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I n

e a r l y J a n u a r y I

had

what

a p p e a r e d

t o be a s m a l l a c c i d e n t

w i t h my azda p i c k u p . I

d r o v e

i n t o a s i g n

p o s t . I

was g l a d

I

was

wearing my e a t b e l t .

To e p a i r t h e

p i c k u p

took a

week. As soon a s

i t

was e p a i r e d ,

with

Nita

I

l e f t

for Mexico

on

t r i p t h a t had been put f f f o r h a l f

a week

w h i l e

r e p a i r s

were b e i n g

made.

thought

had

s u f f e r e d n o

s e r i o u s

d a m a ge

m y s e l f . X - r a y s r e

v e a l e d n o

broken bones, a n d n o

reason t o not m a k e the t r i p .

During the t r i p I had i n c r e a s

i n g d i f f i c u l t y w a l k i n g .

This

was

due

t o

p a i n

i n

my

ower b a c k .

When we ot back

from

Mex

i c o , my

i r s t

need was t o s e e my

d o c t o r .

He

r e s c r i b e d

a

c o u r s e

of

p h y s i c a l

t h e r a p y ,

which 1 f o l

lowed.When

h i s f a i l e d

to solve

my roblem, sought

h i r o p r a c t i c

h e l p , and

am

now making

p r o g

r e s s . The

h i r o p r a c t o r

s e n t me o

a n e u r o l o g i c a l surgeon f o r a s e c

ond

opinion. His

a d v i c e was

t h a t

s u r g e r y was not n d i c a t e d .

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1999

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vious

that

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ery

i s

not

go i n g to

happen

o v e r n i g h t

— T u u t t i a e ^

long d u r a t i o n . I m p l e a s e d

with

the

treatment

I v e un

dergone

u n t i l

now,

nd

with t h e p r o g r e s s being

mad e. H owever,

the

i n t e r

nal condition of he lum

bar

a r e a of my

ower back

i s

such t h a t quick r e t u r n t o

normal c t i v i t i e s i s appar

e n t l y

i m p o s s i b l e .

I f e e l s t r o n g l y

t h a t

the

ongoing work i n Mexico

i n

which

v e been nvolved

should

not be d e l a y e d

or

interfered with on account

of my

r e s e n t

i n a b i l i t y t o

p a r t i c i p a t e .

Therefore,

n order to

f r e e

N i t a Reardon t o

c a r r y

on h e r worthy

work

without n

t e r r u p t i o n ,

I m r e s i g n i n g a s

a s s o

c i a t e m i s s i o n a r y with

h e r .

My e r s o n a l support o r h e r

work

i n Mexico i n p r a y e r and

m a t e r i a l

o f f e r i n g s w i l l

c o n t i n u e ,

of

o u r s e .

I d o not wish t h a t my

s e p a r a t i o n be

c o n s t r u e d a s

any

t h i n g

but h e

most

r a c t i c a l

means of a c i l i t a t i n g t h e work i n

view

of he circumstances.

I am

ot i v i n g u p

on b e i n g

my o r d s m i s s i o n a r y

— ot

n

I t a l y , not n Mexico, not wher

e v e r I am

ot wherever

the Lord

may

e a d me,

ot

now, and

t h e

Lord

e n a b l i n g ) not

v e r .

The

Mazda pickup was

bought o r doing t h e L o r d s work

i n Mexico.

t

has e r v e d t h a t

pur

pose a d m i r a b l y .

However,

Nita

needs more

p a s s e n g e r

space

than

t h e M a z d a s e x t e n d e d c a b

pro

vides.

So

he Mazda ill

b e sold

and t s p r i c e u s e d toward a 1995

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van

she

has pu rchased f o r

her

work

n

Mexico.

Love

i n

J e s u s ,

a s t o g e t h e r w e

serve

Him



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I f I had written t h i s a

month

e a r l i e r , 1

would have a i d ,

"Tonino

M e n i c h e l l i

i s

a

dear

f r i e n d

of

long

s t a n d i n g . " But

h i s

b r i e f p e r i o d of

t i m e h a s r a d i c a l l y

changed t h i n g s .

No e has not a u s e d

me

o

l o s e

f a i t h

i n our r i e n d s h i p

-

e h a s j u s t

moved out

f each.

Someone

as a i d ,

" L i f e

i s wha t

happens

t o us w h i l e w e r e

making

o t h e r p l a n s . " How r u e t h i s i s of

death

A

e t t e r

from

Giuseppe,

ou r

p r e a c h e r i n

T e r r a c i n a ,

I t a l y ,

brought

me h e unw elcome news of

Tonino s eath.

Tonino

i g u r e d

p r o m i n e n t l y

i n

my c t i v i t i e s

and p l a n s during

my

m a ny

e a r s

i n I t a l y . My l i d e p r e s e n

t a t i o n s

depended upon

i l m

( a l w a y s

d i s c o u n t e d ) from

T o n i n o ' s

photog

raphy shop.

He

e n e r o u s l y

s h a r e d

h i s time

and

e x p e r t i s e a s

a

t o p -

notch photographer.He n v i t e d me

t o

work

w i t h

him

o c c a s i on a l l y a s

he

photograp hed weddings

and o t h e r

community

v e n t s . More

than u s t

a merchant,

he was

my r u e f r i e n d .

My l a n s - e l l , you can u e s s

what m i s s i o n a r y would p l a n . P e r

haps

my

aim"

r

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would a y i t

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dren

become

a

p a r t of h e c o n g r e g a t i o n of h e

L o r d ' s

p e o p l e

i n

T e r r a c i n a .

They

x p r e s s e d s i n c e r e r e

s p e c t and a d m i r a t i o n f o r

t h e

m e s s a g e

we p r e s e n t e d .

They

o p e n l y

p r a i s e d

u s and

our C h r i s

t i a n message t o

o t h e r s .

I hoped

and p r a y e d t h a t

t h e y

would b e

come p a r t of

h e

c o n g r e g a t i o n

t h e r e i n l i v i n g f o r

C h r i s t .

George Ade

s quoted a s

s a y

i n g ,

"Nothing s

i m p r o b a b l e u n

t i l i t moves n t o

t h e

p a s t t e n s e . "

Now,

onino

has moved i n t o

our p a s t t e n s e

and i n t o h i s

e t e r

nal

u t u r e . We ut our

t r u s t

i n

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g e t h e r

f a i r

i n His

judgments.

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would ove to be

ble

to

c r y ,

" V i c t o r y " But cannot

do

so.

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adand

we

ave

victo

r i e s

o f t e n , by Cod's g r a c e . But n

t h i s m a t t e r d e a r

t o

my e a r t my

e

p o r t must e g i n , I

h a v e

g o o d

n e w s

and a d news."

I s e n t my e g r e t s t o Cina and

t h e f a m i l y , and r e c e i v e d t h i s

mes

s a g e of thanks

-

a F a m l g l i a

M e n i c h e l l i

sentitamente i n g r a z i a

(per H ' a f f e t t o

e

C a t ' m c k cAe c i

A a i s t ^ m p p c d i m o s t r a t o ) .[The

M e n i c h e l l i f a m i l y s i n c e r e l y

thanks

you- o r t h e a f f e c t i o n

and e s t e e m

you h a v e

a l w a y s d e m o n s t r a t e d . ]

We i s s our

riends

who re

no

o n g e r

w i t h u s And need t o

s h a r e with you an a p o l o g y

f o r

a

f a u l t y r e p r e s e n t a t i o n

i n

my a s t l e t

t e r . The a u t o mishap of which

spoke

o c c u r r e d

i n

l a t e O c t o b e r .

The r i p t o Mexico from which

returned

with extreme discomfort

was

n

e a r l y J a n u a r y .

I ' m

s o r r y

t h e

l e t t e r

" c o m p r e s s e d "

t h e

two

e v e n t s

which

i n

f a c t

were

s e p a r a t e d

by

e v

e r a l weeks of only minor discom

fort.

Love i n

J e s u s ,

a s t o g e t h e r w e

serve

Him



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val ue to the world

than the i / t s o/ he Magi.

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Charles phipps,

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the grace of God,

papa. randpa, reat-grandpa

—Qiristmas,

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H e r e

o n

t h e

b ^ c k

of

m y

C h r i s t m a s

g r e e t i n g

a n d

t e s t i

m o n y

l l a d d t h i s h a p p y n e w s .

I m

l o o k i n g f o

r w a r d

w i t h g r e a t

p l e a s u r e t o a b r i e f e v a n g e l i s t i c v s t

t o

M e x i c o

e a r l y

i n J a n u a r y .

l l b e g o i n g

down

i t h N i t a i R e a r d o n

a n d w e l l b e a c c o m p a n i e d t h i s t i m e b y my

o r w a r d i n g

a g e n t , R a y

P o w n e n . o u l l

r e m e m b e r t h a t I v e b e e n a s

s o c i a t e d w i t h

N i t a

i n

h e r w o r k

i n

/ M e x i c o

f o r

t h e

l a s t f e w

y e a r s .

I l l

l e t

y o u k n o w

d e v e l o p m e n t s s o o n a f t e r w e r e

t u r n .—h a r l e s .

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