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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, AUGUST 26, 1983
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drive month has five weeks. This past October we were at Big
Sandy for the Feast and missed the first two weeks of the drive.
My boss was unhappy that I took time off to go to the Feast. But
with three weeks to work, I ended up making 30 sales. My boss
made this comment, "I don't know if your Church will let them in,
but next year I'm sending all the salesmen to that Feast."
L.E. (Bluffton, IN)
I am writing to tell you of the blessings I have received during
this my third tithe year. Many blessings have been poured out on
me and I think it only fair to share the excitement of this with
some of you. Firstly, I was given a car which I did need and have
since found many uses for. I have also been amazed at my savings
account--! have saved more just in this year than I have ever
saved in my life.
There have also been many other blessings--some small and not so
obvious but just as significant. And most recently I have been
given a job. I had been unemployed for the last month but now I
have a very good opportunity to progress and develop a worthwhile
ca�eer because of this job. Furthermore, my income will increase
by 20%! God surely does keep His promises and He is faithful in
providing us with all we need, and often more!
ON THE WORLD SCENE
L.H. (Lower Hutt, New Zealand)
--Richard Rice, Mail Processing Center
CLOUDS FORM OVER U.S.-PHILIPPINES RELATIONS And now, on top of the deepen
ing crisis in Central America and the seering, crop-destroying weather in
the Midwestern heartland, the United States has another summer '83 problem
to worry about--the future of the Philippines and the fate of strategic
U.S. bases there.
The biggest story this week has certainly been the shocking assassination
of Benigno Aquino, Jr., a Philippine opposition leader, slain immediately
after stepping off his plane upon his arrival in Manila, after spending
three years in the United States.
Who was responsible for Aquino's death is still unknown. The extreme left
had a motive--the more chaos the better it is for them in the troubled
Philippines. But, as has been pointed out by various observers, some of Mr.
Marcos' supporters (not the President himself) could also have been respon
sible. They feared that an umbrella organization of opposition forces, in
spired by the charismatic Aquino, might gain power in upcoming scheduled
elections. Mr. Aquino's opponents on the right do not believe he was strong
enough to stand up to the growing Communist threat in the 7,000-island com
monwealth.
The most serious international impact of growing troubles in the Philippine
archipelago is the future status of Philippine-United States relations.
President Reagan's scheduled November visit to Manila to see Mr. Marcos now
has a big black cloud over it.
What will happen to America's two most strategic military bases in Asia,
both located in the Philippines--Clark Air Force Base and Subic Bay Naval
Base? Communists in the Philippines want to drive the U.S. out. A with-