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THE
PHIPPS ,
CHARLES
VIA. MISSIONARIES
Evangelism i n I t a l y
Radio Ministry:
"Search the
Scriptures"
Tim Wilson,
Co-Broadcaster
We ive thanks to God
lways
for l l of you, making
mention
of ou
i n
our prayers.
I
hessalonians1:2
Happy New Year
May God
bless
you each one
and i l l you
throughout the year
with His peace
and
joy
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"Pray
without
c e a s i n g "
( I Thess.
5:17)
EARTHQUAKE
I n Italian I t
I s : TERREMOTO The
word that
s
on
veryone's
l i p s
here.
Whata e r r i b l e
and
e r r i f y i n g d i s a s t e r Bu t
we raise
God
t hat even t h o u g h we
e l t
i t
here,
there was
no erious i n j u r y we know f I n Terracina,
and
none
o
us personally.
We
re deeply
t o u c h e d by h e c o n c e r n
f o r
o u r
safety
shown by o many
f
y o u .
What s
left?
The
addest thing
we heard
was rom, t h e
Mayor
f
a
mall,
p o o r t o w n
that was
c omple tely
destroyed.
H i s comment
o
TV
cameras as ,"We
have e f t
only o u r eyes
w i t h
w h i c h
t o
cry."
What was e f t
behind?
A manwas ounddeadon
i s mattress the
mattress t u f f e d w i t h several m i l l i o n I ta l ia n
l i r e Jesus made h e point long ago
(Ma t t he w 6:19,20)
t he earthquake
under
scored
t
What wasdiscovered?
t
I s reported
t h a t a
r i e s t
h as
been ndicted
f o r
fraud. Several
years ago
he
aised
about
a l f
a
illion l i r e to
restore
thechurch
building. T he ea r t h q u a ke
t urned
up
h e
box
n
w h i c h he s
accused
f h av i ng
h i d
t h e money nder t h e ch urch's s t o n e f l o o r .
What o
do?
Pray
much
or
t h e
victims,
dear
n e s ,
and
remember
o
t h ank God each day
o r
H i s
w a t c h and
care
ver u s .
As
h o r r i f y i n g as
t h i s
was,wewere
eminded
o f
t h e
Scripture
t h a t
says
we i l l
cry
for even
orse:
or
t h e
r o c k s
and
the
mountains o f a l l
on
s. f
we
are
n o t ready
o r
t he
Lord's
r e t u r n .
Let
u s
w a t c h
and
ray Help - t he small group
here
n
Terraci na has e n t
clo t hes,
dishes,
various
supplies
and a izeable
financial
contribution,
Happier
Newsl
On
December 23
we
rove
t o
Naples
o
t h e
Ca p o d i c h i n o Airport
and
met u r
oldest
s o n t h i r d - b o r n ) , L a r r y ,
and
i s wife, Judy.
T hey
spent a eautiful, s u n n y week
i t h u s ,
T h e y
are
tationed i n Frankfurt,
West
Germany
n
t h e U . S . A i r Force, Since t h i s
was h e i r f i r s t t r i p
t o
I t a l y , we r a y ed
especially
f o r
good
ea t h e r God
answered
u r
prayers i n H i s own e n e r o u s
s t y l e and very day hey were ere was
crisp
and u n n y .
We
i s i t e d
Rome
r i e f l y and saw t . P e t e r ' s
Cathedral. t
i s
very beautiful I n
I t s
art and
Continued
o n page3
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adornment,
ut we
ould
n o t
h e l p
n o t i c i n g
the
emphasis
on human r a d i t i o n i n
contrast with
the Bible's exaltation
of
t he
Father, Son and
Holy
S p i r i t ,
While
on
the
Base
at
the
a i r p o r t
as
we
waited
to
meet he children, we
t e
an
American
ha m b u rg e r mmmmgoodi
he
B u t t e r f o a l l
Turkey L a r r y and J ud y
brought
fed
nine
of
us
Christmas
evening. Besides
L a r r y
and
Judy,
and
we wo, there
we r e
Giuseppe
and
amily,and
our
usual guest
who
would otherwise
have
been alone,
Wonderful fellowship
-
and Rosetta made
the
"pasta,"
w i t h
Daniela helping
serve.
I v i a was ery thankful to be walking t h i s
y ear,
as
she
o u l d not Christmas, 1978,
Prayer Changes Things
Each year we
pick
a passage of S c r i p t u r e
mostsuited to
the
work here
and
our needs
asa part
of
that
work. h i s year,
"PRAY
WITHOUT CEASING" s o u r
choice,
or
we
have
many prayer
needs
here.
We
sk
you r prayers
for u s as we pray for y o u .
James :16
says:
"Pray o r
one
nother,
that y o u
may
be healed."
We
ould
like
ali who would to send usa
picture
and
your prayer needs
and we
i l l
add them
to
our prayer-boar d
and
table,
where we i l l pray
o r
y o u and them some
time
each
d a y .
We
o u l d
l i k e
to share
prayer needs ith the local
brethren
here
as we teach
them
prayer and
preservance.
Some
f
o u r
people
here have
become
o
Involved i n t r y i n g to
make
money
o pay
ever r i s i n g
prices
that c h u r c h
a t t e n d a n c e s
down
o
some
xtent, but n
addition
to the
"regulars," there
are many new
prospects
to witness to and teach.
Much
prayer
for
both
the
"old"and those the Lord i s
s t i l l
seeking
to rea ch
i s
a
eal n e e d .
The
radio
work
becomes
ver heavier,
or
which we r e thankful New d eve lopme n ts
i n both radio and
TV
lo ok promising.
Another
reason
f o r prayer
without ceasing
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eel
1981 w i l l
d e f i n i t e l y
be
a
plus"-
a
good
y e a r i n the Lord's vine
yard i n i t a i y ,
and
through the radio, n
Europe
and
the
United
Kingdom.
We
r e more han conquerors, the Lord
t e l l s
us,
and
we
elieve
Him
Our war s not
against flesh
and
b l o o d ,
b u t
against a l l .
those powers
and
r i n c i p a l i t i e s
that
He a s
a l r e a d y overcome. o u r
u nceasing
prayers w i l l
help
us
to b ring
others
to
see
the r e a l i t y of the Master's v i c t o r y f o r them.
How
we
con
pray
unceasingly,
when
i f
keeps usso
b usy? Here's
one
way
we o u n d
helpful
- we
pray t w i l l
help
y o u . . .
A
ervant g i r l told
a
group
f
m i n i s t e r s
how
she foun d
i t easy to
pray
without
ceasing:
"The more
have
o do, he more
can
pray.
When
f i r s t open my eyes n the morning,
pray,
l o r d , open the e y es
of my
nderstan
ding.'
Eph. 1:18]
While
am ressing, pray that
may
be
clothed w i t h the r o b e
of righteou sness,
i s a . 61:10)
When
have
washed myself, ask for the
washing of
regeneration.
T i t u s 3:5}
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As begin
work,
pray that may
have
s t r e n g t h equal to my day.
Deut. 33: 25)
When
begin
to kindle the i r e , pray that
God s
work
may revive
i n
my
s o u l .
(Hab.
3:2)
As sweep
ut
the house, pray
that
my
heart
may be
cleansed
from
a l l
i t s
I m p u r i t i e s ,
i
John
1 : 7 )
While preparing and partaking of
break
fast, desire to be fed
with t h e
hidden
mannaand he
sincere
milk ofthe
Word.
(Rev.
2:17; Peter 2:2)
As am usy
w i t h
t he
i t t l e
children, look
up
o
God
as my ather
and
pray o r t he
s p r t
o f
a d o p t i o n
t h a t
m ( ^ , . b e
H i s
c h i l d .
(Romans
8:15)
...and
so on, i l
dayrv
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each
of us make fffs^r
h e r
own
adaption
according
to
personal needand
choice of appropriate S c r i p t u r e s - but
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CHARLES
VIA, MISSIONARIES
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haron W i l l i a m s . Fwdg. Agts.
P.O.Box 296
Carl Junction, MO 4834
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whatever
we
do,
l e t us sincerely
and
i n s i s t e n t l y
pray
without
ceasing.
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Most
immediate
i n time - we need
extra
funds
o r
a
r i p to
Germany
o i s i t brethren
there wit h
whom
Charles
has worked
for
several years. Since our son, a r r y , s
now
n
Germany
and lose
to
our
destination
- t h i s
w i l l help w i t h lodging i n part, but t r a v e l
costs are
so
high However, we eel we
must
make h i s
t r i p ,
which
we
postponed
before
our r ecen t furlough
due
t o
circumstances over which we had no
control. We hould
leave
about March 20,
t he
Lord
being
w i l l i n g .
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where
you may
r i t e
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Q r i s t i a i i c y H i s s i o r i
THE
PHIPPS",
CHARLES& VIA.
MISSIONARIES
r,rt
Evangelism i n I t a l y
Radio Ministry:
"Search
the
Scriptures"
Tim Wilson. Co-Broadcaster
"We ive thanks to God lways for
l l
of you,
making
mention of
ou
i n
our
prayers.
IThessalonians1:2
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THEWORDS GRAZIB
Study
can
be
"a piece of cake" or cookie
when
v i a
p r e p a r e s goodies
o r
the
k i d d i e s .
Adults d o n ' t s u f f e r ,
however, from
a
l a c k
o f l o v i n g
h o s p i t a l i t y The
L o r d
p r o v i d e s us
p l e n t y o f g u e s t s to p r a c t i c e Hebrews 13:2
on
''WHAT DID
THELADY
IVIA
SAY?"
COSAHA DETTO
LA
SIGNORA IVIAf
T h i s
i s a p h r a s e C h a r l e s h e a r s v e r y o f t e n ,
e s p e c i a l l y
a s
he and
v i a
h e l p
t a l i a n
c h i l d r e n s t u d y E n g l i s h . These s t u d i e s
a l s o
h e l p
v i a
i n h e r s t u d y o f t h e t a l i a n
l a n g u a g e .
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THE POPE'S SHOOTING
FTERMATH
We
r a i s e
t h e L o r d
t h a t
t h e
w o u l d - b e
a s s a s s i n
f a i l e d i n h i s p u r p o s e S u c h v i o l e n c e c a n n o t be
u s t i f i e d ,
no
m a t t e r
who
h e i n t e n d e d
v i c t i m
m i g h t b e . The
h o c k
i s p e r h a p s e v e n
g r e a t e r
when p o p u l a r
p e r s o n
o f
i n t e r n a t i o n a l p r o m i n e n c e i s t h e o u t l a w ' s o b j e c t i v e . And g r e a t e r y e t b e c a u s e i n t h i s
c a s e ,
t h e v i c t i m i s
w i d e l y
known s e a r n e s t l y
d e s i r i n g a n d p r a y i n g
f o r
p e a c e . And
h i s l e a d s many
a n d among h e m ,
many
who
r e
n o t
members
f t h e g r o u p o f w h i c h t h e
Pope s
t h e h e a d - t o s l i p
f r o m s y m p a t h y f o r
t h e v i c t i m t o
a p p r o v a l o r s e n t i m e n t a l a c c e p t a n c e o f t h e
o r g a n i z a t i o n h e r e p r e s e n t s .
We r a i s e t h e
61 y e a r o l d
P o l i s h
g e n t l e m a n f o r h i s g e n e r o u s
s p i r i t o f
l o v e t h a t c a u s e d h i m
t o
f o r g i v e h i s
w o u l d - b e
k i l l e r . We
d m i r e
a n d
r e s p e c t
h i s e r u d i t i o n . We a l u e h i g h l y h i s o b v i o u s s p i r i t u a l i t y a n d
e n e r g e t i c
p u r s u i t
o f t h e p r i n c i p l e s
f o r
w h i c h h e s t a n d s . The
man
s a p p a r e n t l y e m i n e n t l y
f i t t e d f o r
t h e
p o s i t i o n h e o c c u p i e s . We r a y
t h a t
h e
may y e t l i v e a n d
e n j o y
good h e a l t h f o r many y e a r s .
B u t w h e t h e r
i n
a c t i v e ,
n o r m a l h e a l t h o r r e c u p e r a t i n g f r o m
t h i s
u n p r o v o k e d a t t e m p t
on
h i s
l i f e ,
o u r
s y m p a t h y a n d a d m i r a t i o n i s
f o r
t h e man. The n t i - b i b l i c a l p o s i t i o n s a d v o c a t e d b y
h i m
a s h e a d o f h i s
o r g a n i z a t i o n c a n n o t
be
c c e p t e d
b y
t h o s e
who a s e t h e i r f a i t h on h e r e c o r d e d r e v e l a t i o n
Cod
r o v i d e s i n
the c r i p t u r e s .
As
Giuseppe
t a l i a n o , preacher n T e r r a c j n a , s a i d ,
W
e e e l wounded, ot because he s Pope,
u t
because
h e i s a human b e i n g
t h e
d a n g e r i s
t h a t
t h e w e a k e r i n f a i t h m i g h t a c c e p t f a l s e t e a c h i n g b e c a u s e o f
s y m p a t h y f o r
t h e p e r s o n c o n c e r n e d .
S u c h
f o l k
l o s e b i g h t o f t h e d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n
C h r i s t i a n
c h a r i t y a n d
G o d ' s
t e a c h i n g i n t h e Word B u t he who u t s f a i t h i n J e s u s o n l y w i l l n o t be r a p p e d . "
TE MWORK
C h a r l e s
I . ) ,
V i t o G e n t i l e ( c e n t e r ) and G i u s e p p e
I t a l i a n o r . ) work i k e a
good
B a r b e r s h o p
Q u a r t e T '
. . . i n c l o s e harmony
h a r l e s
h e l p s b o t h whenever
and
wherever
he i s
needed. Giuseppe
i s t h e
r e g u l a r
p r e a c h e r
i n T e r r a c i n a ,
V i t o i n Ciampino.
T h i s f a l l C h a r l e s b e g i n s
t h e
academic e a r w i t h
t h e
t e a c h i n g o f
a c o u r s e e s p e c i a l l y r e q u e s t e d by t h e
s tud ents:
Word
Studies i n
th e
New
T e s t a m e n t . "
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"PRIMAVERA N
ITALY
-
SPRING
I f s
a
b e a u t i f u l t i m e o f
y e a r
i n
I t a l y ,
e s p e c i a l l y i n
T e r r a c i n a
and
our
u r r o u n d i n g
a r e a on
the
West
C o a s t . The
sun s p a r k l e s on
t h e
b l u e M e d i t e r r a n e a n S e a ,
much
a s
t h e
eyes
o f
o n e
wh o
has u s t accepted C h r i s t
j e s u s
as h i s S a v i o r .
The
l o w e r s a r e
i n
f u l l
bloom and peak of the beauty of
God and H i s l o v e .
Th e
t r e e s
a r e f r e s h
green and f e r t i l e , as
our
l i v e s
a r e w h e n
we
grow toward
p i r i t u a l
m a t u r i t y w i t h
j e s u s
a s C h r i s t and L o r d
of
our
i v e s .
I t s a busy time
of
y e a r ,
too The Radio M i n i s t r y w i t h C h a r l e s
p r e p a r i n g t h e B i b l e messages and p r o g r a m s , I v i a w r i t i n g
t h e
o p e n i n g s
and c l o s i n g s and a s s i s t i n g t h e I t a l i a n t e c h n i c i a n w i t h
t h e l a n g u a g e ( s i n c e t h e b r o a d c a s t s a r e i n
E n g l i s h )
-
Th e
correspondence
w i t h
l i s t e n e r s , e t c P r e a c h i n g and
Teaching Counseling Helping a
student
w i t h
E n g l i s h
A i d i n g an e l d e r l y l a d y
i n
d i r e
c i r c u m s t a n c e s
T r a v e l i n g
to
encourage c o n v e r t s
who
have mo v e d to o t h e r
a r e a s and t o w i t n e s s t o and t e a c h
s t i l l
o t h e r s
T r a n s l a t i n g
a
C h r i s t i a n m u s i c a l
t o
be u s e d a t camp
t h i s summer
Th e
u s u a l
l o c a l
church schedule
H o s p i t a l
a nd o t h e r
c a l l s ,
e t c .
I f s
a
b e a u t i f u l
l i f e
any
time of y e a r i n the L o r d' s s e r v i c e
We
p r a i s e H i m f o r i t a l l .
WIRED FORSOUND
Some news
hat
feel i s b e a u t i f u l I f s a b o u t
Charles.
B e f o r e
l e a v i n g t h e
s t a t e s on o u r
l a s t f u r l o u g h ,
we
o t i c e d
C h a r l e s h a d t r o u b l e h e a r i n g p e o p l e
f
t h e y were o t h e s i d e o r
i n
b a c k
o f
h i m . W h e n w e
a r r i v e d h o m e h e r e i n
I t a l y , we
n o t i c e d
h e
d i d
not a l w a y s h e a r t h e t e l e p h o n e
o r t h e
o f f i c e
door b u z z e r . We ook him f o r a h e a r i n g t e s t and found
t h a t
h i s
h e a r i n g
l o s s
was
30% n
o n e
e a r
and
35% n
the
o t h e r ,
p a r t l y
d u e to
the
s i n u s a n d bronchial-asthma condition which
had been a
s e r i o u s
problem. The s p e c i a l i s t warned
t h a t
u n l e s s something
was
done, t h e
l o s s would c o n t i n u e t o
b e co m e g r e a t e r .
So
p r a y e d
God,
Let
C h a r l e s accept h i s , " and w i t h h i s u s u a l
b r i g h t s p i r i t he proceeded
t o
d o something
about t
A f t e r
much
i t t i n g ,
m e a s u r i n g , g l a s s e s
made and a d j u s t e d , he
n ow
wears n e w g l a s s e s
w i t h
not one, but two a u d i o p r o t e s i , "
as
h e a r i n g a i d s
a r e
c a l l e d
i n
I t a l i a n .
He
e a r s n o r m a l l y n ow and
t h e
l o s s of h e a r i n g i s stopped; P . T . U
P l e a s e ke e p
him
i n your
p r a y e r s ,
dear ones, as
h e
s
l e a r n i n g
t o l i v e w i t h t h i s ; i t
t a k e s
time and p a t i e n c e . Anything
worthwhile
c o s t s , doesn't
t ?
How p r a i s e
our
wonderful L o r d f o r t h i s p r e c i o u s man, my
husband. We 've
had almost
t h r e e
y e a r s t o g e t h e r . God
i s
g o o d
to
u s
-IvIa
SPECIAL THANKS
To h a r o n
and Don
W i l l i a m s
f o r
t h e i r
g r e a t
s e r v i c e t o t h e
L o r
and
t o u s . The w h o l e * f a m i l y ,
i n c l u d i n g
t h e i r two
d a u g h t e r s ,
v e r y
busy
n t h e F i r s t
C h r i s t i a n Church, a r l J u n c t i o n ,
M i s s o u r
S h a r o n i s i n c h a r g e o f t h e opening ceremonies f o r V a c a t i o
B i b l e S c h o o l .
She
s
a l s o
c a r r y i n g a h e a v y s c h e d u l e
a t M i s s o u r
Southern
S t a t e
C o l l e g e . Don s f u l l y occupied, t o o ,
i n h
p o s i t i o n s a l e s m a n
f o r
F l e m i n g F o o d s ) ,
and
s a l w a y s r e a d y f o
service at
c h urc h .
B e s i d e s a l l t h e s e a c t i v i t i e s ,
t h e y
a r e w o n d e r f u l
p a r e n t s
t o t w
b e a u t i f u l
g i r l s ,
K a y l e y
and Dawn,
a i n t a i n
a l o v e l y h om e an
s t i l l t a k e t i m e t o be t o p - n o t c h f o r w a r d i n g a g e n t s f o r
u s .
We
now you i l l weep w i t h t h o s e t h a t weep, h a r i n g t h e
sorrow
at
t h e loss of
D o n ' s
brother and Sharon'
grandmother.
8/17/2019 Phipps Charles Ivia 1981 Italy
8/8
OLD
FRIENDS
IN THELORD
Old f r i e n d s o f 30 y e a r s
meet a g a i n . C h a r l e s b e i n g
g r e e t e d by a s p e c i a l "
l a d y
i n a e r v i c e i n Ciampino
where he had
preached
t h a t day.
PRESENT URGENT NEED
SPECIAL PRAISE
Help
t o
pay
f o r C h a r l e s ' h e a r i n g a i d and g l a s s e s .
The o t a l cost s $896.00. t i s
a
l o t , w e l l
worth
t
f o r
h e a r i n g ,
s i g h t and s t o p p i n g
or
s l o w i n g d ow n
h e a r i n g
l o s s Thank you f o r g i v i n g t h i s y o u r
t h o u g h t f u l a t t e n t i o n .
O u r
move rom two
apartments
to one, n order to
save
e x p e n s e ,
t i m e , and
w a l k i n g
f o r v i a i s a t o t a l
s u c c e s s We
t l l
have a roomy o f f i c e and adequate
l i v i n g space. The L o r d
i s
good
^ T T i e I t a l i a t i
( ^ f i s t i a i i
c y y i i s s i o i i
THE HIPPS",CHARLES VIA. MISSIONARIES
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Don
h a r o n Williams,
Fwdg. gts.
P.O. Box
296
C a r l
Junction, O
4834
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