Phillips Alva Janice 1972 Germany

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( Copy for Hor. 18 1972 W.E.Mc y

( ritten Jan. 17, 1972

by

Alva A. Philippe, Black

Forest

Christia

Mission,

West

Germany.)

Alva A.

Phillips; e have

found Mission

Services a

great

help to

being

able

to

put

the

Black Forest

Christian Mission

and

her

nee

before the people.

It has

done

this through

the use

of the

missio

packet, her

film

strip programCslides), the

printing

of our biannu

newsletter he Living Water and

through

the placing of various

news

items

in

Horizons informing

the

Christians

in America

about

the

Lord's

work here. We have also

appreciated

its willingness to

h e l p

u s i n

a l l s i t u a t i o n s r e g a r c ^ l C ^ l e s s

o f w h a t o u r n e e d m i g h t

h a v

been

at

the time. This type of

service

really means a

lot

to one

on a foreign

field.

I say this because

sometimes

this means of

contact

is

all

that some interested

|P

hurches receive about the

Lord s work

in the

Black Forest.

t

is

our sincere prayer that God will continue to bless th

wonderful work

which

Mission Services is doing.

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April

17,

1972

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ

Jesus,

Praises

be to

our

wonderful Lord,

His

work is moving

slowly

forward.

Oh how wonderful

it

would

be

if we could

say that

there

has

been

10

baptisms

during this past month—but

that

we

can

not

say. The devil has been working very hard to see that the

baptism

remain "zero". BUT your faithful prayers

for

these lost souls and

on our behalf, that

God

will

grsint

us wisdom

in

each situation can

and will change this statistic. Our

Lord

has certainly been openi

doors for more contacts and closing doors especially

in

connection

with the Children s Bible Hour.

W e

h e l d o u r l a s t

C h i l d r e n s B i b l e H o u r t h e l a s t W e d n e s d a y in'

M a r c h . T h i s m a d e u s

s a d ,

a n d t h e c h i l d r e n

e v e n

m o r e s o , b u t t h a t

w e r e

t r y i n g

t o i n t e r e s t

a l l t h e

y o u n g p e o p l e t o

a t t e n d t h e

J u n i o r

or Senior youth groups—according to

the age

levels,

so

that we'll

be

able to teach them step

by

step.

WEDDIHG BELLS WEDDING BELLS

When

the

"lovebug" bits he

really

does

a

complete jobl If you haven't guessed already, both

of

our adopted daughters, co-workers

in

the Lord, Miss Lela McCaul

and Miss Betty Welliver

are

engaged and

are

making plans for their

weddiggs., -"^tty Welliver and

Lloyd

Thomas, who is

stationed

in Ma

sf^rman^ r e p l a n n i n g a J u l y

w e d d i n g

h e r e i n t h e a r e a . L e l a

^ McCauley an^Bill Rosnett, a

graduating

student at Lincoln

Christi

^

College

and

a

last

summer intern (he

visited

Lela mostly and

all

^ f

us some—over

Easter), are making their

wedding

plans. W e trul

ejoice

with both

of

the

young

ladies, that

God has sent such wond

ful future mates

each

of their ways. Please remember both of thes

future couples

in

your prayers, that

God's

will may be done each

step

of the way. Lord willing

Betty and

Lloyd will be remaining

here one year

during our furlough to

help

Rick and

Delia Deighton

carry

on

the

youth

work and

the German worship

services.

If

the

Lord

works

it

out as presently planned,

Bill

and Lela will be re

turning to Germany

with

us in

June of

'73. Please pray along with

each of us that God's will may be

done.

Time

has come for us to return home

It

do es n 't

seem

possibl

that ^ and a half years will have past since we left the

U.S.A.

I

funds allow and the Lord willing, we'll be

returning

home toward

the end of August.

We plan

to be in

the

Colorado area

the

first

p

of

Se pt ember .

Anyone

desiring

for

u s

t o spe a k

in

your

ar ea ,

p l e as

contact us as soon as you decide the desired date. We ll try our

best to f u l f ill e a ch r equ es t .

We

truly believe that

the

trip home

is the Lor d ' s leading. John and Nancy Montgomery

are

p lanning to

take over our apartment and furniture while we're gone. In this

w e

truly

r e j o i c e . Since

our

apartment will also be u s e d

for

youth

meetings and worship

s er vi c es ,

we will continue to pay one

half th

rent, which

is

$100 a month.

If

at all possible,

w e ' d

li ke

to

p a y

this

o f f before we leave for the States. Please be in prayer abou

this matter, then do

as the Lord leads you. Please

designate all

ifts by marking them (1) travel

funds,

2) rent exp enses, or

(3)

personal.

May God truly bless

and

strengthen each

of

you,

as

you have u

I

\

J i— Because Christ,


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f

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Greetings

F ro m B e t t y

U , e i s i n

a n - s e . . .

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f a i t h f u l l y

l a b o r i n g

o r d

h e r e ,

s h e

r a p i d l y

o f

G e r m a n y , s h e

l a b o e

came t o r e a l i z e t h a t

J

D u r i n g t h e

l i k e t y p i n g u t m a n y j o l a n g u a g e

p a s t

t h r e e

y e a r s s h e h V a c a t i o n B i b l e

s t u d y , d o i n g d % n m G e r m a n

a n d

i n E n g l i s h ,

S c h o o l s , t e a c h i n g

t h e

c h ' i d ^ e n j ^ h e l p i n g t o

w r i t i n g

u p

G e r m a n p a r t o f t h e

c o o k i n g ,

d r a w

u p

w o r k b o o k s f o r

c h i l d r e l e a d i n g g a m e s

d o i n g

d i s h e s , k e e p i n g h o u s e , y

s e c r e t a r y

i n

t h e y o u t h ' e a t i n g s , l e a d i n g

t o o t h e r

p l i e s s e r v i n g a s c a m p c o o k

r n - ' ^ o r s ^ ^ p o ^ ; - : -

l a r j T n ' t - e

c a p a c i t y a t

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t h e b i n k e l e f m i l i e s

H B ^ l r : S ? S : S ?

w e m e e t )

h a v e

r e a l l y

g r o w n

t o o M r s

E i n l f p i ' ^ ° h ' ^ ® ^ '

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a n d a n s w e r s

C h r i s t i a n

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In Memory

True

Victory i s only

kn own

i n and through

C h r i s t

J e s u s

The

a p o s t l e

Paul s a i d , 'For

me

t o

i v e i s C h r i s t , t o d i e i s

g a i n . "

B r o t h e r

Wi

l b u r

Saph,

the l a t e

husband

of our

forwarding

agent,

Mrs. Betty

Saph, t r u l y knows what the a p o s t l e Paul

was

talking about. He l i v e d h i s l i f e here o n

earth,

f i r s t

f o r

Christ,

secondly

f o r

h i s

family

and

fellow-

man, and

t h i r d l y

f o r h i m s e l f . He

l e t

h i s l i g h t

b r i g h t l y shine f o r Christ u n t i l our Heavenly

Father

cal led h im home to

take

his

rest.

He passed

away

the 28th

o f

April, leaving

behind h i s f a i t h f u l ,

d e d i c a t e d w i f e , t h r ee

m a r r i e d

daughters and

a

son.

We request your

prayers

o f encouragement on

behalf of Betty,

as

she

s t r i v e s t o

carry

o n

i n spite

of the surrounding discouragements. Betty has

done a most

outstanding job

as

our forwarding

agent,

f o r

which God alone

can j u s t l y

repay

her.

Your

prayers

on her

behalf

would

be

m o s t

appre

ciated

siderably.

One

time

we m a y have ten or twelve, t

time perhaps twenty-five persons present. We

p a t i e n t l y

and p r a y e r f u l l y work

on,

continually spr

the seeds o f

Good

News.

God will bring

the inc rea

do

the transforming of

lives,

i f we

will

steadily w

for

Him.

The senior youth group has caused us

m a n y

aches

at ti mes,

but

i t

has also

caused

us

mu ch

enco

ment. The i r l s and boys are separated f o r the

dev

a n d B i b l e

s t u d y

t i m e . t c e r t a i n l y

w o r k s

g r e a t Th

really have

a

hunger

f o r

the

Gospel

Truths. The

been studying the d i f f e r e n t women mentioned

i n

the

Each has

learned

so

very

mu ch

from t h i s study.

helped each

l i f e t o

be

drawn

closer

t o t h e Lord,

strive to have or avoid the different virtues show

i n the

d i f f e r e n t w o me n .

One evening, a f t e r

our

study,

we played "cut

t h e cake." S i e g l i n d e had

t o

sess the c o i n.

Th is

was

a l o t

of fun.

They r e a l l y

t h e

l i t t l e

t h i n g s

and j u s t l y so. I t ' s the l i t t l e t h

C h r i s t , such as each

small deed f o r

someone els

draws us one s t e p c l o s e r t o Home

WORS IPSERVICE

i

Praises

are

t r u l y going

up

t o our

Heavenly

Father f o r

the

doors

which He has

opened u n t o t h e preaching o f

His word.

We i n a l l y have a

p i c t u r e of one

of the worship

services which

take

place

i n our

l i v i n g room every t wo

weeks. A n g e l o

and

Maria (to the

far r i g h t ) Romano

are

immersed believers,

wh o meet regularly

with us. Rosetta

(standing

next

to Maria

i n

dark dress), and her husband

Fr a n c o who took the picture) are also very f a i t h f u l i n

the services and are immersed believers. Both of these

families c o m e

from I t a l y

and

work i n Gemiany t o make

enough m o ne y t o b u i l d a new home i n I t a l y .

The

wages

are

much, much

higher

here.

We

are so grateful t o God for

makin g

i t possible that

worship services ma y be h e l d i n

our

l i v i n g

room.

Th i s

has i t s

inconveniences, but

they are f a r outweighed by the

spiritual

blessings.

The adult worshi p services vary c o n -

The Lord has t r u l y been

blessing

His work he

deeply

appreciate

a l l

who

have s h own concern

have prayed

and

f i n a n c i a l l y helped t h e work here

t

progress.

We are happy

to be

able t o r e p o r t that

services every two weeks have been s t a r t e d

S t am m h e i m - G e c h i n g e n area i n our living

r o o m

wi

a d u l t s . Through

C h r i s t ' s guidance we have been a

continue having the Junior and Senior yo uth groups

ever, m u c h to

our

sorrow, we

h ave

had t o

disco

the Children's Bible

Hour because of n o

place t o

We

a r e

glad,

though,

that we have had the

p r i v i

holding

Bible

Sch ool services o n S u n da y s i n

our

f o r

t h e children

o f

those parents

who

c o m e

t o

services. A l o n g with these meetings, we come t

o n c e a month with t h e Binkele families n ear

Tutt

Germany;

we r y

as often as

possible t o call

o n

the

ners,

baptized

believers

i n Stuttgart, and as

w

strive to v i s i t the Schneider family

near

Freude

Germany,

about on ce a mon th . As you can see, th

through y our

prayers,

s open in g

doors

of

service.


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Answer To Prayers

God has once a g a i n answered o u r p r a y e r s an

p r o v i d e d

a d e d i c a t e d young c o u p l e

t o

be i n

c h a r g e

mission work while w e a r e on f u r l o u g h .

Th i s

i s theRi

Deightons,

w h o

a r e

w i t h t h e Alpine

C h r i s t i a n

Mis

a n d h a v e b e e n l a b o r i n g

w i t h

u s f o r a b o u t

two

y e a r s .

w i l l be w o r k i n g

w i t h t h e y o u t h

g r o u p s ,

c a l l i n g and

ducting t h e Lord's D a y services i n o u r a b s e n ce

J o h n M o n t g o m e r y s . a y o u n g c o u p l e who a r e

s c h o o l

t e a

w i l l b e

s t a y i n g

i n

o u r

ho m e and

a s s i s t i n g

t h e Deig

i n e v e r y w a y possible.

Upon o u r r e t u r n

t o

Germ an y

w e h o p e

t o be a

take over where B r o t h e r Richard Deighton

leav es

o

s t a r t

r e g u l a r

w o r s h i p s e r v i c e s i n

a s m a n y

a r e a s asposs

We

hope

t o

once a g a i n b e g i n a C h i l d r e n s B i b l e

We

h a v e

f o u n d

i t

a l s o t o b e a r e a l e f f e c t i v e

w a y

t o

m a n y o f

the parents.

NEEDS

B e f o r e

many

o f t h e s e t h i n g s

can become a

r

there are

some n e e d s w h i c h

m u s t

b e

m e t .

1. More

p r a y e r

i s needed t h a t God w i l l

conti

open

doors a nd give a l l o f

u s

the

w i s do m t o

be a

reach t h e

G e r m a n

people f o r C h r i s t ,

j

2. A

building

i s a

d e f i n i t e

need before t h e

w o r

p g r o w ,

.

T h e f i n a n c i a l

m e a n s n e c e s s a r y

t o m e e t a l l

i

i s s i o n' s

n e e d s a r e a

MUST

FORWARDING

AGENT

M r s. Wilbur Saph

4760

C u r t i s Avenue

Dearborn, Michigan 48126

FIELD ADDRESS

M r . a n d

M r s .

A l v a P h i l l

7 2 6 1 S t o m m h e i m / C a l w ^

P o s t f a c h 1 5 ,

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Germ

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