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in New York, but had to hurry ashore for a conference with the new
manager of station WABC in New York---the headquarters ABC Network
station. We were on that station for a few years. If an earlier
time than we had before should open, before WOR does, it would be
an important improvement.
A third conference in New York opened up a most desirable
prime time on the number one station in western Michigan, at Grand
Rapids. It starts April 15.
There have been vitally-important property-acquisition
developments! Until these three or four new deals are closed, I am
not at liberty to describe them, except to say that these are
absolutely VITAL to the future of Ambassador College in Pasadena.
We have not needed them until now---yet, to lose them would simply
RUIN the future of Ambassador College. Suddenly these properties
have gone on the market. That means that we must buy them now, or
probably lose them forever. They suddenly went on the market just
at the time when possession of them is a MUST before we can open
the next school year, this coming September!!! That is the way God
has directed things all along---time after time---opening things to
us just when needed---never before---never too late.
Now all these things put real heavy additional pressure on our
budget. We simply have to raise additional funds, immediately, and
in fairly large amounts. The additional amount imperatively needed
at this time is many thousands of dollars. A few years ago this
would have been an insurmountable obstacle, but God's work has
continued to grow, at the continuous rate of 30% every year for 28
years---and today we do have enough of us who are faithful
co-workers that I know we can raise it, IF WE WILL REALIZE THIS
SERIOUS AND IMPERATIVE NEED, AND EVERYONE OF US GET UNDER THE
BURDEN AND PUT OUR SHOULDERS TO THE WHEEL!
Once again I am going to have to ask each one to make a
sacrifice for this suddenly arisen emergency!
I have not asked for additional loans for some little time
now. In the past, some of our co-workers who felt unable to give
it, at least for the time being, but who had one or several-
thousand dollars that they could loan God's work for one or more
years, have helped the work very materially in this way. So now
I feel I must again ask all who could put larger amounts at the
disposal of God's work for a certain period letting it be WORKING
FOR GOD in the meantime, if you are not able to make it an outright
contribution (which is of course tax deductible), to send it in as
a loan.
There is no other place on earth where every dollar works as
hard, and accomplishes as much good, that I know of. Beside at the
time having to invest in the acquisition of property necessary to
carry on the work (and we continually increase the value of all
such properties)---beside training and educating more than 400 fine
young people---future leaders in this work---and the future WORLD-
LEADERS in the WORLD TOMORROW---beside teaching and instructing
more than SIXTY-THOUSAND students through the Ambassador College
Bible Correspondence Course---beside getting the Plain Truth every