Phipps Charles Ivia 1991 Italy

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CHARLES IVIA

RHJ-RRS

=== Apr. 20, 1 9 9 1

In the

name

of

our

Lord JESUS CHRIST,

GREETINGS from

the Tip o'Texas

—BLESSINGS—

It

i s

a

pleasure

to

count our

blessings,

like;

our

health, which

is good and looking up .

—sharing

C h r i s t m a s g i f t s w ith officer s

and

crew

who

missed

Christmas,

being

on

the

high

seas.

—witnessing to

men and women

from

thirty

different nations

in the p a st

few months.

—attending the "Gulf Coast Maritime

Conferen ce"

in Houston of

Seamen's Centers on

the

e n t i r e c oa s t

of the Gulf of Mexico a nd the

Great

La ke s .

—presenting the wo r k i n

I t a l y a n d

of t h e

International

Seamen's

Center

to groups

in

Texas.

—teaching a

Bible

School class i n

the First

Ctiristian C h u r c h , H a r l i n g e n , Texas.

—vi s i t i n g mission churches

and

schools led by

C l i n t o n

& M e l b a

Looney

i n Mexi co .

— b r i n g i n g lectures

on

Esther and the A postle

John

to

Senior

Citizens

in the Shepherd's Center,

Brownsville,

—a en

day

trip i n a borrowed car to

M i s so u r i

a n d Ka n s a s

to

r e p o r t

to

c h u r c h e s ,

for our

f i r s t

check-up

with

our

Doctors since moving to

Texas

m o r e tiian a y e a r ago.

—seeing

fam i ly a n d ou r Forw a r d i n g A g e n t , Ray

Do w n e n

b r i e f l y

w h i l e on

this

trip,

(over)


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—BLESSINGS IN

DISGUISE--

—Vie were caught in the flood

when

1 8 inches

of

rain

fell

in

a

few hours. The disguised

blessing

is

that our

car Is ruined. We

do

not

know

yet whether

our insurance will put us back on wheels.

—We are

s o

grateful

to a beautiful

Christian

family

who faithfull y

gave us $200

per

month until

a

radical change

in

their situation made

it

necessary

for them

to

cease. Ivia

and

I

are

eagerly waiting

to

see how the Lord

will fill

the gap,

WE ARE ALWAYS

GRATEFUL for

your support

that

makes

i t p o s s i b l e

for

u s to c o n t i n u e

our

w o r k

i n

I t a l y a n d

with the In ternational Seamen's Center, Port of

Brownsville,

Texas.


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CHARLES&

IVIA PHIPPS

Box 717

Joplln,

MO

64802-0717

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Charles was

HOSPITALIZED

7/28

FOR A

BOWEL

obstruc

tion; OPERATED

ON

FOR

A PERFO

RATED

BOWEL ON

7/31. At

Valley Baptist

Medical Center

2121 Pease.

Harlingen. TX

78550-8321...

Telephone is

512/421-1100.

Dear

Friends in

Christ

C h a r l e s ( s i n g i n g ) w i t h C L I N T O N L O O N E Y i n M e x i c o r e c e n t l y

T i p - o - T e x a n d t h e

I n t e r n a t i o n a l

S e a m e n ' s

C e n t e r , w h e r e

w e a r e

h a v i n g

a

b u s y s u m m e r .

L o t s o f s h i p t o

m i n i s t e r

t o , e s p e c i a l l y o n e

f r o m B r a z i l . C a p t a i n

R o b e r t o

G a m a s a y s , I n

m y 2 0

y e a r s

o f

n a v i g a t i o n , I

h a v e n e v e r e x p e r i e n c e d

t h i s

t y p e

o f

s i t u a t i o n .

T h e o w n e r s a r e

h a v i n g

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

c r e w

h a d n o t

^en

p a i d

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

s h i p i s

h e l d

h e r e u n t i l e s s e nt i a l r e p a i r s a r e m a d e , a n d

t o

a d d t o

i t a l l , t h e

s h i p

h a s

^en

a r r e s t e d

b y F e d e r a l M a r s h a l l s

b e c a u s e o f t h e o w n e r s '

u n p a i d

d e b t s t o

firms

elsewhere.

U n t i l ( i n s u f f i c i e n t )

f u n d s

a r r i v e d ,

w e

b r o u g h t

f o o d a n d

s u p p l i e s

t o t h e

o f f i c e r s

a n d c r e w . N e e d l e s s t o

s a y ,

t h e y w e r e v e r y g r a t e f u l

C o m m u n i c a t L o n h a s

n o t

b e e n

e a s y , s i n c e t h e i r l a n g u a g e

i s

P o r t u g u e s e a n d ,

e x c e p t

f o r

t h e C a p t a i n ' s l im i t e d u s e o f E n g l i s h

w e

h a v e f o u nd

o n l y

a

c o u p l e o f t h e

c r e w

t h a t

k n o w s

m o r e

t h a n

a f e w

w o r d s .

W e m a n a g e t h r o u g h

C h a r l e s

t r a n s l a t i n g

t o g e t

t h e m e s s a g e a c r o s s . T h e s i t u a t i o n

i s a t

a

s t a n d s t i l l a n d w e a r e p r a y i n g f o r

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

It

h a s b e e n

o v e r

a

y e a r

s i n c e s o m e of the c r e w h a v e s e e n t h e i r f a m i l i e s ; some of

t h e m

h a v e

young

children

and

are

feeling the hurt.


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CHARLES

IVIAPHIPPS

T h e

ITALIAN

CHRISTIAN HISSION

P.O. Box

717

*

Joplin, MO

64802-0717

Also

working

with

Porwarciing Agent: "They that g o down INTERNATIO NAL SEA MEN's

CENTER

Ray

Downen to sea in ships , Brownsville, TX 73523-4033

that do

business i n

great

waters...

t l ie s e

see the

works

of the Lord..."

—Psalm

107:23,24

FALL, 1991

"I

c ried out to the Lord, and

il e heard

me

f r c x n

His

Tanpl e.

Th e n I l a y do w n

a nd

s l e p t i n

p e a c e

A nd wo ke up s af e l y

For

the

L or d

was

w a t c h i n g

over me."

(Psalm

3 : 4 , 5 L iv in g

B i b l e )

This

beautiful verse

has meant

so

much to

us -

o Ivia two

and

a

half years a go i n I t a l y , and now i n the T i p o' Texa s

these past

two and

a

half months during Char les'

two

s ur ge r ie s

and our

time

of

"res t in g in Him ;

'

and getting bac k on trac k a g a i n ,

C h a r l e s c a m e through the

s e c ond

s u r g e r y f i n e , t oo, a n d i s ea t i n g

w e l l . He

wei gh s

1 2 4 l b s . now and

slowly

h i s

s t ren gth

i s coming

ba ck.

He

i s a b l e

to

work at

home now

and goes to

the Intern ational Seamen's Center

for s h o r t p e r io d s of

t i m e . Before l o n g , t h e

lord w i l l i n g , h e

w i l l be

up

to

c l i m b i n g g a n g p l a n k s a n d t h e s eve r a l f loo r s to the Ca p t a i n' s qua r t e r s on

bo a r d

the ships.

The

Cente r i s a l ive and we l l and ha s s een

a

steady

flow of s h i p s

i n Po r t

dur in g Cha r l e s' a b s en ce . We a re ea ge r

to g e t

ba ck

into

Hi s wo rk

there

Ivia

is

doing well

now,

t oo. Much stress caused

her to

have

b l o o d p r e s s u r e and b l ood sugar problems.

To add

to

it, an

insect bite

c a u s e d a s e r ious i nf e ct io n i n

h e r

foot. Af t e r good c a r e f ro m h e r do cto r

a n d

expe n s ive a n t i b io t i c s ,

s h e

i s g a i n i n g s t r e n g t h .

We have had many calls and letters

from

our faithful Italian

Christian

family

W e

thank

God

for them and

for a l l of

you

for your

p r a y e r s ,

c a r d s ,

m a t e r i a l

s u p p o r t

a n d l e t t e r s

of

e n cour a g e m e n t .

T h e y

have

truly

sustained

us.

We are grateful to Ray

Dow n e n

through this

t r y i n g

time for

k eeping a l l of you

informed,

a s

we l l

a s doing

hi s

usual

efficient job

a

For w a r d i n g Agent.

"Our"

p l a n , God w i l l i n g , i s to s e e a l l of you next S pring and

Summe r , b u t f i r s t w e mus t a s k

your

ea rne s t p ra ye r s that soon we may

continue

in

His work here

at

the

Port

of Brownsville, bringing the Good

News to t ho s e b r ave m e n a n d wo m e n "who

go

down

to t h e s e a i n s h i p s . "


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Wp would also covet

your

p r a v e r F i t h a t : t h e , ( i r e a f i f i d cancer not

return. Charles must h a v e p e r i o d i c t e s t s t o . . w a t c h for

t h i s _ .

P l e a s e

p r a y

f o r C h a r l e s

b r o t h e r . D o n ,

a s

h e , t o O f — b o u t s

w i t h

cancer

We close this letter v / i t h m u c h

t h a n k s

i n our hearts to G o d a n d

all of y o u for caring

a n d

sharing. O u r love a n d

p r a y e r s

Ibe

Phipps

C harl esand Ivia

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