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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
November 18, 1974
Dear Inner Family of
Co-Workers with Christ:
Again I'm winging my way, almost eight miles above the
Pacific Ocean, toward Tokyo. Yesterday, President Ford and
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger were flying the presidential
plane over approximately the same route. They are in Tokyo today,
and I am due to arrive there today, mid-afternoon.
It seems Secretary Kissinger and I are very frequently
crossing paths -- especially in the Middle East, between Cairo and
Tel Aviv. Ours are the only two planes, so far as I know, that
ever fly from Cairo to Tel Aviv, or from Tel Aviv to Cairo. And
now our schedules meet again today, at Tokyo. It seems a little
significant that, to the best of my knowledge, our two planes are
the only private aircraft that are permitted to land at Tokyo
airport.
However, from there the President and Secretary Kissinger
fly on to Seoul, South Korea and from there to the Soviet Union,
while I am en route, after Tokyo, for a return public appearance
at Manila, the Philippines.
November 19, Honolulu: Just as we were somewhere close
to the international dateline, about two hours after refueling at
Cold Bay, Alaska, we were forced to turn back. We had been flying
through strong headwinds all the way, but west of Cold Bay they
gradually increased to an almost unbelievable nearly 250 miles per
hour. Our airspeed of 550 miles per hour was cut in half on water
surface speed. There was danger we might not make it to a
refuelling airstrip in northern Japan. We returned to Cold Bay,
arriving on that snow covered landing strip just after sunset,
refueled and flew on to Honolulu, Hawaii. It was a long flight
from Los Angeles to Honolulu. Our pilots are unable to get air
clearance to fly on to Manila until tomorrow. So I have a day for
writing in Honolulu. This slight setback will not stop the Work,
however. We still will arrive in Manila in time for an important
meeting.
An incident like this is typical of our experience of the
past 41 years in God's Work. Occasionally there has been a slight
setback. But always the Work plunges on forward after that, in a
more powerful thrust than ever, for this is the Work of the Living
GOD! The most important activity on earth -- not only of TODAY,