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WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
WORLD HEADQUARTERS
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91123
HERBERT W. ARMSTRONG
President and Pastor
June 28, l976
Dear Brethren and Co-Workers with Christ:
I have just returned from one of the most--possibly the MOST--
successful trips ever in God's Work.
First I flew to two Arab oil states--OMAN, and KUWAIT. I
met important leaders at Oman, but Sultan Qaboos bin Said was out
of the country, so I plan to return. At Kuwait I had a very fine
meeting with Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, who is both Chief of
State and executive leader in an absolute monarchy.
Since Beirut--capital of Lebanon--has been almost destroyed
by civil war, it probably will no longer be the financial capital
of the Arab world, and Kuwait may now assume that position. It is
a very new and modern city, exceedingly oil-rich.
Mr. Stanley Rader accompanied me, and we went directly from
the Sheikh's palace to the airport and flew on to Johannesburg,
South Africa, arriving after dark.
Mr. Robert Fahey, our Regional Director for South Africa, and
one or two of his assistants, met us at the airport.
This was my first visit to South Africa. I was several years
overdue there. We had many students from South Africa all through
the years of Ambassador College at Bricket Wood, England. It was
a joy to renew acquaintances with some of them; now married couples
with children.
Mr. Fahey had done all the planning, and things flowed along
with amazing smoothness. It was one of the busiest periods of my
life. Most days I had to appear at planned meetings virtually
morning, noon and night. I must have spoken before some twenty-
nine or thirty groups--from a few small groups of 30 to 50 up to
public meetings of PLAIN TRUTH subscribers of over 1,000. I spoke
before the Rotary Clubs of Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town; Lions
Clubs; Zionist groups in two cities; at Press conferences in all
three major cities, and was interviewed on radio and television. I
had a half-hour meeting with Mr. John Vorster--the Prime Minister--
and more than an hour with the former President of South Africa, Mr.
J.J. Fouche.
I spoke twice to the combined churches (Worldwide Church of
God congregations) at Johannesburg--once on a Sabbath and on the
day of Pentecost. Also once each on a Sabbath to combined
congregations at Durban and at Cape Town. I also had special
dinners with our ministers and their wives.