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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, MARCH 5, 1982
4) Most mail received--158,607 pieces.
(17% increase over 1980).
5) Most ad responses--62,893.
(18% increase over 1980).
6) Most literature sent out--162,423 pieces.
7) Most new co-workers added in one year--412.
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8) Highest number of Bible Correspondence Course students since 1975
--11,802.
9) Highest circulation of La PURA VERDAD (The PLAIN TRUTH) since
1976--111,297.
Two other highlights of the year were:
1) Mr. Armstrong's visit to the office in Mexico City where a report
was presented showing the growth of the Spanish Department up to
the present, as well as plans for the future.
2) The 15 ministers and four ministerial trainees of the Spanish
speaking areas were able to attend the Ministerial Refreshing
Program. It enabled them not only to receive the valuable infor
mation imparted at that time, but also allowed them to get to know
one another better, as well as the staff of the Spanish Department
itself which is located in Pasadena.
Appreciation for the Second Ministerial Refreshing Program
Dear Mr. Armstrong:
Madeline and I just recently completed the first session of the
second Ministerial Refreshing Program. It certainly was refresh
ing!
We came home uplifted, strengthened, inspired and more
deeply committed than ever.
Hearing from you at the beginning was the highlight of the whole
session. This was certainly a blessing for each one of us. All
of the other sessions blended perfectly with what you presented,
making it a most profitable two weeks.
We appreciate seeing the dedication, loyalty, respect and love
shown to you by all of our instructors--and certainly the inspi
ration God gave to each one. There is truly a feeling of real
brotherhood among all of the leaders, students and members with
whom we came in contact in Pasadena.
Thank you very much for the continuation of this program.
It
makes possible our being able to come in, be taught, and be
strengthened for the very dark days ahead.
We love and remember you daily in our prayers.
Don and Madeline Billingsley