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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.
•fHf# ###
n I f II II II
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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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I w u i q l o o t e r
I N t h e ' ^ i d s t o f a d e s e r t
J u l y
. e c e m b e r 1 9
V o l u m e 8 Number
2
News
f
Leia
Greetings
F ro m B e t t y
U , e i s i n
a n - s e . . .
r s
n ^ o . e a t e .
- v
. a n t e -
- s t i - V e S r i S S S M , s s t e i a . c c a - i e v ^ - a s ^
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
a w e i i
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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 ' ^ ® ^ '
^ n c l h i s f a m H r r t h ®
h ' ®
a n d a n s w e r s
C h r i s t i a n
S e r v i c e mp
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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 ,
West
Germ