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Vb l

I iMOo 2

LOAN FOR

MISSION

HOUSE

P /C l/u

/^PR/P

Aprxl

1961

completes

3 years since

we

received

t h e loan

from

Tokyo

Bible

Seminary.

They need t h i s money

as badly as we need to

have t

paid.

H e r e how c a n b e d o n e

I f j u s t

one half the

folk

who

read

thi .s

appeal

w i l l

send

Otijly

2 the

idan of

p954»55

v a i l be

e a s i l y

reached. Send yours Now

I am t o l d a

mountain c l i m b e r

h a s

keepers

stationed

along

his

climb

who supply

his

needs so he i s n t so

i?reighed down in

his

dangerous climb.

Will you be one

of

our keepers by

sending

a

g i f t NOW

to help

us

make

our

bui lding

loan goal

by

April?

Send

your g i f t marked HOUSE FUND to:

P a u l

N i e l s e n

94-21

Ichinempo

Kami,

Odawara-Aza, Haranomachi

S endqi, Ja pa n

f i r s t Quarte r

1961



TFIE

CALL

OF THE

VILLAGES

THE

GALL OF THE

VILLA0E3 is t h e

quar ter ly news l e t t e r

of Paul

and Marcia

Nielsen

t e l l i ng about

t h e work

o f

TOHOKU RURAL EVANGEL

ISM. TOHOKU means

n o r t h e a s t and

designates locat ion, the north

eas t pa r t o f Honshu,

the

main

i s land

of

Japan.

News l e t t e r s

are sen t to ll

from

whom g i f t s

a r e r e c e i v ed and t o o t h e r

vrho

ask to be placed

on th e m ailin g

list Address all

inqui res to

t h e mi s s i o n home add r e s s :

P a u l

Nielsen, 94-21 Ichinempo Kami,

Odawara-Aza,

Haranomachi, Sendai.

VJE NEED YOUR

HELP

eneed your

help

in prayers .

The

Apostle Pau l s suggestions in

Col. 4*2-6 are_most applicable to

our

prayer

needs

in Japan

ju s t

now.

Continue in prayer and watch in

the same v/ith thanksgiving. Pray

tha t

God

wi l l

open

a

door

of

ut

te rance for

us

in th e v i l l age s to

which

the Gospel ca l l s

us.

The

door of opportuni ty

i s open. There

are no government o r

re lig io us re

s t r i c t ions

to

keep us out of these

vi l lages . There are

century

old

soc ia l

ba r r ie r s

of

t r ad i t ion ,

in

d i f fe rence and

unconcern.

Pray

tha t

the

Holy

Spiri t ,

wi l l

show us

how -to

speak the myst- ries of

Ch ris t — t ru th s o f

th e

Gospel —

tho . t vre mi^rht make it m an ife s t a s

I v;e ought to speak. Pray

that

we

might

know

how

to

answer

every

man . These

are

our suggest ions

to help you watch in your prayers

Praying

l ike

th is w ill hold up

our

hands

t o

do

th e

work more e f f e c t

i ve ly .

BIBLE SCHOOL STARTED

O ften, as

we

see

the

chi ldren

in

the mommunityabout

us a t play

o r s t a r t i ng

o f f to

school

ea r ly

in

the

mormmng, we have

thought

these

ch i ld ren should be

l earn ing

about

Christ also. On Sunday afternoon,

Jan, 8,

we had our

f i r s t

Bible

s c h o o l

hou r in

t h e r a i sBion

hous e .

16

came.

Only

1

or

2

had

ever

sung

any of the

Bible school songs but

they

a l l t r i e d

as

Mrs. Takafu j i

led

them,

• •heir teacher then

to ld them

a f lanograph

s t o ry

about the b i r t h

o f

J e su s»

Due to family customs, it wi l l

b e

some t ime

b e f o r e

t h e s e c h i ld re n

can take

an ac tive p ar t .in church

a c t i v i t i e s . Some may never be able

.to

do

so,

. Others may have to

wai t

unt i l ihey become adul t s

and have a

family o f t h e i r own,. Some of

these

can

break from follovang old family

t r ad i t i ons

and

help

make

t h e i r

own

family r ea l ly chr i s t i an„

The future of Chri s t i an i ty in

Japan

depends

much

on

the

teaching

o f these

young

boys

and gi r l s

now

so

they

may

plqce a

cor rec t i n t e r

pre ta t ion

•

on

Chri s t i an i ty

in

t he i r

ac t ions and th inking in t he i r adul t

l ives .

The-young

people

and

adults

o f today

ad . i nd i f f e ren t , and

of ten

ignorant ,

of

what

Chri s t i an i ty

really-

i s . Their paidekeeps

them

from s ee kin g o ut oppor tuni t ies

to

study Chr is t ian i ty for

themselves.

We

a r e

t h a n k f u l to h av e t h e

oppor tuni ty t p t each these

young

l ives now.; iPiease pray .with us

t ha t 1 day they

wil l give Chris t

His r i gh t fu l place

in

t he i r l ive s .



NUGGETS ROM THE NIELSENS

.

Our

a c t i v i t i e s

as

a

fami ly

haven t been so var ied bu t

ce r t a i n

ly

fu l l to

the brim, I have been

30 busy teaching

and

preparing

les

sons

t h a t

Marth a h as

f e l t she

does

n t

have much o f

a Mother .

Both

Pau l a and Mar tha

have

been busy studyingj

playing

and

running errands

for

us. They

have

learned tha t a l l dogs

can t

find

the i r way home as

easi ly as

Lassie

did,. Brownie

fol lowed

Paula

on

her

bicycle \dien she went to buy some

roofing paper.

The store man

thot

2

ro l l s

were too much to put on the

bicycle so he

brought

her

back

ih

h is 3 wheel motor-bicycle .

They

tr ied to put

Brownie

in too but

he

r e fused th e

r i d e . IfJhen

he

wasn t

home

by the

next morning,

the

gir ls

went back

to

the

shop and found

him

not

far away, wet, hungry and glad

to

s e e

t h em .

fe

were in v i te d to

th e

home o f

one

of

my pupils for Christmas

din

ner

on Dec, 24-^ She

had the whole

works and

we. had a

lovely

vi s i t . On

Christmas morning we opened

the

boxes s e n t from America nd

wen t

t o

Church,.

On

January

13th

another

package-arrived.,, We thank God Iforo

them and enjoyed them much. Thank

to

year

end labor s t r ikes

Christmas

fo r

us has

been

spread ou t .

The Sunday

before

Christmas

was our big day fo r s erv ic es . There

was a

s ne c i a l se rv ice

a t Tsuch ido i

church

with

lunch

toge the r

a t

noon.

My

school chi ld ren present ed a r e i l

American Christmas program in the

af ternoon

fo r the

Missionary com

munity. Then v e

hurried

home to

peepare

for the Christmas

service

here a t th e house

t h a t

n igh t . - •

The gi r l s persuaded Daddy to

take a day off ,

the third one

since

returning

to Japan, and

go

skiing.

They went to OMOSHIROIY M fnnny

or interesting mountain).

I t

was so

uneven and

ha rd

to sk i

on

bu t

th e

spi l l s made it in terest ing.

On Dec. 5 Paula, m th 2

other

of

my

pupi ls ,

made an

appearance on

TV.

I t

i s

v/ork bu t

they learned

something

of

what

i t takes

to put

on an

hour

program,

Martha and

I

made

our

appearance

by

a

pic ture

they

showed of us. We-went next

door to

watch th e

program, • •.

As

I

draw

this

litie cha t

,

to a

close it flnds us a l l perking-

in f u l l swingof routine school

work-an-d-evangelism,

-

:

FINANCES - -

50

SERVICE LINK

That

.

delayed f inancia l s ta te

ment i s completed. I t

balances

a t ^9303*66 fo r

Jan>

1 - Dec. 31

1960.

Please wri te us if you

vdsh

i temized copies of

th i s

statement

and have

not

as

yet

received one.

Since returning

to

Japan, our ^

regual r expenses

have

been

more

than

our income. To con t inue

with a klanced

budget

we must

have,-

5 Q -_ - ^ ^m o n th _ _ ^

__ljjak.—

Ho w

much wil l you pledge

tha t we may continue on a sound

f i n a n i c a l

b a s i s ?



jeep \ccid]? n t

Brother

Takafu j i and

I were a -

b o u t 20

m i n u t e s o u t

o f Sendai

on

our

v;ay

t o the Furukawa Bidle class

the l a s t

Thursday

night i n November

v^hen we made a r a t h e r

sudden

s t o p

at a

road r e p a i r spot

on

our

side

of the road, A l a r g e bus

coming

from

the o ther way kept us

from

go

ing out

around

the repa ired

spot^

A

heavily loaded truck

following

us

did

not see

the

Jeep stops

The

d r i v e r said the

headlights

of the

approaching

bus

blinded

him he

law says he did n6f have

his

truck

under c o n t r o l so he i s responsib le

f o r

t h e a c c i d e n t .

The

b a c k

end o f t h e

J e e p

was

pretty badly smashed in by

the

im

pact .

The

backs

of

the

front seats

were broken o f f and Mr.

Takafuj i

UNIVERSITY HUR H

OF

CHRIST

1507

Universi ty Ave

S.

E.

.

Minneapolis 14 ,

Minnesota

TOHOKU

RURAL EVANGELISM

Pau l N ie ls en s, Mis si onari es

M i s s i o n

S e r v i s e s

Box

968

J o l i e t I l l i n o i s

Form 3547

Requested

WAS THROWN TO THE BACK OF

THE

JEEP.

He received a

severe

bump

on

h i s

h e a d b u t

seems

t o

h a v e h a d n o

l st

ing e f f e c t s from i t

I

had

the

s t e e r i n g v^heel t o hang on t o so was

able to stay

on

the f ront s e a t . VJe

a r e t h a n k f u l n o t one i n v o l v e d

was

s e r i o u s l y

h u r t .

The

t r u c k d r i v e r

l i v e s

about 4

hours north o f Sendai . He has

pro

mised to

pay

the

repair b i l l on

the Jeep

and

i s f i n a n c i a l l y

able t o

do so but

has proven

very mdepend-

able i n it The Jeep i s

repaired

but

the police say leave it

i n

the

repair

shop

u n t i l

the b i l l

i s

paid,

December and January are ulways low

f i n a n c i a l months f o r

us so we

d o n t

have

the

money

t o

pay

the b i l l and

so

the

Jeep con tinues

to be unused.

NON

PROFIT

ORG

U.

S. POSTAGE

PAID

MINNEAPOLIS MINN

PIKMIT NO.

2113



Six weeks

ago Takahashi

san

th e

l eader

in

th e

Furukawa

Bible

class

wejt

to

the hospital with a

severe case

of pneumonia Since

t hen

no one

has come

to th e

Thurs

day night

Bible

classes Takahashi

san

i s a t

home

now but

he i s st

a

sick

boy e

told

us probably the

o thers

would

not

come

un t i l he

was

able

to be

in

class again I

asked

Brother Takafuji the reason for

th is

He

replied that i t is a l l

a

part

of the

old fuedalist ic socia l

system ^ecause Takahashi san had

invited

the

others to attend

the

class

fuedal

custom

makes

them

his |

followers

in all things

regarding^

the class. A follower should

nevep

go where his leader

can

not

es live on

an

island

with

^he

largest city in the world Televi

sion sets automobiles electrfec

washing machines

and

refr igerators

are bought and

sold

every day. jet

age old

custom

controls the soc^ ial

l i fe of many people.. Only time i ^ l l

break such

bar r i e r s Our

patiernce

wears

t h in

Western

th inking a®ks

haw

much t ime wi l l t t ake



M O

O

rH

1- 1

P h

SEE TH E

NEED?

Tohoku ha s a p o p u l a t i o n

o f

9,650,000. Over-1/3 of

this

numbrr

h a v e

n o

C h r i s t i a n

w i t n e s s

i n t h e i r

own

community. Of 65

ci t i es

57

h a v e some s o r t o f C h r i s t i a n w o r k .

Only

65

o f 23 4

towns and a

mere 1 1

•

151 v i l l a g e s have any Christian

v i d t n e s s

o r

w o r k e r s i n t h e m .

I t

i s easy t o

quote

s t a t i s t i c s

t h a t ha s

t ak e n E v an g el ic a l

Mission

ary Association

much

time

t o

pre

pare.

Yet

they

help see th e r e a ^

n e e d

—

t h e

tow ns and v i l l a g e s

u n

touched by

a

l o c a l re la tions hip

w ith th e G o sp el. P ray f o r us as we

go to some

of

these towns and vil-

lageo

t h i s

summer

with th e Gospel.

^2

o r

3

more

m i s s i o n a r y

f a m ilie s a r e

Can

you r e a l l y see th e needs

t h a t a r e l n T o h o k u ?

Ho w

c a n y o u

help

meet

t h e s e needs?

Can

you

come

a s a missio n ary ? Ca n you t r u l v loli

lup

pur hands

in

.prayer as we wor k

h e r e ?

Ca n

you

send

money

t o

h e l p

us

I go

to

some o f th ese needy places

w ith

t h e

Gospel t h i s summer.

Tl^is ap snows the 6 Prefectures of

Tohoku. Numbers

represent

th e r a t i o

of

C h ri st ia ns p er capita. Example:

Miyagi P r e f . where we l i v e has 1

Christian for.each 10,400 people.)

THE C LL OF THE VILL GERS i s th e

qua rte rly news l e t t e r

o f Paul an d

M arcia N ielsen

t e l l i n g a bout th e

w o r k

o f

TOHOKU

RURAL E73SNGELISM.

TOHOKU

means n o r t h e a s t and d e s i g

n a t e s th e l o c a t i o n th e

n o r t h e a s t

p ar t of Honshu, the

main

island

of

Japan.

News l e t t e r s are sent

t o

a l l from whom g i f t s a r e r e

c e i v e d a n d t o o t h e r s

who

a s k t o

be

placed on

th e mailing l i s t .

Addresw a l l in qu ir ie s t o t h e mis^

sion address; 94—21 Ichinempo

Kami, Odawara Aza, Haranomachi,

Sendai Japan

7



^ÛGGETS FROM THE NIELSENS

Janu ary thru March was

spent

mostly

with

school and each of us also

had a turu with

the

f lu

Paula

spent most of this time in Tokyo

so

she

could get

chiropractic treatments to

help

straighten

her spine.

She

took

her studies with

her

The i r s t week in

une

f inished the

school

year

but

Paula

s t i l l has about 3 more weeks to f in ish her years

work

In April

we all went to

Osaka

to

attend our yearly convention. t

had been several years since

we

had seen

some

of our missionaries and

longer for the children. Many did not recognize the girls

We were

thrilled to

have

Bro«,

Frank Palmer

of

Norton, Kansas visi t

us

May

31.

Due

to

language

barrier

he got on a

local

train

by mistake so

he had a 95 hour ride to Sendai instead-of the hour express ride for

which

he

had bought

tickets.

But

we did

so much enjoy

his short

visit

ie have a Japanese visitor about every day. Alittle boy, beginning

to

vraHc good

by himself,

walks up the hill

and comes to our y^d fence

and

longingly looks

thru

at our

puppy. The

first

time he came

his

folks

looked all

over for

him. Now when

he

is

missing, they look here

first

The

first

Sunday

in July the 9 of

us

that hadn t sca ttered for thesummer from

the Tsuchidoi services,

had

a picnic. Vie

all

piled into the

Jeep

and

bounced 2^

hours-

to a very beautiful hiU

top

here we

had

our

worship

service and

lunch before

returning home for thenight serviced

This week Martha is near Tokyo in a camp for missionary children.^

She was so thrilled

and

excited about going, she said, Just think, this

is

the

first

time I m

going

to camp as-a

oaraper,

not just a tag-along.

Paula

went

with

Martha

to

Tokyo,

then she will go to Karuizawa, a

ain

resort,

for

5

days

so

the

doctor

can check

her

back.

Dr

Baker_said

Paulaimi^t have to do some

buying

and cook a few meals_

for

herself _

he

got busy

with

patients.

This trip kill be the girls

vacation

for

®ôia

also

spent

3i weeks in Tokyo going to Dr Baker every W to

see if

she

could get

her

equaUbrium established again.-she walk now

without

falling over but

she

still has a ringing in

her

.ears. (Paul s^s

she has

bells in

her

head.)

While

in

Toky9,_,she

got

to

see

many

of om

missionaries

who were passing thru: the Joe oegglekes

on their w

home

from

Korea; Harold Taylors returning

to

Korea;

Bernal

^tters

from

India (they

planned to

come to

Sendai

to see us

but

Bemal as tj

sick

to

make

the

trip); and

the Ernest

Fabers arrived back

Jap^

Marcia went down

to

the train

station

early an s oo

could

have

seats

together and they got to visit the 65 hour

bripJfo

Sendai

But

the

Fabers

had

only covered

l/5

of

their

journey

to

bih^^

Marcia s hope for the summer is

to-get

some sew^g done and do .so^

sorting,

which

actually

ccnmets

of

getting settled after furl° gb. th^

there is

also

the canning and the hopes of studying language snce âin

Oh yes, she

wants

to take a day off now and

then

to just p ay. .

We

need your presyers

and financial

support for the work here-



^Si6,l7

CjO^L'

TGGY

jms.mEPm

500

was paid on

le

loan

from Tokyo

BtLble

Seminaiy l a s t

Apr i l .

This

was

a—

: Dut

half vriaat was

c

ue s o

th e

loan

n

us t c o n t i n u e

an

c ther

year .

Adding

another yea rs

in -

eres t , makes the

pr i l

1962 payment

5iv6.17.

Why

not ge t your

church

group to

i ta r t

a piggy

j a r

]

fOW and

collect

limes and quarters?,

fhen

the

j a r gets

u l l send hhe money

5u t

t o u s so we c a n

cing

the be l l

be

fore April

1962,

Let s

s e e

how far

can raise t h e

clapper by Sept;,

vflien t h e

fall i s sue

o f

CMX OF THE VIL -

LAGES

is p r i n t e d .

bllVERSITY HUR H O HRIST

1507

University Ave

S.E,

Minneapo l i s

14' , Minneso t a

TOKOKU

RURAL

EVANGELISM

Pau l Mi el se ns ,

Missionaries

....F.INr\NCES-AR'E-LOV/i

--j-

Usua l ly

the

miss ionary

ex -

n e r i e n c e s a de c r e a s e in f i n an ce s

af te r

being on

the

f ie ld 2 or 3

years .

It

has been

l e s s

than

a

year

s ince we re turned from

fur lough

but

our financial statement for the [

f i r s t 6 months of 1961 shows a

sal -

t

ary defici t of |181,99. This i s

i

money

we

should

be

buying veget- |

ables

with

to

put

in the deep

f reezer so we won ' t

need

to

ea t

{

on^

cabbage

carrots

and

spinach j

th i s

winter.

We pray

the

Lord.can i

guide

you in helping

deficits,. We

need _j

l ink support

to

keepjis

going

f u r t h e r - i n

deb t • —-• -

The

t o t a l rece ip ts and expend

i tures

for

January

thru

June,

1961

was

3250,01. Tills includes tlie

500 payment on the

tokyo

Bible

Seminary loan.

There remains 3

unpaid h i l l a :

T.B.S, Building loan due in ipx~-l

1962)

546.17

Personal Building

Loan 993,7^

remove o u r

Salary

Defici t

181 991

NON

PROFIT ORG.

U.

S . POSTAGE

PAID

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN,

Permi t

No.

2113

Mlsgion Servlses

Box

968

Jol iet , I l l inois

Form 3547 Requested



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of

T >lH)Klj

HAJRA . EVASGEIASM in

norl/unn

Honsini

Jojiuii.

V o l .

I

No.

4

Fourth

Quarter

1961

f SUMMED ACTIVITIES

1

Our

summer

act ivi t ies have

b e e n

I pretty much routine; The

plans

fo r

fa

summer

young

people s camp did

I n o t

mater i a l i ze b e c a u s e m o s t o f o u r

fyoung people

lef t

the

city for the

1 summer. Those v;ho remained

eas i ly

I

found

jobs

and

t h e r e

jus t

w a s n t

a

i t i m e when

enough o f

them co u ld g e t

I t i m e

o f f

from t he i r

work

to have

a

fcamp.

During th e surjuer

Pau la

fsponsored

a

monthly fellowship n i t o

I

to t r y to get

more young

people to

I

atten d the Bible

classes

here a t

fthe house.

I Attendance at

a l l services ha s

i h e l d up

exceptionally

w e l l

and

th i s

I is encouraging. Th e s t u d i e s

in

th e

I B i b l e

c l a s s e s have been

c e n t e r e d

1around

th e l i f e o f C hris t The

fworship

s e r v i c e s t u d i e s

have

em-

iphasized vdiat

the

Christian

l i fe

I rea l ly

i s

I

After almost

9 months

the

Furu-

|kawa Bible class began again

in

iSeptember In the

las t

issue of

iCALL

OF

THE VILLAGES we told how

I the c lass

was d i s c o n t i n u e d

due to

i the

i l lne s s o f Ta ka ha shi san^ th e i

I le ad er t he re . We

pray

the class

can

|

Inow go on

to

fuller development and 1

f w i t n e s s .

|

I Although Brother

Takafuji

and I |

i

considered

2

v i l l a g e s as

p la c e s to |

I

star t

c l a sse s

we

can

not

have

r e g -

|

| u l a r meetings

in either

of them |

Ibecause o f

lack

of

funds to re n t

a |

Iplace

to have the services. Can you |

I do

something similar to

v/hat

the

|

I

class

in the follovdng news item |

I

ha s

done to h elp re le av e th is lack |

I

o f

funds? I

i S. S.

CUS3 i::C? CA3ES SUFFCRT/ ><

|

1 The Gleaners class in the church |

I

at H ill

City Kansas has increased |

I

their

pledged support by Five Dol-1

1

lars

a month.

We

are most

gratefuli

I to these

good

folk.

They

have

set|

1a

good

example. In these days when|

Imoney for missions in the home|

5 churches seems to be

decreasing

3

1

this

help from

this

class is truly|

I appreciated. May God increase their|

I

kind is

our prayer 1



f

THE CALL OF

THE VILLAGES

is the|

quarter ly nev/s l e t t e r

of

Paul &

Marcia Nielsen t e l l i ng aboutj

the

work

of TOHOKU RURAL

EVAM-^

GELISM.

Tohoku

means

no r t h e a s t

and designates the loca t ion ,

the

northeast

par t

of

Honshu,

the main i s land

of

Japan,

News

letters

a r e

s e n t to ll

f rom

whom

gi f t s

a re rec eiv ed

and

to

o ther s ^/dio ask to

be

placed on

the mail ing l i s t .

Address

a l l

inqui r ies

to : 9/^-21 Ichinempo

K£.Tii_, Odavrara Aza^ Haranomachi,

Sendai , Japan-

\ you

ANT

T

BE

A

CHRISTIAN

i

H This i s the

quest ion

2 Nichiren |

I

pr ies t s

asked

Brother

Takafuji-

|

[NICHIREN

is

a very strong

sect o ff

I Buddhism - that,

is

.rather

dogmatic

|

and

sometimes •

revolut ionary in

i t s |

jiractrrcs;—It Is antv-Ar.erican as |

i we l l

a s

a n t i -Ch r i s t i a n . t

waii ts

=

[ a l l foreigners to

leave Japan.

•V/hen |

[

these

2 men came

to

Mr.

Takafuj i s

|

I home, they t r ied to persur-le him to |

I

break

with

Chris t iani ty

and

b:. .?:no

|

f a

Nichiren

-follovier. Because Taka- |

[ fu j i

san

sho\̂ red no

in teres t in

what |

[ t hey

had to . say, they

became

very

|

[ angry and used some rather strong |

H

language.

They

refused to

l i s ten |

1

to

Brother

Takafuji s

defense

of

|

:

Christianity

.arid

promised to come

|

[ see him'-'again.-' -In some-places, -the |

INichiren

people

have

destroyed

song |

[books

and Bibles, ''^e pray this

wil2|

[

not

happen

in

Sendai, Between the |

[Nichiren sect , the Mormons and the |

I

Jehovah

Witnesses,

we

have

some

in -

|

terest ing things

to

ta lk

about

a t \

I t imes. Satan i s real ly

at

work

in

|

I them,

. e

are gx.ad to be Christians |

i

only.

1

I LET'S TALK

ABOUT

MONEX I

I

Some folk

do not want

the

mis- |

Isionary to

ta lk

about money. V'e |

Ithank

God

for others

who

encourage |

fus to t e l l o f our needs

—

hea r t -

|

laches as

well

as success. Brethren, |

Ithe

time

has

come vjhen we

must

ta lk |

labout money. Only 4 months of

the

|

Ipast 9, have v/e been able to pay |

|a l l bills

at the

end of

the

month. |

lln

September had $110

for

food |

land

u t i l i t i e s .

How do v:e do i t ? a

fCertainly

our die t has

not

been

the

I

fkind to maintain heal th, ^ 'e have |

|had to use vegetables iroin the deep |

fireczer

that

we vdll need this -1

| teR wheii

there

are nc

vegetables

on |

Ibh.e

market,

V'e

shoul-d also

have |

been

buying

our v/inter supply of

|

fuel while

i t is

s t i l l at the sun- |

mer

price,

Novi

I f v/e

are

able

to |

heat

,the house this

vrinter,

v/e v/ill |

have to pay

the

higli winter price |

fo r fue l- These

are

th e

fac t s .

Mayf

God

.lead you to help

as

you can,

|

The

following

illustration

is

|

v/orthy

of careful consideration.

A|

boy grew up in a lai ge city. He r e - |

ceived

a good

education and decided

|

to enter the m inistry.

His

f i r s t

pastorate v;as with a rural congre-1

gation. He and his wife

and

the ir |

2

children

moved

to

the

country.

A|

f STraer

had pity

on them and brought |

them a milk cow and feed fo r her h

and taught him

how

to milk. The |

young minister was

very

happy

to |

have

milk

for h is

ch i ld ren . But^in

a few weeks he came to the

farme-r|

and

said,

X

don t

know what is the|

matter

with

our

cow;

she is a l l |

dried

up; I can t

get

any milk, I |

have fed her as you told me, and I |

have

been just

as good to

her

as

I |

(Cent. Col

1.

Page

3)

i



1 '

'

i . NUGGET3

FROM

THE

MIELSEN3

I -

Doao

asobu

in

kitte kudasax. itovm promises

to

come

to

church I

|You come see us how. These 2 terns

|each

time

we

see him but he only |

l l i terally mean

about

the

same

but

|comes

to

services

once

in

-awhile, I

|the

Japanese term can*be used

in

iTakaluji san feels he

is'only'being

=

rjust

a polite form of greeting,

|polite and

is insincere', ' =

=harcia learned this when she went |

>pq

have

real

American

visitors

I

|to the home of a neighbor lady who home is a joy. Vie. were happy =

lhad

often

used the above phrase, I

j q

âve 3 such visitorb for-Labor

|But the neighbor lady

seemed

sur-

=prised .

v;hen-Marcia

did

visit

her.

=^^2-

Force Dependents

school teacher =

jTaJcafuji

nan

3:cplained

that

it

can ^ Christian lady,

came

to |

|be

a par- of a greeting, in a

sim--

the work in Sendai. With her |

îlar v/ay,

a business

man

here an

|-£,110

Pamela

Walker,

one of-Paula's;

i |friends -and the daughter of one off

I TALIy I EY

cont.

from

page

2} |

our Tolcyo

missionary families.

Also

I

|know

hpW;| talving

onlj'

what little |a/3c

Stephen.Mayfield, son of the |

iraijlk

.

v;o

have

' to

have,

a pint

|nD-osionary

.family formerly in

Italy

|

|and| a d'-iarb ne::b titne.

Wliat

this 100220 -t; j2e long week

end.

The;

|City

preacher

'did

not

know

j.s

that

|-îine passed

rapidly in

fellowship, |

;thie only way to keep a

cow

fresh is | seeing and visiting.- |

ftp milk -heF regularly and hii-Ln her | Marcia and the girls are busy |

|dry each time, ^ ^

I'v^rith

school again. Marcia has only 1

I the' chrisbian, or a

whole

| pup i l s this year; 2 girls who are |

Ichurch,

that is

not

milked reg-|

the 6th grade with Martha,

and

a I

|ularly'

and

''nllc'^c:

dry can _ô't|7th

grade

boy.

Paula

is

studying

|maintain a

fresh

spiritual l ife, | Shorthand and French and

doesn't

^Giving irregularly and

giving

only | seeju.

to

have

much

spare time. Per— |

| part of what

God

has

intrusted

us |haps you have noticed that the

re-

;

| for

use

in His v.'ork dries us up as ^ ceipts

for your

gifts

are

not

sent

|

I

certainly

as i t dries up a cow. | very

regularly. This

is because |

eTOHOKU rural evangelism is God's | panl has

to type

the letters again. =

|work

entrusted

to you and

to

me.

We

| goth Paula and Martha are also |

|must milk some of you a l i t t l | learning

to

read and write Japanese |

fmore

regular3^

and others a l i t t l | f-rmn Mrs.

Takafuji.

i

|drier

to

continue this work, |

Paul

keeps busy

in his spare

|

I Here

are

some

suggestions:

| time making

some cabinets

to re- |

I 10 individuals or groups

i ^bO|

boxes

in

the

kitchen where;

I will send >5

a.

month to

main—

=the dishes and pots and pans are ;

I

tain

a

minimum

budget, f

kept.

He

is

also getting

the

yard;

; 100 individuals or groups

who^

cleaned up

to

look a

l i t t l

more |

=

will

send a special gift of| respectable and so we can have some I

= from $ 1 to 1i>50 to pay of all; green grass next summer, ;

I financial debts. | tjg cio thank you all

for

yourl

|We dare not be a

city

milker . |

prayers

and support in our behalf, s



HOW

ARE

THOSE PIGGY

JARS ?

5^6 17 T^l

In the

last

issue of the CAtL OF THE WILL

VILL GES vre

suggested

the

use

of

a

Piggy

Jar to

col lec t money

to pay

off the building loan

from

Tokyo ftlKlG

Bible

S^ ina ry I s

your Sunday School

c lass

— youth

group

— women s

group

passing that

Piggy

Jar

around

each THE

time you meet to collect your con- rj r i i

tribution?

DlLL

IThe

l i t t l e

man

a t the

r igh t i s

looking

a b i t

ianxious.

Perhaps he i s get t ing

t i r ed

of holding

ihis

malle t

poised ready to

r ing the

be l l .

As yet

[we

have

heard o f no re su l t s to our plea fo r money

[to

pay

the

building

loan

from

Tokyo.

Yes,

there

[ is s t i l l

t ime, i f you

are

working a plan now.

-Le t s_r ing the bel l befo re April 1962.

S

UN imS ITY CHURCH

OF

CHRIST

1507

Universi ty

Ave.

S. E.

Minne?vpolis 7

,_M^nePota

_

TOHoku

rural evangelism

Paul Nielsens, Missionaries

Mission Servisea

Box 968

Joliet ,

Ill inois

NON

PROFIT ORG.

U.S . POSTAGE

PAID

MINNEAPOLIS MINK.

Pe rmi t

No,

2113

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•

TOHOKV

nr

in

nor I ern Hon sl uJ l n

RPHANAG BIBLE CLASS STARTED I SUMtiARY OF 196I

I A

few of^

the personel frora|

tj^q

number of classes conducted

I

Sendai Cîstian

Orphanage have| doubled during

this

past year. 1

I

been

coming

to the

Sunday

iiigbtg After 6 years of working here

in

IBible class here at the mission |

^Qjôku, we

feel folk are beginning |

I house ever since was started: accept us as sanething permanenti

I

while

we were

on

furlough in 1959-1 Opportunities we have been seeking |

160,

The

orphanage conducts a chapel? ^re being

acccauplished.

Each week, =

I service _ach morning at

6:30

with|6 services in Japanese at 4 places

I the children but

some

of the adults fa^d 5 English Bible classes, are

I expressed a desire to

have

a Bible=held.

The

Bible

is

taught

to

some

I study for themselves. 20-25 attend = the mission

house

each day I

ithis Bible class vdiich was

started |of

the

week

except

Monday.

1

I last

November.

They

must alternate |

^he week

begins with the

Sunday

1

I

their

hours of duty so

all

of

bhem

rooming worship and

Communion ser-s

I can t attend every week.

The

Supt. Iîce at Tsuchidoi. Average attend-

I

us

a fine Christian man

and

wants |ance is 12. Brother Takafuji s f

I his helpers to

have

an

opportimity |niessages are largely verse by verse I

I to leam to

know

Christ also. ^ fstudies to be applied in Christian |

= There

is

no church of any kind §study and living, Ve are

just fin-

I

I in the area of the orphanage so

we

fishing a study of Galatians.. Smday I

Ihad hoped

we

could get

some

from lafternoons, 20-25 children

meet

in 1

Ethe community

to at tend the

class.

|the

mission house

for Bible

School. I

|As yet,

none

but the orphanage folk |until last

September, Mrs.

Takafuji 1

|attend.

We

are told that

because

charge of

this

group.

She

is

1

I the orphanage

is

not a public meet- |iaving to

rest now to

combat tuber- |

fing place, people

in

the

community

l iuiosis in her lungs.

In

the mean- |

^hesitate

to come,

V7e

are facing thepîjjjg^ Paula and one of our Bible =

|same problem

in

the

services

here |:;iass girls are doing a commendable I

I

in the

house. I Continued on page 3) I



mil iitfiiiiif 'iitditii 'riMii

II

I '

GRATITUDE I

For the

past

2^ years

we

havef

been gratefi i l

to

University Church

|

in

Minneapolis,

Minnesota

fo r

mail - l

ing out THE

CAI E

OF THE. VILMGESl

and

a lso fo r

the use of t he i r

Ges- |

te tner

to

print them. .-Son Russel l |

has been

cutting

the stencils but |

arrangements are

now made

for Maryf

Alyce Monson,

secretary in

Univer-i

s i ty Church office , to cut these=

s t enc i l s .

So we

are

.fuF.ther

gra te -e

ful

to University

Church

andto

MaryI

Alyce

for

this improved service to |

??r75??^TmT«rh?vwrriTi.=f?n

US

a l l .

I

ii|THE CALL OF THE VILLAGES

is

the

li§quarterly

news

le t ter of Paul

iMMarcia Nielsen t e l l ing about-,

lithe work

of

TOHOKU

RUR iL

EVAM

Tohoku means

no r t h ea s t

th e

l oca t ion ,

| |Hhe northeast

part of

Honshu

ijllthe main island of

Japan

News

Ij if letters are sent to all from

Ipwhom gifts

are received, and to

| ' :nothers

who

ask

to be

placed

on

sllthe mailing l ist . Address all

g lTinquiries

to:

94-21 Ichinenpo

|||Kami,

Odaw.ara.

Aza

Haranomachi

ililSendaij Japan.

IpGELISM.

and des ignates

FINANCIAL

STAmiENT

I

-.0—0—0—0—0—0—0—0—0—0—0-

i

We.

have

reason

to

re jo ice in

our

friches in Christ. In

August-October

|we

experienced

3

straight

months

of

flow finances. As a result, we_have

fwitnessed again how prayer

ch^ges

sthings

and have

seen

hov; God leads

iHis

people to

provide things needed

|by

His

own.

W e

needed a

spiri tual

l lesson and

then

mater ia l

needs were

fsupplied.

As

of

J.an.

15, 1962, your

sprayers and gifts

not only paid

the

Idebt in

our general

fund,

but

also

fwe

have on hand

>173

designated

for

fthe building loan

due in

April.

ItOTAL RECEIPTS (July

1—

I Dec. 31, 1961) > 3317.98

ItOTAL

expenditures

3317.65

IbALANCE Dec,

31,

1961 .33

fUNPAID BILLS:

I T.B.S.

Building

Loan

1 (due April 1962)

I Personal Building Loan

373.17

>

993.74

THE

TIGER

YEAR

|

Here in Japan

this is Showa 37|

(1962) the year of the tig er, ac- |

cording to the Zodiac calendar. |

Japanese tradition declares i t a |

year

to

follow old ways of l i fe and|

one

should

not

s t a r t

anything

new.

|

I t i s a

year

when a l l must

store

up|

strength and energy for coming pro-|

sperous

times.

Those

particularly

governed by

the

tiger

sign

are|

people who aie12, 24 , 36, 48,

60

or|

72 years old this year. Both Martha|

and

I are in t h i s catagory. As|

tigers

are

fast

runners,

i t

is

thot |

not good to marry tiger

girls

this |

year because they will quickly run|

away. Men born

in

a

t iger

year

wil l f

be

successful during the year. Wef

are glad

we do

not have

to

placeh

our hope for

the

year in

zodiac|

signs.

We

are

confident

God

will |

^ cont inue

to le ad i n His work everys

; where and

a t

t imes , |

• fh inu i in i i i i i i i i in i i i i i i i i i i ii i i i i i i i i iu i i imi i i i i i i i i i i t ii i i i i i i i i iiu i i i in i i i i i i iiu i i i i i i i i i ii t i i i i i i i ii i i i i i i i i iin i i i i i i i i i ii i i i i i i i i ii i iun i i i i t i i i ii i i i i i i i i iin i i i i inn i i i i i i ii t i i i i t iu i innn i i ir



lsUMMAR^ Uontinued from page l | |

o f teac hing

th e

children

nev/j^hen

he

knows

h is

so n

wants to

go =

isongs and choruses and the Bible |to

Bible

class.

W e

can

only con-

|

llessons

with

the help of Sceno-felt|binue to teach

Takahashi sa n and |

|Dn

Sunday

nights Brother Takafuji |pray

that

one

day he

will

do

what |

Icomes tothe

house

for a Bible

class

| ie knows i s r i g h t , |

Iwhere 15 18 young

people

are now|

Marcia

and

Paula

have charge |

fstudying Acts. These young people |of the 5 English Bible classes. The |

ialso stay for

the 2 English Bible

icalls to

teach English

are

alv/ays a |

fclasses

which follow. problem for the missionary. These |

I On Tuesday nights Brother Tak English classes were

started

by |

iafuji

and I

go

to oendai Chris tian |naking a bargain.

Only

those

who

|

fOrphanage for a Bible class withfattend

at least

one of our Japanese |

120 25 personel

vAio work in

the orp-|services each week can attend an |

fhanage. This class is our newest palish class.

Also

at the start |

iclass

and

was started last Nov

Weipf each class, a series of 12 les- |

ihave been

studying

John since i t s isons containing 30

difficult

English|

ibeginning fsounds

is

used. The exercises in |

I

V/ednesday

nights

are

meditation

|bhe

Bible

studies

stress

tne

d i f - |

land prayer time at Tsuchidoi Bro. fficult sounds of that lesson. This |

iTakafuji s

meditations are thought |nnt only helps with English annun |

Iprovoking to get the folk to

think

|ciation and pronounciation but a c - |

labout Chr istianity

an d

ask

quest-|complishes our

chief

aim:

to

intro—|

lions.

Following this service

there

Iduce

the student to the Bible

and |

i i s a time of fellowship around thatfwhat i t

contains;

to

Christ

and who |

lever

present cup of

tea.

is;

and teaches what

makes

a |

i Thursday nights we

make thefchristian.

After this series

is

|

ftrip

to

Furukawa

Though this classfcompleted Junior S.S. papers andf

i is

disappointing

as far as numbers|qu_arterlies

for

the advanced class, |

igo both Brother Takafuji

anil feel

fare used. So the Bible is taught |

l i t should be continued. Vie are in|in these

classes

with English

being|

ithe

process now of seeing v^hat can|the

tool. Vie

pray that through i t |

Ibe done

to

increase attendance. Now|some may be reached

for Ch rist.

|

1

there are

only

2 young men

t h a t

we|

The

high

l ight. .of

the

year

was

lean depend

on

each week One of|the

baptism

of Mari Takafuji on

her^

ithese is Takahashi san who wants|i2 birthday. When taking ilari|s |

Ito become a Christian but hisfconfession, her

father

said i t

is a |

I

father s

Shinto concept ofappeasing

|result

of 12 years of receiyingi

fthe

deceased ancestral spirits atfchristian teaching and living in a|

ithe family

god shelf makes

him re—|Christian

home

It

is

complete ^

i fuse to permit

it .

The

father

is|3hristian

homes

like

this that

we|

I so antagoristic toward Christianityfwant to see and pray for in the|

I that he asks Takahashi san

to

work

fwork

here

in

Tohoku. |

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BUILDING

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to

r ing the bel l and

fannounce the f inal pajrment

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HING

THE

ITokyo

Bible

Seminary

He

has

now

made som e

pract-

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fice svidngs. As the close of 1961 there was ^l60

fdesignated

for th is

loean

payment. As of

|Jan, 15,

13 more

has been recoivBd.

Thes

Ig i f t s have s tar ted

the

clapper on t s vnr

|to

ring

the bell.

Just

1 from each

per-

fson who reads t h i s plea

wi l l

more than

fring

the be l l Send your gi f t s

NOW so

fthis

debt of 546.17 can be paid by Apr.

|1. Send gifts to us

at:

17364 East Cypress, Covina, Ca3j.f. |

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Ave.

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