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WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
WORLD HEADQUARTERS
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91123
HERBERT W. ARMSTRONG
President and Pastor
June 24, 1975
New York
Dear Brethren and Co-Workers with Christ:
I am returning from one of the most successful trips so far
in this exciting NEW DIMENSION in God's Work. We are making a
stopover for a few days in New York.
On arrival at the Teterboro (New Jersey) Airport -- just
across the Hudson River from New York City -- we were met by cars
to bring us to our hotel in the city.
I was surprised when the driver of my car introduced himself
as Benjamin Hodges of Brooklyn, a member of the Worldwide Church of
God. He was bubbling all over with enthusiasm.
"I've been just jumping up and down with joy since I heard of
the new AMBASSADOR INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL FOUNDATION," he said.
"And this new magazine, HUMAN POTENTIAL," he added, "I can hardly
wait to see a copy."
I didn't keep him waiting long. As soon as I checked in at
the hotel, and could open my luggage, I took out a copy and gave
it to him.
His enthusiasm over the way the Work is leaping ahead gave me
renewed encouragement and inspiration. For more than 42 years I
have felt it part of my duty and responsibility to try to encourage
and give inspiration to all our co-workers and brethren. But on
this trip around the world I have come to realize more than ever
that this giving of encouragement, enthusiasm and inspiration is
a "two-way street." You brethren and co-workers are constantly
boosting up MY morale, giving me encouragement, INSPIRING ME to
greater effort constantly. THANK YOU! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!!
In the latest big campaign in Nairobi, Kenya, I had such
an inspired and enthusiastic audience in that big auditorium that
I had to tell them that THEIR eager listening and enthusiastic
response inspired me -- and by the final third night of the
campaign they had me so inspired that I think my message was
one of the most inspired and powerful I have ever delivered.
The Nairobi campaign resulted in the start of a GREAT WORK
throughout Black Africa. I will tell you more about that, but
first, while I'm talking about YOU people encouraging ME, let me
quote for you excerpts from some of the thousands of letters that
have been pouring in at Pasadena the past few days. It was
necessary for two of our Headquarters executives to fly into New York
to meet us here, and they brought along a handful of these letters