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high-executive-caliber men. He does a half-hour radio broadcast
DAILY -- seven days a week, a half-hour TELECAST every week,
besides meeting many speaking engagements before business men's
conventions and other groups, doing special programs AT radio
stations in which listeners may telephone in and ask him questions
which he must be prepared to answer on the spot; traveling over
much of the world for important radio and television interviews
-- in Africa, in Jerusalem, and other places -- writing articles,
doing an immense amount of study, research, fact-finding, keeping
up with world happenings to comment on in the radio and TV
programs, speaking at college forums before our students, and,
lately he has been taking about 95% of my executive duties as
President of the colleges and the Church.
He is forced to go at high tension -- drive! -- drive! --
drive! Some three or four weeks ago, he said to one of our Deputy
Chancellors that if he had the audacity, temerity, or nerve, he
would ask me if he might take a leave of absence for a few weeks,
for complete relaxation, out from under the high tension and
constant pressure almost night and day, and rest tensed and taut
nerves, recharge spiritual batteries, so he could come back FRESH.
He didn't ask me. But I was told of the comment. I had not
realized the effect this terrific pressure had had on him.
When I returned from the last round-the-world trip last
Thursday, I decided to make whatever arrangement must be made to
give him that opportunity. He wanted to keep right on, but finally
agreed to take his first leave of absence for total release from
so many major responsibilities. He whipped through a number of
television programs -- three in one day -- so they may keep being
released weekly for several weeks. He has never had a real
vacation. He has gone hunting each autumn the past few years, but
even on a few days off for hunting, he still carries the
responsibilities in his mind, and he even hunts in high tension.
Even Jesus Christ needed to get away from tense strains and
rest. He said to His disciples: "Come ye yourselves apart into
a desert place, and rest awhile: for there were many coming and
going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat."
I want Garner Ted to take possibly a couple months of
complete relaxation from such high-paced and strenuous activities,
and when he comes back he will be ready to go into high gear again,
on the home stretch until our GREAT COMMISSION is finished! We
will "GET THE JOB DONE" much better this way.
Co-Workers PRAY FOR HIM -- and for me, too, that this great
Work may continue going out in greater and greater power -- under
the POWER of God's Holy Spirit.
With much love, in Jesus' name,
Herbert W. Armstrong