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We rejoice

that visas

according

to the

requirements

of the Italian

government have

been granted

and

received already

to make

possible our return

in

mid-March

The trip to

Illinois, Indiana

& Ohio

churches in

January &

February,

has been ex

citing for us.

We

particularly'

enjoyed

being

with the widow of my brother Leonard

for

several days on this

trip.

Marion Phipps

has

been

a

delightful hostess

We have tickets to

fly

from Tulsa, Okla

homa

on

March 14th

to

Frankfort, Germany.

From there

we

rent a

car

to

drive on

home.

Please pray for

us. And join us in praying

that

funds will be

made

available to purchase

a

car

suitable

for

the need in Italy to re

place

the worn-out used car

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MISSIÔ Ĵ

Charles and

Ivia Phlpps

THE PHIPPS' 40 YEAR MISSIONARY CALENDAR

[1^2-46

M i n i s t r y :

B l v d .

Church

o f

C h r i s t ,

Toledo,

OH]

1947 To Italy with the Guy Mayfields and Bettieen

Grubaugh.

1977

C t r a r l e s '

w i f e , Mary Frances, c a l l e d Home by

t t i e

L o r d .

1978 Charles

and Ivia many

and are continuing as

missionaries

In

Italy.

They

are

r x i w ready

t o

r e t u r n

t o I t a l y

a f t e r

C h a r l e s * by-pass

surgery and recovery—P.T.L

WHAT

CHARLES& VIA DO IN ITALY

T T > e y

do

the follow-up

work

for RADIO INCONTRO, FM.

Charles

broadcasts several times

a

week on RADIO

INCONTRO.

F i e preaches and teaches In

local

con^-egatlons and o t t r e r

preaching

po in ts.

Charles

translates

Into

I t a l i a n

scripts for

radio

programs

and

o t t > e r

study materials.

He

coTKlucts

tKxne

Bible

s t u d y sessions.

F i e

I s the auttior and composer

o f

many songs and

choruses

used

by t t i e Italian churcties.

l v i a * s witness, h o s p i t a l i t y

and

counsel I s

t r e a s u r e d by a l l .

They c o operate fully w i th

other

missionaries

In

holding

meetings

in public places, Christian Service Camp, Youth Conventi ons, Rallies,

etc.

I v i a

a r K J Ctwies* m i n i s t r y

extends t o

our

m i l i t a r y families

I n the

area.

IMMEDIATE NEED

A AR

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'They

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On

March

14,

with Julia

Mansell, we

flew from Tulsa via Atlanta

to

Frank

furt, West Germany. Missionary

Ray

Bodley

met us

at

the airport, helped us

load

the luggage

i n t o a

rental

car,

and then

we were on our

way

home (over)


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Italian Christian

Mission

(We

hope to buv a Peugeot 205, as pictured

above)

WE STOPPED

in Eisingen, Germany,

to see BERT & LUCY OTT, mis

sionaries.

Lucy is an

incredible

inspiration spiritually, but

is physically very sick.

They need

your

prayers as Bert

carries

on the work,

and

ministers lovingly to Lucy—truly valiant

ser

vants of

the living

Lord. Then in Terracina to

introduce

Julia

to GIUSEPPE,

ROSETTA, their two

children,

Roberto

& Daniela,

and

to

Roberto's beautiful

friend,

Lucia. Julia

appreciated

getting to

meet

this family

she has

seen

in

photographs

through

the years. s j

IN FRANCAVTLLA, Julia found warm fellowship with

our Italian

brethren as well as with the

missionary

families, the

Corraodes

&

Wolshieffers.

She

also got to meet the

Troyers in

Lecce

where

we used

to

serve. We enjoyed showing Julia what she had time

to

see

of

the work both in Italy and

also

in Germany

on

the

way.

Of course,

we

marveled

together at the beautiful

scenery in Ger

many, Switzerland, and our beloved Italy. Julia flew

back to

the

States on the 25th, & we settled into the work. Our year in the

U.S. with

our families, and

with

you

all,

and

the

churches

was

just great.

Now

we

are

glad

to be

back home.

THINGS

ARE NORMAL. We can't open

a

bank account

until

we are

investigated

to

be

sure our

money

is not to be

used

for

terrorists,

etc.

We can't buy a car yet, because

we

only

have

a

fourth

of

what's needed

to

pay

cash,

and credit is next

to

im

possible to

us

in

this area.

We can t

be

happy with

the

price of

gasoline if

we had

a

car—now over $4.30 per U.S. gallon...

PLEASE PRAY FOR

US—For the

really

needed

car,

for Ivia

that she may expand her ministry through

American

service people


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I t a l i a n

Christian

M i s s i o n

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Winter,

1988

D e a r e s t F r i end s ,

Just

a

l i t t l e

news...then to t e l l you of a n Immediate a n d urgent need.

We a r e

f i n e ,

n o t

q u i t e

as f a s t as

we w e r e I n o u r e a r l i e r y e a r s ,

b u t

God I s g o o d a n d

I v i a

i s

i n

l e s s

p a i n f r o m a r t h r i t i s t h a n s h e h a d b e e n

i n y e a r s . She

i s

v e r y

a c t i v e b o t h h e r e a n d o n

t h e Base

with

t h e

women's

groups.

C h a r l e s

i s

f i n e

a f t e r a y e a r a n d

f o u r m o n t h s s i n c e

h i s s u r g e r y

f o r f i v e

b y - p a s s e s . He I s

f a i t h f u l

i n h i s w a l k i n g

a n d

i s b u s y b o t h i n t h e I t a l i a n

w o r k

a n d

o n

t h e A i r F o r c e B a s e . We

h a v e

t w o m o r e S u n d a y s i n L e c c e ,

t h e n

b a c k

t o h e l p F r a n c a v i l l a a n d

t o

c o n t i n u e

as t h e C h a p l a i n s o n

Base

need

him as

w ell.

GOOD

NEWSr

On N o v e m b e r 1 4 t h ,

t h e W o m e n ' s

g r o u p o n B a s e

( o f

w h i c h

I v i a i s

a m e m b e r ) h a d

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f e a s t

a n d e a c h

l a d y

i n v i t e d

s o m e

I t a l i a n

l a d i e s .

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w e r e

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who h a d n e v e r s e t f o o t i n

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l o v e d

b o t h

C h a p l a i n P e i n e

g a v e a

g r e a t p r o g r a m o n

o u r

n a t i o n a l

h o l i d a y

a n d w h y w e a r e

s o t h a n k f u l .

C h a r l e s

t r a n s l a t e d f o r

h i m , s o h e

g o t t o e a t

w i t h

t h e

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

w i f e

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t h e C o m m a n d e r a n d t h a t

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t h e l a d i e s , h a d a

g r e a t

c h a n c e

t o w i t n e s s b e c a u s e

o f

t h i s b e a u t i f u l T h a n k s g i v i n g f e a s t . G o d i s t r u l y

t o

b e p r a i s e d .

IMMEDIATE AND URGENT NEED

I t s g e t t i n g c o l d , e v e n

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I t a l y , a n d

t h e o n l y

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h o u s e w e n e e d

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t o

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g r o u p

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m o n t h s h e r e ,

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w e r e a l r e a d y w e a r i n g l o n g

johns and coats i n

t h e

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9/10

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PR YER

NEEDS

T r a v e l m o n e y f o r J a n u a r y

a n d

F e b r u a r y .

T i c k e t

m o n e y f o r r e t u r n

t o

I t a l y .

Continuing

good

health.

SEASON'S GREETINGS

IN THE BEAUTIFUL

N ME

OF OUR LORD

JESUS

CHRISTr

As t h e y e a r d r a w s t o a n

e n d , we h a v e

so much to

be

thankful for

C h a r l e s

p a s s e d

h i s f i n a l R e h a b i l i t a t i o n

S t r e s s T e s t w i t h f l y i n g c o l o r s a n d w e ' v e b e e n

r e p o r t i n g

t o c h u r c h e s i n W e s t e r n

O k l a h o m a

a n d

t h e

T e x a s P a n h a n d l e , as

w e l l a s

h e r e

I n

t h e

area

G o d

w i l l i n g ,

t h r o u g h

J a n u a r y , w e

w i l l

r e p o r t t o c h u r c h e s

I n I l l i n o i s a n d I n d i a n a .

F e b r u a r y

w i l l

f i n d u s s p e a k i n g i n O h i o , t h e n b a c k t o

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[ n e a r J o p l i n ]

t o

pack o u t .

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t o

r e t u r n

t o

I t a l y

a s

s o o n

as

p o s s i b l e

i n M a r c h , and we p r a y t h e s e a r e

God's

plans

f o r u s .

We

w i s h y o u

a n d

y o u r s

G o d ' s

p e a c e

a n d

l o v e

t h r o u g h t h e H o l i d a y s a n d a l l 1 9 8 8 , a s

t o g e t h e r

we

serve Himf


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OUR HEARTS ARE SADDENED

G u y W .

M a y f i e l d , t h e

p i o n e e r i n g f o u n d e r o f t h e

p r e s e n t - d a y m i s s i o n

w o r k

i n I t a l y o f C h r i s t i a n

C h u r c h e s

l e f t

t h i s

l i f e t o b e

w i t h

t h e

L o r d

o n t h e

L o r d s

D a y m o r n i n g o f

D e c e m b e r

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1987..

F r o m t h e d a y s o f

h i s

C h a p l a i n c y

d u r i n g W o r l d

W a r i n I t a l y ,

t h e e f f o r t s o f G u y

a n d h i s w i f e ,

T h e l m a w e r e u n c e as i n g

a n d t i r e l e s s

I n s e e k i n g

t o e v a n g e l i z e t h e u n r e a c h e d a n d t o t e a c h a n d

e d i f y

C h r i s t i a n s , b o t h i n

I t a l y a n d

e l s e w h e r e

in

Europe.

G u y

w a s

a l w a y s

a

k e e n

o b s e r v e r

a n d

a n a l y s t ,

a n d c r e a t i v e i n h i s a p p r o a c h t o

t h e

p r o b l e m s

of

the mission

field.

W e f e e l

d e e p l y

h i s l o s s , a n d a r e p r a y i n g

f o r

T h e i m a

t h e i r

c h i l d r e n

a n d

g r a n d c h i l d r e n ,

t h a t

t h e

L o r d m e e t t h e i r e v e r y

n e e d

a n d c o m f o r t

them

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