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Christian

Mission

Mission

to

Mexico

PO

ox

717 OPLIN MO 4802-0717

July,'98

LATE

NEWS

focus

h a s

a l w a y s b e e n t h e e n

e a r t h and

l l i t s

p e o p l e . Adam nd

w e r e

t o

r e p l e n i s h t h e e a r t h . Noah

i v e n t h e same s s i g n m e n t . B e c a u s e

s e l f - c e n t e r e d

p r o j e c t

of o w e r b u i l d

i n

B a b e l

a r r o g a n t l y

opposed God's

p u r p o s e of i f f u s i o n , t h e y w e r e

Through

Abraham,God a i d ,

the

families of

the

earth would be

And o

Moses,

He

a i d , All

e a r t h

s h a l l be i l l e d

w i t h t h e g l o r y of

O

ENT

i s

prophet

o

t h e

widow

arephath,

a G e n t i l e . The

e p r o u s

Naaman,

as e a l e d . A n c e s t o r s

e s u s

i n c l u d e

both

Rahab

and

Ruth,

r e G e n t i l e s .

Solomon

p r a y e d f o r

s t r a n g e r

t h a t

i s

not of your

p e o p l e

From among h e G e n t i l e s ,

s

chosen to

save

the

Chosen

—

kind of

r e v e r s e m i s s i o n s ,

emphasizing

concern o r t h e l o s t .

The psalms r e f u l l a l m o s t t o

w i t h

God's

l o b a l

p u r p o s e .

of

me, nd

s h a l l g i v e you t h e

hea

o r your n h e r i t a n c e ,

and t h e u t

a r t s of h e e a r t h f o r your pos

God, e

m e r c i f u l unto

us

and

us

and

make

your a c e

t o s h i n e

u s ,

t h a t your way

may be known

h e e a r t h ,

your

a v i n g h e a l t h

l l

n a t i o n s . All the ends of the

shall

fear Him.

We ead

in s a i a h , Look

unto

e

nd

be

a v e d ,

a l l

the

ends of

the

God a y s

t o I s r a e l ,

1 w i l l a l s o

you to

be a i g h t

to the G e n t i l e s ,

you

may be

my a l v a t i o n unto the

of

the e a r t h . In

Habakkuk,

From

r i s i n g

of h e

sun

even

t o

t h e g o i n g

of h e same, my

name h a l l be

r e a t among

h e

G e n t i l e s . Jonah was

to

Gentile Ninevah. aniel

wit

nessed of God's

universal

and

verlast

ing kingdom to

four

G e n t i l e

monar-

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2

c h i e s , one f t e r the

other.

Someone

has r i t t e n , The

whole

Old

Testament i v e s in

a mis

s i o n a r y

a t m o s p h e r e

and

s

v i v i f i e d

with the l o v e

of

the God

of

the whole

earth

for

His

children.

And

of

the New estament,

 The

New

estament draws

t s

breath

in missions. t incarnates missions.

Wherever

t

g o e s

i t

c r e at e s m i s s i o n s .

J e s u s

i s

r e v e a l e d

t o

b e

t h e

S a v i o r

o f

the world.

He

ends

his witnesses to

e v e r y c r e a t u r e .

The

p i s t l e s a r e w r i t t e n

to churches

whose

existence

s

the

re

sult of heir obedience.

At

is

return

He

i l l j u d g e

a l l t h e p e o p l e of

l l

t i m e , and of h e e n t i r e

w o r l d .

From t a r t to i n i s h , the Bible

r e v e a l s

t h a t

God

s not i l l i n g

t h a t

a n y

s h o u l d

p e r i s h . His r o j e c t

i s a

t o t a l m i s s i o n a r y e f f o r t .

Because

some

one was an obedient m i s s i o n a r y ,WE

are C h r i s t i a n s . For

the same

reason,

the

church

wasbom nd

x i s t s .

REACHINGTHE

LOST

s

t h e only

business

of

the

Church— nd

that

s

missions.

Christians are the

church.

We r e

C h r i s t i a n s .

Therefore, our

o n l y

b u s i n e s s

i s

m i s s i o n s .

At school

n Monterrey.

One of

our

i t t l e Me xi

can sweethearts

Modesto M o l i n a ,

p r e a c h e r a t

T u l a ,

with

h i s

wife

A l i c i a

and

son, Marcos

Ladies of

h e

churches of u g l i a ,

t a l y

met n

Latiano when

visited

l a s t .

Our i n g i n g i s h e l p e d by h e keyboard given

by

Charlie

mma

arker

of

oledo, Ohio.

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Charles Phipps

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Mission

Missionto

exico

PO ox717

OPLIN MO 4802-0717

At

Home

200Worth Ave.

Neosho O

4850

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oe-mail u t f e a d i @ i p a . n e t

I l l condense

t h e saga of h e

computer

which w i l l be by way o f

x p l a i n i n g

my

long i l e n c e .

My omputer r a s h e d and

l e f t

i t

with

Ray Downen

o

t a k e

i n t o

be

r e p a i r e d . When

r e t u r n e d

from Ohio,

found t h a t

they do not

e p a i r

t h a t b r a n d .

Time

went

by b e f o r e I could t a k e

i t

t o t h e f i r m from

which bought t

and

was

old

i t would take afew weeks.

Al

most

h r e e

weeks

a t e r they c a l l e d t h a t

I

could p i c k

i t

up. But when t h e y p r e s e n t e d

i t t o

me, h e

t i c k e t

o n

t

s a i d "Unauthorized

t o

R e p a i r . "

Since

t

was under w a r r a n t y , they

simply wiped out h e o r i g i n a l d e a l and r e

p l a c e d

i t w i t h a new o n e . A l l t h i s c o v e r e d a

p e r i o d o f e v e r a l weeks.

As

o u

know,

am

ot going t o

Mexico

t

this

time

s o that I can

assidu

o u s l y f o l l o w

a

p e c i a l

d i e t

and g e t r id

o f

t h e

need

o r t h i s

s t e r o i d , and

h o p e f u l l y ,

a l s o

o t l i e r

medicines

have been

t a k i n g

f o r

a

long

t i m e . However, have a

a t e

r e p o r t

o fhow h i n g s

a r e

going

t h e r e .

The r o p e r t y

a t

Cinco de Mayo

h a s

been p u r c h a s e d and t h e

p a p e r

work

s

done,

PTL.

On

a

y

l a s t t r i p , t h e t e n t - t o p(no

w a l l s ) donated

by h e Langleys was

I

Children a

Cinco

de

Mayo

el

comed

g i f t s f rom

friends in

Missouri

and Ohio.

J u l y ; 9 8

This

e t t e r was

r e p a r e d t o send t o f r i e n d s i n Michi

gan,

and

i s now l s o b e i n g s e n t t o many.

e r e c t e d ,

g i v i n g

a g r e a t e r s e n s e o f e r

manency

o

t h e

work

where we ad

n o t h i n g but

an

open

i

e l d .

The

d u l t s

s t o o d , and t h e c h i l d r e n brought

p i e c e s

of

a r t o n

and a t on h e

ground.

At

h i s time, h e ground

s

c l e a r e d o f l l brush

and

t h e

p r o p e r t y

i s

now e n c e d .

B i t

by i t ,

y e s ,

bu t

important i t s .

The

next t e p should

be t o e r e c t a church b u i l d i n g , which

we

elieve

Modesto,

who

s

a

stone-

m a s o n ' b r i c k l a y e r

can do himself

w i t h

l o c a l

h e l p

a t

minimum c o s t . We

a r e e s t i m a t i n g $3,000.00 w i l l do t .

The Lord

s

b l e s s i n g i n

I t

a l y , a l s o . A t t e n d a n c e i s good, i t h

non-members

p r e s e n t

a t

every e r v

i c e .

Giuseppe say,

e w - s e p ' - p a y )

was

n v i t e d t o be a p a n e l i s t

i n

an im

p o r t a n t c o n v e n t i o n , l i e

t h e m e of

which was: "The Relevance

o f

God

t o Human i f e . "

The

t h e r p a n e l i s t s were a

Roman

a t h o l i c

p r i e s t and

a e p r e

s e n t a t i v e o f slam. The udience was

composed m a i n l y o f

n i v e r s i t y

s t u

dents

and

f a c u l t y

members.

I t

ga ve

Giuseppe a

"no

t r i n g s

a t t a c h e d " op

p o r t u n i t y t o

p r e s e n t

a

c a l l

b a c k t o

t h e

Bible as

the

Word of od o u s to

day,who

s t h u s

o b v i o u s l y r e l e v a n t

t o

our i v e s .

The

p r o f e s s o r

who

r

g a n i z e d

t h e

a f f a i r

was

v e r y compli

mentary

and a s k e d Giuseppe

f

h e

would

be w i l l i n g

t o

p a r t i c i p a t e i n

f u

t u r e

e v e n t s

o f

h a t n a t u r e .

This

s

t y p i c a l

o f

what

happens when Giuseppe t a k e s p a r t i n

j u s t

any

kind o f u b l i c program.He s a

very c a p a b l e

and s o l i d

man f o d.

 Campo

r i s t i a n o , "

our C h r i s t i a n

S e r v i c e Camp

e g i n s a g a i n s h o r t l y and

w i l l

be

t t e n d e d not

only

by

t a l i a n C h r i s t i a n s

o f

t h e a r e a and from v a r i o u s

p a r t s

o f urope

and t h e

UK,

ut by

French,

n g l i s h , and i n

a l l l i k e l i h o o d ,

German

h r i s t i a n s , as w e l l .

The

programs

r e always w e l l s e t

up

and

coordinated, i t l i

a

u l l schedule

o f

ible

c l a s s e s , i n t e r es t i n g

and

r e a l l y

i n s p i r i n g

eve

ning programs, and l l o w i n g f ree time

o r

m u c h - t r e a s u r e d f e l l o w s h i p . I wish I could

be

here .

Much

f

h e s t r e n g t h

o f

h e

w o rk

i n I t a l y i s

due t o

s t r o n g

C h r i s ti a n f a m i l i e s

i n

t h e

c h u r c h e s . (A i s s i o n a r y wrote t o

me

s a y i n g t h i s i s always t h e way f t e r

a hard

autumn

and w i n t e r , and o f t e n no TV.)

We

a r e

e s p e c i a l l y happy

o r

one

couple n

par

t i c u l a r , s i n c e

t h e r e had

been

some

oubt

t h a t t h e i r baby o u l d be n o r m a l . The mother

had

been

s u b j e c t e d t o

a

t e s t

e a r l y i n

her

p r e g n a n c y , a e s t she h o u l d n o t have

h a d .

We r e

p r a i s i n g

t h e Lord t h a t t h e i r s

i s

a

p e r

f e c t

baby

g i r l

I am

o g r a t e f u l

t o

God o r

you

—

you whose p r a y e r - l i n e

i s

o p e n ,

whose h e a r t

i s open,

and whose p u r s e

i s

open

—l l

e s

s e n t i a l t o t h e job

o f

e e k i n g

t h e

l o s t

f o r

Him. Love n Jesus,

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e - m a i l

Mê ca—

The ordTias

B l e s s e d

i n a e a l l y s p e c i a l

w a y . C o n t r i b u t i o n s f r o m two m i l i e s

o f

the

Boulev ard church

i n S y l v a n i a

Ohio) l u s $500 rom t h e

c h u r c h t h e r e m a d e u p $3,000

to

u i l d

a

church

b u i l d i n g where

we

r e

working

t

C i n c o

de

Mayo

n

M e x i c o . PTLs

P l u s , the h u r c h g a v e $400.00

o r

t h e

p r e a c h e r a n d h i s f a m i l y on h e

i e l d , w h i c h

i s

e m i n e n t l y m e r i t e d .

PLUS he church took over the loan on

m y 9 4

Mazda p i c k u p ,

so

h a t

w o u l d

have

l e a r t i t l e w h i l e I continue

making

p a y m e n t s b u t t o

t h e c h u r c h

n o w ) .

On

our

a s t t r i p i n t o M e x i c o , h a d b e e n t o l d

b y

t h e M e x i c a n

Customs

f f i c i a l s

t h a t

t h e

next

t ime

w o u l d have to show clear

t i t l e

for the

car or could not take t into

Mexico. a l k about howers of l e s s i n g s

We're

n o w c h e d u l e d to e a v e S e p t . 1 9 t h

for Mexico. We'll bas e our work t T u l a ,

w o r k i n g

t h e r e

w i t h

Modesto n d A l i c i a

who

i v e a n d

work

o r J e s u s

t h e r e .

The

L o r d w i l l i n g , w e ' l l

a l s o work

n t h e

area of

Matehuala

with

Chico,

who s a

z e a l o u s and

c a p a b l e

young p r e a c h e r i n

that area. We've e e n that wherever we

a r e

i n v o l v e d

i n

m e e t i n g s ,

we

r e

i n v i t e d

to

other

p l a c e s .

For h i s

r e a s o n , ou r

schedule s i n s k e l e t o n

form at

h i s p o i n t ,

l e a v i n g room o r

t h e L o r d ' s

g u i d a n c e . We

p l a n

t o

co me

out

y

October 1 6 t h .

Italy

G i u s e p p e

w r i t e s

t h a t Campo

r i s t i a n o

( o u r

C h r i s t i a n S e r v i c e C a m p ) a s

omething

e x t r a - s p e c i a l t h i s

y e a r .

The e a s o n ?

O u r

I t a l i a n Christians

celebrated the a n n i v e r

s a r y o f t h e c a m p n i t s p r e s e n t l o c a t i o n .

C e l e b r a t i o n i s

the

word o r i t

They

c a m e

from l l

over t a l y ,

from E n g l a n d ,

Ger

m a ny

n d

F r a n c e

t o

e n j o y

G o d ' s

Word,

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to e l l o w s h i p ,

to p r a i s e God

o r

h i s goodness.

They e l e b r a t e d

God's r o v i s i o n

of the

campgrounds and

the

gen

e r o s i t y o f

b r e t h r e n whose

f f e r

i n g s m a k e h e i r improvement

nd

m a i n t e n a n c e p o s s i b l e . They e l e

b r a t e d

the

e a r s

of t e a d y

g r o w t h i n

numbers

f campers

a n d c a m p i n g f a m i l i e s .

They

e l e

b r a t e d

e x c e l l e n t l e a d e r s h i p and

sound

i b l i c a l t e a c h i n g and

dec

ades of

h r i s t i a n

w i t n e s s i n g an d

e v a n g e l i z i n g . They

e l e b r a t e d

s t r o n g e r c o n g r e g a t i o n s w i t h

more

f f e c t i v e

churches becaus e

o f C a m p o r i s t i a n o ' s i n f l u e n c e

t h r o u g h

t h e y e a r s .

They

e l e

b r a t e d

t h e L o r d ,

h i s g r a c e ,

and

h i s

g u i d a n c e .

I remember a l k i n g

a l o n g

the e a

c l o s e to S a n P i e t r o i n

B e v a g n a

(town n e a r e s t C a m p r i s t i a n o )

w i t h

Brother

Guy

M a y f i e l d i n l a t e

1947 or

a r l y 1948 s he a l k e d

o f h i s hope o r

a

h r i s t i a n S e r v

i c e

C a m p .

c a n

s e e t h e

s u n l i t

b e a ch

a n d

that

Mediterranean

b l u e i n

m y

mind no w

s

i f

we

were

i g h t

t h e r e . We

eet h i s

l i t t l e boy and Guy s k s h i m ,

 Who w n s

h i s

p r o p e r t y ? " T he

boy a y s ,

"Non

o s o , " I

d o n ' t

know),

n d

scampers

f f .

G u y ' s

i n t e n t

w a s b v i o u s .

A l

t h o u g h

i t

w a s not n t i l

s e v e r a l

y e a r s

l a t e r , on a i l l o v e r l o o k i n g

the

town, i s

hope

b e c a m e a

p o s i t i v e o u t r e a c h i n g power

and

a n e n e r g e t i c c e n t e r o f i n f l u e n c e

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

C h r i s t i a n

f a m i l i e s . I n t h e

e a r l i e s t

y e a r s ,

t h e

m i s s i o n a r i e s

r e n t e d

pro

e r t y

i n

t h e

c o u n t r y w i t h " t r u l l i " ( t h e u n i q u

" b e e h i v e "

s t o n e

h o u s e s . ) Those,

i t h

t e n t

accommodated h e

c a m p e r s . remember

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

we

i c k e d and

a t e

on

the

p o t .

These m a n y e a r s

h a v e borne h e i r

r u i t .

S m a l l c h i l d r e n of

h o s e

y e a r s

n o w

a v e f a m

l i e s

of h e i r

o w n

and r e c a p a b l e l e a d e r s o

the

h u r c h . From

the

e r y

i r s t , the Lord

h

u s e d the h r i s t i a n S e r v i c e Camp n a m i g h

w ay. One

h i n g

i s s u r e : y o u can c o u n t

on

these I t a l i a n Christians

Health

I ' m s t i l l

w o r k i n g on m y

P r o j e c t

Ban

S t e r

o i d s . " I ' m NOT f f them

y e t , b u t a m o n f i

dent

w i l l

b e . c o n f e s s

to

e i n g

too con

s c i o u s of

o c i a l s i t u a t i o n s to

t i c k to

my

a

i n g

r e g i m e

a s r e a l l y want o

a n d n e e d t o

do.

I j u s t d o n ' t h a v e t h e h e a r t to e l l a genero

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

h o s t

or

o s t e s s

who a s

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c o n t i n u e t o prove h e i r

love

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b y

h e i r

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r e g u l a r a t t e n d a n c e

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a l l s e i w i c e s , and e f f e c t i v e

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nessing.

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t o be

a

t r o n g i n f l u e n c e

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prayers

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you.

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Charles

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from

Mexico

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day b e f o r e T h a n k s g i v i n g .

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meetings

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a r e a s . These v a n g e l i s t i c

services rea ched

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500

e o p l e , w i t h 46

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sponses

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i n v i t a t i o n .

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mountain

v a l l e y where ba

nana

p l a n t s

grow l o n g s i d e

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t r e e s .

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