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A n r i c o , M a r i a

R o s a r i a

a n d L u c i a w o r k e d

f o r

d a y s

e v e r y f r e e minute

they

had p u t t i n g our L i b r a r y

i n

o r d e r .

We v e r e

a b l e t o

add t h r e e

s e t s of

e n c y c l o p e d i a e

a n d

w i t h t h i s

h u g e

p u r c h a s e we r e c e i v e d

a

c o m p l e t e M u s i c

H i s t o r y

and

A p p r e c i a t i o n Course p l u s

a

Language Course

w i t h

r e c o r d s . I n o r d e r to

make

r o o m f o r

t h e s e a d d i t i o n s a

s y s t e m a t i c

N/

r e - o r d e r i n g of h e L i b r a r y was

b e g u n .

The y ou n g people have

m a d e

good u s e

of

a l l t h e books

p u r c h a s e d s i n c e

t h e Study

C e n t e r

and L i b r a r y opened

a

few y e a r s

a g o .

S i n c e t h i s i s almost t h e end o f t h e school

y e a r

t h e Center

w i l l

be c l o s i n g

f o r t h e s u m m e r but t h e L i b r a r y w i l l be o p e n

t h r e e

a f t e r n o o n s a week f o r

t h o s e

who

i s h

to c o m e

and r e a d o r

who ave to study f o r t h e i r exam s i n

t h e f a l l a n d

n e e d

books

of esearch.

The

L i b r a r y and

Center have g i v e n us

m a n y o p p o r t u n i t i e s

to

t a l k about

t h e

Lord

t o

y ou n g

p e o p l e

who

ave

n o

i d e a

wha t

a

p e r s o n a l S a v i o r

can

m e a n

t o t h e m.

Pray with

us o r

t h e s e

y o u n g i v e s .


3/16

had been in Rome and had

driven

down

to Terracina

just in order

to

v i s i t

u s

an d

G i u s e p p e ^ a n d

R o s e t t a .

A s

They w i l l

be coming i n

June

to spend som e

time w i t h

u s

and we re

looking

forward

th 0

translations

for

one of the

p u b l i s h i n g companies

h e r e

i n

I t a l y and she has o f f e r e d to

translate

some

tracts for u s

from E n g l i s h i n t o I t a l i a n so t h a t

we

can have them p r i n t e d f o r d i s t r i b u t i o n .

This i s one way she f e e l s she can s e r v e the Lord

s i n c e

she cannot be a c t i v e

i n a church a s they were

when

they i v e d h e r e

i n

T e r r a c i n a .

We l o v e

t h e s e

p e o p l e

of

h e L o r d a n d a s k you t o p r a y f o r them

a s

t h e y

a r e

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

e v e n

though

t h e y

a r e

n o t

h a v i n g t h e

o p p o r t u n i t y t o

worship r e g u l a r l y a s they want o .

Our i s

n o t

v e r y f u l l t h e s e days

due

t o t h e

d i s a s t r o u s

p o s t a l s e r v i c e I t a l y i s h a v i n g

to

put

u p

w i t h . T h i s

i s

not

an

e x c u s e on

o u r p a r t

f o r not

h a v i n g

a n s w e r e d your l e t t e r s

.... e u s t

h a v e n ' t r e c e i v e d

them

This

s i t u a t i o n

has

been

v e r y

bad, not

only

f o r

ou r

s u p p o r t i n g churches

and f r i e n d s but a l s o

f o r

our

r a d i o c o n g r e g a t i o n . On e

example: A

e t t e r from

one

of

our "Search

The

Scriptures" l i s t e n e r s i n

England,

m a i l e d

on A p r i l 15th, r e a c h e d u s

May

24th,

and

i t was

s e n t

by

a i r - m a i l . J u s t

a s

we

were p u t t i n g t h i s news/prayer l e t t e r

i n

t h e envelope

we

r e c e i v e d an Easter

card

and l e t t e r

from

the AUg ire family

of the

Boulevard

Church of

C h r i s t i n Toledo, Ohio. V i r g i n i a had

mailed

i t

on

A p r i l 10th

( a i r - m a i l ) and

we r e c e i v e d

i t

today.

May

30th

I n her e t t e r

she

s a i d : "I u r e

hope y o u ' l l g e t

t h i s n e a r

E a s t e r . " Dear

V i r g i n i a :

Which E a s t e r

d i d

yo u

mean?

(M.F.)

P l e a s e

pray with u s t h a t t h i s s i t u a t i o n

w i l l

not be

misunderstood

a s a

n e g l i g e n c e

on

our

p a r t . I t i s

something we can do

nothing about

s i n c e we

have

to u s e t h e

p o s t a l sys tem whether

i t i s good,

bad o r

i n d i f f e r e n t . Such

i s I t a l y

I n

our

l a s t

l e t t e r t o

you from

I t a l y ,

we s a i d we would e l l you some

b i t s

a b o u t t h e e v a n g e l i s t i c c a m p a i g n t h a t we,

l o n g

w i t h G i u s e p p e a n d V i t o , o u r

p r e a c h e r from Ciampino (Rome),

a r e

i n v o l v e d i n . I n t h e

p i c t u r e

below,

C h a r l e s

and

Giuseppe

a r e

s t a n d i n g

by V i t o ' s

c a r

i n one of h e

towns we

have

a l r e a d y

v i s i t e d . The s i g n

we a r e h o l d i n g s a y s :

Doyou t h i n k y o u ' r e a

C h r i s

t i a n ?

R e a d t h e

B i b l e " T h i s s i g n

h a s

c a u s e d more comments h a n a n y o f

t h e

U I

LR

4

s i E B i a

o t h e r s t h a t

a r e

on t h e

c a r .

The

i g n on

t h e f r o n t

s a y s : "The B i b l e

t e a c h e s t h a t

J e s u s C h r i s t i s God, n

t h e

f l e s h , c r u c i f i e d , dead and r e s u r r e c t e d

t o

s a v e s i n n e r s . "

A f t e r t h e

c a r i s

r e a d y w i t h t h e

s i g n s a n d

t h e l o u d - s p e a k e r s mounted on o p ,

one of u s

d r i v e s

s l o w l y down t h e

s t r e e t s

of t h e towns w h i l e t h e o t h e r two,

each taking a s i d e of the s t r e e t , d i s t r i b u t e h a n d - b i l l s and c a r d s

f o r

our cor

respondence c o u r s e .

Many

t h i n g s happen but always p e o p l e s t o p t o a s k :

"What k i n d

of

p r o p a g a n d a

i s t h i s ? " The a n s w e r i s :

"Propaganda f o r t h e

B i b l e . "

At

t h i s , some

r e f u s e

t o

a c c e p t i t , o t h e r s t a k e i t

and

t i l l o t h e r s

w a l k

a l o n g

b e s i d e

u s

d i s c u s s i n g

what

t h e y

a r e

r e a d i n g

and

g i v i n g t h e i r

o p i n i o n

about

why they a r e not r e l i g i o u s .

D u r i n g t h i s

t i m e t h e l o u d - s p e a k e r s a r e t r a n s m i t t i n g

m u s i c and G i u s e p p e ' s

v o i c e

t a l k i n g

about

t h e

B i b l e and

t h e Lord. People s t o p t o l i s t e n , o t h e r s

come

ou t on

their

balconies

to

see and

hear.

W h i l e

we were n one

town, l a d y c a l l e d

down

f o r us to w a i t , then she s e n t

a

b a s k e t

down on a

long rope

i n

which

we

put t h e

h a n d - b i l l and c a r d . She

thanked u s and drew i t u p to t h e f o u r t h f l o o r . T h i s b a s k e t d e a l i s used f o r

e v e r y t h i n g

from

shopping, which t h e "piccolo"

r i n g s from

t h e c o r n e r s t o r e ,

t o g e t t i n g

t h e

m a i l i n

apartment

b u i l d i n g s

where

t h e r e

i s

no

e l e v a t o r .

Bu t

w h a t e v e r

t h e means, t h e L o r d ' s Word i s g e t t i n g

t o p e o p l e .

Thank you

f o r

h e l p i n g

f i n a n c e t h i s c a m p a i g n .

We h a v e

h a d r e s u l t s

from

t h e

c a r d s o f f e r i n g

t h e c o r r e s p o n d e n c e

c o u r s e

and now

comes

t h e

f o l l o w - u p . P r a y

w i t h

u s

for these

contacts.


4/16

NEWS TOPRAY ABOUTNOW

PRAISETHE

LORD

FOR-

T h r e e

s e t s of n c y c l o p e d i a e

a d d e d

t o

t h e

C h i l d r e n ' s Study C e n t e r L i b r a r y

S a f e , s u c c e s s f u l o u t i n g ,

May

23,

with

Y o u n g

People

and

Adults

.

.

e w

p e o p l e c o n t a c t e d

.

e v o t i o n a l

s e r v i c e

h e l d o u t s i d e former

Royal

P a l a c e ,

C a s e r t a

.

..

rou p

toured

Pompeii,

i s i t e d Naples.

A

ood

b e g i n n i n g m a d e

i n our

TELL

THE PEOPLE

program

... s i n g

P.A.

Sys tem

o n

a

c a r , recorded

m u si c

and informative

a n n o u n c e m e n t s .

.

B i b l e p r i n c i p l e s , t e a c h i n g s ,

e x h o r t a t i o n s

..

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

o f r i n t e d

p a g e ..

.

e p l y p o s t a l c a r d s , e t c .

.

. o o p e r a t i o n with

Vito

G e n t i l e o f C iampino

(Rome)

hurch e f f e c t i v e and

a p p r e c i a t e d .

IMPLORE THE LORD'S HELP

REGARDING-

I t a l y ' s

P o s t a l Breakdown ... 10,000

t e l e g r a m s s e n t

by

o r d i n a r y

m a i l

e v e r y

day i n

Rome l o n e

... S p e c i a l D e l i v e r y R e g i s t e r e d L e t t e r m a i l e d i n Rome

took 24 days

o r

d e l i v e r y to an a d d r e s s i n s i d e Rome

e s s

t h a n four m i l e s

from

s e n d e r

.

.. 0 t o n s o f

r e g i s t e r e d

m a i l backed u p i n M i l a n .

.

. c o r e s o f

a c k s

of

mail

f r o m

the

So uth addressed to

the S ou t h

fo und

i n

Northern I t a l y . .

.

t r a i n l o a d s of m a i l

c o n s t i t u t e

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

bins...

i s t e n e r ' s

a i r

m a i l

from

England

t a k e s

s i x

weeks

to

r e a c h

u s

i n I t a l y

. .

r o m

t h e U . S . ,

f t e n

m u c h

l o n g e r ; r e c o r d

so f a r :

TEN

MONTHS This was

a

F i r s t C l a s s l e t t e r )

Protection

f r o m

violence ...

t i m e - bo m b w a s

discovered i n th e s c h o o l

w i t h i n 2 0 0

y d s .

of G i u s e p pe ' s s c h o o l . t e r r o r i s m

from

e x t r e m i s t s

o f both

t h e L e f t

and

Right

s s t r i k i n g

i n a l l

p a r t s

of

I t a l y

with bombings o f e a c e f u l

a s s e m b l i e s , k i d n a p p i n g s , r o b b e r i e s , a s s a u l t

and

k i l l i n g s , d e s i g n e d

t o

d e s t r o y

t h e Republic ...

e a r e

not c r y i n g

"martyr" nor "wolf w e

simply a s k to

l i v e

and i t n e s s

f o r

C h ri s t .

T he

p o s s i b l e

l o s s o f our meeting p l a c e

i n

T e r r a c i n a . h e l a n d l o r d has

s a i d

he

n e e d s

i t . .. f he n s i s t s ,

we

i l l l o s e

t h e

p l a c e

f o r t h e

C h i l d r e n ' s Study

C e n t e r ,

u r B i b l e S c h o o l , n d

a l m o s t

s u r e l y

t h e p l a c e o f

w o r s h i p

o f t h e

c h u r c h ,

a s w e l l . We

h a v e

no B u i l d i n g Fund. P l a c e s

t o

r e n t a r e

b o t h

e x t r e m e l y ex

p e n s i v e and

s c a r c e .

"Where can we

go

but to t h e Lord?" Pray with u s ,

p l e a s e .

"IN

EVERYTHING

GIVE

THANKS

."

S m a l l

s

greal

A t

our Thursday

e v e n i n g B i b l e Study h e r e i n T e r r a c i n a , t h e d i s c u s s i o n i s

not always c a r r i e d

o n by t h e

a d u l t s

D a n i e l a , who s

not

q u i t e four y e a r s

o l d ,

m a n y

i m e s

has

h e r

"s a y"

o n c e r n i n g

w h a t

she

s

l e a r n i n g

about

t h e

B i b l e

and t h e

L o r d .

P e o p l e

w h o

a r e

n o t a r o u n d

h e r

too m u c h n e e d

an i n t e r p r e t e r

s i n c e m a n y

words a r e s t i l l too d i f f i c u l t f o r h e r to pronounce,

but

she keeps

i n s i s t i n g u n t i l she

g e t s

h e r p o i n t a c r o s s . (See p i c t u r e )

"Little childr en,

i t t l e

children.

Who ove t h e i r

R e d e e m e r ,

Are

t h e j e w e l s , p r e c i o u s j e w e l s ,

Hi s l o v e d and

His

own."

"Except

y e be converted

a nd

b e c o m e as i t t l e c h i l d r e n , y e

h a l l

n o t n t e r

th e

k i n g d o m

of eaven.

a t t h e w

18:3

THEYOF

ITALY

SALUTE

YOU

P l e a s e w r i t e to us

n

c e r e of

our

H*br»w 13:24

FORWARDING

AGENTS:

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MR.&

RS.HOWARD ATTIN

" S e a r c h

The

c r i p t u r e s " 2209CHESTNUT STREET

VANGELISMIN ITALY

COLUMBUS,

N

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The Italian

Christian

Missi on

News

Published Quarterly

by

Oak Grove hristian Church

M i l l i g a n C o l l e g e ,

Tennessee

3 7 6 8 2 .

Second C l a s s P o s t a g e

P a i d

a t M i l l i g a n

C o l l e g e ,

TN

C h a r l e s Phipps

Mary Frances

Phipps

Editor

A s s i s t a n t

Editor

E v e n

f o r t h e s e

problems,

w e

thank

t h e

Lord.

To p a r a p h r a s e

a

B i l l

G a i t h e r

s o n g :

"If w e d i d n ' t h a v e any p r o b l e m s , w e

w o u l d n ' t

know hat He o u l d solve them "


5/16


6/16


7/16

t h a t w e

t h a n k

you f o r y o u r c o n t i n u e d s u p p o r t f o r t h e work h e r e a n d f o r

o u r

p e r s o n a l

s u p p o r t , b u t

we

w a n t e d

t o

s a y s o :

& ^ c L 1 & \ c . x x


8/16

be

c a l l e d by

the Lord

to be with I f l n i but always s a y s :

"If the Lord wants

me

to work

f o r

Him

h e r e even though I

am l l

I

w i l l s t a y

and know

He i l l

g i v e me h e s t r e n g t h . "

What

a wonderful a t t i t u d e to have i n the f a c e of l l

kinds of problems

not

only

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

a r e , i n a way, t h e

l e a s t

of h e r

problems, but

t h e

c y n i c a l , i n d i f f e re n t a t t i t u d e t h a t r e i g n s

i n t h e

home

she

s h a r e s

w i t h r e l a t i v e s .

She

s a r e a l

example of what

J e s u s

was

d e s c r i b i n g when

He

a i d :

"In your

p a t i e n c e p o s s e s

ye your

o u l s . "

(Luke

21:19)

H

I®

I f you w i l l

look back through your i s s u e s of h e I t a l i a n C h r i s t i a n

M i s s i o n

News you w i l l n o t i c e

t h a t

we

have made v e r y few a p p e a l s f o r funds and only

when t h e r e

was

a r e a l

emergency.

We do not b e l i e v e i n c r y i n g ^'wolf,

or

do

we b e l i e v e in begging the brethren

to contribute. We

do b e l i e v e that

the

"laborer

i s

worthy of

h i s hire"

and God

has

provided

for u s

through

you

during the many y e a r s

we

have worked h e r e i n I t a l y . T h i s

i s NOT

n appeal

f o r funds

but u s t a word about

c o n d i t i o n s h e r e.

A t

h e

p r e s e n t

t i m e

g a s o l i n e

i s c o s t i n g $ 1 . 8 5 a

g a l l o n .

I made h e c o n v e r s i o n

from l i t r e s to

g a l l o n s

s o t h a t t h e r e

would

be

n o

c o n f u s i o n

on h i s

p o i n t . A new

tax

on

e v e r y automobile,

new

or

o l d , goes i n t o

e f f e c t

a t

the end of September

and a tax

on

each room of any i v i n g q u a r t e r s , c o s t i n g an a v e r a g e of $12.00 p e r

room, mu st be

p a i d

by t h e end of December. T h i s

i s o v e r

and above t h e

monthly

r e n t .

The c o s t of food h a s gone u p 1 9 p e r c e n t

s i n c e

J a n u a r y and

t h i s i n c r e a s e i s not

on

luxur y items but

on

t h i n g s such a s bread, m i l k , meat,

c h e e s e ,

f r u i t s

and

v e g e t a b l e s .

The

d o l l a r

h a s

s e r i o u s l y gone down i n v a l u e i n Europe. The

r e c o r d i n g s f o r

t h e

r a d i o m i n i s t r y ,

" S e a r c h t h e

S c r i p t u r e s "

must b e p a i d f o r i n

German Marks

and h e r e , a l s o , t h e Mark h a s

f a l l e n from

3.96 p e r

d o l l a r

to

2.28

i n t h e l a s t

several months.

These

a r e

s i t u a t i o n s which a r e

not only

h i t t i n g u s , p e rs o n a l l y ,

but

o t h e r

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

w e l l

and we

a s k you to

p r a y e r f u l l y

c o n s i d e r

your

m i s s i o n a r y

g i v i n g

and

a v o i d ,

i f

p o s s i b l e ,

" s w i t c h - g i v i n g "

( t a k i n g

from one f i e l d

t o

g i v e

to

a n o t h e r ) .

These thoughts a r e w r i t t e n p r a y e r f u l l y and i n no way a s a

c o mp l a i n t . . . . w e a r e s h a r i n g

w i t h

you

and

t r u s t i n g

i n your

u n d e r s t a n d i n g .

and s i n c e we h a v e n o t g i v e n you t h e

c h a n c e

f o r a l o n g t i m e t o

t r y

a n I t a l i a n

d i s h ,

how

a b o u t " C o . t o l e t t e Wpiene"? T h a t

o n l y

means p i e c e s o f

b e e f

l i c e d

v e r y , v e r y t h i n

f i l l e d

w i t h i n g r e d i e n t s and t h e n f r i e d u n t i l

brown.

T h i s i s t h e

way to do

t .

1

s l i c e of

meat

f o r each

p e r s o n

( o r more d e p e n d i n g upon t h e a p p e t i t e

of

the v a r i o u s

member s

of your

f a m i l y )

Lay t h e s l i c e s out

f l a t

and pound them u n t i l

t e n d e r .

P l a c e on

t o p

of

e a c h

s l i c e

of meat a p i e c e of S w i s s c h ee s e and

on

top of h a t a p i e c e of o i l e d ham

. i f you have any e f t

o v e r .

I f

you u s e

t h e baked ham be s u r e i t i s s l i c e d v e r y ,

v e r y t h i n . R o l l

u p

t h e

s l i c e s

of meat

with t h e

f i

l l i n g

and f a s t e n

with tooth

p i c k s . Beat

an

egg

(or

more

depending

on

t h e

number of

r o l l s

you

have

made) mixed w i t h s a l t , p e p p e r a n d

g r a t e d c h e e s e

t o t a s t e . D i p t h e

m e a t r o l l s

i n t h e e g g m i x t u r e a n d t h e n i n b r e a d crumbs i m t i l c o m p l e t e l y

c o a t e d .

F r y

them i n

o f l

o r f a t d e e p enough

t o

k e e p them from s t i c k i n g t o t h e b o t t o m

of

t h e p a n .

Turn

them

f r

e q u e n t l y

so t h a t t h e y a r e browned w e l l on a l l s i d e s ,

lower

the

flame to

the

minimum

and

cook for

about

1 5 minutes. Serve

w i t h

a

m i x e d

s a l a d

o f

v a r i o u s k i n d s o f

g r e e n s

a n d r a w v e g e t a b l e s

a n d

m a s h e d

potatoes,

easoned with

butter.

RFFIMWI

tiON

H f B l R

V I T B

t r E R H l


9/16

The t a p e m i n i s t r y

we

c a r r y o n f o r p e o p l e who annot r e a d

or

w r i t e has been

growing

i n t h e

p a s t months. Giuseppe and

I ( s e e p i c t u r e ) have

been

busy

r e c o r d i n g n e w t a p e s

o f

t h e

S c r i p t u r e s

and

sermons

f o r t h e p e o p l e to h e a r .

S o m e of our young

p e o p l e

a l s o

have

been

i n v o l v e d

i n t h i s work.

I t

h a s been

a

r e a l b l e s s i n g

t o

h a v e t h e p e o p l e

am on g whom h e t a p e s

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

u s t h e joy t h e y l i a v e

r e c e i v e d

i n

h e a r i n g

t h e Word of t h e Lord o v e r and o v e r

and

h o w

they h a v e l i a d o p p o r t u n i t i e s to l e t o t h e r s h e a r .

Speaking

of

t a p e s ,

w e

n o w

h a v e

t h e

announcements

w e

u s e f o r

t h e

evan

g e l i z a t i o n c a m p a i g n i n new t o w n s , t h r o u g h t h e u s e of

t h e

l o u d - s p e a k e r s ,

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

German

by

one

of

t h e

young C h r i s t i a n s

I

work

w i t h

w hen I

g o t o Germany t o r e c o r d t h e r a d i o p r o g r a m s .

H a n s

d i d a v e r y g o o d j o b a n d

s i n c e ,

d u r i n g t h e summer, t h i s

a r e a i n

a n d

a r o u n d

T e r r a c i n a , i s p e o p l e d

by German s p e a k i n g

t o u r i s t s w e h a v e

t h e

p r i v i l e g e

of

l e t t i n g

them know

about

t h e

Lord

t h r o u g h

t h e

words coming

o v e r t h e

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

o w n

l a n g u a g e

a n d t h e c a r d s we d i s t r i b u t e f o r t h e B i b l e

C o r r e s p o n d e n c e

Course.

We

t h a n k t h e

L o r d

f o r

t h i s

o p p o r t u u n i t y

and Hans

w i l l i n g n e s s

t o

h e l p

u s .

The

Big

P o s ta l

S n a f u

i s s t i l l w i t h u s S o m e l e t t e r s

a r e g e t t i n g through,

m a n y o t h e r s a r e not. I f

y o u

h a v e n ' t h e a r d

from

u s , t r y a g a i n

We

k n o w

o f

e t t e r s s e n t i n January,

February and A p r i l which w e

h a v e

not r e c e i v e d . How long t h i s s i t u a t i o n

w i l l

go o n w e h a v e no wa y of knowing but

our

d e p e n d a b l e ,

h a r d - w o r k i n g

f o r w a r d i n g a g e n t s ,

M/M

Howard'

a t t i n a r e d o i n g t h e i r

b e s t t o k e e p

u s i n

t o u c h w i t h

y o u

a s a r e M/M Don H o l b e n w ho do s u c h a m a r v e l o u s j o b

o f

p r i n t i n g ou r

I t a l i a n

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

News B u l l e t i n s .

We tha nk the L o r d

f o r

t h e s e

p e o p l e w h o r e

l o v i n g

a n d c a r i n g .

K ID S S n i F F

Our "Sette G i o m i "

Seven

Days-VBS)

was a r e a l l y

e n j o y a b l e

time,

a s u s u a l ,

t h i s y e a r .

Our

s p a c e

was

l i m i t e d and t h e r e f o r e n o i s e

was

a t an l l time h i g h

l e v e l , e s p e c i a l l y d u r i n g hand-work time but t h e c h i l d r e n were e n t h u s i a s t i c

and

l e a r n e d

m u c h d u r i n g the bus y

week.

Vito G e n t i l e ,

our

p r e a c h e r a t

C i a m p i n o

( R o m e ) r o u g h t

e l e v e n of

h i s

young p e o p l e

down. They

camped

near

Tenacina and p a r t i c i p a t e d i n the a c t i v i t i e s

each day. Some

o f

t h e

c h i l d r e n had

n e v e r a t t e n d e d a program such a s t h i s so i t

was i n t e r e s t i n g

to

s e e how hey r e a c t e d to t h e s o n g s , p r a y e r s

and l e s s o n s .

Two o f our young p e o p l e wrote r e l i g i o u s words to a p o p u l a r song

and

everybody was e n t h u s i a s t i c about s i n g i n g i t .

I n

f a c t ,

i t almost became t h e

theme s o n g f o r t h e week and t o h e a r a n a v e r a g e

of 52

c h i l d r e n s i n g i n g i t a t

l e a s t t w i c e

d u r i n g

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

a t

t h e

t o p of

t h e i r v o i c e s

made

p e o p l e g o i n g

by

s t o p

and

l i s t e n .

Many

o f

them

a s k e d q u e s t i o n s

a b o u t

t h e

a c t i v i t i e s going

o n and

g a v e us t h e opportunity to t a l k about t h e

Lord with

them. We

s k

yo u

t o

p r a y w i t h

u s t h a t

t h e s e o p p o r t u n i t i e s w i l l b e a r f r u i t .

THEY

OF

ITALY

SALUTEYOU

P leas e wr ite to us n c a r e

o f

our

Hebrew 13:24

FORWARDING AGENTS:

*adio

M i n i s t r y

— MR.& RS.

HOWARD ATTIN

" S e a r c h

The

c ri pt u re s"

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STREET

- k EVANGELISM IN ITALY

COLUMBUS,

N 47201

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SERVICES

BOX H7

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P u b l i s h e d

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by

OAK ROVECHRISTIAN

CHURCH

M l l l i g a n

College,

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E d i t o r

Mar y

Francas

P h i p p s

Assistant

Editor

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Class Postage P aid

at

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11/16

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American Forwarding Address

John K. aeplow

529 Ogden Avenue

Toledo

9,

Ohio

Address on The Field

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296,

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ITALY


12/16

Charles and

Mary Frances

Phipps

Betheen

Grubaugh

Evelyn Jones

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Troyers


13/16

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a v i

and

p o s t s

g e t o u i h <

than y o u

b u l l e t i n ' *

come a

seen

a h '

f

p a p e r ,

p r i n t i u s

i j r i e

w e w c h u i c h

r s p r j E A S E M A l ^

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a n d c o u r t e s y .

, d t h e r e f o r e n o t e a d .

Thanh


15/16

On November 1 and

2 h e Churches

of C h r i s t ( n o n - i n s t r u m e n t a l ) h e r e i n

I t a l y h e l d t h e annual Youth Conference which t l i e y hbfd e v e r y y e a r i n

Florence.

You ng

people and

t h e i r

sponsors from a l l the

churches

a r e

i n v i t e d

and

t i s r e a l l y a wonderful

time

of e l l o w s h i p where the

young

people can g e t

t o g e t h e r a n d

" r a p "

t o t h e i r

h e a r t s

c o n t e n t . T h i s y e a r w e t o o k f o u r o f / o u r

young

p e o p l e to t h e

Conference and s i n c e

i t

was the f i r s t time any of

them

had been

t h e r e they

were exposed

to a

l o t of

new e x p e r i e n c e s . /

They

d i s c o v e r e d

t h e r e

i s joy i n l i v i n g a l i f e

i n

C h r i s t a s i t was

p r e s e n t e d

by some

v e r y c a p a b l e young

C h r i s t i a n s .

They a l s o r e a l i z e d t h a t we a r e not i s o l a t e d

e v e n thou^-

wg a r e

t o o

f a r from o t h e r

g r o u p s - t o h a v e much r e g u l a r

f e l l o w s h i p .

—

We

e n t e d

a bus f o r the t r i p so t h a t everybody could t r a v e l t o g e t h e r .

The

Conference was o v e r

a t noon

on Saturday

but

b e f o r e l e a v i n g

Florence

we

took

t h e k i d s down i n t o t h e

h i s t o r i c a l

p a r t

of

the c i t y

and

Giuseppe gave

them a l i v e l e s s o n i n h i s t o r y . A s t o p a t

an

overhead r e s t a u r a n t on t h e

" A u t o s t r a d a " f o r s u p p e r on t h e way

home a s

o u r

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

f o r

them s i n c e t r a v e l i n

t h e i r

l i v e s

i s v e r y

l i m i t e d and t r e a t s such a s t h i s

a r e

fe w

and far b etween.

T h e s e young p e o p l e n e e d

y o u r

p r a y e r s a n d y o u r h e l p a s t h e y c a n be

b r o u g h t

c l o s e r

t o t h e

Lord

t h r o u g h

e x c u r s i o n s s u c h

a s

t h i s .

to the Lord's

church

here in

Terracina

one

of our

young

e e n - a g e r s .

Brun o was

b a p t i z e d

i n t h e

M e d i t e r r a n e a n S e a

by G i u s e p p e

one

b e a u t i f u l

su nny day t h i s f a l l . None

of

i s f a m i l y was

p r e s e n t

b e c a u s e

t h e y w e r e n o t

i n

a g r e e m e n t

w i t h

h i s d e c i s i o n .

I n

f a c t ,

some

of

h e

f a m i l y

were

r e a l l y h o s t i l e .

However, Bru no knew what

should be done

and

he was courageous

enough

to

go

ahead

in

f a i t h .

H i s

example g a v e

food f o r t h o u g h t to

o t h e r

of o u r young

p e o p l e

w i t h

whom we

h a v e

been working a n d p r a y i n g . Some of them were

r e a l l y

i m p r e s s e d

w i t h

t h e

f a c t

t h a t Bruno w e n t a g a i n s t

h i s

w h o l e f a m i l y

a n d o n e

o f

t h e

g i r l s

s a i d :

"1

d o n ' t t h i n k

1

c o u l d

do

h a t . "

B r u n o ' s a n s w e r w a s :

" I f

you

b e l i e v e enough

you c a n . "

Pray f o r Bruno t h a t t h r o u g h him o t h e r s m i g h t be

won. Bruno s

a v e r y

c a p a b l e

p e r s o n with a

winning p e r s o n a l i t y and h a s many

talents.

All

can

be channelled

into

the

Lord's

work as

Brimo

e t s the

Lord

lead.


16/16

I n

I t a l y

t h e r e

a r e many r e g i o n a l s u p e r s t i t i o n s , c u s t o m s , i d e a s w h i c h a r e

s o m e t i m e s g o o d a n d

o f t e n b a d .

I n

a

c e r t a i n

town

n

t h e S o u t h ,

f

a

y o u n g

g i r l

l i v e s

i n a house

which

i s n e a r an o l e a n d e r t r e e the s u p e r s t i t i o n i s

t h a t

she w i l l

neve r find a husband.

The mayor o f

t h i s

p a r t i c u l a r town

w a n t e d t o b e a u t i f y t h e

m a i n

s t r e e t

s o

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

s t r e e t

on

b o t h

s i d e s . However,

l l

of

h e

p e o p l e w h o l i v e d

o n t h e

s t r e e t and had

m a r r i a g e

a b l e d a u g h t e r s

k i l l e d

t h e

t r e e s

by p o u r i n g t h e

soapy

w a t e r

which

t h e y u s e d

f o r l a u n d r y a n d s c r u b b i n g on t h e m . When c a l l e d upon t o

e x p l a i n

t h e i r

a c t i o n s

t h e i r

answer was

t h i s : We i a v e been

t a u g h t

to

b e l i e v e

t h i s

from our

a n c e s t o r s

and we do

not

w a n t to

run a n y

i s k s .

One o t h e r r e a s o n , a m o n g

s o

m a n y ,

w h y I t a l y needs t h e G o s p e l .

I f

t h e

p e o p l e

t h i n k

i n

t h i s w a y about

unimportant

t h i n g s h o w

i m p e r a t i v e

i t i s to

t e a c h t h e m

t h i n g s

i n which

they

can

b e l i e v e f o r

t h e

s a l v a t i o n of h e i r s o u l s .

P l e a s e

send

l l

funds and correspondence

o

our forwarding a g e n t s :

Mr. nd

Mrs.

Howard

B a t t l i i

2209

Chestnut

Street

Colu mbu s , ndiana

47201

We would

l i k e to a s k y o u t o

check

t h i s a d d r e s s a g a i n s t a n y y ou,

he church,

t h e

m i s s i o n a r y

committee, h e

board

or a n y groups

n

t h e church might

h a v e .

Mail ha s been e n t

t o an nvalid

address

and

we

have o s t some.

Ple as e be u re

t h a t t h i s a d d r e s s i s i n your i l e s .

Your

l e t t e r s

a n d

y o u r s u p p o r t

h a v e

b e e n

s o

muc h a p p r e c i a t e d i n

t h i s

p e r i o d o f t i m e . I t a l y s c o s t o f i v i n g r o s e 22% n

t h e

p a s t y e a r

( f r o m

S e p t e m

b e r , 1973 t o

S e p t e m b e r ,

1 9 7 4 . We

t h a n k

you f o r c o n t i n u i n g t o c a r e f o r t h e

work h e r e and f o r

u s

p e r s o n a l l y . May God

b l e s s

y o u i c h l y .

'THEYOFITALYSALUTEYOU

Hebrew

13:24

*

a d i o

Ministry

—

Search

The

criptures

VANGELISM

IN ITALY

Pl e a s e wri t e

to

us n care of

our

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HOWARD

BATTIN

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