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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, DECEMBER 2, 1983
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helped wake them up to the fact that this is for real! His study
also helped all the rest of us to focus on our part in the world
wide work of God's Church. Thank you very much for sending him
and other guest speakers to our area.
CHARLOTTE, NC--GEORGE PINCKNEY:
For the past year I have re
quired our Y.O.U. members to complete the "Teen Bible Study" in
YOUTH 83 as a monthly assignment for the Y.O.U. Bible study. I
feel the material presented in each issue provides excellent in
struction and Biblical training for our young people, and has
been well received by them. We are thankful for this additional
excellent tool we can use in educating the youth in God's Church.
NORFOLK, VA--EDWARD FAULK: The brethren and new PMS are thrilled
and amazed with the response they get from the WATS line oper
ators. Their requests are handled in a very professional manner.
The response from Mail Receiving is also very fast and efficient.
I can also thank the crew in Ministerial Services for the way
they handle all the local paperwork from this area. So far they
have been 100% perfect!
From the Philippines
DAVAO CITY--BIEN MACARAEG: It is always encouraging to witness
the effect of increased media coverage. I was mailing a package
at the LBC Air Cargo office last month when two of their staff saw
the name "Worldwide Church of God." They struck up a conversa
tion. It turned out they both have finished 12 lessons of the
Bible correspondence course and one is subscribing to The GOOD
NEWS. They both have high regard for the Church.
I went to a government office a few weeks ago and saw at the
guard's desk what seemed to my eyes as familiar literature. Upon
closer look, I noticed it to be Lesson 2!
Last week I was having our "Request for Excused Absence" form
xeroxed, and when they saw the name "Worldwide Church of God,"
they asked whether that was the one airing "The WORLD TOMORROW"
telecast. One of the men there mentioned how the owner watches
the program every Saturday morning since that was his favorite
program. He won't come down for breakfast until he has finished
watching the program!
Violence and erime, however, seem to be on the upsurge here-
probably due to the difficult economic situation. One morning
early this month while on my way visi�ing, I saw a man sprawled
beside the Diversion Highway, two kilometers from Buhangin. I
stopped to help thinking it was a vehicular accident, but I soon
learned that the man was dead. He had bruises, ice pick stabs and
gunshot wounds. His two companions were also murdered and dumped
in the garbage nearby.
Snatchings are also becoming more common. My wife had her bag
snatched from the Suzuki. I also witnessed boys snatching maga
zines from a newsstand rack to sell them later.