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SUMMER 1994 8/19/94

ITALIAN CHRISTIAN MISSION

CHARLES/IVIA

PHIPPS

PQBOX 7 7

JOPLIN MO

64802 0717

Mission Services

Editorial Office

PO

Box 2427

KNOXVL

TN 37901 2427

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b e p r a i s e d

C h a r l e s h a d t h e p l e a s u r e o £ t e a c h i n g

B i b l e

S c h o o l

c l a s s e s s e v e n t i m e s w h i l e

t e a c h e r s

w e r e o n

v a c a t i o n

o r o n

b u s i n e s s m i s s i o n s . O f c o u r s e , i t i s n o t h i n g n e w f o r

C h a r l e s

t o

b e

a

m i s s i o n a r y , b u t

h e w a s t h e

V B S

m i s s i o n a r y ,

n o t r e p r e s e n t i n g o i t t

m i s s i o n , b u t t e a c h i n g t h e c h i l d r e n a b o u t t h e m i s s i o n

c c m r a l t t e e ;

I C M I n t e r n a t i o n a l , I n c . T h e r e

w a s

f

o n e s N u r s e r y t h r o u g h t h e s i x t h g r a d e . I n a d d i t i on t o w h a t t h e y

l e a r n e d

a b o u t

t h e n e e d s

i n

E a s t e r n E u r o p e , i t w a s ^ a c h i n g t o

s i n g " G o d I s

S o G o o d "

i n P o l i s h ^ R o i i a n i a n a n d M a c e d o n i a n , n o t

t o

m e n t i o n a l i t tl e R u s s i a n . . . . W h a t N o I t a l i a n ?

The " s m a l l

g r o u p "

w l i i i t

l e a d s g a c l i

n a m e h e

s u g g e s t e d

f o r t h e m ; " L a

F a m i l i a " .

T h e g r o u p h a s g r o w n

fr^

t w o t o

f i f t e e n

a n d

i s

d e v e l o pi ng t h a t s e n s e o f i n t im a c y t h a t s p e a k s

o f

t r u e f a m i ly

s p i r i t

a s w e s h a r e i n s t ud y,

s e r v i c e a n d

f e l l o w s h i p -

A n o th e r " P r a i s e t h e L o r d " - C h a r l e s ' h e a l t h t e s t s a l l c a m e o u t w e l l

and he is

so thankful

t o be able to be busy.

T i m e m a r c h e s

o n

-

n o t h i n g n e w

t h e r e - b u t b e c a u s e i t do^,

I v i ^ n^

h a s h e r l^icare

c a r d .

H e r b i r t h d a y c o m e s l a t e r i n O c t o b e r , b u t t h e

c a r d

i s

v d L i d - f - r o m " t h e - f l r s t o f U i e - m o n f c h - ^ — w h i c h

m e a n s

t h a t a s_^ n

a s - d ; t r ^ n b e a r r a n g e d ,

w e a r e

p r a y i n g

t h a t

s h e w i l l

h a v e

h e r r i g l

l S e e

r e p l a c e d a n d h a v e t h e c a t a r a c t r e m o v e d f r o m h e r e y e . t ou r

p r a y e r s w i l l h e l p a n d w e t h a n k y o u

f o r

t h e m .

A n d o n c e m o r e t h i s y e a r , w e ' d l i k e

to

say " t h a n k

to

u

to

R a y

D o w n e n ,

o u r g o o d a n d f a i t h f u l

F o r w a r d i n g

A g e n t i n J o p li n , M D . T h a n k y o u , R a y ,

f o r

t h e v i t a l

w o r k y o u d o A n d a l s o t o L i n d a S l a u g h t e r ,

f o r

h e r g o o d

wo rk in Ne osh o , MD th at is so important.

M i s s i o n

i n c o n e

is d o w n at t h e

t i m e we

a r e w r i t i n g . V a c a t i o n m a y

b e t h e

c a u s e ,

b u t w e w i l l a p p r e c i a t e

y o u r p r a y i g g w i t h

u s f o p

^

" u p - t u r n " .

I n

t h e m e a n t i m e , w e w a n t

y o u

t o

k n o w

t h a t w e

d e e p l y

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

provide

s

f aithfully

News

fron Italy is

good

- more about that next time.

As

together

we serve

Him

in His love

and

grace,

T h e Phipps' - Charles and

Ivia

Missionaries in Residence

Blvd.

C hurclt of Christ

Sylva nia ,

Ohio


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CHARLES IVIA PHIPPS

The ITALIAN

CHRISTIAN

MISSION

P.O. Box

717 *

oplin, MO 64802-0717

Also

working with

F o n a n f i m A n i l :

BOin.EVARD CHUURCH OF

HRIS

Ray D o w n s n S Y L V A N I A OH 43560

Mission Services

Editorial Office

PG Box 2427

KNGXVL TN

37901-2427

JGY

TO

THEmR

Greetings in

the name

of

the

Lord,

who saves us

to bring

others

to Himi

1994 has a s are all

years

been a

season

of both joy and

problems..

with the

Lord right

there to

see that all

things worked together

for

goodl

It

seems to

have been Ivia's

season

in a special w a y this year. In March, sh e

had major

gall bladder

surgery.

At the same time,

further

exploratory surgery

for

suspected

cancer,

but

resulted

in

finding

no

cancer

a t

all,

praise

the Lord

She is scheduled for

catara ct surgery

the

week

following Christmas. O ur

p l ans

for wintering in South Texas

are

still in the hands

of

the Lord, and

He

has

not

let us in on

v4iat

He knows about that

so

far.

Some of you know

that

Ivia had a total knee

replacement (right

knee_ on November

7. We

are glad to

report that

she

is

doing-very well>-ihanks

to a l l your many^

pra yers

c u i d

a

wonderful

surgeon.

Charles*

tests have all come back "stam ped " N O PROBLEM, too,

so

much thanksgiving

and

praises

for this as well.

FROM

ITALY iuseppe

's

letters mention

the

names

of

several people whom

we

have

never m et

personally. This, of course,

means

that the

work

is growing and

that

the influence of

the church

is

widening in

the Terracina

and the surrounding

a r e a .

T h e

b a p t i s m o f A l f r e d o b r o u g h t g r e a t j o y

n o t

o n l y t o

t h e j ^ E B ^ t r o ^ i n

H e a v e n

a n d to us,

but

to

the church there, especially

since these

victories a r e

n ot

easily

come

by.


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had

what we might

call a reception -

And v^y not What

better off ring

of

and

of

encouragement

to Alfredo, as

around

himl From

all appearances, i

repeat

of this

beautiful situatio n.

We

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