Phipps Charles Maxine 2001 Italy

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Charles E. Phipps

A u g u s t 3 ,

1916 A p r i l

2 3 , 2 0 0 1

Charles

E. hipps, 4, was born

August

3,1 9

in Omaha, ebraska. He ttended

Cincinnati

Bib

Seminary r

om

934-1941,

e c e i v i n g h i s AB

egr

in

1939 and his Master's

in

1941.

On

o nd a y ,

p r i l 23, harles went

home o b

with

his Lord.

Charles

had been

in the hospital

Bari I t a l y ) . He

n d

Maxine, his wife, had een

Italy about amonth n order for him o see andem

brace

again

h i s

brothers

and

s i s t e r s

in

Christ

wi

whom ehadworked and witnessed for Christ.

Charles

went

to

t a l y in 1 9 47

and

was

ne

of the f i

rst

missionaries

who,

after the Sec o nd World

War,

had un

derstood

the n e c e s s i t y and urgency of

bringing

the genuine message

of

alva

tion to

Italy. He worked in Bari,

Latiano,

Francavilla,

Oria, Terracina

and

Fondi.

Charles'

last desire had been

granted. As

he aid, Well,now can

die

in

peace because I have een able

to

v i s i t

the Italian churches again

. . .

however,

I

wouldn't mind being

able

to

see

them even again "

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t

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end.

The

l d h o s p i t a l r o u t i n e — h e

t h e x - r a y s , t h e machineshum

and c l i c k i n g ,

i g h t s b l i n k i n g ,

t h e

i f e

f o r c e s , t h e i n t e r m i

n i g h t vig il s - l l a t t e m p t s t o

or e l a y t h e i n e v i t a b l e . The

s w e a r i n g

o u t , t s

f u n c t i o n s

down.

I

knew

when s i g n e d on o r

t h i s

a s t

y e a r t h a t

t h e p e r c e n t

a g e s were l l s t a c k e d f o r

t h i s

t o o c c u r .

was h e p o s s i b i l i t y , of

o u r s e ,

of

a sudden atal heart attack such s the

nes t h a t took two o f i s b r o t h e r s , or

the

outside chanceofan ccident.But

t h i s

is t h e

u s u a l c o u r s e : T c a n ' t s a y

I

h a v e n ' t

had a

r e a t d e a l of r a c t i c e -

morethan

've wanted.

I t s worse

h e r e , t h o u g h .

I am

s t r a n g e r

i n a t r a n g e l a n d

w i t h o u t

knowledge

of

h e l a n g u a g e .

I cannot

u n d e r s t a n d

what h e d o c t o r s a r e s a y

when h e y

d i s c u s s my

u s b a n d ' s

c o n d i t i o n . When r y t o

e x p l a i n t h a t I

do

not

speak

t a l i a n , t h e y

w i l l

r e p e a t

what h e y j u s t s a i d , o n l y

a

i t t l e

l o u d e r ,

a s

though my

roblem s one of

e a r

i n g

r a t h e r

t h a n comprehension.

The o s p i t a l

s

l a r g e ,

o l d , and w e l l

worn, ut l e a n , i g h t and i r y . An d

t h e

s e r v i c e

s

good, h e d o c t o r s

c a r e f u l

and

t h o r o u g h . P o s t e d

v i s i t i n g

h o u r s

seem o have

i t t l e

e

a n d go

r e t t y

m u c l j i

the

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to

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a s t h e y p l e a s e .

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And t a l i a n s

a t e

n o i s y . They p e a k

f o r t i s s i m o , w i t h e x p : a v a g a n t g e s t u r e s .

O r d i n a r y c o n v e r s a t i o n o f t e n s o u n d s

i k e

q u a r r e l i n g .

There

r e

no o s t e d

s i g n s

u r g i n g q u i e m e s s ,

and

t h e n u r s e s and o r

d e r l i e s make more o i s e t h a n any of

h e

v i s i t o r s They p p a r e n t l y

o p e r a t e

on

h e

p r i n c i p l e

t h a t l o u d n e s s

s

b e n e f i c i a l .

At

one ' c l o c k

i n

t h e cioming a

group

down h e h a l l w e r ^

h o l d i n g

f o r t h i n t o p

f o r m -

f o r

a

b a l l

g £ ^ Q e

We r e t h e o n l y

ones

h i s p e r i n g , o f t l y t o e a c h

o t h e r

from i

me

o t i m e ,

I

l o v e

y o u . "

" I l o v e

y o u , o o . "

Has

t

been

wc t h

t ?

Only

e n

s h o r t

months

o be o g e t i i e r . B u t , h , u c h

wonderful

months Our r a v e l s have kept

u s o n h e g o m o s t o f

h e

t i

m e :

r o m M i s

souri to south

Florida to

northern Michi

g a n ,

u t t o A r i z o n a t h e n b a c k

t o

F l o r i d a

a g a i n . From h e r e cn

beyond t o coun

t r i e s

abroad

wherewe ad ived and a

bored

n t h e p a s t J a m a i c a f o r me; t a l y

f o r him.The p p e a l of h e

open

o a d ,

t h e b e a u t i e s

of

h e c o u n t r y s i d e , t h e

s p l e n d o r s of

o u n t a i n s

and

e a s

n e v e r

f a i l to exalt the

heart.But

he foremost

r e a s o n f o r

our

sojpum

was not h e

s c e

n i c but e o p l e- od's

p e o p l e ,

and t h e

renewal

of

r i e n d s t i p s .

His added

t o

m i n e a n d n e w o n ^ i m a d e n b e t w e e n

How

o

you

e a s u r e

t h e

w e a l t h

of

ftiends?The merican

issionar

ies and talian

Christians

here have

been

working

beyond

measure t o

s u p p o r t

and

comfort us

n

our

r i

s i s . What a p r e c i o u s t r e a s u r e i s t h e

f a m i l y of

od

Thisnew husband

of

mine

h a s b r o u g h t m u s i c , o y and a u g h

t e r i n t o

my i f e .

Such a

happy

a c e

he

ears Yet

behind he smile

is

the

broken and ontrite

heart of

man who

a s e x p e r i e n c e d t h e

mercy and r a c e of G o d , nd

i v e s

a i f e of r a t i t u d e . Above

l l ,

he

h a s brought me o v e

a g a i n . With

the love c o m es e a r s ,

for in

t h i s

fallen

world here canbeno

o v e

without sorrow.God's ove o r us

costHim he i f e ofHis Son.How

i n f i n i t e l y ^ s a d

Sadder

t i l l ,

not o

love at l l . Sowe

ove

o n ,

with the

s u r e and

c e r t a i n hope of h e

r e s u r

r e c t i o n to

i f e

e t e r n a l ,

where i

n a l l y ,

i

n a l l y , in a l l y ,

l o v e

w i l l be

without tears.

Theabove

was

ritten

the

n i g h t of

p r i l

2 2 .

C h a r l e s d i e d

aroimd

5 h i s a f t e r n o o n ( A p r i l 23)

i n h i s

s l e e p . The

Lord

was

i s e t o

let him eave

this l i f e in

the land

and

among

h e people he

had

loved.


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From:MaxinePRippsin

t a l y

To:

S u b j e c t :

F u n e r a l p l a n s

f o r C h a r l e s

Date

e n t :

Tue,

4

Apr

2001

1 3 : 4 5

I

am

o

hankful for the

mes

s a g e s of o n d o l e n c e and a s s u r a n c e s

of r a y e r t h a t

h a v e

r e a c h e d

me

h e r e .

I

am r y i n g t o g e t t h i s i n f o r

mation out o a s ma ny s I

c a n .

P l e a s e

f o r g i v e me h a t

I

c a n n o t

write each of ur riends individu

a l l y

a t t h i s

t i m e .

There s no embalming

n

t a l y ,

so t h e body must be d i s p o s e d

of

r a t h e r q u i c k l y .

That

s

why

h e r e

h a s

beensucha ush to make l l the

p l a n s

~

hich a r e

c o m p l i c a t e d be

cause Charles wasan American is

i t i n g h e r e . There

wi ll

be i s i t a t i o n

t h i s e v e n i n g ,

which

by

custom

t a k e s

p l a c e a t t h e h o s p i t a l where he d i e d .

Tomorrow

morning, h e r e wi ll be a

funeral

service

at the Bari church t

9 : 3 0 .

Then

h e

body

i l l

be

t r a n s

p o r t e d

t o T e r r a c i n a ,

a

f iv e - h o u r

t r i p .

T e r r a c i n a ( T e r r a - c h e e - n a ) s

a

townon he Mediterranean

side

of

I t a l y betweenRome

nd

N a p l e s .

C h a r l e s

l i v e d

t h e r e

f o r s e v e r a l y e a r s

w i t h both Mary r a n c e s and t h e n

I v i a . Mary r a n c e s , o whom

e

was

a r r i e d

f o r 41

y e a r s ,

s

en

c r y p t e d

t h e r e ,

and

h a t ' s

why

wanted

him lso

l a i d to

rest

in

the

same p l a c e .(We s e t h a t word

" e n c r y p t e d " b e c a u s e

t h e

body s n o t

b u r i e d

u n d e r g r o u n d , but

e a l e d

i n t o

a

w a l l

above

g r o u n d ) .

B a r i

i s - o n

t h e

e a s t e r n s i d e of t a l y ,

on

what s c a l l e d

the "boot

eel" on

he

Adriatic Sea.

Graveside services w i l l be eld there

for

the Christians in

that

area.Be

c a u s e tomorrow s a h o l i d a y ( s i m i l a r

t o

our

Labor Day) nd no

one

i l l be

w o r k i n g ,

h e a c t u a l

b u r i a l w o n ' t

t a k e

p l a c e u nt il t h e f o l l o w i n g m o r n i n g .

But

t h e c a s k e t w i l l a l r e a d y have been

s e a l e d i n t o a metal

a u l t , which

s r e

q u i r e d by a w h e r e . V i t o r i o

I t a l i a n o ,

a l s o c a l l e d G i u s e p p e ,

i n i s t e r

of h e

Terracina church,

i l l

l e a d the s e r v i c e

there.

The r a v e s i d e s e r v i c e i n Ter

r a c i n a w i l l be

Thursday

morning t

9:30.

I am t a y i n g

w i t h

Evelyn o n e s ,

an American i s s i o n a r y , who

h a s

been

n d i s p e n s a b l e t o

me

n

b e i n g

my

t r a n s l a t o r t h r o u g h

a l l

t h i s .

Her p a r t

ment s r i g h t a c r o s s t h e s t r e e t from

the church.

Harold

and Enid Fowler,

more i s s i o n a r i e s ,

w i l l

be

r i v i n g

downfrom

he

town of ateHca his

e v e n i n g

t o be w i t h

me. Harold h a s

been

i k e

ason o Charles.

I am e i n g

w e l l

c a r e d f o r

by

a

host of

hristian

friends here

who

l o v e d

C h a r l e s

d e a r l y ,

and

l o v e

me

o r

his

sake.

Do

otbe

o ncerned

about me.

The

Lord has i v e n m

p e a c e

about l l t h e s e

e v e n t s

which n

His

p r o v i d e n c e

He ad

p l a n n e d . As

a v i d

L i v i n g s t o n e ' s

heart

was uried

in

the

heart

of

A f r i c a , "because t h a t ' s where h i s

heart was"

o

Charles' heart will

be ere.He imself s in the arm

of

he

Lord.

Phone number

o r

Evelyn

Jones whose u e s t I am

u s t

now

011-39-080-553-1598

I

e m a i n , amazed by

His

amazing

o v e ,

Maxine


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> T h i c a f t e r n o o n .

Monday,

p r i l 2 3 r d , our

d e a r e & t

>

b r o t h e r Charles Phipps went t o be w i t h h i s L o r d . He

> had been n t h e h o s p i t a l a t B a r i ( l t a l y ) / o r o few

> d a y s . . A o

m a n y o f

y o u

a l r e a d y

k n o w r l l ^

a n d

M a x i n e ,

> h i s w i f e ,

had

been

in I t a l y

about a month

in o r d e r

> o r h i m t o

see

and embrace g a i n h i s b r o t h e r s

an d

> isters

i n

Christ with whom

he

had

worked

and

> witnessed f o r

Christ.

>

Hecame

o I t a l y

i n 1947

and was ne of the

i r s t

>

issionaries

who, f t e r

the

Second World War. had

> u n d e r s t o o d t h e

n e c e s s i t y a n d

u r g e n c y ^ f r i n g i n g

>

t h e

g e n u i n e m e s s a g e f s a l v a t i o n t o o u r

c ^ ^ t V y .

H e

> worked i n B a r i , Latiano, F r a n c a v i l l a , Oria,

> erracina and Fondi.

>

> No

amactiy ' = ' g i r ' ? d

to b r i n g

h i s

new w i f e .

Maxine.

> ardor

spent h i s l i f c s o r v i n g - h i s

Lord and-Savfour.

>

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< x / >

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s

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j

>

His l a s t d e s i r e has been g r a n t e d . '

> i r o n y ) : "Well,

now

can d i e i n peace because

> ha\« been

able o v i s i t the

talian churches

>

g a i n . . . . h o w e v e r ,

I

w o u l d n ' t

mind

being

able

to

see

>

them

e\en

a g a i n i "

3

>

et

us

p r a y , p r a y , pray f o r Maxine

to

r e c e i > « the

>

omfort

and peace

of God

nd

> e t

us

sing w i t h renewed

e e l i n g

the many hymns

harles

has e f t

> ur

Lord

and

God.

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ino

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Mission)

>

>

«

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- m a i l notes of condolence might w e l l be

>

ent

to Maxine a t

t h i s address

pending her retum

> o

J o p l i n by way

of

h e i r home n F l o r i d a . She as

> -mail

s e r v i c e

both

i n F l o r i d a

and

here i n J o p l i n ,

> but

w i l l

not

be i n a o s i t i o n

to send o r

mail

from

>

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LOVE'S

TEARS

D a t e s e n t :

Mon,

23 Apr 0 0 1 2 0 : 4 9 : 0 3 +0200

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t

b e g i n s .

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s l o w c o u n t d o w n

t o t h e

e n d .

The l d

h o s p i t a l r o u t i n e

- t h e t e s t s , t h e

x r a y s ,

t h e

m a c h i n e s

humming

a n d c l i c k i n g ,

l i g h t s

b l i n k i n g ,

m e a s u r i n g

t h e

i t e

f o

r c e s ,

t h e i n t e r m i n a b l e n i g h t

v i g i l s

-

l l

a t t e m p t s

t o

p r e v e n t

o r

d e l a y

t h e

i n e v i t a b l e .

The b o d y

i s w e a r i n g o u t ,

t s

f u n c t i o n s

breaking

dovm.

knew

when

s i g n e d

on

o r t h i s commitment a s t

y e a r h a t

t h e

p e r c e n t a g e s w e r e

l l

s t a c k e d o

r

t h i s

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to occur.

T i e r e was the p o s s i b i l i t y ,

o f

course,

of

a

sudden

a t a l heartattack such as he ones ha t

took two

of i s b r o t h e r s ,

or

the outside cha nce of

an ccident. But

his

is

the

usual

course. can

say

ha\en

t had

a

r e a t d e a l of r a c t i c e

-

more

than vawanted.

I t i s worse h e r e , though. am

a

t r a n g e r i n

a

strange l a n d w i t h o u t

knowledge

of

the

language.

cannot understand what

the

doctors

are saying when

they

discuss my usband

s o n d i t i o n .

When

t r y to

e x p l a i n t h a t

I do

not speak I t a l i a n , they w i l l

r e p e a t what they u s t s a i d , o n l y

a

i t t l e l o u d e r ,

as though

my roblem

i s

one of

hearing r a t h e r

than

comprehension.

The h o s p i t a l i s l a r g e , o l d , and

w e l l

wom,

ut

clean, l i g h t and

a i r y . And he

e r v i c e

i s good, the

doctors c a r e f u l and thorough. Posted v i s i t i n g

hours

seem

o

have

i t t l e

e f f e c t ;

people come

nd

go

p r e t t y

much

s they

please. Nor are there l i m i t s to

the

number

f i s i t o r s . I

counted nine

around the

bed of one man

n

the ward.

And

t a l i a n s are

n o i s y .

They speak o r t i s s i m o , w i t h

extravagant

gestures.

O r d i n a r y c o n N e r s a t i o n o f t e n sounds i k e q u a r r e l i n g .

There

are no

posted

signs u r g i n g

q u i e t n e s s ,

and

the

nurses and o r d e r l i e s make ore

noise

than any

of

the v i s i t o r s

They

a p p a r e n t l y operate o n the

p r i n c i p l e t h a t loudness

i s

b e n e f i c i a l . At o n e

0

lock i n the moming a roup down the h a l l were

h o l d i n g

f o r t h

i n

top

form

-

o r a a l l

game

We re

the

o n l y ones w h i s p e r i n g , s o f t l y t o each o t h e r

from

time to

time, 1

I o m s

you."

I l o v e you, o o . "

Has t

been w o r t h i t ?

Only

t e n

s h o r t months

to

be

t o g e t h e r . But,

ah,

such

w o n d e r f u l months Our

t r a v e l s

haws kept us

on the

go most

of

the i m e :

f r o m Missouri

to south

lorida

to

northem

Michigan, out to Arizona then

back

t o

F l o r i d a

a g a i n . From t h e r e on beyond t o c o u n t r i e s abroad

where we ad l i v e d

and

labored i n the past

-

Jamaica o r me;

t a l y f o r him.

The

appeal of the

open r o a d , the b e a u t i e s o f the c o u n t r y s i d e , the

s p l e n d o r s o f mountains

and

seas

n e \ e r

a i l

t o e x a l t

t f i e

h e a r t .

B u t

t h e f o r e m o s t r e a s o n

o r

o u r

s o j o u m

was

n o t

the scenic

b u t people - Gods e o p l e , and

the renewal

o f r i e n d s h i p s .

His

added

to mine and

new

ones made n

between

How

o

you measure th e

wealth

o f riends? TheAmerican missionaries and

I t a l i a n

C h r i s t i a n s

here ha>e

been

working beyond

measure

to support and comfort us

n our

r i s i s .

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R.

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What

a

r e c i o u s

t r e a s u r e

I s the e m i l y

of

God

This

new husband

of

mine has

brought

music,

oy

and

l a u g h t e r

I n t o my

i f e .

Such a happy face he wears

Yetbehind the

smile

s the broken and

ontrite

h e a r t o f a

man who has experienced

the

mercy and

grace

of

God,

and

l i v e s

a

i f e

of

r a t i t u d e .

Abo>e

a l l ,

he

has

b r o u g h t

me o v e a g a i n . With the l o v e

comes ears, for n this a l l e n world there can be

no

o\e

without sorrow.

God

s

ove

for us costHim

the i f e of

His Son. How

n f i n i t e l y sad

adder

s t i l l , not to

love

at l l . So we

ove

on,

with

th e

sure

and c e r t a i n hope of the r e s u r r e c t i o n to i f e

etemal,

where

i n a l l y ,

f i n a l l y ,

f i n a l l y ,

l o \ e w i l l

bewithout

tears.

The

abo>e

was

r i t t e n

the

n i g h t

of

p r i l

22.

Charles

died around

5

h i s aftemoon

I n h i s sleep.

The Lord

was

wiseto e t him leave this l i f e I n

the

land and among he people he had l o v e d .

End

of

b n / v a r d e d message

Carlo&MaxIne Phioos 2).iDQ

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RE:

More news concerning Charles

Phipps

From : Maxine

Phipps

i n I t a ly

To:

Subject:

Funeral

plans

Date

s e n t :

Tue, 24 Apr 2001 13:45:40 +0200

am

o h a n k f u l

f o

r the messages of condolence

and

assurances o f p r a y e r

t h a t

have

reached

me e r e .

am r y i n g to

get

t h i s i n f o r m a t i o n out to as man y

as

I can.

Please

o r g i v e

me h a t

cannot w r i t e each

of

our i l e n d s

i n d i v i d u a l l y

at h i s time.

There i s

no embalming n I t a l y , so

the

body must be

disposed

o f

r a t h e r q u i c k l y .

That

is

why

t h e r e has

been such a

ush

to

make l l the

plans

- hich are

complicated

because

C h a r l e s was

an American

v i s i t i n g

h e r e .

There i l l

be

v i s i t a t i o n t h i s

e v e n i n g ,

which

by custom

takes

p l a c e a t

the

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9:32

PM / 2 4 / 0 1 -0400, Fwd: Fwd: Fwd:

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news

oncerning

Charles Phipps]]

h o s p i t a l where

he

i e d .

Tomorrow

moming, there

w i l l

be

a i i n e r a l

servce

t the ari church at

9:30.

Tben

the

body w i l l be transported to

T e r r a c i n a ,

a

i \ « - h o u r r i p .

Terraclna (Terra-chee-na)

s

a own on

the

M e d i t e r r a n e a n side of

t a l y

between

Rome

nd

Naples.

Charles l l \ e d

there

o r s e v s r a l years

w i t h

both

Mary Frances

and then v i a .

Mary

Frances, to

whom

he

was am'ed b r 41

years, s encrypted

t h e r e ,

and t h a t ' s why wanted him

also

l a i d to

r e s t I n

the same lace.

(We

se that

word

"encrypted" because

the

body I s not b u r i e d

underground,

b u t

sealed I n t o

a

a l l above g r o u n d ) .

B a r i I s o n the eastem side

of

t a l y , on

what

s

called

the

boot

eel"

on

the

driatic

Sea.

Gra \esld e

services w i l l

be

eld

there fbr

the

Christians

in

that

area. Becausetomorrow s

a

h o l i d a y

( s i m i l a r

t o

our Labor Day)

nd no one i l l

be

w o r k i n g , the

a c t u a l

b u r i a l

wont

take place

u n t i l the b l l o w i n g moming.

But

the casket i l l

a l r e a d y have been sealed I n t o

a

etal v a u l t , which

I s r e q u i r e d by law

h e r e .

V l t o r i o

I t a l l a n o , also

c a l l e d

Giuseppe,

i n i s t e r

of

the

T e r r a c l n a church,

w i l l l e a d the s e r v i c e t h e r e .

The

r a \ e s l d e s e r v i c e

I n

T e r r a c l n a w i l l

be

Thursday moming a t 9:30.

I am

t a y i n g

w i t h Evelyn

Jones,

an American

m i s s i o n a r y , who

has been

I n d i s p e n s a b l e

t o

me

n

b e i n g

my r a n s l a t o r

t h r o u g h

a l l t h i s .

Her

apartment

I s

r i

ght across the

s t r e e t

from the c h u r c h .

H a r o l d

and Enid Fowler, more missionaries, i l l be r i v i n g

down fiom the

town

of

Matelica t h i s evening to be

with

me. arold has been i k e

ason

o Charles.

am

e i n g w e l l

cared f b r by

a

ost o f C h r i s t i a n

f r i e n d s here who

oved

Charles d e a r l y ,

and

l o v e

me

fbr

his sake. Do

ot

be concemed

bout

me.

The

Lord has

g l > « n

me

eace

about

l l

these events

which I n H i s

p r o v i d e n c e He

had p l a n n e d .

As a v i d


h e a r t was u r i e d

I n

the h e a r t

o f

A f r i c a , "because h a t ' s where h i s

heart

was"

o

Charles'

heart w i l l

be

ere. He

imself is in

the

arms

of

he

ord.

E v e l y n ' s e - m a i l

address

s :

e v e l y n j @ t l n . l t

Phone number.011-39-080-553-1598

I remain,

amazed y

His

amazing l o v e ,

Maxine

«

ay Downen

remarks

-

q u a l l y

a f f e c t e d by t h i s

l o s s a r e

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C h a r l e s P h i p p s ] ]

C h a r l e s ' adopted

i a m i l y

who are the c h i l d r e n and

g r a n d c h i l d r e n , e t c .

of

v i a .

R o n

and Linda

Slaughter

made

oom i n

t h e i r

home o r

Charles to

l i v e with

them after

i v i a died. Linda is I v i a ' s

o l d e s t

daughter and i s

p r o p e r l y

the

o n v a r d i n g

agent o r

C h a r l e s ,

even though ' v e

done some f

the

work

o r

him

i n

recent years.

Their

address

i s

200

W o r t h , Neosho MO 4850. The telephone number

is 417.451.5239.We

hare n their

sorrow.

Ray Downen

o r

Charles

and

Maxine

Phipps-

You

an

see

ecent

news

r

om

CM(M2M)

n

the intemet at

httD://www.sofhet.com/~outreach .

l l

forward tothe

Phipps any e-mail notes

you

send c l e a r l y f o r them to

[email protected]

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R a y

O o w n e n

telephone 417/782-0814

l e s P h i p p s

MITA

REARDOIM

T e l ep h o n e 4 1 7 / 3 6 4 - 7 6 4 3

F i n a n c i a l

g i f t s should be sent o

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MO

4803-2233

EDITORIAL OFFICE

MISSION SERVICES

P 0

BOX 13111

KNOXVL

IN 37920-0111

Ray remarks

—

I

h o u g h t

you

m i g h t be n t e r e s t e d i n

an

u p d a t e on

t h e work

n Mexico

C h a r l e s

had begun

h e l p i n g

p r i o r

t o

h i s

m a r r i a g e

t o

Maxine.

He

ad a c c o m p a n i e d

an e v a n g e l

i s t i c

g r o u p l e d

by N i t a Reardon

t o

works t h e y had begun,and t h e n went

i n t o v i l l a g e s

where o t h e r e v a n g e l i s t s

had not

e t

gone.

e v e r a l of h a r l e s '

f r i e n d s

b e g a n t o

s u p p o r t t h e work be

i n g done n M e x i c o . C h a r l e s

a d o p t e d

the name

ission

2 exico

for

t h i s

work.

Nita s

t o

l e a v e

t h i s

S a t u r d a y , May

26th

t o

vis it

t h e

church

b u i l d i n g

some

of

s have h e l p e d

f u r n i s h f u n d s

t o

c o n s t r u c t a t Cinco

de

Mayo.

h i s

s

a

b r i e f

i s i t

r a t h e r t h a n an

e v a n g e l i s t i c

e f f o r t of e v e r a l

weeks

e e k i n g new

c o n v e r t s . She w i l l

r e t u r n

w i t h

a photo

of

h e

c h u r c h b u i l d i n g a s

i t now

o o k s

a t

Cinco

de

Mayo.

^ o b f o n

b i d d i n g

a t

Qnco e

The i c t u r e b e l o w was n c l u d e d

i n

an

a r l i e r

r e p o r t

e t t e r

s e n t

o u t

b y Char

l e s .

N i t a

w i l l v i s i t t h i s work and p l a n s t o

r e t u r n

w i t h a

p i c t u r e

of

h e

b u i l d i n g

w i t h

some of h e p e o p l e a s i t and t h e y now

look.

She

n v i t e s

y o u r h e l p

i n

c o n t i n u i n g

s u p p o r t f o r t h e

e v a n g e l i s t

a t t h i s new

w o r k . He

l s o p r e a c h e s i n t h r e e

n e a r b y

v i l l a g e s —

t two of them on u n d a y , t

one on a t u r d a y ,

and

i s i t s o t h e r n e a r b y

v i l l a g e

w o r k s a s

i

m e

e r m i t s . He l a n s

t o e v a n g e l i z e i n e a c h of h e s e

f o u r v i l

l a g e s

one

d a y

e a c h

w e e k .

N i t a

i n v i t e s

your

h e l p i n b u i l d i n g

churches and hristians in

Mexico.

She

does no t spend l l

h e r

t i m e

i n

Mexico,

but

h a s i n t h e p a s t and w i l l a g a i n i n

f u

t u r e

d a y s s p e n d s e v e r a l w e e k s a t

a t i m e a t

t h e

c e n t r a l m i s s i o n p o i n t out

of

which

v i l l a g e

e v a n g e l i s m i s b e i n g c o n d u c t e d .

Both he and harles were n Tula

f or

s e v e r a l

months two y e a r s a g o .

This isit

is toencour-

a a g e

e v e r l e x i c n

v a n g e l i s t s

i n c l u d i n g

Alicia Molina

t Tula

and Tamaulipas. With

co-workers

on his

t r i p

N i t a

w i l l

t a k e

sup

p l i e s

i n t o

Mexico and

hold

ervices of

en

couragement t

v a r i

ous churches t h e y ' v e

h e l p e d

e s t a b l i s h i n

a l s o

d e l i v e r

a g i f t from B o u l e v a r d

C h u r c h i n S y l v a n i a ( T o l e d o ) Ohio

to a s s i s t the

work

n Cincode

Mayo.

I f you want o h e l p

N i t a

i n

t h i s

work,

i f t s

may

be a d d r e s s e d

t o

h e r

( N i t a

R e a r d o n ) t

t h e

a d

d r e s s above

(PO ox

2233, o p l i n

MO 4 8 0 3 - 2 2 3 3 ) . G i f t s

f o r

Mexi

c a n

e v a n g e l i s m

w i l l b e d i r e c t e d

t o

central Mexico

where several

mis

sion

churches have

be e n

t a r t e d ,

and

where

hristian work

ontin

ues.

Thanks.

Kay

owneAO/

Maxine

hipps reports a

good memorial e r v i c e was

h e l d

May 0 t h

a t

Boulevard church,

with more han $1,100 given to

ward the Charles Phipps Memo

r i a l M i s s i o n a r y S c h o l a r s h i p

fund

a t Ozark

C h r i s t i a n

C o l l e g e . This

fund i s f o r

t r a i n i n g

f u t u r e mission

aries

to workas

Charles

did

or

many e a r s

i n I t a l y

and

elsewhere.

Gifts f or this

fund shouldbemade

in the

name

f

Ozark hristian

C o l l e g e and

s e n t

t o Maxine

a t

164

Friendship C i r c l e ,

Joplin

MO

64801.You an telephone

Maxine

at 417.624.6914. She misses Char

l e s

very

much


13/18

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4801-8432

teleDhone

417/624-6914

Agent:

Ray

Downen

telephone 417/782-0814

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should

be sent o

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;

May ,2001-

harles Phipps

Is

Gone

-

A

ord

rom

Ra y

Downen

For s e v e r a l y e a r s now have been

" f o r w a r d i n g a g e n t "

f o r

C h a r l e s P h i p p s .

When began h i s w i f e was v i a . A f t e r

I v i a d i e d , Charles was alone f o r s e v e r a l

y e a r s . Then he and a l o n g - t i m e f r i e n d

who a c h

had

l o s t t h e i r

mates

began a

renewed

r i e n d s h i p which

l e d t o t h e i r

m a r r y i n g

10 months

g o .

Now

h a r l e s

has

e f t h i s

widow,

Maxine.We iH

miss

him. ere's a notefrom some

n

I t a l y

w i t h

whom e

had worked

i n

years

past

-->>

From: Chiesa di Cristo

Lecce"

< h c r . l e c c e @ t i s c a l i n e t . i t >

To:

Ray

D ownen"

S u b j e c t : LECCE CHRISTIAN

MISSION: h a r l e s

P h i p p s

Date e n t : Mon, 3 Apr 2001

2 1 : 1 0 : 0 8 +0200

CHARLES

HIPPSHASIN

HERITED

THECROWNOF

IFE

T h i s a f t e r n o o n , Monday, p r i l

23rd,

our dearest brother Charles

Phipps

went o

be w i t h

h i s

Lord.He

h a d

b e e n i n

t h e

h o s p i t a l

a t B a r i I t a l y )

f o r a f e w d a y s . As many of o u

a l r e a d y

know,

e

and Maxine, i s w i f e , had

been

n

I t a l y about month n o r d e r

f o r

him t o s e e

and

embrace

a g a i n

hi s

brothers and

i s t e r s in Christ with

whom e

had worked and

itnessed

f o r

Christ.

He

ame

o

I t a l y

i n

1947

and

wa s

one o f he i r s t

m i s s i o n a r i e s

who, f t e r

the

Second

World War, ad

understood

t h e

n e c e s s i t y

and

u r g e n c y of r i n g i n g

t h e

g e n u i n e

message of

a l v a t i o n

t o our

c o u n t r y .

He orked

n

B a r i ,

a t i a n o ,

FrancaviUa,

Oria,

erracina

and Fondi.

He a r n e s d y

d e s i r e d t o

b r i n g h i s

new w i f e , Maxine,

o

t h e

country where

he had

w i t h e n t h u s i a s m

and

a r d o r

s p e n t

h i s

i f e s e r v i n g

h i s Lord and

a v i o u r .

His

a s t

d e s i r e

h a s

been

g r a n t e d .

He

s a i d t o me

ew

d a y s a g o , o k i n g ( a s

he

a l w a y s

d i d

w i t h t h a t

s h a r p

s e n s e

of

o y

of

l i v i n g

and w i t h c h r c t e r i s t i c

i r o n y ) :

" W e l l , now

c a n

d i e

i n p e a c e

b e c a u s e I

have

been ble

to

v i s i t the Italian

churches

a g a i n . . . . h o w e v e r ,

I wouldn't

mind b e i n g

a b l e

t o s e e them

e v e n

a g a i n "

Let us p r a y , p r a y ,

p r a y f o r

Maxine

t o

r e c e i v e

t h e

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ITALIAN

CHRISTJA

MISSION

A OTE-4/24/01

From:

Maxine Phipps n

I t a l y

To:

S u b j e c t : F u n e r a l p l a n s f o r

C h a r l e s

Date

e n t : Tue,

4 Apr 2001

1 3 : 4 5

I am o h a n k f u l f o r t h e messages

of ondolence

and

ssurances

of

p r a y e r t h a t

h a v e

r e a c h e d me e r e . I am

t r y i n g

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

many s I a n . P l e a s e f o r g i v e

me

h a t I

cannot

rite eachof ur

riends

indi

v i d u a l l y

a t t h i s t i m e .

There s

no

embalming n

I t a l y ,

so

t h e

body must

be

i s p o s e d

of

a t h e r

q u i c k l y . That s why h e r e

h a s

been

such

a

rush

t o

make

l l

t h e

p l a n s ~

which r e c o m p l i c a t e d b e c a u s e

Char

l e s was

an

American i s i t i n g

h e r e .

There

i l l be

i s i t a t i o n

t h i s e v e n i n g ,

which by

custom

a k e s p l a c e ^ t i h e

h o s p i t a l

where

he

i e d .

Tomorrow

morning,

h e r e

w i l l be

a

u n e r a l

s e r v i c e

at the Banchurch t 9:30.

Then

he

body

i U . be r a n s p o r t e d t o T e r r a c i n a ,

a

i

v e - h o u r

t r i p .

T e r r a c i n a ( T e r r a - c h e e - n a ) s

a

townon

the Mediterranean

ide of

t

a l y

between

Rome nd N a p l e s .

C h a r l e s

l i v e d t h e r e f o r

s e v e r a l y e a r s

w i t h

both

Mary Frances

and

then v i a . Mary

Frances,

to whom e

was married

for

41 y e a r s , s e n c r y p t e d t h e r e ,

and

h a t ' s

why I wanted him a l s o l a i d . t o r e s t i n

t h e same l a c e .

(We

se

t h a t

word

" e n c r y p t e d " b e c a u s e

t h e body

s not

b u r i e d

undergroimd, ut

e a l e d

i n t o

a

w a l l above

r o u n d ) .

B a r i

s

on

h e

e a s t -

em

i d e

of t a l y ,

o

"boot eel" on h

s i d e s e r v i c e s w i l l p

C h r i s t i a n s

i n t h a t

row s

a

h o l i d a y i

Day) nd no

one

tual burial won't

l o w i n g m o r n i n g ,

r e a d y

have

been

s

which

s

r e q u i r e d

I t a l i a n o ,

a l s o c a l l e j l

of

he Terracina c

service there.

1

American mission

d i s p e n s a b l e

t o

m

t h r o u g h a l l t h i s

a

hat s called the

Adriatic

Sea.

Grave-

e eld

there for

the

irea.Becausetomor-

kmilar

o

ourLabor

> t i l l be w o r k i n g , h e a c -

ke p l a c e u n t i l

t h e

f o l -

the casket

will a l -

^ a l e d

i n t o a

m e t a l

a u l t ,

D y

law

h e r e . V i t o r i o

G i u s e p p e , i n i s t e r

lurch,

i l l l e a d the

t i i

But

The

r a v e s i d e

s e r v i c e

i n

T e r r a c i n a

w i l l

be

Thursday

inoming t

9 : 3 0 .

I am

t a y i n g

^ v i t h Evelyn o n e s , an

r y , who a s

been n -

i n

b e i n g

my r a n s l a t o r

e r a p a r t m e n t s

r i g h t

across the

street

ifromlheTchurch. Harold

and Enid Fowler, more i s s i o n a r i e s , wd l

be r i v i n g down

r

om h e

town

of

Ma-

t e l i c a t h i s

evening to be

with

me. Harold

hasbeen ike a son o Charles.

I

am

eing

e l l c a r e d f o r

by

a

host

of hristian friends here who

oved

C h a r l e s

d e a r l y ,

and o v e me o r h i s

s a k e .

Do

otbe

concerned

about

me.The

Lord has i v e n me

e a c e

about l l

t h e s e

e v e n t s

which

n

ms r o v i d e n c e He ad

p l a n n e d .

As David i v i n g s t o n e ' s

h e a r t

whose u e s t

I am u s t now:

11-

39-080-553-1598

I

e m a i n ,

amazed

by

His

amazing o v e ,

Maxine


15/18

MESSAGE

FROM

EUROPE

Spring

2001

Volume

4,

No.2

Charles

Phipp^

The

vents

o f l i f e are o f t e n beyond

explana

tion and sometimes

ad ituations

contain

coincidences h a t , for the Christian, are

d i r e c t

expressions f

God's

o v i n g care. What ap

pened

o Charl es Phipps,

84,

eteran

m i s s i o n

ary t o

I t a l y ,

i s a l e a r demonstration t h a t even

dramatic

events can

be amazingly o y f u l . Man

of

indomitable

a i t h ,

he

has

carried on

mission

ary work i n I t a l y

and

Mexico

I )

f o r

almost50

years.To

Harold

and

nid,

he

wasa

ear

f r i e n d w i t h

i n v i n c i b l e

good

humor,

t i m u l a t i n g

B i b l e

student

and

missionary mentor,com

poser of hymns n English

and

I t a l i a n . He ven

composed

he

song Harold sang o

Enid

at

t h e i r wedding.

During a ecent

r i p to

I t a l y

w i t h

h i s w i f e ,

Maxine,

hey r e v i s i t e d the

Christians

among

whom e had labored.As

hey

prepared to

r e t u r n to

the

States,

o n A p r i l

24,

a udden

i l l n e s s

took Charles n t o

the L o r d ' s presence.

Maxine

expressed

the

desire that

Charles

be

i n t e r r e d

i n I t a l y :

'The Lord

has

given me

eace

about

l l these events which

n

His

providence

He ad planned.As avid


h e a r t

was uried

i n

the heart f

A f r i c a ,

'because

t h a t ' s where i s

heart was,'so harles' heart

w i l l

be

ere.

He imself i s

in thearms

f

the

L o r d . "

Harold and

Enid

were p r i v i l e g e d t o

share i n

h i s memorial

e r v i c e

w i t h

many t a l i a n

C h r i s t i a n s

who ere

e q u a l l y

blessed

by

Charles'

o v i n g m i n i s t r y . Young people and l d

t e s t i f i e d

t o

the powerful

witness

he

e f t . The

t

home

iththeLord

b r e t h r e n

sang,

as Charles would have, i t h

g l o r i o u s c o n v i c t i o n :

"Let the Lower

i g h t s Be

Burning,"

I t

i s Well w i t h

my

oul",

and

"Amaz

i n g Grace," l l so

expressive

o f Charles'

a i t h .

For

those whoshared his

faith and

were

warmed by

h i s

l o v e ,

h i s passing

c a r r i e d many

messages,among hich: S o

l i v e

as o b e

able t o c e l e b r a t e your departure

w i t h

j o y . "

Charles

i s at home ith the Lord now,

because

hewas t

home ith

the

Lord

b e f o re

he e f t

•

Seminar

in

Rome

The

i a l e

l o n i o Church

o f C h r i s t n o n - i n s t r u m e n t a l ) ,

i n v i t e d H a r o l d

t o

p r e s e n t t h e a p o s t l e

Matthew's

x p o s i t i o n o f

Jesus.He mphasized the L o r d ' s

approach

t o righteousness and the

m o t i v a t i o n s t o

be the

new k i n d o f people

he

s c r e a t i n g . They

n v i t e d

Enid t o

teach

the c h i l d r e n

t o o . This v i b r a n t church s noted

o r

i t s balanced emphasis

and

moderate p i r i t . I f

we

may

udge

the

Lord

by looking

at His people,

we

ust

conclude

h a t He oes

excellent work

•


16/18

Page

2 f4

. . . i n t e r e s t i n g that

the

women ad ucha

hunger

or

fellowship

and e a r n i n g . "

Ladies'

etreat t

Naples

Enid,

Giovanna

one

f

the

Matelica

l a d i e s ) ,

K r i s t a

M i i l i s e r (one o f our new

m i s s i o n a r i e s n

language

schooi

a t Perugia), p a r t i c i

pated in

the

annuai women's

r e t r e a t , held

t h i s

year at

Naples.The heme: The

Power f Christ

in

the hris

t i a n

Woman."

h e y shared

with

54

hristian

women

from

a l i

over t a l y ,

develop

ing fellowship and r i e n d

ships, praying t o g e t h e r . Enid

Women's etreat

found

t

i n t e r e s t i n g

t h a t

the

women

ad

such

a

unger

f o r f e i l o w s h i p

and l e a r n i n g .

Because the retreat was

heid at

Napies, known

o r

i t s

criminal elements,

severalmen

rom the

churches

hau f f eured

the

women o the r a l l y s i t e .

Harold

went

along as r i v e r

and

enjoyed

a

i c h

time

of

f e i i o w s h i p w i t h these

brothers.•

Ancona project

moving

forward

We

sked you

to pray

f o r

th e

NOW OUR

issionary

a m i l i e s i n

language study

t

Perugia, h a t

they may

e

able t o speak

good

I t a l i a n

and

gain

permission

to

remain and work

in

I t a l y as mis

sionaries.

Th e y are beginning t o speak

e x c e l l e n t I t a l i a n , because

they

continued

t o study even though

they

wanted to

get

s t a r t e d at

Ancona.

This

has

been

neces

sary,

because

they n eeded

to

learn to

communicate

e f or e

being able o p r o c l a i m the l i v i n g

Word

o

anyone.

Their

patience has

paid o f f .

Now

o n e

a m i l y

has

already

moved o

Ancona; nother s to move n

September. Piease,

continue

to

pray

f o r

the

Lord's

work

there.

•

U n i t y r a l l y p a r t i c i p a n t s

Unity Rally I n

South

I t a l y

Members rom several ifferent

churches

shared n

the

2001

Restoration Workshop forum i n

south I t a l y l e d

by

the church i n

Lecce

under the l e a d e r s h i p

o f

Pino N e g l i a . C h r i s t i a n s came

from a i i

over t a l y

t o

encourage

one nother n love,around

the

theme:

The

Unity o f th e

Believers"

basedon

Ephesians 4. he encouraging

preaching and e i i o w s h i p

warmed our earts and sent

us

h o me i n g i n g We re p r a y i n g

t h a t many more churches

may

catch

t h i s

s p i r i t

•


17/18

Page

f

4

Fourth

Unity

Rally

a Joyful Meeting

Studying

the Word ogether

Harold p r i n t e d h i s 200-page

anthology

on h r i s t i a n

U n i t y

j u s t

i n time o r presentation

at

the

U n i t y

forum

i n

June. Pray

h a t

t h i s

book may o n t r i b u t e p o s i t i v e l y t o

a l i m a t e o f l o v i n g , gracious

cooperation among i l the

believ

ers here.

Enid photocopied a n d

bound

many opies f B i b l e studies

f o r

a

a l l y

i n May n d

f o r

t h i s

one

n June.

Some hurches

purchased copies

of almost

everything

we ublish. Now

she s producing

books

much

faster,

t h a n k s to the new

photocopier.

•

Worshipping together

It s twins

You prayed f o r Marta a n d

her

d i f f i c u l t

pregnancy,

n d

now

the

news

s t h a t

s h e

h a d

twin

g i r l s :

Michela

a n d S i m o n a the femi

n i n e forms f Michaeland

Simon).

Mark

i i l e r

baptizing

Erica

a t Unity Rally

Her brother s

w i f e ,

Rosella,

g a v e b i r t h t o a

l i t t l e boy, Gioele

(= o e l ) .

Everyone

s

doing

p l e n d i d l y .

Now,

n

n y

g i v e n Sund a y ,

ourchurch

meeting

place

looks

ike

a

parking l o t w i t h

b ab y carriages

l i n i n g the i s l e *

Our

hurch meeting

place

looks

l i k e

a

parking

o t


18/18

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Christ

Mission

P.O.

Box

1403

Lebanon,MO. 5536

Phone:

417-588-2861

Harold's E-Mail;

[email protected]

Enid's E-mail:

[email protected]

IVe're

on he Web

Download

arold's tudies

n

Italian.

Findthem t:

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Growing

Church Families

Tommy nd osella DiLevrano

Desireeand Gioele

These

are your

brothers

and isters

i n

C h r i s t . They

av e

grown up n

the

Matelica

churchand

are

now

r a i s i n g

t h e i r

own

hildren in

the

knowledge

of he

Lord.

ejoice

i t h us

i n

t h e i r

m a t u r i t y and

pray hat hey may

take he

Gospel

message

nd

lead

many

ore

people o

the

Lord.

f

Amedeoand arta Riccardi,

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