恩師ロージャー・ニコール先生への手紙

2008/04/12
Dear Papa Nicole
Greeting from Okinawa.
Thank you for your mail.
It is so good to know that our faithful Farther is supporting you every day..
Kimiyo and I are praying for you day by day.

10copies of Speaking the Truth in Love are very effective to get understanding and support concerning the translation of your book and publication among my close friends who have well trainings.
Thank you again for your works to send them to me.

I like to introduce Mr.and Mrs. Ishimatu.
Mr.Ishimatu is now a student at Reformed Theological Seminary.
And Mrs.Ishimatu is the daughter of one of my best pastor friends who graduated from Westminster Theological School.
I am very thankful that they are now there,even though he can not study under Dr.Nicole like me.
I hope that your secretary Ms.Cecilia P. Helm and they become good messengers between Dr.Nicole and us.

Please give my paper in English and Japanese concerning revelation to your secretary,then Mr.Ishimatu will go to Ms.Helm and take it.
That paper was written when I was 19 years old many years, but it may be even now helpful to him.

As General Director of Nihon Send, I am doing two main things, that is,
preaching trip and publishing E-mail magazine which is called From Grace to Grace.

I had preaching trip to Shikoku from February 16 to February 25.
From March 15 to March 21, I went to Osaka area and had great time at different churches and other places.
I am going to go Tokyo area from April 19 to 28 and preach and have personal contacts with many different peoples.
Since 1969,I had taught at Tokyo Christian College, Tokyo Christ Seminary ,Tokyo Christian University and Okinawa Bible Seminary, so my former students who
are now pastors at different places all over Japan. They always welcome me very much and helpful for my task.

I enjoy myself writing on E-mail magazine From Grace to Grace and get responses.
One of them came front Pastor Yoshida of Tront Canada.

「Your detailed description of the "Parchments" mentioned by the Apostle Paul is most interesting.
And your comparison with Paul's love of his parchments with yours is a very effective
one. Not only your love for these "old" books from post-war Japan but your preservation of these books will be much appreciated in some seminary library, as many of these books are now out of print.
Thus your contribution to the evangelical scholarship of Japan & Okinawa cannot be
fully appreciated until others realize what you have personally done.
May the Lord richly reward & bless you & Kimiyo for taking on this task in Jesus
Name.」

Kimiyo likes her work at Christian Book Store three day a week.
We attend Naha Baptist Church. I am going to preach there tomorrow.

Dr.Nicole, we pray for you day by day that our Lord support you
God bless you.

With perseverance and hope (Rome 8:25).
Takeo and Kimiyo Miyamura