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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, JUNE 10, 1983
FROM MINISTERIAL SERVICES
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Activities in Germany On Monday, May 16 the German office welcomed eleven
Ambassador College students (from both Pasadena andBig Sandy) for the 1983
German summer program. This is the third year now that this program has
been operating. It is designed to give Ambassador students the opportunity
of working in a foreign country and learning the German language. This
provides not only additional help in the regional office, but also poten
tial help in the future for the growing Work of God in Germany. Seven of
these students are presently working in theBonn office, three in local
elder and forester Mr. Helmut Kaserer' s mountain home, and one with a
Church family in Northern Germany.
Two days after the students arrived, they were guests at the President of
Germany's garden party for youth at his home and had the opportunity to
speak with him. After asking some of the students where they were from, he
explained that he would be touring the U.S. in October to commemorate the
300 year anniversary of the German colony in Germantown, Pennsylvania.
That night the students were pleasantly surprised to view their meeting
with President Karl Carstens on nationwide television. The following day,
a picture of the students with the President appeared on the third page of
Bonn's largest newspaper, GENERAL ANZEIGER.
On Pentecost the eleven students traveled to Frankenthal, 180 km south of
Bonn, for the Holy Day service. (The overall Holy Day offering on this day
was up 35.7% over last year.)
On Monday, May 30, the AC students en route to the Jerusalem Dig came to the
Bonn office for the first part of their European tour, after having landed
that morning.
Their first stop, after arriving in Bonn, was President
Carsten's home, where they were received by Mr. Carsten's personal aid Dr.
Werner. Dr. Werner mentioned that had the President been there that day, he
would have received them personally. After a tour, the students were able
to go into the Parliament building. All of this was arranged by Mr. and
Mrs. Hennig (Mr. Hennig is Germany's official government photographer).
The students then went to theBonn office for dinner and a tour.
In May the incoming mail increased markedly as a result of the spring adver
tising campaign, which got underway this month. Some 26,448 requests have
thus far come in for The PLAIN TRUTH in one of six languages.
Also, a
record-breaking total of new subscribers were added to the German file.