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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, JANUARY 21, 1983
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(women--wives especially) have been pretty well "burned out" by the time
they graduated. Some have taken many months, or even years, to get their
health level back up to the proper standard because they overworked them
selves while at Ambassador College. We do not want to see this happen.
Even so, I showed the students that from the beginning of Ambassador, Mr.
Armstrong has wanted the students to know that at Ambassador College they
would lead jam-packed lives and would have to carefully budget their
classes and work hours in order to have sufficient time left over to take
part in the iiiore important extracurricular activities of the College.
Ambassador College has often been likened unto the "West Point" of the
Church. And, as such, we cannot lower God's high standards to accommodate
every person who has a physical, emotional or mental handicap.
We must
screen the applicants so that we only accept those who are able to do a high
level of work while at Ambassador. If we find a student is so physically
weak or so mentally or emotionally handicapped that he can't take the
"pressure," then we will certainly sympathize with him. But we cannot let
up on the reasonable pressure which we put on the normal, average student
just because a few can't take the pressure. This would be like a clunker of
an old car not being able to keep up with the rest of the traffic on a
superhighway. Such a car would have to exit the freeway and get on a slower
road, rather than have all the traffic slow down to perhaps 20 or 25 miles
per hour--the maximum speed of the dilapidated old jalopy.
I hope that you ministers will keep this in mind when you evaluate appli
cants for Ambassador College. We are not only interested _in the ability of
prospective students to do a high level of academic work, but we also w�nt
to know that they have the physical and emotional balance and stamina to
take the "pressure" of the life of a very busy Ambassador College student.
I am sure that most of you well remember some of the pressures which you
were under while attending Ambassador!
Please continue to pray for the students, faculty and administration of the
College--as well as for the faithful ministers and others who continue to
hold up the hands of God's apostle in their respective responsibilities
here at Headquarters. It is very refreshing to see the department heads of
the Work of God faithfully carrying out Mr. Armstrong's policies and deci
sions. In the past there were those who did their own thing--their own
will. We all need to remember that Christ repeatedly stressed that He did
not come to do His own will, but came to carry out the will of His Father.
Recognizing that God is working through His apostle, this "not-my-will-but
thine-be-done" attitude is very important for those of us serving here at
Pasadena as we strive to carry out Mr. Armstrong's policies and decisions-
as well as for those of you faithfully serving in God's Work in the far
flung corners of the earth!
--Raymond F. McNair, Deputy Chancellor
MAIL PROCESSING UPDATE
All-time Records Set in 1982!
The 49th year of this worldwide Work was one of the most productive and
fruitful in its modern-day history.
God's Work experienced substantial
growth, with a number of major new records established!