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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, FEBRUARY 25, 1983
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New Zealand January is holiday time for New Zealanders. With summer skies
and this world's festivities being at the same time, most people take their
vacations. As a result, January tends to be a quiet month for business.
Not so for God's Work!
The year got off to a very fine start with income from New Zealand
increasing by 31% over January, 1982. For the whole area of New Zealand and
the South Pacific the increase was 28%. Following the January 1st fast
called by Mr. Armstrong, the brethren have responded enthusiastically and
generously in their offerings and their prayers.
Mail, however, was down 24% compared to last January because last year's
semiannual letter responses poured in during January, whereas this time the
majority of responses were received in December. To this point in time,
7,700 responses have come in from Mr. Armstrong's November semiannual, a
return of just under 20%.
The breakdown of requests for the literature advertised in Mr. Armstrong's
letter is as follows:
NEVER BEFORE UNDERSTOOD•••••••••••••••••5,080 (66%)
THE PLAIN TRUTH ABOUT CHRISTMAS•••...•••5,540 (72%)
THE HUMAN MIND••.••.••••..••••••••••••••6,160 (80%)
In addition, 6,700 (87%) have taken the opportunity to renew their PLAIN
TRUTH subscriptions, which is over 16% of our entire PLAIN TRUTH mailing
list.
The letter sent to our CORRESPONDENCE COURSE students offering The GOOD
NEWS magazine has also had a fine response. We have now added over 1,000
new GOOD NEWS subscribers as a result of this letter--already a 25% re
sponse.
An extremely successful S.E.P. program on Motutapu Island, near Auckland,
concluded on January 7th. Over 150 campers and staff were able to spend two
weeks together learning to live life to the full--God's way! Many letters
have come into the office from campers, staff and parents expressing pro
found appreciation for the tremendous lessons learned and benefits gained
from the camp.
Mr. and Mrs. Colin Sutcliffe joined us this month, transferring from Aus
tralia to the ministry in New Zealand. They will be replacing Mr. and Mrs.
Karl Karlov, who are returning to their homeland of Australia after ten
years of service here.
Appreciation for the Second Ministerial Refreshing Program
Dear Mr. Tkach:
The month of January was an exciting time to be in Pasadena for
the Refreshing Program.
As one after another record-breaking
statistic came in from all the areas of the Work, the department
heads could not help but express their enthusiasm and awe for the
tremendous growth God had provided in the past year. The presen
tations each one gave sounded like an excerpt from the U.S. TV
show, "That's Incredible."