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a

X w U i Q

U a i e r

IN THE MIDST

OF A DESERT

Volume

12,Number2

July

December,

1976

AN INTERN

SPEAKS

HiaU,

Haying

d e p a r t e d G r e e n s b o r o , North

Carolina via Piedmont irlines

on h e

morn

i n g

of May

31,

1975, Kenneth

McFarling

and

I

found

ourselves enroute t o asummer

as excitin g

a nd

u n f i l l e d as

a n y

we

a d

ever

spent. As

we

at in

the plane

a nd as I

wa s

f i n a l l y d e c i d i n g

the p i l o t

COULD

l y the

c r a f t and that the

wings

WEREN'T oing

to

f a l l

o f f , I began contemplating

our

en

d e a v o r . Here we ere a t 35,000 e e t , t wo

students

of a i t t l e West

V i r g i n i a

B i b l e col

l e g e , a c t u a l l y c r o s s i n g the g r e a t ocean i n

response

t o

C h r i s t ' s

commission

"Go ye

t h e r e f o r e and

t e a c h

a l l n a t i o n s .

. (Matt.

28:18-20). T h e r e ' s n o

d e s c r i p t i o n

of the

excitement

we experienced. Now, ' d

never been

up

n

one

of

hose b i g

planes

be

fore so Ken ad a time keeping me almed

down.

However, f t e r

some

20

ours of

f l y i n g , changing f l i g h t s , w a i t i n g on p l a n e s ,

a nd

more l y i n g , we greed t h at

i t didn t

take

long

for

the newness to

wear

f f .

Well, the

t r i p over

was only the

f i r s t of

many

h r i l l s

i n v o l v e d

with my

summer n

t e r n s h i p

with Alva

and

J a n i c e

P h i l l i p s

of

th e Black Forest Christian Mis s ion. Tliere

wa s

the

t h r i l l

of

observing and a s s i s t i n g i n

the work of

a

missionary. There w a s t h e

t h r i l l of

observing

and a s s i s t i n g i n the work

of

a German people, t h e i r

customs

a n d

t h e i r

language.

There w a s a l s o the kids. I

d i d a o t of

work with them

and r e a l l y

en

joyed i t.

I

e e l that

the most

h r i l l i n g t h r i l l

was

that

Ken

and

I

were

involved in

tart

i n g a ongregation

for the

American service

people i n the area. From

eports I

now

e

ceive this congregation s

growing

a n d

souls

are being immersed int o Christ for remis

sion of

t h e i r s i n s

a nd for h i s ,

we

a n

p r a i s e

the

Lord.

I figure that, a s well a s more nterns, re

needed; those considering

becoming

one

should

be

willing

a n d able t o cope i t h t h e

differences

i n customs and

culture.

This

s

important. A esire

t o serve

the

Lord i s

a l l

t h a t i s

r e a l l y necessary,

but, b i t

of k i l l in

teaching,

"kid"

andling,

elementary

me

chanics, p o l i t i c s , a nd hi g h f inance, book

keeping

a n d

various other i t t l e chores ARE

beneficial.

An

internship

program such

as t h i s

should be a s beneficial

to

others as t was

to

me. I t

allowed me to become better

acquainted

with the work n d

r e s p o n s i b i l i

t i e s of a missionary on the f i e l d ,

which i s

useful

n

r e l a t i n g

to

others

exactly w h a t he

missi on s

needs are.

It

was ratifying

t o me

to

know hat

I had

accept ed th e r e s p o n s i b i

l i t i e s

of

such

a

venture

and

succeeded

through t o th e completi on of

the

summer.

As ar as a isadvantage, l l I

can

come

up

with

i s t h a t a summer i s n o t really

enough time t o grasp

fully

the "whole

r o l e

of a

year

round

missionary but

t does

g i v e

a

retty good p i c t u r e .

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V. B. S. IN BERLIN

FFPVNKT

Berlin V.

B.

.

Have

you

ever

stopped

t o t h i n k

how

valuable

or

import a n t the

training

of a

child

r e a l l y

i s ? Have you

ver accepted t h e

challenge of sharing Christ a n d H i s w i l l for

t h e i r l i f e with them?

Why not? I t i a a

most

ewarding

challenge.

God

opened t h a t door of pportunity

t o

us

the l a s t

of April,

from

he 26th t hrough

the 30th.

We

ere asked tocome o

Berlin

t o con duct a

week

of

V.B.S.

during

the

children s Easter vacation.

We

orked

with

Dale

a n d

Barbara Mallory

a n d

David

a n d

Marge

DeVilder.

The oy truly w a s

ours.

Weeks i n advance, we

made

up the

handi

craft projects for the week n d t hen trans

ported them with

us .

We

rrived

in

Berlin by r i t i s h

A irway s

on Sunday afternoon. Of ourse,

we a d

helped

hold services t h a t same morn i n g

in

Gechingen.

Ray

Piper

rushed us

to t he

plan e following s e r v i c e s .

Upon r r i v a l , we

were met by Dale

Mallory and Dave

De

Vilder, who rabbed our luggage a n d s we p t

us

off to Dave s apartment.

Marge was

finishing up

t he trimmi n g s

on a delicious

supper.

Yummy We

elped

what

i t t l e

we

could

by

putting the

food

into

our

stom

ach.

We e f t the

empty

dishes a n d hurried

off

t o

evening

worship services

where Alva

preached

in

German.

I t was uch a oy,

:

eing

with

our brothers a n d s i s t e r s in

Christ

in

Berlin.

After

s e r v i c e s ,

each

person

joined in with l i t t l e odd jobs

t o put

t h e

finishing

preparation on

.B.S.

After

a

good

night s

rest, we aced

t h e

wonderful challenge of sharing Christ with

each

child

who

was w i l l i n g

t o l i s t e n .

Praises

be t o

God,

h e attendance

improved

each

day

a n d

s o

did

the challenge. Chil

dren, the world over, want t o be

loved,

needed, appreciated a n d cared for. Oh,

how l e a r l y

our wonderful Lord drove this

poi n t home

during

the

week.

We con

cluded

the week with 29

hildren, n d just

t h a n ked God or each

one

f them, o mat

ter

how i f f i c u l t they

t r i e d

t o

be. It s

now

our

prayer

t h a t God w i l l continue t o n ur

ture the seed tha t was

lanted

during this

week. These precious

i v e s ,

i f nurtured

and

t au g h t properly

can be

the

church

of

tomorrow,

or

they

c a n

be

l e f t to

starve

s p i r i t u a l l y a n d become

B e r l i n ' s

biggest

gangsters. What re

you

o i n g to

help

n ur

ture children in the r i

g h t

way? Are you

setting

a h r i s t - l i k e example

for them? Do

you accept

the challenge of

teaching them

in

the

way of the Lord?

Do you pray for

them daily to be nurtured in God s love?

Do you see t he point I m m a k i n g ? I t re

quires each of us

working

together, n our

own mall or large ways,

o

t r a i n them

up

in the Lord. God can a n d

w i l l

do great

things

ven

for

the

children

~

f

you

a n d

I w i l l l e t

Him. Pray

for these needy souls.

Alva teaching

the children

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HELP

WORKERS

ARE NEEDED

Since the f i r s t part of December, our

workers

on the f i e l d h ave

been

slowly

dwindling

in

number. Miss

J i l l Farmer i s

now working with Sid

a n d

Mary Allsbury

in

the Frank fort

area, in

the

town f

Ober-

u r s e l .

Lord

w i l l i n g ,

Li n d a

Dayhoff

i l l

be

joining

t he

Mallorys in the Lord s work n

Berlin around

the

f i r s t part of

July. For

this we

re also

very

thankful.

Rick and Delia

Deighton,

who h a v e

labored together with us for

about

six

years, are now m a k i n g plans

t o

move

t o

Heilbronn, t o

work

with a military

group

of

believers

t here.

The needs here i n the

Stuttgart

area

are

so very

great. Rick i s

truly go i n g t o h ave

his

h a n d s f u l l

with

t h e

work

n

Heilbronn. But h a t

leaves a

reat

need

for

someone

to

work

ull

time

t

Ech-

terdingen

with

the military

people.

Then,

too,

there s

the

Lord s work being carried

on here

i n Gechingen.

T h i s

involves Eng

l i s h a n d German worship

services

being

held

simultaneously plus

Junior

Church for

the children.

As

ei g h ton s plan

t o

mOve

t

the end of June,

his

w i l l leave

only

Alva,

Janice a n d Debbie P h i l l i p s in charge

of

t h e

leadership. We need your

urgent

prayers

t h a t God

w i l l

grant

wisdom

each

step

of

the way.

The

P h i l l i p s

h ave three youth groups

under

their

leadership,

the

Children s

Bible

Hour, h e German

Adult

Bible S tudy, a n d

requests

have

been

made or t he beginning

of

a n Eng lish Bible S tudy during the week.

Of

ourse, we do ot

want

o

overlook th e

great need

in

the Augsburg area

either.

There

are

s p i r i t u a l l y

hun gry

young

men

n

t h i s

area,

too. We

ave been goi n g

down

once

or

twice a month

o

s p i r i t u a l l y

uplift

a n d

encourage

them. Your

rayers

on be

half

of these

Christians would

also

be

greatly appreciated. God w i l l meet every

need we a y before

Him.

IT S

A NEW

FORD TRANSIT BUS

Yes, t

i s I t ' s

a eat blue

bus whi ch

God

h a s made possible t o us through you. H i s

children.

Praises

be t o God,we ca n now

travel

a n ywhere we

need

t o go for t h e

Lord

without

any

hesitati on. It rides

s o

much bett er, g ets

much

better g a s

mileage,

a n d makes every t r i p

a oy t o face.

How

c a n

we ver

t h a n k

you or

the

Lord enough

for l l thathas been done or s .

The

bus

i s used

for each of

the

youth

groups,

for Sunday

e r v i c e s ,

the Chi ldren s

Bible Hour, or the Bible

students,

a n d for

the camp program.

Needless

t o say, i t

truly gets

a

good

working

out.

W i t h

t h e

present

payment

h a v i n g been

made,

h e

bus

i s

now /3 paid

o f f .

P r a i s e s be to God.

Keep

up

the good work. God

i l l

richly

repay you or i t .

 

The

Bus

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AFEW

OF

THE

G. . ' S

Jack Dewson, better known t o us a s

J.D., h a s been meeting r e g u l a r l y

with

us

since

l a s t

f a l l (1975). He

a s

immersed in

t o

Christ

t h e n

a n d

h a s

been

witnessing

for

Him

i g h t

along.

He erves

a s

a n M.P.(Mili

tary Policeman) a nd enjoys h i s work

ery

much. Just

recently we

ave

a l l become

quite concerned about him a n d

his

co-

workers, because of bomb c a r e s . We op e

no

bombs

urn

up.

Pray for J . D, s

h e

grows

in God s love.

He

a s been

respon

s i b l e

for

bringing

another young

man

to

Christ

a nd

d e s i r e s

to always be

used

of

Him. .

D.

omes rom alifornia.

J a y Enck h a s

been

a Christian since

September. T h a t was t r u l y a t h r i l l i n g da y

f o r a l l

of us h e r e .

S i n c e t h a t day,

Jay has

grown

quite rapidly

i n the Lord and i s

now working with the idea of p r e s e n t i n g

a

lesson or

a

sermon once

a month

for

t h e

E n g l i s h

s e r v i c e s . P l e a s e

pray

for Jay, s h e

continues

to

l e t

God

use him.

Jay

wa s

r e s p o n s i b l e

for

winning

Ray Piper

to

C h r i s t . I t ' s s o t h r i l l i n g to see God

ake

H i s

babes

and u s e

them

to r e a c h

the

l o s t .

Jay

comes rom Pennsylvania.

J ay Enck Ray iper

JackDewson

Ray

Piper comes rom New

H am p s h ire

a nd h a s been a r e a l encouragement to the

cong rega ti on here, oo.

He

a s

had

a

rough

background, but

God

i s molding i t

into

something very

b e a u t i f u l s

He s

doing

a l s o with

J .

D. n d

Jay.

Ray

s

a

e l i c o p t e r

mech a n ic a n d

J a y

i s a n airplane mechanic.

P l e a s e remember

t h e s e

fellows i n

your

prayers,

a s

they

daily

rub

shoulders

with

those

who

eed hr i s t .

Mr.

n d Mrs. A lva

h i l l i p s

7261

Stammheim/CALW

Postfach 15,

es t

Germany

FORWARDINGAGENT:

Black Forest h r i s t i a n

Mission

c/o Mrs. Wilbur S a p h

4760 urt is Avenue

Dearborn,MI 48126

Printed

by

ission

Services

Press

P .O. Box

77,Kempton,

N 46049

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FALL NEWSLETTER

976

Dear Co-Werkers

in

Christ . « i .

u

^

The Lord

has opened up

a wonderful opportunity for us t o purchase

a printing press,

and

equipment for a pr int shop, in two price ranges.

We will either

p u r c n a s e

an A.B. Dick table model press

a n d

equipment

needed

at

the moment

for

approximately

A,000

or

an

A.B. Dic k

floer

medel

which

does a

better

job and

will

help the printing

ministry to

broaden i t s

e f f o r t s — a l o n g w ith the needed stencilling machines fo r

a p p r o x i m a t e l y $ 8 , 0 0 0 . T h e A . B . D i c k

Co.

r e q u i r e s

u s

t o g o t o s c h o o l t o

learn to

run the machine for

the fina l

arrangements are made for

set

ting

up the print shop.

They

require

a

minimum of

2

to

go for schooling.

L o r d

w i l l i n g . Jay

Enck

w i l l

b e a t t e n d i n g t h e E n g l i s h p r i n t i n g c l a s s e s i n

Oc t. which

are

more inclusive than the German classes which Janice

Phillips will be a t t e n d i n g i n latter p a r t of Sept. Please be i n prayer

for

both

of

them.

BUT

even

greater

yet, remember the

press

and print sho

n e e d s i n

y o u r

p r a y e r s ,

b e c a u s e t h e

f i n a l a n s w e r a s

t o

w h i c h p r e s s

w e

1 1

b e

p a y i n g

c a s h f o r m u s t b e d e c i d e d b y 1 5 t h . W e a r e c o n f i d e n t t h i s

i

w h a t t h e

L o r d

w a n t s u s

t o do

a s H e h a s

b e e n l a a d i n g

e a c h s t e p o f t h e way

All of

this

equipment

i s used—new

equipment

would more

than double t h e .

purchase price.

Praises be

to

God-Alva

i s

slowly on the mend. From

what? Well, he

had a circulatory

collapse.

It

reacuea

i u u v ^ u iixe an epileptic

e x c e p t

i t

l a s t e d

for

a b o u t

2

h r s .

H e

w a s t a k e n

t o

t h e

h o s p i t a l

^d

k e p t

f o r

5

d a y s

w h i l e

a l l

k i n d s o f t e s t s

w e r e t a k e n .

T e s t s w e r e

n e g a t i v e so

J a n i c e

b r o u g h t h i m h o m e t o r e s t . T h e f a m i l y d o c t o r .

D r .

G o l d b a c h ,

f o r

w h o m m a n y

o f

y o u h a v e

b e e n

p r a y i n g ,

s a i d A l v a

m u s t h a v e

c o m p l e t e ^ © s t

for

o n e m o n t h - w h i c h m e a n s

n o p r e a c h i n g , n o

studying, manual

labor

to

m a k e him tired. He t i r e s e a s i l y ana this is good a s ^

e a s i l y . L a c x o f

w o r k e r s

a n d A l v a * s i l l n e s s h a s

c a u s e d t o

c a n c e l t h e

C h i l d r e n ' s

B i b l e

Hour a n d 2

o u t h

G r o u p s . Pray w i t h us t h a t t h i s w i l l

be temporary.

The

Germans have been helping with the German uervices

a n d t h e A m e r i c a n s

h a v e

been

h e l p i n g

w i t h

t h e

Engl ish Services. G o d is

w o r k i n g i t o u t s o

t h a t

e v e r y o n e i s b e i n g p l a c e d i n s o m e

t y p e

o f l e a d e r

ship, which helps them t o

grow. Our

Lord

i s

wonderful. We

a p p o i n t e d

w h e n G e r m a n

C a m p w a s

r a i n e d o u t a f t e r t h r e e

d a y s

b u t

t ®

c h i l d r e n e n j o y e d i t

a s

l o n g a s i t l a s t e d . W e t h a n k G o d

for

t h o s e f e w

d a y s g r a n t e d

t o

t h e c hi l d r e n

t o

l e a r n m o r e

a b o u t H i m

a n d

H i s w a y f o r

t h e i r

p a t i e n t w i t h

u s — t h e

f i n a n c i a l r e p o r t w i l l b e i n t h e

n e x t n e w s l e t t e r . A l v a ' s

i l l n e s s h a s p l a c e d

m o r e d e m a n d s

on

J & n i c e a n d

her

t i m e i s

l i m i t e d . P l e a s e

b e

in p r a y e r

for a l l o f us

a s

w e s e e k

to

continue to

do

His work and His will. Thank you all

for

being

so

u n d e r s t a n d i n g . . u •,

a .

Let us always

remind

ourselves of the honor

a n d

responsibility

i t

i s

to

s h a r e

H i s w o r k a n d w o r d t o those about us .

In His love.

The Phillips

A l v a ,

J a n i c e

a n d

D e b b i e