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employ a secretary, full time. Then another, and gradually the
staff has increased until there are now eight of us. Now even our
larger office became overcrowded, with desks, filing cabinets,
mimeograph, addressing machine, dictaphones and other office
equipment. And just when we came to really need it, a few weeks
ago, the building manager came to me with a plan to open up an
adjoining room, larger than the combined two rooms we had. This
room was all painted and redecorated, and the girls moved into it
two weeks ago, just HAPPY in their new quarters, feeling it now
begins to look like a real institution. Today the carpenters are
just completing the installation of new hall-ways and partitions,
dividing our former larger room into two private offices.
One of these will be occupied by Brother Gene C. Carter, a
young man from Southern Illinois, converted thru the broadcast, who
came to Oregon last summer to be baptised. We know now God has
definitely and specially called Gene to a life of active service,
to which he has consecrated himself, in whatever capacity God may
lead. He is now financial manager, and is beginning to assist me
in answering correspondence and in research and securing of factual
data for broadcasts and for articles. I have never seen a young
man develop and grow as he is doing. For years I had searched for
the right man to join me in this great work of God. Twice I felt
I had been led to the right man, but always circumstances
prevented. Now we know that when God's time came, He provided the
man He had chosen and called for this position. We now have a
total of more than 1500 square feet of office space, and we rejoice
in this growth of space and of personnel, because we have seen
God's hand so definitely in it, step by step.
Perhaps you'd like to know a little about others of our
staff. Mrs. Esther Olson is manager of the larger office. She is
a sincere and consecrated Christian woman, has been with us in our
little local church several years. Circumstances just seemed to
work out to place her in charge of the office staff, and I was
amazed at her efficiency. Then it was we learned what she never
told us before, that she had formerly been manager of an office
over 35 girls, and before that had taught school. God always
prepares those He calls for whatever service He has for them!
Assistant manager is Miss Evelyn Paeschke, a talented young
Christian girl, also in our church. Evelyn has a very beautiful
soprano voice, which is being developed. Sometimes, at church,
where she is music director, she and our daughter Beverly Gott
(whom you've heard sing in the closing theme music of the broadcast
before we changed to the male quartette) sing duets together.
Sister Olson has developed an efficient office staff. We receive
from 1,000 to 2,500 letters from every broadcast. It now takes
five large steel cabinets to hold the mailing list. Every night a
large amount of mail, carrying Gospel literature to all parts of
North America, is taken to the post-office by special truck
messenger.
WHAT LISTENERS AND CO-WORKERS ARE SAYING
When opening and reading letters that pour in from
listeners and co-workers, I often wish you could just be there in
the office, looking over my shoulder, reading and sharing with me