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course. But three of the first four pioneer students were -- the
other one was a girl. As the college grew, and graduated called,
consecrated, Spirit-led men whose lives were yielded and Christ-
led, the WHOLE WORK OF GOD expanded and grew.
As more radio stations were added, more and more trained
people were needed in the office to receive the mail requests, send
out requested literature, give personal answer to questions. I had
been unable to get out The PLAIN TRUTH magazine every month and
carry all the other duties of a growing Work handled by myself and
wife alone. But soon Christ had given me trained editorial help --
trained mechanical help. In due time The PLAIN TRUTH was coming
out every month, and, through the years, gradually improved and
enlarged.
The broadcasting and the literature began pricking the hearts
of people -- letters began coming in pleading for personal visits
of true Ministers of God, for counsel, for spiritual guidance, to
explain the Bible -- and to assist in the conversion and baptism of
an ever-increasing number of people being CONVERTED!
Today, in the Pasadena office alone, it takes 65 men just to
open, read, and channel the THOUSANDS of letters received DAILY!
Yes, THOUSANDS, daily -- averaging more than three thousand every
day, seven days a week! Today it requires scores of typists, a
great battery of IBM machines, and technical operators, to send out
the requested literature the same day the request is received.
Today a two-story office building is devoted to what we here call
the "L.A.D." -- Letter-Answering Department. In the offices in
this building are ordained ministers, Ambassador College-trained,
who dictate on dictaphones personal answers to thousands of letters
-- and a large "typing pool" of stenographers who type out the
letters they dictate.
Today, here at Pasadena Headquarters, a huge printing plant
with giant presses and other equipment, is working TWO SHIFTS daily
-- 16 hours daily -- with a large staff of trained men, printing
not only The PLAIN TRUTH, but ton after ton of booklets, books, and
other literature. Today, in a separate building, a huge MAILING
DEPARTMENT mails out the hundreds of thousands of free booklets,
and The PLAIN TRUTH, sending them to the Post Office in huge
trucks. Today freight cars are pulled up alongside the giant new
Press Building, and unload six large freight cars of paper every
month. Now that is just at Pasadena Headquarters alone!
Today Ambassador College-trained ordained ministers, mostly
married to Ambassador-trained wives, are stationed at about 100
locations in all parts of the United States -- from Miami to
Seattle and Vancouver, B.C. -- from San Diego to New York, New
Hampshire and Toronto, Canada -- scores of cities in between, such
as Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Dallas, Kansas City, Detroit,
Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Denver, Portland, San
Francisco, Phoenix -- just to name a few, where they are kept busy
almost night and day in a personal ministry, helping those who
write in requesting a personal visit. More than 250 people every
week are now requesting a personal visit from one of these
ministers. No one is ever called on, unless they request it