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d a y b e f o r e

we were

to

le a ve

Italy

for

a

brief

furlough

in the

States, on our way to Rome to

c atch our flight to New York,

we stopped at Te r r a c i n a,

Italy

to

visit with Charles a nd

Mary

Fr a n c es Phipps for a few min

utes

We had

known

for

a

number

of months

t h e

gravity of Ma ry

Frances illness,

and also had

known

that the

doctors

had told

them there was nothing more

they could do for her.

Having known Charles

and

Ma ry

Frances

for many, many years,

and

having worked close

to

them

these years in Italy, we di d

want to visit with

them

before

leaving on furlough.

We

knew

it

would

be

difficult

to say good

bye;

however, we

did

want to

have

a

few

minutes with

them

that day.

In the many years

of my

Christian

life,

I have never

seen a mor e

beautiful

example

of

Christian faith

than

the

witness

of

Charles and Mary

Frances that day. Mary Frances

was

smiling

and

laughing

with

us as she told

of

some

of

her

experiences

in

the

hospital.

Having passed six weeks in a

hospital just

a

few months

before,

we

had

a number of

stories to exchange.

When the time came to say

good-bye,

we had

p r ay e r, a nd

then Mary Frances

turned

to me

a nd said, Chuck, you folk a r e

going

to the States and, no

doubt, many

will

ask

about

us.

Please

tell them that I am

tranquil a nd a t pe a c e. If the

Lord

has

plans for

me,

other

than what

the

doctors have

said, that

will be fine. If,

however.

He does

not

have

other

plans, tell

the

folk that I m

ready for the Great

Victory.

I

have never seen one so serene

as Mary Frances was a t that

moment

We

know

that

in

the days

a n d

weeks

to

follow she

was

in

inte nse pain; however,

her

faith never wavered for

a

moment.

S h e was a t

p e a c e

with

Him and was

ready

to

go

to be

with

the Master

Mary Frances had

stood

at

Charles' side as he ministered

in the States, as he was

a pro

fessor in one

of

our Bible

colleges, and she also worked

at his side

h e r e

in

Italy

fo r

many

years.

Together they made

a

wonderful

team for the

Mas

ter; and we have n o doubt that

her

testimony

during her ill

ness

and at

the time

of death

will live on in

the memory

of

all

of us h e r e

in Italy. The

Christian

folk

here that she

loved and helped

t e a c h

of the

Master will

never forget the

beautiful example she

set

fo r

all in her life and at

the

time

of

going

to be

with Him.

By

Charles Troyer

jII

A E Y

F R A N C E S

F I E L D S

W a s

bom

in Marion , Ohio, Novem

ber 5, 1917.

She

graduated from

Western

Bills

High School in

Cinoinnati, Ohio in

1935.

On

January

13,

1937 she m a r r i ed

Charles E.

Phipps. She received

the

B.S.L. Degree

from

Cincin

n at i Bible Seminary

in

1941.

The Phipps served the Monroe

Street

(now

Boulevard) Church

of Christ in Toleda, Ohio un til

bec oming missionar ies to Italy

in 1947.

Except

for the

five-year

period (1953-1958)

of

service

a t

Midwest

Christian College,

where

Charles

was professor of

music

and she

was active

in

working with

young-women,

Mary

Frances continued in her dedi

c a t ed

and

effective labor

in

Italy.

Mary

Frances

kept

up

the

vast amount of

sec-

retarial work that

is necessary to fol-

low up their program

over

Radio Monaco.

M a r y

F r a n c e s l e f t

her

home

in

Te r r a c i n a,

I t a l y f o r

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h e r e t e r n a l

j ) / /

home

the first

day of

September.

The epitaph on

her V

t o r r b i n t h e T e r r a -

W

c i n a

cemetery is

in

Italian. Translated

i t

s a y s ,

T i r e l e s s \ J

i n

d o i n g g o o d . [ j i r ]

*

Missionary,

Lecce, Italy



i

i t i e y

u | l o l y s o i u l u y i i u

Hebrews

13:24

ITALIAN

CHRISTIAN

MISSIONN WS

Cherles Phipps

RADIO MINISTRY

^

/ FORWARDIN G AGENT

S earch i h e S c r i p l u r e s

^ M/M Howard

R .

B a l l l n

E V A N G E L I S M

I N

I T A L Y

2 2 0 9

C h e s l n u l

S r .

Columbus, IN

47201

N um be

2 February, 1978

1947-53 1958--

DO YOU REMEMBER?

y e a r

ago this mont h, M a r y Fr a n c es w rote to you saying: "All

it

takes

is

ng to it..." and

then told

you abouo

some of the letters

from

steners

to our broadcast.

l, the radio ministry is still news - and

good news.

the privilege

of preaching every

week to a

known

of over

1,500

people - and I have had the

honor

for the last 21 years

1 1

months

to

be

the

only

one of "ours" doing so

in Europe,

as far

as

I

- and it

continues

to be both

an honor and

a deeply satisfying pleasure.

like the following

reminds us

that,

as Mary Frances

wrote

in

that

letter,

radio ministry

is

worthwhile."

A lady in

England

wrote this a

few

days

"I must again say

that I

do really value

this

booklet

that

you

have so

sent to me.

.

.this will enable me to

explain

to others more adequately

y

position

in

the Christian

faith." Another letter:

"I

am

a

constant

list

r to

your

program,

I am

greatly

interested

in

it, as

it is very

good."

ther:

"I wish

to write to express my appreciation of

your

programme,

I

heard

for the first

time this morning.

I followed

the programme with

y

Bible and found the

lesson

most instructive and helpful.

..helps to

bring

ble

alive.

Here's a tho't...if all the compliments that are given to the preacher at

after

services

had

to be

communicated

to him by means of a

letter

you

to

sit

down

and write and

pay postage

(extra for out of

the

country)

send him,

how many

would he

get?

Especially

if the preacher were someone you h a d never personally met and

see

while

he

was

preaching?

The hand-shaking at the door

is

practically

a

guarantee that the preacher

hear

some

kind

of response, isn't it? Which is

great

But it makes me

all t h e

more,

th e letters

listeners

write

after hearing

my voice

His message. I just PTL

like

madi

UP-DATING/ SEE THE OTHER

SIDE

FOR

FURLOUGH INFO

local

work moves

deeper spiritually

and closer to numerical

increase.

have asked

about

my

needs,

so right

now: funds

to help

pay

for

my

1500 (photocopier), essential to my contact with

you

and

people...$232

monthly for 10

months.



fro

io*o

T h e r e i s a n i m p o r t a n t w o r d

t o

a d d . . .

ks things

have developed, I must be back in Italy

the

1st week in September

of this

year; this

concerns

my permit

to stay in Italy.

So my furlopgh will

be

a very

short one.

I n o r d e r t o m a k e

t h e

b e s t u s e o f

t h e

t i m e a v a i l a b l e , I a m

p u l l i n g

o u t

a l l

stops"

and making every effort

to

be able

to

leave Italy by

the

1st

of this

coming May.

This

will give

mo

four months

in the

USA,

during

which

time

I will do

my

best to report to as many as

I

can.

It is probable that

this

will mean that

I

should

return

to the

USA

for

the

next furlough - another brief one sooner than Mary Frances

and

I were in

the habit of doing.

|

Ordinarily

our

furloughs

were

spaced quite far apart

in

time. (It has been

six

years

since

we

left for

our

last

one I mean

it will be six

by

the time

I leave

this

time).

It is obvious

that

four months will not give me time to visit as

many

of

you

as

I should and would prefer

to

do so I am sure

the

Lord will lead

in all the cssenLials involved in

tlxis

impoi'tant

matter,

and that l i e will

show us

when

we should get together

the

next

time

in the

States,

for the

sake of His

work here

in Italy and in other parts

of

Europe

and

Great

Britain.

In

the

meantime

I can only repeat that j y o u r prayers

are

most

vital

to

His

work and

that

they

are just as precious to me.

DO NOT FORGET ROMANS 8:28 He still means every word of it...thank God





Of

'They

of t a l y s a l u t e you "

Hebrews

13:24

IT LI N CHRISTI N

MISSION

Charles

Phipps

EVANGELISM

N ITALY

Forwarding

S e c r e t a r y

RADIO MINISTRY Mrs.

Patricia

Wilson

\

"Search the S c r i p t u r e s f P.O. Box 1764

B r o a d c a s t e r s :

^01^ AugUst

28, 1978

J o p i i n

M i s s o u r i

6 4 8 0 1

Tim ilson

Charles Phipps

Dear Friends,

As

this first

peirt of

my

s p l i t - f u r l o u g h draws toward

its close, I

have

a suprizin g an noun cemen t to make... say *suprizing* because

I

was c on

vinced after

Mary

Frances death that such w o ul d n eve r take

place.

On

Monday,

21 August this ye a r, Ivia May N o r r i s , of

Jopiin, MO,

became

my

wife.

G

O

She is a d e d i c a t e d

Christian and has

been w o rkin g for th e

past

few ye a r s

in

the

Counseling Section

of

Revival Fires in Jopiin. Her

daughter,

L

Sheryl,

1 7 »

will go with

us t o

Terracina. Q

Needless to say, I am very

happy about

all

this and

feel sure that bo th

Ivia and Sheryl

will be effective missionaries in the work

there.

V

S

We have

reservations

t o

. f l y _ from

M i s i m i

to Rome

on Sept ember

18. Our

r e a s o n

f o r

d e p a r t i n g

f r o m

M i a m i

i s

t h a i ' ^ W S ' ^ h T e n d

t o

l e a v e t h e

T o y o t a y

I bought

there w i th

my

friend, the dealer, who

has

offered to

re-sell

it

or

to

keep

it for

us until

w e

return next

year,

whichever

we

decide

seems

t o

b e

the wiser course to

follow. G

o

J

This period of time in the States has been full of activity and most of

it both rewarding and affording

g r e a t

pleasure.

It

has

been

most fruit

ful, w h a t w i th the Lord s having le d so that the needed

Forwarding Sec

retary

was

found (she

is delightfully efficient and dedicat ed)

an d

my

hoped-for new

format for the Search The Scriptures radio program made

possible by

fi n d i n g Tim Wilson, P a t r i c i a ' s husban d, as my

co-broad ca s te r.

My visits with you and those churches

I

have been

able

to be

w i t h

have

meant so much to me personally. Your fellowship and expressions of

Love

and

concern

have

greatly helped me at a

time

when I needed it

most. I

w i sh

I

could

tell

you

how

much.

I am

g l a d

t o say t h a t w e w i l l

be

in

t o u c h

wi th

you

very

soonI

Keep us in yo ur prayers, please; we and the Italian work

nee d

them.

Remember that

God Loves you ....and we do, t o o l

Charles,

Ivia and

Sherri

t



They

f

t a l y

s a l u t e

you "

Hebrews

13:24

IT LI NCHRISTI N MISSION

Charles

Phipps

EVANGELISM N ITALY Forwarding

Secretary

R DIOMINISTRY Mrs.

atricia

Wilson

" S e a r c h t h e S c r i p t u r e s "

OCTOBER

1978

P -

O -

Box 1764

Broadcaster s: Joplin, Missouri 64801

Tim

ilson

Charles Phipps

Deax Christian Friendsp

Greetings in t h e n a j n e of our Lord

J e s u s O h ri s t

This

letter finds

the

three of us very well and p r a i s i n g

the

Lord for

a

safe journey t o Italy

and

for

the

many blessings we receive

every

day. q

W e

l e f t

M i a m i

P L

S e p t .

1 8

a n d

a f t e r

a

g o o d f l i g h t w e

a r r i v e d

i n

R o m e

a t

^

3 * 3 0

p . m .

o n T u e s d a y t h e 1 9 t h . U p o n o u r a r r i v a l w e

w e r e

p l e a s e d

a n d

v e r y O

happy

to find four c a r lo a d s of the b r e t h r e n

and

feunilies at t h e

airport

t o

greet us. Shops had been closed, work left, t o

allow

t he time t o

welcome

L,

"Signor

Carlo" and his new family. Q

They

a l l

loaded b a c k

in to t h e c a r s a n d fol l o w e d us

to

our

ho m e ,

where we

e n j o y e d

p a s t r i e s

a n d i c e c r e a m . T h e n w e

a l l g a t h e r e d

a r o u n d t h e

p i a n o

a n d E

sang

and had

beautiful

fellowship together.

Although Ivia

and

Sheri did S

n o t

u n d e r s t a n d t h e I t a l i a n , the l a n g u a g e of the S p i r i t of God and love is

u n i v e r s a l .

Also there w e r e b e a u t i f u l W e l c o m e flowers, b o t h

at

home and at y

t h e c h u r c h m e e t i n g p l a c e i n T e r r a c i n a . q

E v e r y o n e

h e r e

h a s

m a d e I v i a

a n d

S h e r i

f e e l

v e r y

w e l c o m e

a n d l o v e d .

A f t e r

t h e

U

fir s t

Lord's Day services

we

attended, Ivia's commen t was

t h a t

although

t h e

/

attendance is small by American standards,

t h e

people

a r e

big

in

t h e Lord

We

would a s k your p r ay e r s

for t h e

work

h e r e , especially

in

Fondi,

w h e r e w e a r e

praying

for

direction

from t h e

Lord, since we will not

have

use of t h e r e n t e d

p l a c e

t h e r e a f t e r

D e c e m b e r 31

of t h i s

y e a r .

All

three

of

us w i s h

to send a big THANK YOUI

to all

our friends

Stateside for

your hospitalit y and the m any beautiful

gifts

and cards we rec eived and for t h e

expressions of love c oncerning our msurriage. We a r e t ru ly happy and a t peace

wi th e a c h o t h e r and very

m u c h

on e

in our pre c ious Lord .

— We are very busy with

t h e

work

and answering

correspondence from the radio mini-

s t r y ,

b u t

hope soon

t o get out a

printed news bulletin with

pictures, e t c .

Please continue

t o

pray

for

us a s

we

pray for you. God bless and keep you all.

Remember

God

loves

you. . . a nd so

do

w e - -

"The

Ph ipps " ^

C h a r l e s ,

Ivia

a n d

S h e r i

P. S. S h e ri ju s t told

m e

t h e fir s t phrase s h e

learned

in Italian

b y herself...

"Che barba " - m e a n i n g "What

a

d r a g " . . . ( s h e

d o e s n ' t

m e a n

her

life here )

You might know

a

tee n-ager would

learn

a

bit of local slang

ri^t

off th e

bat



I ' h c y o t I t u l y s u l u i c

y ^ u "

Hebrews

13:24

ITALIAN CHRISTIAN MISSION

C h a r l e s

P h i p p s

_ and

now,

a r j c l Shoi'i

, loo.

V]

EVANGELISM IN ITALY

R DIOMINISTRY

Search

the Scriptures

Broa dc a s ter s:

Tim

Wilson

Charles Phipps

Forwarding

S e c r e t a r y

Mrs.

Patricia

Wilson

P.

O. Bo*

1764

Joplin, Missouri 64801

G r e e t i n g s

t o

m y n e w t a m i l y

i n

t h e

l o v c U

-

i l i o u s i i

I

h a v e

n o t .

m e t - a l l o f

y o u , I p r a i s e

G o d

f o r y o u , o u r

f a m i l y

a n d p r a y e r - p a r t n e r . s . C h a r l e s h a s L o J d m e w h a t w o n d e r f u l f r i e n d s

a n d

f a m i l y

y o u

a r e i n t h e L o r d . I f i n d f u r t h e r e v i d e n c e o f t h i s f r o m t h e

r e p o r t s a n d

f r o m f e e l i n f ^ y o u r p r a y e r s a s G o d c o n t i n u e s

t o

b l e s s u s

i n

a m i f d i t y w a y .

A t t h i s

v e r y m o m e n t ,

a s

J

w r i t x

t o

y o u ,

C h a i l e s i s w r - i t J o t i t o s o m e

o f

t h e r a d i o l i s t e n e r s ,

w h o a r e

h u n f l i - y

f o r

G o d ' s

W o i d . W e h a v e r e e e i v e d l e t t e r s

l i u m

H o l

l a n d r e c e n t l y , f r o m

as far away as Finland,

a n d

just

l a s t

w e e k I

t o m b e h i n d Hut " I r o n

Curtain a

l i s t e n e r

wrote from Hunga ry. We just praise God tor this means

of

c o n m i u n i c : a t i o n which

allows

C h a r l e s to

g e t

t h e W o r d o u t , a n d f o r

c o n c e r n e d

i X i o p L e l i k e y o u ,

w I k j

b y y o u r e a r n e s t

prayers and laithfully provided support money, allow u s

to continue

i n this work.

O

We

h a d a g o f n l

flight

home, arriving

i n

K o n i e . S e p t . 19 at

. ^ : 3 0

in the

a f t . e r n o o n

and

w e r e w e i c ( x n e d b y f o u r c a r l o a d s o f t h e b r e t h r e n o L T e r - r a c i . n a . T h e y w e r e

s o

h a p p y

to

s e e

C h a r l e s a n d , o f c o u r s e , h e w a s

so

g l a d to

s e e

t h e m h e w e p t f o r - j o y . T h e y

made Sheryl and

me

feel

very

welcome and loved, and we

Jove

them

so much.

T h e r e i s

so m u c h

m a i l to a n s w e r

a n d

I

w a n t

to k n o w y o u b e t t e r .

M i i y b e

t h e n e x t

t i m e

I w o n ' t

b e so

n e r v o u s

a n d

c a n

r e m e m b e r

n a m e s ,

e t c .

T h e n , t o o ,

t h e r - e

s i m p l y w a s n ' t

t i m e to v i s i t

a l l

o f y o u . T h i s is the r e a s o n I ' m w r i t i n g t h i s l e t t e r , so t h a t

I

may be

better acqu ainted w ith

all

o f

you.

prayer

r o t j u e s t s

we'd like t o

share with you.

..I've

met

Charles' p r e c i o L X S

f*n ]

G i a n c a r l o ; w h a t a sweet, sweet s p i r i t

this

m a n h a s . l i e r e a l l y s t u d i e s G o d ' s

W o r d , p r a y s m u c h a n d l i s t e n s

to

e v e r - y w o r d C l i a r l e s s a y s . So w e

p r a y

n e v e r

to

l e t

h i m d o w n . A n d our d e e p e s t c o n c e r n at t h i s

t i m e

is

h i s

w i f e ,

A n n a

M a r i a .

S h e r e a l l y n e e d s t h e L o r d a n d s h e t o l d C h a r l e s t h a t G i a n c a r l o h a d r - e a l l y

c h a n g e d

a s

o n e s h o u l d w h e n b e c r x n i n g

a

C h r i s t i a n , b u t S a t a n r e a l l y w o r k s o n h e r , d i s c o u r a g i n g

I r e r

b y

t h e f a i l u r e of s o m e p r o f e s s i n g C h r i s t i a n s a m o n g " h e r a c q u a i n t a n c e s a n d e n

c o u r a g i n g

h e r - s t u b b o r n

s p i r i t .

T h e y

h a v e t h r e e l o v e l y "

l i t t l e

g i r l s , w h o n e e d

a

Christian

mother, s o please

pray much for

the salvation of Anna

M a i - i a .

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