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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, NOVEMBER 8. 1982
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though we will only be able to take in a very few for the coming semester.
Since we are now being far more selective than ever before, and since the
students now realize what a blessing it is to attend Ambassador College, we
simply do not have many in College who aren't doing well. We are having the
lowest drop-out rate in the history of the College. This is good, but in a
way it is "bad" in that if fewer students drop out, then this means we can't
take in as many new students. We would prefer, of course, never to have to
drop any students.
Tuesday, in the Forum, Mr. Kevin Dean (Superintendent of Imperial School
and Director of Y.O.U.) announced the names of 13 Ambassador College stu
dents who are being sent to participate as counselors and instructors in
the S.E.P. programs in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. They will
leave Pasadena around the 19th of December and will return about mid
January. The College Administration is arranging for them to make up any
classwork or tests which they will miss as a result of taking part in the
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International S.E.P. Opportunities." What a fantastic opportunity for
these students! They represent nearly three percent of the entire student
body.
I spoke to Mr. Armstrong over the phone Wednesday morning. He and his party
had recently arrived in Abidjan, the capital of the Ivory Coast in western
Africa. He was fine, and was cheerfully looking forward to the rest of his
trip to Africa and Europe. He had just come from visiting our office in
Bermuda.
Our Feast Trip to Europe
After the Feast this year, my wife and I visited our European offices
(except for our Dutch office) and also got to see a bit of Switzerland and
Italy. We returned from the Feast a week after classes resumed here in
Pasadena.
It was a decade ago since I last traveled to Europe. I was surprised to be
able to drive all of the way from Amsterdam to Rome on modern super high
ways. Clearly, there has been great material progress in Europe in the ten
years since my family moved back to the United States.
My wife and I had a very busy, but also enjoyable Feast of Tabernacles with
the British, German and French brethren. We arrived in London the day be
fore Atonement, and were, therefore, able to observe that holy day with
some of the British Churches which met at Hatfield, England. Also, we were
privileged to meet many hundreds of people whom I had known during my 15
years in Britain.
We were privileged to visit all three of the British Feast sites. I spoke
twice at the site in Southport (near Liverpool, England), then spoke once
in Tenby (south Wales) and once at the Eastbourne, England site. Overall,
more than 3,000 brethren met at these three sites. It was both a joy and a
privilege for my wife and me to be able to meet so many of our brothers and
sisters in Christ. Also, it was very enjoyable having the opportunity to
meet nearly all of the British ministers and their wives, and on several
occasions having the opportunity to fellowship and feast with them.
This was also true of our visits to both West Germany and France. We visit
ed the German Feast site at Bonndorf where I was privileged to speak to the
brethren on the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles. And we got to attend