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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, February 28, 1980
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I'm glad to inform you that I received lesson number 9 this month.
I like it very much. I'm making progress slow but sure and enjoying
the course very much, but regret that I didn't get started sooner
in my lifetime by waiting until in my '80s to get a good Biblical
knowledge.
--C. R. Kehres (Richland, WA)
I am so glad for the course as I was searching for the real truth
of God's Word. I went to different churches but there were
questions unanswered, so I realized I wanted to know the truth.
I must say the course is what I needed. I have to date finished
three lessons and they are so interesting and I feel I am learning
the truth at last. I never dreamed of there being any study that
could be so interesting.
--Virginia I. Wolfe (Morgantown, WV)
All of these years now I have walked in the belief that since I
had read the Bible (as a child), went to church (sometimes), didn't
stir up too much fuss--I had done all the things a "good" Christian
does. What a fool I have been. I read--but did not understand--I
believed--but knew not why.
Since starting the Bible Correspondence Course my eyes and my mind
are beginning to open--here it was--in plain view--mine for the
taking.
--D. E. Voss (East Riverdale, MD)
Since I've been studying the Corespondence Course my life has been
totally different. My understanding of God's Word is plainer and
simpler than it's ever been.
--Agnew E. Anderson (Jacksonville, FL)
ON THE WORLD SCENE
AFGHANISTAN--TURNING POINT IN PROPHECY? The Soviet invasion of Afghanis
tan, begun in the last days of the decade of the '70s, could turn out to
be the critical catalyst for major prophesied events to unfold in the
'80s.
At first, Soviet armed might looked invincible against the rag-tag, vastly
outgunned Afghan rebels. But it is now apparent that Moscow misjudged the
dogged spirit of the Afghan people. In the last few days civil strife
has erupted even in urban areas supposedly subject to Soviet control. The
Afghan army is proving to be unreliable, with thousands of desertions.
And in the hills the rebels fight on, motivated by the spirit of a jihad.
"If they die in battle, there is an honor," says an expert in Islam. "If
they live they keep on fighting."
Moscow is learning there are differences in people. The Hungarians fought
ferociously in 1956, whereas the Czechs succumbed rather meekly in 1968.
The Soviets are convinced the Yugoslavs would battle them every inch of
the way just as Tito's partisans did against the Nazis in World War II.
The Kremlin should have known that the Afghans throughout history have
been willing to take on all invaders.