Andrina was the younger sister of Sheila Miller Lauffer, who was her constant companion as a little girl and her friend for life. She became a ballet dancer with the American Ballet Theater as a fifteen-year-old. When she was seventeen, Andrina toured Europe. After her second European tour, she became a dancer on Broadway with the musical Destry Rides Again, starring Andy Griffith. In New York City she met the love of her life, Donald Phillips, a quiet engineer with a big heart. They secretly married on January 13th, 1959, and remained married for over 65 years.
She hung up her dancing shoes and became a devoted wife to Don and mother to Bruce and John. Through the faithful prayers of her sister and others, Andrina came to know Jesus through a Catholic missionary to Peru. Andrina led her whole family to the Lord and began attending interdenominational prayer meetings at Marycrest Convent in New York.
After several moves, Andrina began her Christian Counseling career at Abundant Life Church in St. Louis, Missouri. Not only did she start counseling, but the Lord called her to pick up her ballet shoes to dance for Him in the church. She danced before the Lord and led others into a greater expression of worship through the dance. Her dance seminars were popular with men and women alike. God even made a way for Andrina to dance before the Lord in Jerusalem, Israel, during the Feast of Tabernacles. She carried an intercession for the people of Israel to seek the Lord Jesus.
After several more moves, Andrina and Don settled in Melbourne, Florida, and she began encouraging women at Calvary Chapel. Her volunteer ministry grew so large that she began training other women encouragers so the ministry could grow. Her training included coordinating conferences and writing a counseling manual and scripture guide for her volunteers. For nearly twenty years she helped many people find healing and hope in Jesus.
Andrina is preceded in death by her parents, Tom and Laura Miller, and her brother-in-law, Clarke Lauffer. She is survived by her husband, Donald Phillips; her sister Sheila Lauffer; her brother-in-law, Stuart Phillips; her sons and daughters-in-love, Bruce and Debra Phillips, and John and Elaine Phillips; her grandchildren, Bonnie and Joey Neptune, Mark and Nikki Phillips, Lauren and Masa Okude, Kayleigh and Jonathan Carbajal, and Sharon Phillips; and by her three great-grandchildren: Isaac Phillips, Judah Carbajal, and Reima Okude.
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