua|

l^ror^v/arding

Agent; Mrs,

Dale Hol].i,

17S6/j. East

Cypressj Govinaj

April l960;d'^P- ^

With this

letter

v;e again

send our thanlcs

to

each and

cvervone of you for your

faitliful prayers and sunport. The \7elc0raed fellowship

we

have enjoyen

anong

you

in

our

visits

durinp this furlov/h year has been gratifyinc. We ]iave renewea niany

acqiîntaViCes

and

v;e

wcicoiiie

3' ou \/aom we

have

come

to

J now

for the

iirs

liê

o

TI E

CALL

or THE VILLAGES and the \-fo'c\i of

SOHOKU

RUEAL

:VAJrrELISM.

We

wish to

give special

mention

to the

churches

in h^h^wches

Tamarack, lannesota

-nd t'nc

Ben Fill

Church

in GXass in the Ben

liave

pledged $46 to help support our

work

in oca pan. The

Young

A +ho\irrul'awa

HUI

Church h^te desigited their pledge

of

5^ amonVn fjonth Sid w

Bible class.

We

pray

other groups

will pledge

ch'rches

i-'ave had

to

Bible

classes

can

be

started

-J.ari>ouna

S giving

to

discontinue their gifts, amounting to ^^40 a .louth.

T.,..

mhe. +ha+ 'increased

the

work about

the same as when

we came home.

;.re contiiauc to

pray

that incre.sea

pledged

support

\-Jill

come according to God s vn.ll.

Recent

letters

fro..

Brother lahefuji

only

say

the folh

out in

Sendai

are

îting

for the time

when we can

be

bach vath them. V 4ucim to

continued

faithfully

wlale we have been

home.

We looic ior.,Tard wath anoioipa.i

getting back to the work

there.

Boat

boolcings

have

been

iiade on the KISO:- ARU flARU

to sail for

Jamn

on

Jul;r 20.

The cost is

about 11100.

$300

les

been

paid

as

a down payient. Tlie

romimei

must

b- -aid about July 1. The

down payment xs

refundable any

tine

before July 1, if

wo

should go 'oy plane.

United

Stcbes Gvcuseas

Airlines^now offers

7^

discount

to

fnisrlonai

e,.

for a flight via

Havjaii to Old-rnwa. Tien we nave a ch oice ^f .

goinrr to

nok|in b;.

boat cr to Kagoshima

>nr

ler^ and

on

to Tokyo by a 46 hour train

ride.

However

the Y-^ng train ride

ccwld

be

broken up

Ur

shopping

at

Okajâma, Kobe,

Osaka,

hagoya and Tekro-

no

-/isit our

aries.

The plme

trip

would cost

abouw |.l250,

plus

Miothc-r

llOO to ;-:et on up to Sendai

irom

01-:inawa, Reservations

must be irnue

The

nlaiij

trip costs

about

f250 more

than

_

he

boat but

it woi.ad mean

6 or 7

days

traveling

brokrn up

tPwA^pi:.5

daysôf

missionaries

in

Hawaii,

Okinawa

and Japan.

Ho\j

do

seeing,

nothing

but

water and

Group,

Brolr-


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r

/;/ TOliOK ^ HVRAL EPASGFJASM in

northern

Ifonshi

ipnii

SeDtefflber I960

IHEARTFELT

THANKS

FOR ALL

TRAm

GIFTS.

BOAT

F.^E

ALL

PAID

V/HEN

SAILE

NIFLSENS

RACK

IN

JAPAN

ANOTH^.R

IMDEFINITS

FREI^^HTER

I V/hen

we made

boat reservations

jw

were

told w

would

sail

on

or

labout JuJLy

20,

All went well

unt i l

fehe

iffih

when

a

phone call told

us

Jthe ship would sai l from San Fran-

isco

July

16 and

not

stop

at

Los

. \ngeles

Mo

othe r

booking:

i s

avail-

ble so th e sh ip company

pays

our

us fa re up

to

3. F. Our baggage

c l l ows

us

a

we.ek

later on ano t h e r

fehip we hope Since the Rambler

wasn't

sold

yet we drove up

to

Atascadero,

taking

mother Nielsen

with us

to

look over th e Chr i s t i an

Home t h e r e .

We

trust sh e

will b e

moving up there

soon.

The ship

finnally

sailed

a t 6 pm

the

17th,

The t r ip

across

was rough, cloudy

and

ch i l l y

3

days

out o f Yokohama

a

typhoon made us

tu rn south

so

we step on solid earth again Aug 1,

WE BEGIN

AGAIN

The inspira t ions

and challenge

of

another furlough

year are be

coming memories,

V/e

do

thank

each

and every one o f you who helped

to

make our year a t home a happy one.

t was good to be

a t home but we

also thank God tha t we

can be back

in Japan again to l abor in His-

vineya rd .

As we

begin our t h i rd terjji of

service

in

Japan, we are dedicated

again

to

th e work o f

TOHOKU

RURAI

EVINGELISM

and it s call o f th e

v i l l age s . This

c a l l

does

not

come

Vora the vi l lages for the people

o n o t know wh a t to call for o r

rhere

to

f ind

the

sp i r i tua l

peace

they

seek.

The

ca l l

of th e village^

es i s the command o f th e Gospel to

go to

these

vi l l agesthe

hundreds

(Continued page column l


4/8

-

THE

CALL

OF THK VILLAGES'

THE CALL OF THE VILLIGES i s th e

qua r t e r l y

news l e t t e r o f Pau l

and Marcia

Nielsen

te l l ing about

th e work o f TOHOKU RURAL EVANGEL-

ISM. TOHOKU means nor theas t and

designates locat ion, the north

east

par t

of

Honshu,

the

main

i s land of Japan,

News l e t t e r s

are sent to a l l

from

whom gi f t s

a re

r ece ived

and

to o the r s

who

ask to

be placed on the

mailing

l i s t . Address a l l

inquires

to

the

mission

home address: Paul

Nielsen,

94-21 Ichinempo

Kami,

Odawara-Aza, JIaranomachi, Sendai,

m MEED YOUR HELP

tTe

need your

help

in^prayers

and in .money. The Apostle

Paul 's ^

suggestions 'in Col, 4:2-6 are most

applicable to our prayer needs in

Je4pa xi just nw7 '^htinue ih~pray^

er and watch in the same vn.th thanks

giving.

Pray

that

God will open

a door o f u tte ra nc e fo r us in

th e

villages to

which

the

Gospel calls

usr

The

door

of

opportunity

is

open;

There are

no government

or

religious

rest r ict ions to

keep us

out

of

these vil lages . There are

Gentry o ld

so c i a l ba r r i e r s

o f

{tradi t ion, indi fference and uncon-

|cern. Pray

that

the Holy Spirit

jwill show us how

to

speak the mys-

j teries of Ghrist 4~ t ruths

of the

jGospelthat we

might make i t man-

lifest

as

I (we) ought to

speak.

4pray

tha t

we may know how

to

answe]

{every man. These

are

suggestions

ito help you watch

in

your prayers,

Praying

l ike

this wil l hold up our

{hands to

do

th e

work

mare e f f e c t -

, ively.

1 .

\'h need your help in moneyI

spent nearly

all

the furlough year

visiting

among churches

to raise

Jmoney. W e

did clear

up

the deficit

|in^the general mission account

paid

a l i t t le on the. mission house

debt.

Novj that we

are in Japanagain,

we

are dependent

entirely

on

ou folk who read THE CALL OF THE

ILLIGES for our

financial

needs,

o, we are not going

hungry

and

we

jdo not have an emergency but, to

carry

on this work

for Christ,

in a

business like way, i t is urgent.

Many of ^u

told

..us._to.,let you know

Idf

our,needs..

V/e

are taking

you

at

our word. Here is a l i s t , with a

|prayer they

soon

may

be provided:

1,

llOO

Mere.Monthly Support.

Can

'be designated

living

link

fo r any one

of the

Nielsen

family

o r as se rv ice l i nk

to s t a r t & mainta in more

^ible

classes.

2.

9_5^..55-is,needed

by April 1,

1961

to

pay

the

missidh house

loan from Tokyo Bible

Seminary,

v e

could pay

only

500 on

the

original

loan of 1386,89 while on furlough.

-;>100

was paid 2 years ago but i t l i t

tl more t han i n t e r e s t , VJhich

o f

you

wil l sponsor

raising this 950.

/

by Apr i l

so

in te re s t w i ll no t have-'

to

be paid

another

year?

Please

be

pat i en t .wi th

us

in

sending

the

f i nanc i a l

sta tement ,

Vve

fee l we should not take time to pre

pare

t nowc We promise

to

send t

'out

not

l a t e r

than

January ,

dp._,

-thank-Hoddthe- inissiop_^Qc.ount i s no

longer

in

the red..,. Re have

tHe'~

needed operat ing funds

fo r the pre

sent. --dS;:;W-e-e'Xpand

we.will

need'-.

funds

for

more' equiptment. an/d ah t

inceased budget.


5/8

th

2i

he

workprcup

There

are

a

few

ChTIitilî

eel

rH backgrounds

but

con-most bf

them

are

s tudi ine

Chris t ian-

/Je feel

sure

that what work has con

tinued thru furlough

year is

work

that shall remain and has been ac

complished by Brother Takafugi s

faithful

teaching. Although

i t is

disappointing

to find, no one

at

tending services

in

Brother

Taka-

fuj i s hane, v;e are mindful

i t

is

school vacation time and students

are spending

their

free time

away

from Sendai.

t

reminded us

of

>he

first

service

back in 1955 when

Dnly

the minister and missionary

families were

present.

V/e

believe

bhese services will build up again

al ter

school s tar ts . The Furukawa

;lass is

discontinued

unti l

the raid-

of September because main s t reet

Is being

widened

and the building

êre we meet is being remodeled,

J^The

15

to

20

v/ho

attend class

here

in the mission

home

are

an

inspiring

JE_ BEGIN

.\GAIN (starts page 1 )

cf

f^m

and fishing

villages where

he -ôspel has never been preached

-egularly in the village i tself ,

fhe people.cap^hear

liristian

radio-

crograms every day, Prehaps

s t reet

nestings are held in

their

village

-juGe

in

awhile,

le t

these

rural

3rople think Christianity-belongs

: o larger

cit ies

or to .ônerica. The

^.spel. taicen

to

them in Fei

^ ^gularly^

most bf them are studying Christian

ity fpr the first time. Please pray

that

from this

group will grow a

strong church,

are impressed a.gain with t h

eliefe that rural evangelism can

better ^be done

by.^persgn_tp. person J

contacts than

by mass

evahgeiistigp^

sfforts. Seeing Ogata san again,

expirencing

her

hear tfel t f re ind li -

less and yet knowing the spiritual

Durden of her heart

helps

us see a

iaj to help

individuals

find and

understand our

God,

The other day

ê

were asked, to help judge an Engl

ish speaking contest

sponcored

by

Tohoku public

schools.

As

I visited

with the supervisor, he said he had

a brother v^ho is a minister. He

himself

was

baptized

when

a

young

man but is.now

indifferent

in Christ

ian living.

He

said Christianity

has much to offer the prople of Jap

an. Only in

salvation

from

sin

which God

offers through Christ,

can

anyone

find true peace. However

Japan

d Qes

not need th_e^j|ieêrnized

.ChristianJ.ty, I reminded Him tha t

i t is successful business

men like

himself with

real Christian

convict-

-Ons

that

Japan

needs as

Christian

.eaders.

It

is men like this man

tha,t we need to have personal cori-

d:.act with and to encourage

to

fulfil

his convist lon, thus be a

true

wit

ness for Christ, may we live

that

ôd

can

use

us in His ministr:/

of evangelism here.


6/8

NUGGETS FRO THE NIELSENS

While we came

to-Japan

on the-

cheapest

fare ever,

and has a

most

l i b e r a l

baggage

allowance,

nothing

exciting

happened

on

this

t r i p . Our

baggage allowance was 2 C lbs, or

115

cu. f t .

Ours

weighed

2035

l b s

but since

it

measured onl^

85

cu.

f t . they forgot the 35

lbs .

Ex

perience

teaches

us to pack well.

We saw

the l i g h t s

of Japan

a t

7 p. m. on July 31- Immigration

was t o

come

on

board a t

7

Monday

morning but boarded

at

6:15.

were 1

of

the f i r s t ships i n l i n e

for Immigration.

I was up

at 4il5

and

walking around

the

deck

I

could,

count

12

other

ships.

At

5:45 there

were about 30.

Our sh ip d i d n t go

i n t o dock b u t anchored o u t i n t h e

harbour and it

was

a new experience

watching numerous barges arrive

from every d i r e c t i o n to unload our

cargo (smelly cow hides to make

shoes.)

Vie

and

our baggage went to

cus toms i n a

l a u n c h .

Customs

un

locked

her gates

to

l e t us in .

We

were

through

customs

in

no

time.

Buttrays and Fattens had

called

the

ship Co.

to see

when we would

a r r i v e and

were

t o l d

it

would

be

u n i v e r s i t : ^

c h u r c h

o f

c h r i s t

1507 Univers i ty Ave. S. E.

M i n n e a p o l i s 1 4

TOHOKU

RURAL

Pau l N i e l s e n s

Form 3547 Requested.

Tuesday, so they l e f t

f o r

the mts.

I t was:

Tokyo s hotest

day. I t vras

a

good

thing

our

Japanese

I s s t i l l

u n d e r s t a n d a b l e . V/e

c o u l d

h a v e turn

ed

our baggage over t o J a p a n -Express

for |15

but v e put i t

f^ru

customs

o u r s e l v e s i n

2

h o u r s f o r 40^.

We have escaped a l l typhoons

but have had extreme ly hot v/eather,

strong winds and r a i n . To

be

i n

s u c h h o t humid w e a t h e r

we

we have

been i n very cool weather a l l sum

mer

is h a r d

on

u s .

I have been busy canning and

freezing and

w i l l

s t a r t

my

l i t t l e

school Sept. 7

with

9

pupi ls . Martha

;and I

went

up

to town to buy

some

supplies. Martha

saw Ogata

San and

said,

Mother t h a t i s the g i r l

who

c a n t come

t o

church anymore. I

t o l d h e r

t o

r u n c a t c h h e r . It was

her day

off

from

v. ork

so she spent

out 2i hours with us while we

shopped.

I feel more strongly than

ever t h a t we

a l l should

pray f o r

her t h a t

her problem may

be worked

o u t

a n d

t h a t

s h e

w i l l

b e

a b l e

t o

a t t e n d

s e r v i c e s

a g a i n .

W i l l c o n t i n u e from

h e r e

n e x t

t i m e .

M a r c i a .

OAT

NONPROFIT ORG.

U. S .

POSTAGE

PAID

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.

PEPIIIT NO.

2113


7/8

On

t h e cific

Paial and Marc ia

Nielsen

Paula

and Martha

sai led

from San

Fransisco

July

17

on th e

Kisoharu

Maru

a

Japanese

f r e ighter .

Son f iussel l was l e f t behind t h i s time

to

complete

his

education. He i s

l iv ing

wit h P re si dent and Mrs. Russel l Boatman

74

Bedford

Minneapolis

14

Min:i. The

t r ip across the

Pacif ic

has been roufth.

We

are

following

the end of a typhoon into Yokohama. Plans now are to

dock

August

f i r s t .

Another pressing

fur lough yea r i s over.

I t s

inspirat ion and challenge are

becoming

memories.

As we begin our third term of

service

in Japan we are dedicated

again to

the work

of TOHOKU

RURAL

EVANGELISM and

i t s

ca l l of the vi l lages

A eg11

tha t

does

not

come

from

these

villages

for

the i r

people

do

not

know

what

they

seek

or where

to find

i t .

The cal l

of the

v ill ag es 5 ^

the

command

of

the

Gospel

to go

to these villages l i t e ra l ly hundreds

of

farm

and fishing

villages where the Gospel

has

never

been

preached regular ly

in the vi l lage . The people can

hear Christ ian

programs on the i r radio every day. Perhaps a s t ree t

meeting i s

held

in

the i r village

once

in awhile.

Yet these rural

people t h ink Chr is ti ani ty

belongs to

large

ci t ies

or

to America. The Gospel must be taken to them and taught

regularly

in their vil lages.

Most of you can

not

go

to these

villages

with the Gospel but

we are there

and

we

need

your

help

in

prayers and

in

money.

Pray for us as the Apostle

Paul

suggests in Col. 4:2-6. Continue in

prayer

and

watch in

th e same with thanksgiving

Pray

tha t God

wil l

open a

door

o f u tt er ance

for us in these villages. The door of opportunity

is

open.

There

are

no government

o r r el ig ious restr ict ions

to

keep us out but there are

social barriers of

t radit ion

indifference

and unconcern.

Pray

that

the

Holy

Spirit

will

show us

how

to

speak

the

mys te ries of Christ truths of

the

Gospelthat we might

make

i t

manifest as I we)

ought

to speak.

Pray that we m^ know

how to

answer every man.

Praying

l ike this

wil l bold up

our hands to

do th e work more effect ively.

ThoU;--h

I spent nearly a l l

of

ou r furlough year visi t ing churches to raise support

we need about ^100 in monthly pledged support to develop this work in the villages

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pray

t ha t somewhere someone some group some congregat ion who

reads

of

t h i s

need id l l f i l l

the need by

providing

this f inancia l

support tha t

the cal l of the

Gospel

might

be taken to the vil lages in

the

area

of

Tohoku northern

Hon^u

Japan

Our address i s

Paul

Nielsen 94^2

K^i

Ichinenpo Odawara Aza Haranomachi

Sendai Japan

Our state side forwarding

address is

Paul

Nielsen

7864 E Cypress

Covina Cal i f Write

to e i th er of

these

address

fo r

further information about

TOHOKO RURAL EVANGELISM

and t CALL

OF THE VILLAGES

nielsen paul marcia 1960 japan

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