nielsen paul marcia 1968 japan

7/26/2019 Nielsen Paul Marcia 1968 Japan

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I ^

The

drawing

above

t rans la tes

into a

picture

of chal

lenge

in rural evangelism. In the foreground farm

ers

are busi ly a t work in the i r f ie lds . They to i l

long

hours

and usual ly

t he i r upper

most thought

i s

about only physical things of l i f e . The hands of

the

missionary

holds out the Word of l i f e

to

farmery

miners

and

fishermen

of

rural

Japan. This

i s

the

God-given call to us in Tohoku Rural

Evangelism.

The

cal l does not come from

the people

in

Japan because

they do

not

know what to ask for now The call of

the

vi l lages is

given

to

you

and to

me as Christ

ians . w

will

you answer th is cal l?

Will you go

to

Japan

to

teach the Gospel in one of many needy

rural

areas? Will you pray fo r

and give of

your

money

to

those

who wil l

go?

Tohoku means

northeas t

and designates

the

locat ion

of th i s mission the northeas t par t of Honshu the

main i s land of

Japan. Sendai

i s the ch ie f

of c i t i e s

of

the

Tohoku a rea

and the cen te r

of

educat ion

com

merce

and

indu stry for

a l l

of

northern

Honshu.

Sen

dai i s one logical center

from

which

to take the


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w a s b o r n a n d

r a i s e d

e r .

says he can

remember

th

t ime

when

he

d i d n t

want t o

be

a mi

> ji ^1 sionary

Marcia

George Nielsen

If .

J V

daughter

of

a

Nebraska

farme

M u i fi Marcia met

while

attendin

J i Minnesota Bible

College.

They als

fojfel 3/ . j p i attended Pacific ible Seminary

ro

Christian

College .

Th

have

t h r e e

c h i l d r e n .

Russel l

i s a

present se rv ing his tour of

duty

wi

the air-^orce. Paula

not

in

picture i s a

student at

Oza

Bible College. Martha is our high school

girl .

A

five

ye

term 19^8-53) teaching in

Osaka

Bible

Seminary

and

evange

izing in the Osaka area, helped Paul and Marcia decide t

cont inue t h e i r

e f f o r t s in

a

r u r a l mission

work.

A f t e r

year

of

language study,

they

began Tohoku Rural Evangelis

in 1955- This work

is

developing slowly

but we

feel

i t i

worthy of support. The Nielsens do not have full link sup

p o r t Please t a l k t o them about

t h e i r

f i n a n c i a l needs.

Brother and Sister Katsuo Motoki,

and son Kunioki, are

natives

of

Tokyo, They began working with

Tohoku Rural

Evangelism

in

May

1963. They live in the mission

house and carry on the church

seFvi-eea

i^^the houae~wh i 1e

t h e -

Nielsens are

on furlough.

Most teaching

i s

done by native


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Y 1968--TO BRING YOU UP TO TE

T h r e e

year s o f

e x t e n d e d

f u r l o u g h i s

rap id ly

coming

to

a close. Most

o f

th e summer

and

fa l l o f 9^5 was

spen t in

repor t ing

to our

s up p or tin g c hu rc he s

s p e a k

ing in miss ionary

r a l l i e s

an d t each ing in summer

c a m p s . Since

t hen

we

h a v e made

S e c u r i t y C o l o r a d o

o u r home. M a r t h a

h a s

f in i shed h ig h s c h o o l and h a s

b e e n gran ted

a

sch o la r sh ip in

N e b r a s k a

C hr i s t i an

Col lege . Sh e

w i l l

begin

c l a s se s

t h i s

f a l l .

She h a s

d e d ic a t e d h e r life to full t i m e service to hrist a n d

h o p e s t o con t inue h e r

miss ionary life

We

t r u s t

God

w i l l l ead

he r

b a c k

to Japan .

M a r c i a h a s

spen t t i m e

e a c h summer

i n

summer c a m p s . Sh e h a s

a l so

b e e n in th e

h o s p i t a l e a c h w i n t e r . T h e d o c t o r ha s

decided

th e

c a u s e

of

her trouble is

bronchial

a s t h m a . We

h a v e

b o u g h t an

in te rm it te n t p o si t iv e

p re ssu re b rea th in g

u n i t

t h a t

r e l i e v e s

th e b ro nc hia l

conges t ion .

The

d o c

t o r h a s given h is OK fo r M a r c i a

to

r e tu rn

to

Japan .

P a u l

h a s k e p t b u s y helping

w he r e

n e e d e d in

the

S e c u r

i t y church

d o i n g

s u p p l y preaching in

s e ve ra l places

in sou theas t

C o l o r a d o a n d

earn ing

a l i v ing .

Worship serv ices

and the

Sunday S c h o o l ac t i v i t i e s

h a v e cont inued in S e n d a i d uring our 3 y e a r

absence .

T h e r e

h a s b e e n

the

u s u a l

turn

o v e r

in

a t t e n d a n c e

e a c h

y e a r

h o w e v e r some

a re r e t u r n i ng aga in a f t e r schoo l

a n d w o r k

schedu les

a re

comple ted .

Chonan

san

w as a

Su n d a y

S c h o o l g i r l some 5 years

a g o .

S he i s cont inu

in g

the Sunday

School

m eetings s i n c e the M o t o k i s a re

g o n e . Brother M o t o k i s o ld er b ro th er p a s s e d away

s o

h a h a s fo llo w ed J a p a n e s e cu sto m an d

re turned to

h is

na t ive

place to t ake o v e r

the

f a m i l y

bus iness .

He

aJ SO

p lans

to

h a v e

Bible

s tudy

c l a s s e s

in

h is home

O f c o u r s e

this

h a s

left

the w o r k in S e n d a i w i t h o u t


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GOD

CM

DO

IT

THROUGH

US

WITH

YOUR

PRAYERS MD FINMCIAL HELP

Jus t now

only

God knows

the

Japanese co-worker who

wi l l

help us

in Tohoku. believe

God

wi l l lead in

seeking out such a

co-worker.

This wil l

be

a f i r s t

end e avo r

when

we r e t u r n t o Senda i this

fall

A s e c

ond necess i ty

wi l l be

to f in i sh a t le a s t par t of

the

church building. The parsonage 2nd floor of church

building) must be

made

ready

for

the minister.

Then

we need

t h e

aud i t o r i um f o r

th e

chu r ch s e r v i c e s .

Un

l e s s pr ices have r i sen more than

we th ink

funds a re

on h a n d to

hire

this work

don e .

Our f i r s t

goal

wil l be' to get the Sendai church

bet ter

es t ab l i shed

so it can be

th e

cen te r fo r reach ing ou t

into

Tohoku

with

the

ca l l of

the

villages -.

Our

fh l l

t ime goal and God given

ca l l i s

to take the Gospel

to

farming and mining

vi l lages through

out the

mou

n ta in s

o f

Tohoku and to th e

many

f i sh ing

v i l l ages

up

and

down

th e

coas t .

We

do

t h i s

with

t r a c t s

f i lms

and

preached Word.

You

can help

u s .

Return

t r av e l funds to Japan a re on

hand.

Gif t s re

c eiv ed during

th i s

extended furlough have been

put

in

the

building

fund which

now totals

3000.

need

pledged

suppor t

fo r the following:

Service l ink 200 a month

Living

l ink

U00 a month

Martha

(Bible

College living

supplement)

T5 a

mon t h .

Native ministers

salary

100 a month

PROJECTS:

Car

(Japanese

car

purchased

in

Japan)

1500

Filmstrips 250


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signboards in

the background of

this

picture

say

anyone who studies

Christ ianity

will

be persecuted and

For years we had a

Bible

in

t h i s

room

in Furukawa Then

e moved to one

o f

th e members homes .

In

fuedal

days

Christ ianity

was

per

but we thank od that today

is complete

freedom

to teach the

in Japan

Summer camp i s

an

important

t ime

for

Christian

teaching and fel

lowship

Until two

years

ago

our camp f ac i l i t i e s

were qui te

pr imi t ive Now we can rent a

very adequate camp grounds near

Sendai from the American

ap

t sts

missionary can

spend

too much

teaching

English

However by

wise use

of

English

Bible

clas

va luab le con t ac t s

can

be made


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While the

Nielsens

a re on fur lough

all

services

are being held in the

mis s i on house Here

th e chu r ch

f o l k

a r e

s e e n n

f r o n t

o f t h e

mis s i on

house

A

Bible c lass group taken

i n t h e room o f t h e m is s io n

hou s e whe r e

ll t h e

s e r

v ic e s a r e

h e l d

This church building

i s

located in

new suburban a r ea abou t

a 20

minu

bus r ide from downtown Sendaio

another two years there wil l be so

8000

people

l iving

in

th is area arou

the church.

This

building

should

completed as

soon

as

possible

so

can

s t a r t holding

serv ices

in

t a

grow with

the

community.

Thus

fa r

t

building

has

cost 1722.18, Abo

2000 more is needed

to

complete t

building. Will you give 5

100 -- to help finish this

chur

bui ld ing

in

Sendai?


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Jokok

Burd

Emgdisffi

Answering the CALL

OF

THE VlLLAdES in northern Honshu Japan

Pau l

and

Marc i a

Nie l s e n

19-5,

1

Chome, Asahigao

Senda i

Japan

fictober 1968

Dear

Fr iends

in C hris t

C

Se-pteaiber has c^me

and

gone.

It

is

disappointing to say

we are not

in

Japan and

that

we do not even have

a sailing

date. The-Norton, Kansas

church, one

of our

supporting churches, has inoreased^therr pl.e.dge and

we

thank

God

for them but a total of 2300 a

year

in

pledged

support is

not

enough

to

meet

our

8000

a

year

need.

f

knew

of

h

sidering pledging support to the work, Please pray

with

us that the

needed

for

us to do

the

work in Japan may be pledged

sson,

Our travels

this

summer

among

the churches

and

in young camp

from Colorado

to

Qhie-and down

to Florida

have been

a joy in talking ^

about

the

work

in

Japan.

Attending the National

Missionary Convention

in

San Antonio,

Texas was

ofcourse an inspiration. This 21st-

convention ha

the

largest

attendance

and a

high

light

came ^j^n

Thursday evening w

en

9

people msde their decisionvf'tf^ ;^^^ Christian service^

e

thank

Go d

for tha^lilton

Jones faiity, now

ministering in Fonda

wh o have, stated

their desire to

come

help us;in the

work

of

Tohoku

Eura

,.,,t^f|lltmv-p-erkaps

in ^couple of years --Also

we

are

grateful for

tfte

Morphew

-family

in thiTTTr-cTty

Kaninas

church

who

have

tWri,se-.rvic.e.s^s^ur

forwarding agent. e praise God for these

^*^mwdJl..ihein-desire -io give of themselves to

the

cause of Christ, e

God will lead and is preparing the way to provide our other needs.

Just

now we must be

patient in

accepting His

will#

November will take us

on

a trip to an akland, California

church

th

is having-

it 's first

missionary

conference

and is considering selecting

missionary to support. e

pray God s

blessing on

them

in

this

decision

and that v/e may be worthy of

their consideration*

Thanks

so much for your faithful support to ua.

It is

your suppor

that

has provided our

travel

funds

back to

Japan

and that has provi e

sufficient

funds to assure the completionof the church

building

s-soon

we

return to Japan. Will you be an individual church group Bible

class or

women s group

to help supply the

S5,700 needed

to

complete

odr

y-arly budget?

95

Individuals or groups giving a month can supply tn

need.

19

groups pledging a month can make i t possible for us.to he

Japan by the

end

of 1968. Will you pray about this and then let us know

how

you

can help

us.

Thankyou,

Since re ly

in C hr is t

P au l N ie lse n

Annca r

Rou t e

O'Neill,

Nebraska 68763


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^oy

to the world the Lord is

come

DC12V95S

December

1^68

Yes t h e r e i s

jo y

in g o d s

wor ld

and we

a re

t h a n k f u l to

be

a pa r t

o f

it Tgere aro f r u s t r a t i on s^

wars

and rumens

of

wars

in

our phys i ca l l i v e s bu t

knowing

the

Savior

g ive s

peace ,

joy

and assurance in our s p i r i t u a l

l i v e s .

May this

jo y

be

you r s

in

t h i s Chr i s tmas sea son and may

you

u se th e

New

Ye a r

in a

closer

c omm i tmen t t o J e s u s the hrist

The last week in Oc tobe r

found

Marc ia and I l e av ing th e G eorge farm in

Nebraska which was

our

r e s t i ng place in between

t r i p s

s ince l a s t June . We

journeyed west to Gco t t sb lu f f fo r a p l e a s an t

v i s i t

with p ro fes so r s and stud

en t s in

F l a t t c

Val ley

Bib le

Col lege .

Tha t

evening

we

renewed

fe l lowship

wi th

B re th ren in the G ering , Nebraska

chu rch , Then on

to Secu r i t y , Colorado

where

the

fo lk welcomed us in to

t h e i r homes again and helped load the r emainder

o f

our

wor ld ly goods on a trailer

fo r

the t r i p

to

Ca l i f o r n i a . On the way we

spen t an evening w ith the B re th ren

in

Sa l t

Lake

Ci ty

where we were

a lso

su r

pr ised and pleased to have happy bir thday sung to us . Anyway, al though

we

are a

yea r

o lde r , we a re j u s t as dete rm ined as eve r

to

r e t u r n to J apan .

Our

week with

the F r u i t v a l e church in Oakland , Ca l i f o rn i a was a reward

ing expe r i ence . The i r zea l fn r procla iming New

Testament

Chr i s t i an i t y was a

b l e s s i ng . We a re

happy to

add t h i s

f ine congrega t ion to

ou r suppor t ing

c h u r c h e s .

Wo t h a n k God

f o r

t h e Fruitvale chu r c h and a l s o

f o r

th o

F o r r e s t

Lake, Minnesota

church . Th is

church has

sen t

us

suppor t

in

the

pa s t

and

now

renew and

i n c r e a se

t h e i r

suppor t

to

u s .

Thanks be

to God.

The

t h i rd

wook in November wo

r e t u rned

to

Colorado v ia

Albuquerque,

New

Mexico,

where

we

spoke

in

U

of the churches and .stayed with our old

f r iends

LeRoy and Mary

Kay

Mil l s . Then on to Holyok e, Colo rado to

be with

them

in

their ye a r l y f a i t h - p r om i s e rally

Because

we still l ack about h a l f o r

our

needed month ly

suppo r t ,

it is

necessary

to

continue tour ing among th e chu rches.

V/e

welcome inv i ta t ions to

speak

a t f a i t h -p romise

and

miss iona ry

r a l l i e s .

We f e e l sure there i s some

where among God s people those who

wi l l help

us

proclaim Chr i s t

in

Japan.

Perhaps it

is you , y ou r ch urch ,

Bib le

schoo l c l a s s

o r yo uth g roup .

In

praying fo r the work of

Tohoku Rural

Evangelism please

remember

to i

Include Milton,^and^_Barhara Jone3..,and family.

Their l a s t

l e t t e r s ta tes the i r

desire to go. 'to

Japan

to help in the^ wofTc

in

Tohoku by.Augii^^ g,^9. Thanks

be

to God. Also p lease pray t h a t Marcia

and

I may

have

the suppo r t so we

ca

be on ou r

way^.to .

j a pn soon after

th e

first o f

th e y e a r .

a Happy New Yea r to

gain a Mer ry Chr i s tmas and

L1THO IN U.S.A. 84-2633

o n e a nd all

QccllL

Paul

Nielsen

17 861i

E. Cypress

Covina ,

Ca l i f o r n i a 91723

nielsen paul marcia 1968 japan

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