phillips alva janice 1968 germany

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MISSIONARIES' FIELD ADDRESS:

Black Forest Christian Mission

Mr. Mrs.

Alva A.

Phillips

Miss Cheryl Shaffer

7261 Stanmheim Krs Calw

Postfach 15, West Germany

FOP-WARDING AGENT:

Black Forest

Christian

Mission

Mrs. Wilbur G. Saph

i^760 Curtis

Ave.

Dearborn, Mich.

^8126

March and April Newsletter, 1968

Dear

Brothers

and Sisters in Christ,

Praises

be

to our wonderful Lord for

the

wonderful

trip

He saw fit

to grant

us.

Mr. Mrs,

Robert

Snyder

took us, along

with

62

barrels and boxes

of

teaching mat erials

and clothes, to

New

York, There, ve

boarded the

S. S,

United

States and

had a

very nice trip. Janice

was

sick

the first

2 | days

and

the last day

and

a half. She

had eaten something that didn't

agree

with her

both times,

but

this didn't

spoil

our trip

at all.

We

all

had a wonderful

time. Upon

arrival in

Bremerhaven,

7

ays later, we boarded a train and trav

eled all night to

the

southern

part

of

Germany

to the

Black Forest

where the

Phillips labored for the Lord d uring their

first

term of service.

We arrived

in

Calw about

noon

and Fran Kahlke met us

with

open arms.

Then she

invited

us

to dinner. YumnQrl

It was

delicicusi She had

tomato sauce

over

noodles.

After

eating more

than enough, w e set

out

in

search of

an apart

ment.

There was none to

be

found. We walked

and

walked and

walked

only to

ret\irn

to

our hotel

room in despair. But

each day,

after

having prayer and

devotions, the

Lord

gave

us

strength

to go

on.

After much searching—for 8 days—we sent Alva t o

Gechingen

to try

to find

an apartment. There he found three. No one was home at

the

first

apartment.

The

second

party

asked

him t o

ccme back

at noon on

Friday

(the

next day).

And

the

third party

said,

"Yes,

you

may rent

it,

but

we

don't

have it all decorated." We told them

that

was okay

and that

w e would take it

as it was. So we're now getting settled—well, at least we're making an

attempt at it.

Our apartment has

a larg e kitchen

and

a larg e livingroo n.

We have

only

one

bedroom

which

is

small.

Then we have

a half

of

a room

which

serves

as Debbie's

bedrocm,

a full bath,

and

only

cold

running

water. But

we're

blessed with

the most wonderful landlord for which we thank God.

Sherry received the second

apartment. At

first

her landlord was

very

skeptical,

but he

soon

changed his mind and

has

been

helping Sherry

fur

nish

her apartment. In less than

a month, she

will

be

sharing her

apartment

with

a

summer worker.

Miss Linda Rcmesburg.

This

will be

so

nice, as

they

each will have

their own bedroom and

share a

livingroom

and kitchen.

That

apartment

has

central heating and hot running water. We truly thank

God

for

guiding us

to

it.

So

far,

we have

been unable to find an

adequate place

in which to

hold the Children's

Bible

Hour.

Please

pray

along

with us that the

Lord

will

open

doors

in this area. We have been asked to come to

Augenbach

and

hold

services.

Praise

be

to God. This is

a

town up in the mountains

about

a

^5 minute drive from us and these people have four children.

Isn't the

Lord

wonderful

Please pray that

great

things

can and will

be

done

in

this

area.


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Sherry

Shaffer will now share her first i j n p r e s s i o n s of

Germany

with us:

"On March 13th, after sailing seven

days

a c r o s s

the

Atlantic, I

a r

rived a t Bremerhaven, German y. The scen ery had been nothing but water, s o it

was

g o o d to see

dry ground. Germany was

very

pretty

right

from the

start.

Stammheim

i s

right in

the Black Forest,

and i t reminds

m e

o f northern Minnesota

for

there

are a

lot

of trees

and

hills.

"There ar e, of

course,

m a n y

things here

t h at a r e

different

f rc M

i n

Ame r ica, Ho u se s

a r e

n o t

m a d e l i k e t h o s e

i n the U.S.

T h e y

a l l

h a v e

c l a y

t i l e

roofs,

swing-open

windows, and lattice work on

the sides

of

the houses. Many

of

the

houses have a place fo r livestock right next to

the

living quarters

with

only

a

door between. The sounds of barn animals can

be

heard

after

I m

in

bed and

t h a t i s one thing I've n w e r been used to Horses o r cows pulling

carts is

a f a m i l i a r s i g h t

on t h e n arro w

streets.

One disadvanta ge of

t h at i s

that

we h a v e to

be careful

idiere

we step, h a

"Ths Germa n peopl e

do

n ot have n ear a s m a n y

conveniences

a s

th e

A m e r i c a n s h a v e . T h e r e a r e no

c l o s ets;

a n d few, if any, c u p b o a r d s . S t o v e s a r e

a b o u t t h r e e - f o u r t h s t h e s i z e o f A m e r i c a n s t o v e s a n d the r e f r i g e r a t o r s

a r e

o n l y

half a s big. Beds are larger , and have only featherticks on t h e m — n o blankets.

Kitchen

sinks

are much smaller and

many

do

not have

hot

running water.

(At

least 90^

of

the people don't

have

hot

running

water.) The people are

friend

l y and

a l w a ys

shake hands

i n greeti ng one

an other. M a n y o f the girls wear

capes, and t h e

young

men often wear

bellbottomed pants

with turtlen eck sw eaters,

S o m e

o f

t h e

m e n

w ea r

kn icke r s,

o r k n e e p a n t s . I

t h i n k t h e y a r e c u t e ,

but l a u g h

at

t h e th o ught

o f

s e e i n g m y f a t h e r i n th e m

"Many things are different here, but I ike m y new hone."

In clo sin g, w e t r u l y

w a n t

to t h a n k e ach a nd e v e r y o n e o f y o u w h o

h e lp ed to

m a k e

our

r e t u r n

t r i p p o ssible. Pr a i s e s be

to

God f o r e ach

o f y o u r

l i v e s .

Upo n

ar r iving h e r e,

w e

fo u nd

t h a t w e

h ad ar o u nd 50

b a r r e l s

a nd boxes

o f s u p p l i e s f o r

th e Childre n's

Bible Hour. M a y e ach

o f y o u r

l i v e s be

r i c h l y

ble ssed

i n

p a y m e n t

f o r t h e l o v e

wh ich y o u

h a v e

sh o we r ed

u p o n

e ach

o f u s .

Your Co-laborers in

Christ,

Alva, Janice,

Debbie

Phillips

Miss Sherry Shaffer

P.S.

P l e a s e

m a k e all c h e c k s p a y a b l e to the

B l a c k F o r e s t C h r i s t i a n Mssion—

not to

any

individual,

P.P.S.

Wherever f ) o s s i b l e ,

the

newsletter

will

be

m ailed i n gro u p s

or

qu an titie s t o t h e chu rch e s

f o r

distr ibutio n. This w i l l

greatly

a i d in

cutting

the high cost

of postage.

BLACK FOREST CHRISTIAN MISSIOM

4760

Curti s

Dearbr o n,

Michigan 48126

MAf31»6S

Non-profit Org.

U.S. P o s t a g e

PAID

Dearborn,

Mich.

Permit

6l6

M/M W. E.

McGilvrey

S O Q Jefferso n Ave.

J o l i e t , I l l i n o i s

6 O I 3 H


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Wewa o

His.

Mar 3, 1968

t

Al7a and Mrs Janice Phillips with daughter Debbie

and

new

v j o r k e r M i s s C h e r y l S h a f f e ^ s a i l e d f o r B r e m e n h a v e n

¥. e r m a n y M a r

6.

o r w a r d i n g

a d d r e s s

i s ^

B l a c k

F o r e s t

C h r i s t i a n M i s s i o n ^ 7 6 0 C u r t i s

D e a g b o r n

M i c h 4 8 1 2 6

7^-


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L I H B A H O M E S i n a S T O S B R W M j f ^ P

IIOTSRITSHIP IK GESM KY

M i s s

L i n d a H o m e s b i i r g

o f

M c K e ^ s p o r t , P a , , a n d K e n t u c l Q C h r i s t i a n C o l l e g e , G r a y s o n ,

4 ^

AW .

K y ^ i s p l a n n i n g t o

s e r v e h e r

m i s s i o n a r y i n t e r n s h i p - a s a a c i f i # w i t h f e f t w f t a n d M r s ,

Janice Phillips

in

the

Black Forest

of

Germany,

She

expects

to

he on the field

May 20—^August 20,

1968.

M i s s

R o m e s h u r g i s

a u n i o r

a n d j ^ p l a n n i n g

t o g r a d u a t e i n 1 9 6 9 . S h e w r o t e ; I t

has

heen

my desire

to

vrork in Slurope for some time,

so

I am

very

happy

to have

this

opportunity

to

serve in

this

way

g i n d to extend

my preparation for

fuller

service, I

will he ahle

to i earn first hand

f e

hout the

German

people

and how, in «hat specific

ways,

I can

im

prove

myself

to serve

there

after I

graduate.

S h e i ^ ^ u n h e s i t a t i n g l y

c o m m e n d e d

h y t h e e l d e r s

o f h e r h o m e

c h u r c h — B r y n

M a w r

C h u r c h o f

C h r i s t , M c ^ t f l p u r i - ,

P a . , M a n l e y C . P i e r c e , m i n i s t e r .

T h e y a r e

a s s i s t i n g


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2 omesburg 3/16/68

her

in raising the

1,000 expense o f

the internship.

She

will be

glad to

speak

in

t h e a r e a o f K y O h i o

a n d ¥ .

T a . i U n d s S h o u l d b e m a d d

o u t

t o r y i j M a w r M i s s i o n a r y

F e l l o w s h i p a n d s e n t t o Bates B i s h o p 139

H o r s e s h o e

Dr., M c K e e s p o r t Pa.

1 5 1 3 i «

Outline

Ĉ C S T U D M T T O G E R M A M

Miss

Linda Romesburg of Kentucky

Christian College

will

serve her

i n t e r n s h i p in t h e

B l a c k

Forest.

3


6/9

UCK

FOREST

CHRISTIAN MISSION

Mrs. Alva A, Phillips

7261 STAMMHETM Krs. Calw

Postfach

15

West Germany

FORWARDING AGE2JT:

Mrs Wilbur

Saph


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JANUARY-JUNE FINANCIAL REPORT

Mission Expenditures

Travel

Postage

Mission

Sup.

Car

Car

Repair

Office Supplies

EquipFient

Film

Shipping

Salary

Secretary

Schooling

Mission R

Evangel.

Car Insurance

Display

JAN.

FEB.

MARCH

APRIL

MAY

JUNE

138.59

166.50

105.81

30.70

57.78

21.29

19.15

1.00

4.36

18.21

16.34

26.39

7.00

14.30

50.76

10.38

125.10

500.00

13.45 35.19

.75

www

.62

1.19

1.23

.87

54.00

10.60

8.20

12.41

18.34

169.93

4.58

2

14.26

28.12

www

www

97.50

197.50

197.50

197.50

23.75

3.75

3.75

4.75

—

2.50

37.50

37.50


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Fro«hlloho Velhiuieht«a erry Chrlstaas**

imto

tmspeakeble

BLACK FCREST CERISTIAK KISSI

Mr. A

Mrs.

AItr A. Phillips

7261

Staamheim Krs.

C a lw

Postfach 15 West Geraany

FC^WARDIKG

AGm

Mrs. WHbto- Saph

4760 Ciartis

DMrbom,

Q.ehigan

48126

Novanber-Deeenber Hewslatter* 1968

Dear Friends

in

Christ,

Ihank

rery,

r e e t i n g s in t h e na me of onr wonderful Savior,

very anch' or yonr prayers on beha lf of the L o r d * s „ i p a r t P T n Germany an d

o n m y w i f e s b e h a l f .

T h e M a s t e r

h a s c e r t a i n j j ^ S ^ S n

h e a r i n g

a n d

a n s w e r

i n g

o u r

p r a y e r s .

W e a re v e r y g l a d

^ t o

i n f o r m y o u

t h a t a y

w i f e h a d

a

s u e o e s s f u l

g a l l

b l a d d e r

^ f ^ ^ t i o n

a n d is

o n h e r w a y

to

r e c o v

ery. We

wa n t

t o

thank

all of thos e - j h o

s e n t cards and

wrote

u s

a personal

n o t e of encouragement. Also, we t b i ^ i k e a c h of you i d i o s e n t a g i f t

to

help out

with

t h e

extra

exp e n c e s

d u r i n g

my wife's s t a y i n t h e

hospital.

Through

your praye rs, God has opened

a door of epportunlty.

Wi t h

the h e l p o f the L o r d

a n d

B r o t h e r Bill S h e l t o n , a

s e r v i c a m a n

s t a t i o n e d

i n

th e U.S.

A r r a y

n e a r

S t u t t g a r t, we were in troduced

to

two

It a l i a n

fami

lies

that

are

immersed believers

in Christ

and

desire

to

start a

New

T e s t am e n t c c n g r e g a t i o n for the It al i a n s in t h e a r e a. Th ey do sp e ak

I t a l i a n . There are s e m e other I t a l i a n s that

a r e

s h o wi n g a n i n t e r e s t in

t h e s e s erv i c e s, too. Pleas e do pray t h a t God will swd s c m eo n e to

help

o u t

i n

t h i s s i t u a t i o n . In the m e a n t i m e , with the

Lord's

g u i d a n c e , we

will

do

our be s t t o pre s e n t

God's

Word to t h e s e

people.

God

ha s

b e e n

at work amo n g

t h e

German

people

a s well.

The Spiri t

of C hr i s t is

working

through t h e

children

a n d

is

b e g i n n i n g

to r e a ch t he

h e a r t s of the a d u l t s . Some of t h e a d u l t s

a r e

b e g i n n i n g to have B i b l e

s t u d y in t h e i r homes

with

u s .

Th e O els c h l e a g e r s , We i d e r l l c h e s , a n d the

K a e h i k e s are s h o w i n g more of an interest as time p a s s e s in studying God's

Word fait hfully with

us.

Others

a r e

b e g i n n i n g

to

s how a n i n t e r e s t

a lo n g

t h i s l i n e too. Pl e a s e do c o n t i n u e to

pray

for t h e y o u n g

people a nd

for

t h e adults.

We

have a n

opportunity

now to

reach

many

of

these young

people t h r o u g h the

C h i l d r e n ' s

B i b l e H c n i r for C h r i s t .

Let

u s do ou r

p a r t to r e a c h t h e m before the force s

of

Evil

do.

The German children have started t o prepare for the Christmas pro

gram.

centered

around

the

birth

of

Christ, which

they will be

presenting

for

t h e ir

parents

a n d

friends. They

a r e

looking forward to

t h i s

occ asion

with much

Joy.

They truly thrill

a t

telling others about th i s g r e a t g ift

of love froa

God t o

man. What about

you?

Do you enji^ telling

others

about Christ?


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We, the

Phillips s,

along with C l ^ o r y l Shaffer, want

to

take

this

opport\inity to wish

each

one of yov a

spiritually rewarding New

Year for o u j

all o f

y o u

for y o u r C h r i s t i a n conccmj

(phrist-filled

Christmas

and a

Lord» Too,

we

want

to

thank

your

prayers, and for your

financial support

of

His

work

here durijig the past year.

May

God richly bless and keep

ev^tjyone

of you

as

you

serve Him

daily.

In

iiV

anc

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