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his hand. "I hear you on the radio, and I recognized your voice as
you were talking to this gentleman."
It was really a startling experience. Well, here is the
astonishing sequel. I met this man again the other day, with his
wife. He has been converted since I was here, baptized by one of
our local ministers. And, more! His wife was also baptized just
the other day -- since we arrived here -- also by one of our
ministers. Mrs. Armstrong and I were overjoyed to meet them both.
I am now finishing this letter from Brisbane, where I am to
speak tonight to an audience of a few hundred listeners to the
WORLD TOMORROW. I have spoken before good-sized audiences in
Melbourne, and several times in Sydney, since we arrived in
Australia. Tomorrow I have a luncheon appointment scheduled with
the manager of a Brisbane radio station.
We now have a number of ordained ministers serving our very
large and growing audience of radio listeners in Australia. Our
minister here in Brisbane was a pioneer student at Ambassador
College in England, in 1960. He is English, but graduated from
the Pasadena College in 1964. He was Vice President of the Student
Body his senior year. He is married to an Irish colleen from
Dublin, also a pioneer student in England in 1960. They have a
cute little daughter nearly two. It was good to see them once
again. The manager of our staff of thirty-five in Sydney was a
Student Body President at Ambassador College, Pasadena, about
fourteen years ago. He, too, married one of our Ambassador co-eds,
and they have a lovely family of three children. He has become a
very able man. Several of our staff at Sydney are former
Ambassador students and all but one married to wives they met at
college. All have children. Our minister stationed at Melbourne
graduated from the college at Pasadena a few years ago -- also
married to a fine wife he met at college -- and they have one
child. It has been a delightful privilege to Mrs. Armstrong and me
to see them all once again -- all living in HAPPY homes, because
they know and live GOD'S WAY. WHAT A BLESSING!
Next Monday we fly on to Hong Kong for two days, to try to
make arrangements to put the WORlD TOMORROW program on a station
there. Then we must take a very long flight all the way across
Asia, to Tel Aviv, Israel. We will spend a few days revisiting
historic places in the land of ancient Israel. I am especially
anxious to visit again the little synagogue in Nazareth, where
Jesus spoke from the Book of Isaiah (Luke 4:16-30), and other
places. Then from there straight to London, and Ambassador College
in England.
This 'round the world' trip is an arduous one. I was afraid
it would be very hard on Mrs. Armstrong, but thousands are praying
for our safety and pleasant flights for her; and so far, all
prayers have been answered. We are very grateful.
In a transoceanic telephone call with our business office in
Pasadena, I find that the income is beginning to sag again, as we
pass into the latter half of the month. SO once again I will ask
our staff at Headquarters to speed this letter to you AIR MAIL.