Phillips Alva Janice 1977 Germany

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X w i n a

U / d e r

I N

the'^idst

of

a d e s e r t

Volume

13,Number1

January

-

June,

1977

GREETINGS

"Rejoice in

t h e

Lor d always;

and

again

I

say r e j o i c e .

Philippians

4:4.

Dearly beloved i n C h r i s t ,

Thank you

for your

prayers, concern

an d a l l that you are

doing,

an d hav e d o n e

on behalf of

His

work here.

He

has an

sw er e d your

prayers

and

my

health

i s

slowly beginning t o im prove. I t has

taken

t h e doctors quite sometime

o

f i n a l l y agree

t h a t I alm o s t had a

n e rv ou s

b r e a k - d o w n ,

w h i c h was cause d by a circulatory collapse

o w

blood pressure. The doctors f e l t a

l a r g e part o f

t h e

problem wa s d u e t o

being

on t h e roa d

t o o

much. Lor d willing,I w i l l

be taking o v e r my

ministerial

duti e s

in Jan

uary.

The w h o l e situation

h a s

taugh t me

t h e love

o f

God, o r

given

me

a better

understanding of His love. His people, and

t h e a bu n d a n t

grace w h i c h He

b e s t o w s upon

each

one

of

us

i f

we

will

but let

Him.

I

want

to

thank one and l l f o r the beautiful

get-well cards. They truly b o o s t e d

my

morale.

1

The h j U i p s

family

D e b b i e

just

h a d

h e r 12th birthday,

on

December 8. She an d Janice

wis h t o

pa s s

along

their

greetings an d

t h a n k s t o a l l .

D e b b i e i s learning t o play

t h e

piano.

Sh e

h o p e s t o play s e v e r a l songs

for us at

Christ

mas

t i m e ~

Chri s tmas carols,

o f course

S h e

has played for o n e German church

service s o far,

a n d w i l l . L or d w i l l i n g , b e

playing for

many

more n t h e near

future.

The

a s t

year

h a s

g o n e

by

quickly for us,

and we

r a i s e t h e Lord,an d t h a n k Him

for

eac h

s t e p forward. We

re

looking forward

t o

a grand a n d blessed

Chri s tmas

a n d we

want o t h a n k you

for mak i n g

this possi ble.

We would l i k e

t o

take t h i s opportuni ty

t o

wis h you

t h e be s t Chri s tmas an d New Year

you h a v e

ever h a d .

We pray

t h a t

t h e Holi

day

Seas on w i l l bring

many

eward s, p i r i t

ually,

and

opportunities for serving

Chri s t

in

your own pecial way.

Your

o-laborers in Christ,

Alva,

Janice

a n d

D e b b i e

P h i l l i p s

" P r a i s e s

be to God "He can take those

situations w h i c h a p p e a r t o b e bad, an d

can

turn

them

into b l e s s i n g s . It i s just

as

i t says

in Romans 8:28,

"All

things work o g e t h e r

for

good

t o them

t h a t

love God, o t h o s e

t h a t

are

c a l l e d according

t o

H i s

purp o s e . "

I

say t h i s ,

because

i t w a s

during

my l l n e s s ,

t h a t

t h e

Amer ican

congregation in Gec h in-

gen,

W.

Germany,

w h e r e

we i v e , caug h t a

v i s i o n .

TheLord

caused

them

to

r eal iz e

for

t h e

f i r s t

time, t h a t t h e y could s pread Hi s

Word, v en

when t h e

minister

wasn't up

o

helping

them. They began

preaching,

teaching

an d

witnessing on their

own

and

God

i s

truly blessi ng the ir e f f o r t s . They

now h a v e their own

me e t i ng

place and

are

e n g a g e d

in a

calling-witnessing

program.

They also h a v e

a minister f or t h e

t im e


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being. Brother Art Thomas s f i l l i n g

t h e

pulpit

at

t h e present time. I t t h r i l l s us that

Art

h a s a cce p t e d t h e

position t o minister t o

t h e group. He i s from Tubingen, W. e r

many. The group r e a l l y l i k e s him; h e h as

h a d

military exp erience

a n d

therefore,

seems

t o

know

t h e

inroads t o reaching

them an d their n e e d s . God h a s big plans

for

t h i s

congregation.

Will

you

join

us

in

prayer

for

them a n d

their s p i r i t u a l

g r o w t h ?

Echt erd ingen

group

A part o f t h e grou p w h i c h m e e t s in B o e -

blingen, W. G ermany, come s from t h e

Stuttgart Air Fie ld, Stuttgart,W. ermany.

T h e y have

a prayer

m ^ ^ e t i u g - B i b l e s tudy

each

Monday

evening.

Recently, the

p o s s i

b i l i t y presented i t s e l f t o s t a r t a Coffee

H ou s e

Ministry

o n

t h e Base.

The

group,

though r a t h e r small

i n

number, have

be en

meeting

together

for over a year.

They

h a v e

a

real love for

t h e

Lord. They are

looking forward t o

taking

an a c t i v e part i n

t h e

C o f f e e House

Ministry.

Your prayers

are

requested

on h e i r

behalf,that

t h ey

w i l l

continue

to grow i n the love of the Lord,

and continue to r e a c h out

o

the los t souls

around

them

there. T h e r e i s

no regular

chaplain on t h e

Base there. This l s o mak e s

things d i f f i c u l t for

t h e fellows,

s p i r i t u a l l y .

Many

of

t h e m a r e

h a r r a s s e d

q u i t e

u n j u s t l y

by

t h e i r

o f f i c e r s -

o r

t h e i r

s p i r i t u a l

stand.

And

only our f a i t h f u l prayers backing them

up,

i l l

carry them

t h r oug h .

Our Lord

i s wonderful.

He works

i n

mysterious

way s, H i s w o n d e r s t o p e rform.

Our

i r s t

acquaintace wit h t h i s

group

came

a b ou t t h roug h t h e Richard D e i g h t o n s and

B i l l

McG i nn i s e s . The M c G i n n i s e s o p e n e d

t h e i r home,

earts an d

mean s, t o

s e e t h a t

H i s W o r d

was p r o c l a i m e d .

M a y G o d

^ ve

t h e m a s p e c i a l b l e s s i n g for a l l t h e s a c r i f i c e s

which

t h ey made on

His

behalf. We

met n

t h e i r home

for

over a

year.

T h i s group

i s

now

me e t i ng in Chaplin Selkey's home. I t

t h r i l l s

us t o s e e t h e number grow

wit h each

meeting, presently running around

15-20

young

adults. The

p i r i t u a l

g r o w t h

i s

also

very

i n s p i r i n g .

Each

t ime we

ourney down

t o

Augs burg

t o h a v e services wit h them,

t

i s

a

red s h o t in t h e s p i r i t u a l

arm

for

us. We

often come away ~ having received t h e

richest b l e s s i n g s ,

we are sure. The

ourney

t h e r e

and

back takes

about

5

ours and is

approximately

200 miles in distance.

P e r

h a p s you ask,"Why?

Why go

t h ere?" Be

cause

these people love t h e Lord and

i t

w o n ' t

be long before a church can b e

ground e d there for

Christ.

Presently,

t h e y

have

a d o p t e d

me

as t h e i r "Missionary M i n

i s t e r .

They w i l l b e n e e d i n g a f u l l t im e

minister s o o n, an d i t looks like t h e L or d i s


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as well as s o n g

books. Jay s e e m s t o be t h e

o n e t o

pick

up h e

"mess" nd

work things

out.

After

"many" a i l u r e s made by

Janice

on t h e M i d-Wint er

Rally

b u l l e t i n , Jay came

t o our

rescue, an d d i d

a beautiful

job

o f

p r i n t i n g t h e m . He

s

an "all-around" handi-

man.

We

can

always use a

handi-man. He

leads t h e Bible study grou p at

Echterdingen

w h i c h m e e t s

e a c h

Monday

e v e n i n g .

H e

^ s o

UNNOTICED

HEROES

N GOD'SWORK

helps

pick

up people for

s e r v i c e s , who

ave

no

transpo^tion a v a i l a b l e e a c h L o r d ' s

Day.

As

we a i d

before,

we

n e e d

h i s help

an d

appreciate i t

b e y o n d

words. By

t h e

way, h e

press d o e s

a beautiful job,a n d we

h o p e t o

able

to s upply each o f t h e

mission

a r i e s , p r i n t i n g need s, as t h e y a r i s e . I s n ' t

OUR

ORD

WONDERFUL? AMEN

How o f t e n

we

ear of

his o r t h a t

great

missionary and

t h e work

which h e i s doing;

and

t h i s

i s

g r e a t . H ow e v e r, I would

l i k e t o

take t h i s opportunity to t a l k

t o

you

about

some of the unnoticed h e r o e s . These

are

t h e on es

who

tay in t h e background,carry

t h e

burdens and do many edious and unre

warding

t a s k s . I t

may

b e such

things as

s o r t i n g m a t e r i a l s , cleaning a printing p r e s s ,

changing

diapers or

washing c l o t h e s .

After

t h i s

person mu s t s p e n d hours alone, or at

times, be ready to depart at a moment ' s

n o t i c e .

Naturally, s h e i s t o

do

l l

o f

h i s i n

a

loving

a n d

^oo d-natured-way.

S h e

i s a

person who

s ex p ec t e d

t o

run

h er h o u s e

hold with great e ffeciency;

an d

a person in

whom her husband

can place

t r u s t , t o

take

c a r e o f t h i n g s , while h e w i t n e s s e s t o tho se

i n th e countey w h e r e t h e y

are l i v i n g .

After

t h ey

have

spent s e v e r a l years

on

t h e

f i

e l d ,

and f i n a l l y

do

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

churches go a l l

out

t o welcome h im back

and t o

p r a i s e

and

encourage

him,

for

a

job

well d o n e . Dearly beloved -

aven't

we

forgotten that

t h e r e a r e

two

people

i n

volved

in

t h i s

great task

o f

evangelism?

We

often

say that behind

every

great

man here

i s a

woman.

I t h i n k i t i s t i m e

we

e g a n t o

p r a c t i c e

w h a t

we preach. When you

av e a

moment, ake

t h e tim e a n d d r o p a l i n e

t o

some missionary's wife or family

an d t e l l _

t h e wife

how

much you appreciate what

s h e i s d o in g on h r i s t ' s

behalf.

God i l l

re

wa r d you

or

d o in g

s o.

n d M r s A l v a

i l l i p s

261

Stammheim/CALW

Postfach 15, e s t Germany

FORWARDINGAGENT:

Blac k F o re s t

C h r i s t i a n M i s s i o n

c/o Mr s . Wilbur

Saph

4760 ur t i s Avenue

Dearborn,MI 48126

P r i n t e d b y

M i s s i o n S e r v i c e s

P r e s s P.O.Box 177,Kemp t o n, N

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BLACK FOREST CHRISTIAN MISSION,

INC.

NEWSLETTER FOR

JAN.-MARCH

1977

Field Address: Forwarding

Agent:

Black Forest C h r i s t i a n Mission,

Inc. Mrs.

W i l bu r

G.

Sa p h

Postfach 815 4760

Curtis

Avenue

7261 Stamm h e im / C alw Dearborn, Mi. 48126

West

Germany

Dearly

Beloved

in Christ,

Our Lo r d h a s given us another reason to rejoice-recently t h e L o rd

led Martin Binkele to

be

baptized into Christ and Christ added him unto

H i s k i n g d o m. H e

is

t h e o nl y o n e

o f h i s

f a mil y w h o h a s

b e e n

i m me r s e d i n t o

Christ. Martin has two brothers who

have

children. It was on his

brother's

farm that w e h a d

C h r i s t i a n

Service

Camp

for about six years.

Please

re

member the Binkele

family

inyour prayers. Sister Huber has been in the

h o s p i t a l f o r t e s t i n g a n d i s

now

h o m e

r e c u p e r a t i n g .

Si s t e r

Julie Eberl e

too

h a s

b e e n i n t h e h o s p i t a l w i t h a slight

heart

attack. She is now h om e

r e s t i n g a n d s l o w ly r e c o v e r i n g . P le a s e

pray t h a t

t h e L o r d ' s w ill b e d o n e

in the life of each sister.

A

door of

personal evangelism has

opened for

us to teach

Erika Feiler

t h e

plan of

s a l v a t i o n .

Sh e h a s t a k e n

an

a c t i v e p a r t

i n t h e youth work and

i n t h e C h i l d r e n ' s

B i bl e

Hour o v e r t h e p a s t f o u r y e a r s .

R em ember

Erika and

h er family

i n

your

p rayers. We

thank all of

you

for your prayers o n behalf

of

our family and

of

t h e Lord' s work here. W e

are

hap py to say we are

in

g o o d

he alth , God h as made i t p os s i ble f o r t h e youth groups t o b eg in

again.

T h e Lord i s

us ing t h e

d o c t o r t o h el p

me g e t

back on

a full

schedule

of ministerial duties.

W e d o n ' t l i k e t o cry wolf, but we d o n e e d w o rk e r s . U n le s s t h e

Lord

s e n d s workers

b efore t h e

Summer, we will not be able t o have

camp—for

t h e

f i r s t t im e

i n

s e v e n

y ear s.

Th i s s h o r t a g e i s due t o t h e f a ct t h a t most

of t h e

M i s s i onarie s who usually help us will

be

on furlough. We have

written t o several bible college students

but

have not had any positive

r e pl i e s .

If no

workers are available

by camp t i m e

we

will be

able

t o

tak e

t h e

youth only for a three day tri p. Please let us know of anyone wh o

might

be

int ere s t e d, and please add t h i s need to

your prayer

lis t.

W e ha ve b e en thrilled

by

t h e growt h o f t h e Lo r d ' s work among t h e

military with

whom

we work near Stuttgart

and in

Augsburg, Germany.

There

are some

in each group

who

will

s t e p

out on Christ's

behalf

and

help bear

the load. The group in Augsburg

i s

growing

and

now numbers

15-20.

They

are

b e i n g

t r a i n e d

an d

a re t r ai n i n g t h e m s e lv e s t o

m i n i s t e r

t o t h e i r f ellow

s ervicemen. Th ey

n e e d your prayers as t h e y

face many

diff iculties i n

t h e i r

stand

for Christ.

God

heard

and answered our prayers concerning th e nee d for

a

press.

He

p r o v i d e d

us

w i t h

a f i n e p r i n t e r,

Jay Enck.

Ja y ' s

t i m e i n

t h e

s e r v i c e i s

getting

short

and

w e are

praying

the Lord

will see

f i t to keep this

need

f i l l e d .

D u e

t o p r i n t i n g e x p e n s e s , t h e

M i s s i o n

i s i n d i o ^ e ^ ^ d - o f , $ 3 0 Q . m o r

. a

m o n t h o f p l e d g e d s u p p o r t . I t i s i n t h e

r e d

n o w

d u e t J ^ S e l e - ' a d d e d '

x p

Youf prayers and consi de ration concerning

t h e s e

matt ers will be greatlv

appreciated. ^

M a y H i s e t e r n a l

l o v e b e s h o w e r e d

u p o n y o u

a s

y o u

s e r v e

H i m

e a c h

d a y .

A l v a , J a n i c e

a n d D e b b i e

P h i l l i p s


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BLACK

rOHEST

CHRISTIAN

MISSION, INC.

Field Aidress;

Perwarding

Agent;

Mr. &

Mrs.

Alva A. Phillips Mrs. Wilbur ( * 7 Saph

Postfach

815 4760

Curtis Avenue

7R61 Stammheim/Calw Dearborn, Michigan

West G-ermany 48126

CHRISTMAS

NEWSLETTER 1976

Dear Ones

in Christ,

At

this time of year the world

seems

to turn toward Christ

for

a

few

days.

But we Christians

taice

Him

with

us

daily.

I know

that

I

would never

want to face a single day

without

Him.

Oh, how

very

much

do the lost souls

of

this world miss out simpdy because they refuse to

accept Christ as their Lord

and Savior. Things are

not setting well in

the world scene here

in

Germany because the German people have no room

for Christ. Daily

I shake

my

head and ask the Lord hew much

longer

this

sin sick

world

can go

on without

killing itself. My prayer is that

God

will stir up within

His

children such a yearning

for

these lost souls

around each one

of us

that we

will do everything we can to

show

them to

Christ. The world needs Christ more now

than

ever before. Let

us

show

them Christ

in

His fullness and glory especially during this season

when they

do make a small

effort

to turn

in His

direction.

Let

us live

Christ before the world and shower it with His love so that no one can

say

to

us "why

didn't

you

show me Christ?" We wish

each of you

a

Christ

centered

New Year

and

that

each day

will be one spent

in

God's love.

It looks

as

though

the

family

doctor was right-Alva

has

low blood

pressure,

weak nerves

and

a

busy schedule.

This implies

a

rough time for

him and a slow return te

recovery.

Alva finds it

hard

to relax but he is

trying.

Debbie's piano lessons are coming along fine-as long as her home

work doesn't

take up all her

practice

time. She

enjoys

playing

Bac i ^,

Schumann

and

Mozart. She really

enjoys

school

and

her music.

Debbie is

so German now

she

seems to

enjoy only

German food. We are very proud of

our daughter and

her

love for her Lord.

Our sincere

thanks

to

all of you

wno made the purchase

of

the

press possible.

It

has been installed and works fine

\ ind er

the direction

of

Jay Enck. Janice is still

learning to operate the

press and soon

will

have it mastered. The

Lord

provided us with

plenty

of

printing

to do.

This

is

why the press was purchased and why we stressed the urgent

need.

Your

prayers and

support

in

this area

are

needed.

May God's

work

go

forth to the people through the printing done on the press. To win the

world to Christ

should

be

our

only goal.

Put

your whole self

into

the

effort and it will be wonderful to see what the Lord

can

and

will do

in and through you.

He

is so

great,

let us not limit Him to our meager

efforts.

Thank

you

for your faithful support during

the past

year.

You

have

made His work

here possible.

Praise

His Holy

Name

Yours and

His,

Alva, Janice and Debbie

P.S. The 1976

financial report

can

be

obtained

from our Forwarding Agent

after January,

1977•

Sponsoring

Church—FIRST

CHURCH

OF CHRIST—COLDWATER,

MICHIGAN

49036


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been changed and Lord willing we

will be journeying

to

the U.S.A.

in the summer of

1978.

We don't

t

know

the

exact time

but

it

will

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25

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forwarding

agent

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Christian

Mission, Inc.

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Wilbur Saph, A760 Curtis'

Avenue,

Dearborn,

MI

48126.

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BLACK

FOREST

CHRISTIAN

MISSION,

INC.

WEST GERMANY

Alva Allen Phillips was born on January4, 1939 in Brownville, Indiana.

His parents,

Benjamin Harrison and

Emma Lock Phillips

died of cancer

in

1943,

Being

the

youngest

in

the

family of 10

children, Alva

was raised

by Bennie and Henry

Phillips, two of his older

brothers. He graduated

from Brownville, Ind. High School and went on to Johnson

Bible

College

for four (4) years and graduated

fromthere

in

1961. By

this

time

he

had decided

to

go

into

missionary work and went on

to

Eastern Christian

College in

Bel

Aire, Md,

for

a y e a r ' s

study

in German

and Greek. During

this time, while he studied he ministered

to

a small congregation, the

Christian Church in Freindsville,

Md,

for 9 months.

Following

his

schooling at Eastern Christian College,

h e

b e g a i n raising

funds to go to

Germany. During a presentation

at

the

Garrett

Church

of

Christ Mission's Round=Up, he met Janice Elaine Snyder and with Minnie

Coble's help, set

out to

take her

to

Germany as his

wife,

J a n i c e

Elaine Snyder, oldest daughter of Myron Robert a n d Mary Fern

Snyder (who have

8

children) was born on Nov.

6,

1940 in^Woodburn, Ind.

She graduated

from high

school in Coldwater, Michigan. Janice

became a

Christian

at the

age

of

lOyears old and d e c i d e d

at that

time to

go into

missionary work. Following graduation from

high schoo,

Janice

entered

Great

LakesBible

College and spent, for

three years, each Summer working

on the

Yakama

Indian

Reservation

with John

Runyan,,

as

Bible

Teacher, Camp

Cook, Office Secretary and

helper

in the children's

home. During her

senior

year

of Bible

College,

she presented

McKinley

Indian Mission at

every

church

possible, and

was

representing it at the Garrett Mission

Round-Up with the

plan

in mind

of

returning

to

McKinley Indian Mission


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full

time.

After

much

persuasion, Janice consented to

come

to Germany in

Octor of 1963, following

her

graduation the

8th,

of June and

their

marriage

on June

15, 1963,

The first

9

months in Germany were spent in

the

Frankfurt area in

FCLU.5^

writing German workbooks

for

children, in working with Ed

Fauz

and studyi

beginner's

German,

In the Fall of 1964 they moved

to

Stammheim

where

Deborah was born on

Dec,

8, 1964,

In February, 1965 Janice started the children's

Bible

House which grew

during

the

next years.

The

childrens work has been our strongest

thrust

during the past

13

years. The Children's Bible Hour was

held

each Wed,

and

averaged

35

to 50

children. Since

nothing was

available

for

>the

children the Phillips

drew

up their own program.

This

led to the

starting of 3 youth groups which required much time and preparation.

The

Phillips

have had many interns and their efforts have been spiritual

blessed as two couples

from-these

interns, stepped out on faith to start

new works. They were Bill and

Lela

Rosenett who moved

to

Landstuhl and

work

with

the

military personnel in

the Kaiserslautern area. The other

couple are

Rick and Delia

Deighton,

with Miss

Diane

Miller, who, after

laboring with us about 6 years moved to Heilbronn area and also worked

with military

pervice

people. Several other interns

have

gone on

to

wor

with Toronto Christian Mission, in Berlin, in

Karlsrauhe

and Good News, I

It

seems

as

though God has used

the

Phillips

to

train

others

for

work

on

the

field.

As close

as

one can tell, they have helped

train

approx, 20

interns. To God be

the

glory

for the

strength granted to

them

to

carry

on

this

work.

The Deightons

helped

Alva & Janice get

adult

worship

services started in 1971 and this work is

now

carried

on

by Alva,

Janice

writes

up the Children's Bible workbooks and supervises the

writing

up

of

th e Teacher's Quarters, This has

progressed

quite well.


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Janice is now

ready

to

start

on

the 4th. quarter.

So far, 3

different

D.V.B.S.

series (10

lessons

in

each

series) have been written

up

and

3 quarterlies (13 lessons each),

The Phillips

have purchased

a

press

on

which

the

teaching materials

in German are being printed by Jay Enck. Jay has served as printer

for

the

past year and

has done

an outstanding job. He is stationed

in

the U.S. Army at

Echterdingen,

W.

Germany until

October, 1977.

In September

of

1976 Alva had his first seizure and

on

October 14th,

had

his second

one. The doctors

have not

been

able to explain these

or agree on them. This has

brought

about a real

slow down in

the

activities presently carried

on. The

teaching materials

are

being

printed,

as well as

tracts

for

distribution, the

adult

services

are

led

by

Alva, but the

Children's

Bible House has

been dropped

until

more workers

are available. At

present

time the

Phillips

only

have

Jay Enck part-time to help share

the load.

Janice also tutors

English,

which grants wonderful opportunities to witness

for

Him,

The Lord willing,

Janice, Alva and Deborah

plan a

furlough in

1978,

It is our desire to preach and teach

the

word of

our Lord.

We

want

to be found working daily in the vineyard

of

our Lord, bringing

others

to

Him. Please be

in prayer

for us as we

continue to

do His will,

Alva, Janice and Deborah Phillips

BLACK FOREST CHRISTIAN MISSION, INC

West Germany


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in Germany,

To

further p r e p a r e

h e e n r o l l e d

f o r

o n e

y e a r

o f

t r a i n i n g

a t E a s t e r n i h r i s t i a n C o l l e g e

| n

B e l A i r ,

M a r y l a n d ,

t o

s t u d y G r e e k a nA G e r m a n .

D u r i n g

^ h i s

t i m e h e

m i n i s t e r e d

t o

t h e

s m a l l

C h r i s t i a n

c h u r c h

i n

F r j - e n d s -

v i l l e , M a r y l a n d , F o l l o w i n g t h i s h e I j e g a n r a i s i n g s u p p c j r t

f o r h i s w o r k i n G e r m a n y .

D u r i n g

a

p r e s e n t a t i o n a t t h e ' c a r

r e t t ( I n d i a n a ) C h u r c h o f C h r i s t ' s M i s s i o n s I

me t Jan ice S ny d e r . W i t h M a i n i e C o b l e ' s

help

19A0,

in

t the age

c | f

t a k e h e r t o G e r m a n y

a s

h i s w i f e . |

Jan ice

Ela ine Snyd e r was b o r n N o v e m b e r 6

Woodburn, Indiana. She

became

a Chri stian £

I

t e n

a n d f r o m

t h a t t i m e

w a s d e t e r m i n e c j t o e n t e r

m i s s i o n | w o r k .

I

er,

Michigan,

i

uring h e r

c ^ o l l e g e

Inley Indian

A f t e r g r a d u a t i n g

f r o m

h i g h s c h o o l i n C o l d w a t

Jan ice

e n t e r e d G re a t

Lak e s B ible

Colleg e. 1

years she spent

her summers working

with M cK

M i s s i o n in Toppenish, W a s h i n g t o n .

d e v o t

during h e r s e n i o r

year

p r e s e n t i n g t h i s miss ion

work

t o

area churches, i n t e n d i n g

t o

enter t h i s work

fulltime a

a s s h e

g r a d u a t e d . I t w a s f o r t h i s p u r p o s e t h a t

s h e

a t t | e n d e d

t h e G a r r e t t c h u r c h ' s M i s s i o n s

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w h e r e

s h e

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within t h e l i n e s .

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short,

lengthen

t h e n ext i n e that

number

o f char

a c t e r s .

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long,

shorten

t h e

n ext

l i n e

that

number

of

c h a r a c t e r s .

Do not

h y p h e n a t e w o r d s

on

h i s copy

h e e t.

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A^va

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t o

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HORIZONS

719

TITLE: BIO. SKETCH PAGE.

They were married June 15, 1963, one^week a ' ^ t e r

h e r

^

L I L

graduation. They arrived in

Germany^to

bep^n their ^

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work t o ge t h er i n

October

o f t h a t

samS

year. E

1

Alva

and Janice ' s

f i r s t

n i n e m o n t h s

i n

Girraany

were

spent in

the Frankfurt area writing German

«7orkbooks fbr

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children, w o r k i n g

w i t h E d Fausz,

and'studyi

g

b eg inner''s

tammheim, i nh e re

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1964.

German. In

the fall

of

1964 they moVed t o

their

daughter

Deborah was bom e c e t i b e r 8,

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In February,

1965, Janice

started'

the Ch

afeLO

'

Hour.

This \ v e m

g r o s m

d u r i n g

t h e

ensUing

y e i r s

until it

Lldren's Bible

t

became the strongest thrust

of

their'work.

formation of

t h r e e

y o u t h groups. It'also r j q u i r e d

that

I

Alva a n d J a n i c e p r e p a r e t h e i r own

m a t e r i a l s i ^ s i n c e

n o t h i n g

I

suitable was available in German. '

I

The

Phillips

family has

had many

interns

join

their'

I

work

for

short

periods

of

time. Two'couple^

from

a m o n f e

these

interns—Bill

and Lela

Rosnett'and

Ri

Deighton—later began works of

their'own

in

served •

w h o i n t e r ns h i p s w i t h

t h em

axa'hav e s } . n c e e n t e r e d

and I

works in Berlin /Karl s ru h e and with TCM

Inttmational And

Germany. Oth

Good

News Productions.

Literature

preparation

has been a'vital part of

t h e '

I

Phillipses' work

in

Germany.

W orkbofek s

and

t e a c h e r s '

' hri:e

q u a r t e r l i e s for

t h e C h i l d re n ' s Bible Hour,/series of

VBS

lessons, and other

needs

have been

p i ro duc e d

A

printing press

was

purchased withih the past year and

Jay Enck, stationed

in

Germany with the U.S

it in use.

worked part-time t o keep ikKxpxKKKxxibkiing

It led to

the

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shorten

t h e

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that

number

of

c h a r a c t e r s .

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h i s

copy

h e e t.


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H e a l t h

p r o b l e m s

h a v e f o r c e d A l v a ^ n d J a n i c e

b o t h

t o ^

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r e d u c e t h e i r

w o r k l o a d s . A y e a r a g o ^ ^ l v a h g d t w o s e i z u r e s

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w h i c h d o c t o r s h a v e

s t i l l n o t b e e n a b ^ e

t o

u n a n i m o u s l y

d i a g n o s e . T e a c h i n g

m a t e r i a l s

a r e

s t i l l b e i n g p r i n t e d .

a l o n g w i t h t r a c t s f o r d i s t r i b u t i o n ^ n d

a d u

(started by Rick Deighton) are s t i l l y led by

C h i l d r e n ' s B i b l e

Hour

h a s b e e n

d r o p pe d un t i l

more

w o r k e r s

are available.

At

t h e present Jay Epck is

\

sharing

t h e i r

load.

:hQ

only

one

J a n i c e ,

A l v a ,

a n d D e b o r a h pl a n a

furloug

summarizing thei r work and c ommitment,

A l v a

lowing.

It is our d e s i r e t o preac h

t h e t e a ch

t h

L o r d . W e w a n t t o b e f o u n d w o r k i n f ^

d a i l y

of

our Lord ,

b r i n g i n g

o t h e r s t o

Him. Pie

in the vinevard

ase be

in

prayer

f o r

us

a s we c o n t i nu e t o d o Hi s w i l l .

(I n

7 pt., a l l a c r o s s p a g e )

Address: A l v a a n d Janice Phillips 7261

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t services

Alva. But

the

i

b in

1978.

In

wrote the fol

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2 Word

of

our

Stammheim/bei

Calw,

t:

Bl a c k f^orest

rtis Avenue

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h y p h e n a t e w o r d s on his c o p y

sheet.


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TITLE:

OERTWIY

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Alva and Janice Phillips, mission^s

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in Stanmheim,

West Oerm any, will b e g i t i

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their announced fu rlough earlier t h a i ?

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originally planned.

A

letter

from

M i ? s .

t

Bettv Saph,

their

forwarding agent, brought

the

news

that

because of health

problems

I

they

will be arriving in the U.S. NoVember

I

3, 1977, instead of waiting until

1978.

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Prayers for

their improved

health ar e

\

requested.

They may

be contacted at the

I

home

of

Janice s parents,

Mr.

and

Mr^.

j

Robert Snyder, Route A, Box

31A,

Coldwater,

MI

49036.

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