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Sfears
Sanatarium
Denver,
Colorado,
Feb* 1st
,
951
Dear
Christian Friends:
As I write this, I am
in
Spears
Sanatarium,
hoping and praying that
their
outstanding success
in the treatment, and cure
of
Undulant Fever
will be
repeated
in
my
case.
Since Mary Frances
and
I returned
fron
Italy in order
to
find
a
cure
for this fever,
contracted
there, and which had been
attacking
me
for over two years,
we
have been doing
everything
possible to overcome it»
I
have
taken
the various
medicines
which
have
been used successfully in
some
cases, but
none of
them
have
been
effective#
I
have come here
on
faith.
The
offerings which you have
so kindly
sent,
have
necessarily
been used
to meet
the curr ent expenses and
obliga-
ticns of
the
work in
Italy.
The result is that we have no funds to meet
the expense
of
the
Sanatarium.
Five
Hundred
Dollars will
be
needed to
pay my
bill here.
May I
ask
that if
possible,
you
help
us to meet this necessary expense, and that
your
prayers
be
added to those
already offered for my
recovery*
Please
send your contribution
to:
The Mediterranean Christian
Mission
529
Ogden Ave
Toledo,
Ohio®
L&ry
Frances and I must return to Italy this June
at
the latest. We
are so eager to go and are praying that our purpose
in
coming home on this
emergency furlough might be fulfilled,
I
leave the hospital
at
the end of February and
must pay my
bill by
that time.
Thank
you
in
advance for your
prayers,
and help.
Your
fellow-servant,
Charles E. Phipps
Mediterranean Christian Mission.
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Toledo, 0» July
SEMih, 195L
Dear
Christian
Friends:
J f e n y
times throughout
our lives we
experience
disappointments
and discourage
ments
which draw us closer
to the
Lord and also closer to our
friends and loved
ones because
they
sheure the trials with us. Thus
it
is
that we
are
asking
you
to share our disappointment in our post—poned sailing. Not just the disappoint
ment, but to
share
with us
a
fellowship
of
ja^ayer for the future^
Sime o \ i r permission to
reside
in Italy for longer than three
months did not
come in time to permit
us
to sail on J uly 3d
as
scheduled, we had
to
delay our
sailing. We have reserved space for August 7th and
we are
praying fervently
that
the
desired permission
will
come before
then«,
We
are
requesting you
to
pray with us in
this
matta^xs
We are
needed in
Italy since
the
Mayfield family
is home
on :tolough and
Betheen and
Evelyn are
carrying
the
whole work by than-
selves. They need rest and to be relieved
of
the
executive urden as
well
as
the
physical
burden®
August 7th is
less then a month
away so
prav
earnestly that
the
needs
will
be
met®
The
effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man
availeth
much®
They of Italy
salute you ®
Your Missionaries
* We don^t want to
say
Emergency
sinco that
has
been
too often o v e r w o r k e d j ,
*
*
but we do
want you
good folk who
have thus far
sent your Missionaries into
*
Italy
to
know
that
at the present time
we
are about ^1000.00 in
arrears
-
he *
mission
party
have
used
their
Living
Link and personal
funds to
keep the
*
*
work
going. This is duo to Ihe
unusually
heavy ezpenses we
have had
with the *
necessity of returning
Charles
and Mary Frances
Phipps to this
country,
Charles
*
medical expenses,
and
return passage to Italy. The coming to
this country
of
*
*
r o ®
Mayfield
and
his
family
account
the
Army
recalling
> i i w i to
the
Chaplaincy
*
{probably
within
the very
near future)®
l / / e must
have
aid
if
this
work
is to
*
continue. You have
the facts, our prayer is that
you will
find it in your
*
hoarbs
tmd ability
to help
us over
this Rou^ spot . *
John K. aeplow, Forwarding Agent,
*
529
Ogden Ave®,
Toledo,0®
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Naples,
Italy, Aug« 15th, 1951
Dear
Christian Familyt
In just a few hours we s l i a l l get our first g l i i i 5 ) s e of
the Bay of
Naples
with Old
Mt, Vesuvius
ri sing up in all
its
smouldering fury«
The skies
are
beccming
bri^t
with another glori ous Italian sunrise« Yesterday we were
thinking;
By
^sunrise
toiaorrow*
we
shall be
in
Italian waters
and
eagerly
scanning
the
hcxrizon
for
our first
g l i i i 5 ) s e
of shore line . Our feelings are
miasd at this moment. 0 \ i r
hearts are pounding with anticipation of our
first
glimpse of Evelyn and Betheen, and
yet
our thoughts are with you
all
a r i d
wish
that you
could be
here
with us to share these
moments, and
then our
joy
would be full»
All
around
us
is the hustle and
bustle of the
crew
coming
and going, getting
everything in readiness for
the
moment
when
the ship
will
be nosing into the
bay
and then
we will
be
hearing all the familiar
sounds of
the tugs
coming out
to get us,
the
shouting of
the vendors
who have-come out
in their boats
to-get
first chance at
the
touristi and all the ordinary shipboard flurry which seems
to
be
accelerated beyond
all reason at this time. Everyone is saying their
good-byes to the
friends
and acquaintances that have shared this voyage
with
them, and
without
a doubt,
everyone
is doing last minute packings (In
fact
I
shall have to leave this and do the same)
Good-bye
until later ^
(Later)
Words cannot begin
to t e l l
you how wonderful it was
to
see Betheen
and Evelyn when
we finally
found
each other. We
knew they were to be
there,
but
in the
crowds that
were
inside
the customs
house we couldn't
see one
familiar
face.
Between keeping track of the men with our baggage and trying to
get our
place in
the
lino
that
wq forming
to
get to the customs officials,
we
didn't have
time
to do much looking and so
they
slipped up on
us©
What
a
reunion
after
more
than a year, and
how
natural it seemed
to
be together
againi After taking
care
of the customs and seeing
that
all of
our documents
were in order we
went
with the girls to the hotel whore they
had
gotten a
room for us,
and settled down
to
catch
up
on
all
tho news
from Italy
and
Amorica.
I on't even
begin
to tell you how much or how long wo talked^
Suffice it to say that wo just
got
started,,
\ i l h o n we finally were ready to retir e, wo knolt
to
t h c a a k God for
tho
care
Ho
had afforded us in our journey,
for
our lovod ones at homo, and all of those
in Italy we were
eagerly waiting
to
see. The
Lor d has been good to
us
in
ways
wo cannot even to onumorato and we can never coaso
to
thank t t i t o tar
all
His goodness®
\ I q
ask
your
forvont prayers for us that tho Lord will continuo to
open
ways
for us
to
tell pooplo about Him and
that
means
mi^t bo provided to m e i k e
tho
most of the
opportunities
Ho gives us.
They
of Italy Salute
you e
Your
missionaries
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£BS
YOU
AN
ITALIAN?
If
y o u a u s w e r ' • y e s t o t h i s
g . u e s ' t i o z i
t h e c h a n c e s are y o u c o n d u c t
yourself in the following
xmys.
If you answer no* to this question
but
w o u l d l i k e t o leam h o w t o b e an I t a l i a n , t a k ©
a
l o o k a t t h e
f o l l o w i n g
i n t e r e s t i n g
c u s t o n s
a n d t h e n
c o m e
to pay us a
v i s i t *
Uhen y o u c o m e to v i s i t
us
y o u will r e c e i v e , l e t
us
say, an i n 7 i t a t l o n
t o
p a y a c a l l
o n a n
I t a l i a n f a m i l y . T h e I n v i t a t i o n s t a t e s t h a t t h e p a r t y
will
b e g i n at
nine o'clock. But p l e a s e , do not be
on
time I
In d e f e r e n c e
t o
y o u , t h e h o s t e s s m a y h a v e i n v i t ed t h e o t h e r g u e s t s f o r
e i g h t
o ' c l o c k b u t
t h e y
p r o b a b l y w o n ' t b e
t h e r e
u n t i l
t e n , s o
if y o u a r r i v e
a t
n i n e t h i r t y w i t h a g o o d
e x c u s e , y o u r h o s t e s s w i l l
b e
m o r e
t h a n
p l e a s e d w i t h y o u r p u n c t u a l i t y .
W e u g u a l l y o p e n
a
c o n v e r s a t i o n
w i t h H o w d o y o u d o ? If
y o u
d o t h a t
in
I t a l y , d o n ' t
b e
s u r p i l s e d
if
y o u r e c e i v e
a d e t a i l e d a n s w e r as to the
s t a t e of
h e a l t h o f t h e
p e r s o n
t o w h o m
y o u e r e
t a l k i n g .
C o n v e r s a t i o n
i n l t a l y
i s
very——
r̂ d e r th^, to be a g o o d I t a l i a n , y o u m u s t n o t h e s i t a t e to c a r r y
w i t h y o u s n a p s h o t s
o f
a l l o f y o t a r
f a m i l y ,
i m m e d i a t e o r n o t s o i m n e d i a t e , a n d
p l e a s e
b e s u r e t h a t y o u t e l l
all of
t h e
a g e s ,
c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s
a n d
d e s c r i b e
in detail every m e m b e r of the familyo
I n o r d e r
t o
b e
a
g j o d
I t a l i a n y o u m u s t
a l s o
l e a r n t h a t
w h e n
y o u l e a v e
a f r i e n d
o r e v e n
a n
a c q u a i n t a n c e y o u
c a n n o t
d o
it
a s
a b r u p t l y
a s
w e
d o i n
A m e r i c a . H a n d s h a k i n g I s
a n
i n t e g r a l p a r t
o f
t h e I t a l i a n w a y of l i f e . It
^ u a l l y t a k e s
f r o m 1 0 t o
2 0
m i n u t e s
f o r a p a r t i n g c ©
p l e a s e r e m e m b e r t o i n c l u d e
t h a t i n t h e
t o t a l
t i m e t h a t y o u
f e e l
y o u c a n s p e n d i n c o n v e r s a t i o n o r T i s i t i n g ®
O n e
h a n d s h a k e
a n d
a
g o o d - b y
( A r r i v e d er c i )
a r e j u s t t h e b e g i n n i n g ,
b e c a u s e
a f t e r
t h a t
y o u
h a v e
s o m e
m o r e c o n v e r s a t i o n , a f t e r v h i c h
y o u
s t a r t t o l e a v e
a^in s a y i n g ,
W e l l ,
g o o d * > b y a g a i n
t h e n t h e r e
i s
m o r e c o n v e r s a t i o n
a n d s o on—
t h e n u m b e r o f h a n d s h a k e s a n d g o o d - b y ' s m a n y t i m e s r u n a s hi^ a s a d o z e n s
T h e n
s p e a k i n g
o f
a b r u p t n e s s , w h e n a s k e d
b y
a n . I t e l l a n h o s t e s s
i f
y o u w o u l d
c a r e f o r s o m e r e f r e s h m e n t , p l e a s e d o n o t s a y : Y e s , p l e a s e a t
o n c e ,
b u t
i n s i s t
t h a t s h e n o t d i s t u r b h e r s e l f f o r y o u . S h e
w i l l
i n s i s t a g a i n
a n d a g a i n
y o u m u s t
r e f u s e .
A f t e r
t h r e e
o r f o u r
r e f u s a l s , a l l o w y o u r s e l f
t o b e
p e r s u a d e d
t o a c c e p t a o n e t h i n g . T h e
I t a l i a n s
l o v e
c e r e m o n y
a n d i f
y o u a c c e p t
t o o
q u i c k l y
they will
be very
disappointed.
W h e n y o u a r r i v e i n I t a l y d o n o t b e
d i s t u r b e d
a t
w h a t m i g h t
a p p e a r t o
y o u
t o b e
f g h - f c s
o r
s e r i o u s a r g u m e n t s b e t 7 7 e e n t w o
o r m o r e
p e r s o n s . D o n ' t
^
f t e r
a
p o l i c e m a n b e ca u s e
w h e n y o u g e t b a c k w i t h o n e t h e t w o c o m b a t t e n t i
w i l l b e d r i l l i n g
a
c u p
o f c o f f e e to g e t h e r o r
i f
t h e f u r y i s s t i l l r a g i n g ,
t h e
p o l i c e m a n
w i l l j o i n in. T h i s
is
k n o w n in I t a l y as
o n e
m e a n s o f l e t t i n g o f f
steam.
L i f e i n I t a l y , i f y o u
l o o k
b e h i n d t h e s ce n e s , is
a
s t r u g g l e a n d h a s
a l w a y s
b e e n
s o .
I t i s o n u n c e r t a i n b u s i n e s s :
y e t
t h e
I t a l i a n s c l i n g to t h e i r
i d e a l s o f p a s t g l o r y ,
e v e n
w h i l e h a v i n g
t o
l i v e
i n
t h e
d r a b
p r e s e n t ,
a n d
look forward to an indistinct f u ' t u r e o
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Excegrptg
grcm
life
In
ITALY
Xtaly ia d i v i d e d
X n t o
t w o t y p e s of p e o p l e end in o r d e r to
know
Italy,
and the X t a l i a n s y it is necessary to know these types
end
more
important
to
understand them«
F i r s t t h e r e
is
t h e
Soathem
I t a l i a n
¥ f l i o is
a
m i x t u r e
of
G r e e k ,
Spani^
Saracen and
a
little
Frendi
and
German*
Secondly there is
the
Northern Italian
i d x o is a mixture
of
German,
French,
Austrian and
a
little Greek and S C L a V o
These differences stand out r e z B a r k a b l y «
The
Southern ItaH^ generally
is
of a swarthy complexion, dark«^yes
and dark
hair,
and the
Northern
Italian
is
o f :
a lifter
complexion,
even tho
his eyes
and hair
mi^t
be dark*
But you
do find a mixture
^ich
results
sometimes in a very
fair
blonde or a
red
haired Italian*
The Southerners
and
the Northerners differ from each other in c u s t f C f f i i S ' —
and
habits also*
In Northern Italy
the
business
men
do
not usually
take
a
full
afternoon's siesta,
^ereas
in
Southern
Italy
it is
practically impossible
to find any executive at
his desk before
4 r 5 o*clook in the aftemoozu
They
keep their
businesses
open until
8:30
or
9:00 but
this custom
is
disconcerting to someone used
to
more usual hours*
In Nbas^hem
Italy you will
find
that the families give the girls more
freedom than they do in Southern Italy* Girls of respectable families have
taken Jobs
in
shops and
offices
and have pursued a career of
medicine,
law
or
chemistry* In Southern
Italy,
however,
girls are
extremely well*guarded*
Very fow girls h o l d down
J o b s
in s t o r e s o r o f f i c e s
e x c e p t
v d i e n it
is
a family
business, and the father
or
brothers ore always around
to
chaperon the young
lady*
In
this
o e c t i o n of Italy, a young
man,
u s i l e s s
he
intends to marry
the
girl
is
not
p e i a n i t t e d
to
take her
for
a walk or to a
movie
unchaperoned,
and
even after
he has
asked
her to
marry
him,
and they
are
fommlly
engaged,
the
courtship
is
carried on with
another member of tho family present at
all t l n B S s «
There
is another difference which the average tourist in I t i i l y does
not see,
that of the living
conditions
of tho average Southern Italian famllyo
In Northern Italy whore
there
is more industry and
where
Mussolini concentrated
on
developing roads and setting up an agricultural
program, the
people have
better living conditions, althou^-nothing compared to-the
American
way-of
life, but Southern Italy was neglected
during Mussolini's
reign, and has been
Just recently brought
to the attention of
the rehabilitators* For this reason
It
was urged
that
W t e r s h a l l Plan funds bo used extensively
in
Southern
Italy*
But
let us
look
in on an average Italian family in
one
of
the
little,towns
in
the
south*
Perhaps the family lives in
a
little stone
hut with earth floors*
No matter how large the family there is
probably
not over two
beds*
Perhaps
thoro arc one or
two chairs and a table* Tho stove is
the open
h e c ^ ^ t h
where
a
charcoal fire will be
usod or
Just tho
brush
that has
been picked
up along
the
sides of the road will serve as fuel* Many of these
people
are so poor
that
they camot even afford spaghetti regularly, and use
it
as a luxury
di^
to
be
eaten
only
on
special
occasions* In the sunmer time
the
main diet of
the
Southern Italians is bread, S f i r e a d with raw tomatoes, garlic c u i d olivo oil*
In winter,
beans
is their
usual staple
food and
when there
ore
frosh
greens
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frcM Life
in Italy
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they
make a thick vegetable
soup -which
is called
ininestrone ® Now and
them
eggs mi^t be
included in
- f c h e i r dietc
Perhaps
a
family will own
a few
chickens - w h i c h have
to fend
for themselves
as
far as getting
food
goes,
because
the
family
would not
have enough money to buy feed
for
the
chickens#
They
do not have
milk
because cows
are too
expensive
to buy and there
isn^t
enou^ grazing land to keep the cows well
fed.
Goats
are
plentiful and goat^s
milk is
used by
the
people
^enever
they can
afford to buy a small portion#
The people who are fortunate enough to be employed to work in the vineyards
and olive
groves
and in the small truck gardens, leave their homes before
daylight and work
until
dusk- The women work as well as the men, and when
there are small children
they
are taken to the fields also
and
left in the
care
of the
other children just older
than they#
The
famili es eat
as soon
as
they
get home
and
it
will be food
Miich
has been cooked in the early
morning before
,they^left for the fields-
It
Ls eaten
cold, since_mo^t^
of
people
make a fir e only once
a
day on the hearth,
and
then
- f c h e y go
to bed
as
soon
as
they have eaten because - f c h e y have
no
money
for
candles*
Thus
the people live a life of
hopelessness
for the most part, not being interested
in
anyone or
anything,
except
to
dream of wealth end luxury ^ich f c h e y know
they will probably never have#
*
end Contributions
to *
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