Phipps Charles Ivia 1980 Italy

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C k a f t f c s

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Evangelism

i n I t a l y

Radio

Ministry;

"Search

th e Scriptures"

Tim Wilson, Co-Broadcaste r

Januaty,

1980

D e a r e s t F a m i l y in the

Lord

As

we elebrated

ou r s e c o n d New

Year

together in p r a y e r and raising,

we earched

for a crip tu re

that

m i g h t

in p a r t

s a y how we

eel

a b o u t

l l of ou. He r e

i t

i s and

t

w i l l also b e

our

theme

crip tu re

for

the

y e a r we

hallenge you

to memorize t , s a y

i t daily

and

remember

o b e

thankful for

our amilies in

t he

Lord

-

F i r s t

Thessalonians

1:2..."We give thanks to God

lw ays

for l l

of

ou,

m a k i n g

m e n t i o n

of

ou i n

ourprayers.

As ou

know,

1979 a s a joyous year for

us n

the s e r v i c e of our King. It

also

brought some i c k n e s s ,

di s a p p oi n t m e n t s and

h a n g e s

in

o u r schedule t o

meet

i s t i m i n g for u s . God, rue to His Word, did

wa l k

with u s

through the

Valley

of

he

Shadow of

e a t h

a n d

we gain

learned

to

fear

no

v i l , for

He s with

us. Weknow whom we a v e believed

and

we

r e p e r s u a d e d

He

s able to k e e p

that

which we've committed

u n t o

Him

S eco nd

Timothy

1:12).

We on t i n u e to ask your on s t a n t p r a y e r s for u s in 1980, s

we

work and wa i t upon the Lord.

Charles

has at

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

a

modified schedule

of

aping broadcasts with h i s

Co-Broadcaster,

T i m

Wilson in Joplin, wh e r e we r e t emporarily hom e- ba s ed while we wait

for

the doctors

release

to

r e s u m e

furlough r e p o r t i n g . We r a y

that

t h i s may be soon. Charles

i s

doing muchbjetter, but s t i l l has l o t s

of

r e s p i r a t o r y ^ r p b l e m s a n d

t i r e s

v e r y

e a s i l y .

T h e Holidays spent with many

of

our family were

a

joyous

time,

saddened only by

the

s e r i o u s

i l l n e s s of

I v i a s brother Richard, which r e s u l t e d i n e m e r g e n c y surgery. This

i s to

be followed

b y a

second operation

as soon as

h e s

strong

enough. We ovet

y o u r prayers

for

h i m a n d we're

thankful

that he

knows

he

power

of r ay er.

^ews^om/tali'-

s

t h a t

t h e

work

i s

g o i n g

on

u l l - f o r c e

under

t h e

g u i d a n c e

of

G i u ^ p p . e ^ t h e y

send

t h e i r

~ g r ^ t i n g s m d a s s u r a n c e

of

h e i r p r a y e r s

t o you. They

a r e

v e r y

concerned f o r

C h a r l e s

h e a l t h a n d

disappointed

a t

th e d e l a y

in ou r return.

We

wish

to

thank

a l l

of ou

for y o u r

prayers,

you r

help

with

medical b i l l s ,

y o u r

beautiful e t t e r s

a n d

cards

a nd l l . We're

so

h u m b l y g r a t e f u l

t o

be a part of h i s b i g family of God.

He's s o

good to

us

l l , i s n t He?

Forwarding

Secretary:

G a r y Shaw

P.O.

Box 1764

Joplin,

MO 4801

(417)623-1067

Q o d S ^ o i / e s ^ u

They f I t a l y s a l u t e

you.'

—

Hebrews

13:24


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THE

PHIPPS

Charles

and

Ivia

Italian

Christian

Mission

P.

0. ox

1764

Joplin MO 4801

417-623-1067


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The

ollowing

i s general Information about

C h a r l e s and I v i a ( The Phlpps ) and t h e i r

work

i n T e r r a c i n a and Fondl, I t a l y a nd

t h e i r r a d i o m i n i s t r y . Search The c r i p t u r e s ,

I n

Europe.

C h a r l e s has been a missionary

to

I t a l y

s i n c e

1947, except for f i v e y e a r s , between

1953-58, when M a l t a F e v e r , a c q u i r e d o n

the f i e l d ,

forced

h i s return to the States;

during that time

he was

head

o f

the

Mis

sions

a n d

Music Depts.

o f

Midwest C h r i s t -

t i a n C o l l e g e . He and h i s l a t e

w i f e ,

Mary

Frances returned to I t a l y

i n 1958, where

they

s e r v e d

t o g e t h e r

u n t i l h e r d e a t h i n

1977.

In 1978

Charles

a n d I v i a married a n d are

f u l l y e n g a g e d i n t h e

work

i n T e r r a c i n a ,

Fondi

and

t h e r a d i o m i n i s t r y .

B r i e f l y s p e a k i n g , t h e i r w o rk

c o n s i s t s of

many

s p e ct s:

1 .

C h a r l e s

a s s i s t s

i n

the

p r e a c h i n g

a nd

teaching.

2 .

He p r o v i d e s s u p e r v i s i o n

and

g u i

dance i n p r a c t i c a l and t h e o l o g i c a l

matters.

3 .

He h a s h e l p e d i n

t h e

o r g a n i z i n g and

developing

o f s e v e r a l

churches.

4.

He t r e n g t h e n s and p r o v i d e s

l e a d e r

s h i p and encouragement.

5 . He

helps

to provide d e c i s i o n s

that

a

normal church board would

provide.

6. Together

he and I v i a do

a

g r e a t d e a l

o f

contact w o r k and provide home

teaching a n d counseling.

7. He ha nd l e s most of

th e involved

g o v e r n m e n t

r equirements.

Because

of heav y

Roman Catholic

influence

i n I t a l y ,

he

mus t

t r a v e l

to Rome

again a n d again, a n d deal with the

g o v e r n m e n t on any i s s u e

the

churches may ace.

8 . The

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

i s i n i t s 20th

y e a r , Charle s being the only

v o i c e

o n the a i r i n

Europe

proclaiming

he Gosp ei

a s

i t i s und e r s t o odT—

among Christian churches. The

p r o g r a m covers Europ e ,

reaching

( i n the

E n g l i s h l a n g u a g e ) thousands-

proof of

which

i s

the

very

l a r g e

correspondence a n d follow-up

work

Charles a n d I v i a carry

on

with

l i s

t e n e r s . This

has

r e s u l t e d i n ba p

tisms, reunited families a n d a n un

t o l d nu mb e r

of

people

taught a n d

drawn

to

a

c los e r

walk

w i t h

the

Lord.

Fo r

the

f i r s t time

i n almost

twenty

years, Charles

has the

help o f a

Co -

broadcaster i n the production

of

the programs. C h a r l e s has

always

w r i t t e n h i s

r a d i o

messages and

s t i l l

does, but now

Tim

h e l p s

put

toge

9

Cha

I t a l

m o v

the r

tinu

thr

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the

part

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E v a n g e l i s m

i n I t a l y

Radio M i n i s t r y :

"Search the

Scriptures"

Tim Wilson , Co-Broadcaster

S pri ng, 1980

"To God 3e The Glory

-

Great Things He

Has

D o n e

Dearest Friends in

the

Lord

THE PHIPPS* RESUME FURLOUGH TRAVEL -

has for

us

What

a joyfu l

ring this an nou n cement

Yes, the L o r d willing, by the time this letter reaches y o u ,

w e

shall have

started

the last p a r t

o f our reporting to the churches and

p l a n to return

to

the

field in late September

or

early October.

Through all that has happened to u s in these past

months,

one

lesson

we

feel we've really learned is always to plan, then announce "the Lord

willing" we

will be

here or

go there (James

At this time

funds

are very low and travel costs

s o

high, we

could

not even

hope to start out, except for

our

wonderful Lord and His great peopl e like

all of yo u .

But

w e

feel like

a b e a u t i f u l

song

w e

have

h e a r d

says: "He didn't bring

u s

this far to let

u s go -

He didn't teach

u s

to swim to let

u s

drown "

S o

w e ' r e

c o u n t i n g

o n s y o u

p r a y a n d

l i s t e n to H i s l e a d i n g .

W e ' r e v e r y e a g e r to

s e e

all of

y o u . C h a r l e s is f e e l i n g v e r y w e l l a n d

w e ' v e

b e e n w o r k i n g h a r d t o g e t the c a r

r e a d y ,

t h e c o r r e s p o n d e n c e o u t , r e p o r t i n g

a

l i t t l e

a t a t i m e

c l o s e

by

(as

D o c t o r s ,

o r d e r e d -

s t a r t

s l o w a n d e a s y ) .

Charles writes all

harles and Tim are

recording

radio programs regularly,

the

material an d

the y

do

the

recordin g together.

W e wil l

be

pulling a

trailer thi s time, since C harl e s must take

medicine

a r o u n d t h e c l o c k . ~ S n d " i t

w i l l

b e a b i g h e l p

i n

b e a t i n g t h e v e r y h i g h c o s t

of motels and restaurants.

O u r l e t t e r f r o m G i u s e p p e -

j u s t

r e c e i v e d -

t e l l s

us

t h e y

a r e h o l d i n g

fast

and eagerly awaiting our return. As we see others returning to their fields

at t h e e n d

of

the s c h o o l y e a r , i t m a k e s u s m o r e

a n d

m o r e e a g e r

by

t h e d a y

It's a l w a y s s a d b o l e a v e a n d

a

joy

t o

a r r i v e , b u t

God

is s o g o o d to g i v e

u s His family no matter where

w e

are. (Mark 10.28-30)

Now,

dear

friends,

until

we see

y o u (may i t

be soon ),

please

know

w e

love

you

and thank each one of y o u

for

your help in the Lord's work in Italy

throuf^h

u s .

God

b l e s s

you

much as top.ether

w e ser ve

Him

L o v i ^ a n d / ^ r a y e r s y

Gtarles an

P.3.

Ivia

W e c o v e t

y o u r s p e c i a l p r a y e r s

for

c o n t i n u e d h e a l t h , t r a v e l s a f e t y

and, of

co u r s e ,

f u n d s to

s u p p l y t h e

needs to

fi n a n c e t ra v e l a n d

t h e n o ur fli^t home

t o

I t a l y.

Forwarding S e c r e t a r y :

G a r y

Shaw

P.O.

Box 1764

J o p l i n , MO 4 8 0 1

(417)623-1067

Q o d

S i / e g

o u f

They f I t a l y

s a l u t e

you.'

-Hebrews 3:24


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Q i h s t i a i i c y H i s s i o i i

THE

PHIPPS ,CHARLES& VIA, MISSIONARIES

o

Evangelism

I n

I t a l y

Radio Ministry:

Search

the Scriptures

Tim ilson, Co-Broadcaster

RJOI-QRT

July t - December

31» 1979

3al. Brought

Forward

General Offerings

Hospital Fund Gifts

Cash Available

$ -231.9^

7p936.81

1,20c.00

^ 9 0 / 4 . 8 7

Gash

Available

Expenditures

DEFICIT

EXPENDI'^URESs

Evangelism $5»010*13

Hospital

1,200.00

Mission Maintenance

1,950*^0

Fur lough Travel 1,1 i - 2 « 6 3

TOTALS

$9,302.81

$8,904.87

9,302.81

97.94

of total

cost)

NOTES

1. The

above

funds do no t inclu de Living -Link funds.

Living-Link

suppor t means

pe rsonal support fo r personal use of

the

missionaries.

We

do no t r e p o r t

on how we

u s e ou r personal funds.

Phis

st at ement

has been

r egular ly made on our

f i n a n c i a l r e p o r t s

in

p a s t years

and

continues to

be

true.

Our Living -Link churche s know

the

a m o u n t of t h e i r

cont r ibut ion

and

have

their cancelled checks

as

evidence, in

addition to

our

pers onally expressed

app r eciat ion.

2.

Expendi tures

for

the r adio ministr y are included under

Evangelism.

3.

We apologize fo r

the

ta rdiness of thi s re port and

can only

s a y that

t h e unwelcome and unexpected

modifications

i n ou r schedule

caused

by

hospit.alization

and

r ec uper at ion have

been the major r e a s on

for

i t

R e j o i c i n g w i t h you^ is g r a c e w e

are

'The

Phipps' - Charles and

Ivia

Forwarding

Secretary:

M r.

& rs. Gar y

Shaw

P.O.Box

764

Joplin,

MO

4801

{417)623-1067

'They

of

t a l y

s a l u t e

you.'

—

ebrews

13:24


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Q L h s t i a i i c y y i i s s i o i i

THE

PHIPPS ,CHARLES VIA,MISSIONARIES

Summeri 1980

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Evangelism i n I t a l y

Radio Ministry:

"Search the

Scriptures"

Tim ilson, Co-Broadcaster

Dearest Christian Friendsi

We're on the "last l a p "

of

our furlough report-tour What a beautiful soun d

But q,uickly we add, "the Lord will ing."

God

has

been so good to

us

and

as the time

for

our

return to the

field draws

nearer

and

nearer, we are very excited

and

extremely busy . Ch ar le s h a s been

working

hard writing, a n d he a n d Tim t ap ing radio programs t o

l a s t un til

we

again tape in Rome.

We, of co urse, have mixed emotions a s

we

s t a i r t sorting, packing a n d shipping

to

Italy...what

to

take? (very little)...what

to

send? (there are some musts).

For Charles, this

time will

be

very

different a s

he

leaves

the family he ha s

learned t o lov e deepl y.

This

is

the

time when

we

automaticall y t urn

to

a n d

s t a n d o n

the

Lord's

Scriptures..."No on e who h a s

l ef t

home or

Inrothers

or sist ers

or mother or

father

or children or

fields

for

M e

and

the Gospel will

fail to

receive a hundred t imes a s much in this present

age

(homes, brothers, sisters,

mothers,

children

an d fields - nd

with

them persecutions) and in the age t o

come,

eternal life" (Mark

10:29-30)

and

"We know

that

in

a l l things God works

for

the

good

of

those

who love

Him,

who have

been

called according t o His pur

pose"

(Romans 8:28),

In at

lea s t

partial fulfillment of His generous promise, God

h a s

given us our

beautiful

family

in Italy - Giuseppe and Rosetta, with

Roberto

and

Daniela...

and the

rest

of the brethren and

friends

there.

Friends,

God

h a s

been

s o

good

t o

us in returning Cha rles' heal th

s o

beautifully,

in giving us new c o n t a c t s to explore for the n eeded funds t o replace those lost

throu^

he sickness

a n d

death of precious sa ints

who

supported

s o

regularly

a n d

faithfully.

We hav e often been told t h a t churches a n d individuals

have

n o t sen t offerings t o

us because

we did

no t let

them kn ow we needed. So we are enclosing a separate

list

of our present needs.

They

are extremely urgent .

We'll

thank you for your

prayerful consideiation.

The

danger

to the

work th e Lord h a s given us

in

Italy is not

the

threat of

Communism or

violence

or changes in government administrations.«.the threat

t o

our cont inuing

in

the work is

simply iDS^f U l l d s•

Please continue to pra y for

us in

His work

in

It a l y a n d via radio

in

Europe a n d

the U.K.,

as

we pr a y

and t h a n k God for

you daily.

With Christ's love

and

ours,

Charles

and Ivia

Forwarding

Secretary:

Mr.

rs.

Gary Shaw

P.O.Box

1764

J o p l i n , M O 4 8 0 1 T h e y o f I t a l y s a l u t e y o u .

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