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Charles

and

Ivia

Phlpps

"They o f I t a l y Box

717

s a l u t e y o u "

J o p l l n ,

MO

Heb.13:24

64802-0717

January, 1990

Dearest

friends.

We

are well into 1990 and excited

As

you

know, these past

few

months, while Ivia has been recuper

ating from her collapse, we have been praying and asking all

of

you

to

pray

for God's

will

in our

lives.

Since

we

cannot get

proper medical

care

in Italy,

we felt that after 42

years in

that

work, perhaps

God

had

another

place for us on this side

of

the

water.

For almost a month now, we've been traveling in Texas and Florida

following leads, visiting

churches

and missions.

As

a

result, we are convinced that

God

would have us continue

in

mission

work

with the "International

Seamen's

Center" in

Brownsville, Texas, where ships from

Italy and 144 other countries

have

been served by

the Center.

The Seamen's Center is in desperate need of workers who have

their

own support and we feel God

is

giving Charles

the

opportunity

to

continue to

develop and use languages he has studied these

many years

on the foreign

field.

(See

the enclosed page.)

Brownsville is

right on the

Mexican border.

We will

worship with

Central

Christian

Church while we look

for

a Spanish-speaking

place to attend

and

help however the Lord shows us.

We

are

shooting

to

move

between April 15 and May

15, or

sooner

if

we find

a place

to

live.

Meanwhile, Charles continues to preach, teach

and

to

study

Spanish

at Crowder College

in Neosho.

We

ask your prayers

for

continued health and

for funds

to move

the

825

miles

to

Brownsville.

We praise

God for

answering your prayers

and

ours, and for

your

faithful, continuing support, as together we

serve

Him.

Together, let's make 1990 mighty for our God

Charles

and Ivia

PLEASE NOTE

Ray

Downen is still our Forwarding Agent,

and

our

address

remains Box

717,

Joplin,

WO

64802-0717,



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NIKOS &

CHARLES

March 30, 1990

GREETINGS from the

"Tip o'Texas"—Yes,

we bring you

greetings

from about as

f

away from

most

of

you as

we

can

be and

still

be in the continental U.S.A.

There

is

so

much

news it

is

hard to co

dense i t i n to one letter, yet we pray th

HILL catch you up on our doings for the

Lord.

We are settled in a rented mobile home

i n

LOS FRESNOS,

TEXAS—eleven

miles from

Brownsville,

about

15

minutes away from

Port

of

Brownsville where the Internatio

Cent er is

located.

When we have

the

Lord's

Day free,

we

are worshiping

with both

and Spanish

churches. He began at tendi ng the First Christian Church in Harlingen,

with

our

friends,

"Dutch" and

Elolse DeVore,

in

whose

guest house

we were

made

welcome

we

found

our

place

to

live. Our

things from Neosho came

a

couple

of

weeks

after

HE

so

we are still unpacking

and

getting

settled

In.

To those who helped wi th moving expenses, Thank Youl The conti nued support of

our

friends is r o

ost

heartening

and

encouraging. We

are

thrilled with the opportunities

e

Lord

is

giving us

i n

this new

ase

of

our missionary service.

e

feel

so grateful and fulfilled

at

God

has

placed

us in this

al

field.

Already this month

as

missionaries to

from

Greece,

India,

and

e Philippines

The EUGENIA C, of Greece, docked

22nd,

and

HILL

ATEN, founder/

irector of

International Seamen's

led the way

as

he and

on board to offer

rvices

to the

seamen. Since

Center's van

was

out of ser

ce, they packed nine into

a sta

wagon going to the Center.

*

C O S T O S ,

T H E

C a p t a i n , I V I A , a n d

THE Chief Engineer of EUGENIA

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April 1990 letter from CHARLES & IVIA

Charles

had

a

long

conversation wit h

ber. Thi s lonely man, separated

from

h

expanses

of

the

Pacific but

also

by

th

in his

wife,

longed t o see his four-ye

pleasure

to hear

him

say, "But I trust

i>HIFPS,

continued.

is

Er

Victorino,

a Philippino

crew

mem-

family

not

only

by the broad

spirit

of

unfaithfulness

working

-old daughter. It was a genuine

in God.

I

pray t o

Jesus

every night,"

port,

Ivi a met the

Captain,

t he

crew

for

whom

she sent mail back

ife

i s a lonely one.

Xvia

always

S alone and lonely,

and feels

sting

some

of the

men in

the

T h e l a s t

m o r n i n g

t h e E U G E N I A

C w a s

n

Chief Engineer, and Costos—one of the

t o

his family i n Greece.

The

seaman's

i

p r a y s f o r t h e

l o n e l y ,

s i n c e s h e w a s o n f

deeply

for

them.

While

Charles was assl

Mall,

the

Captain very gallantly sat with Iv ia. She told him she would

be okay

alone here in America,

but

he wouldn't hear of i t .

T h e C O N N Y

a

t a n k e r

f r o m

I n d i a a r r i ^ E d

a

f e w d a y s l a t e r .

B o t h C h a r l e s

and Will

were

impressed with the

courteous manners

and the clean and

neat appearance

of

these

men,

as they mre

with those

of

the Greek

ship.

The

ship

was closely

guarded

by

securii;^ police. This

did

not

interfere

with our going on

board

for the Lord's work. I n fact, it

made

us newly

c o n s c i o u s o f

t h e w a y H e

o p e n s t h e w a y

^ o r H i s

s e r v a n t s .

A n o t h e r s h i p i s d u e i n o n M a r c h 3 1 s t

j

P r a y f o r u s i n t h i s n e w

s c h e d u l e

i n our

work.

The Center

is opened

as soon as

the

men get off

work.

It

stays

open

until their needs

are

met. w j . l l is expert

at

getting their

telephone

calls

through

to all parts

ol

an exasperating process

since

not all

<

the world. This frequently

is

Iduntries make telephoning as

simple

and

direct

as

we're used

t o

in

t j q e

U.S.

The men very quickly

become aware of this. The other night,

one of the seamen said he wanted to

m a k l c ^

Ohio, only

2,700

miles from Brownsville

qfter sev eral calls

to

Ind ia

,

a "local" call—to Cleveland,

ALREADY

WE ARE

LEARNING

that is

is

h

leaves, we feel we've said

goodbye

to

0

a

Seamen's

Center—not

FOR

it.

are

not paid by the Center.

*

We

are

working WITH

the

International

*Our supporters

provide

our income. We

The

Center

has many needs—the main on

van

to

haul these seamen

the

15 miles

to

port.

The old

van has giv en GOO D service

speedometer. If you

can

help, please de

fund

and

mail it

to

ITALIAN CHRISTIAN

MlfeSION,

Box 717, Joplin,

MO

just

now being

a replace

id to

"let

go,"

R

boys.

for when

a

ship

PLEASE

NOTE that our

mailing

address

Joplin,

Missouri

64802-0717.

Gifts fok

name

of ITALIAN CHRISTIAN MISSION and

has

NOT changed

from

Box 717,

our

work

should be made in the

mailed to

our

JOPLIN address.

.*

64802-0717. We

give

you our THANKS

right

belong to the Center.

ment

do what

they need to while in

with

292,000 miles now on the

Lgnate

your

check for the

VAN

now/

The new

van also

will

Meanwhile,

we (Charles

&

Ivia)

were

able

with your

help

to

finance

-a-1982-MereuFy-station wagon

for the

Cert

:er which will be paid out i i v



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Fowardlng Agent

Also working with:

Ray Downen INTERNATIONAL

SEAMEN'S CENTER

Brownsville, TX

78523-4033

" l set the shorelines

of

the world.

.

—Jeremiah

5:22 (LB)

Warmest

Greetings

Summer, 1990

Yes, I t r e a l l y

i s

warm down

h e r e

I n t h e

" T I p - o - T e x " ,

b u t

t h a t

d o e s n ' t s t o p God's work

f r o m moving on.

As

u s u a l , t h e r e i s good news and bad

news,

b u t t h r o u g h I t a l l , we know

God is in control.

F i r s t ,

t h e

bad n e w s . . . o n June 1 2 , o u r

E x e c u t i v e

Chaplain had

a

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

t h e C e n t e r ' s

o l d V a n

( 2 9 2 , 0 0 0 )

m i l e s . T h i s l e a v e s o n l y t h e

1 9 8 2 s t a t i o n

w a g o n t h e P h i p p s '

are

buying

t o h a u l t h e seamen.

Then

a week l a t e r , the wagon q u i t , costing

over

$400.00

t o r e p a i r . Our

C h a p l a i n ,

WIN Aten, was

b a d l y

b r u i s e d

and

b a t t e r e d , s u ff e r i n g a huge c u t

on t h e f o r e h e a d , and

n e r v e

damage,

which

t h e D r . says w i l l be two t o t h r e e

y e a r s

h e a l i n g .

Now f o r

the

good

news...during t h i s time, the

Center

has been

open

f o r i t s usual services

t o t h e seamen:

h e l p i n g

them t o g e t i n t o u c h w i t h t h e i r

f a m i l i e s

v i a t e l e p h o n e , f u r n i s h i n g

t r a c t s , B i b l e s , New Testaments, as w e l l as books and magazines, w i t h TV and videos t o

watch,

plus recreation

I n

general.

D u r i n g t h e t i m e W i l l

was

unable t o do so,

Charles p r e a c h e d

i n h i s p l a c e ,

a l s o d o i n g

a VBS t o r a i s e

money

t o w a r d

a

new

heavy

d u t y

van and keeping t h e Center o p e r a t i n g . We

p r a i s e God f o r C h a r l e s ' c o n t i n u i n g h e a l t h . He I s

s o

h a p p y

t o

s e r v e

God a n d " t h e b o y s " t h r o u g h

the Center.

We

ask your

prayers

for I v l a , since once

more

she I s having sugar, blood pressure an d

a r t h r i t i s

p r o b l e m s . T h i s

has r e s u l t e d I n

many

h o u r s

a t t h e D r ' s o f f i c e , and, o f course, h i g h

costs for extensive

tests.

She

keeps going,

but

Is not

feeling well

at

a l l .

Please continue t o pray f o r replacement o f t h e van. The s t a t i o n wagon i s

good

a u x i l i a r y

help, but I s not

l a r g e

enough nor sturdy enough

f o r

the purpose.

Since

b e g i n n i n g work

w i t h

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

Seamen's

C e n t e r , Charles has done m i s s i o n a r y

work

with seamen from twenty-seven

d i f f e r e n t

nations

This

would have

been Impossible

I n an e n t i r e l i f e t i m e I n any other

way.

And

a l l without a hassle over visas

or permission

to

reach them God has

marvelous ways

of scattering the seed of

the

Word abroad. And

d o n ' t

f o r g e t I t I s

y o u r

c o n t i n u i n g

p r a y e r s a n d

s u p p o r t t h a t

a l l o w

us t o c a r r y o n i n

t h i s

vital work. Thank You

The

hurricane

season

is

here.

So

every time

you

thank

God

that a

storm

turns

out

t o sea and

away from our shores, remember our

seamen

who a r e

pounded by

t h e rageing f u r y

of the tempest.

You might

pray this f o r them...and f o r

yourself:

Oh

Lord,

be good to me...The sea

is so

wide...My boat is

so

small

In

Christian love.

The

Phipps

—Charles and I v l a



Charles spent almost two hours w

this Moslem Captain

of

a Canadia

s h i p

e x p l a i n i n g

t h e

g o s p e l

a n d

a

swering questions

about

Jesus.

Charles & Will with Captain and

crew

of

ship

from Communist China

CHARLES &

IVIA PHIPPS

Box

717

Joplin, M O 64802-0717

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Charles

with

friends from India.

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NEWS FROM ITALY

—

IUSEPPE reports increased attendance and

greater

co

munity interest

at

TERRACINA, with new prospects. NINO, one

of

the fir

members of the church

there,

now 81, is not

well.

He needs our prayers.

praise the

Lord

for

the growing

activity in the church in the historic ci

of

Fondi.

A 40% increase

in

the rent

for

the meeting place

in

Terracina (probab

due to oil

prices?)

is creating a

serious

problem for the

church there.

do

ask your fervent

prayer for

GIUSEPPE,

his

family, and the

congregati

in TERRACINA.

BRUNO has

b e e n

a very active part

of

the congregation in

Terracina ev

since he was a small

boy.

Giuseppe

baptized him in the Mediterranean

S

several

years

ago. Bruno

is

a

member

of

the

Italian

Carabinierl

(military

and for some

time

now

has

been

stationed in

Tel

Aviv,

Israel,

He continu

in

his

faithful witness.

MAGARITA,

a

precious

lady Charles

baptized, writes: "It Is

already

year and a half since

you

left, and

yet

it

doesn't seem

it could

be

th

long—we feel so close to you

in the

lord." This faithful sister in t

Lord

continues,

"Jesus says, ' am the bread of life' (John 6*35), and

is true, dear

ones,

I have

written

these things

so

that you, too, wi

f i r s t

p h o t o , r e j o i c e

w i t h u s

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

now more

than

ever, since the

Lord

is calling us to renewed evangeliz

tion.

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'V

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l e v e t

I u h B R E ' * '

£0

h a i - ^

PRAYER

REQUESTS—Please

pray th

the church

in

Terracina will r

ceive support

to

save

their

meeti

place.

Your offering

will Increa

the amount

we

are

sending.

Pray for

the

remaining funds

come in to pay for the much-need

van

for the Center.

Pray that our witness to seam

from

all

over the world will be

fruit as the seed of the Word fin

rich soil in the hearts of peop

we

could never reach

In

person.



THE

INTERNATIONAL SEAHEN's CENTER is

busy,

and

we're

happy

about itt Re

cently, a large group from the

First

Christian Church in Harlingen visited

us. In doing

so, they

took a trip

to

HONG KONG

They were given a guided tour of

the ship, YOU SHENG—a vessel from

Hong Kong. Since being

on

board means

you are on the soil of the country of

that ship, these Texans made a round

trip

to

Hong Kong,

visited

the Cen

ter, and were back home

in time for

lunch

A ship from Communist China was

just

in port,

the

AN

PING.

Another

also, the HUA II (say HUA SHE). So

Charles

and Will

were invited

to go

aboard, where

they

had the opportuni

ty to eat with chopsticks. As you see

in the

picture, Charles

would have

gone hungry. But Will ate a satisfy

ing

meal

with

these tools.

In

the

past

few days,

we've

had

the

BALSA 22,

CHIN CHONA, STAR SKARVEN,

and

PACRA2I0

V

from Columbia.

So

we

have been

missionaries IN

China, the

Philippines, Norway, and South Ameri

ca without spending a cent on airline

tickets,

or

being barred

from

doing

the Lord's work in farflung fields.

«en

on

a

Brazilian ship

could

speak

only Portugese. This gave Charles a

chance to see

how

his mixture of

Italian and Spanish could work

at

providing two-way communication. We

made

the

grade—and

the Word sailed

for

yet another country.

Hindu seamen bade me farewell

with

welcome words

as they

prepared to

sail, "God

bless

you

You pray us."

God is

indeed

at work here.

Seated between YOU

SHENG's

Political

Officer

and

Captain,

CHARLES TRIES TO

CAPTURE (food,

using)

CHOPSTICKS

Center visitors—touring

the YOU

SHENG

Our thanks

to

you

for

caring

and

for sharing so

that

the Light

that

shines from your heart might span

the

oceans and eliminate the dark

ness

dominating the hearts of

some

who are loved by God.

We

pray that you may have a

blessed Christmas and a peaceful

New Year

CHARLES IVIA PHIPPS

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