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KENYAN PRESIDENT

Jomo Kenyatta, center, and his minister of state, right, pause

for a formal portrait with, from left, Osamu Gotoh, Stanley R. Rader and Herbert W.

Armstrong, personal guests of the president in June of 1975.

war-made more terrible by the misuse

of scientific achievement.

Man need not hale, need not rebel,

need not hurt himself and his fellows.

Man, Mr. Armstrong knew through his

visionary insight, had a mind infused

with a spirit that was God-given, God–

implanted. And that this mind with its

diverse spirit had a potential-an " in–

credible human potential," he calls it–

to lift himself above baseness, cruelty

and all the other ills that beset the

human race.

Out of this religious-philosophical

understanding was born the Ambassa–

dor lnternational Cultural Foundation,

whose guiding principie is wonderfully

simple yet lar reaching. The founda–

tion's goal is to initiate and carry

forward cultural, educational and hu–

manitarian projects that can be of spe–

cific service lo the peoples of this sadly

imperfect world. By lending its sup–

port-mincing no words, 1am talking of

specifi c financia! aid-to all kinds of

humanitarian and cultural causes, the

foundation believes it can create in men

and women an awareness of their indi–

vidual and collectíve potential for

good.

This foundation is now operating in

many parts of the world and expanding

continually as the Church itself contin–

ues lo grow. lts multifaceted projects

serve everyone. without respect lo

race, national origin or religion, thus

slicing through the complexities that

divide a world where hatreds, prejudice

and personal ambitions rule.

In

1969,

the Church formally entered

into joint participation with Hebrew Uni-

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versity and the Israelí Archaeological

Society as cosponsor of the great

archaeological excavation of the Tem–

ple Mount in Jerusalem. From that time,

each summer, Ambassador College has

sen! dozens

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students to Jerusalem to

work on the project. That dig was

completed in

1978.

Many treasures

have been uncovered of our historical

and religious past, but sorne time will

pass betore the cataloging and publica–

tion of all of the finds. Today, we have

already begun our sponsorship of a new

dig designed lo uncover the city of

David.

With the dig acting as trigger. we

moved rapidly lo direct, active support

in other areas. Soon we joined torces

with the lnternational Cultural Center

tor

Youth, a fine organization tounded by

Eleanor Roosevelt and Moshe Kol of

Israel, which brings Arabs and Israelí

children together in the West Bank area,

helping them to understand one another

and lo grow up in peace and friend–

ship.

One project led lo another, and yet

another and another. We became

involved with the King Leopold 111 Foun–

dation, which conducts anthropological

expeditions around the world. Working

with the universities

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Brussels and

Antwerp, we joined in sending teams

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experts lo remole places where they

collect data and contribute to our

knowledge of the varieties

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mankind,

the beginnings

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the human race, and

its slow march toward civilization. We

discovered that schools were virtually

nonexistent in the mountainous areas

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Thailand; we backed a project that

equipped mobile classrooms which

would go directly lo the villages.

Toward Excellence

By

1974,

the sheer number and com–

plexity

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these activities made it neces–

sary lo torm a separate entity, apart

trom Ambassador College, which would

operate them. 1suggested lo Mr. Arm–

strong that we create one vast trame

into which lhey could all be placed, and

he agreed enthusiaslically. And so, in

1975,

lhe Ambassador lnternational

Cultural Foundation carne into being.

From that time on, all enterprises. the

old and lhe new, were carried out in the

name

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AICF. The use

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the name

"Ambassador" was retained because it

symbolized the method by which lhe

Church seeks lo fulfill its Work and ils

primary mission worldwide.

Herbert W. Armstrong, busy with

Church affairs, turned over the adminis–

lralion of lhe new toundation lo me. Year

afler year, we conbnued lo step up our

sponsorship of projects, which were as

varied as lhe needs of people on every

level of society. We aided benefit funds

for handicapped children in England and

Monaco and a clinic

tor

underprivileged

children in Cairo. Al !he same time, we