Nielsen Paul Marcia 1959 Japan

8/10/2019 Nielsen Paul Marcia 1959 Japan

1/12

1m

news of TOHOKU

RURAL

EVANGELISM in

northern Honshu

Japan

January 195@

The

New

Year

is

underway and

wo

have much to be thankful

for .

Four boxes from

I l l inoi .

New Mexico

and California added

special

treats to

our Holiday season.

They

contained

just

the

right

little things (as

some

of you called

them)

like

cake

mixes,

real

cake

frosting, Christmas candy and caramel corn, I guess you can

te l l

from this we miss

American

type sweets in our

diet

here. Most of all

we

are thankful for you

who

prayed

and

sent

gifts when we were

greatly

in need. Our October

news

letter stated our

needs.

November

came

and

went

with

receipts

covering

less

than

half of

our

regular

monthly budget.^ Then

in

December

offerings

beân

to

come

in. Not

very imny

of

them

were marked

Crisis

Fund but we

believe God worked through you

who

sent

those

gifts.

By

year end Russell s and Martha s school tuitions and the rent

were all

paid up to

date. So we face the new year with thankful hearts and,

though

the second term school

tuitions are

due now and

the rent

must

continue to

bo

paid,

wc have seen

again

God's

leading hand

of

blessing.

There

was the usual

year end

cancelation

of

the

jrukawa Bible class because

the room

where

we meet

was used

for

other

activities.

We wish so

much we

could find another

place for the class to meet so there would not be so many interuptions. Brother

Takafuji has been very discouraged

o-ver

a problem in the Sendai church.

After we had

discussed i t together and had come to a decision, I remarked that I

admired

his

attitude in the matter.

He

replied

i t

was

not his attitude, for

he

was

tempted

to

become

very angry over i t but

i t was the Scr iptures that

had shown him what he must

do.

Ho spent

2

days

searching the

Bible

to learn what he should do

and

he

came

up

with

a

Scriptural

answer. t

put

a wet blanket on the Christmas act ivi t ies

of the

church

and i t

is hard

to know why

it

all had

t_p

bo. _It..is a time of testing for the folk

here

Qnd_w.e

ask-for-youir-iearriest prayers that out of

i t may

be

moulded more faithful

lives

to

be used

to

God s glory here in Sendai,

These

windy

cold days

and

short

day

light

hours

cut

down

considerably on the

work we

get

done on

the

house,

Russell and I worked at least part of

every

work day during

vacation but now I

am having

to get rid of a severe sinus

head

cold.

have given

up

trying

to meet any dead lino when we will move

into the

house. I t

can t

be

too

soon

to

suit

us.

There

have

been

2 sets of reporters out to take pictures of foreigners

building their own house . We received 5 fan letters from Japanese as a resultôf th..

iticles besides comments from several of

our

own missionaries and

many

folk here in

the

Sendai

area.

Workmen

from

other

nearby houses

stop

by to

watch

progress. Much of

the construction in unusual to Japanese, such as 2x9 floor joists and 2x4 skeleton

walls and rafters. They

say

it

is SUBARASHI (magnificent and amazing) to see the

foreigner and his wife working together with their hands. In Japanese thinking, we

are making a mark in the community.

pray

our real mark teaching Christ in

word

and deed

may

be seen most among them.

For

some time we have debated whether to come

home

for furlough this year, which is

our regular time, or to wait a year. After consulting and receiving the

encouragement

of some of

you

folk

at

home,

i t

seems best to us to

come

ôme this year. The

Lord

willing,

we

will

be

arriving

on

the

west

coast

next

June

o^

July,

bfcourse the

big

problem is

the

needed SI5OO

boat fare.

have

received a

5100

designated gift for


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A

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Anstvering tlie CALL

OF

THE

VILLAGES

in northern Honshu Japan

Ministers: Mr.&Mrs.TakaoTakafuji

85 Tsucliidoi, Sendai, Japan

Dear

Friends

in

Christ:

Missionaries: Mr

&

Mrs Paul

Nielsen

P. 0. Box 97, Sendai, Japan

Iferoh

1959

Perhaps there 'or a brief chat

about the work here.

0

? r : e

wLrLre P'-'rBonally for

fellowBhip

and to talk about tho

hnr. the booking agency really got started for us thine-s

pene

m a

hurry.

In the 30 cnnutes

between

2 telephone aalls

on

thrBRlIiry mi i

hope

n the

Bm.ZIL yuRU. ifo sail from

rokohapa

June Adirect to lL

will sail with us +

-'nze-les

6

years ago. The Harold

Sims

family

share ?he k ^ ^^1^ > < our two will

mk- the + friends

on

board

that

we

know

will

ke the

trip

ciore

enjoyable.

the boBt^rrr^î i ow hinges entirely on whether or not we have

ne

boat

fare money on hand by April

20.

the dead line that the

we\avf %rL^L^nd''^'v'

to

crn

h.

+v, Simply trust

the

Lord

that

if we

are

Please prey w^th'^s'ô thirrndf

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Tor-rl

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in

the n:Tndôn\;1r:fLd^ t^sf1::y

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Answering the CALL OF THE

VILLAGES

in northern Honshu. Japan

Ministers: Mr. Mrs.TakaoTakafuji

85 Tsurliidoi, Sendai, Japan

\ ^

Missionaries:

Mr.

Mrs.

Paul

Nielsen

P. 0.

Box

97, Sendai, Japan

May

1959

D e a r

C h r i s t i a n

F r i e n d s :

One month

ffom today the

BRAZIL

MARU leaves

Yokohama

and s i n c e

wo

have

5 t i c k e t s a l l

paid

f o r

and i n our possession,

I

t h i n k

we

w i l l be on the boat v/hen it l eaves . The

Lord

moves i n His own

way.

The

e l d e r s of t h e Pomona, C a l i f o r n i a

North Towne

Avenue Church s e n t

us

word t h a t

they

v/ould loan us

the balance needed

t o

meet the dead

l ine for paying f o r our t i c k e t s V/ith t h e i r loan we

obtained

our

t ickets . At

the

time of

this

l e t t e r ll4 i s s t i l l needed to repay

th e lo a n .

We

p r a i s e G-od f o r

answered

prayers . Now we

a r e i n

the

midst of

making

plans f o r the

work

h ere while

we are

away. Except

f o r those

of you who write us f o r dates , t h i s will be

our

l a s t

l e t t e r

from J^pan

unti l

the

f a l l

of

1966*

Takafuji san and

Paul

have been driving to Furulcawa (only 29

miles but

1 hour and 20 minutes

driving time)

every Thursday night

f o r a

Bible c l a s s f o r

5

y e a r s . Last week

I was amazed

when Paul

r e t u r n e d home

a t

9O0 I asked

him what h appened and

he

r e p l i e d

What I 've been wondering when it would happen, no one came

tonight.

I t

was elect ion day

and

our

f a i t h f u l young

man h


4/12

0 1 0 < LJ

KurolEvdngeism

Paul

and Marcia Uielsen?

17861^ E. Cypress Covina California

Ju ly 1959

Now

that

we have caught up a b it with the change

in

pace and l i f e

from

that

in

Japan

we

ar e

feeling

more

a t

home

each day.

I t

is

good

to

be home.

After

an

uneventful

voyage of 13 days

we arrived

in Sa n

Pransisco

where

we

were delayed one day by a p i l o t and dock workers

strike- . We arrived

in

Los Angeles on June l8

and since then we

have

been kept busy visiting with our families and

brethren

in churches in

southern

Ca l i f o r n i a

We

have v i s i t e d the

folk

in

El s i n o r e

Willowbrook

Pomona Colton Inglewood Heights West Covina Rosemead Corona and

Hewhall.

We

have

enjoyed

the renewed

fellowship

with th es e c hu rch es .

They have helped to hold up our hands in the work of

TOHOKU RUR L

E V A H G E L I S M .

On July 12

after

the evening service a t Hewhall

we will

s t a r t

toward

the

Mid-west We wi l l v i s i t

th e

f o l k a t C l i f t o n P a l i s a d e

and

Colorado

Springs

Colorado

and

the

H i l l

City

and Horton

Kansas

churches. Then we go up to O He i l l Nebraska to vis i t grandpa George

on th e

farm

August is f i l led with camps and

rall ies

w i th

speaking

dates in between

Harcia

a nd I

wil l

sp l i t up to

f i l l

more o f the in

vitations to camps and ral l ies Marcia

will

be a t Redwood F^ l s Minn

and LaCrosse Wise

r a ll ie s

and at Cedar Lake School

of

Missions Paul

wi l l be in S o u t h e r n M i n n e s o t a I n t e r m e d i a t e

Camp

an d K en tu cky M i s s i o n a r y

Ral ly .

^iln

and

th e childrdn

will

settle

down

in Minneap

oli feS M i mes o La In-an apartment the folk

i n

U niversity

Church

are p ro -

ding for

us. The children will

each be

in different

schools

but a ll

clo se to

home

Paul

w i l l be

making

c i rcui t

t r i ps

out

from

Minneapolis

visiting churches

throughout

the winter. Wo want to increase support

fo r

th e

work out in J

apan

and raise

funds

to cancel the present de

f i c i t

while

we are home.

We would g r e a t l y appreciate your

introduction

to church groups who might

be i nt er est ed

in

ou r v i s i t i n g them to

on

th e

work in Sendai and obtain

prayer and financial

help ^

Minneapolis address

will

b e: Q6 0--l5th Ave.

S.E.

Minneap o i l s Minn

A le t te r

from Brother Takafiuji says

they are

s t a r t i n g

a

Bible

c l a s s in

the

new mis s ion home. We wanted to s t a r t th is

c l a s s

before we

came home b u t we moved

into

the new house only 1 week b efo re we sa i led

VJe

know you

rejoice

with us in

this

new phase

of the

work

out

there.

Please pray

e ar ne st ly f or

this

new class

and remember B rother T akaf uj i

as

he

l a b o r s

alone

in

the

Sendai

c hur c h the

Eurukawa

Bib le

c l a s s

and

t h i s n ew c l a s s

in

Ko ma t su j ima .

Again

we

are including a

financial

statement to you

who

have

sent

us

gifts

during the

first

6 months of

this

year. A copy

will

be gladly

sent

anyone upon request. We are glad to report the mission deficit

has

been

d ec rea sed t o s;H078 98. The

building

loan

of

^12oo o9 from

Tokyo

Bible Seminary must also be paid as quickly as possible. We

want

to increase our monthly working

budget

flSO each month. This will

enable

us to expand

ou r

work

in the

Tohoku

area an d

keep us from

those

financiil emergencies. Pray with us to

t^is

end . ^


5/12

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Complete forwarding address.

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Name and

address

of sponsoring

or

endorsing church (or churche s) :

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Name and

address

of hometown newspaper.

Names

and addresses

of other paper s which

might

carry stories of your

work.

. .

Place

of Pirth.

By

Where haptised?. ÂC-O^ ^ ^^/LA-Sk.A

Day. -?/

Mnnth

7^ Yea,rJ2Z^^

D a t e

^ I9J^7

On

back

of page, please describe

any special circumstances

regarding conversion

Marital status;

MarriecL-J^L Single.^^ Divorced.

Widowed.

Date

of

Marriage

List

children

by full

name

giving

place,

day, month, and

year

of bir th:

Name

Place Day Month Year

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6/12

P e r s o n a l

File

-

Page

2 -

Name

Schooling

High

school

an d later):

Name and

Location of school Number of Years Major

Degrees

with

dates

HiMiv- coLtet^ ^ ^A. Pe


7/12

Personal ile

- Page 3-

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cyr/ees^.

COUJm C.^L Telephone

What

duties are

performed by your for^warding

agent?

p^c^trs

TO AC4^oi/7^ jN t^o ri^yAj CAL

Aey rB/^

that

z/ui/^^^/zO r/r

Should

money

be sent to

forwarding agent only?.

In

t

form? If

it

can

be

pf/isoA^/^C

CHEc^kS

mailed to you please indicate how in \\4iat form? ^

Does your forwarding agent receive a

salary?

hJO

Use

the

remainder of this sheet to supply other information which you th ink might be helpful

to the staff of Mission Services in preparing news

stories

about

your min is try;


8/12

PERSONAL FILE

31

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9/12

Personal

File - Page 2 - j

Schooling

High school

and

later :

Name

and Locat ion of

school

Number of

Years

Major

Degrees

with

dates

What things influenced you to become a

missionary?

Your own story in some detail might

be influential in leading

others

into fulltime service (use back of sheet for more space) ?

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C-a^-r^. 2^ c cuyiZiJj ti>

A--aJ

tC-CJ-ZA

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yyu.Â^ ^

Describe brief ly in

outline

form

the

nature of

your daily du ties

on

the

field.

^

.*4teA-^ cAA-c^îA^.

Which of

the

following terms most nearly describes your missionary status?

Evangelist Bible Col lege

teacher.

Public School

teacher.

. Homemaker,

Doctor

Nurse, Social

worker

Office

worker.

Name

otiier,,^^.*

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10/12

V

Per sona l F il e Page 3 Mamft

Name of forwarding ggpnf_

lD^P^_ f J

K

Address. ^ ^ Telephone

^ri^ rr

What

duties

are performed by your forwa rd ing agent?

Should money be

sent

to forwarding agent only

t i l

I n f o r m ? I f i t c a n b e

mailed to

you

please

indicate

how in t form?

Does

your forwarding

agent

receive

a

salary? t fc

Use the remainder

of

this sheet

to

supply other

information ^diich

you think

might

be helpful

to

the

staff of

Miss ion Seiwices

in preparing

news stories

about your

ministry


11/12

News Le t t e r of 0?OHOKIT RURAL EVANSELISM

Paul and Marcia Hielsen, Q 15 Avenue 5.E., Minneapolis 14, Minnesota

Sep.tem'ber 1959

No doulDt the best

place to s t a r t th i s

l e t t e r i s where we

l e f t off

with

the July

news

le t te r Marcia

and the children

are

now se t t l ed in Minne^ol is and the children have s tar te

the i r school

year. We

are

nnich indebted to the folk of Un ive rs it y Church in Minneapolis

for

offer ing

us the use of

an

apartment

in

a

house belonging

to

the

church, The

rent

i s very

reasonable and more than th i s th e

church

folk completely

furnished

the apartment for us and

then

gave

us

a

food

shower

of

good

things

to

oat

beyond

our

an t ic ipa t ion

Marcia

wi l l

be

able

to

v i s i t

churches

on week ends

once

in awhi le and they are in a

loca t ion

so I can be

with them for a few days in

between

t ours We

do thank God

for the

fo lk in

Univers i ty

Churc

who

a re h elp in g

make our furlough time here a t home that much more enjoyable,

Paul continues the

tours out

amongst

the churches. In September

he goes out

t h rou^

South

Dako ta and down to Gering,

Nebraska for

a missionary

ra l ly

and then eas t

through

northern Kansas and Missouri to Springfield, I l l inois and the

National

Missionary Convention

the f i r s t 2 days in October. October

wil l

be spent in Iowa and Minnesota areas. We are

received kindly

in th ese tours and

plan to

continue

them

throughout

the

winter months.

ask for

your

prayers that

we mi^ t be

led

to those places where

additional

support can be

for

the

development

of the work in

Japan,

Following are th e ma te ri al needs in which

we covet your prayers; funds to

erase

th e

mission

defici t

of

938,54;

funds

to

pay the

loan of

1288,89

to

Tokyo

Bible

Seminary; Pledged support

to increase the

mission

orking budget by 150 each month; and pray

that

we can

get

a 16mm movie

projector

to use in

our evangelistic work in the

vil lages

of Japan, Brethren,

your

prayers can help much

to

aocoir5)lish these things by next July when we re tu rn to Jgpan,

The la tes t news from Brother Takafu j i is that

a l l

of the Bible classes and

services

in

he

Sendai

church

continue

regularly.

Attendance

at the new Bible class started in July in

the

mission

house is nov; 15

to

18

people. Brother

Takafuji sends greetings from

th e

folk

here to Christian friends here in

America.

Please

remonber

these folk

in

your prayers.

We would like to share w ith you something that shows how God directs and gu ides the

of

His

people.

We wanted to

mention th is in our las t

news l e t t e r but

there waanH

space.

Remember

wo

said

in

a news

let ter

when

we

f i r s t

talked

about

coming

home

for

that

we

had to

have our boat fare paid 6 weeks

before

we

sailed.

That dead line

ad almost

como

and only a small part

of

the boat

fare

was on hand, Wc had about given up

to come home this

year.

Really wo

were showing

only

a weaioiess

of

our

faith.

I t was

time when

our

faith was

being tested

and when we were

made stronger because

of what

appened, A few days

before

the dead lino a let ter came from the

folk

*n

Pomona Califcrnia

they were placing a loan

of

900

at

our disposal so we could come home.

We

to

see

i f

this

was enough and found

i t

to be

the

exact amount

needed for boat fare

d

to carry on

th e

work

in

Japan

unt i l

we could

get

home

and

send more

back

to Brother

God

worked through the folk

in

Pomona so we could come home and then

throu^

of our supporters so that during the first week we were home designated furlough funi

in

to pay

the 900

loan

and

we also

have a few dollars

lef t to star t

our

return boat

fund.

Then whon we

talked to tho Pomona

folk

about paying the loan they

said

you nocd

car while

you

arc

home

so kcop

the loan for

tho time being

and

talk

to us

later

about i t

have been shown again

that

God

provides

our needs beyond what wc can ask or

think,

Priend

you soo something that needs to bo done for

God

tost your faith by

letting God

do His

throu^

you. You

may

not think it is possible, but God has willed that His work be do^

His pecplo. How often is i t

tha t

wo fa i l

Him7

Our

receipts

for

tho

month

of

August

wore 666 20,

Tho

expenses were 623,29.

The

Ju^

was

981,45,

making

the

deficit

on

August

31,

938 54^ Wo

thank

oach

of

you

who

hare in the work for Christ in Japan.

We

pray

He

may

bo

given the glory for all things,

covet your continued

prayers

for us and

for

tho

folk

in

Japan,

Pau l

Nie l s en

Non-prof i t

Organizat ion


12/12

.:.t

Mr, Mrs, Takao

Takafuji

85 Tsuchidoi

Sendai, Japan

Cdiwtma:?

reetttiaisi

1959 FROM

iRiiiypifo m

Vjpi ^' i lps, ^ r ie i^e^

960

15th

Ave. S. E.

Minneapolis

l4,

Minn,

In remembrance of this season--of the yea r, our

greet ing to

you

is

that of

Isaiah

of old, For unto us a

child

is born, unto us a son is

given and the government shal l be upon his shoulder and his name

shal l

be called Wonderful, Oounsellor,

The

mighty God

The

everlasting Father,

The

Prince

of

Peace, Of

the

increase

of

his

government and peace

there

shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom,

to order

i t and

to

establish

i t

with judgment and with

justice

from henceforth

even

for

ever.

The

zeal

of the

Lord

of

hosts will

perform

this,

There are many people a ll over the world today who are indifferent

and unconcerned about this wonderful Oounsellor, this mighty God

this

Prince

of

Peace, which

God

has given

a ll

mar.k:ind,

Isaiah assures

us

that

of the increase of Christ's government and of His peace,

there

shall be

no end, The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this, declares

Isaiah, I t

is

a

blessing

and a

comfort to think of these

words a t

this

time. I t is a season of joy, of happiness, of giving. As the new year

comes upon us , le t us determine

to

give ourselves more fully

to

this Son

that

has so

freely

been

given

to

us.

Thus,

the

indifference

and unconcern

seen in

this past

year will be

gradually replaced

with the zeal

of

the

Lord and then the v/orld can know peace in Chris t.

Letters

from Japan

state

that evangelism

is becoming

steadily more

difficult

in

Japan,

Brother Takafuji

writes that the

same ones who were

attending

services

and classes when

we l e f t

remin fai thful . However

there seems to be l i t t le

visible

progress in any one taking his stand

for

Christ, We ask

for

your continued prayors

in

behalf of the

folk

out

in

Sendai,

in

Furukawa and

in

Ko-Matsushims,

We have sent in our request for boat bookings

to sail

for Japan this

next

summer

in

July,

We

do

not have a

definite sailing

date

yet

but your

prayers

and your gi f t s are needed to provide t ravel funds as we return

to

Japan, Please

mark

these

gif ts

Travel

Fund .

Our thanks

to

each of you for your gifts and

prayers

for us and for

the

work

out in Japan during

this

past year.

May

our

God

provide your

e ve ry n ee d,

A merry Christmas and a very happy

New

Year

to

you

all .

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Nielsen Paul Marcia 1959 Japan