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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, APRIL 9, 1982
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RECORD-BREAKING GROWTH OF PT LIST
The growth of The PLAIN TRUTH subscription list in the U.S. continues to
break record after record. During the month of March, 128,129 new people
were added to The PLAIN TRUTH mailing list. This is the largest number of
people ever added in any single month since the founding of the magazine.
The largest number of subscribers came from newsstands, followed closely by
television and PLAIN TRUTH insert cards.
--Ray Wright, Publishing Services
WEEKLY LETTER COMMENTS
The Work's Impact on Peoples' Lives
Lives are being changed as people come in contact with the Work through The
PLAIN TRUTH and other Church literature, as well as the radio and
television program. The following comments show how they are finding new
purpose and meaning for their lives.
I am writing this letter of thanks because I know that without
your literature and Correspondence Course I would not have under
stood God's plan so clearly. I feel that God is calling me. How
ever, Satan too is at work trying to keep me back. Sometimes I
get angry and one or two swear words come from my lips, although I
do not mean to use them. I used to drink and curse a lot before I
started to study the Bible and your 1iterature. Yet, with the
help of God Almighty, I have now given up drinking completely and
hope and pray that God will help me to stop getting angry and
using profane language.
E.T. (Newfoundland, Canada)
I had been a friqhtened, lonely widow since 1973 as I did not have
anybody who really cared about me. However, to make a long story
short, my life changed when I watched you on TV on a Sunday here
in my small town. You really made me feel alive. I care to live
again.
M.B. (Uhrichsville, OH)
I have always been a believer, but not much of a doer. I have
also been a drunkard and experimented with drugs--both prescrip
tion and illegal.
Ninety-nine percent of my problems were
related to that practice.
Our Heavenly Father has had mercy on me. After 25 years of abus
ing myself and God's laws (I'm now 42), I'm healthy and strong
and show no ill effects other than my inner-felt guilt. I want to
live the rest of my life for God, family and fellowman. Thank you
for the help--for that little push over the edge from darkness
into daylight.
K.S. (Lorain, OH)
I just wanted to let you know how much I love and respect you for
the qreat Work that you and the Worldwide Church of God are
doing. Without my having heard you one day a 1ittle over two
years ago, I still would be wandering around looking for answers
and not finding them.
In this short period of time I have
unlearned many falsehoods and learned the real plain truth..•.I