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AMBASSADOR COLLEGE
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
HERBERT W. ARMSTRONG, Chairman
Publisher of The PLAIN TRUTH Magazine
EXTENSION DEPARTMENT
An educational service at all levels
for all people worldwide
October 27, 1971
Dear Inner Family of Co-Workers:
For the first time in my life, I am en route to a Communist
country, behind the "Iron Curtain." I am going to Bucharest,
Romania, as a guest of the country, at the personal invitation of
President Nicolae Ceausescu. I am looking forward to this visit
with considerable interest, since I have never been in a Communist
country before.
After my four-day visit there, I will continue on to Israel
for another visit to our major archaeological excavation, adjoining
the Temple Wall in Jerusalem. As I have explained before, we are
there clearing off the accumulated rubble and debris of 3,000 years
over the ancient throne and palaces of Kings David and Solomon.
The 78 Ambassador College students who worked on this project
through July and August made great progress, but the dig continues
on the year round.
A week ago we had as our guest at the Pasadena campus Dr.
Nobumoto Ohama from Tokyo, the leading educator of Japan, and
former President of the great Waseda University. He addressed
our Pasadena student body, and then I flew with Dr. and Mrs. Ohama
to our Texas campus, and he spoke to our students there. Dr. Ohama
is chief adviser to Prime Minister Sato on Okinawan affairs. When
I had my personal meeting with the Prime Minister last December,
Dr. Ohama accompanied me. And when I visited Okinawa, he met me
there at the airport and accompanied me in all the meetings I had
there with leading personnel.
My son, Garner Ted, recovering from a near breakdown from
overwork and too heavy pressures, seems to be making good progress.
In spite of the heavy traveling I have had to do these past fifteen
months, with up to an 8-hour time-lag on a single plane flight, my
own health is holding up well. A year ago I was becoming concerned
with overweight, but I have gotten rid of a good share of excess
avoirdupois, and feel that I am in the best physical shape in
recent years.
The Work is proceeding with increased momentum. But as I
wrote you in August, we do personally need your earnest and
prevailing prayers, as well as your continued and generous
financial support for this greatest Work on earth. It is coming to
be recognized in many high places that this Work is doing more for
world PEACE than any activity on earth. Moreover, thousands of