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ADJRJS.^
i ; ] r . i.rs, Alva Phillips
7261 btanmhelm, Krs. Calw.
Hauptstrasse
13
V/GSt
Germany
Dear Brothers and Sisters
in
Christ,
FORWyiRDIPG AGENT
I'lr.
virs. Victor
Slutz
127
S, Hudson St.
Coldwater, Mich,
49036
January
Newsletter
As
we
hegin a
new year-1965-for
our
Lord
in Germany,
we
rectuest
your
prayers
in
three areas of the work here.
Our
first
request of
prayer
is
for
a revival in the Black Porest area.
V / e
desire to
be
gin
regular church services or
Bible
Study groups
immediately,
but the
most effective way
to
do this, is with a revival. Some of the German
people are real enthusod about a
revival.
Please pray
that,
if
it
is
God's will, wo
will
be able
to
hold one within the
next
month or two.
fhe
second area in need of your
faithful
prayers, is for the
Christians
already
here, that they may
be
spiritual l y stirred and strengthened
, t o
serve the Lord more fully and
completely; and
that those outside
of Christ wi l l see Christ living in
the
lives
of The
Christians,
and
w nt to
become
a part
of
His Body, too. Lastly, we desire
your
prayers
in our
behalf-that
we may be granted the needed v/isdom, knowledge,
and strength to carry on a rich work for the Lord in the Black Porest,
The road here
is
rough
and stoep,
but
the spiritual blessings are
reward enough, thanks, glory
and
honor
be to
our marvelour
Lord.
Tes, we
have
a v/onderful
Lord, who has blessed
us with the
sweet
est,
most darling littl e
daughter
ever, Deborah Ann,
(or
so we think).
She is growing very rapidly. In a matter of 0 days, Deborah
had
l en
gthened 2
and
one-half
inches, she has
dark blue eyes and dark bro^wn
hair
that
is becoming
lighter
with
each day that
passes.
Perhaps
in
a
month
or so she will have bl onde hair,
as
her eyebrows are
nearly
white. Our Christmas was the happiest ev er in Christ, because of His
great
blessings to
us—the
birth
of His Son,
and our
baby,
Deborah
Ann.
V / e dearl y l ove her. She's
a
very good baby, which is
a
big help
to
us. (The
German
cablegrapiher
misspelled
Deborah's name on
the
oablegTam—it
was
not
a
typing
error
on the part
of
the newsl etter
typist.)
Per the first tr^ie in
our
lives, we
celebrated Cliristmas
in
the
Bl ack Porest
stylei And this we
\¥Ould like to
share
with you. The
last
two weeks of November you can see many
wreaths in the stores
with four candles
in
them.
These are Advent
wreaths.
Pour
Sundays
before Cliristmas,
the Germans light
their
first
candle, the third
Sun
day before, they light two (each time only letting them burn for five
or
ten
minutes), the
second
Sunday before—three candles, and the last
Sunday
before Christmas,
they
light
all four.
This
represents
the
four
Gospels
which tell
forth
the
story of
the
life of Jesus.
On
Dec
ember
6th
Saint Nichol as comes
to
visit
all
the homes
of
the children.
Before
his
arrival the children set their boots on the window
sil ls.
Then he fill s
them
full of goodies—candy, nuts, fruits, and cookies—
for the good boys and girls; but
for
the bad boys and girls, he loaves
a
bundle
of switches. Then, on
Christmas
eve
the
family sets up the
Christmas tree together, decorating
it
with
tinsel, colored bulbs,
sparklers
(as
we burn on the 4th of Jul y), and real candles (with no
light bulbs
of
any kind). It was a beautiful sight to behold. V / h o n
all is finished, the children are sent to the church
for
a half an
hour,
while^the
parents
help the Christmas Man put
all
the children's
presents under the tree.
Upon
their return
home,
the presents are
al l
opened, and the
children
spend the evening playing
with their
new toys.
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On Christmas day the
family
gathers around the
table
for a dinner of
goose,
boiled potatoes
and
a
green
salad
(usually). Ihey
are
hearty
potato caters;
the
26th of December is
the
German family's second
Christmas, which is
generally
sppnt with the neighbors, in giving
cookies, cakes,
and
coffee, to
one
another. Yes, Christmas
is
cele
brated quite differently here in
the
Bl ack Forest area, but it
is a
wonderful
time
of
praise
to God for the giving
of
His Son in our
home.
This
does not
end
the
celebration
for
the
Catholic families,
for on
the
6th
of
January
they
celebrate the
arrival
of
the
three
kings who came
to
see baby Jesus. At this time three men
will
dress
up
as
kings and go
from
house to
house asking for gifts for the Christ
child.
One
is black,
one
is white, and
one
is
yellow.
So, you can
see
that the
Germans have
a
long
Christmas
season.
And
so goes this
season
of the year in
southern Germany,
We want to
thank
each and everyone of you who
have helped uss
(l)meet
the
needs of our
child,
Beborah
Ann; (2)to meet our needs
this past year; (3)and
to
shower
us
with
many
wonderful gift s
ooth
materially
and
financiall y. Trul y God has blessed
us beyond
measure
through
each of you. V / e thank
God for
each of you, and
praise I - I i m for His
wonderful grace,
" . / i t h the
new
year of 1965 al
ready
begun and elev en months ahead
of
us,
we pray that these
v / i l l
be
rich, successful months for the
Lord
where
you
are, as well
- a s
here
in
Germany.
The
field of harvest is so
very
vast here, but
we
pray that very soon more laborers will
come
here to labor for our
Lord,
We will be praying
for
you, and ask for your continued prayers
for
the Lord' s work here,
for
only through prayer can Christ' s
King
dom
move
forward. Thank
you for your faithful
prayers this
past year.
May our Lord and Savior richl y bl ess each
and
everyone of us
in
this
new year.
Y c i u r
brother and sisters in Christ,
Alva, Janice,
and
Deborah
Ann
Phillips
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-fRESEMlIKG
THE GOSPEL IH GEEMAMY
— fMHiMw
Phillips
b'7^
God
hearsy and answers prayers How do we know?
Because
God has answered our
p r a y e r s . D a i l y
w e s e e H i m a n s w e r i n g
t h e m .
O n e o f o u r p r a y e r s y w h i c h H e a n s w e r e d ^ w a s t o
start
a young peopl e's
study
group.
On
Sunday evening,
Jan, 2 ^,
the neighbor's children
asked us to
tell
them a Bible story, S s x
my
wife prepared a flannelgraph lesson. When
the parents
saw
the fl annelgraph
figures, they too
wanted to
see
and hear the Bible stor
And
so,-d.n our broken German -̂we presented
the story of Hannah
praying
for a
son»
and
then
giving him
to
God, The children,
and
the adults al ike^received a great blessing
from it, They had never
before
seen such
a things
A f t e r
w e
h a d
f i n i s h e d ,
t h e
c h i l d r e n s a i d , C a n
w e
i t w i t e ^ o u r
f r i e n d s t o
c o m e ,
and then have
a n o t h e r
s t o r y like that?
¥e r e a d i l y
s a i d " y e s j ' ^ ^ a n d t h e
y o u n g p e o p l e ' s
group was
started. T h r e e days
later t h e
c h i l d r e n c a m e t o o u r a p a r t m e n t
10 of t h e m ^
plus
two adults—nd we began
to study
God's
Word together. All
of
the
children
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2 hillips
wanted
to know
when
they
could
come again. ¥e invited them
to
come every Wednesday
at
3
« The
childrei^so thrill ed
and all enthused.
We
can
only
thank
God for
answering your prayers and ours, and thank
you
from the
bottom
of
our
hearts
for praying
for us and the furtherance
of
the Gospel in Germany,
B r o . P h i l l i p s a s k e d f O r h e l p i n
t h e
f o r m o f o u t - o f - d a t e o r
p a r t l y
u s e d
w o r k b o o k s ,
dot-to-dot puzzles, pictures to color
and
handwork
ideas.
He said
that
they could
u s e t h e B i b l e p i c t u r e s
o f f
t h e o l d S u n d a y
^ c h o o l
p a p e r s — t h e y u s e
t h e
A m e r i c a n p a p e r s
for ideas which
must
be translated
into
German.
Address
on field is:
Alva Phillips,
7261 S tammheim, Krs. Calw., Eauptstrasse
I3,
West Germany.
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FIELD
ADDRESS
} i r .
irs. Alva Phillips
7261 Stcjmiiheim, Krs. Calv;
Hauptstrcisse 13, West Germany
FORV/ivRDING AGEHT
Black Forest
Christian Mission
c/o Mr. trs. Victor Slutz
P.O.
Box
46597
Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
April, 1965 Nev/sletter
Deer Co-lahorers in Christ Jesus,
Have you ever made a
mistake,
and not
realize
it until
it
was too
late?
If
so,
you
knov/
exactly
how
w . c
feel.
V / e
made
a
mistake
in
our
last newsletter,
" b y
giving you E f r . & ' i f s ,
Victor
Slutz's
home
address,
instead of giving you
the
Blission address. Please forgive us for mix
ing
you
all up. This
was
not intentional.
So, we
will
now give
you
the
correst address. PLE/iSE
write
this down in
your a.ddress book HOW
All letters to
our
forwarding agent should he
addressed
as
follows;
Black Forest
Christian
Mission
P.O. Box 46597
Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
You MST
ut every bit
of
this address on your letters, or
our forward
ing agents will not receive it.
The reason
for this address, is that,
if Mr. Victor
S l u ' t a ^
should begin a new ministry, the address would
still
be
the some, during his time
in
Cincinnati Bible Seminary.
PLEASE do take
heed of
this new address. Thank you for being so
pat
ient
with us.
V/ith each
new day that
the Lord grants
unto
us,
we
can
see more
clearly the
hand
of God moving among the
people
of Stammhein. It is
so thrilling to know that
we
are
never
alone, that
our Shepherd is
al
ways
by
our side, guiding us
in
His path.
The
work here is
not an
easy work, nor is it a
rapidly
progressing work. But the work here in
the Black
Forest area is a gradual work, slowly moving forward
for our
Lord.
The l ast day
of
Elarch, v / e walked
to the
Molkeroi
(Dairy)
together,
carrying our daughter, Deborah Ann. As
we
approchcd
the
Dairy,
a
mot^
her stepped
up
beside us,
and
said,
"I think it is wonderful tho-t you
will tell the Bible stories to the children.
My
two children could not
come today(duc to other work), but
they
v/ill
be
there next
week." V / e
had
never
seen the lady before.
But right
away,
wo
knew who her child
ren v/ere. Oh how our hearts
rejoiced,
for
wo
loiov/ that God's Word was';
beginning to
take
root
and
grow.
As
is recorded
by
the prophet Isaiah,
55;11—s "So shall my word
be that
gocth
forth
out
of my
mouth;
it
shall
not return unto me void, but it
shall
accomplish tha,t
v/hich I
please,
and it shall prosper
in
the thing whereto
I sent it."
And thi^
is so true.
God's'Word
will
never come back empty, I
feel
that our
real
problem is
that wo feel
or
think that it
should progress
and grow
at
our desired,
speed,
but only God-can bring the increase.
Only God
knows
the hearts of man. For this, wo truly thank God. V / c have a ,
tremendous
Savior, but
too few
people
really know Him. \ 7 e must labor
now
for
Him.
Time
goes so
repidly by,
and
so
do
lost
souls. Please
do
your
part
to help them come to
know Christ
Jesus. Please help us
to.tell the
Germans about Christ, by praying for
us
each
day
in your
daily
prayers.
Please
help
the Germans to come to
Christ,
by praying
for t hem, too, each day. They
are
as wandering sheep,
without a Shep
herd.
We
must work together
to
give them
Christ—NOW.'
Have you ever worked with an active
group
of youth? Have you ever
tried
to
keep them suppl ied with
spiritual
foods
and
activities? This
is
a
real challenge.
But
we
love
every minute of it. Daily we thank
God for the v / a y
in
v/hich He is blessing these young peopl e. Because
of
the gre t interest shov/n
by the
young people, we are considering
a
split
in
the
groups.
We
feel
that
they will be more
able
to
comprehend
the Scriptures at
their
own l evel. Pl ease pray for these youth, that.
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they
will
surrender
their
lives to
Christ,
and
will let Him mold them
as He sees fit.
This
is
om^
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FIJJLD
Îm So
Mr. irs,
Alva
Phillips
7261
Stammheim
ICrs,
Calw
Hauptstrasse
13? West Germany
POPW/J^PINCr
AGENT
Black Porest
Christian
liission
P.O. Box
46597
Cincinnati,
Ohio
45246
May,
1965
Newsletter
Bear Priends in Christ,
To each
of you we want
to
say thanlc you, for the wonderful
way
you
are
helping to promote the
work
of C i ' i r i s t Jesus tlirough your prayers.
We know
you have
been
praying
for
us,
because
we
can
see
doors
of
sp
iritual
hunger slowly opening
up. I t is
so hard
for us to
patiently
wait for
the
Lord
to give the
go-ahead
sign, V / e
must
pray daily
for
patience, so
that
we do not close the doors of opportunity
which your
prayers have opened
up.
As each Bible study hour for the adults and
the
chil dren come and go,
we
recieve spiritual refreshment from the
Lord and His Word, but we
also
receive many heartaches,
V / h y do people
have
to be so sl ow to
re
spond to the teachings of God' s Word? Why must the devil work overtime
on those souls who are
desiring
to hear more of God's Word? Why cannot
every
Bible
study
group
be
large and
responsive, instead of once
or
tw
ice
a
month?
Why?
Y / h y ? Why? Yes, we have many
disappointments
here
in
Stammheim, as
v / e
strive to labor
for
our Lord
in
starting
a
work.
One
week w e
have
6
to
8
adults
for
Bible study,
a n d
the next
v / e e k ,
perhaps none, and we
always
feel
so discouraged. Then
v / e
think
of
I s a i a h , w h o p r e a c h e d s o long
a n d
h a d n o c o n v e r t s .
Then
w e
can o n l y
thank God that some people are showing interest—even if it isn't ev
ery
week
the same, The
youth
group varies some too,
but not so greatly
as
the adults. During
the three
weeks of Easter vacation,
we
averaged
2 b youth each week. But the last Wednesday of April, the children re-
turnedto begin
a
new
y e a r of
school
o r grade, a n d
t h e r e w e r e o n l y 13
or 14
in attendance. But, as we
already
have said, v / e r . ( i U S T learn
to
be patient. Oh'
This
is so Hard:J
T h e w e e k
b e f o r e
E a s t e r , w e p r e s e n t e d t h e
R o s s u r e c t i o n s t o r y f r o m t h e
liie of
our
Savior.
There
was
one
youth
v / h o
did
not believe
it
until
w e
s h o w e d
h i m t h a t
it c a m e
from
the W o r d of God. H e is
o n l y
12 o r
13
y e a r s
old. T h i s
is
h e a r t - b r e a k i n g ,
isn't
it? A f t e r
o u r
Bible
study,
w e t o o k
t h e
c h i l d r e n f o r
a n
E a s t e r e g g h u n t . T h i s w a s r e a l l y a w o n d e r
f u l
e x p e r i e n c e .
T h e r e w e r e
2 7
y o u t h a n d
3 a d u l t s , s o y o u c a n i m a g i n e
h o w
q u i c k
w o h a d t o be—always o n o u r t o e s : T h e c h i l d r e n d e a r l y l o v e d
after the long
hike to
a n d from
the
hunt, I am sure
they
slept
good that
o v e n i p ^ . s a t ^ s ^ ^ * * ^ " " " '
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\ 7 g
saw
tho
cutGst
sight the
last week
of April, as
the first
graders
w nt to
their first
day
The school
year
runs differently
h c r e ^ It
begins
i i u i b g r i l , a n d
ends tho
last
week of I J a r c h .
They havo
a
throe weclf'^^cation at
Christmas
time, six v/ecks of summer vacation
in
July
and August, and about 17 holidays b esides. The children must
go
to school
six days
a v/ook
and have much homov/ork—from
the first
graders on up. They usually
arc
in
school only
a few
hours each
morn-
ing-usually from
7 or 8
a.m.,
to 11 or 12, depending
on
the
age level.
The
first
day of school
is
a thrilling time for the
first grader,
for
he must
carry his
big tutor V / e ;vould call
it a big
paper cone)
filled full of Goodies with hin. This tutor contains his
or
her
favorite sandw ich, cookies, candy,
fruit, any
little extra thing
v/hich
the
Mother
may
feel
like
sticking
in
for
him. Then ho can oat from
this
any
time
ho
so
desires,
the whole
time that he is in
his
first da;
of school. If ho is
a
gentleman, ho will
offer
tho teacher something
from
tho
cone.
As tho first graders go
v/alking to
school
the
first
day, they
have
their sachels strapcd on their backs and must carry
their cones or Tutors , w hich are about
2
and one-half
feet long .
This
is a
darling sig ht to see. Wo only v/ish you w ere here to see it.
Have you
over found yourself
_doing . s o m e
.wishful,
hinking.?---\7c-suro-
havo. Wo7havc
also done
some praying ab out the wishfxil thinking ,
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FIELD
ADDRESS
hr.
^ i r s .
Alva Phillips
7261 Stammheiin, Krs> Galw
FORWARDING AGENT
Hauptstrasse 13^ West Germany
Black Forest Christian liission
c/o f i r . i r s . Victor Slutz
P.O.
Box
U6597
Cincinnati, Ohio, hS2h6
Dear
Co-laborers in
Christ
Jesus,
June, 1965
Newsletter
This
p a s t m o n t h s e e m s
to
h a v e b e e n
the
r a i i ^ m o n t h
in
t h e B l a c k F o r e s t
area,
as we
have had rain nearly every
day.
I J h e n we see the rain
fall,
and see
it wash
away some of the
filth
of the streets and sidewal ks, it makes \ i s
think
of the won
derful
way
in which
our
sins can also
be
w a s h e d a i - ; a y .
They
are w a s h e d awsy in the
blood
of Christ
Jesus. Oh,
if
onl y these lost soul s
of
Stammheim
could
realize
the
great lov e
T d i i c h
Christ
g a v e
to them
or
s h o w e d
for
them on the
cross
of Cal
vary, what
a different town
this w o u l d be
And
in no time
at
all,
just
think
what
a
diff erent land Germany itself
would
be. If every
Christian
would win one other
person
to Christ
each
month o f
the
year,
it
would not be long
until
we could
forget
about
fighting
wars,
and
g o
to
work
helping o ut
sisters
and
brothers
in
Christ,
g i r o w stronger in the faith.
But as
we fac e reality, we see
that
this is yet to
co me. Let each of us make a resolution with Go d, that we wil l d o al l that we
c an
to
bring
lost souls to
Christ
Jesus
before
it is
too l ate.
If
you
have had a
part in
raising
children,
or if
you
have worked with them,
you know who much jo y they can
bring to your
heart. We
have
truly
rejoiced in
the
Lord for the
young people
or child ren
which
come
to
Bible
study each Wednesday
afternoon.
We
always give them a flannel graph Bible story, and handwork
to
g o
along
with
the story—to
help
them remember
things
from
God's Word.
For
the past
month
o ur hearts have sung
forth
praises unto God for
the
wonderful
way
in which
He
helps the
children
retain His
Trues.
The
children
tel l the Gospel
stories
back
to
us,
and seem to remember all the important facts. Isn't it wonderful to see
God's
Word taking root
in young
people's lives?
It
lifts one spiritually
and streng
thens
him
in
the
Lord,
when he can see
the Gospel seeds taking
effect. Isn't Go d
wonderful
and marvel ous beyond words? We
know
He is, o r He is
always
by
our
side.
Each nonday and T hursday afternoon
I
travel
to
Stuttgart for German language
s t u c f y . Through ny studies there, I met an Italian
young
man,
called
j y i r . Demorea.
When we f irst
met, he seemed to have no concern
about
spiritual
things.
During
the l a n g u a g e
stu^, w e w e r e
a s k e d
w h a t w e d r a n k , w h e t h e r
or
not w e s m o k e d ,
; d i a t
our
occupation
was, etc. From
this,
one
thing led
to another. Mr.
Demorea
would
always
want
to
ride
i j i t h
me on the train, but
he
at first
always
preferred
to
ride in the smoking car. Of
co urse, this
bothered me, and
so
I told him I
would prefer
to
ride
in
the non-smok ers' b ar every
other week,
but
that he c ou l d
d o
as he pleased. He readil y agreed that
my
suggestion
was fine. T hen
I egan to
notice,
as the weeks and mo nths
went
by,
that
he wasn't smoking hardl y at
all.
One evening
though,
he took
me
con^letely by surprise.
He
ask me what I
thought
about the
Catholic
Church. I
told him
I c oul d
bn3y
accept
what
was
written
in
the Bible,
and
that
anything
that
contradicted
the
Bible, I ou ld
not
accept.
From that
day
on, his
spiritual
interest grew, and
weekly
he
asks me more
and
more
about
God's
Word,
and
His teachings.
V J e can only converse in German,
b ut
through it, e are groxd ng spiritually
as wel l
as learning the German lang uage.
Pl3n.se pray fo r this young man, as he
is
hungering
after
- t h e Living Manna
t h r . i : - f o r
which
his soul yearns. The Lord
can
use him in a
wonderful
way—telling
tb o iv ot souls in Italy
o f Christ's
great love— if we
will
pray for him and
h o i i p
j - : i d
him to our-great
Savior.
PLEASE
d o
YOUR part to
help
him come to
k n . o w
Christ,—PRAy for
him each day. Help him to share in
the
sweet communion
with our
Savior, as
we
d o .
We w ou l d also like to ask you to.pray for one of o ur sisters in Christ Jesus.
She
is
an
immersed believer
in
Christ,
and strives
to
serve
Him
to
her ful lest.
But she has
heart
trouble, and has been v eiy weak and
must
rest for several hours
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each afternoon, plus take medicine
dally. This
has been
so
hard
on her, as
she
so
desires
t o come t o Bible Study
and fellowship
with
us,
b ut i s
n o t
allowed t o
do so .
Please
take
her
burden before the
Lord
i n prayer, as
you
take your own. This will
help
her so
very much. And God will
bless y i ^ u for s h o w i n g concern, and e x t e n d i n g
a helping hand to a
sister
in
Christ whom you have
never seen.
I
suppose
you too
get depressed and down-hearted , just as
I
do. For at times
it seems as though I have accomplished nothiig for our Lord. And
v i h e n
this
feel
ing strikes, I think of the
p a s s a g e in
Galatians
6:9
And let us not g r o w weary
in well-doing:
for
in due season we shall reap
i f
we faint not. Also,
a
song
comes
to ny
mind which helps
me
so
very much. This
I
would like
to
share with
you. Perhaps it will
help
you
spiritually
as
it has helped me. It does like this:
I
traveled down a lonely
road
and n o one seemed t o care5 The burden on
ny weary back had
bowed
me t o despair; I oft complained t o Jesus how
folks were
treating
me.
And then
I
heard Him say so tenderly: feet
were
also
weaiy, upon
the
Calv'ry road,
the cross became do heavy, I
fell beneath
the
l o a d . B e
f a i t h f u l ,
weary pilgrim , t h e morning I can
see;
J u s t
l i f t y o u r cross and
f o l l o w
close to Me.
I
work so
hard
for
Jesus, I
often
boast and
say;
I^ve
sacrificed
a
lot
of things
to
walk
the
narrow way,
I
gave
up
fame
and
fortune;
I*m worth
a
l o t t o Thee.
A nd then I hear
H i m gently say t o
m e:
I
left
the throne of glory
and
counted it but loss; i ^ y
hands
were
nailed in anger upon
a
cruel cross. But now we^11 make the
joiimey
with your hand safe in Mine;
So
lift your cross and
follow
close
to Me
0 esus, i f I
die
upon
a foreign
field
someda y, 'Twould be
no
more than love demands, no
loss
could I repay.
No
hreater
love
hath mortal man than for a friend to
die,
these are the words He
gently spole to
me. If
just
a
cup of water I
place
within your
hand,
then just a
cup
of
water is
all that 1
demand,
But i f
by death to living they
can
Thy glory see, I'll take
my
cross and
follow close
to
Theel
May
our
loving Father bless
you as you
labor
unendingly
for Himi
Yours in Christ Jesus
Alva, Janice,
and Deborah Ann
Phillips
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Field
address
7261 Staminheim
Krs.
Calw
Hauptstrasse
13 West GermarQr
Dear
Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
FORWARDING
AGENT
Black Forest Christian Mission
P.O. Box h6S91
Cincinnati,
Ohio,
U 5 2 l i 6
July, 1965
Newsletter
Therefore, I say unto
you,
Take no
thought
for your life,
what
ye shall
eat,
or
what ye shall
drink;
nor
yet
for
your bod y, what ye shall put on.
Is
not the
life
more than
meat,
and the body more
than
rainment? (Matthew 6:25)
Yes,
God careth for
His
own.
He is a
wonderful Lord, who means only what
He says,
and
keeps His
V J o r d .
Last Thursday
evening as Alva was coming home
for language study
in
Stuttgart, he experienced something he never hopes to experience again. The train
in
which he was riding in, was given the green light, to pull out of the
station
and
be on its way.
After
pulling
out
of
the station, the train
crossed
another track.
It
was very dark out, and therefore, as the train Alva was on started across the
other
tracks,
which were to
have
been cleared,
the
train hit the
end of
a freight
train. Only the engineer and three or four
other
persons were injured.
Praise
be
to
God, MO ONE was
killed. We
truly thank God that
Alva
was unhurt. But the train was
a wreck. Alva
usually
arrives
home
about 10;00
P.M.
each Monday and Thursday eve
nings, but last
week he did
not
show-up
at 10:00
P.M.I After
all
the
details were
recorded, concerning the wreck,
all
of the passengers were taken to their destinations
by
a
bus. Alva
arrived home a
t 11 We were so thankful to God fod
His
watch and
care over Alva. This helped
us
to realize, Just
that
much more, our purpose for
be
ing
here. The Lord
has
a work to be
done,
and at
the present we
are alone to
do the
work for our Lord in the
Black
Forest
area.
He
brought
us here, provided for us,
and
watches over us,
as
we
strive
to serve
our
wonderful Lord in our weak and feeble way.
We truly need
your
prayers for us—that we may have the physical strength, the cour
age,
the spiritual strength and the
wisdom, to
face what lies ahead
for
us. We can
not live and serve our
Lord
at
our best,
without
your
prayers. Please
remember this.
Prayer
is
the key to spiritual riches. Let us use
this
key DAILYI
Through the Lord's help and guidance, there are now three
services being
conducted
for the furtherance
for the
Savior's
Kingdom. There is
now Bible study
on
Sunday
evenings,
on
or
from the
book of Acts. The Bible study group on Tuesday evenings
a t u d i e s from the b o o k of
Matthew—and in
both cases, it
is a
verse by verse study,
a l w a y s c o n d u c t e d in
a family
c i r c l e f a s h i o n .
Every
p e r s o n is g i v e n
a n
o p p o r t u n i t y
to express his or her feelings on the Bible
passages, as
we go
along.
This has
pro
ven
to
be
a
spiritual
help to
each person who
comes.
Than
on each V J e d n e s d a y after
noon, the children
have their
Bible
hour.
They are
now
studying about
the
Old
Test
ament heroes. And at the
present,
that happens to
be Moses.
We have
already
studies
about his
birth, and will
learn
of his experience
with
the burning bush, then his
go
ing
before
Pharaoh, the deliverance, a n d then the giving of the law a n d the e n t e r i n g
of the promised
land.
Most
of these
things
are completely new
to
the German children.
We had one child tell us that we had made
a
mistake in telling the
birth
of
Moses.
So
w e
h a d
her
tell
u s
h o w s h e t h o u g h t
it
s h o u l d
go.
W h e n s h e f i n i s h e d w e
w e r e
q u i t e
surprised,
for
it contradicted the
Scriptures.
Then we opened
up
God's
Word,
a n d
showed
her
what God had to say
about Moses's
birth. It is truly x - j o n d e r f u l that we
don't have to take man's word for things, or
we
really would be confused. All we
need
to
do
is turn
to God's V / o r d and He makes all things clear.
May God's abiding love g o with you forever.
Your
co-laborers
for Christ,
Alva and Janice and Deborah
Phillips
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The financial report
for
March, April, May and Jxme of—1965.
March
Rent and utilities
Groceries
Personal
expense
Household furnish.
Medicine
Baby expense
ithe
brought
forward
Mar.
100,65
55.86
19?71
1.70
Monthl y salary 300.00
Personal gifts
10.00
--Balance -en -hand
June
30
April
29.91
6U.02
66,2ii
May
55.17
53.91
U7.09
ii.66
25.00
(Unlisted)
15.76
Jiane
32738"
76.77
59. U
19.Uii
l.lh
300.00 300.00
300.00
20,00
109.52
•
207.92
219.83 201.93 226.37 = 856.05
1200.00
30.00
hQy.hr
MISSION REPORT
March
Mar.
brought
forward
Travel
19.27
Postage 3,35
Film
Schooling \h.lS
Office
Supplies
l i . O O
Office Equipment
(a
file
cabinet)
Display materials
Teaching
materials
5.36
Car
expense
Evangelism
12.26
Totals
58.99
April
17.2U
13.78
17.89
12.00
.62
15.96
27.01
314.02
23.70
May
11.30
12,00
12.66
6.55
June
15:^
15.00
11.77
12.00
2.50
116.37
5.72
10.i*5
11.90
162.22
1 5 9 7 7 1
189.36
=
U70.28
Monthly salary 196.00
Mission
gifts
_ 55,00
Balance o n
hand
June 30
196.00
196.00
196.00
2..00_ ..-10..0C)^^-l8l.-00-
(due
to change
over)
78U.OO
2ii8.0O-
515.50
W e
t r u l y
w a n t t o t h a n k e a c h a n d e v e r y o n e o f y o u f o r
y o u r
f a i t h f u l s u p p o r t a n d p r a y
t h a t
G o d
w i l l
b l e s s
y o u
a s r i c h l y a s G o d , t h r o u g h y o u , h a v e b l e s s e d u s . M a y H i s
C o m i o r t e r
go ever
with you.
Love in Christ
Jesus,
The Phillips Family
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OWOSSO
CHURCH OF CHRIST
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FIELD
ADDRESS
Mr. Mrs.
Alva A.
Phillips
7261 Stammheim Krs. Calw
Hauptstrasse 13,
West Germany
FORWARDING AGENT
Black
Forest
Christian Miss,
P.O. Box 1^6597
Cincin nati, Ohio, U52U6
August, 1 9 6 5
Newsletter
Dear Brothers
and
Sisters
in Christ,
As
we
look
out over
the
harvest-field of
Germany,
we see a people—a
nation—
that is
tired and weary from the world's cares, and are
seeking
rest,
but
cannot find
it. Those
that
are athi rst, look
in the
towns and cities but there is no w ater
to
be found.
They
are a people, hungerin g often the bread of
life
but can
find no
on e
to give it too them. These
lost
souls are filled with the traditions
of
men, but
these are no longer satisfying
to
their hungry so^ls, for
it is
living
manna,
which
they are hung ering after.
This
nation
is
MATERIALLY
rich but
spiritually
dead.
Millions here
are
going
to
a Ch ristless eternity. Our
brothers
and sisters in Christ,
what can
we
ou and
I —do
about
this
situation?
In Germany,
there are no
pagans
or cannibals,
as
we
think
of,
when
Africa
is men
tioned,
But
these people are pagans
i n
the sense that
they
are
lost
without Christ.
The souls
here
are
blind
to the basic Gospel Truths—that you
and
I
take
for granted.
For
the most part, thei r
hearts
here
are
filled
with
the w isdom of
men,
but
are
i n
total
darkness
when it comes to the spiritual wi sdom and the love of our wonderful
Savior. What
does
this mean
to
you and I? This means one THING You and I call
ourselves Ch ristiansj
but
we
have failed to
live
it.
How
can I say that?
It's
all
very simple.
If
we had
lived for Christ in
our work,
our fun, our vacations, our
parties, and
our
homes,
the whole world
would
be completely different.
If
we were
all
really Chri stians, our n eighbors would be going
to
church with us — ecause we show
ed them Ch rist through our
living,
and
by
our giving them a personal in vitation. If
we're afraid
to
live
Christ in
ALL thir-gs ow can w e expect
to
ever go
to
Heaven
with
Christ?
The
Apostle Paul
says deny
self and
our lives will be
magnified in
Christ Jesus. f J h a t can you and I
do
about the situation in Germany
n
the world?
We
can forget about
SELF
and begin telling others about Ch rist. Material thin gs are
nothing, but spiritual life
and blessin gs are
ETERNAL. Which
are
you seriously
striv
in g for? Please take a quic k survey of your life — hen set
it
right with Ch rist,
I
believe
one of the most wonderful
experiences
that
a
laborer,
for
the
Lord can
go through, is
to
see the Ch ristians themselves back up thei r leader and worker with
their
help
and support.
We
have experienc ed this during the past few months and
it
has given
us a real spiri tual boost. Th is type
of
encouragement causes us
to
set
forth with a stronger zeal to work even harder for our Master, But it seems as
though
the
harder we
work
for
the Lord,
the harder
the devil strikes
back. At times we
feel
like packing up and movin g
out
of here, but how can we? These people too
need
to know
about Chri st no
matter
the barriers the devil throws in our place. Please pray,
hard
er than ever before,
for
us
—
hat
we
wi ll always have the spiritual strength to go
on for Him,
These
people here also need
your
faithful
prayers.
The Ch ristians are
fighting
a constant battle
also
with the
devil
and hi s forces.
It seems
as though
the Gospel
has
hit upon
guilty
hearts
and
has thus
caused
a
rebellion
against
the Lord's efforts
here. Do you see
now
x ^ r h y we need your prayers
DAILY?
Because
of the
Gospel pricking
sin ful hearts,
Ch ristians are
in the firing line. It's won derful to know that
we.
have
a
Savior who
sees
all things,
knows
all things and understands all things. With
God's help, we know that His Spirit will move among the
lost
souls of Stammheim an d
Germany, This can only be fulfilled through faithful prayers. Please do your part
to
help spread the Gospel.
Help
other
reapers to
help
answer this plea. We
need
workers
to
labor
with us. We know that
unless the Gospel is spread
these souls
will
be lost eternally.
We
must give Christ
to
the people, through your
prayers
and ef
forts
as
well as ours.
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The July
-
December
issue
of
Living
Water in the midst o f
a
desert is now
ready
for y o u . A l l
y o u n e e d
t o
d o
i s mail
a p o s i c a r d
to
o u r f o r w a r d i n g . a g e n t a n d tell
how many copies you wo uld like, and they will send them on to
you, I'm sure
yo u
w i l l want to have a t l e as t
o ne
c o p y.
Concerni ng packages, w e ask t h a t y o u m a i l a l l packages di rectl y t o u s. T h i s w i l l
help to
lessen
o ur f o rwarding
agents labors
—
hich are too many. They have labored
faithfully f o r our Lord, helping us to correspond and send receipts. This alone
is
a f u l l time job. Therefor e,
we
ask you to please
help
them in their l a b o r s
f o r
Him,
b y mailing all packages
directly
to
us.
Thank
y ou
f o r your f aithful prayers and
support.
In His Service,
Al va , J a n i c e ,
&
D e b o r a h P h i l l i p s
WEST
OWOSSO
CHURCH
OF CHRIST
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FIELD ADDRE33
Mr. Mrs.
Alva
Phillips
7261
S t a r a m h e i m ,
Krs. Calw.
Hauptstrasse 1 3
-
V / e s t Germany
FORWAPDING AGENT
Black
Forest Christian Mission
P.O.
Box 46397
Cincinnati Ohio
43246
September I963 Newsletter
Dear Loved Ones in Christ
I s i t p o s s i b l e t h a t a n o t h e r m o n t h h a s r a p i d l y s p e d b y ? T r u l y t h i s h a s b e e n
a
b u s y
m o n t h ,
a s
w e l l
a s a
s p i r i t u a l l y r e w a r d i n g m o n t h .
P e r h a p s
t h a t
i s
w h y
i t
w e n t b y
s o
rapidly, unnoticed.
T h e f i r s t w e e k o f
A u g u s t
a
C h r i s t i a n h e r e
i n
S t a m m h e i m
c a m e t o u s w i t h a r e q u e s t .
I n
C a l w a g r o u p
of
C h r i s t i a n s h a d
b e e n
m e e t i n g in an o l d
Hall
a n d it w o u l d s c o n
b e
c l o s e d d o w n . T h e C h r i s t i a n s
w o u l d
t h e n h a v e n o
w h e r e
t o m e e t .
A l s o ,
t h e i r l e a d e r
w h o i s a w o r k e r h e r e i n G e r m a n y , w o u l d n o t b o a b l e
t o
w o r k
h e r e
f u l l t i m e
a n y m o r e .
T h e r e f o r e ,
t h e y
w a n t e d
t o
k n o w i f
w e
w o u l d b e w i l l i n g
t o h e l p
t h e m o u t , a n d i f t h e r e
w a s
a n y
p o s s i b i l i t y
of t h e m
m e e t i n g h e r e . T h e a n s w e r ,
of
c o u r s e , w a s
" y e s " .
T h e y
h a v e ^ m e t
h e r e t h e l a s t
t h r e e w e e k s
o f . l u g u s t o n
T h u r s d a y e v e n i n g s . It h a s b e e n a
^ s p i r i t u a l l y
r e w a r d i n g t i m e . B u t w e h a v e
a l s o
h a d t o m a k e s o m e a d j u s t m e n t s , s u c h a s
p r a y i n g
t o g e t h e r
a s a g r o u p , a n d
o f
c o u r s e , t h e s o n g s w e k n o w s o w e l l
b e i n g
s u n g i n
' j e r m a n .
This
is
the biggest adjustmen t. Each week
the
group has been
larger; praise
be t o
God
b
A n d
t h i s w a s o n l y
t h e
b e g i n n i n i n g , I w a s
t h e n
a s k
if
I
w o u l d
h e l p
w i t h a g r o u p
o f
C h r i s t i a n s ^ m e e t i n g i n P f o r z h e i m . O f c o u r s e , I
w a s
t h r i l l e d t o h a v e t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o
d o s o . T h i s t o w n
o r
c i t y i s 1 h o u r ' s d r i v e f r o m S t a r a m h e i m , b u t t h e b l e s s i n g s f r o m i t
a r e
b e y o n d
m e a s u r e ,
V / h i l e
I w a s t h e r e t h e
l a s t
S u n d a y
i n
A u g u s t , a y o u n g m a n b e g a n
t h r i l l i n g
things which I want
t o
share
w i t h
you. He was born
in
Y u g o
s l a v i a ,
a n d
c a m e t o G e r m a n y , H e s a i d
t h e r e
a r e
m a n y
C h r i s t i a n s
i n
h i s h o m e l ^ a n d
w h o
m e e t i n
s e c r e t
a s t h i s
i s
c o n s i d e r e d a C o m m u n i s t c o u n t r y . A n d t h a t t h e s e p e o p l e a r e
very dedicated
to
our Savior He went on
to
say that he knew of other smal l Christian
groups meet ing in this surrounding
area.
H e was so thrilled
to
have a n Ame rican come
t o G e r m a n y
t o
t e l l
o t h e r s
a b o u t
C h r i s t , H e v ; o u l d l i k e v e r y m u c h
f o r
u s t o c o m e
t o
t h e s e
s e r v i c e s
t o o , b u t
a t t h e p r e s e n t
i t
i s n e a r l y i m p o s s i b l e .
F o r
i n s t a n c e ,
m y s c h -
e d u l e ^ g o e s g e n e r a l l y l i k e t h i s : M o n d a y - s t u d y
a n d
g o t o l a n g u a g e s c h o o l ; T u e s d a y - s t u d y
f o r B i b l e , g o
c a l l i n g
w h e n t i m e
p e r m i t s ,
a n d h o l d
B i b l e
S t u d y ,
p r a y e r m e e y i n g ,
a n d
t h e
L o r d s S u p p e r f o r t h e C h r i s t i a n s of S t a m m h e i m ; V / e d n e s d a y - s t u d y f o r C h i l d r e n ' s
B i b l e
h o u r , h o l d
C h r i l d r e n ' s
h o u r , a n d g o c a l l i n g
i n
t h e
e v e n i n g ;
T h u r s d a y - s t u d y f o r s c h o o l
a n d
g o t o l a n g u a g e
s c h o o l
f r o m
4
u n t i l 9 i s t w h i c h t i m e I a r r i v e h o m e ,
o r
s h o r t l y a f
ter a n d then g o
t o
w o r s h i p service in the Chapel The services
a r e
from 8
o 10.
T h e f i r s t t i m e
I
w a s t a k e n c o m p l e t e l y b y s u r p r i s e ,
a s
I w a s a s k t o s p e a k , a f t e r t h e
f i r s t o n e f i n i s h e d s p e a k i n g
o r
p r e a c h i n g . U s u a l l y t h r e e o f u s s p e a k e a c h
t i m e , F r i
d a y i s c a t c h - u p " d a y ,
a n d
c a l l i n g d a y .
S a t u r d a y
i s " c l e a n - u p " d a y a t o u r h o u s e a n d
a n t h e c h a p e l ,
^ W h e n
t h i s i s
f i n i s h e d , w e
t r y t o
s p e n d
e n
h o u r t o g e t h e r
a s
a
f a m i l y ,
b u t
i t i s s o m e t i m e s i m p o s s i b l e , S u n d a y i s
t h e
L o r d ' s
D a y .
. W e
s t u d y G o d ' s
W o r d t o
g e t h e r as
a
f a m i l y , l i s t e n t o
a n
e x c e l l e n t p r o g r a m o n
t h e
r a d i o f o r o n e - h a l f h o u r .
T h e n
i t
i s t i m e
f o r u s
t o
g o
t o P f o r z h e i m f r o m
3
t o 3
o r
C h u r c h ,
t h e
L o r d ' s S u p p e r ,
a n d
f e l l o w s h i p . I
a l s o
h e l p
i n
t h e s e r v i c e s
t h e r e ,
b y s p e a k i n g
a n d
s e r v i n g .
I o f t e n
f e e l t h a t I ' m
t o o
b u s y
t o d o m o r e
f o r
t h e
L o r d . B u t
w h e n
I
r e c a l l H i s
p r o m i s e s , a n d
His
c o m m a n d s ,
I can only
g i v e G o d
full command and
f o l l o w .
G o d ' s K i n g d o m i s
m o v i n g
f o r w a r d i n G e r m a n y , W e h a v e c o m e t o r e a l i z e t h i s t h r o u g h
t h e
C h r i l d r e n ' s
H o u r , O n e y o u n g g i r l c o m e
t o
u s t h r e e w e e k s
a g o
a n d
w a n t e d t o
k n o w
w h y s h e h a d
n o t
b e e n b a p t i z e d
as a
b a b y . W e
p r o c e e d e d
t o s h o w h e r t h a t C h r i s t s a i d w e
m u s t B E L I E V E a n d t h e n b e b a p t i z e d ( M a r k
l 6 : l 6 )
a n d t h a t a b a b y c a n n o t b e l i e v e , m u c h
l e s s u n d e r s t a n d . T h e n s h e
w a n t e d
t o
k n o w
w h a t s h e
h a d
t o
d o
t o
b e
b a p t i z e d .
S h e
c o m e s ^ f a i t h f u l l y
e a c h w e e k ,
a n d
w i t h f a i t h f u l
p r a y e r s
o n R u t h ' s b e h a l f , I k n o w t h a t
s h e w i l l s o o n
s t e p
o u t
f o r C h r i s t .
It
w o n ' t b e
e a s y
f o r h e r ,
b u t w i t h C h r i s t a s h e r
g u i d e she will b e m o r e
t h a n
C o n q u e r o r Please pray for Ruth.
She
is
a w o n d e r f u l
y o u n g
lady of
11 y e a r s old.
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We have also seen another
s e o v i of
the Gospel taking r o o t , due to the Children s
Hour,
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